http://heightslibrary.org/rss2/new_dvds.xml The latest DVDs at Cleveland Heights-University Heights library. en-us Sat, 18 May 13 23:00:01 -0400 webmaster@heightslibrary.org http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6504399048_anna_karenina In Tolstoy's powerful tale of family passions set in Russia in the 1870s, Anna, the young and beautiful wife of a powerful older man, risks more than she can imagine when she runs away with the dashing Count Vronsky.
BluRay format is also available. 2013-03-16 11:52:59 3471368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6516520048_rust_and_bone Ali and his son depart Belgium for Antibes to reside with his sister and her husband. Ali's connection with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, intensifies when she endures a horrific accident.
BluRay format is also available. 2013-03-16 11:56:55 3481368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6516521048_zero_dark_thirty Chronicles the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden following the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of Navy SEAL Team 6.
BluRay format is also available. 2013-03-16 12:00:09 3491368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6562502048_the_hobbit The first chapter in Peter Jackson's new epic trilogy set in Middle Earth 60 years before J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga. Follow Bilbo Baggins as he's swept into a quest to reclaim the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached by the wizard Gandalf, Bilbo joins a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield. Along the way they face many dangers; Bilbo meets Gollum and takes possession of the 'One Ring.'
BluRay format is also available. 2013-03-16 12:20:32 3501368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6501961048_lincoln A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
BluRay format is also available. 2013-03-23 14:09:01 3511368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6508749048_killing_them_softly Jackie Cogan is an enforcer for the mob. When a high-stakes, mob-protected card game is heisted by some small-time crooks, Cogan is called in to track them down and restore order to the local criminal economy. 2013-03-23 14:17:05 3521368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6508745048_the_collection When Elena is talked into attending an underground warehouse party with her friends, she finds herself caught in a nightmarish trap where the revelers are mowed, sliced, and crushed to death by a macabre series of contraptions operated by a masked psychopath. 2013-03-23 14:19:42 3531368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6508750048_parental_guidance Old-school grandparents Artie and Diane get more than they bargained for when they get stuck babysitting their type-A daughter's overprotected kids. But things go from hectic to hysterical when Artie realizes the kids are running the house with their newfangled technology. By playing by his own rules, which include sugary snacks, old fashioned games, and tough love, Artie manages to outsmart the kids and achieve the impossible - bringing the family closer together. 2013-03-23 14:31:06 3541368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6512429048_to_the_arctic To the Arctic takes you on a never-before-seen journey through the power of the IMAX lens into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home. 2013-03-23 14:34:06 3551368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6516516048_django_unchained Django, a former slave turned hired gun, heads back to the plantation to free his wife, Broomhilda, from the tyrannical plantation owner Calvin Candie, with the help of a German bounty hunter, Dr. King Shultz.
BluRay format is also available. 2013-04-13 10:58:05 3561368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6527864048_this_is_40 A look at the lives of Pete and Debbie a few years after the events of "Knocked Up", the 2007 comedy. After years of marriage, Pete and Debbie are approaching a milestone meltdown. As they try to balance romance, careers, parents and children in their own hilarious ways, they must also figure out how to enjoy the rest of their lives. This Is 40 is a candid and heartwarming comedy about the challenges and rewards of marriage and parenthood in the modern age.
BluRay format is also available. 2013-04-13 11:01:06 3571368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6516519048_les_miserables In early 19th century France, the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.
BluRay format is also available. 2013-04-13 11:03:40 3581368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6516518048_the_impossible Based on a true story of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage, and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives.
BluRay format is also available. 2013-04-20 13:39:54 3591368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6566480048_gangster_squad Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, guns, and if he has his way, every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It's enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop, except for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders who come together to try and tear Cohen's world apart.
BluRay format is also available. 2013-04-20 13:43:12 3601368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6530376048_the_guilt_trip The plan for a quick stop at Mom's takes a turn when an impulse compels Andy to invite his mother, Joyce, on a three-thousand mile cross-country journey. But the further they go, the closer they get, and Andy realizes that they have more in common than he ever imagined.
BluRay format is also available. 2013-04-27 16:59:24 3611368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6559369048_silver_linings_playbook Based on the bestselling book by Matthew Quick, the riotous and poignant story of how a man who has lost everything, his house, his job, his wife, reconnects with himself and creates his own silver linings from the bonds he forms with his family and friends.
BluRay format is also available. 2013-04-27 17:09:01 3621368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6562509048_broken_city Seven years after being forced to resign as a New York city police officer, private detective Billy Taggart takes on his toughest case yet when he's hired to follow the mayor's wife. By the time the mayor reveals his true intentions, Taggart's already in too deep, with his freedom and possibly his life, on the line. Taggart will risk it all in a desperate bid to expose the truth and seek redemption in a city where second chances don't come cheap.
BluRay format is also available. 2013-04-27 17:11:02 3631368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6508747048_hyde_park_on_hudson As Great Britain faces an imminent war with Germany, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, invited the King and Queen of England for a weekend at their home in upstate New York. But during the first-ever visit of a reigning British monarch to America, international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR's domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal trip an unforgettable one.
BluRay format is also available. 2013-05-06 11:59:55 3641368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6569030048_jack_reacher Ex-military investigator Jack Reacher leaps off the pages of Lee Child's bestselling novel and onto the big screen in this explosive thriller. When an unspeakable crime is committed, all evidence points to the suspect in custody who offers up a single note in defense: 'Get Jack Reacher!' The law has its limits, but Reacher does not when his fight for the truth pits him against an unexpected enemy with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
BluRay format is also available. 2013-05-06 12:02:52 3651368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6570884048_safe_haven Based on the novel from Nicholas Sparks, a young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina, where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
BluRay format is also available. 2013-05-06 12:05:23 3661368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6581215048_cloud_atlas An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present, and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. The story is a time-shifting weave of six interlinking narratives with diverse settings, from the savagery of a Pacific Island in the 1850s to a dystopian Korea of the near future.
BluRay format is also available. 2013-05-14 13:18:00 3671368932401 http://heightslibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/6562512048_texas_chainsaw In 1974, townspeople hunted down and killed every member of the Sawyer family for committing a series of grisly murders. Decades later and hundreds of miles away, a young woman learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she never knew she had. She finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion's dank cellars.
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