Monday, November 30, 2009

New to the DVD Collection


Bruce Springsteen: the complete video anthology, 1978-2000 -- featuring everything from 1978's "Rosalita" to 2000's "If I Should Fall Behind." Brian De Palma, Jonathan and Ted Demme, John Sayles, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn are among the Boss's directors.




The NFL's Funniest Players -- Hosted by Michael Strahan. Profiling hilarious moments, courtesy of the National Football League.



5ive Days to Midnight -- Timothy Hutton and Randy Quaid star in this SciFi channel miniseries about a physics professor who discovers he has only five days to prevent his own murder.

Monday, November 2, 2009

In our CD section: Bob Dylan

Okay, maybe you've heard that Bob Dylan has released a Christmas album. Maybe you've already listened to it. But long before he was harking the herald angels and walking in a winter wonderland, Dylan crafted some of the most powerful and memorable songs in the history of rock music. That isn't to say that his latest release isn't memorable in its own right (or that it won't be in the library's Seasonal CD collection one day)...but a better bet might be a trip down a different lane, and through the wonderland that Dylan wrote himself. Click here to see Dylan CDs in our catalog.

(And lest Santa's elves peg us for a bunch o' Grinches, here's a listen to folk rock's favorite son recite "The Night Before Christmas.")

New in the DVD section: The Wrestler

Director Darren Aronofsky's dramatic film stars Mickey Roarke in a gritty and often unsettling portrait of a wrestler at the end of his career. Roarke and costar Marisa Tomei both received Oscar nominations for their work, and Roarke won both the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor and Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.