TAG: movies
Oscar’s best films: A year in books
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on January 26, 2016 at 6:00 am
By David Wyatt When the Academy Award nominees for best picture were announced earlier this month, I had a strange sense of deja vu. It was not because of the continued lack of diversity in actors nominated or list of films many people won’t see. What was so familiar was that nearly every nominated film owed […]
Not afraid of subtitles? 4 frightening foreign-language films to watch this Halloween
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on October 27, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Brian Vander Veen I blame 80s hair metal band Dokken. When I first realized that my favorite song from their album Back for the Attack was originally from the Nightmare on Elm Street 3 soundtrack, I promptly ran to the nearest video store, one that apparently had few qualms about letting a twelve-year-old kid […]
Peter Pan: The boy who wouldn’t grow up
Posted in For You, kids, Parents and Teachers on September 29, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Rachel Edmondson My first introduction to Peter Pan was Disney’s animated version; it became a bit of a childhood obsession. As an adult, I’m now aware of the cringe-inducing stereotyping in the Disney version. But as a child, all I knew was that Peter was fascinating and that Neverland was a place of magic. […]
Documentaries You May Have Missed
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on April 1, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Brian Vander Veen Judging from the number of people I see here at the library jostling to browse our DVD collection, I don’t doubt that movies are one of the more popular items we lend. I have also noticed, though, that the non-fiction end of our DVDs doesn’t seem to get as much love. […]
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