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For Your Entertainment - DVDs July 2019
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The AftermathSet in 1946, this engrossing drama follows Rachael Morgan, a British woman whose colonel husband is charged with rebuilding war-ravaged Hamburg. When she joins him there during the bitter winter months, she learns they will be sharing their home with a German widower and his troubled daughter. Before long, the unusual arrangement intensifies political divides and stirs deep personal wounds. In this increasingly charged environment, enmity and grief give way to unexpected passion and betrayal. MPAA Rating: R (Sexual content/nudity and violence, including some disturbing images)
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Giant Little OnesFranky Winter and Ballas Kohl have been best friends since childhood. They are high school royalty: handsome, stars of the swim team and popular with girls. They live a perfect teenage life -- until the night of Franky's epic 17th birthday party, when Franky and Ballas are involved in an unexpected incident that changes their lives forever. Giant Little Ones is a heartfelt and intimate coming-of-age story about friendship, self-discovery and the power of love without labels. MPAA Rating: R (Sexual content, language and some drug/alcohol use all involving teens)
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Hotel MumbaiA true story of humanity and heroism, Hotel Mumbai vividly recounts the 2008 siege of the famed Taj Hotel by a group of terrorists in Mumbai, India. Among the dedicated hotel staff is the renowned chef Hemant Oberoi and a waiter who choose to risk their lives to protect their guests. As the world watches on, a desperate couple is forced to make unthinkable sacrifices to protect their newborn child. Critics are hailing this film as "intense, hair-raising, and deeply humane... a suspenseful achievement" (New York Observer). MPAA Rating: R (Disturbing violence throughout, bloody images, and language)
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Murder on the Home FrontSet during the London Blitz of 1940, Murder on the Home Front is a vibrant, original crime drama. This is a world where people live life in the moment. It is also a world where criminals can use the blackout and devastation to hide their darkest activities. As the Luftwaffe drop their bombs, people below are literally getting away with murder. Dr. Lennox Collins is a pathologist new to murder cases, obsessed with pursuing the truth through all means available. Molly Cooper is not only the first secretary to a pathologist, she is the first woman allowed into a very make world. All Lennox knows is that she has a strong stomach, 60 words a minute, and a keen brain. When together they discover a serial killer at large under cover of the Blitz, Lennox has his work cut out convincing the police to have faith in his methods and theories. Not Rated.
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The MustangRoman Coleman, a convict in a rural Nevada prison who struggles to escape his past, rediscovers his own humanity in a social rehabilitation program. There he must gentle an especially unbreakable mustang named Marcus. During the program, Roman is helped by a no-nonsense veteran trainer and an outgoing fellow inmate and trick rider. His journey with Marcus inspires a heartfelt connection and challenges him to be a better person. MPAA Rating: R (Language, some violence and drug content)
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UsFrom Academy Award-winning visionary Jordan Peele comes another original nightmare. Starring Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke, an endearing American family is pitted against a terrifying and uncanny opponent: dopplegangers of themselves. MPAA Rating: R (Violence/terror, and language)
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Woman At WarKnown to others only by her alias "The Woman of the Mountain," Halla secretly wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. As Halla's actions grow bolder, from petty vandalism to outright industrial sabotage, she succeeds in pausing the negotiations between the Icelandic government and the corporation building a new aluminium smelter. But right as she begins planning her biggest and boldest operation yet, she receives an unexpected letter that changes everything. Her application to adopt a child has finally been accepted and there is a little girl waiting for her in Ukraine. As Halla prepares to abandon her role as saboteur and savior of the Highlands to fulfill her dream of becoming a mother, she decides to plot one final attack to deal the aluminium industry a crippling blow. Not Rated.
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Bletchley Circle, Seasons 1 and 2With an extraordinary flair for code breaking and razor-sharp intelligence skills, four seemingly ordinary women become the unlikely investigators of a string of grisly murders in this original thriller, set against the backdrop of post-war London. Susan, Millie, Lucy, and Jean worked together at top-security HQ Bletchley Park to help crack German military codes, producing crucial intelligence that shortened the war. Now in 1952, they have returned to post-war domesticity, and although Susan may appear a typical wife and mother, when she hears about a string of unsolved murders in London, Susan's old Bletchley spirit is ignited. She reconvenes the formidable foursome to solve the murders. Can they rekindle their expertise and discover the killer's next move -- before the killer strikes again? Not Rated.
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Fortitude, Seasons 1 and 2Surrounded by the savage beauty of the frozen landscape, Fortitude, a small town in the Arctic Circle, is one of the safest towns on Earth. There has never been a violent crime here. Until now. In this close-knit community, a murder touches everyone and the unsettling horror of the crime threatens the future of the town itself. The local police chief, Sheriff Dan Anderssen must investigate alongside Eugene Morton, a detective who has flown into Fortitude so fast that questions are being asked about how much he knew, and when. As the two cops try to make sense of the killing, each finds reasons to mistrust and suspect the other. As the cold Arctic darkness gives way to endless summer nights, this apparently idyllic community struggles to make sense of the horror that has been let loose at its heart. Not Rated.
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Tom Clancy's Jack RyanWhen CIA analyst Jack Ryan is pulled from the safety of his desk job and catapulted into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, he must race to stop a terrorist's plans for a massive attack against the U.S. and her allies. From Executive Producers John Krasinski, Carlton Cuse, Graham Roland, and Michael Bay, the first season of Jack Ryan includes four deleted scenes from the pulse-pounding mission that started it all. Not Rated.
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Killing Eve, Season 2Picking up where season one left off, Killing Eve season two follows Eve Polastri as she navigates the fallout of stabbing love-drunk psycopath and career assassin, Villanelle. The series asks who is killing Eve? Is it Villanelle intent on revenge, Carolyn willing to put anyone in danger if it means justifying the ends, Eve's husband Niko protecting the woman he married even if it meansstopping her from living her life fully, or is it Eve herself, who is drawn so deep into the darkness that there is no return? Killing Eve is just as twisted and glorious as ever and surely it can't be long before both Eve and Villanelle are circling ever closer to one another -- no matter how toxic that relationship is. Not Rated.
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Tuesday, July 9 Great Decisions Screening & Discussion6:30 p.m. Learn about and discuss the most critical foreign policy issues facing America today. Tonight's topic is "Decoding U.S. - China Trade." Friday, July 19 Abraham Lincoln's Visit to Gettysburg6:30 p.m. In honor of the 156th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), Historical re-enactor Michael Jesberger will present a program on the Gettysburg Address and President Lincoln's visit to the battlefield. His talk will include discussion of the 3-day battle -- the singular turning point in the American Civil War.
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Thursday, July 25 Astronomy for Everyone6:30 p.m. Understand the sky -- both at night and during the day. Jim Peck, of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton (AAAP), will teach beginner astronomers about relative distances of celestial objects, constellations, the moon, artificial satellites and tracking the path of the sun throughout the year. Tuesday, August 13 Great Decisions Screening & Discussion6:30 p.m. Tonight's topic is "Cyber Conflicts and Geopolitics." Thursday, September 19 The Beatles Part II -- Success, Superstardom, and Separation6:30 p.m. Liverpool native Paul Groom returns with part two of his popular program about the Fab Four. This multi-media program will cover the Beatles at the height of their fame through the end.
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