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Want to keep up-to-date on all the popular new DVDs available at the library? Then you've come to the right place. Must-Watch Movies presents a partial list of the newest movies in our collection. We will also feature a special theme each month and announce free upcoming film screenings at our different branch locations. Come watch movies with us!
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most of FCPL's in-person programs have been cancelled. However, library locations have reopened to the public on a limited basis, with limited building capacity. As long as folks wear their masks and observe proper social-distancing guidelines, they are welcome to visit their local library branch for a period of half an hour during the following windows of time: Monday - Wednesday: 10 am - 7 pm Thursday - Friday: 10 am - 5 pm Saturday: 10 am - 2 pm We are also operating a to-go service for folks who would like to pick up their holds, but are uncomfortable entering the building. Simply place your desired items on hold, either online at forsythlibrary.org or by giving us a call. Once you've been notified your materials are available, swing by your default pick-up location during the following windows of time and take your items from the cart outside: Monday - Wednesday: 10 am - 7 pm Thursday - Friday: 10 am - 6 pm Saturday: 10 am - 2 pm As always, you're also welcome to use our numerous online resources. Thank you very much! Stay healthy, stay safe!
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***Free Outdoor Film Screening!*** Join us for a socially-distanced outdoor screening of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (PG-13) on the front lawn of the Central Library on Monday, November 9th at 5:30 p.m. Attendees may bring their own chairs or blankets to watch the movie. All attendees must wear a mask and practice social distancing at all times. Registration is required. Call 336-703-3030 to register for this event.
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Watchmen - Season One
Based on the celebrated graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, the exciting and dark Watchmen takes place in Tulsa, Okla., 34 years after the original story. After a white supremacist attack on the local police department, which leaves only two surviving cops on the beat, laws are passed that allow the cops to hide their identities behind masks. One of these cops, Angela Abar (Regina King), adopts the identity of Sister Night and fights racists while dealing with the decades-long legacy of the vigilantes.
(Rating TV-MA)
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Marriage Story
Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) and Charlie (Adam Driver) are a New York couple hoping for an amicable divorce, when they find themselves in a system that pits them against each other, playing tug-of-war with their son Henry's affections. This film, directed by Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale), costars Laura Dern, Julie Hagerty, Ray Liotta, and Alan Alda.
(Rated R / Run time: 2h 17min)
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Scoob!
With hundreds of cases solved and adventures shared, Scooby and the gang face their biggest, most challenging mystery ever -- a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop this global dog-pocalypse, the gang discovers that Scooby has a secret legacy and an epic destiny greater than anyone could have imagined. The talented voice cast includes Zac Efron, Amanda Seyfried, Gina Rodriguez, and Will Forte.
(Rated PG / Run time: 1h 33min)
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The Wretched
A defiant teenage boy, struggling with his parent's imminent divorce, faces off with a thousand-year-old witch who is living beneath the skin of the neighbor next door. This creepy flick stars John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda, Jamison Jones, and Azie Tesfai.
(Not Rated / Run time: 1h 35min)
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Capone
This movie chronicles the final days of notorious gangster Al Capone (Tom Hardy). Living in Florida after serving an 11-year sentence in Atlanta Penitentiary, Capone succumbs to dementia and neurosyphilis as he relives his past through tormenting memories. This unconventional take on the gangster legend also features performances by Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon, and Kyle MacLachlan.
(Rated R / Run time: 1h 43min)
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The Burnt Orange Heresy
Charismatic art critic James Figueras (Claes Bang) and his American lover (Elizabeth Debicki) travel to the lavish Lake Como estate of powerful art collector, Joseph Cassidy (Mick Jagger). Their host reveals he is the patron of Jerome Debney (Donald Sutherland), the reclusive J.D. Salinger of the art world, and he has a simple request: for James to steal a Debney masterpiece from the artist's studio, whatever the cost.
(Rated R / Run time: 1h 39min)
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The Secret Garden
When Mary Lennox's (Dixie Egerickx) parents suddenly die, she is sent to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven (Colin Firth), on his remote country estate deep in the Yorkshire moors. While exploring, she discovers a hidden magical garden.
(Rated PG / Run time: 1h 39min)
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Infamous
Arielle (Bella Thorne), a young woman dreaming of becoming famous, meets Dean (Jake Manley), a recently paroled criminal, and together they get involved in a series of crimes documenting their criminal exploits on social media.
(Not Rated / Run time: 1h 40min)
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Teachers are heroes. To celebrate Future Teachers of America Day (November 20) and to honor all of the educators who have gone above and beyond during this pandemic, here is a short list of films about the men and women who inspire us to learn. |
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School of Rock
Overly enthusiastic guitarist Dewey Finn (Jack Black) gets thrown out of his bar band and finds himself in desperate need of work. Posing as a substitute music teacher at an elite private elementary school, he exposes his students to the hard rock gods he idolizes and emulates -- much to the consternation of the uptight principal (Joan Cusack). As he gets his privileged and precocious charges in touch with their inner rock 'n' roll animals, he imagines redemption at a local Battle of the Bands.
(Rated PG-13 / Run time: 1h 48min)
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Dead Poets Society
A new English teacher, John Keating (Robin Williams), is introduced to an all-boys preparatory school that is known for its ancient traditions and high standards. He uses unorthodox methods to reach out to his students, who face enormous pressures from their parents and the school. With Keating's help, students Neil Perry (Robert Sean Leonard), Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawke) and others learn to break out of their shells, pursue their dreams and seize the day.
(Rated PG / Run time: 2h 8min)
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Mr. Holland's Opus
Composer Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss) believes that he'll eventually write a transcendent piece of music, but in the meantime he's taken a job at an Oregon high school. Though at first the job frustrates him, and his unconventional methods often draw the ire of the straight-laced vice principal (William H. Macy), Mr. Holland grows to love his students as the "temporary" position stretches into a decades-long career -- and in the end, they reveal just how much they love him back.
(Rated PG / Run time: 2h 23min)
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Freedom Writers
A dedicated teacher (Hilary Swank) in a racially divided Los Angeles school has a class of at-risk teenagers deemed incapable of learning. Instead of giving up, she inspires her students to take an interest in their education and planning their future. She assigns reading material that relates to their lives and encourages them all to keep journals.
(Rated PG-13 / Run time: 2h 3min)
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Waiting for 'Superman'
This film by director Davis Guggenheim investigates the public school system in the United States, and uncovers the many ways in which education in America has declined. Rather than relying largely on statistics and expert opinions, Guggenheim focuses on five students -- Anthony, Bianca, Daisy, Emily and Francisco -- portraying their own struggles and triumphs within problem-plagued academic settings where there are no easy solutions to the myriad issues that affect them.
(Rated PG / Run time: 1h 51min)
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The Edge of Seventeen
Everyone knows that growing up is hard, and life is no easier for high school junior Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), who is already at peak awkwardness when her all-star older brother Darian (Blake Jenner) starts dating her best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson). Nadine feels more alone than ever, until an unexpected friendship with a thoughtful teen (Hayden Szeto) and the tough-love advice of her teacher Mr. Bruner (Woody Harrelson) give her a glimmer of hope that things just might not be so terrible after all.
(Rated R / Run time: 1h 45min)
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To Sir, with Love
American Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier) recently received his degree in engineering, but cannot find work. To make ends meet, he takes a job as a teacher in a rough London East End school populated mostly with troublemakers who were rejected from other schools for their behavior. While the students at first see Thackeray as just another teacher open for ridicule and bullying, his calm demeanor and desire to see them succeed gradually earn him their respect.
(Not Rated / Run time: 1h 45min)
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October Sky
John Hickam (Chris Cooper) is a West Virginia coal miner who loves his job and expects his sons, Jim and Homer (Jake Gyllenhaal), to follow in his footsteps. But Homer becomes interested in rocket science after seeing Sputnik 1 crossing the sky. John disapproves of his son's new mania, but Homer begins building rockets with the help of friends and a sympathetic teacher (Laura Dern). Rocketry, he hopes, will prove his ticket to a better life.
(Rated PG / Run time: 1h 48min)
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Stand and Deliver
Los Angeles high school teacher Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos) is being hassled by tough students like Angel Guzman (Lou Diamond Phillips). But Jaime is also pressured by his bosses, who want him to control his raucous classroom. Caught in the middle, he opts to immerse his students in higher math, instilling them with his own passion for the subject, and the results are remarkable. This film, based on a true story, was directed by Ramon Menendez.
(Rated PG / Run time: 1h 43min)
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To Be and To Have
In rural France, schoolteacher Georges Lopez educates 12 children, whose ages range from 4 to 11 years old. Over the course of a year, the soon-to-retire Lopez instructs them all in one small classroom with the traditional tools of French teaching: rote repetition and the dictation of literary passages for copying. As the seasons pass, Lopez must keep his students disciplined while preparing the older children for the exams that will determine their educational future.
(Not Rated / Run time: 1h 44min)
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Half Nelson
Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling) is a history teacher at a Brooklyn school. Though well-liked by his students and colleagues, he secretly spends his evenings hopping bars and getting high. A female student named Drey (Shareeka Epps) catches him in a drug-induced haze after a basketball game, and the two strike up an unlikely friendship. As Dan struggles with his addiction, he tries to act as a mentor to the girl, whose brother is serving time for dealing drugs.
(Rated R / Run time: 1h 46min)
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