Beyond
the Box Office
New Films, Memorable Movies, & More
Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
Winter 2023
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
Once any of these titles enter the
library system catalog,
you can see if a DVD can be checked out. You can also attempt to reserve Thrall DVDs currently checked out to other users.
You can also follow the IMDB (
Internet Movie Database) links after each title to learn more about each movie, incljuding its plot, cast, film director(s), and more.
"Review" links lead to reviews in the
MRQE.com (Movie Review Query Engine) website.
Films and Documentaries
Series/Shows
- Annika
- Bel Air, Season 1
- Better Call Saul, Season 6
- Darby & Joan, Season 1
- Dark Winds, Season 1
- Death in Paradise, Season 11
- Dr. Who: Power of the Doctor
- Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square
- Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings
- Eight Gifts of Hanukkah
- Euphoria, The Complete Seasons 1 & 2
- The Flash, the Complete 8th Season
- The Flight Attendant, The Complete Seasons 1 & 2
- Ghosts, Season 1
- Magpie Murders
- Next Stop, Christmas
- Star Trek: Discovery, Season 4
- Westworld, Season 4
Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
July 2022
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
Once any of these titles enter the
library system catalog,
you can see if a DVD can be checked out. You can also attempt to reserve Thrall DVDs currently checked out to other users.
You can also follow the IMDB (
Internet Movie Database) links after each title to learn more about each movie, incljuding its plot, cast, film director(s), and more.
"Review" links lead to reviews in the
MRQE.com (Movie Review Query Engine) website.
Films and Documentaries
June & July Releases
Films and Documentaries
Series/Shows
Coming in August
Films and Documentaries
Series/Shows:
Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
May 2022
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
Once any of these titles enter the
library system catalog,
you can see if a DVD can be checked out. You can also attempt to reserve Thrall DVDs currently checked out to other users.
You can also follow the IMDB (
Internet Movie Database) links after each title to learn more about each movie, incljuding its plot, cast, film director(s), and more.
"Review" links lead to reviews in the
MRQE.com (Movie Review Query Engine) website.
Films and Documentaries
Series / Shows
- Adventure Time: Distant Lands
- All Creatures Great and Small, Season 2
- Around the World in 80 Days
- Attack on Titan: Final Season, Part I
- Aurora Teagarden six-movie collection
- Billions, Season 5
- Chicago Med, Season 5
- Cobra Kai, Season 3
- CSI: Vegas, Season 1
- Dexter: New Blood
- Doctor Who, Season 13
- Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
- Elizabeth is Missing
- The Handmaid's Tale, Season 4
- NCIS: New Orleans, the Final Season
- Nova: Saving Notre Dame
- Rick and Morty, Season 5
- Supergirl, the Sixth and Final Season
- Vikings, Season 6, Volume 2
- Yellowstone, Season 4
Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
December 2021
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
Once any of these titles enter the
library system catalog,
you can see if a DVD can be checked out. You can also attempt to reserve Thrall DVDs currently checked out to other users.
You can also follow the IMDB (
Internet Movie Database) links after each title to learn more about each movie, incljuding its plot, cast, film director(s), and more.
"Review" links lead to reviews in the
MRQE.com (Movie Review Query Engine) website.
Films and Documentaries
Series / Shows
Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
September 2020
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
Once any of these titles enter the
library system catalog,
you can see if a DVD can be checked out. You can also attempt to reserve Thrall DVDs currently checked out to other users.
You can also follow the IMDB (
Internet Movie Database) links after each title to learn more about each movie, incljuding its plot, cast, film director(s), and more.
"Review" links lead to reviews in the
MRQE.com (Movie Review Query Engine) website.
Feature Films
TV Shows
Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
February 2020
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
Once any of these titles enter the
library system catalog,
you can see if a DVD can be checked out. You can also attempt to reserve Thrall DVDs currently checked out to other users.
You can also follow the IMDB (
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"Review" links lead to reviews in the
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Feature Films
TV Shows
Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
August 2019
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
Once any of these titles enter the
library system catalog,
you can see if a DVD can be checked out. You can also attempt to reserve Thrall DVDs currently checked out to other users.
You can also follow the IMDB (
Internet Movie Database) links after each title to learn more about each movie, incljuding its plot, cast, film director(s), and more.
"Review" links lead to reviews in the
MRQE.com (Movie Review Query Engine) website.
Feature Films
TV Shows
- 13 Reasons Why: Season 2
- All is True
- Better Call Saul: Season 4
- Better Things: Seasons 1 & 2
- Broad City: Season 5
- Dragged Across the Concrete
- Endeavour: Season 6
- Frontline: Marcus Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Frontline: The Abortion Divide
- Frontline: The Mueller Investigation
- Frontline: Trump's Showdown
- Frontline: Trump's Trade War
- Game of Thrones: Season 8
- The Good Place: Season 3
- Gotham: Season 5
- I am the Night: Season 1
- Killing Eve: Season 2
- Killjoys: Season 4
- Lost in Space: Season 1
- Murdoch Mysteries: Season 12
- Orange is the New Black: Season 6
- Outlander: Season 4
- Outpost: Season 1
- Patrick Melrose: Season 1
- Poetry in America: Season 1
- Queen of the South Season 1
- Suits: Season 8
- Supernatural: Seasons 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
- Teen Spirit
- Titans: Season 1
- Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Season 1
- Unforgotten: Season 3
Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
April 15, 2019
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
Once any of these titles enter the
library system catalog,
you can see if a DVD can be checked out. You can also attempt to reserve Thrall DVDs currently checked out to other users.
You can also follow the IMDB (
Internet Movie Database) links after each title to learn more about each movie, incljuding its plot, cast, film director(s), and more.
"Review" links lead to reviews in the
MRQE.com (Movie Review Query Engine) website.
Feature Films
Foreign Films
TV Shows
- American Vandal: Season 1
- The Bold Type: Season 2
- Broad City: Season 1, 2, 3, & 4
- Castle Rock: Season 1
- Channel Zero: Complete Collection
- Condor: Season 1
- Counterpart: Season 1
- Detectorists: Complete Collection
- Deuce: Seasons 1 & 2
- Doctor Who: Season 11
- Dragons: Race to the Edge: Season 1 & 2
- The Durrells in Corfu: Season 3
- East West 101: Season 3
- Finding Joy: Season 1
- Fresh Off the Boat: Seasons 2, 3, & 4
- Frontline: The Facebook Dilemma
- The Handmaid's Tale: Season 2
- Kidding: Season 1
- Krypton: Season 1
- The Librarians: Season 4
- Lost in Space: The Complete Classic Collection
- Louie: Complete Collection
- The Magicians: Season 1 & 2
- The Miniaturist: Miniseries
- Mr. Robot: Complete Series
- Murdoch Mysteries: Christmas Cases
- Murdoch Mysteries: Home for the Holidays
- Murdoch Mysteries: Once Upon a Murdoch Christmas
- Mystery Road: Season 1
- Narcos: Season 3
- Nightflyers: Season 1
- The Office: Complete Series
- Our Cartoon President: Season 1
- Penny Dreadful: Complete Series
- Poldark: Season 4
- The Purge: Season 1
- Rectify: Season 1, 2, & 3
- Sharp Objects: Miniseries
- Star Trek: Discovery: Season 1
- The Sinner: Season 2
- Succession: Season 1
- Victoria: Season 3
- Westworld: Season 2
- The Woman in White: Miniseries
- You're the Worst: Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5
Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
March 4, 2019
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
Once any of these titles enter the
library system catalog,
you can see if a DVD can be checked out. You can also attempt to reserve Thrall DVDs currently checked out to other users.
You can also follow the IMDB (
Internet Movie Database) links after each title to learn more about each movie, incljuding its plot, cast, film director(s), and more.
"Review" links lead to reviews in the
MRQE.com (Movie Review Query Engine) website.
Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
November 15, 2018
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
Once any of these titles enter the
library system catalog,
you can see if a DVD can be checked out. You can also attempt to reserve Thrall DVDs currently checked out to other users.
You can also follow the IMDB (
Internet Movie Database) links after each title to learn more about each movie, incljuding its plot, cast, film director(s), and more.
"Review" links lead to reviews in the
MRQE.com (Movie Review Query Engine) website.
Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
July 18, 2018
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
Once any of these titles enter the
library system catalog,
you can see if a DVD can be checked out. You can also attempt to reserve Thrall DVDs currently checked out to other users.
You can also follow the IMDB (
Internet Movie Database) links after each title to learn more about each movie, incljuding its plot, cast, film director(s), and more.
"Review" links lead to reviews in the
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Catching up with (or revisiting) the
Marvel Cinematic Universe
May 2018
As Marvel's "Cinematic Universe" (MCU) epically expands with its latest
Black Panther and
Infinity War chapters,
we thought you might like to have a chance to look back, and perhaps catch up, on one or more of the many Marvel films released since 2008.
You can follow any images or title links to instantly
check on their availability in the library system catalog.
To learn more about a movie, follow the IMDB (
Internet Movie Database)
and MRQE (
Movie Review Query Engine) links for details and movie reviews.
"CSM" links lead to parental content advisories and reviews from
Common Sense Media.
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While these titles are presented in "DVD release date"
order, you might also consider these viewing guides:
Some links for further exploration...
Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
March 1, 2018
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
Once any of these titles enter the
library system catalog,
you can see if a DVD can be checked out. You can also attempt to reserve Thrall DVDs currently checked out to other users.
You can also follow the IMDB (
Internet Movie Database) links after each title to learn more about each movie, incljuding its plot, cast, film director(s), and more.
"Review" links lead to reviews in the
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Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
October 16, 2017
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
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library system catalog,
you can see if a DVD can be checked out. You can also attempt to reserve Thrall DVDs currently checked out to other users.
You can also follow the IMDB (
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"Review" links lead to reviews in the
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Movies
Television Shows & Series
Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
July 13, 2017
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
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library system catalog,
you can see if a DVD can be checked out. You can also attempt to reserve Thrall DVDs currently checked out to other users.
You can also follow the IMDB (
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"Review" links lead to reviews in the
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Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
May 17, 2017
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
Once any of these titles enter the
library system catalog,
you can see if a DVD can be checked out. You can also attempt to reserve Thrall DVDs currently checked out to other users.
You can also follow the IMDB (
Internet Movie Database) links after each title to learn more about each movie, incljuding its plot, cast, film director(s), and more.
"Review" links lead to reviews in the
MRQE.com (Movie Review Query Engine) website.
Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
April 3, 2017
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
Once any of these titles enter the
library system catalog,
you can see if a DVD can be checked out. You can also attempt to reserve Thrall DVDs currently checked out to other users.
You can also follow the IMDB (
Internet Movie Database) links after each title to learn more about each movie, incljuding its plot, cast, film director(s), and more.
"Review" links lead to reviews in the
MRQE.com (Movie Review Query Engine) website.
Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
August 5, 2016
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
Once any of these titles enter the
library system catalog,
you can see if a DVD can be checked out. You can also attempt to reserve Thrall DVDs currently checked out to other users.
You can also follow the IMDB (
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"Review" links lead to reviews in the
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Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
April 26, 2016
The following films were recently ordered for our DVD collection.
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check on their eventual availability in the library system catalog.
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To learn more about each movie, you can follow the IMDB (
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Recent Additions to Our DVD Collection
October 14, 2015
The following DVDs were recently added to our collection.
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check on their availability in the catalog.
To learn more about a movie, follow the IMDB (
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and MRQE (
Movie Review Query Engine) links for details and movie reviews.
"CSM" links lead to parental content advisories and reviews from
Common Sense Media.
Once in the library catalog, you can see if the movie...
- is available ("checked in" at a library)
- can be reserved (held for you)
- is obtainable in the edition you prefer
Cult Film Classics @ Your Library
(review by Charles P. DeYoe, III)
September 2, 2015
The term "cult classic" or "cult movie" is a somewhat vague one. Sometimes it's interpreted to mean any movie that does poorly initially
but later becomes popular, making
The Shawshank Redemption and
Fight Club cult classics.
Other times, it is used to describe movies that are as bad as a bad movie can be, such as
Manos: The Hands of Fate, which is generally considered to be unwatchable without the comedians of
Mystery Science Theater 3000 layering jokes on top of it.
Instead, of those definitions, the kind of cult classic I think captures the spirit of the term are movies that are technically
bad but immensely enjoyable to watch for fans of strange things or ridiculous filmmaking. This definition of cult film is a movie that
not a lot of people like but
the people who do emphatically love and will defend fiercely.
So while the term "cult classic" is an extremely subjective one, here are five films in the collection that represent pure fun in a way that appeals to folks with a taste for unusual movies in a variety of genres!
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5. Enter the Ninja (action)
- NINJA! This movie is the source of a lot of American ninja-media that flourished in the 1980s. It has ninjas who look and act exactly how you imagine ninjas look and act. Nunchaku! Throwing stars! Kicks to the head! Like most cheesy action movies, the story doesn't even matter. Just mentally say "ninja" every time a ninja hits someone and you have a recipe for movie fun!
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4. The Green Slime (horror)
- This is possibly one of the cheesiest sci-fi movies ever made. It looks like a B-movie from the 1950s but was actually made in 1968, just one year before 2001: A Space Odyssey! It's also a Japanese/American co-production, although it's entirely in English and if there are Japanese actors, they're inside the monster costumes. This movie full delivers on the promise of being extremely cheesy and ham-fisted, that really makes the whole thing extremely enjoyable to watch.
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3. The Five Deadly Venoms (silent/world cinema)
- Often considered to be one of the best martial arts films of all time! From the legendary Shaw Brothers Studio in Hong Kong, this movie is focused on five students of supernatural-level martial arts. There's the Centipede, who can move his arms so fast it's as if he has multiple sets, the Lizard, who can stick to walls, the Toad whose skin can withstand any blade, along with The Snake, and the Scorpion. This ridiculous concept gets played up in a tale with political intrigue and corruption that manages to be interesting even when characters aren't fighting. This is really an archetypal classic Hong Kong action film and is a great entry-point into the genre for people looking to explore the movies that inspired American martial arts movies such as Kill Bill.
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2. Spider Baby (horror) - Made in 1964 but not released until years later and then languished in obscurity for decades, this horror comedy is acknowledged as a major influence on both Quentin Tarantino and Rob Zombie. At the time this movie was made, films still tended to be tame by modern standards, there's no explicit language or gore, but the themes of this film still manage to push the envelope, thoroughly celebrating the "bad taste" of horror cliches. Spider Baby manages to be both effectively creepy and effectively funny!
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1. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (comedy, found under T for "Three Film Favorites")
- I'd describe the look of this movie as "how young people today imagine the 1980s looked" which is pretty uncommon for actual movies from the 1980s! Made in 1984, the same year as the first Breakin', this one is the more enjoyable of the two by a considerable margin, and yes "Electric Boogaloo" is part of the title. Bright colors, early hip-hop and electronic music, really talented dancers, and pure lighthearted fun make this movie a total blast to watch. Just the name "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" perfectly encapsulates the ridiculous fun this movie represents!
It's on a set that includes the inferior but still fun original Breakin' as well as the quite different, more serious hip-hop movie Beat Street.
Film in Focus:
The Battle of Algiers
(review by Charles P. DeYoe, III)
June 26, 2015
The Battle of Algiers (1966) is an Italian film that recounts events during the Algerian War for independence against the French during the 1950s.
The movie is shot in a style designed to be reminiscent of documentary newsreels and portrays atrocities committed by both sides. The Algerian rebels are show placing bombs in cafes, killing innocent civilians while the French military is shown brutally torturing people for information.
What makes this film so hugely important is its portrayal of urban guerrilla combat and how large government forces respond. It cuts deep into human behavior in wartime and it does not take much stretching to draw parallels between this film and modern military activities in the Middle East involving the United States and various insurgent-groups.
What really makes this movie stand out is how it manages to avoid portraying either side of the conflict in an idealized light.
The similarities between the events in this movie and the military reality the US is currently engaged with makes this movie extremely timely and is highly recommended to anyone with an interest in understanding the nature of urban warfare and the politics surrounding modern military undertakings.
This movie was released on DVD by the Criterion Collection who is famous for putting out the highest quality releases filled with intellectually stimulating bonus features. It is available in our general adult fiction DVDs under "B" until we transition to sorting movies by genre, and then it will be found within the "Silent and World Cinema" genre.
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Recent DVD Additions to Our Video Collection
May 14, 2015
The following movies are either currently on order or are in the library system catalog waiting to be reserved.
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Some Highlights...
Description: "When a has-been movie superhero (Keaton) risks everything for Broadway, he faces harsh critics, a deranged alter ego, his estranged daughter (Emma Stone) and a difficult stage star (Edward Norton)."
Description: " The epic conclusion to the adventures of Bilbo Baggins. The dragon Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women, and children of Lake-town. Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo attempts to make him see reason."
Description: "An intense and haunting portrayal of a brilliant, complicated man, a genius who under nail-biting pressure helped to shorten the war and, in turn, save thousands of lives."
Description: "With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars."
Description: "Paddington tells the story of the comic misadventures of a young Peruvian bear who travels to the city in search of a home."
Description: "Selma chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay's Selma tells the real story of the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement that prompted change that forever altered history."
Description: "Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a diagnosis of Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease, Alice and her family find their bonds thoroughly tested. Her struggle to stay connected to who she once was is frightening, heartbreaking, and inspiring."
Description: "Academy Award(R) winner Angelina Jolie directs and produces "Unbroken", an epic drama that follows the incredible life of Olympian and war hero Louis "Louie" Zamperini (Jack O'Connell) who, along with two other crewmen, survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII - only to be caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. Adapted from Laura Hillenbrand's ("Seabiscuit: An American Legend") enormously popular book "Unbroken" brings to the big screen Zamperini's unbelievable and inspiring true story about the resilient power of the human spirit."
Other Movies...
Some friendly reminders...
The very newest videos, just like the latest books, can sometimes take a while
before reserves or interlibrary loans can occur.
If you've never placed a hold before, or if you'd like some help locating a video
(or anything else), please feel free to contact our
Reference Department at any time!
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Recent DVD Releases
January 2, 2015
Follow any movie poster or title links to instantly
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In the library catalog, you can see if the movie...
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Highlights...
Description: "After quitting his job in a trendy Los Angeles restaurant, a chef moves to Florida and asks his friends and family to help him as he starts up a business as the owner and cook in a food truck."
Description: "Hassan is a culinary ingenue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. Displaced from their native India, his family settles in a quaint village in the south of France. They plan to open an Indian restaurant, that is, until Madame Mallory, the owner of a classical French restaurant, gets wind of it. Her icy protests against the new Indian restaurant so near her own escalate to all out war; until Hassan's cooking talent and love for Mme. Mallory's assistant, Marguerite cannot be ignored."
Other Movies...
Some friendly reminders...
The very newest videos, just like the latest books, can sometimes take a while
before reserves or interlibrary loans can occur.
If you've never placed a hold before, or if you'd like some help locating a video
(or anything else), please feel free to contact our
Reference Department at any time!
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