Monday, April 21, 2014

Weekly eHighlights: Special Streaming Video edition

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Selected Popular Streaming Video Titles

 

10 Years – Channing Tatum, Chris Pratt, Rosario Dawson
Starz Digital Media
The night before their 10 year high school reunion, a group of friends realize they still haven’t quite grown up in some ways.

14 Women – Hillary Rodham Clinton, Annette Bening
Screen Media Ventures Documentary
Profiles fourteen women in Congress.

AmericanoSalma Hayek, Geraldine Chapman
MPI Media Group Foreign Film: French
A man who returns to Los Angeles to wrap up his mother’s estate sets out in search of the mysterious woman named in her will.

At War with the Army – Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin
Film Chest Media Group Feature Film
Alvin Corwin is low man on the totem pole, and goes from one hilarious mishap to another at an army training camp in World War II.

Becket – Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton, John Gielgud
MPI Media Group Feature Film
When Henry II appoints his close friend Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury, Becket shocks the world by openly defying the King with his newfound faith and compassion. This classic film won 15 major awards and was nominated for 22.

The Best and the Brightest – Neil Patrick Harris, Bonnie Sommerville, Amy Sedaris
Cinedigm Entertainment Corporation Feature Film
A twist on contemporary parenting, this film is set in the world of New York City’s elite private kindergartens.

Blue Valentine – Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams
The Weinstein Company (via the Starz Digital Media catalog) Feature Film
A shattering portrait of a disintegrating marriage.

BMX Bandits – Nicole Kidman
MPI Media Group Feature Film
16-year-old Kidman's movie debut. Two BMX expert bikers and a friend of theirs (Kidman) become entangled with a group of bank robbers after discovering a carton of walkie-talkies.

Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino, Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio
The Weinstein Company (via the Starz Digital Media catalog)
Academy Award ®Winner for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor. With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

The Evil Dead – Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss
Starz Digital Media Feature Film
Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons. Classic comedy/horror film.

Give Me the Banjo Steve Martin
Cinedigm Entertainment Documentary
A comprehensive look at a quintessential American musical instrument, the banjo, from its African roots to contemporary jazz and into the 21st century.

I Don't Know How She Does It – Sarah Jessica Parker, Christina Hendricks, Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear
The Weinstein Company (via the Starz Digital Media catalog) Feature Film
A finance executive manages the ultimate balancing act between work and her adoring family. With the support of her best friend and fellow working mother she generally manages to keep her out-of-work husband, two young children, and colleagues happy. But when she lands a lucrative new account that requires frequent travel at the same time her husband receives a job offer he can’t refuse trouble ensues. Based on the novel by Allison Pearson.

The Iron Lady – Meryl Streep

The Weinstein Company (via the Starz Digital Media catalog)
Meryl Streep won both the Oscar® and the Golden Globe® for best actress for this look at the life of Margaret Thatcher through her own eyes.

Jillian Michaels: One Week Shred
Gaiam, Inc. Instructional
From the number one fitness celebrity, this is an all-new comprehensive program featuring a morning strength workout, evening cardio workout and a custom meal plan to help lose up to 7 lbs. in just one week.

Killing Them Softly – Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini
The Weinstein Company (via the Starz Digital Media catalog) Feature Film
During the economic turmoil of 2008, an enforcer is hired to restore order after three idiots rob a mob-protected poker game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.

The King's Speech – Colin Firth
The Weinstein Company (via the Starz Digital Media catalog) Feature Film
Academy Award® for the Best Picture of the Year, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenwriter. Also won several Golden Globes®. The true story of King George VI of England, who unexpectedly ascended to the throne and had to overcome his speech impediment.

The Last Time I Saw Paris – Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Donna Reed, Walter Pidgeon
Film Chest Media Group Feature Film
After an absence of two years, a successful writer returns to Paris and reminisces about his failed marriage.

The Master – Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams
The Weinstein Company (via the Starz Digital Media catalog) Feature Film
A Navy veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader. Nominated for three Oscars and several Golden Globes.

The Men Who Stare At Goats – George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey
Starz Digital Media Feature Film
A journalist in Iraq encounters a shadowy figure who claims to be part of an experimental U.S. military unit with unparalleled psychic powers that can read the enemy’s thoughts, pass through solid walls, and even kill a goat simply by staring at it. Nominated in the U.K. for an Empire Award for Best Comedy.

Mr. Wuffles! – David Wiesner
Dreamscape Media
A black cat named Mr. Wuffles doesn’t care about toy mice or toy goldfish. He’s much more interested in playing with a little spaceship full of actual aliens—but the ship wasn’t designed for this kind of rough treatment. Between motion sickness and damaged equipment, the aliens are in deep trouble. When the space visitors dodge the cat and take shelter behind the radiator to repair the damage, they make a host of insect friends.  Based on the 2014 Newbery Honor Book.

My Week with Marilyn – Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh
The Weinstein Company (via the Starz Digital Media catalog) Feature Film
Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier, documented the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe in a diary during production of The Prince and the Showgirl. This is the story of the most intense week of all. Williams won the Golden Globe® Best Actress award and both Williams and Branagh were nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards®.

Our Idiot Brother – Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel
The Weinstein Company (via the Starz Digital Media catalog) Feature Film
Perennially upbeat Ned, an erstwhile organic farmer, is utterly lacking in common sense. After his girlfriend dumps him and boots him off their farm, Ned turns to his sisters, who once again come to his rescue, each taking a turn housing their troublemaker sibling.

Paper Man – Jeff Daniels, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, and Lisa Kudrow
MPI Media Group Feature Film
An inspirational comedic drama about an unlikely friendship between a failed middle-aged novelist who has never quite grown up and a 17-year-old girl whose role in a family tragedy years earlier has stolen away her youth.

Personal Effects – Ashton Kutcher, Kathy Bates, Michelle Pfeiffer
Screen Media Ventures Feature Film
A heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting romance that is a testament to the power of love.

Race with Destiny: The James Dean Story – Casper Van Dien
MPI Media Group TV Movie
Goes beyond the myth to tell the true story of the superstar who lived fast, died young and left a legacy that changed movies forever.

Royal Wedding – Fred Astaire, Jane Powell
Film Chest Media Group Feature Film
A dance act goes to London at the time of a royal wedding. Music by Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner.

Sarah's Key – Kristin Scott Thomas
The Weinstein Company (via the Starz Digital Media catalog) Feature Film
Based on the novel by Tatiana de Rosnay, In modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup in 1942. Movie Guide Award nomination for best film.

Scream 4 – Wes Craven, Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, David Arquette
The Weinstein Company (via the Starz Digital Media catalog) Feature Film
The spine-chilling fourth installment of the $300M-grossing Scream franchise.

Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden – Cam Gigandet, Anson Mount
The Weinstein Company (via the Starz Digital Media catalog) Feature Film
Based on the true story. Seal Team Six is sent to find and retrieve Osama bin Laden.

Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of WW IIWalter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, Hal Holbrook
Janson Media Documentary
Thousands of lives were saved and battles won in WWII because of the efforts of American glider pilots. Winner of a Cine Golden Eagle for History.

The Silver Linings Playbook – Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver
The Weinstein Company (via the Starz Digital Media catalog) Feature Film
Jennifer Lawrence won the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Actress and the movie garnered over 60 awards. After a stint in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when he meets a mysterious girl with problems of her own.

Smother – Diane Keaton, Liv Tyler
Screen Media Ventures Feature Film
When Noah Cooper is fired from his job as a therapist, he thinks his day can’t possibly get worse, but arriving home— he discovers his overbearing mother Marilyn has moved in with her five dogs in tow.

The Snows of Kilimanjaro – Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward
20th Century Fox Feature Film
Classic film based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway. Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.

South of the Border – Oliver Stone, Hugo Chavez
Cinema Libre Studio Documentary
Oliver Stone sets out on a road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media’s misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents.

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World – Jessica Alba, Joel McHale
The Weinstein Company (via the Starz Digital Media catalog) Feature Film
In the fourth installment of the hit Spy Kids franchise, a retired spy is called back into action, and to bond with her new step-children, she invites them along for the adventure to stop the evil Timekeeper from taking over the world.

Sunshine CleaningAmy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin
Starz Digital Media Feature Film
In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business with her unreliable sister—a biohazard removal and crime scene clean-up service.

Super High Me – Doug Benson
Screen Media Ventures Documentary
Standup comedian and marijuana user Doug Benson documents 30 days of pot free living and 30 days of non-stop use to compare the effects of both with unexpected results. Along the way he performs across the country and hangs with fellow notable comedians.

The Terror – Jack Nicholson, Boris Karloff
Film Chest Media Group Feature Film
A young officer in Napoleon’s army pursues a mysterious woman to the castle of an elderly Baron.

TraitorDon Cheadle
Starz Digital Media Feature Film
When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir. Obsessed with discovering the truth, Clayton tracks Horn across the globe as the elusive ex-soldier burrows deeper and deeper into a world of shadows and intrigue. Cheadle was nominated for an Image Award for Outstanding Actor.

Trashed – Jeremy Irons
Green Planet Films Documentary
Jeremy Irons travels around the world to beautiful destinations tainted by pollution.

Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak, Peter Schickele
Weston Woods Animated
An animated film of the award winning and beloved classic children's book.

World War I: American Legacy – Narrated by David Carradine
Janson Media Documentary
Vividly tells the many forgotten stories of the men and women who served in the Great War, reminding Americans of their impact on our country that can still be felt today. The WWI Centennial is this year.

 

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Cindy Orr is a Collection Development Analyst at OverDrive.

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