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For Your Entertainment - DVDs October 2017
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Beatriz At DinnerSalma Hayek shines in this provocatively funny fish-out-of-water comedy. Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor Mexican town, draws upon her innate kindness as a spiritual health practitioner in L.A. Doug Strutt is a rich and ruthless real-estate developer. When fate brings them together at a dinner party, it leads to a culture clash of wildly comic proportions - and a night that will change both their worlds forever. MPAA Rating: R (Language and a scene of violence)
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The Big SickThis acclaimed comedy is based on the real-life relationship and culture clash between comedian Kumail Nanjani and his future wife, Emily Gordon. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail has to force himself to face her feisty parents, temper his family's expectations, and follow his heart. MPAA Rating: R (Language including some sexual references)
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DeanWriter-director Demetri Martin stars alongside Academy Award winner Kevin Kline in this comedic and heartfelt film about a father and son coming to terms with love, loss, and everything in between. Following a life-shaking event, Dean, a New York illustrator, hops a transcontinental flight hoping to figure out his increasingly crazy world. While in Los Angeles, Dean unexpectedly discovers romance, hope, inspiration, and the importance of family. MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Language and some suggestive material)
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The HeroLee Hayden (Sam Elliott) is a Western icon with a golden voice, but his best performances are decades behind him. He spends his days reliving old glories with his former costar, Jeremy (Nick Offerman), until a surprise cancer diagnosis brings his priorities into sharp focus. He soon strikes up an exciting, contentious relationship with stand-up comic Charlotte (Laura Prepon), and he attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter, Lucy (Krysten Ritter), all while searching for one final role to cement his legacy. MPAA Rating: R (Drug use, language, and some sexual content)
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Life is an intense sci-fi thriller about a team of scientists aboard the International Space Station whose mission of discovery turns into one of primal fear when they find a rapidly evolving life-form that caused extinction on Mars, and now threatens the crew and all life on Earth. MPAA Rating: R (Language throughout, some sci-fi violence and terror)
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Megan LeaveyMegan Leavey is based on the true life story of a young Marine Corporal (Kate Mara) whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq. When she is assigned to clean up the K9 unit after a disciplinary hearing, Leavey identifies with a particularly aggressive dog, Rex, and is given the chance to train him. Over the course of their service, Megan and Rex completed more than 100 missions until an IED explosion injures them, putting their fate in jeopardy. MPAA Rating: PG-13 (War violence, language, suggestive material, and tematic elements)
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Mean Dreams Mean Dreams follows courageous local farm boy Jonas and the new girl next door, Casey, as they embark on a journey that will change their lives forever. When Casey's abusive home life reaches a new level of danger, Jonas takes the lead in their escape by stealing a bag full of drug money from Casey's corrupt father, local cop Wayne Caraway. With the stolen cash as their only means to a better life, Casey flees with Jonas and together, under relentless pursuit from her father, they learn the hard truth of what it will take in order to survive. MPAA Rating: R (For some violence and language)
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The MummyTom Cruise stars in this spectacular version of the legend that has fascinated cultures all over the world since the dawn of civilization: The Mummy. Thought safely entombed deep beneath the desert, an ancient princess whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day. Her malevolence has grown over millennia and with it come terrors that defy human comprehension. From the sands of the Middle East through modern-day London, The Mummy balances wonder, thrills, and imagination. MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Violence, action and scary images, and for some suggestive content and partial nudity)
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Paris Can WaitAnne (Diane Lane) is at a crossroads in her life. Long married to a successful, driven but inattentive movie producer (Alec Baldwin), she unexpectedly finds herself taking a road trip from Cannes to Paris with a business associate of her husband. What should be a seven-hour drive turns into a two-day adventure complete with picturesque sights, fine food and wine, humor, wisdom and romance, reawakening Anne's senses and giving her a new lust for life. MPAA Rating: PG (Thematic elements, smoking and some language)
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Transformers: The Last KnightFrom director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg comes "the best Transformers yet." (The Telegraph) Our world's greatest hero becomes our fiercest enemy when Optimus Prime launches a mission to save Cybertron by destroying Earth. Now Bumblebee and Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) must lead the Autobots against their former ally in the ultimate battle to save mankind from annihilation. MPAA Rating: PG-13 (For violence and intense sequences of sci-fi action, language, and some innuendo)
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WarrenAfter giving up on making it in the Chicago improv scene, a young comedian fatefully reconnects with the former love of his life one fall night while working at a coffee shop in his hometown. Afraid of growing old and alone like his divorced father, Warren must choose between winning her back or finding the courage to go after his dreams a second time. Not Rated.
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The Wedding PlanThe Wedding Plan is a poignant and funny romantic comedy about love, marriage, and faith in life's infinite possibilities. Michal, blindsided by her fiance's decision to call off their wedding with only a month's notice, is unwilling to return to single life. Michal decides to put her trust in fate and continue with her wedding plans, believing Mr. Right will appear by her chosen date. As the day of the ceremony grows closer and no suitor appears, Michal puts everything on the line to find happiness. MPAA Rating: PG (Thematic elements)
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Captain Underpants: The First Epic MovieTra-la-laa! DreaemWorks Animation presents the year's most hysterically heroic comedy, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie! George and Harold are fourth-grade BFFs who love dreaming up funny pranks. One day, they accidentally hypnotize their principal into believing he's a dimwitted hero named Captain Underpants. But when the new schoolteacher turns out to be a disgraced scientist bent on ridding the world of laughter, George, Harold and Captain Underpants must band together to stop his evil agenda! MPAA Rating: PG (Mild rude humor throughout)
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The Americans, Season FourThe stakes have never been higher for KGB operatives Philip and Elizabeth Jennings than in the pulse-pounding fourth season of The Americans. Still grieving the death of her own mother, Elizabeth berates Paige for telling her pastor about her parents' covert profession. A deadly bioweapon threatens Gabriel's life, and the couple shatters the lives of loved ones when Martha is told about "Clark's" true identity and Elizabeth betrays her friendYoung-Hee. Meanwhile, Philip's involvementin a self-help cult and Paige's romance with Stan's son further challenge the Jennings' mission in this "indisputably excellent period thriller" (Ben Travers, IndieWire). Not Rated.
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Billions, Season TwoThe power struggle continues in season 2 of the hit series Billions, starring Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis. After being deftly outplayed, brilliant hedge fund king Bobby 'Axe' Axelrod is upping his game and using his considerable resources to exact revenge on ruthless U.S. investigation, forced to scramble to hang on to his office and his family. But the embattled prosecutor still has some tricks up his sleeve and it's not long before Axe learns that money can't buy everything - or everyone. Not Rated.
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Wednesdays, October 11 & 25 The Protestant Reformation - Two-Part Series 6:30-8:00 p.m. At the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, Dr. Lou Mitchell will present a two-part series on the events leading to this 16th-century religious, political, intellectual, and cultural upheaval. Wednesday, October 11 Intro to Microsoft Publisher 1:00 p.m. Learn how to use the versatile program Microsoft Publisher to create quick publications, newsletters, flyers, and more. Enroll online or at the library. BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
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Wednesday, October 18 Creating Your Family's Personal History 6:30 p.m. You've taken a stab at organizing your family history, but it's overwhelming. What to do? Katie Murphy of Univoice History offers tips and strategies for family history projects that you can actually complete. Enroll online or at the library. Thursday, October 19 History RepEATs Itself 12:00-2:00 p.m. Sample of a variety of different foods from the Cranbury Women's Club and Historical Society's cookbooks of yore. Library staff and volunteers will be dusting off jello molds and chafing dishes to present foods your grandparents (parents?) loved to eat! Then stick around to make a kitchy craft Lucy Ricardo or Mary Richards would have been proud of. Enroll online or at the library (enrollment for craft portion only).
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