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New on DVD at HPL! February 2019
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The Bookshop
When a free-spirited widow opens a bookshop in a conservative coastal town in England in 1959, she attracts both opposition and support from the local community.
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Boy Erased
After being outed by his parents, the son of a Baptist preacher is forced to take part in a church-supported gay conversion program.
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Buffalo Rider (Thai)
Jenny, a combative and rebellious teen is headed down a troubled path when her father decides something drastic must be done to save her. Unwilling to speak and feeling isolated in the middle of chaotic Los Angeles, her father intervenes by sending her to Thailand to live with her grandmother. Jenny feels imprisoned in the tiny, remote village until she meets Boonrod, a shunned, peasant boy whose best friend is the family water buffalo.
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Captain
Based on the story of Willy Herold, Executioner of Emsland, follows a Nazi soldier in the final weeks of World War II who finds an officer's uniform and uses it to gain authority over other soldiers, take command of a prison camp, and dispense harsh punishment on inmates.
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First Man
Presents the story of the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong in the decade leading up to the historic flight.
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Goldstone
Searching for a missing person, a detective arrives in the mining town of Goldstone and discovers a web of corruption, conspiracy, human trafficking and other crimes.
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Good Manners (Portuguese)
Clara is a lonely nurse from the outskirts of Sao Paulo who is hired by the mysterious and wealthy Ana to be the nanny of her soon-to-be-born child. Against all odds, the two women develop a strong bond, but a fateful night marked by a full moon changes their plans.
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Halloween
Forty years after Michael Myers' killing spree on Halloween night, he escapes from prison and survivor Laurie Strode sets out to destroy him.
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Hate U Give
A girl from a poor black neighborhood attending a rich mostly white prep school witnesses her childhood friend being killed by a police officer and faces a difficult dilemma.
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Hunter killer
An American submarine captain teams up with a group of Navy SEALs to rescue the kidnapped Russian president and save the world from an imminent catastrophe.
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Johnny English Strikes Again
After a hacker exposes the names of all British undercover agents, Johnny English is called out of retirement to find the perpetrator of the cyber attack.
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Last Suit (Spanish)
A Polish-born Holocaust survivor travels from Argentina to Poland to find a man who saved him from death during World War II.
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Mademoiselle Paradis
When a gifted blind piano player finds her talent fading as her eyesight is restored, she learns she must choose between her musical talents and the ability to see.
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Mid90s
Follows a teenager growing up in Los Angeles in the nineteen nineties as he navigates the problems in his family life and at school.
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Monsters and Men
Tells the story of the aftermath of a police shooting of an unarmed black man, focusing on a young father who witnessed the incident, an African-American police officer, and a young baseball player deciding whether to join the protest.
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Old Man & The Gun
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
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Paper Store
A former college student writing papers for money becomes romantically involved with one of her clients.
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Ramaleela (Malayalam)
Adv. Ramanunni is offered an MLA seat, he is thrown headfirst in to the dirty abyss of politics. What ensues is a cloak and dagger game where it is impossible to survive unless he plays along.
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Sanju
Coming from a family of cinema legends, he himself became a film star, and ten saw dizzying heights an darkest depths: Adulation of diehard fans, unending battles with various addictions, brushes with the underworld, prison terms, loss of loved ones, and the haunting speculation that he might or might not be a terrorist. It is in turns a hilarious and heartbreaking exploration of one man's battle against his own wild self and the formidable external forces trying to crush him.
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We the Animals
Follows the intense family life of three brothers living in the shadow of their parents' passionate love, and their own profound sense of family unity and belonging.
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What They Had
Bridget (Hilary Swank) returns home at her brother's (Michael Shannon) urging to deal with her ailing mother (Blythe Danner) and her father's (Robert Forster) reluctance to let go of their life together.
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Who We Are Now
After she's released from prison for manslaughter, a woman seeks to regain custody of her son from her sister who has had custody for the ten years she was incarcerated.
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The Wife
While traveling to Stockholm with her husband, where he'll be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, a woman confronts the sacrifices she's made on his behalf.
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Always at the Carlyle
An anecdotal history of the New York City hotel, The Carlyle, and its notable guests that includes extended interviews with Anthony Bourdain, George Clooney and Woody Allen.
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Black Code
Examines the global impact that the Internet has had on free speech and privacy, and how activists have responded to various governments' control and manipulation of information across the world.
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Eating Animals
Exposes common misconceptions about how animals are slaughtered and processed for food, drawing on sources ranging from popular culture to national tradition to reveal how the meat industry misrepresents its practices.
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Makala
Trials tribulation dreams and aspirations of a young farmer earning a living making and selling charcoal in Congo.
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Pick of the Litter
Follows a litter of puppies on their two-year training process to become guide dogs for the blind.
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Infinity: The Life and Art of Yayoi Kusama
Now the top-selling female artist in the world, Yayoi Kusama overcame impossible odds to bring her radical artistic vision to the world stage. After working as an artist for over six decades, people around the globe are experiencing her installation Infinity Mirrored Rooms in record numbers, even as Kusama continues to create new work every day.
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American Masters: Decoding Watson
Discovering the secret of life at age 25 with Francis Crick, Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson has thrived on making headlines ever since. His discovery of DNA's structure, the double helix, revolutionized human understanding of how life works. Uncover his signature achievements, complexities, and contradictions, including his penchant for expressing unfiltered points of view.
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Mile Marker. 7000 Miles on the Road to Recovery
A film that investigates new and controversial techniques and methods for treating PTSD but more than that, it is a look into the lives of veterans in America today. It is an authentic portrayal of veterans today in America and their bitter combat to overcome drug addiction, criminal issues, and their individual struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Through investigation and understanding veterans, only then can a solution be proposed to reduce that tragic number.
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The If Project
In the United States, there are over 6.8 million people in prison, jail, on probation or parole. That is one in every 35 adults. Perhaps even more alarming is that women are the fastest growing segment of the incarcerated population, increasing at nearly double the rate of men since 1985.The film is a feature length documentary that explores the reasons behind these staggering numbers. The film follows a group of inmates incarcerated in a maximum- security women's prison.
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Cinemability: The Art of Inclusion
A thoughtful and entertaining look at the history of disability portrayals in the media, and how these portrayals have impacted societal inclusion. Go behind-the-scenes with some of Hollywoods A-List Stars, Directors, Producers, and Studio Heads as we explore the history of disability portrayals in the media and the impact honest media characterizations have on real life inclusive opportunities for marginalized minority groups.
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Modified
A first-person feature documentary that questions why genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are not labeled on food products in the United States and Canada, despite being labeled in 64 countries around the world. Shot over a span of ten years, the film follows the ongoing struggle to label GMOs, exposing the cozy relationship between the biotech industry and governments.
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Doctor Blake Mysteries
After being away for thirty years, a doctor returns to his home town to take over his father's medical practice in 1950s Australia.
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