Summary: In 1929, an impoverished fishing village father sells his nine-year-old daughter, Chiyo, to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and she becomes subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. As she grows older, her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo. She is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVDSummary: In 1929, an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy in Hatsumomo and she is rescued by Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MEMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Memoirs 2006Summary: After giving up Wing Chun, Cheung Tin Chi ran into trouble with the local triad and had his home burnt to the ground. He took shelter on Bar Street and found solace from the neighbors. But when he discovered the triad was peddling drugs on Bar Street, Tin Chi took it upon himself to intervene. When the drug lord sought revenge and killed Tin Chi's friends, he decided to take on the drug lord in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MASCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MASSummary: In the heart of the 1970s, amid a flurry of feathered hair and flared jeans, Gru (Oscar nominee Steve Carell) is growing up in the suburbs. A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them. Luckily, he gets some mayhem-making backup from his loyal followers, the Minions. Together, Kevin, Stuart, Bob, and Otto, a new Minion...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family MinionsCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MINSummary: Evelyn Wang, a flustered immigrant mother, is contacted from a parallel universe and told that only she can save the world. The unlikely hero must learn to channel her newfound powers and fight through the splintering timelines of the multiverse to save her home, her family, and herself in this big-hearted and irreverent adventure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE EVECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EVECopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE EVESummary: A young woman, who has been continuously unlucky, accepts a job as a department store elf during the holidays. When Kate meets Tom on the job, her life takes a turn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LASWu, Constance
Summary: When an American-born Chinese woman attends a wedding in Singapore with her boyfriend, she discovers that his family is very wealthy and other women in his social class are trying to date him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CRASummary: Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five. But Po's new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. Po must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In San Francisco's Chinatown, Tom discovers his family's legacy: they guard the phoenix egg, a powerful artifact that can either create or destroy. Stepping into this role, Tom teams up with a savvy tiger and zodiac warriors who can shift forms. Together, they dive into a high-stakes adventure, battling foes to protect the egg and uphold their family's honor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2024
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TIGSummary: Arthur Bishop returns as the Mechanic in the sequel to the 2011 action thriller. When the deceitful actions of a cunning but beautiful woman force him to return to the life he left behind, Bishop's life is once again in danger as he has to complete an impossible list of assassinations of the most dangerous men in the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he's drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization controlled by his father, a man who gained immortality and the desire for unlimited power when he acquired an ancient artifact centuries ago.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SHACopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SHASummary: After answering a distress signal from the U.S.S. Enterprise, the U.S.S. Discovery welcomes aboard Captain Christopher Pike and begins a new mission to investigate the meaning behind seven mysterious red signals. Michael Burnham grapples with her past growing up on Vulcan with her foster parents and brother Spock.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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3 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STASummary: Set in the '90s, Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on an action-packed, globetrotting adventure as the Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorons join the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth. Noah, a sharp young guy from Brooklyn, and Elena, an ambitious, talented artifact researcher, are swept up in the conflict as Optimus Prime and the Autobots face a terrifying new nemesis bent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE TRACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TRACopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TRASummary: Set in 19th-century China, two master warriors are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocratic woman prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her romantic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face-to-face with their worst enemy, and the enduring power of love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CROSummary: Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world's most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Studios 2023
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2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR HAUSummary: "The Heroic Trio and its sequel, Executioners, follow a new kind of justice league: a team of blade-throwing, shotgun-toting, kung fu-fighting heroines who join forces to battle evildoers in a dystopian, noirish city"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN HERSummary: Hard-luck hound Hank finds himself in a town full of cats who need a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's evil plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant teacher to train him, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022