Descriptive audio offers you the opportunity to listen to a movie or TV show with all of the actions and scenery described aloud by a narrator. It’s usually a separate track that you can turn on to hear the purely visual aspects of the video. Listening to this track while watching the primary video track allows blind and visually-impaired people to enjoy the movie just as much as all the other people in the room. Some people say it gives them the feeling that they are listening to an audiobook. It also allowed me to enjoy the silent film “Nosferatu” while I was working at my sewing machine. Continue reading “Descriptive Audio”
Here is a new DVD list highlighting various titles recently added to the library’s collection.
“Reacher”
Season 1
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Based on the bestselling book series by Lee Child, this TV show follows Jack Reacher, a veteran military police investigator who has just recently entered civilian life. When he is arrested for a murder he did not commit, he finds himself in the middle of a deadly conspiracy full of dirty cops, shady businessmen and scheming politicians. Continue reading “New DVD List: Reacher, The Banshees of Inisherin, & More”
Here is a new DVD list highlighting various titles recently added to the library’s collection.
“Sheryl”
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A documentary portrait of singer songwriter and MU alumna Sheryl Crow, who’s lived it all and seen it all but never told it all — until now. From humble beginnings to sold out world tours her life has been nothing short of extraordinary. Crow has always found a way to turn even her darkest experiences into captivating, timeless work — creating a legacy that continues to inspire and influence generations. Continue reading “New DVD List: Sheryl, Top Gun: Maverick, & More”
Here is a new DVD list highlighting various titles recently added to the library’s collection.
“Abbott Elementary”
Season 1
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This TV show is a workplace comedy featuring a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — who find themselves thrown together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Continue reading “New DVD List: Abbott Elementary, Nope, & More”
Here is a new DVD list highlighting various titles recently added to the library’s collection.
“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”
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This fictional comedy-drama tells the story of a widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London who falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and decides that she must have one of her own. After she works, starves and gambles to raise the funds to pursue her dream, she embarks on an adventure to Paris which will change not only her own outlook, but the very future of the House of Dior. Continue reading “New DVD List: Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris & More”
Here is a new DVD list highlighting various titles recently added to the library’s collection.
“The Duke”
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This fictional comedy drama is based on the true story of Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver who stole the Portrait of the Duke of Wellington painting from the National Gallery in London. He sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Continue reading “New DVD List: The Duke, The Gilded Age, & More”
Here is a new DVD list highlighting various titles recently added to the library’s collection.
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
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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. Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert co-write and co-direct this adventure-comedy. Continue reading “New DVD List: Everything Everywhere All at Once & More”
Here is a new DVD list highlighting various titles recently added to the library’s collection.
“Hacks”
Season 1
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In this series a waning comedy legend (Jean Smart) and an entitled young writer (Hannah Einbinder) must put aside their differences to save their careers. The reluctant pact for mutual professional survival and the generational friction that follows fuels this engaging HBO comedy-drama. Continue reading “New DVD List: Hacks, the Northman, & More”
Here is a new DVD list highlighting various titles recently added to the library’s collection.
“Licorice Pizza”
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This Oscar-nominated drama is the story of Alana Kane (Alana Haim) and Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman) growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973. Written and Directed by heralded filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, this potent coming-of-age drama tracks the treacherous navigation of first love. Sean Penn, Bradley Cooper, Tom Waits and Benny Safdie also star. Continue reading “New DVD List: Licorice Pizza, Kurt Vonnegut, & More”
Here is a new DVD list highlighting various titles recently added to the library’s collection.
“C’mon C’mon”
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In this drama from writer-director Mike Mills, radio host Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) receives a call from his sister Viv (Gaby Hoffman), asking him to temporarily take care of her son Jesse (Woody Norman). They forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they are unexpectedly thrown together in this delicate and deeply moving story about the connections between adults and children, the past and the future. Continue reading “New DVD List: “C’mon C’mon,” “Attica” & More”
