Tuesday, June 28, 2011

New DVD releases for June 28, 2011

The following DVDs are being release today, June 28:

  • Beastly
  • Season of the Witch
  • The Warrior's Way
  • Sucker Punch

The library has purchased all these titles.  You may place a hold on any of them by either coming into or calling any library location or by visiting the library's website at http://www.khcpl.org/

Monday, June 27, 2011

Weekend Box Office for the Weekend of July 24 - 26, 2011

The weekend box office estimates are in for this past weekend (July 24 - 26). Cars 2 raced to the top making $68 million followed by Bad Teacher which made $31 million.  The totals for the top ten movies are as follows:

  1. Cars 2                                                                      $68,000,000
  2. Bad Teacher                                                             $31,000,000
  3. Green Lantern                                                           $18,350,000
  4. Super 8                                                                    $12,100,000
  5. Mr. Popper's Penguins                                              $10,300,000
  6. X-Men: First Class                                                    $ 6,600,000
  7. The Hangover Part II                                                 $ 5,865,000
  8. Bridesmaids                                                               $ 5,372,000
  9. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides               $ 4,702,000
  10. Midnight in Paris                                                       $ 4,481,00
Totals via http://www.boxofficemojo.com/

Friday, June 24, 2011

Now Showing - June 24, 2011



The following movies are opening in theaters this weekend:

Cars 2





                                                        Bad Teacher





To find out when these films are playing in your area, visit http://www.flickster.com/.  Just click on the "movies" link and then on "showtimes".

Thursday, June 23, 2011

AFI Lifetime Achievement Award 2011

This year's recipient of the American Film Institute's (AFI) Lifetime Achievement award is Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman.  The honor was given to him June 9 and the ceremony will be broadcast on TV Land June 26.

The library owns many of this gifted actor's films.  They include:

10 Items or Less
Amistad
Batman Begins
Bruce Almighty
The Bucket List
The Dark Knight
Driving Miss Daisy
Evan Almighty
Feast of Love
Glory
Gone Baby Gone
High Crimes
Invictus
Kiss the Girls
Lean on Me
Million Dollar Baby
Nurse Betty
Red
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Seven
The Shawshank Redemption
Street Smart
The Sum of All Fears
An Unfinished Life
Unforgiven
Wanted

You can place a hold on any of these titles by either coming into or calling any library location or by visiting the library's website at http://www.khcpl.org/

21 Classic Summer Movies : Paste




Tuesday was the "official" start of Summer.  In honor of this, Paste Magazine posted their list of classic summer movies.  Click on the following link to see if your favorite summer movie made the list.


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

New DVD Releases - June 21, 2010

The following DVDs are being released today, June 21:
  • The Eagle
  • Cedar Rapids
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Roderick Rules
  • The Adjustment Bureau
  • Unknown

 
The library has purchased each of these titles.  You may place a hold on any of these titles by coming into or calling any library location or by visiting the library's website at http://www.khcpl.org/.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Weekend Box Office for the Weekend of June 17-19, 2011

The weekend box office estimates out for this past weekend.  They are:

  1. Green Lantern                                               $52,685,000
  2. Super 8                                                         $21,250,000
  3. Mr. Popper's Penguins                                  $18,200,000
  4. X-Men: First Class                                        $11,500,000
  5. The Hangover Part II                                     $  9,635,000
  6. Kung Fu Panda 2                                           $  8,700,000
  7. Bridesmaids                                                   $ 7,487,000
  8. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides    $ 6, 236,000
  9. Midnight in Paris                                             $ 5,237,000
  10. Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer  $ 2,241,000
Did go you go see any of these films this weekend?  If so what did you think of them?

via Box Office Mojo

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

New DVD Releases - June 14, 2011

The following DVDs are being released today, June 14:

  • Kill the Irishman
  • Battle - Los Angeles
  • N-Secure
  • Big Mommas - Like Father, Like Son
  • Hall Pass
  • Red Riding Hood
The library has purchased all of these titles.  You may place a hold on any of them by either coming into or calling any library location or by visiting the library's website at http://www.khcpl.org/