Movies are a great way to escape the summer heat. Here are just a few of the newest feature film titles available at Beebe Library.

Brooklyn’s Finest features an all-star cast including Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Will Patton, Lili Taylor, Brian F. O’Byrne, Shannon Kane, Ellen Barkin and Vincent D’Onofrio. After having endured extremely different career paths, the lives of three disheartened Brooklyn police officers will collide with destiny when they all wind up at the same fatal crime scene.
Continue »

Library has the latest titles
Summer is movie time, and Beebe Library has the latest movie titles available on DVD. The following are among the New Feature Films now available at Beebe Library: Extraordinary Measures, starring Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser and Keri Russell; Alice in Wonderland, featuring Johnny Depp; Shutter Island, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Kingsley; The Road, based on the Cormac McCarthy novel and starring Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron; and Dear John, based on the Nicholas Sparks novel.
View the complete List of New Movies available at Beebe Library and click on any title to see its availability or to request a copy.
You can rent movies at Beebe Library for $1 per week. Rental fees are used to purchase more movies for this self-supporting collection.

A good movie is one way to take your mind off the heat during the dog days of August, and Beebe Library’s collection includes the following recent feature film releases on DVD: Australia, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman; Bart Got a Room, with William H. Macy and Jennifer Tilly; Coco Chanel, featuring Shirley MacLaine and Malcolm McDowell; Confessions of a Shopaholic, with Joan Cusack and Hugh Dancy; Knowing, starring Nicolas Cage and Rose Byrne; and Mysteries of Pittsburg, featuring Peter Sarsgaard and Meena Suvari.
Continue »

Beebe Library has added some of the newest DVD releases to its feature film collection. The following are just a few of the latest additions.

In Bride Wars, starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway, lifelong best friends Liv and Emma find themselves engaged at the same time and go to a wedding coordinator to set up the perfect wedding. A clerical error puts them both down for nuptials on the same day at the same time. One of them will have to switch the date. More than the bouquet goes flying when these desperate brides-to-be fight it out for matrimonial supremacy.
Continue »

Join the library for a walk down memory lane when Richard Hughes will present the “Golden Age of Silent Films” on Tuesday, May 5 at 7:00pm in the Lecture Hall. Silent movie master pianist Richard Hughes will take us back in time when films were black and white and there were no sound tracks. Mr. Hughes will open the program with ragtime and novelty piano pieces of the 1920’s era to put the audience in the mood. Then he’ll discuss the silent movie era and play some examples of “Mood Music” that were used to accompany these entertaining silent movies. A short silent cartoon and silent comedy film will then be presented with Mr. Hughes accompanying the films with original piano pieces. No registration is required and the program is sponsored by the Friends of the Beebe Library.

On CDand DVD
Beebe Library has a large collection of movies on DVD and music on CD that are just the thing to get you in the holiday spirit. The Christmas DVDs and holiday CDs are now on display on the main floor of the library. You can rent DVDs for $1 a week, and borrow music CDs for three weeks at no charge.
The following are just a few of the holiday movies currently available on DVD at the library:
The Christmas Blessing, featuring Neil Patrick Harris and Rob Lowe. – Continue »