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(Updated May 2013)

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(500) Days of Summer
Romantic Comedy
An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her. Stars Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. 2009. Contains sexual situations and strong language.  Rated PG-13. DVD 605.

2012
Action/Adventure
An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. Stars: John Cusack. 2009. Contains violence and strong language. Rated PG-13. DVD 606.

Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
Documentary
The six-part story of a frontiersman farmer and a wealthy Confederate slave-owner's daughter. American Experience series. Three disc set. Not rated. DVD 611.

Abilene Town
Western
A town marshal is caught in a clash between the cattlemen, who have been the town’s mainstay, and the homesteaders, who aim to be the town’s future. Stars Randolph Scott, Lloyd Bridges, Edgar Buchanan, and Rhonda Fleming. Not Rated. Contains some violence. 1946. DVD 426.

The Adjustment Bureau
Science Fiction
Drama
The affair between a politician and a ballerina is affected by mysterious forces keeping the lovers apart. Stars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. 2011. Contains some sexual situations, strong language, and violence.  Rated PG-13. DVD 607.

Alice in Wonderland
Family and Children
19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror. Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. 2010. DVD 608.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Family and Children
The world famous singing pre-teen chipmunk trio return to contend with the pressures of school, celebrity, and a rival female music group known as The Chipettes. 2009. Rated PG. DVD 613.

The Ambassador’s Daughter
Romantic Comedy
A United States senator wants to make the city of Paris off-limits to American servicemen posted in Europe. However, the United States Ambassador disagrees. A test is proposed. One GI gets a date with a lovely Dior fashion model. Stars Adolphe Menjou, Edward Arnold, John Forsythe and Olivia de Havilland. Rated G. 1956. DVD 275.

And Then There Were None
Mystery

At the invitation of an unknown host, ten total strangers spend the weekend in an imposing manor on a remote island. One by one, they're dispatched by bizarre twists on the verses of a nursery rhyme. This adaptation of a classic Agatha Christie mystery stars Walter Huston, Barry Fitzgerald, Dame Judith Anderson and Roland Young. Not rated. 1946. Contains some violence. DVD 564.

Angel and the Badman
Western
Wounded desperado Quirt Evan is taken in by a Quaker family. Their comely daughter soon falls in love with him and begs him to retire from gun fighting and marry her. Stars John Wayne and Gail Russell. Not Rated. 1947. Contains some violence. DVD 277.

At War With the Army
Comedy
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis share their first star billing in this song and gag filled farce. At the Stateside military base where Dean is a staff sergeant and Jerry is a mess cook, the two pals find themselves constantly in trouble with a loudmouth drill inspector, a conniving supply sergeant and a hen-pecked captain. Rated G. DVD 430.

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