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  • Movies, New, Simon, anime

    A picture of some new DVDs we’ve bought

    14.04.10 | Permalink | Comment?

    newdvds

    (they’re not catalogued yet, but will be soon)


  • Movies, Violet Beauregarde

    New Moon: Ready for Borrowing!

    14.04.10 | Permalink | Comment?

    In the spirit of being really onto it, Wellington City Libraries has New Moon on DVD for you. Reserve it now (everyone else will)! It’s not even afternoon yet.

    Special features include “Team Jacob v Team Edward: The Ultimate Love Triangle”.

    Our copies came complete with three T-shirts, so there may be a giveaway right here on the blog soon.


  • DVDs, Library Serf, New

    HPATHBP

    26.11.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    Want to watch Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince again? Reserve your copy of the young adult DVD here now and then wait just a leetle bit.


  • DVDs, Movies, New, Violet Beauregarde

    Snikt

    19.10.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    X-Men Origins : Wolverine is now in the library and ready to be reserved. If you want to watch it! You probably have seen it. It doesn’t have Taylor Lautner in it, so I might give it a miss.

    Here’s X-Men Origins : Wolverine in only 30 seconds, to save time.


  • DVDs, Jack, cute animals awww

    Two Men And Their Lion-y Pal

    24.09.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    Have you seen this video? Go on, give it a watch.

    If that made you smile, and really how could it not, we have the full story of Christian the Lion on DVD. It’s called A Lion Called Christian and it tells the true story of two men who bought a lion in a London department store, it’s release into the wild and their subsequent reunions. All very sweet and tearjerking.

    And if you want some more things to watch we have these two; 17 Again starring the dreamy Zac Efron and Primeval series two which has giant Mastodons in it.


  • DVDs, Jack, Science!

    Documentary Madness

    24.09.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    Well, as long as five new DVDs is considered mad it’s madness. All kinds of bases are covered by this selection, and here they are…

    brady barrBest of Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr follows a reptile expert as he does all sorts of silly things in the name of science.  My favourite bit is when he wears a 200 pound kevlar suit covered in hippo dung to extract sweat from a hippo.

    The Most Extreme is a series that follows all sorts of extreme behaviour in the animal kingdom. Fighters, Stinkers, Gluttons and many more are looked at in these fantastically shot episodes originally made for Animal Planet.

    Sticking with the extreme, Gravity Games H2O is a four disc box set filled with wakeboarding, tow-in surfing, motorcross, kite surfing and other assorted watery hijinks. Except for the motorcross, I can’t explain it’s inclusion unless they somehow ride on water. Now that’d be extreme.

    Ultimate Factories is a National Geographic series that goes to, well, ultimate factories. In this one they go see how Ferraris and M1 Tanks are produced. So if you’ve ever wondered how they put them together, now you can find out.

    Naked Science: Surviving nature’s fury is a three disc set in the excellent National Geographic Naked Science series. These episodes look at asteroids, the Bermuda Triangle, alien contact and other popular and controversial scientific topics.


  • DVDs, Jack, Movies, New

    Check these out!

    04.06.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    Right now I am looking at a pile of new DVDs. After I am finished looking at them they will be in amongst the YA collection ready for you to look at them.

    Learn To Play The Brazilian Way is a soccer skills DVD. It shows you how to do all sorts of fancy tricks like The Ronaldinho and The Rivaldo. I made my indoor soccer team watch it before our final… we lost, but we looked good doing it.

    Warbirds Over Wanaka collects together highlights of three of the internationally acclaimed airshows. The 1998, 2000 and 2002 shows are boxed together for maximum airplane trickery watchery.

    thelongshotsThe Longshots stars Ice Cube as a down on his luck former football star who coaches a kids American Football team and when his 11 year old niece tries out for quarterback heart-warming hilarity ensues.

    Kickin’ It Old School is a dance movie with a twist; our hero has been in a coma since 1986 and must breakdance his way out of financial strife and win back his old girlfriend.

    maddiganMaddigan’s Quest is a locally produced TV series written by Margaret Mahy. There is a post-apocalyptic setting, magical powers, time travel, and, umm, circus performers. All 13 episodes are included.

    The Jules Verne classic Journey To The Centre Of The Earth has been given a filmic update starring Brendan Fraser. A T-Rex pops up at some stage and you can watch it in 3D if you have the correct eyewear.

    newcastleIf there’s something I always enjoy it’s a coming of age movie. Newcastle is such a film, set in the coastal Australian town, it’s full of surfing, love and tragedy.


  • DVDs, Exclusive academies for rich kids who form cliques, New, Simon

    New DVDs

    09.05.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    The latest additions to the YA DVD collection;

    Mirror Mirror (PG) – There are 20 episodes in this double-disc DVD about two girls, separated by 100 years, who can travel through identical mirrors to the other’s time.
    Doctor Who – The Next Doctor (PG) – This is the 2008 Xmas special. Cybermen stalk through Victorian London and the Doctor encounters another Doctor.
    Archies (G) – A collection of the first series of the Archie animated show. It’s from 1976!
    The Clique (PG) – A group of rich girls + one new not-so-trendy girl = this Tyra Banks produced series.
    Scary Movie 3.5 (M) This is the ‘longer, funnier’ version of Scary Movie 3.
    ReBoot : Daemon Rising & My Two Bobs (PG) – ReBoot was the first full-length CGI television show and ran from 1994 to 2001.


  • DVDs, New, Sci Fi, Simon

    New DVDs

    23.04.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    Only three new DVDs this week, but they will be popular.

    High School Musical 3 : Senior Year (G) – this is the ‘extended edition’, which means that it has bloopers, deleted scenes, extra scenes, a sing-along, and much more. It had a higher budget than the previous HSM films, so has more oomph as well.

    The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (M) – This is actually based on the fourth book in the series, although it does use bits from the second and third books as well. Stars Ugly Betty, a Gilmore Girl, a Gossip Girl, and Joan, from Arcadia.

    Ben 10 Alien Force : Vol 2 (PG) – episodes six to nine of the pretty cool animated series.


  • DVDs, New, Simon

    New DVDs and CD Books

    09.04.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    There are so many new DVDs! So many. Some new CDs, but Jack can make a playlist when he stops touring the country and comes back to work.

    The Rocker (M) – This has that guy from The Office playing an aging rocker, who gets another chance to be the rockstar he always wanted to be. A comedy! Quite funny.
    Oliver Twist (M) – This is an adaption of Dickens’ classic story by the BBC. ‘Gritty and good’, says Grimm, who especially liked Tom Hardy’s Bill Sykes (I dunno if anyone can beat Oliver Reed’s Bill Sykes, however).
    Alice (PG) – An adaption of Alice in Wonderland by famous Czech animator, Jan Svankmajer.
    The Hills (M) – This is the complete third season of this polarising sort-of-reality show.
    Planet B-Boy (M) – A “dazzling documentary [that] makes a compelling argument for breakdancing as an art form”; official website.
    The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (PG) – Anime about a girl who can leap back in time from 2006.
    The World According to Miley Cyrus (PG)  – An “unauthorised” documentary about the teen actress/singer.
    Skyland (PG) -A French CGI series set in a future where the Earth has split into millions of inhabitable floating pieces. This collects 13 episodes of the first series.
    Avatar: Book 1 Water, Volume 3 (PG)
    Avatar: Book 1 Water, Volume 4 (PG)
    Avatar: Book 1 Water, Volume 5 (PG) – Each DVD contains four episodes of the Nickelodeon animated series.
    Futurama : Into the Wild Green Yonder (PG) – The latest Futurama film. Instead of a regular television series, Futurama films are being produced.
    Gunnin’ For That #1 Spot (M) – Directed by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys, this documentary is about the top high school basketball players in the US competing against one another.
    The Ruby in the Smoke (M)
    The Shadow in the North (M) – Both are BBC adaptions of the books by Philip Pullman about intrepid Victorian heroine Sally Lockhart, who can ride a horse, shoot a gun, solve crimes and uncover mysteries with the best of them.

    And two audio books that I expect will be very popular:
    Eclipse (13 CDs) and New Moon (12 CDs), by Stephenie Meyer – both are read by Ilyana Kadushin (whose name is spectacular, we reckon). Reserve ‘em quick, as there aren’t too many holds on them … at the moment.


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