Pan’s Labyrinth

Discussion on December 13th

Register and pick up your copy of the DVD starting December 2nd.

Director & Screenwriter: Guillermo del Toro

Stars: Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo

Plot: When young Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) and her mother go to live with her new stepfather on a rural military outpost during the Spanish Civil War, she finds herself in a world of unimaginable cruelty. Soon Ofelia finds the creatures of her imagination in which she used to escape have become a reality and she must battle them to save both her mother and herself. In the terrifying battle that ensues, Ofelia soon learns that innocence has a power that evil cannot imagine.

I’d like to set up the dvd selections for the first few months of the new year. Here’s a few newer titles I’ve been considering. If you click the title you can see the library’s catalog entry:

• Black Book
• Volver
• The Namesake
• The Wind that Shakes the Barley
• Notes on a Scandal
• The Lookout
• The Lives of Others
• Grizzly Man
• Rabbit-Proof Fence
• Magdalene Sisters

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Discussion on October 11th

Register and pick up your copy of the DVD starting October 1st.

Director: Michel Gondry

Stars: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Wilkinson

Plot: When Joel (Jim Carrey) discovers that his girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet), has had their tumultuous relationship erased from her mind through an experimental scientific procedure, he decides to ease his own pain by getting the same treatment. But, as each memory of Clementine is systematically eliminated, Joel suddenly realizes how much he still loves her and desperately attempts to reverse the process.