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Book: The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian Selzni... In this most unusual and intriguing children's novel, Brian Selznick, a winner of the 2008 Caldecott Medal, has created an adventure set in Paris in the 1930s that combines complex, film-like illustrations and artwork with writing. Twelve-year-old...
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War Horse by Michael Morpurgo (2011, Paperback, Media Tie In)The difficult and tragic experiences of warfare during World War I are told from the viewpoint of a horse named Joey in this moving middle grade novel. Lovingly raised and trained on a farm by Albert, the farmer's son, Joey is sold to the army and...
DVD: The King's Speech (DVD, 2011) Emmy Award-winning director Tom Hooper (JOHN ADAMS) teams with screenwriter David Seidler (TUCKER: A MAN AND HIS DREAMS) to tell the story of King George VI. When his older brother abdicates the throne, nervous-mannered successor George "Bertie" VI...
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DVD: Apocalypto (DVD, 2007) Mel Gibson (BRAVEHEART, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST) tackles the downfall of Mayan civilization in his latest turn as writer/director. Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood) and his fellow villagers lead a peaceful life in the forest until a savage, unprovoked...
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DVD: The Eagle (DVD, 2011) Academy Award-winning director Kevin MacDonald re-teams with THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND screenwriter Jeremy Brock for this historical epic set in second century Britain and following young centurion Marcus Aquila on his quest to solve the mystery of...
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DVD: The Young Victoria (DVD, 2010) Cinema previously celebrated an aging Queen Victoria with MRS. BROWN, but this costume drama looks at the monarch's early life. Emily Blunt (THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA) stars as the queen in this story that chronicles her rise to the crown and her romance...
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Book: Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell (1996, Paperback, Reprint) ANIMAL FARM, Orwell's 1945 fable about the power struggles among animals on a farm, parallels the situation in Russia at the time as Orwell saw it; the characters include the ruthless pig Stalin, his idealistic Trotsky-like adversary, and the simple,...
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DVD: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (DVD, 2009) At once epic in scope and intimate in detail, David Fincher's THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON is certainly the director's most emotional film to date (though FIGHT CLUB and SEVEN don't offer much in the way of competition). Loosely based on an F....
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DVD: Gangs of New York (DVD, 2003, 2-Disc Set) Director Martin Scorsese revisits New York City's notorious past with this dazzling historical drama. A throwback to the epics of yesteryear, GANGS OF NEW YORK is set in the mid-1800s, when the streets of lower Manhattan were teeming with tension and...
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DVD: Kingdom of Heaven (Blu-ray Disc, 2009, Director's Cut) Director Ridley Scott confronts hundreds of years of religious conflict in KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. An epic film set in Europe and the Middle East, the story follows one man's struggle to better himself and the world around him. Orlando Bloom stars as...
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