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"Measure for Measure," while listed among William Shakespeare's comedies, is doubtless among the darkest of his lighter works and remains one of the Bard's most popular plays.
When the Duke of Vienna decides to go undercover in his own city, he leaves Angelo, his deputy, in charge and disguises himself as a monk to see how things progress in his absence. Angelo, who purports to be a man of honor and a stickler for the rules, arrests young Claudio...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," is a classic comedy of mistaken identities, a device employed in a number of the bard's plays, which is believed to have been written sometime between 1601 and 1602. When Viola is shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria she is separated from her twin brother Sebastian, who she mistakenly believes to be dead. With the help of the ship captain who rescues her, she enters into the service of Duke Orsino, who has fallen...
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One of William Shakespeare's most popular and brilliant comedies, "Twelfth Night" features a gender-bending/mistaken identity/double-marriage-at-the-end plot that has enshrined this play as a favorite among audiences and critics alike.
A terrible shipwreck occurs off the coast of the kingdom of Illyria and a young girl - Viola - is plucked from the ocean by a group of sailors and set on shore alone, believing her twin brother Sebastian to have...
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Ben Singer is a failed folk singer, newly unemployed proofreader, and every-other-weekend dad to his young daughter. The only thing he takes comfort in is smoking marijuana and chess games with Ibou, his Senegalese roommate. When Ibou becomes ill, his beautiful sister Khadi comes to the U.S. from Senegal, and Ben's life begins to turn around.
6) Serenity
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English
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River Tam and her brother Simon are hiding out from the totalitarian government that experimented with River's brain aboard a space-freighter. Captained by a down on his luck soldier, the crew of Serenity must take jobs, whether they are legal or not, while trying to avoid the Alliance, and keeping the Tams safe. Then things get out of control and the true extent of River's powers becomes known. At the same time, the Alliance sends a new Operative...
8) Little fish
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Widescreen version.
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1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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After years of treading water in her career and redeeming herself after a troubled past, Tracy Heart sets a goal of owning her own business. But her goals are threatened to be torn apart by the return of her ex-boyfriend and the criminal intentions of her brother.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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A retelling of Shakespeare's comic tale of identical twins, girls disguised as boys, practical joking, and love at first sight, set in the country of Illyria.
Pub. Date
2007
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6 videodiscs (approximately 988 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Enter the complex world of the Walkers and explore what it means to be an American family in the 21st century. Though they live very different and conflicting lives, the Walkers find unity under the family roof. Relationships bend but never break as they strive to find their own identities and embrace each other's differences.
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen version.
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1 videodisc (DVD) (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Victor doesn't have much, but he knows that he wants Judy, the prettiest girl in the projects. His grandmother doesn't approve, his siblings don't want to believe him and Judy seems to have other plans in mind.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
[Original UK series].
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (14 hr., 26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story centers around a young group of siblings pretty much neglected by their alcoholic father, surviving by their wits, and humor, on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad who falls for Fiona, the oldest sibling, and increasingly finds himself drawn to this unconventional and unique family. Chaos ensues with more tales of how one extraordinary family goes about...
13) Personal effects
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen version.
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1 videodisc (DVD) (1 hr., 50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Walter is a rising star in the NCAA wrestling world until his life is ripped apart by the brutal murder of his sister. Returning home to console his mother Gloria, he seeks vengeance on the man who is accused of the crime.
14) Dark river
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following the death of her father, Alice returns to her home village for the first time in fifteen years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.
15) Oculus
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Seeing is deceiving in this 'deeply terrifying' film that reflects heart-stopping terror as you've never imagined! It's been ten years since the lives of siblings Tim and Kaylie Russell were shattered and Tim was convicted of murdering their parents. Now released from a mental institution, Tim wants to move on, but his sister has other plans. Kaylie blames their childhood nightmare on the Lasser Glass, an antique mirror with a grisly history, which...
16) Burning bright
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A thriller centered on a young woman and her autistic little brother who are trapped in a house with a ravenous tiger during a hurricane.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
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2 videodiscs (149 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The four Pevensie children - Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy - return to Narnia, only to discover that hundreds of years have passed since they ruled there. Now, crowning himself king, the evil General Miraz has taken charge. The children enlist the help of a heroic mouse called Reepicheep. They set out find the exiled Prince Caspian, determined to see him rightfully named king.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 3 hr., 18 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nanny McPhee: Nanny McPhee can tame even the most unruly children with a tap of her magic walking stick. Her latest challenge is the bratty brood of a recent widower, Mr. Brown. He is under pressure to find a new wife or lose his much-needed allowance from wealthy Aunt Adelaide. His love for scullery maid Evangeline remains unspoken as he wincingly woos the eagerly merry widow Mrs. Quickly; but Brown's raucous rugrats have a plan to make things right,...
19) Autumn blood
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
High in the Mountains, a widowed mother dies, leaving her two children orphaned. Fearing being split up they keep their mother's death a secret. They survive until villagers destroy their innocence when they brutally assault the girl. Now the siblings must come of age to protect each other and survive.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jonah and Ella Mazer were happy, normal teenagers sent to an elite boarding school. Their new friends explain that they are all descended from powerful witches, and they've been waiting for them (Hansel and Gretel) to join and complete a new generation of the Coven. It's not until Hansel discovers a message from his mother in an old leather-bound book of spells hidden in the school library, that he understands their true and dangerous destiny: slaying...
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