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August 2011 DVD Releases... Reserve Your Copy Now!
In the month of August, many great DVD movies are coming to the Library. Highlights include raunchy comedies such as Your Highness and Paul, and animated family movies such as Rio, Mars Needs Moms, Fox and the Hound, Hoodwinked Too, and Bambi II. Many TV shows are making their way to DVD at the Library as well, such as Everwood, McMillan & Wife, and Gavin & Stacey. Get a jump start ahead of the rest, and reserve these August DVD releases now!
August 2, 2011
- Rio (Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway) / Coming soon to the catalog!
- Soul Surfer (AnnaSophia Robb and Dennis Quaid)
- Everwood: The Complete Fourth Season
- McMillan & Wife: Season Six
August 9, 2011
- Your Highness (Danny McBride, Natalie Portman, and James Franco)
- Paul (Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Seth Rogen)
- Super (Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page) / Coming soon to the catalog!
- Mars Needs Moms (Seth Green and Joan Cusack)
- Jumping the Broom (Paula Patton, Laz Alonso, and Angela Bassett)
- Fox and the Hound
August 16, 2011
- Something Borrowed (Ginnifer Goodwin and Kate Hudson)
- Priest (Paul Bettany and Cam Gigandet)
- The Conspirator (Robin Wright and James McAvoy)
- Jane Eyre (Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender)
- Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (Hayden Panettiere and Glenn Close)
- The Grace Card (Michael Joiner and Mike Higgenbottom)
- Idiots & Angels
- Gavin & Stacey: Season Two
August 23, 2011
- The Beaver (Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster)
- Bambi II
August 30, 2011
- Madea's Big Happy Family (Tyler Perry and Loretta Devine)
- Prom (Aimee Teegarden and Thomas McDonell)
- Win WIn (Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan)
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