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New Movies for November 2020 K N E W M O V I E S November 1, 2020 The Following DVDs were added to our collection during the month of October. New Entertainment DVDs circulate for 3 days, Older Entertainment DVDs circulate for 7 days, New Nonfiction & TV Series circulate for 14 days. Older Nonfiction & TV Series circulate for 28 days) NEW Entertainment Releases (Please note “NEW” titles may only be checked out by Deer Park Library cardholders.) Amulet Never Rarely Sometimes Always Archive Nice Girl Like You Assistant, the One Night in Bangkok A Beautiful Place to Die The Outsider Big Ugly, the The Owners Cut Throat City Penny Dreadful City of Angels Season One End of Sentence G-Loc Resistance Hidden Series 2 Retaliation Hope Gap Save Yourselves! The Hunt The Secret: Dare To Dream [DVD & Blu-Ray] Irresistible The Silencing Jack Ryan Season Two Sometimes, Always, Never The Lost Husband Spree Continued next page… New ENTERTAINMENT Titles Continued (Please note “NEW” titles may only be checked out by Deer Park Library cardholders.) Sinner Season Three Swallow Tax Collector Watchmen Weathering With You [Animated] The Wretched Yes, God Yes You Should Have Left New Nonfiction Titles Added (Please note “NEW” titles may only be checked out by Deer Park Library cardholders.) 342.73 No No Safe Spaces 916.04 Gre The Great Tours: African Safari B / Lewis John Lewis Good Trouble B / Washington Washington Binge boxes! Take home a weeks’ worth of binge watching in one box! Each box includes 4, 5, 6 or more binge-worthy films of a specific theme. Themes include horror, fantasy, action, western, romance, mystery, and many more! Grab some popcorn, curl up on the couch, and start binging! Binge Boxes Circulate for 7 days Don’t Go in the Water Alone Jaws – 47 Meters Down – The Meg – The Shallows – Deep Blue Sea Don’t think a Flu Shot Will Cut It Outbreak – Contagion – Quarantine – Twelve Monkeys – The Crazies – I am Legend Continued next page… Binge boxes! Continued The Golden Years: Comedy Poms – Book Club – Going in Style – The Intern – Hope Springs – Something’s Gotta Give I Call Shotgun Thelma & Louise – National Lampoon’s Vacation – Rat Race – Cannonball Run It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World Masters of Horror: Stephen King It - Pet Sematary - The Shining – The Dark Tower – Misery - Carrie May I Have This Song and Dance La La Land – Sweeney Todd – Hair Spray - Les Miserables – The Greatest Showman Mamma Mia! Never Travel With Tom Hanks Cast Away – Captain Phillips – Apollo 13 – Sully Original Nightmares Dracula – Frankenstein – The Bride of Frankenstein – Creature From the Black Lagoon The Mummy – The Invisible Man Pasta Cowboys Thee Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Django – Fistful of Dollars – For a Few Dollars More Puzzling Adventures The DaVinci Code- Angels & Demons – Inferno – Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – The Librarian: Quest for the Spear Something Borrowed Adventures 27 Dresses – Brides Maids – Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates My Best Friend’s Wedding – My Big Fat Greek Wedding – Wedding Crashers Tempt Your Palate Burnt – Chef – Julie & Julia – No Reservations – Sausage Party - Waitress When Calls the Heart –Year Seven All Six Movies from the 7th Season Titles Added To General Entertainment Section Dates given are for original release of content material. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure [1989] .
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