Southeast Steuben County Library What To Read Next! New Media Titles: August 2016 Library Phone No: 607-936-3713 Website: SSCLIBRARY.ORG Note: Titles are DVDs unless otherwise noted. Alex Haley's Queen: "There are two sides to every story", or so the saying goes. For best-selling author Alex Haley, one side was Roots – the towering chronicle tracing seven generations of his mother's family. The other side comes to the screen in Alex Haley's Queen, the remarkable history of a paternal side of the author's family. David L. Wolper (Roots, The Thorn Birds) is the executive producer of this acclaimed adaption of the story Haley was working on when he died. Oscar® and Emmy® winner Halle Berry plays Queen, daughter of a slave and a plantation owner. During the turbulent decades of the antebellum South, the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond, she searches for a home in the two cultures of her heritage – and at times is shunned by both. But rejection and hate are no match for her unconquerable will. Ann- Margret, Danny Glover, Martin Sheen and Ossie Davis also star in this poignant, uplifting final chapter of the Haley legacy. Banshee: Season 3: From Alan Ball, the creator of 'True Blood,' Banshee a thrilling Cinemax action series that charts the twists and turns of Lucas Hood (Antony Starr), a recently paroled ex-con who assumes the identity of a small town's new sheriff. Beverly Hills Ninja: Farley stars as Haru, an orphaned American who washes to shore in Japan and is mistaken for the Great White Ninja of legend. Raised among the finest Ninjas, Haru grows into a big, strong, slapstick disaster! An embarrassment to his clan, Haru has no hope of ever becoming a full Ninja. But when a beautiful blonde pleads for help, Haru is given one dangerously funny chance to prove himself. Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (PBS): More than 40 years after the Black Panther Party was founded the group and its leadership remain powerful and enduring images in our popular imagination. This will weave together the voices of those who lived this story -- police informants journalists white supporters and detractors those who remained loyal to the party and those who left it. Curse of the Pink Panther: Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Surete's 1 computer to select, instead, the world's WORST detective, NYPD Sgt. Clifton Sleigh. Sleigh obtusely bungles his way past assassins and corrupt officials as though he were Clouseau's American cousin. Ghost Whisperer: The Complete Series, Jennifer Love Hewitt: Every soul has something to say, and no one knows this better than Melinda Gordon (Jennifer Love Hewitt). Melinda inherited a unique gift from her grandmother: the ability to communicate with the spirits of people who have died, but who have unfinished business with the living. Over five moving seasons, Melinda navigates between this life and the next one, with help from her husband Jim (David Conrad), and devoted friends Delia (Camryn Manheim), Andrea (Aisha Tyler), Rick (Jay Mohr), Ned (Christoph Sanders) and Eli (Jamie Kennedy). A near-death experience has also left Eli with the ability to hear ghosts. In this complete series, 29-disc set containing all 107 episodes, Melinda meets a world of lost souls with messages for those they love. And she vows that she won't rest in peace until they do. Grace And Frankie Season 1: All 13 episodes of the first season of the offbeat Netflix comedy- drama about two women in their seventies looking to reboot their lives. Straight-laced Grace (Jane Fonda) and free-spirited Frankie (Lily Tomlin) form an unlikely duo, but are brought together after their husbands, Robert (Martin Sheen) and Sol (Sam Waterston), announce that they are in love with each other and plan to wed. Together, they reclaim their own lives, finding joy in unexpected places, embarking on new adventures, and connecting with their own children. Grey's Anatomy: Season 11: It's time to bring the thunder as the doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial face stunning surprises, unprecedented challenges and life-changing decisions in ABC's GREY'S ANATOMY: THE COMPLETE ELEVENTH SEASON. Primetime television's most riveting hour hits new heights as secrets of the past come to light and critical choices shape the future. Relationships are in turmoil as things between Callie and Arizon cool -- and Owen and Amelia's romance ignites. April and Jackson face a heartbreaking tragedy. Meanwhile, Meredith makes a stunning family discovery as opportunities pull Derek further away. And Maggie's shocking announcement proves that blood is thicker than water. Experience every pulse- pounding moment of the electrifying eleventh season with this 24-episode collection, and venture deeper into the heart of GREY'S ANATOMY with never-before-seen bonus features available only on DVD. 2 Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)(Edited)(2CD): Disc: 1 1. Alexander Hamilton 2. Aaron Burr, Sir 3. My Shot 4. The Story Of Tonight 5. The Schuyler Sisters 6. Farmer Refuted 7. You'll Be Back 8. Right Hand Man 9. A Winter's Ball 10. Helpless 11. Satisfied 12. The Story of Tonight (Reprise) 13. Wait For It 14. Stay Alive 15. Ten Duel Commandments 16. Meet Me Inside 17. That Would Be Enough 18. Guns and Ships 19. History Has Its Eyes On You 20. Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) 21. What Comes Next? 22. Dear Theodosia 23. Non-Stop Disc: 2 1. What'd I Miss 3 2. Cabinet Battle #1 3. Take A Break 4. Say No To This 5. The Room Where It Happens 6. Schuyler Defeated 7. Cabinet Battle #2 8. Washington On Your Side 9. One Last Time 10. I Know Him 11. The Adams Administration 12. We Know 13. Hurricane 14. The Reynolds Pamphlet 15. Burn 16. Blow Us All Away 17. Stay Alive (Reprise) 18. It's Quiet Uptown 19. The Election of 1800 20. Your Obedient Servant 21. Best of Wives and Best of Women 22. The World Was Wide Enough 23. Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story Ken Burns: Jackie Robinson (PBS): Tells of the story of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, a sharecropper's son who elevated an entire race and country when he broke major league baseball's color barrier in 1947. The film illuminates Robinson's place as a leader and icon of the civil rights movement whose exemplary life and aspirational message of equality continues to inspire generations of Americans. 4 Lady in the Van: Based on the true story of Miss Shepherd (played by a magnificent Maggie Smith), a woman of uncertain origins “temporarily” parks her van in Alan Bennett’s (Alex Jennings) London driveway and proceeds to live there for 15 years. What begins as a begrudged favor becomes a relationship that will change both their lives.Acclaimed director Nicholas Hytner reunites with iconic writer Alan Bennett to create this rare and touching portrait. Medium - The Complete First Season: "General patron requests for more supernatural TV series. Description: It's not a coincidence that Medium represents not only Glen Gordon Caron's best TV work since Moonlighting but also his most successful siege on the Nielsen ratings since the 1980s heyday of the latter show. In an interview included in this five-disc set (which contain all 16 episodes from the first season, in addition to bountiful bonus features), the writer- director-producer confides that the series was partly inspired by films like Something Wild and Married to the Mob, in which director Jonathan Demme achieved a balance of what Caron calls ""the serious and the frivolous."" Medium also contains elements of Moonlighting and another Caron creation,1999's underrated Now and Again; there are echoes of The Sentinel and The Dead Zone as well, not to mention a hefty dose of The Sixth Sense. So while it's not what you'd call unique (then again, what on TV is?), Medium nevertheless provides engaging, rewarding entertainment. Patricia Arquette stars as Allison DuBois, whose skills as both a medium (i.e., she sees dead people) and a psychic (she can fairly accurately read minds and predict future events) make her an invaluable help to the Phoenix district attorney (Miguel Sandoval). But like most characters possessed of extraordinary powers, Allison isn't entirely comfortable in her own skin; plagued by awful nightmares (one of which kicks off every episode), she tends to become cranky and depressed, has a hint of a drinking problem, and regularly gets into it with her supportive but skeptical husband, Joe (Jake Weber). Those are the very characteristics that make the show consistently watchable. Although one might wish that she would find herself in real danger more often as she deals with everything from necrophiliac serial killers and air crashes to ghosts and child molesters, Caron focuses less on special effects and police procedure than on Allison's humanity, including her efforts to balance work and family responsibilities (sub-plots involving her young daughters are usually effective, if sometimes a bit too cute). It's the stories and the writing that make Medium work; Caron, in fact, is the show's real star. Well over an hour's worth of bonus features include deleted scenes, commentary on some episodes, a couple of ""making of"" featurettes, and a look at the real-life Allison DuBois, whose powers are apparently every bit as impressive as her fictional counterpart's. --Sam Graham, Amazon.com" 5 Medium - The Complete Second Season, Patricia Arquette: "Season Two of NBC-TV's hit series Medium finds the show gradually evolving, and while the changes aren't all for the better, the combination of star Patricia Arquette, creator-executive producer Glen Gordon Caron, and the other contributors still makes for entertaining viewing.