March-April 2013 VOL. 28 THE VIDEO REVIEW MAGAZINE FOR LIBRARIES N O . 2 IN THIS ISSUE ALA Notables | Spotlight on Fitness | Into the Cold | Detropia | Inocente | Birders | Escape Fire | Putin’s Kiss | The Qatsi Trilogy BAKER & TAYLOR’S scene & heard ENTERTAINMENT SOLUTIONS Baker & Taylor offers all the A/V products, services and expertise that your library needs to meet rising patron demand for movie and music products. • Expertise and a wide selection of CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases, including top new releases, classics, children’s and family, and more • Extensive on-hand inventory in strategically located warehouses and fast delivery nationwide • A wide variety of library-friendly programs and services including: Digital Media Processing services, Automatically Yours™ standing order programs, Music & Movie Parade auto-ship plans, exclusive NPR Discover Songs program and TechXpress cataloging and processing services • Customized buying guides and The Red Carpet and The Green Room websites to help you and your library obtain the most appropriate content • Experienced, dedicated A/V Sales Consultants and easy ordering 24/7 through Title Source™ 3 www.baker-taylor.com 800-775-2600 x2666 [email protected] Spotlight Review Into the Cold the lunar-like landscape of older ice (which HHHH is alarmingly decreasing, thanks to global (2010) 87 min. DVD: warming); and transparent sheets of ice like $24.98 (avail. from most a thin glass floor over a freezing ocean. The Publisher/Editor: Randy Pitman distributors, Apr. 9), $199 numerous difficulties the men encounter Associate Editor: Jazza Williams-Wood w/PPR: public libraries, while trying to survive in this inhospitable $249 w/PPR: colleges environment (where temperatures plunge Copy Editor: Kathleen L. Florio & universities. Shelter Island (dist. by TDC below -50 degrees) make for real drama, Editorial Assistant: Chris Pitman Entertainment). ISBN: especially when Copeland falls through Graphic Designer: Carol Kaufman 978-1-934708-95-8. that aforementioned “floor” into the ocean. Boldly going where few film crews have Before the expedition, we see the pair train- Marketing Director: Anne Williams gone before, filmmaker Sebastian Cope- ing in Duluth, MN, and Los Angeles, and land’s extraordinary documentary was take an informative peek at their supplies, Contributing Writers filmed using a handheld video camera as which include an astonishing amount of two men walked 400-plus miles through high-calorie, high-fat foods necessary for Kathleen C. Fennessy, Reviewer, survival under extreme conditions (imag- Amazon.com the Arctic Circle to the North Pole. Joining the exclusive club of expeditions that have ine burning 12,000 calories in a single Erika Gieschen, Teacher, Norwalk-La Mirada day!). DVD extras include a featurette on Unified School District of Los Angeles County successfully reached the top of the world on foot, photographer and environmental Copeland’s photography book Antarctica: Sam Graham, Reviewer, Amazon.com activist Copeland together with profes- The Global Warning. Brimming with sights Susan Granger, SSG Syndicate sional explorer Keith Heger give viewers and sounds that not many have witnessed, Donald Liebenson, Reviewer, an amazing gift in the form of spectacular this exciting chronicle of an incredible Entertainment Weekly, Amazon.com daily footage of the ice desert the pair tra- journey is highly recommended. Editor’s Stephen Rees, Librarian, Bucks Co. Free versed. It is something to behold: drifting Choice. Aud: C, P. (T. Keogh) Library, Levittown, PA glaciers noisily forming pressure ridges as Frank Swietek, Associate Professor they push against one another; fantastic Cover photo credit: Sebastian Copeland, of History, University of Dallas, TX shapes of new natural ice sculptures versus © www.sebastiancopeland.com Additional Contributors: Sean Axmaker TABLE OF CONTENTS Carson Block Charles Cassady Fran Gardner Video Newsbriefs 6 Childbirth & Parenting 60 Phil Hall Tom Keogh Books Into Movies 8 Food & Spirits 60 Kendahl Kruver Lisa Martincik Mixed Media 10 Relationships & Sexuality 60 Maureen Puffer-Rothenberg Video Movies Beauty & Fashion Michael Sandlin 18 60 Jeff Shannon Classic Films/TV 35 Business & Economics 61 Key to Star Ratings 42 Sports, Games & Recreation 61 Video Reviews 42 The Arts 62 Video Librarian (ISSN: 0887-6851) is pub- lished bi-monthly by Video Librarian, Children’s 42 History & Current Events 65 3435 NE Nine Boulder Dr., Poulsbo, WA 98370. 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