New DVDs
Updated 14 November 2008

Movies		• As it is in Heaven • The Darjeeling Limited • Four Minutes • The Good Shepherd • I Served The King Of England • The Kite Runner • Lust, Caution • The Other Boleyn Girl • The Pursuit of Happyness • The Secret Life Of Words		Children's DVDs		• Baby Genius: Favorite Nursery Rhymes • Baby Genius: The Four Seasons • Baby Genius: Mozart and Friends • Jane and the Dragon
				Documentary DVDs		• Ten Canoes • Who Killed the Electric Car?
		As it is in Heaven A successful international conductor suddenly interrupts his career and returns home to Sweden's far north to address his childhood grievances. But his remedial solace is shattered when the local church choir seeks him out for advice. He cant' say no, and from that moment, nothing in the village is the same again. As the amateur choir develops and grows, he is drawn to the people of his hometown. He makes friends and enemies, and finds love...				Baby Genius: Favorite Nursery Rhymes The little ones will be learning rhythm and rhyme with this volume of the popular young children's series. Sung by animated animals and live action humans, this DVD offers wonderful songs and rhymes such as 'Old McDonald Had a Farm', 'Itsy Bitsy Spider' and 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star'.
		The Darjeeling Limited Idiosyncratic comedy from the director of 'The Royal Tenenbaums'. Under the influence of booze and potent cough syrup, three brothers take to the Indian railway system to re-bond after the death of their father, and to find their now-nun mother. Resplendent scenery and exotic interiors make this a delightful visual quest.	Top			Baby Genius: The Four Seasons The Baby Genius series is an award winning program that stimulates artistic interest in children. This installment of the program interprets Antonio Vivaldi's classical masterpiece 'The Four Seasons' using animation and video footage to define Vivaldi's symbolic work.
		Four Minutes Unrelentingly gritty German drama of redemption details the hostile relationship between an incarcerated piano player and her emotionally chilly teacher, both of whom have to contend with deep psychological damage and various obstacles in order to come to terms with each other and the world at large.				Baby Genius: Mozart and Friends A rich array of classical compositions, Mozart and Friends brings your baby into the world of colors, shapes, letters, numbers and more. These videos will stimulate the mind and delight your baby's senses.
		The Good Shepherd The untold story of the birth of the CIA viewed through the life of a man who believed in America - and who would sacrifice everything he loved to protect it - is revealed in this epic drama, directed by Robert De Niro.	Top			Jane and the Dragon Jane is twelve years old and training to be a knight. It's a tough job proving herself to the King, to her parents and to the other knights. But Jane does have a little help - she has a giant green dragon by her side.
		I Served The King Of England Jan, a young waiter working in an upmarket restaurant in beautiful Prague, is short in height, but high in ambition. With the German invasion of WWII in full force, life changes for everyone and through love and stupidity the young man marries a young female soldier of the Third Reich and then bizarrely finds himself on the side of the occupying forces. A quirky gem full of twists and turns spanning 60 years				Ten Canoes Aboriginal parable from Rolf de Heer is an evocative time-warp of Australia's rich ancestry, told through the campfire narration of David Gulpilil. It tells the story of the people of the Arafura swamp, in their language, and is set a long time before the coming of the Balanda, as white people were known.
		The Kite Runner The ravages of Afghanistan and its effect on an American 'refugee' forms the basis of Khaled Hosseini's best-selling book. It's the story of fathers and sons, friendship and betrayal, and the casualties of fate in the 1970s Afghanistan	Top			Who Killed the Electric Car? The promise of electric-powered transport and its subsequent demise is playfully detailed as a faux ‘murder mystery’ in this engaging investigation of the technology’s hindered potential in an oil-hungry, corporate dictated world.
		Lust, Caution Psychologically dense and provocative spy thriller, set in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during WWII. A young woman finds herself swept up in a radical plot to assassinate a ruthless and secretive intelligence agent. As she immerses herself in her role as a cosmopolitan seductress, she becomes entangled in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue, love and betrayal.
		The Other Boleyn Girl A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history. The Other Boleyn Girl tells the story of two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn who, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.	Top
		The Pursuit of Happyness After his girlfriend Linda walks out on him, Chris is forced to raise his 5 year-old son on his own. But without a real income, life brings on a whole new series of challenges for him.
		The Secret Life Of Words Intense character-driven drama set on an isolated oil rig that explores the relationship between a hearing-impaired factory worker disabled by her past and a temporarily blinded burn victim she must care for.	Top