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War for the planet of the apes Unavailable©2017 140 minutes eng1st Floor Best Sellers, PN1997.2 .A3W374 2017 DVDChecked out 0 timesCaesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
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Wonder Woman Unavailable©2017 141 minutes eng1st Floor Best Sellers, PN1997.2 .F36W66 2017 DVDChecked out 0 timesBefore she was Wonder Woman she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained warrior. When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, she leaves home to fight a war to end all wars, discovering her full powers and true destiny.
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Allied Unavailable©2016 124 minutes eng1st Floor Best Sellers, PN.19972.A3.A45--2017DVDChecked out 0 timesThe story of intelligence officer Max Vatan, who in 1942 North Africa encounters French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Reunited in London, their relationship is threatened by the extreme pressures of the war.
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Hacksaw Ridge Unavailable©2016 140 minutes eng1st Floor Best Sellers, PN.19972.H33.2017--DVDChecked out 0 timesDuring the bloodiest battle of WWII, in Okinawa, Desmond Doss saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he singlehandedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. Doss was the first conscientious objector to ever earn the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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Anthropoid Unavailable©2016 123 minutes eng1st Floor Best Sellers, PN.19972.H5.A58--2016DVDChecked out 0 timesBased on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the code name for the secret Czechoslovakian mission to assassinate Nazi SS officer Reinhard Heydrich. Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution to the Jewish question, was the Reich's third in command and the leader of Nazi forces in Czechoslovakia.
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13 hours : the secret soldiers of Benghazi Unavailable©2016 144 minutes eng1st Floor Best Sellers, PN.19972.A3.A134--2016Checked out 0 timesA gripping true story of six elite ex-military operators assigned to protect the CIA who fought back against overwhelming odds when terrorists attacked in the U.S. diplomatic compound on September 11, 2012. When everything went wrong, six men had the courage to do what was right.
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Hunger games. Mockingjay Part 2 Unavailable©2015 137 minutes eng1st Floor Best Sellers, PN.19972.A3.H86--2016Checked out 0 timesKatniss realizes the stakes are no longer just for survival; they are for the future. With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends; including Gale, Finnick and Peeta; Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to liberate the citizens of Panem, and stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her.
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Eye in the sky Unavailable©2015 102 minutes eng1st Floor Best Sellers, PN.19972.D7.E94--2016Checked out 0 timesCol. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare.
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Little boy Available©2015 106 minutes eng1st Floor Best Sellers, PN.19972.C45.L58--2015Checked out 3 timesLittle Pepper Busbee enjoys an idyllic life in an American small town, but his world is shattered when his beloved father is sent off to fight in World War II. But a chance encounter with a stage magician awakens his dormant abilities and clues him into the power of faith. Now his devotion to his father will extend past time and space and into the realm of miracles.
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Unbroken Available©2014 137 minutes eng1st Floor Best Sellers, PN.19972.H5.U53--2015Checked out 11 timesOlympian and war hero Louis Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
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The water diviner Unavailable©2014 112 minutes eng1st Floor Best Sellers, PN.19972.W3.W38--2015Checked out 0 timesIn 1919, an Australian farmer travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons. With insurmountable obstacles he must travel across the battle-scarred Turkish landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
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American sniper Available©2014 133 minutes eng1st Floor Best Sellers, PN.19972.H5.A44--2015Checked out 4 timesU.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield. However, his reputation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. He is also facing a different kind of battle on the home front: striving to be a good husband and father from halfway around the world.
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The imitation game Available©2014 113 minutes eng1st Floor Best Sellers, PN.19972.H5.I45--2015Checked out 13 times"During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing to investigate a reported burglary. They instead ended up arresting Turing himself on charges of "gross indecency," an accusation that would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offense of homosexuality - little did officials know, they were actually incriminating the pioneer of modern-day computing. Famously leading a motley group of scholars, linguists, chess champions and intelligence officers, he was credited with cracking the so-called unbreakable codes of Germany's World War II Enigma machine. An intense and haunting portrayal of a brilliant, complicated man, "The Imitation Game" a genius who under nail-biting pressure helped to shorten the war and, in turn, save thousands of lives."--Container.
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Fury Unavailable©2014 135 minutes eng1st Floor Best Sellers, PN.19972.W3.F38--2015Checked out 15 timesApril, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
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Testament of youth Unavailable©2014 129 minutes eng3rd Floor DVDs, PN.19972.H5.T478--2015DVDChecked out 0 timesA powerful story of love, war, and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman's point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again. A film about young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.
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Dracula untold Available©2014 92 minutes eng1st Floor Best Sellers, PN.19972.F36.D73--2014Checked out 15 timesAs his kingdom is being threatened by the Turks, young prince Vlad Tepes must become a monster feared by his own people in order to obtain the power needed to protect his own family, and the families of his kingdom.
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Jarhead 2 : field of fire Available©2014 103 minutes eng3rd Floor DVDs, PN.19972.W3.J374--2014Checked out 12 timesBattle-scarred and disillusioned by war, Corporal Chris Merriman is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through, a Navy SEAL flags down their convoy and enlists the unit on an operation: they must help an Afghan woman famous for her Taliban defiance escape the country. Without tanks or air support, Merriman and his team will need all they can muster to fight their way across the war-torn country and take the woman to safety.
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300 : rise of an empire Available©2014 102 minutes eng3rd Floor DVDs, PN.19972.A3.T45--2014Checked out 17 timesGreek general Themistokles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. He's pitted against the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes, and Artemesia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
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The monuments men Available©2014 118 minutes eng3rd Floor DVDs, PN.19972.H5.M66--2014Checked out 25 timesAn unlikely World War II platoon has been tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. With the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could they possibly succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time, they would risk their lives to protect mankind's greatest achievements.
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Lone survivor Unavailable©2013 121 minutes engChecked out 16 timesThe story of four Navy SEALs sent on an ill-fated covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative. They are ambushed by enemy forces in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan. Based on The New York Times bestseller.
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Red dawn Available©2012 93 minutes eng3rd Floor DVDs, PN.19972.W3.R43--2013Checked out 51 timesThe unsuspecting citizens of Spokane, Washington, wake up one morning to the shocking sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky in a surprise attack on the United States. Soon the entire city is under enemy control, but a group of courageous teenagers has decided to fight back, waging an all-out war against the invaders, to take back their town and their freedom!
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Lincoln Available©2012 149 minutes eng3rd Floor DVDs, PN.19972.H5.L5536--2013Checked out 70 timesA revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
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©2012 98 minutes per3rd Floor DVDs, PN.19972.F67.S964--2014DVDChecked out 0 timesThe story of a young woman watching over her older husband, in a country torn apart by war. A bullet in the neck has reduced him to a comatose state. One day, the woman's vigil changes. She begins to speak truth to her silent husband, telling him about her suffering, her dreams, and her secrets. After years of living under his control, with no voice of her own, she says things she could never have spoken before. Her husband has unconsciously become syngué sabour (the patience stone), a magical black stone that, according to Persian mythology, absorbs the plight of those who confide in it. The woman's confessions are extraordinary and without restraint. But after weeks of looking after her husband, she begins to act, discovering herself in a relationship she starts with a young soldier.
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Lore Unavailable©2012 108 minutes ger3rd Floor DVDs, PN.19972.F6705.L674--2013Checked out 0 timesAbandoned by their Nazi parents at the end of World War II, five German siblings, led by fourteen year-old Lore, embark on a harrowing journey across their war-torn country.
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Act of valor Available©2012 110 minutes eng3rd Floor DVDs, PN.19972.W3.A37--2012Checked out 41 timesWhen a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hot spots around the globe, racing against the clock to stop a deadly terrorist attack"--Container.