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How to Browse Catalog for Movies
Internet Sites
New Movie Titles
Top Ten at the Library
Top Ten Movies at the Library
Most requested movie titles at the Oak Park Public Library this
week: 5/5/08
- Juno
- Atonement
- No Country for Old Men
- Michael Clayton
- I Am Legend
- 27 Dresses
- There Will Be Blood
- Dan in Real Life
- Savages
- Charlie Wilson's War
Best Movies of 2007
The Oak Park Public Library strives to obtain the best movies
of the year. These titles are currently in the DVD collection.
Away
from Her
The
Bourne Ultimatum
Eastern
Promises
Hairspray
The
Host
Hot
Fuzz
Knocked
Up
La
Vie En Rose
The
Lookout
Once
Ratatouille
3:10
to Yuma
Waitress
Zodiac
Best Documentaries of 2007
According to the ALA Video Round Table and Oscars
After
Innocence
A
Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
Favela
Rising
God
Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan
Hacking
Democracy
The
Heart of the Game
Jesus
Camp
Maxed
Out
Money
Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety
No
End in Sight
Operation
Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
Best Movies of 2006
Devil
Wears Prada (2006)
Inconvenient
Truth (2006) *nonfiction DVD 363.7387 INC
Little
Miss Sunshine (2006)
Pirates
of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Prairie
Home Companion (2006)
Thank
You For Smoking (2005)
United
93 (2006)
When
the Levees Broke (2006) *nonfiction DVD 976.335 WHE
Best Movies of 2005
Brokeback
Mountain (2005)
Caché
(2005)
Capote
(2005)
Good
Night and Good Luck (2005)
A
History of Violence (2005)
Munich
(2005)
Squid
and the Whale (2005)
Syriana
(2005)
March
of the Penguins (2005) *nonfiction DVD 598.47 MAR
How to Browse Catalog for Movies
The Library Catalog contains information about all types of
materials at the Main Library and both branch libraries and
gives you real-time status about an item, for example, whether
or not it's checked out. The Library Catalog is inaccessible
Monday mornings from 12:45 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. due to routine
system maintenance.
1. Access the Library Catalog
and click on the "Search" tab at the top of the
screen.
2. Click on the down arrow in the middle of the screen and
select "Subject Browse."
3. Click on the empty box to the right of the arrow and type
in "Feature Films" as a search term.
4. Click on the red "Go" button.
5. Click "Feature Films" under "Subject"
to see Library owned Feature Films in alphabetical order.
6. You can limit your search results or sort your search results
using the down arrows on the right of the screen and clicking
on the "Go" button on the right.
7. You might also repeat these instructions using these search
terms: Adventure Films, Children's Films, Comedy Films, Foreign
Films, Historical Films, Motion Pictures-France.
8. For more extensive search instructions click on the red
"Help" button at the top right of the screen.
Internet Sites
These Internet sites are not connected with the Oak Park Public
Library but are recommended by Fiction
and Audiovisual Services as useful in finding movies of
interest.
Awards
General Tools
Just for Fun
Local Resources
Awards
Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences
Search the Academy Awards Database for past award winners.
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Learn all about the Golden Globes through history, trivia,
and a searchable database of award winners.
Screen Actors Guild
Browse through the lists of past nominees and winners, as
well as the winner's speeches.
General Tools
All Movie Guide
A sister site to All Music,
All Movie Guide provides basic information about thousands
of movies.
Internet Movie Database
Internet Movie Database is a great resource to consult for
anything movie related. It offers information about past and
present films, as well TV shows and films yet to be released.
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes compiles reviews from over 100 reputable film
critics and then gives each film a "Fresh" or "Rotten"
rating based on majority's vote.
Just for Fun
Directory of Cult Film
Classics
Cult classics are organized by genre and director.
Moviepooper
Moviepooper reveals the endings to over 1,500 movies.
The 80's Movie Rewind
This site provides lots of information and links for hundreds
of your favorite 80's films.
Local Resources
Centerstage
Cinema Directory
Centerstage offers an alphabetical list of information for
local Chicagoland movie theaters.
Lake
Theater
Showtimes for Oak Park's Lake Theater.
Roger
Ebert
Read Ebert's renowned reviews here.
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