New DVDs in libraries - June 2008

Childhood friends Amir and Hassan spend their days in Kabul enjoying the spectacular kite-fighting contests, but a shocking act changes the boys forever. As war becomes reality, Amir goes to live in America. Twenty years later he returns to Afghanistan – now in the grip of the Taliban – determined to finally redeem himself. Drama starring Khalid Abdalla and Atossa Leoni.

Watch the DVD –'The kite runner'

Based on the book by Khaled Hosseini

While hunting in the barren wilds of Texas, Llewelyn Moss discovers a drugs deal gone wrong, with dead bodies, heroin and a case containing two million dollars. Moss takes the money but is followed by a psychopathic hitman, who is himself hunted by Sheriff Ed Bell. Thriller starring Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem.

Watch the DVD – 'No country for old men'

Based on the book by Cormac McCarthy

New York City is hit by a series of huge tremors. Panic spreads as it becomes apparent that New York is under attack from some huge malevolent force. Told in a jerky, documentary style from a hand-held camera, the film follows the attempts of five young people to rescue another friend. Sci-fi action starring Lizzy Caplan and Jessica Lucas.

Watch the DVD – 'Cloverfield'

Billionaire Edward Cole and mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. In hospital, they discover a shared desire to spend their remaining time doing everything they ever wanted to do before they 'kick the bucket'. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime. Adventure comedy starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman.

Watch the DVD – 'The bucket list'

Discovering he has the ability to teleport wherever he wants, teenager David Rice enjoys a lifestyle of girls, money and travel. But it's not long before he learns that other ‘jumpers’ share his power and they are being targeted by Paladins, a group dedicated to their destruction. Sci-fi action starring Hayden Christensen and Samuel L Jackson.

Watch the DVD – 'Jumper'

Will Hayes is in the middle of a divorce when his 10-year-old daughter, Maya, asks him to describe his life before he married her mother. Will recounts his past as an ambitious young politician and his relationships with three very different women, changing their names so Maya has to guess who he finally married. Romantic comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Abigail Breslin.

Watch the DVD – 'Definitely maybe'

John Rambo has been living a quiet life in northern Thailand. However, when he learns a group of human rights missionaries have been taken hostage by the Burmese military, he sets out into the heart of the jungle on a one-man mission to rescue them. Action film starring Sylvester Stallone.

Watch the DVD – 'Rambo'

When Angus MacMorrow takes home a mysterious egg from the shore of Loch Ness, he is amazed when it hatches and reveals a water-horse he calls Crusoe. But with his new friend growing in size every day, Angus soon has his hands full trying to keep Crusoe under wraps. Children's fantasy starring Alex Etel and Bruce Allpress.

Watch the DVD – 'The water horse'

Based on the book by Dick-King Smith

Mary Boleyn – mistress to King Henry VIII – leaves the King’s Court when he marries her sister Anne. But she is forced to return when her sister embarks on a reckless plan to try and save herself from ruin. Fictionalised account of Mary’s life, focusing on the rivalry between the Boleyn girls and the power game played by their family. Starring Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman.

Watch the DVD – 'The other Boleyn girl'

Based on the book by Philippa Gregory