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Open today from 9am to 9pm  •  March 22, 2010

Movies & Music

New This Week, March 11th 2008

August Rush
Music draws a young boy, penniless and alone, to New York City in a quest to find - somehow, some way - the parents separated from him years earlier. Along the way he may also find the musical genius hidden within him. With Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Robin Williams, Freddie...

What are you watching this Valentine’s Day?

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The top 10 romantic movies of all time as chosen by the American Film Institute. Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, West Side Story and more.

Music Links

AllMusic.com
A complete and current resource for recordings of all types of music including reviews, biographical information on the artists, historical information, ordering listings, and retail links.

Grammy Awards
A website dedicated to the annual Grammy awards including information about nominees and winners.

Metacritic.com
Compiles reviews from critics and publications covering film, music, video/DVD and games.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
The official site of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Lots of music history here for kids writing papers, giving oral reports, etc.

Movie Links

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
All the information you need to know about the Academy Awards (a.k.a. the Oscars).

AFI - American Film Institute
The official website of the American Film Institute. Here you’ll find all the AFI Top 100 lists.

Allmovie.com
Lists over 131,000 movies. One of the best features is the option to search for movies by plot. Great for finding the perfect film.

Cannes Film Festival
A beautiful site concentrating on the best international films.

E! Online
For pure entertainment, look no further. Get the latest news and reviews, celebrity gossip, and feature events in tinsel town.

Facets
A site for the discriminating lover of film.

Hollywood.com
Get the latest news and reviews, celebrity gossip, and feature events in tinsel town!

Internet Movie Database
Contains over 170,479 titles with over 2,462,516 filmography entries and is expanding continuously. This is probably the ultimate site for finding a specific movie.

Kids-In-Mind.com
The purpose of kids-in-mind.com is to provide parents and other adults with objective and complete information about a film's content so that they can decide, based on their own value system, whether they should watch a movie with or without their kids.

Metacritic.com
Compiles reviews from critics and publications covering film, music, video/DVD and games.

Reel.com
One of the best features is the Reel Movie Matcher. Type in a favorite movie and it will give you others movies you might enjoy.

RogerEbert.com
Online version of the popular critics movie reviews, including a searchable database of every review since 1985.

Topeka & Lawrence Movie Listings
A quick and easy list of theaters and show times for current movies playing in the area.

Yahoo! Movies
Lists this week’s new releases, top box office movies and allows you to search for showtimes and locations of current films.

National Film Registry Selections for 2007

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Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today named 25 motion pictures— classics from every era of American filmmaking—to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, including "Bullitt," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," Grand Hotel," "Oklahoma!" and "12 Angry Men."
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