Thursday, December 19, 2013

Quick Flicks for Tuesday, December 17, 2013



ElysiumElysium
By Blomkamp, Neill
2013-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
0043396417236 Check Our Catalog In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. The people of Earth are desperate to escape the planet's crime and poverty, and they critically need the state-of-the-art medical care available on Elysium - but some in Elysium will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve their citizens' luxurious lifestyle. The only man with the chance to bring equality to these worlds is Max (Matt Damon), an ordinary guy in desperate need to get to Elysium. With his life hanging in the balance, he reluctantly takes on a dangerous mission - one that pits him against Elysium's Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) and her hard-line forces - but if he succeeds, he could save not only his own life, but millions of people on Earth as well. …More

            
The FamilyThe Family
By Besson, Luc
2013-12 - Twentieth Century-Fox
0024543861973 Check Our Catalog A mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the witness protection program after snitching on the mob. Despite Agent Stansfield's best efforts to keep them in line, Fred Blake and his family can't help resorting to old habits by handling their problems the 'family' way. Chaos ensues as their former Mafia cronies try to track them down, and scores are settled in the unlikeliest of settings. …More

            
The Lone RangerThe Lone Ranger
By Verbinski, Gore
2013-12 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
0786936823455 Check Our Catalog From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the filmmaking team behind the blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, comes Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films' "The Lone Ranger," a thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes. Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice--taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption. …More

            
One Direction: This Is UsOne Direction: This Is Us
By Spurlock, Morgan
2013-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
0043396424173 Check Our Catalog ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US is a captivating and intimate all-access look at life on the road for the global music phenomenon. Weaved with stunning live concert footage, this inspiring feature film tells the remarkable story of Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry and Louis' meteoric rise to fame, from their humble hometown beginnings and competing on the X-Factor, to conquering the world and performing at London's famed O2 Arena. Hear it from the boys themselves and see through their own eyes what it's really like to be One Direction. …More

            
Percy Jackson: Sea of MonstersPercy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
By Freudenthal, Thor
2013-12 - Twentieth Century-Fox
0024543867685 Check Our Catalog Based on the publishing phenomenon, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters continues the young demigod's epic journey to fulfill his destiny. To save their world, Percy and his friends must find the fabled and powerfully magic Golden Fleece. Embarking on a treacherous odyssey into the uncharted waters of the Sea of Monsters (known to humans as the Bermuda Triangle), they battle terrifying creatures, an army of zombies, and the ultimate Evil. …More

            
2 Guns2 Guns
By Baltasar Kormakur
With Washington, Denzel
With Wahlberg, Mark
2013-12 - Universal Home Video
0025192167768 Check Our Catalog For the past 12 months, DEA agent Bobby Trench (Washington) and U.S. naval intelligence officer Marcus Stigman (Wahlberg) have been reluctantly attached at the hip. Working undercover as members of a narcotics syndicate, each man distrusts his partner as much as the criminals they have both been tasked to take down. When their attempt to infiltrate a Mexican drug cartel and recover millions goes haywire, Trench and Stigman are suddenly disavowed by their superiors. Now that everyone wants them in jail or in the ground, the only person they can count on is the other. Unfortunately for their pursuers, when good guys spend years pretending to be bad, they pick up a few tricks along the way. …More

            
PrisonersPrisoners
By Villeneuve, Denis
2013-12 - Warner Home Video
0883929318636 Check Our Catalog In the rural New England town of Brockton, Massachusetts, neighbors and friends the Dovers and the Birches gather for Thanksgiving dinner, but by the end of the night, their celebration turns to panic when the families' two youngest daughters go missing. As the hours pass and the girls don't turn up, it becomes terrifyingly apparent they've been kidnapped. After the cops fail to find them, Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) decides to take the law into his own hands, running up against dedicated Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal). But even as Loki is diligently working against the clock to solve the case, Keller will stop at nothing to get their prime suspect to talk before it's too late. …More

            
The World's EndThe World's End
By Wright, Edgar
2013-12 - Universal Home Video
0025192175305 Check Our Catalog Twenty years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hellbent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their hometown and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub - The World's End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind's. Reaching The World's End is the least of their worries. …More

            
The Sound of Music - Live!The Sound of Music - Live!
By Underwood, Carrie
2013-12 - Universal Home Video
0025192170669 Check Our Catalog An aspiring nun in pre-WWII Austria leaves the abbey to become a governess for the widower Captain von Trapp's seven children and finds herself falling in love. Beloved worldwide, The Sound of Music includes unforgettable songs including "Edelweiss," "Do-Re-Mi," "My Favorite Things," and "The Sound of Music." …More

Quick Flicks for Tuesday, December 10, 2013



AmourAmour
By Haneke, Michael
2013-08 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
0043396417380 Check Our Catalog FRE Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has an attack. The couple's bond of love is severely tested. …More

            
Battle of the YearBattle of the Year
By Lee, Benson
With Holloway, Josh
With Alonso, Laz
2013-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
0043396417786 Check Our Catalog Battle of the Year is the Olympics of break dancing, a tournament held every year that attracts all the best teams from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years. Los Angeles Hip Hop mogul and former B-Boy Dante (Alonso) wants to put the country that started the Sport back on top. He enlists his hard-luck friend Blake (Holloway), who was a championship basketball coach, to coach his team. Armed with the theory that the right coach can make any team champions, they assemble a Dream Team of all the best b-boys across the country. With only three months until Battle of the Year, Blake has to use every tactic he knows to get twelve talented individuals to come together as a team if they're going to bring the Trophy back to America where it started. Inspired by the actual World championship held yearly in France. …More

            
Jayne Mansfield's CarJayne Mansfield's Car
By Thornton, Billy Bob
2013-12 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
0013132602264 Check Our Catalog In what critics are calling his best work as writer/director since SLINGBLADE, Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton stars - along with Oscar winner Robert Duvall, two-time Oscar nominee John Hurt and Golden Globe winner Kevin Bacon - in this story of fathers and sons, wars and peace, and the turbulent time that changed America forever. It's 1969 in a small Alabama town, and the death of a quirky clan's long-estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families for the funeral. But do the scars of the past hide differences that will tear them apart or expose truths that could lead to the most unexpected collisions of all? Robert Patrick (WALK THE LINE), Ray Stevenson ("Dexter"), Frances O'Connor (THE HUNTER), and Katherine LaNasa ("Deception") co-star in the acclaimed comedy/drama. …More

            
Man of Tai ChiMan of Tai Chi
By Reeves, Keanu
With Chen, Tiger Hu
2013-12 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
0013132612812 Check Our Catalog From Keanu Reeves, MAN OF TAI CHI follows a young martial artist whose unparalleled skills land him in a lucrative underworld fight club. As the matches intensify, he must do whatever necessary to survive. …More

            
The Ultimate LifeThe Ultimate Life
By Landon, Michael, Jr.
2013-12 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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Quick Flicks for Tuesday, December 3, 2013



The Mortal Instruments: City of BonesThe Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
By Zwart, Harald
2013-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
0043396417717 Check Our Catalog Set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray (Lily Collins), discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. After the disappearance of her mother (Lena Headey), Clary must join forces with a group of Shadowhunters, who introduce her to a dangerous alternate New York called Downworld, filled with demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves and other deadly creatures. Based on the worldwide best-selling book series. …More

            
The Smurfs 2The Smurfs 2
By Gosnell, Raja
Voice by Lopez, George
Voice by Perry, Katy
2013-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
0043396419681 Check Our Catalog In this sequel to the hybrid live action/animated family blockbuster comedy The Smurfs, the evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants, and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs, Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and brings her to Paris, where he has been winning the adoration of millions as the world's greatest sorcerer. It's up to Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity to return to our world, reunite with their human friends Patrick and Grace Winslow, and rescue her! Will Smurfette, who has always felt different from the other Smurfs, find a new connection with the Naughties Vexy and Hackus or will the Smurfs convince her that their love for her is True Blue? …More

            
The WolverineThe Wolverine
By Mangold, James
2013-12 - Twentieth Century-Fox
0024543833055 Check Our Catalog Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality, emerging more powerful than we have ever seen him before. …More

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Quick Flicks for Tuesday, December 3, 2013



The Mortal Instruments: City of BonesThe Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
By Zwart, Harald
2013-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
0043396417717 Check Our Catalog Set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray (Lily Collins), discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. After the disappearance of her mother (Lena Headey), Clary must join forces with a group of Shadowhunters, who introduce her to a dangerous alternate New York called Downworld, filled with demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves and other deadly creatures. Based on the worldwide best-selling book series. …More

            
The Smurfs 2The Smurfs 2
By Gosnell, Raja
Voice by Lopez, George
Voice by Perry, Katy
2013-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
0043396419681 Check Our Catalog In this sequel to the hybrid live action/animated family blockbuster comedy The Smurfs, the evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants, and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs, Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and brings her to Paris, where he has been winning the adoration of millions as the world's greatest sorcerer. It's up to Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity to return to our world, reunite with their human friends Patrick and Grace Winslow, and rescue her! Will Smurfette, who has always felt different from the other Smurfs, find a new connection with the Naughties Vexy and Hackus or will the Smurfs convince her that their love for her is True Blue? …More

            
The WolverineThe Wolverine
By Mangold, James
2013-12 - Twentieth Century-Fox
0024543833055 Check Our Catalog Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality, emerging more powerful than we have ever seen him before. …More

Quick flicks for Tuesday, November 26, 2013



GetawayGetaway
By Solomon, Courtney
Director Levy, Yaron
Voice by Freeman, Paul
2013-11 - Warner Home Video
0883929318667 Check Our Catalog Brent Magna (Ethan Hawke) is a burned out race car driver who is thrust into a do-or-die mission behind the wheel when his wife is kidnapped. With Brent's only ally being a young hacker (Selena Gomez), his one hope of saving his wife is to follow the orders of the mysterious voice (Jon Voight) who's watching his every move through cameras mounted on the car Brent's driving. …More

            
Red 2Red 2
By Parisot, Dean
2013-11 - Uni Dist Corp (Music)
0025192213083 Check Our Catalog In RED 2, the high-octane action-comedy sequel to the worldwide sleeper hit, retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. To succeed, they'll need to survive an army of relentless assassins, ruthless terrorists and power-crazed government officials, all eager to get their hands on the next-generation weapon. The mission takes Frank and his motley crew to Paris, London and Moscow. Outgunned and outmanned, they have only their cunning wits, their old-school skills, and each other to rely on as they try to save the world--and stay alive in the process. …More

            
R.I.P.D.R.I.P.D.
By Schwentke, Robert
2013-10 - Universal Home Video
0025192123672 Check Our Catalog Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds headline the 3D supernatural action-adventure R.I.P.D. as two cops dispatched by the otherworldly Rest In Peace Department to protect and serve the living from an increasingly destructive array of souls who refuse to move peacefully to the other side. Veteran sheriff Roy Pulsifer (Bridges) has spent his career with the legendary police force known as R.I.P.D. tracking monstrous spirits who are cleverly disguised as ordinary people. His mission? To arrest and bring to justice a special brand of criminals trying to escape final judgment by hiding among the unsuspecting on Earth. Once the wise-cracking Roy is assigned former rising-star detective Nick Walker (Reynolds) as his junior officer, the new partners have to turn grudging respect into top-notch teamwork. When they uncover a plot that could end life as we know it, two of R.I.P.D.'s finest must miraculously restore the cosmic balance...or watch the tunnel to the afterlife begin sending angry souls the very wrong way.
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Quick Flicks for Tuesday, November 19, 2013


Paranoia
By Luketic, Robert
2013-11 - Twentieth Century-Fox
0024543861898 Check Our Catalog The high stakes thriller Paranoia takes us deep behind the scenes of global success to a deadly world of greed and deception. The two most powerful tech billionaires in the world (Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman) are bitter rivals with a complicated past who will stop at nothing to destroy each other. A young superstar (Liam Hemsworth), seduced by unlimited wealth and power falls between them, and becomes trapped in the middle of the twists and turns of their life-and-death game of corporate espionage. By the time he realizes his life is in danger, he is in far too deep and knows far too much for them to let him walk away. …More

            
PlanesPlanes
By Hall, Klay
Voice by Cook, Dane
Voice by Kilmer, Val
2013-11 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
0786936834628 Check Our Catalog From above the world of "Cars" comes "Disney's Planes," an action-packed animated comedy adventure featuring Dusty (voice of Dane Cook), a plane with dreams of competing as a high-flying air racer. But Dusty's not exactly built for racing--and he happens to be afraid of heights. So he turns to a seasoned naval aviator who helps Dusty qualify to take the defending champ of the race circuit. Dusty's courage is put to the ultimate test as he aims to reach heights he never dreamed possible, giving a spellbound world the inspiration to soar. …More

            
The To-Do ListThe To-Do List
By Carey, Maggie
2013-11 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
0043396421431 Check Our Catalog Starring Aubrey Plaza, THE TO DO LIST follows the story of Brandy Klark (Plaza), a Type-A, overachiever who comes up with a "to-do list" featuring all the risque extra-curricular activities she missed out on in high school and wants to complete before college. …More

            
We're the MillersWe're the Millers
By Thurber, Rawson Marshall
2013-11 - New Line Cinema Corporation
0883929316649 Check Our Catalog David Burke (Jason Sudeikis) is a small-time pot dealer whose clientele includes chefs and soccer moms, but no kids--after all, he has his scruples. So what could go wrong? Plenty. Preferring to keep a low profile for obvious reasons, he learns the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished when he tries to help out some local teens and winds up getting jumped by a trio of gutter punks. Stealing his stash and his cash, they leave him in major debt to his supplier, Brad (Ed Helms). In order to wipe the slate clean--and maintain a clean bill of health--David must now become a big-time drug smuggler by bringing Brad's latest shipment in from Mexico. Twisting the arms of his neighbors, cynical stripper Rose (Jennifer Aniston) and wannabe customer Kenny (Will Poulter), and the tatted-and-pierced streetwise teen Casey (Emma Roberts), he devises a foolproof plan. One fake wife, two pretend kids and a huge, shiny RV later, the "Millers" are headed south of the border for a Fourth of July weekend that is sure to end with a bang. …More

Quick Flicks for Tuesday, November 12, 2013



BarbaraBarbara
By Petzold, Christian
2013-11 - Music Video Dist
0713757948739 Check Our Catalog GER East Germany, 1980. Barbara Wolff is a young doctor who has applied for an exit visa from the GDR and, as punishment, has been transferred from her prestigious post in Berlin to a small pediatric hospital in the country. She must weigh her absolute dedication to her patients against a potential escape to the West, and her newfound attraction to a doctor in whom she sees a kindred spirit. …More

            
BlackfishBlackfish
By Cowperthwaite, Gabriela
2013-11 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent
0876964006170 Check Our Catalog Many of us have experienced the excitement and awe of watching 8,000 pound orcas, or "killer whales," soar out of the water and fly through the air at sea parks, as if in perfect harmony with their trainers. Yet, in our contemporary lore this mighty black and white mammal is like a two-faced Janus--beloved as a majestic, friendly giant yet infamous for its capacity to kill viciously. Blackfish unravels the complexities of this dichotomy, employing the story of notorious performing whale Tilikum, who--unlike any orca in the wild--has taken the lives of several people while in captivity. So what exactly went wrong? Shocking, never before seen footage and riveting interviews with trainers and experts manifest the orca's extraordinary nature, the species' cruel treatment in captivity over the last four decades and the growing disillusionment of workers who were misled and endangered by the highly profitable sea-park industry. This emotionally wrenching, tautly structured story challenges us to consider our relationship to nature and reveals how little we humans have learned from these highly intelligent and enormously sentient fellow mammals. …More

            
Man of SteelMan of Steel
By Snyder, Zack
2013-11 - Warner Home Video
0883929248001 Check Our Catalog A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind. …More

            
TurboTurbo
By Soren, David
Voice by Reynolds, Ryan
Voice by Jackson, Samuel L.
2013-11 - Twentieth Century-Fox
0024543870371 Check Our Catalog From the makers of Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda, TURBO is a high-velocity 3D comedy about an underdog snail who kicks into overdrive when he miraculously attains the power of super-speed. But after making fast friends with a crew of streetwise, tricked-out es-car-goes, Turbo learns that no one succeeds on their own. So he puts his heart and shell on the line to help his pals achieve their dreams, before Turbo-charging his own impossible dream: winning the Indy 500. …More

Quick Flicks for Tuesday, November 4, 2013



Girl Most LikelyGirl Most Likely
By Berman, Shari Springer
Director Pulcini, Robert
2013-11 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
0031398178538 Check Our Catalog After both her career and relationship hit the skids, Imogene is forced to make the humiliating move back home to New Jersey with her eccentric mother and younger brother. Adding further insult to injury, there's a strange man sleeping in her old bedroom, and an even stranger man sleeping in her mother's bed. …More

            
Grown Ups 2Grown Ups 2
By Dugan, Dennis
2013-11 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
0043396417526 Check Our Catalog The all-star comedy cast from Grown Ups returns (with some exciting new additions) for more summertime laughs. Lenny (Adam Sandler) has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school. …More

            
ParklandParkland
By Landesman, Peter
2013-11 - Millennium Media Services
0687797142795 Check Our Catalog Recounting the chaotic events that occurred in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, PARKLAND weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary individuals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances: the young doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital, Dallas' chief of the Secret Service, an unwitting cameraman who captured what became the most watched and examined film in history; the FBI agents who nearly had the gunman within their grasp, the brother of Lee Harvey Oswald - left to deal with his shattered family, and JFK's security team - witnesses to both the president's death and Vice President Lyndon Johnson's rise to power over a nation whose innocence was forever altered. …More

            
RenoirRenoir
By Bourdos, Gilles
2013-11 - Uni Dist Corp. (New Video
0025192211119 Check Our Catalog Set in the Cote d'Azur in 1915 -- Pierre-Auguste Renoir's twilight years -- he is tormented by the loss of his wife, and the terrible news that his son Jean has been wounded in action. But, when a young girl miraculously enters his world, the old painter is filled with a new, wholly unexpected energy. Blazing with life, radiantly beautiful, Andree will become his last model and the wellspring of a remarkable rejuvenation, inspiring some of Renoir's most renowned works including Les Baigneuses (The Bathers). Back at his family home, Jean too falls under the spell of the new, redheaded star in Renoir firmament. In their Mediterranean Eden and in the face of his father's fierce opposition -- Jean falls in love with this wild, untamable spirit... and as he does so, Renoir's weak-willed, battle-shaken son grows into a filmmaker, eventually becoming one of the greatest of all time. …More

            
The PurgeThe Purge
By Demonaco, James
2013-10 - Universal Home Video
0025192175619 Check Our Catalog If on one night every year, you could commit any crime without facing consequences, what would you do? In The Purge, a thriller that follows one family over the course of a single night, four people will be tested to see how far they will go to protect themselves when the vicious outside world breaks into their home. …More

            
White House DownWhite House Down
By Emmerich, Roland
2013-11 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
0043396417595 Check Our Catalog Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country. …More