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