New Quick Flicks for the Week of January 4, 2011

Case 39 By Alvart, Christian 2011-01 - Paramount Home Video BL02113DVD000 Check Our Catalog To save 10-year-old Lillith Sullivan from her abusive parents, idealistic social worker Emily Jenkins welcomes the girl into her own home -- only to discover that Lillith isn't quite the innocent victim that she claims to be. As Lillith's mysterious past comes to light, Emily finds herself in a world of danger. …More

Catfish By Schulman, Ariel 2011-01 - Universal 0025192074233 Check Our Catalog In late 2007, filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost sensed a story unfolding as they began to film the life of Ariel's brother, Nev. They had no idea that their project would lead to the most exhilarating and unsettling months of their lives. A reality thriller that is a shocking product of our times, Catfish is a riveting story of love, deception, and grace within a labyrinth of online intrigue. …More

Dinner for Schmucks By 2011-01 - Paramount Home Video 0097363492344 Check Our Catalog Tim is a guy on the verge of having it all. The only thing standing between him and total career success is finding the perfect guest to bring to his boss' annual Dinner for Extraordinary People, an event where the winner of the evening brings the most eccentric character as his guest. Enter Barry, a guy with a passion for dressing up mice in tiny outfits to recreate great works of art. From Jay Roach, director of "Meet the Parents" and "Meet the Fockers" comes an unforgettable feast about two unlikely friends and one very memorable dinner. …More

Howl By Epstein, Rob Director Friedman, Jeffrey 2011-01 - Oscilloscope Pictures 0896602002265 Check Our Catalog In his famously confessional style, Ginsberg poet, counter-culture icon, and chronicler of the Beat Generation recounts the road trips, love affairs, and search for personal liberation that led to HOWL, the most timeless work of his career. HOWL interweaves three stories: the unfolding of the landmark 1957 obscenity trial; an imaginative animated ride through the prophetic masterpiece; and a unique portrait of a man who found new ways to express himself, and in doing so, changed his own life and galvanized a generation. …More

The Last Exorcism By Stamm, Daniel 2011-01 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398129349 Check Our Catalog When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine exorcism on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcised before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy. Buckling under the weight of his conscience after years of parting desperate believers with their money, Cotton and his crew plan to film a confessionary documentary of this, his last exorcism. But upon arriving at the already blood drenched family farm, it is soon clear that nothing could have prepared him for the true evil he encounters there. Now, too late to turn back, Reverend Marcus own beliefs are shaken to the core when he and his crew must find a way to save Nell and themselves before it is too late. …More

Machete By 2011-01 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543718413 Check Our Catalog From director Robert Rodriguez (Grindhouse, Sin City), and featuring an all-star cast including Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro and Jessica Alba, comes an action-packed, bare-knuckled fistful of carnage asada! Set up, double-crossed and left for dead, Machete (Trejo) is an ass-kicking ex-Federale who lays waste to anything that gets in his path. As he takes on hit men, vigilantes and a ruthless drug cartel, bullets fly, blades clash and the body count rises. Any way you slice it, vengeance has a new name--Machete. …More

Northern Lights By 2011-01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 9781435984431 Check Our Catalog …More

Falling for Grace
Grace Tang is an ambitious Wall Street banker determined to work her way up the ladder of life and out of working-class Chinatown. Mistaken as a famous heiress from Hong Kong, Grace is suddenly swept into the inner circle of Manhattan's elite and ushered into the arms of New York's most eligible bachelor. What follows is a whirlwind of romance and white lies, as Grace carefully negotiates her personal ties to Chinatown and the politics of Wall Street and high society.

The Yellow Handkerchief
Three strangers of two generations embark on a road trip through post Katrina Louisiana. Along the way, relationships forge and change in a myriad of ways, leading to the possibility of second chances at life and love.

Teen Flick: Elf

Elf
Wednesday December 22, 2010 at 1pm

Baby it’s cold outside, so come to December’s Teen Flick Elf and warm up with some hot cocoa and cookies. For teens in grades 9-12.

Buddy was a baby who stowed away in Santa's toy bag and ended up at the North Pole. The elves raise him as one of their own, but when he begins to notice his differences to the other elves he goes to New York City to find his birth father in this holiday comedy. (PG, 95 minutes)

New Quick Flicks for the Week of December 14, 2010

The A-Team By Carnahan, Joe 2010-12 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543701460 Check Our Catalog Buckle up for an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Quinton Rampage Jackson and Sharlto Copley. Convicted by a military court for a crime they didnt commit, a daring team of former Special Forces soldiers must utilize their unique talents to break out of prison and tackle their toughest mission yet. Its going to take guts, split-second timing and an arsenal of explosive weapons... this is a job for The A-Team! …More

Chow Down By 2010-07 - Virgil Films and Entertai 0829567072820 Check Our Catalog CHOW DOWN is the documentary film which exposes Americas number One Killer Heart Disease. With lighthearted animation, piercing expert interviews and a feisty attitude, CHOW DOWN shows us what and who is behind all of the information that is not helping us in achieving healthy lifestyles. Watch and root for Charles, John, and Garnet as they try to buck the system of pills and procedures and outfox their heart disease and diabetes. …More

Cyrus By Reilly, John C 2010-12 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543689539 Check Our Catalog With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down-on-his-luck divorcee finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. …More

Despicable Me By Carell,Steve 2010-12 - Universal Home Video 0025192018176 Check Our Catalog Gru delights in all things wicked. Surrounded by an army of tireless, little yellow minions, and armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad. …More

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work By Stern, Ricki 2010-12 - MPI Home Video 0030306956091 Check Our Catalog Documentarians Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg provide an uncompromising glimpse into the personal and professional life of comedian and red-carpet mainstay Joan Rivers, a woman clinging stubbornly and steadfastly to the pop-culture bandwagon. Stern and Sundberg -- whose previous film, The Devil Came on Horseback, covered the Darfur genocide -- take a no-less-intensive approach to their subject here, taking a hard look at fame's bitter toll. …More

Micmacs By Jeunet, Jean-Pierre 2010-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396353077 Check Our Catalog First, it was a mine that exploded in the middle of the Moroccan desert. Years later, it was a stray bullet that lodged in his brain... Bazil (Dany Boon) doesn't have much luck with weapons. The first made him an orphan, the second holds him on the brink of sudden and instant death. Released from the hospital, Bazil is homeless. Luckily, our inspired and gentle-natured dreamer is adopted by a motley crew of secondhand dealers living in a veritable Ali Baba's cave, whose talents and aspirations are as surprising as they are diverse: Remington, Calculator, Buster, Slammer, Elastic Girl, Tiny Pete and Mama Chow. One day, walking by two huge buildings, Bazil recognizes the logos of the weapons manufacturers that caused his hardship. With the help of his faithful gang of wacky friends he sets out to get revenge. A gang of underdogs battling heartless industrial giants, they relive the battle of David and Goliath, with all the imagination and fantasy of Buster Keaton. …More

Mother & Child By Garcia, Rodrigo 2010-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396350229 Check Our Catalog From writer-director Rodrigo Garcia and executive producer Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu comes the moving story of three women and the power of the unbreakable bond between mother and child. …More

Nanny McPhee Returns By White, Susanna 2010-12 - Universal Home Video 0025192064296 Check Our Catalog Make way for more fun and hilarious mayhem as Academy Award winner Emma Thompson reprises her role as the magical Nanny McPhee, who arrives when shes needed the most and wanted the least. When Nanny McPhee appears at the farmhouse door of a busy young mother, Isabel Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal), she discovers that Mrs. Greens children are in an all-out household war with their two spoiled city cousins. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life, to a tree-climbing piglet and an elephant that turns up in the oddest places, Nanny McPhee uses her magic to show the children five valuable lessons, the most important of which is learning how to get along. …More

The Other Guys By McKay, Adam 2010-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396367616 Check Our Catalog Misfit NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz (Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg) are sentenced to life behind the desk. They hate each other and the monotony of their meaningless jobs, as theyre forced to live in the shadow of the two biggest and most bad ass cops on the force (Samuel L. Jackson & Dwayne Johnson). But when those guys go down for the count, opportunity knocks for Gamble and Hoitz. Stumbling onto what could be one of the biggest crimes in years, can The Other Guys step up their game to solve the case without killing each other and destroying NYC in the process? …More

14 Blades
During the late Ming Dynasty, the Chinese imperial court is plagued by corruption as eunuchs usurp state power and the reigning emperor is deemed incompetent. The Jinyi Wei is the government's secret police, trained in clandestine combat since childhood, they are in charge of conducting missions to ensure peace and stability within the empire. They have the authority to prosecute anyone deemed as an enemy of the state and they devote their lives and lethal prowess to serving the emperor.

Corpse Princess.  Parts 1 & 2
Makina Hoshino is already dead, but she can't let go of this twisted world. She burned to death along with her entire family in a fire started by freaks that wouldn't stay buried. Makina knows she doesn't belong among the living, but that won't stop her from unleashing the full fury of her twin MAC-11 machine guns on the rotting remains of those who refuse to die.
Makina Hoshino is already dead, but she can't let go of this twisted world. She's hell-bent on filling every empty grave she can find with the monsters that should be six feet under. Makina is a Shikabane Hime, a Corpse Princess, and it's her job to finish off the undead leftovers haunting the dark corners of a city that used to be safe.

Disciples of the 36th Chamber
Fong Sai Yuk's uninhibited arrogance toward a Manchu lord forces him to seek refuge in a Shaolin Temple. Although abundantly trained in the  martial arts, he is no match for Master San Te, the  creator of the 36th Chamber of Shaolin. Exhausted by his frequent defeats, Fong seeks to escape his prison and crosses paths with a governor, who rewards him with a yellow robe granting immunity from any Manchu. Will Fong feed his foolish ego and betray the Shaolin Temple?

Emotional Atyachar
On the deserted highway between Mumbai and Goa, incidents take place in one night to four sets of travelers. Each character is an anti-hero who has a dark side. The real HERO is the mysterious interconnection between these stories that unfolds in a non-linear format. Each story varies from the other in its humor, flavor and content, but is driven by more or less a similar motive, money.

Fagbug
Erin Davies became a victim of a hate crime because of a rainbow sticker on her VW Beetle. Her car was vandalized with the words 'fag' and 'u r gay' on the driver's side window and hood. Despite initial shock and embarrassment, Davies decided to embrace what happened by leaving the graffiti on her car. She took her car, now known worldwide as the 'Fagbug,' on a 58-day trip around the United States and Canada. Now viewers can follow her journey and the metamorphosis of the 'Fagbug.'

Fear Me Not
A very depressed father becomes utterly liberated when he takes some experimental anti-depressants. Too bad the experiment is ditched and they try to take his pills away.

Gasland
In 2009, filmmaker Josh Fox learned his land was on top of the Marcellus Shale, a giant reservoir of natural gas, and that he would be paid to lease his land for natural gas extraction. Fox documented his cross-country trek to find out if the controversial process of hydraulic fracking is actually safe. What he unearthed was a shocking discovery about a practice that is understudied and inadequately regulated, and raced to find answers about fracking before it was too late.

Harlan
Though almost forgotten today, Veit Harlan was one of Nazi Germany's most notorious filmmakers. Millions across occupied Europe saw his films, the most infamous of which was the horrific anti-Semitic propaganda film Jew Suss, which was required viewing for all SS members. Harlan was also the only artist from the Nazi era to be charged with war crimes. Included are never-before-seen archival footage, unearthed film excerpts, rare home movies, and new interviews.

Paris: The Luminous Years
From 1905 to 1930, Paris was the magnetic center for radical innovation and experiment, the Mecca for creative talents. On-camera, dramatic and historic moments are recalled by participants in these legendary events e.g. Marc Chagall, Igor Stravinsky, Jean Cocteau, Aaron Copland, and many more. Traces who came to Paris and why, whom they met, what they made there, and how being in Paris transformed them and their work.

Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
Public Enemy's 20 year career has had a monumental impact on the music world. Chronicles Public Enemy's legacy, their history and what icons of the music world say about their influence.

Shaolin Mantis
A man learns martial arts by observing a praying mantis.

The Year of Getting to Know Us
Growing up with wacky, dysfunctional parents, New York writer Chris Rocket finds his world turned upside down again when he returns to  his childhood home in Florida after his estranged father suffers a debilitating stroke. With a family like this, he'll be lucky to last the week.

Holiday Movie: Disney's A Christmas Carol

Disney's A Christmas Carol
Monday December 20, 2010 at 2pm

When three ghosts take penny-pinching Scrooge (Jim Carrey) on an eye-opening journey, he discovers the true meaning of Christmas -- but he must act on it before it’s too late. With Gary Oldman, Colin Firth. (Rated PG, 98 minutes)

New Quick Flicks for the Week of December 7, 2010

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel By Berman, Brigitte 2010-12 - Phase 4 Films 0625828548802 Check Our Catalog An intimate look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire. With humor and insight, the film captures Hefner's fierce battles with the government, the religious right and militant feminists. Rare footage and compelling interviews with a remarkable who's who of 20th Century American pop culture, present a brilliant and entertaining snapshot of the life of an extraordinary man and the controversies that surrounded him. …More

I'm Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix By Affleck, Casey 2010-11 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent 0876964003520 Check Our Catalog A raw documentary on Joaquin Phoenix's alleged career transition from the acting world to a career as an aspiring rapper. Sometimes funny, sometimes shocking, and always riveting, the film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads. Defying expectations, it deftly explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye. …More

Inception By Nolan, Christopher 2010-12 - Warner Home Video 0883929106127 Check Our Catalog Cobb cuts a deal with Saito and agrees to use his ability to enter people's dreams for a special assignment involving business titan Robert Fischer Jr. Along for the labyrinth-infused ride is Cobb's new mind "architect," Ariadne. …More

Into the Deep: America, Whaling and the World By 2010-07 - PBS 0841887012553 Check Our Catalog …More

Just Add Spice: Recipe for Happy, Healthy Kids By 2010-06 - PBS 0841887012522 Check Our Catalog …More

Oxford Murders By 2010-10 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent 0876964003391 Check Our Catalog A woman is murdered in Oxford. Her body is discovered by two men who meet for the first time at that moment: Arthur Seldom, a prestigious professor of logic, and Martin, a young graduate student who has just arrived at the university hoping to study with Seldom. It quickly becomes clear that this is the first in a series of murders, all of which are announced by the murderer with strange mathematical symbols. Professor and student join forces to try and crack the code and thus begins an elaborate puzzle, in which nothing is at it seems, and the truth is elusive. …More

Restrepo By Hetherington, Tim 2010-12 - Virgil Films 0829567073322 Check Our Catalog Award-winning journalists Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger chronicle the deployment of a platoon of American soldiers at one of the most dangerous outposts in Afghanistan, capturing the day-to-day reality of modern warfare as never seen before. From June 2007 to July 2008, Hetherington and Junger embedded with the soldiers of Second Platoon, Battle Company in the remote Korengal Valley in eastern Afghanistan, as they fought to build and maintain a remote 15-man outpost named "Restrepo" after a platoon medic who was killed in action. The filmmakers avoid all outside commentary and political context in order to present us war as it is actually lived by soldiers, through their own eyes and in their own words - the backbreaking labor, the deadly firefights, the boredom, the camaraderie. …More

Shrek Forever After By Mitchell, Mike 2010-12 - Paramount Home Video 0097361329642 Check Our Catalog After challenging an evil dragon, rescuing a beautiful princess and saving your in-laws' kingdom, what's an ogre to do? Well, if you're Shrek, you suddenly wind up a domesticated family man. Instead of scaring villagers away like he used to, a reluctant Shrek now agrees to autograph pitch forks. What's happened to this ogre's roar? Longing for the days when he felt like a "real ogre," Shrek is duped into signing a pact with the smooth-talking dealmaker, Rumpelstiltskin. Shrek suddenly finds himself in a twisted, alternate version of Far Far Away, where ogres are hunted, Rumpelstiltskin is king and Shrek and Fiona have never met. Now, it's up to Shrek to undo all he's done in the hopes of saving his friends, restoring his world and reclaiming his one True Love. …More

Eclipse By Slade, David 2010-12 - Summit Entertainment 0025192083266 Check Our Catalog It all begins] with a choice. In the third chapter of Stephenie Meyers phenomenal Twilight saga, Bella Swan is surrounded by danger as Seattle is hit by a string of murders and an evil vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, Bella is forced to choose between her love, Edward Cullen, and her friend, Jacob Blackknowing that her decision may ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. DVD/BD Special Features (2-Disc & BD/DVD Combo Disc only) 2 Audio Commentaries: Rob Pattinson & Kristen Stewart; Stephenie Meyer Deleted and Extended Scenes Photo Gallery 6-Part Making of Documentary Jump to... Your favorite scenes Music Videos PIP Commentary (BD only) …More

Waking Sleeping Beauty By Hahn, Don 2010-11 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936806885 Check Our Catalog …More

Walt & El Grupo By 2010-11 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936806830 Check Our Catalog …More

Barry Munday
A wannabe ladies man wakes up in a hospital after a freak accident, missing his 'family jewels.' Then he gets sued by a pregnant woman who claims he's the father. Problem is, he doesn't remember her.

Betty White in Black and White
This is the first comprehensive and incredibly entertaining retrospective of the birth of Bettymania. Experience several episodes from Betty's  first accliamed hit series, Life With Elizabeth (1953-55), along with Betty's own daytime series The Betty White Show. Included also is an incredibly rare episode from November 1954 where Betty  sings, dances, and is joined by surprise guest Rin Tin Tin, plus a heartfelt message from Martin and Lewis!

The Big 4
When the 'Big Four', Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax, shared a stage together on June 22nd, 2010, in Sofia, Bulgaria, it was the moment their fans had waited decades for. That monumental show was beamed live into over 1000 theatres worldwide via satellite in a special HD cinematic event.

Can the Gulf Survive?
Within days of the explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon oil platform on April 21, 2010, as many as 25,000 scientists, oil experts, military, and others assembled in the Gulf  region. This videodisc chronicles the activities critical in stopping the spill and cleaning up its effects in the weeks and months that follow.

Red Cliff II
In 208 A.D., the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale, led by the Prime Minister, causing the two kingdoms to form an alliance. Numerous battles ensued on land and water, eventually culminating in the battle of Red Cliff...

Countdown to Zero
Tracing the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possessing nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident. The film makes a compelling case for worldwide nuclear disarmament, an issue more topical than ever as over 40 nations have the technical capacity to construct nuclear weapons.

Crossroads: Eric Clapton Guitar Festival 2010
The Crossroads Guitar Festival, a day-long concert featuring legendary music and collaborations, was held on June 26th, 2010 to benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua. This film showcases top guitarists, including Eric Clapton, ZZ Top, Steve Winwood, BB King, Jeff Beck, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy, John Mayer, Bill Murray, and more.

A Dog Year
Jon Katz is a writer at a mid-life crossroads who decides to adopt and train a high-strung border collie named Devon, only to discover it's he himself who has the real lessons to learn. Based on a true story.

Fantasia & Fantasia 2000
A special DVD edition featuring both the original Fantasia (1940), Walt Disney's daring experiment combining animation and classical music, and the new Fantasia 2000. Includes music by Beethoven, Bach, Stravinsky, and George Gershwin. Classic scenes as dancing hippos, flying whales, and Mickey Mouse appearing as "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."

John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band
Opens with scenes of Yoko at the opening of the John Lennon Art Exhibit in London, Sept. 1988, then shows film footage of the 1969 Rock & Roll Revival in Toronto, John Lennon's first performance before a live audience in over three years, and his first time with the Plastic Ono Band.

LennoNYC
As the world remembered John Lennon on what would have been his 70th birthday, and the 30th anniversary of his death, a new film takes an intimate look at the time Lennon, Yoko Ono, and their son, Sean, spent living in New York City during the 1970s. Featuring never-before-heard studio recordings and never-before-seen outtakes from Lennon in concert and home movies.

Mayan Prophecies and Crop Circles: An Extraordinary Connection
Scholars and researchers have discovered an extraordinary connection between rare, ancient 6,000-year-old Sumerian symbols from the mysterious Mayan calendar and a group of amazing signs and symbols found among crop circle formations believed to be extraterrestrial in origin that are now appearing in the farmlands of the English countryside. What are these symbols collectively trying to say?

Stephen Fry in America
British "comic genius, Stephen Fry, travels through each of America's states in  his black London taxi to discover, in his own charismatic style, what makes the country unique and to get under the skin of American life"--Container.