Quick Flicks for the week of September 7, 2010

Abandoned By Feifer, Michael 2010-08 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132189390 Check Our Catalog Brittany Murphy stars as Mary, who brings her new boyfriend (Dean Cain) to the hospital for minor outpatient surgery. But when she returns later to pick him up, he has mysteriously vanished. The police cant help her. Is the hospital administrator involved in a cover-up? Could Marys increasingly frantic state be connected to her previous psychiatric issues? Is it possible her boyfriend doesnt exist at all? …More

The Exploding Girl By 2010-09 - Oscilloscope Pictures 0896602002234 Check Our Catalog In her first leading role, Zoe Kazan (ITS COMPLICATED, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD) plays Ivy, a twenty-year-old college student home for spring break. Shes excited about a developing romance back at school and life is seemingly perfect. When her longtime friend Al finds himself without a place to stay during the break, Ivy and her mother take him in, and Al and Ivys friendship strengthens while her boyfriend grows more and more distant. Increasingly distressed about her conflicting feelings, Ivy struggles to keep control, not wanting to overwhelm her emotions and trigger her epilepsy. Restrained and meditative, THE EXPLODING GIRL is an exquisite portrait of a young girl coming of age and finding a deeper kind of love in New York City. …More

John Rabe By 2010-09 - Strand Releasing Home Video 0712267291922 Check Our Catalog Based on actual events, JOHN RABE tells the story of a German businessman who rescued more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanking Massacre in China by courageously negotiating a safety zone to protect innocent civilians from the Japanese Army. Drawing from John Rabes 1937 diaries as source material, Academy Award winner Florian Gallenberger has crafted a portrait of a man revered as a saint in China to this day and yet never rewarded for his courage during his lifetime. …More

Killers By Luketic, Robert 2010-09 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398126331 Check Our Catalog Trying to recover from a sudden break-up, Jen Kornfeldt (Katherine Heigl) believes shell never fall in love again. But when she reluctantly joins her parents on a trip to the French Riviera, Jen happens to meet the man of her dreams, the dashing, handsome Spencer Aimes (Ashton Kutcher). Three years later, her seemingly impossible wish has come true: she and Spencer are newlyweds living the ideal suburban life that is, until the morning after Spencers 30th birthday when bullets start flying. Literally. It turns out Spencer never bothered to tell Jen hes also an international super-spy, and now Jen's perfect world has been turned upside down. Faced with the fact that her husband is a hit man, Jen is determined to discover what other secrets Spencer might be keeping all the while trying to dodge bullets, keep up neighborly appearances, manage the in-laws]and work out some major trust issues. And you thought suburban life was easy. …More

Solitary Man By Levien, David 2010-09 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132154893 Check Our Catalog Michael Douglas, as Ben Kalmen, leads a brilliant all-star cast in this smart and sophisticated comedy. Ben had a thriving career, a beautiful family, and a luxury apartment in the heart of Manhattan, but the same irresistible charm that got him to the top is also the cause of his downfall. He desperately attempts to regain his status the only way he knows how: through a woman. But when his wandering eye turns to the wrong woman, he looks to his family, and long time friend (Danny DeVito), to help get him back on his feet again -- only this time he's got nothing to lose. …More

Tapped By Soechtig, Stephanie 2010-08 - E1 0826262006396 Check Our Catalog The high cost -- to both the environment and our health -- of bottled water is the subject of this documentary that enlists activists, environmentalists, community leaders and others to expose the dark side of the bottled water industry. Americans may rethink their obsession with bottled H20 when they learn of the unregulated industry's willingness to ignore environmental and health concerns, and the problems that arise as a result. …More

That Evening Sun By 2010-09 - Image Entertainment 0014381666526 Check Our Catalog Academy Award-nominee and five-time Emmy-winner Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild) stars with Oscar-winner Ray McKinnon (The Blind Side), Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) and Dixie Carter giving a final, touching performance - in this critically acclaimed gem. Fleeing the retirement home where his son abandoned him, Abner Meecham sets out to reclaim his beloved Tennessee farmstead only to find its been leased to an old enemy, the volatile Lonzo Choat. After Abner intervenes to protect Choats daughter from her drunken fathers abuse, events spiral toward a starting, violent climax in . . . an exceptionally fine, richly atmospheric film. (Joe Lydon, Variety). …More

The Confidant
Two best friends from childhood are both on the right track to promising futures. A complicated web of lies, gambling, murder, and a pact will send one of them to prison and the other to fame. After eleven years in jail, the innocent comes to collect a debt and is determined to have the life he was promised, by any means necessary.

MacGruber
Only one operative has been awarded 16 purple hearts, and only one guy is man enough to still sport a mullet. In the 10 years since his fiance was killed, special op MacGruber has sworn off a life of fighting crime with his bare hands. But when he learns his country needs him to find a nuclear warhead that's been stolen by his sworn enemy, MacGruber teams up with his trusty sidekick and an uptight lieutenant to get the job done.