New Quick Flicks for the Week of August 9, 2011

Cracks By Scott, Jordan Director Temple, Juno Scott 2011-07 - MPI Home Video 0030306976396 Check Our Catalog Miss G is seemingly a force of nature, a glamorous presence beloved and idolized by her blossoming charges at an all-girls British boarding school. Her students heap adoration upon her, a love that Miss G basks in and returns until the arrival of Fiamma, a wild and self-confident transfer student from Spain. Fiamma's new role as teacher's pet ignites the jealousy of former class queen Di, and triggers an obsession in Miss G that quickly spirals out of control. …More

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost By Lowry, Dick 2011-08 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396382398 Check Our Catalog Tom Selleck returns as Paradise's anguished former Chief of Police, Jesse Stone, in his most gripping mystery yet. Cindy Van Aldan was like a daughter to Jesse. Now she's dead. Although all signs point to a suicidal drug overdose-a checkered history riddled with addiction, associations with homicidal mobsters and an involvement in prostitution-Jesse knows his friend better than that. This time it's personal, and Jesse will stop at nothing to avenge the lost innocence and subsequent death of the young girl he once mentored. …More

Jumping the Broom By Akil, Salim Director Bassett, Angela Akil 2011-08 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396383401 Check Our Catalog "Jumping the Broom" focuses on a weekend wedding in Martha's Vineyard where two families from divergent socioeconomic backgrounds clash during their first meeting before the big event. …More

The Kids Grow Up By Block, Doug 2011-07 - New Video Group 0767685240717 Check Our Catalog From acclaimed documentarian Doug Block (51 Birch Street) comes this exceptionally moving and incredibly candid look at modern-day parenting and what it means to let go. …More

Mars Needs Moms By Wells, Simon Voice by Green, Seth Voice by Fogler, Dan 2011-08 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936812527 Check Our Catalog Nine-year-old Milo (Seth Green) finds out just how much he needs his mom (Joan Cusack) when she's nabbed by Martians who plan to steal her mom-ness for their own young. Produced by the team behind "Disney's A Christmas Carol" and "The Polar Express," "Mars Needs Moms" showcases Milo's quest to save his mom-a wild adventure that involves stowing away on a spaceship, navigating an elaborate, multi-level planet and taking on the alien nation and their leader (Mindy Sterling). With the help of a tech-savvy, underground earthman named Gribble (Dan Fogler) and a rebel Martian girl called Ki (Elisabeth Harnois), Milo just might find his way back to his mom-in more ways than one. …More

My Dog Tulip By Fierlinger, Paul Fierlinger and Voice by Plummer, Christopher Ndr Voice by Redgrave, Lynn Dr 2011-07 - New Yorker Films 0717119114442 Check Our Catalog The story of a man who rescues a German shepherd and how the two become fast friends. …More

Paul By Mottola, Greg 2011-08 - Universal Home Video 0025192043536 Check Our Catalog Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) reunite for the comedy adventure Paul as two sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage takes them to Americas UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who brings them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever. For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen) has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. For reasons unknown, the space-traveling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of towna rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy (Pegg) and Clive Gollings (Frost). Chased by federal agents and the fanatical father of a young woman that they accidentally kidnap, Graeme and Clive hatch a fumbling escape plan to return Paul to his mother ship. And as two nerds struggle to help, one little green man might just take his fellow outcasts from misfits to intergalactic heroes. …More

Your Highness By Green, David Gordon 2011-08 - Universal Home Video 0025192044236 Check Our Catalog When a twisted wizard kidnaps the virginal fiancee of a valiant prince, his ne'er-do-well brother grudgingly joins his sibling on a quest to save the beautiful damsel. Along the way, the duo meets their match in the form of a fetching female warrior. …More

The Fox and the Hound; The Fox and the Hound II.
30th Anniversary Edition.  Two friends discover that they are meant to be enemies when they grow up.

Peep World
At a dinner celebrating their father's 70th birthday, tensions among four siblings explode, thanks to the success of the youngest son's new novel, a thinly veiled portrait of the family. The best-selling expose reveals the oldest, 'responsible' son as a porn addict, the daughter as a catty drama queen, and the third son as a living disaster with a loony plan to change his life around. And things aren't exactly going so great for the hot writer due to a bad reaction to a certain men's medication.

Unanswered Prayers
A riveting drama about an all-American family man whose commitment to tested when his fantasy love from high school comes back into his life. Is this just a temptation, or is this an answer to his prayer? A thought-provoking story about marriage, family, community and faith.