Tuesday, August 9, 2011

New Quick Flicks for the Week of August 9, 2011



Cracks
Cracks
By Scott, Jordan
Director Temple, Juno Scott
2011-07 - MPI Home Video
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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
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
By Lowry, Dick
2011-08 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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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
Jumping the Broom
By Akil, Salim
Director Bassett, Angela Akil
2011-08 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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"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
The Kids Grow Up
By Block, Doug
2011-07 - New Video Group
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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
Mars Needs Moms
By Wells, Simon
Voice by Green, Seth
Voice by Fogler, Dan
2011-08 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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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
My Dog Tulip
By Fierlinger, Paul Fierlinger and
Voice by Plummer, Christopher Ndr
Voice by Redgrave, Lynn Dr
2011-07 - New Yorker Films
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The story of a man who rescues a German shepherd and how the two become fast friends. …More


Paul
Paul
By Mottola, Greg
2011-08 - Universal Home Video
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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
Your Highness
By Green, David Gordon
2011-08 - Universal Home Video
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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.

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