New Quick Flicks for the Week of June 5, 2012

Act of Valor By McCoy, Mike Director Waugh, Scott Director Waugh, Mike McCoy and Scot 2012-06 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543781042 Check Our Catalog An unprecedented blend of real-life heroism and original filmmaking, "Act of Valor" stars a group of active-duty Navy SEALs in a powerful story of contemporary global anti-terrorism. Inspired by true events, the film combines stunning combat sequences, up-to-the minute battlefield technology and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure. …More

Coriolanus By Fiennes, Ralph Director Butler, Gerard Fiennes 2012-05 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132472195 Check Our Catalog Caius Martius Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes), a revered and feared Roman General is at odds with the city of Rome and his fellow citizens. Pushed by his controlling and ambitious mother Volumnia (Vanessa Redgrave) to seek the exalted and powerful position of Consul, he is loath to ingratiate himself with the masses whose votes he needs in order to secure the office. When the public refuses to support him, Coriolanus as anger prompts a riot that culminates in his expulsion from Rome. The banished hero then allies himself with his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius (Gerard Butler) to take his revenge on the city. …More

Dragonslayer By Patterson, Tristan 2012-05 - First Run Features 0720229915069 Check Our Catalog Documents the transgressions of Josh 'Skreech' Sandoval, a local skate legend from the stagnant suburbs of Fullerton, California, in the aftermath of America's economic collapse. …More

Garbo the Spy By Roch, Edmon 2012-04 - First Run Features 0720229915045 Check Our Catalog The Allies called him Garbo. The Nazis dubbed him Alaric. Both sides in World War II were sure Juan Pujol Garcia was their man. In reality, Pujol was a double agent, and his final allegiance was to the Allies. From the comfort of Lisbon, Garbo fed false information to the Nazis and fabricated a network of phantom agents across Europe. Although he never fired a single shot, Garbo helped to save thousands of lives, most notably by misinforming the Germans about the timing and location of D-Day. …More

Gone By Dhalia, Heitor 2012-05 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 0025192143113 Check Our Catalog In the suspense thriller GONE, Jill Parrish (Amanda Seyfried) comes home from a night shift to discover her sister Molly has been abducted. Jill, who had escaped from a kidnapper a year before, is convinced that the same serial killer has come back for her sister. Afraid that Molly will be dead by sundown, Jill embarks on a heart-pounding chase to find the killer, expose his secrets and save her sister. …More

In the Land of Blood and Honey By Jolie, Angelina 2012-04 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396397668 Check Our Catalog SRP Set against the backdrop of the Bosnian War that tore the Balkan region apart in the 1990s, In the Land of Blood and Honey tells the story of Danijel (Goran Kosti) and Ajla (Zana Marjanovi), two people from different sides of a brutal ethnic conflict. Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, and Ajla, a Bosnian held captive in the camp he oversees, knew each other before the war, and could have found love with each other. But as the armed conflict takes hold of their lives, their relationship grows darker, their motives and connection to one another ambiguous, their allegiances uncertain. In the Land of Blood and Honey portrays the incredible emotional, moral and physical toll that the war exerts both on individuals and people as a whole, and the terrible consequences that stem from the lack of political will to intervene in a society stricken with conflict. …More

Into the Abyss By Herzog, Werner 2012-04 - MPI Home Video 0030306934594 Check Our Catalog In his fascinating exploration of a triple homicide case iin Conroe, Texas, master filmmaker Werner Herzog probes the human psyche to explore why people kill, and why a state kills. As he's so often done before, Herzog's investigation unveils layers of humanity, making an enlightening trip out of ominous territory. …More

John Carter By Stanton, Andrew 2012-06 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936818970 Check Our Catalog From Academy Award winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes John Carter-a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). John Carter is based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose highly imaginative adventures served as inspiration for many filmmakers, both past and present. The film tells the story of war-weary, former military captain John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe) and the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands. …More

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island By Peyton, Brad 2012-07 - New Line Cinema Corporation 0794043157912 Check Our Catalog …More

Koch Brothers Exposed By Greenwald, Robert 2012-06 - E1 0826262007591 Check Our Catalog A hard-hitting and revealing investigation of the 1% in America at its very worst. Koch Brothers Exposed is the latest film from Acclaimed Director Robert Greenwald (Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed, Iraq For Sale). From environmental pollution to their efforts to dismantle social security for working Americans, the Koch Brothers have launched a large network, attacking our American values. …More

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies By 2012-05 - Universal Home Video 0025192130489 Check Our Catalog …More

Man on a Ledge By Leth, Asger 2012-05 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 0025192133176 Check Our Catalog An ex-cop and now wanted fugitive (Sam Worthington) stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while a hard-living New York Police Department negotiator (Elizabeth Banks) tries to talk him down. The longer they are on the ledge, the more she realizes that he might have an ulterior objective. …More

Memorial Day By Fischer, Sam 2012-05 - Image/Sphe 0014381806724 Check Our Catalog …More

My Piece of the Pie By Klapisch, Cedric 2012-05 - MPI Home Video 0030306980997 Check Our Catalog …More

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth By Freidrichs, Chad 2012-05 - First Run Features 0720229915090 Check Our Catalog Built in 1956, Pruitt-Igoe was heralded as the model public housing project of the future, 'the poor man's penthouse.' Two decades later, it ended in rubble, its razing an iconic event that the architectural theorist Charles Jencks famously called the death of modernism. The footage and images of its implosion have helped to perpetuate a myth of failure, a failure that has been used to critique Modernist architecture, attack public assistance programs, and stigmatize public housing residents. …More

Safe House By Espinosa, Daniel 2012-06 - Universal Home Video 0025192104404 Check Our Catalog Washington plays the most dangerous renegade from the CIA, who comes back onto the grid after a decade on the run. When the South African safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative (Reynolds) escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead. For the past year, Matt Weston has been frustrated by his inactive, backwater post in Cape Town. A "housekeeper" who aspires to be a full-fledged agent, the loyal company man has been waiting for an opportunity to prove himself. When the first and only occupant he's had proves to be the most dangerous man he's ever met, Weston readies for duty. Tobin Frost has eluded capture for almost a decade. One of the best ops men that the CIA's known, the ex-intelligence officer has given up assets and sold military intel to anyone with cash since he turned. From trading secrets to North Korea to aiding splinter cells, the damage he's done to the U.S. is immeasurable. And he's now back on the reservation with a secret. As soon as Frost is brought in for debriefing, mercenaries come and tear apart Weston's safe house. Barely escaping, the unlikely partners must discover if their attackers have been sent by terrorists or someone on the inside who will kill anyone standing in the way. Now it's up to Weston to figure out who he can trust before they're both eliminated from the game. …More

We Need to Talk about Kevin By Ramsay, Lynne 2012-05 - Oscilloscope Pictures 0896602002432 Check Our Catalog A suspenseful and gripping psychological thriller, Lynne Ramsay's WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN explores the factious relationship between a mother and her son. Tilda Swinton, in a bracing, tour-de-force performance, plays the mother, Eva, as she contends for 15 years with the increasing malevolence of her first-born child, Kevin (Ezra Miller). Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN explores nature vs. nurture on a whole new level as Eva's own culpability is measured against Kevin's innate evilness. Ramsay's masterful storytelling simultaneously combines a provocative moral ambiguity with a satisfying and compelling narrative, which builds to a chilling, unforgettable climax. …More

Windfall By Israel, Laura 2012-05 - First Run Features 0720229915083 Check Our Catalog Wind power is sustainable, burns no fossil fuels, produces no air pollution, and cuts down dependency on foreign oil. That's what the people of Meredith, NY, first thought when a wind developer looked to supplement the rural farm town's falling economy with 40 industrial wind turbines. But when a group of townspeople discover the impacts that a 400-foot high windmill could bring to their community, Meredith's residents become deeply divided as they fight over the future of their town. …More

Worried about the Boy By Jarrold, Julian 2012-05 - E1 0741952721895 Check Our Catalog …More