Tuesday, January 3, 2012

New Quick Flicks for the Week of December 27, 2011 & January 3, 2012

Apollo 18
Apollo 18
By Lopez-Gallego, Gonzalo
Director Robbins, Ryan Lopez-Gallego
2011-12 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
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Officially, Apollo 17, launched December 17th, 1972, was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later, in December of 1973, two American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies its authenticity, others say it's the real reason we've never gone back to the moon. …More


Contagion
Contagion
By Soderbergh, Steven
2012-01 - Warner Home Video
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"Contagion" follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart. …More


Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
By Nixey, Troy
Director Pearce, Guy Nixey
2012-01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Guillermo del Toro presents DONT BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, a horror film starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison, directed by Troy Nixey. Based on the 1973 telefilm that del Toro believes is the scariest TV production ever made, the story follows Sally (Madison), a young girl who moves to Rhode Island to live with her father (Pearce) and his new girlfriend (Holmes) in the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the house, Sally starts to hear voices coming from creatures in the basement whose hidden agenda is to claim her as one of their own. Akin to del Toros PANS LABYRINTH, DONT BE AFRAID OF THE DARK focuses on a young girls struggle against menacing and terrifying forces. …More


Shark Night
Shark Night
By Ellis, David R
2012-01 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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Arriving by boat at her familys Louisiana lake island cabin, Sara (Sara Paxton) and her friends quickly strip down to their swimsuits for a weekend of fun in the sun. But when star football player Malik (Sinqua Walls) stumbles from the salt-water lake with his arm torn off, the party mood quickly evaporates. Assuming the injury was caused by a freak wake-boarding accident, the group realizes they have to get Malik to a hospital on the other side of the lake, and fast. But as they set out in a tiny speedboat, the college friends discover the lake has been stocked with hundreds of massive, flesh-eating sharks! As they face one grisly death after another, Sara and the others struggle desperately to fend off the sharks, get help and stay alive long enough to reach the safety of dry land. …More


A Christmas Wedding Tail
Susan is an unemployed Los Angeles museum curator and widowed single mom temporarily living in a small California town with her three sensitive sons. Jake is a single dad of two tomboys who owns a local winery. When Susan's dog Rusty falls for Jake's poodle Cheri, these canine matchmakers help their owners fall in love too. Now with a Christmas Day wedding to plan, and major complications threatening to unravel it all, can two mismatched broods find a way to make one happy family?

The Guard
An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.

I Don't Know How She Does It
A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids. When Kate gets handed a major new account that will require frequent trips to New York, Richard also wins the new job he's been hoping for and both will be spreading themselves even thinner. Complicating matters is Kate's charming new business associate Jack Abelhammer, who begins to prove an unexpected source of temptation.