New Quick Flicks for the Week of 5/25/10

Dear John By Hallstrom, Lasse 2010-05 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396343443 Check Our Catalog It was two weeks that would change their lives forever. Soon after John (Channing Tatum) and Savannah (Amanda Seyfried) fall madly in love, their relationship is put on hold. With one leaving to complete his service, and the other to complete her college education, they pass the time by exchanging a continuous stream of love letters, until they can be reunited permanently a year later. But when war breaks out, their separation is extended indefinitely. Will their relationship survive the greatest test of all: the test of time? Based on the bestselling novel from the author of The Notebook, DEAR JOHN is a timeless romance that will warm your heart. …More

The Road By Hillcoat, John 2010-05 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396347632 Check Our Catalog From Cormac McCarthy, author of No Country For Old Men, comes the highly anticipated big screen adaptation of the beloved, best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, THE ROAD. An all-star cast are featured in this epic post-apocalyptic tale of the survival of a father and his young son as they journey across a barren America that was destroyed by a mysterious cataclysm. A masterpiece adventure, THE ROAD boldly imagines a future in which men are pushed to the worst and the best that they are capable of - a future in which a father and his son are sustained by love. …More

1981
When his family moves into their new home, young Ricardo Trogi feels different from his classmates. He creates a new reality to avoid being discovered for what he really is. How long can the truth be denied?

Naruto, shippuden. 9
Everything about Team Kakashi's newest member Sai rubs Naruto the wrong way, and Sakura and their new leader Yamato have their hands full trying to keep them apart. A night at a hot springs inn doesn't do much to promote team unity, but Naruto decides that he will do anything, even pair up with Sai, to help their mission succeed: to find Sasuke and bring him back. Sai has a hard time understanding Naruto's feelings, but that may be because he himself has no feelings at all!

Owl and the sparrow
On the bustling streets of Saigon, three very different people all seeking connection are about to collide. A beautiful flight attendant looking for love, a zookeeper hiding within his animal kingdom to nurse a broken heart, and the young flower-selling runaway who brings them together.

Waiting for Armageddon
America's 50-million-strong Evangelical community is convinced that the world's future is foretold in Biblical prophecy, from the Rapture to the Battle of Armageddon. Explore this apocalyptic worldview, from the homefront in America to the future battlefield of Israel. By weaving Christian, Zionist, and Jewish perspectives along with telling archival materials, this eye-opening film also proves the potentially explosive alliance between Evangelical Christians and Israel.

Reel Women - Precious: Based on the Novel by Sapphire

Precious: Based on the Novel by Sapphire
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 6pm

Staring Gabourey Sidibe, nominated for the Academy Awards' Best Actress, and Mo'Nique, who won for Best Supporting Actress, this is the story of a 16-year-old African American girl who is pregnant for the second time by her father. Yet as bleak as her life may seem, this film is not a downer, for Precious' life is changed when she joins a special school.

Reel Women for Real Women is co-sponsored by the American Association of University Women Elgin Area Branch. Enjoy a film and discussion focused on women’s issues at 6 p.m. in Programming Room. No registration.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of May 18, 2010

Blade of the Immortal Volume 1 By 2009-09 - Media Blasters 0631595093575 Check Our Catalog A dark, gritty and violent samurai martial arts action series, based on the Eisner Award-winning, best-selling Blade Of The Immortal manga published by Dark Horse Comics. Blade Of The Immortal tells the tale of Manji, a lone wandering samurai who has been blessed with immortality. No wound, no matter how brutal, can kill him. But Manji soon comes to see that this blessing may be more of a curse. …More

Blade of the Immortal Volume 2 By 2009-11 - Media Blasters 0631595096378 Check Our Catalog …More

Dead Space: Downfall By 2010-06 - Starz/Sphe 0013138220189 Check Our Catalog An ancient religious artifact has been recovered by a deep-space mining ship, and for the crew of the USG Ishimura, life just became a living hell. Unearthed on a far-away planet during a mining operation, the relic is worshiped by some, even seen as proof of God. But when its removed from its resting place and brought on the ship, the artifact unleashes a long-dormant alien race, one bent on ripping apart -- and taking over -- every human aboard. Their screams CAN be heard in space ] but only the slashers are listening. …More

Extraordinary Measures By Vaughan, Tom 2010-05 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 9781435997653 Check Our Catalog Inspired by a true story, this drama is centered on the efforts of John and Aileen Crowley to find a researcher who might have a cure for their two childrens rare genetic disorder. From the Academy Award winning screenwriter of Chocolat and Producers of Erin Brockovich! Based on the Wall Street Journal article and subsequent book, The Cure, by Pulitzer Prize winning writer Geeta Anand. …More

The Girl on the Train By 2010-05 - Strand Releasing Home Video 0712267291625 Check Our Catalog Jeanne (Emilie Dequenne) lives in a house in the suburbs with her mother Louise (Catherine Deneuve). The two women get on well together. Louise earns her living by looking after children. Jeanne is half-heartedly looking for a job. Louise harbors the hope of getting her daughter a job with Samuel Bleistein (Michel Blanc), a famous lawyer whom she knew in her youth. Jeanne and Bleistein's worlds are light years apart. However, they'll be set on a collision course because of an incredible lie that Jeanne invents, a lie that grows into the biggest news and political story of the day. …More

Gintama: Collection 1 By 2010-04 - Section23 Films 0814131018601 Check Our Catalog …More

Invictus By Eastwood, Clint 2010-05 - Warner Home Video 9781419879654 Check Our Catalog The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match. …More

North Face By 2010-05 - Southport Music Box Corpo 0705105742953 Check Our Catalog …More

Samurai School By 2009-07 - Media Blasters 0631595091687 Check Our Catalog At a private school that turns boys into true men, grueling training is practically the only thing that you can count on. Between hundreds of pushups, hot-oil baths, and being locked in jail cells, the new students have a lot to deal with before they can even think of kicking back and relaxing. And when a rival school is out to cause some trouble, will true friendship be able to save the day? The Samurai School's rules don't usually allow for personal grudges, but the rules don't matter anywhere outside the grounds. …More

Tetro By Coppola, Francis Ford 2010-05 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398120872 Check Our Catalog Fresh-faced and naive, 17-year-old Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) arrives in Buenos Aires to search for his older brother who has been missing for more than a decade. The family had emigrated from Italy to Argentina, but with the great musical success of their father Carlo (Klaus Maria Brandauer), an acclaimed symphony conductor, the family moved from Argentina to New York. When Bennie finds his brother, the volatile and melancholy poet Tetro (Vincent Gallo), he is not at all what Bennie expected. In the course of staying with Tetro and his girlfriend Miranda (Maribel Verd), Bennie grapples with his brother and the haunting experiences of their shared past in this widely acclaimed film by legendary director Francis Ford Coppola. …More

Valentine's Day By Marshall, Garry 2010-05 - Warner Home Video 0794043137907 Check Our Catalog An all-star ensemble cast comes together in Valentine's Day, which follows the intertwining storylines of a diverse group of Los Angelenos as they navigate their way through romance and heartbreak over the course of one Valentine's Day. Couples and singles experience the pinnacles and pitfalls of finding, keeping or ending relationships in a day in the life of love. …More

One Week
When a young man is confronted with his mortality, he takes a cross-country road trip from Toronto to Vancouver Island on a vintage motorcycle. In search for himself, he finds out what makes this country, and his life, so beautiful.

Reflections
Europol agent Tom Brindle goes to Barcelona to track down Pygmalion, a serial killer. In Spain, Brindle discovers that DNA found near the body matches a young, volatile soldier, Marco Soler. Further investigation reveals that the real killer may be Marco's estranged twin brother. Brindle uses Marco to create a psychological profile of his deadly brother. But as Agent Brindle closes in on the killer, the killer closes in on him, and the hunter becomes the hunted.

The World According to John Coltrane
Interviews with jazz musicians commenting upon the impact which John Coltrane, an innovative jazz saxophonist, had upon American jazz music. Film traces Coltrane's musical growth from his roots in the black church and in rhythm & blues, through his forty years of life. Film culminates in a musical meeting between the saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell and dervish musicians in Morocco.

Blade of the Immortal 3: No Virtue in Forgiveness
Where is the meaning in survival if you cannot hate? The pinwheel of fate turns, as Rin rescues a boy who turns out to be the son of Kawakami. Kawakami was the man who raped her mother, as she was forced to listen from only a few feet away. A lot has happened to Kawakami, and now he is a family man. Rin will either wear the signature face-point of Kawakami's victims, or kill him and doom his son to grow up just like she did, living only for vengeance. Episodes 10-13.

Five Years on Mars
When NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity touched down on Mars in 2004, they weren't expected to last long: perhaps 90 days to six months at most. But a short-term science mission searching for evidence of water has turned into a five-year trek across miles of hostile plains, mountains, and deep craters. The rovers have survived dust storms and mechanical failures to explore vast reaches of Mars.

Legends of the Dark King: A Fist of the North Star Story
"In the wastelands following the great nuclear war, a legend grew of a man. Hokuto No Ken was a man of impossible strength and endurance. Yet before Ken claimed the title, there was another master, trained in the art of Hokuto Shinken, the King of the Fist, the Divine Fist of Heaven. Raoh, the ultimate assassin, the ultimate warrior" --Midwest Tape website.

M.D. Geist: Deathforce
The genetically engineered soldier, Geist-02, has been classified as too unstable and imprisoned aboard an orbital satellite. When his makers unleash a doomsday device that will destroy all life, Geist-02 must return to save the world that tried to destroy him.

National Geographic's Most Incredible Photos
Flip through the pages of any issue of the National Geographic magazine and see eye-opening and evocative images that are among the best published anywhere in the world. Yet even among these striking images, there are some that stand out. What really sets these photos apart are the stories behind them.

The Race
Mary, an 11-year-old girl from a poor rural community in Northern Ireland, has big dreams of becoming a racing driver. When the local rich big-wig decides to build a go-kart racetrack, Mary dares to compete in the male-dominated sport against the wishes of her parents, her school, and the community. With the help of her friend Tom, her perseverance will eventually win over the hearts of those who scorn her.

The Spy Next Door
Bob Ho is an undercover CIA superspy who decides to give up his career in espionage to settle down with his next-door neighbor and girlfriend, Gillian. But Bob has one more mission to complete before Gillian agrees to marry him; he has to win over her three opinionated kids. When Gillian suddenly has to leave town, Bob volunteers to babysit the children so he can earn their approval.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 5/11/10

Ghost in the Shell By Oshii, Mamoru 2005-01 - Starz/Sphe 5559285064 Check Our Catalog A cyber agent must stop a potent form of artificial intelligence before it can reach human form. Animated. …More

Daybreakers By Spierig, Peter Director Spierig, Michael 2010-05 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398122258 Check Our Catalog Two-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world's population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race. …More

Legion By Stewart, Scott Charles 2010-05 - Screen Gems 0043396343504 Check Our Catalog After a terrifying biblical apocalypse descends upon the world, a group of strangers stranded in a remote truck stop diner in the Southwest unwittingly become humanitys last line of defense when they discover the diners young waitress is pregnant with the messiah. …More

Mine By 2010-05 - Repnet LLC 0616892061366 Check Our Catalog MINE is a documentary about the essential bond between humans and animals, set against the backdrop of one of the worst natural disasters in modern U.S. history: Hurricane Katrina. This gripping, character-driven story follows New Orleans residents as they attempt the daunting task of trying to reunite with their pets who have been adopted by families all over the country, and chronicles the custody battles that arise when two families love the same pet. Who determines the fate of the animals--and the people--involved? A compelling meditation on race, class and the power of compassion, MINE examines how we treat animals as an extension of how we view and treat each other. …More

Edge of Darkness By Campbell, Martin 2010-05 - Warner Home Video 0883929105984 Check Our Catalog Thomas Craven is a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and a single father. When his only child, 24-year-old Emma, is murdered on the steps of his home, everyone assumes that he was the target. But he soon suspects otherwise, and embarks on a mission to find out about his daughter's secret life and her killing. His investigation leads him into a dangerous looking-glass world of corporate cover-ups, government collusion and murder -- and to shadowy government operative Darius Jedburgh who has been sent in to clean up the evidence. Craven's solitary search for answers about his daughter's death transforms into an odyssey of emotional discovery and redemption. …More

Harvard Beats Yale By Rafferty, Kevin 2009-08 - Kino Video 0738329065324 Check Our Catalog Filmmaker Kevin Rafferty takes viewers to 1968 to witness a legendary college football game and meet the people involved. Footage from the title game is interwoven with reflections by the players. …More

Athlete By 2010-03 - Victor Multimedia-05 0884501238120 Check Our Catalog …More

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths By 2010-02 - Warner Home Video 0883929094585 Check Our Catalog …More

Moonlight Mile By Gyllenhaal, Jake 2004-02 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 5552371720 Check Our Catalog Set in New England in the early '70s, the unlikely love story revolves around a young man who finds himself lingering in the family home of his fiancee after her accidental death. While grieving along with her parents and being drawn into the legal issues presented by a district attorney seeking justice for the family, Joe finds himself falling in love with another woman, against his own best intentions. Joe is torn between fulfilling the role of the bereaved son-in-law he believes he's meant to be playing and following his own heart. …More

Five Minutes of Heaven By Hirschbiegel, Oliver 2010-04 - MPI Home Video 0030306971599 Check Our Catalog A powerful meditation on guilt, forgiveness and reconciliation, this potent drama stars Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt as two men on opposite sides of Northern Ireland's political struggle: one a killer, the other the brother of the man he killed. In crafting his keenly sensitive film, director Oliver Hirschbiegel eschews the predictable to deliver a work of tremendous insight and emotional complexity. …More

Area 88: original OVA series = Eria 88
Pilot Shin Kazama is tricked into becoming a member of Area 88. In order to return to Japan he must kill or be killed. Includes two feature-length films full of dogfights and heart-wrenching drama.

Darkside blues
In the gothic landscape of the future, the Persona Century Corporation owns the world. Resistance is suppressed with lethal force, and the last rebels hide in a lawless freezone known as Darkside. Now, Darkside has spawned a new leader, a dark mystic with awesome psychic powers. The freedom of the world is at stake, and one man will rise to face the armies of darkness. The time of reckoning is at hand!

Freedom. 1
In the 23rd century, mankind has fled Earth and emigrated to the moon. The last outpost of civilization is the Lunar Republic of Eden, where the omnipresent Citizens Administration Council grants residents everything they need. What do you do when you discover everything you believe is a lie?

Freedom. 2
Seeking the truth, Takeru and Biz escape from the moon and land on the desolate yet recovering Earth. The two travel across America, looking for the location and girl depicted on the picture found on the lunar surface. What waits for them when they finally find what they're looking for, and will Takeru ever get back to the moon as he promised his friend, Kazuma?

Sword of the stranger
Whilst wandering war torn country during the Sengoku period , a nameless ronin stumbles upon a young boy by the name of Kotaro, his dog and the many Chinese assassins dispatched to claim the boy in some strange ritual for immortality. Seeing something of his own past within the child, the nameless swordsman chooses to act his bodyguarsd, but can he truly keep Kotaro from the clutches of the Ming and their bloodthirsty blonde mercenary, Luo-Lang?

True Tears
Shinichiro is a high school student who aspires to be a picture book author. His classmate Hiromi came to live with his family after her father died. Since then, she's bottled up her feelings and has an aura of melancholy around her. Shinichiro wants to cheer her up but doesn't know how. One day, Shinichiro meets Noe perched up in a tree. Noe's got weird rumors going around about her and now's she's adopted Shinichiro as her pet chicken?! A tragic event occurs but Noe doesn't shed any tears. She explains that she gave away all her tears and she's searching for someone to give them back to her. Will Shinichiro swipe away Hiromi's sorrows and find a way for Noe to find her true tears?

Road to Sangam
Hashmat Ullah, a sincere, god-fearing Muslim motor mechanic, has been entrusted with repairs to an old Ford V8 engine, not knowing the historical significance that it once carried the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi which were immersed in the Sangam. He is the general secretary of his neighbourhood mosque committee and well liked, but comes into conflict with his community after a bomb blast, wrongful arrests of Muslim youths and a call for a strike. Will he support the protest and abandon the engine repair or go against the wishes of his community?

Dragonaut, the resonance.
With a deadly asteroid hurtling towards Earth, sexy human Dragonauts come together to create a formidable fighting force with all their right moves. Caught in the middle of this race against time are Jin - a heartbroken young flyboy, and Toa - a voluptious mystery woman with an amazing set of intergalactic battle skills. Jin's down about the fate of his doomed planet, but Toa is quick to grab him by the seat of his pants and lift his sagging spirits. If these star-crossed space cadets can unlock the secrets of their mysterious connection and convince the Dragonauts to join the action, there may yet be hope for planet Earth

Tears to tiara. Collection 1
In a strange, dark age, the Divine Empire's path of conquest seems unstoppable, endlessly devouring its weaker neighbors in a brutal cycle of subjugation and pillage. But when a savage priest makes a critical mistake while attempting to resurrect a Demon Lord, the scales of fate begin to tip in the other direction. Choosing to side instead with the priest's intended sacrifice, the Gaelic Princess Riannon, the resurrected Lord Arawn joins with Riannon and her brother Arthur as they begin to assemble the force that will bring the Divine Empire to its knees.

Tears to tiara. Collection 2
Although the Demon Lord Arawn has thus far led the Gaels well in the battle for Avalon, their tiny force has been battered by the near constant combat. As Gaius is called to the High Court, Arawn attempts to lead Arthur and the Gaels to his own tomb, seeking treasure with which to continue funding their assault. However, the imperial forces' continuing advance instead prompts a desperate change of plans, forcing Arawn to use a divine spell with grave an unexpected consequences. As an act of treachery again changes the course of the war leaving the untested Riannon alone in command, Ogam makes a stunning revelation.

Right yaaa wrong
A big screen musical crime thriller about the conflict between two powerful cops who are also best friends.

Hide & seek
Haunted by the past, trapped in a shopping mall, six best friends turn into worst enemies as they play Hide & Seek.

Rokkk
Anushka marries an older man against her mothers wishes. The couple begin their life together in a beautiful house that turns out to be haunted. When her husband thinks she is just hallucinating, Anushka seeks the advice of a healer. While investigating the curse, she gets charged with the murder of her husband and sister-in-law and ends up in an asylum. When Anushka's sister comes to try to help her, she and the policeman assigned to the case get trapped in the same problem.

Tower of Druaga Part 1: Aegis of Uruk
Scaling the sixty treacherous floors of the Tower of Druaga is no game. Infested with slimes, dragons, and tentacled beasts, very few survive its twisting corridors and lethal traps. Those who reach the top must face Druaga, the demon protecting the mysterious, treasured Blue Crystal Rod. It is a grueling campaign undertaken by only the bravest swordsmen and wisest sorcerers -- and Jill. A young Guardian with little experience, Jill raises his shield to play the role of hero, battling his way up to the level where Druaga waits.

Tower of Druaga Part 2: Sword of Uruk
Scaling the sixty treacherous floors of the Tower of Druaga is no game. Infested with slimes, dragons, and tentacled beasts, very few survive its twisting corridors and lethal traps. Against all odds, Jil led his band of climbers to victory against the demon Druaga -- but fabled Blue Crystal Rod remains out of reach. to claim the mysterious treasure, a merciless enemy of god-like power must be defeated. Brave and true, the young Guarding Jil raises his shield to play the role of hero, battling his way up to the level where his destiny waits

Shigurui Death Frenzy
Two damaged warriors wear the scars of a twisted and violent past. Bitter rivals for the secrets of their master's sword and the right to his daughter, these samurai inflict wounds on each other that would destroy lesser men. The final chapter of their saga unfolds within a brutal samurai tournament. A gruesome contest arranged to satisfy the bloodlust of a cruel tyrant overlord, the disfigured legends of the blade must summon the strength for one last battle - a final lesson in the artistry of violence where nothing is more beautiful than the kill

The real face of Jesus?
Join History in this two-hour television event, as the Shroud of Turin is put on public display for the first time in 10 years. New data reveals more than just a flat image embedded in the ancient cloth, but an astonishing, three-dimensional, sculpture-like figure. Using the principles of physics, cutting-edge digital technology, and the revolutionary CGI process poineered in Stealing Lincoln's Body, History brings that image to life, unveiling the most accurate representation ever seen of what many believe to be Jesus Christ. Don't miss the startling, life-like composite of what could be the most accurate depiction of Jesus Christ ever formed, as History unlocks the Shroud of Turin's greatest mysteries.

Kaze no stigma. Volume 1, Wind
Kazuma is no stranger to the bitter chill of defeat. Once an heir to the magical Kannagi Clan, he was blown from the ancestral tree by an upstart cousin six years his junior. His lack of fire for the family business didn't sit well with his old man, so Kazuma was banished from the clan. But now he's back, risen from the ashes cooler than ever and armed with a powerful new mojo that's sure to fan the flames of rivalry. Wind magic is the flavor of the hour, and Kazuma plans on using it to settle some old scores. It won't be easy, but this cold-blooded Romeo has a few tricks -- and maybe a tornado or two -- up his sleeve.

Kaze no stigma. Volume 2, Fire
The only person with a chance to melt Kazuma's chilly exterior is the same red hot firebrand who incinerated his chances of a happy home life. Ayano is the smoldering redhead that issued a royal beat down to her cousin and staked her claim to the Kannagai Clan's sacred sword. This stubborn flame thrower is a prodigy when it comes to making things explode, but she fights with an enraged, reckless abandon that could get her burned. Put her in the same room as Kazuma, and there's bound to be fireworks. Trouble looms on the horizon, and a pairing of wind and fire is Tokyo's best bet to survive the night and see the light of day -- provided it can take the heat

Hummingbirds: magic in the air
Hummingbirds are the tiniest of birds, yet they are some of the toughest creatures on the planet. Using cameras able to capture over 500 images a second, the hummingbirds' magical world can finally be seen and appreciated. Nature reveals their stunning abilities as they have never been seen before. Narrated by F. Murray Abraham.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 5/4/10

Crazy Heart By Cooper, Scott 2010-04 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543665892 Check Our Catalog Four-time Academy Award nominee JEFF BRIDGES stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film CRAZY HEART from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad cant help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one mans crazy heart. …More

Defendor By Stebbings, Peter 2010-04 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396342941 Check Our Catalog Despite lacking any actual superpowers, Arthur Poppington transforms himself into costumed vigilante "Defendor." But danger beckons when the hero tries to protect young prostitute Kat from an assailant. …More

Leap Year By Tucker, Anand 2010-05 - Universal Home Video 0025192044205 Check Our Catalog When Annas (Amy Adams) four-year anniversary to her boyfriend passes without an engagement ring, she decides to take matters into her own hands. Inspired by an Irish tradition that allows women to propose to men on Leap Day, Anna follows Jeremy (Adam Scott) to Dublin to propose to him. But after landing on the wrong side of Ireland, she must enlist the help of the handsome and carefree local Declan (Matthew Goode) to get her across the country. Along the way, they discover that the road to love can take you to very unexpected places. …More

The Missing Person By Buschel, Noah 2010-04 - Strand Releasing Home Video 0712267291328 Check Our Catalog This thrilling film noir stars Academy Award Nominee Michael Shannon as John Rosow, a private detective hired to tail a man, Harold Fullmer, on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers Harolds identity as a missing person; one of the thousands presumed dead after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Persuaded by a large reward, Rosow is charged with bringing Harold back to his wife in New York City against his will. Ultimately Rosow must confront whether the decision to return Harold to a life that no longer exists is the right one. …More

Nine By Marshall, Rob 2010-05 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396348837 Check Our Catalog World famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his film star muse, his confidant and costume designer, an American fashion journalist, his agent, and his mother. …More

The Slammin' Salmon By 2010-04 - Starz/Sphe 0013132138794 Check Our Catalog …More

Tenure By 2010-04 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 0883476013350 Check Our Catalog …More

Tokyo Sonata By Kurosawa, Kiyoshi 2010-05 - Koch Vision 0741952681199 Check Our Catalog From Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa comes a drama about the Sasakis, an ordinary Japanese family living a bucolic life -- until the father is abruptly laid off from his job and decides to keep the news from his wife and kids. Soon, the father's sense of shame, and the indignity he faces while passing each day in the park in his suit and tie, quickly turns into a rage that proves to hold irrevocable consequences for all concerned. …More

The queen and I
When Nahid Persson Sarvestani, an Iranian exile, set out to make a documentary about Empress Farah Phalavi, the wife of the Shah of Iran, she expected to encounter her opposite. As a child, Persson Sarvestani had lived in dire poverty, watching Pahlavi's royal wedding as if it were a fairy tale. She joined the Communist faction of Khomeini's revolution that deposed the Shah when she was a teenager, sending him and his family volleying from country to country. When Khomeini betrayed his promise for democracy, imposing even more violent measures, Persson Sarvestani was also forced to flee. 30 years later, she needs key questions answered and goes directly to the source. Surprisingly, Empress Farah welcomes her as a fellow refugee from their beloved homeland, granting unprecedented access. Over the next year and a half, Persson Sarvestani enters the queen's world, planning to challenge the shah's ideology; instead, she must rethink her own.

Soul eater. Part one, episodes 1-13
Maka is a meister and Soul is her weapon. As students at the Grim Reaper's Death Weapon Meister Academy, their study habits couldn't be more different. But in battle against the supernatural forces of evil, they're a freakin' lethal team. That's when Soul transforms - literally - into a razor sharp scythe, and every defeated wicked soul he sucks down makes him more deadly. That's when Maka unleashes the merciless slayer within, wielding her partner and dropping monsters. ... Every freakish ghoul Maka and Soul take out strengthens their bond, and fighting alongside their fellow Meister/Weapon classmates, Maka and Soul are the world's last line of defense against evil.

Soul eater. Part two, episodes 14-26
The witch Medusa and her ghoulish minions are out to unleash the Kishin, who isn't just a demon, he's the greatest force of darkness ever known, a wicked fiend of unspeakable power. Luckily, Maka and Soul are used to saving the world from evil. But if they can't stop Medusa's freakish army in time, Maka, Soul, and their fellow Weapon/Meister classmates will be fighting to save themselves.