New Quick Flicks for the Week of March 27, 2012

After Happily Ever After By 2011-11 - Passion River Films 0823857156627 Check Our Catalog …More

Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked By Mitchell, Mike Voice by Poehler, Amy Voice by McCartney, Jesse 2012-03 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543752967 Check Our Catalog The vacationing Chipmunks and Chipettes are turning a luxury cruise liner into their personal playground, until they become 'chipwrecked' on a remote island. As the 'Munks and Chipettes scheme to find their way home, they accidentally discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems. …More

The Broken Tower By Franco, James 2012-03 - E1 0741952716990 Check Our Catalog One of the most influential poets of his generation, Hart Crane lived a life of passion and turmoil. Shooting in three countries in the streets that the poet himself haunted, writer/director and star James Franco gives a no-holds-barred performance in a film as rebellious, heartbreaking and honest as Crane himself. …More

A Dangerous Method By Cronenberg, David 2012-03 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396395039 Check Our Catalog Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) as his patient in A DANGEROUS METHOD. Jung's weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen). Both men fall under Sabina's spell. …More

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close By Daldry, Stephen 2012-03 - Warner Home Video 0883929213054 Check Our Catalog Oskar (Thomas Horn) is convinced that his father (Tom Hanks), who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a final message for him hidden somewhere in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother (Sandra Bullock) and driven by a relentlessly active mind that refuses to believe in things that can't be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father's closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his own loss to a greater understanding of the observable world around him. …More

Hop By Hill, Tim 2012-02 - Universal Home Video BL09118DVD000 Check Our Catalog Unemployed slacker Fred (James Marsden) suddenly finds himself uncharacteristically busy after he runs over the Easter Bunny and has to not only nurse the gimpy rabbit back to health but also take over his duties so that the holiday can continue. Burdened with a cranky, cotton-tailed house guest and a bout of intensive egg-delivery training, Fred finally begins to grow up in this hilarious and touching blend of live action and animation. …More

Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds By 2011-10 - Warner Home Video 0782009241829 Check Our Catalog JPN A group of mysterious flying ninja have arrived from overseas to launch a sudden attack against the Hidden Leaf Village, leaving behind a wake of destruction. The group is revealed to be the Sky Ninja from the Land of Sky, a nation thought to have been destroyed by the Hidden Leaf Village long ago. To save their village, Naruto and his friends set out to stop this new threat. During the course of the mission, Naruto crosses paths with Sasuke, his friend who has parted ways from the Leaf Village. …More

Trinity Goodheart By 2012-03 - Image/Sphe 0014381794120 Check Our Catalog …More

9000 Needles
Follows Devin Dearth, disabled by a stroke at age 40, through difficulties with the U.S. healthcare system and an acupuncture treatment and rehabilitation program in Tianjin, China.

Love Breakups Zindagi
Jai and Naina may have chosen their respective partners, but it doesn't take long before they realise they have made the wrong choice. A friend's extended Punjabi wedding makes it even easier for the sparks to fly between the two and bring them close to each other while their partners are busy with their worldly affairs.

Truth in Numbers
"After viewing this provocative documentary, you will never look at Wikipedia the same way. Filmmakers Scott Glosserman and Nic Hill engagingly explore the history and cultural implications of one of the most traveled and referenced sites on the Internet. A whole range of opinion is expressed about the impact of Wikipedia on the archiving of learning, from interviews with founder Jimmy Wales to commentators suspicious of the site's supposed neutrality. The documentary delves into the EssJay controversy in which a Wikipedian made false claims about his academic credentials and the battle over journalist John Seigenthaler's inaccurate entry. Evenhandedly weaving multiple perspectives about the impact of Wikipedia, the film provokes a deeper conversation on how knowledge is formed and what future generations will learn about history and the world."--Container.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of March 20, 2012

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo By Fincher, David 2012-03 - Sony Pictures Entertainment 0043396395978 Check Our Catalog A murder mystery rife with suspense, scandal, sexual abuse, and some supremely intriguing characters, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is an excellently crafted film adaptation of Stieg Larsson's equally fascinating book of the same name. …More

Jack and Jill By Dugan, Dennis 2012-03 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396395121 Check Our Catalog Jack and Jill is a comedy focusing on Jack Sadelstein (Adam Sandler), a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, who dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his identical twin sister Jill (also Adam Sandler). Jills neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down. Katie Holmes plays Erin, Jacks wife. …More

The Muppets By Bobin, James 2012-03 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936816808 Check Our Catalog On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate. …More

The Sitter By Green, David Gordon 2012-03 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543737445 Check Our Catalog Jonah Hill stars in this giddy comedy about a student whose suspension from college leaves him available to baby-sit his mom's neighbors' children. The poor guy, however, has no idea what fate and the kids have in store for him. …More

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy By Alfredson, Tomas 2012-03 - Focus Features BLS0000003DVD Check Our Catalog High-ranking intelligence officer George Smiley (Gary Oldman) was forced out of service when a mission in Hungary went very wrong, but rumors of a Soviet mole hidden within the agency bring him back into play. If the theory of the former head, Control (John Hurt), is to be believed, the mole is at the very top, one of four senior officers, played by Toby Jones, Ciaran Hinds, Colin Firth, and David Dencik (of the Swedish Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). With the help of a lower-ranking agent with a few secrets of his own (Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock) and a field agent who may be a source of disinformation (Tom Hardy, Inception), Smiley slowly draws out the clues he needs to lay a trap for the mole. …More

Agneepath
"Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) father is brutally lynched by villagers after being framed by Kancha Cheena (Danny Denzongpa), and his family is forced to flee. The young Vijay vows revenge, and grows up protecting his sister and mother by becoming a gangster himself. Eventually he works his way up the ladder until he is face to face with the men who killed his father, but by this time he is little different from them, and his actions have put his family in the line of danger once more"--IMDb.

Damadamm
In this romantic comedy, Sameer lives with a pushy girlfriend, Shikha. When she is away on a family trip, he starts a romantic attachment with his employer's sister. Then Shikha returns.

The Descendants
Matt King is an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.

Desi Boyz
Desi Boyz is the story of two friends, Jerry alias Jignesh Patel (Akshay Kumar) and Nick Mathur (John Abraham), who live in London and who are hit hard by recession. Jerry does odd jobs for a living as he is an undergraduate but Nick has a white-collar job. However, both find themselves jobless due to the economic downturn. Jerry has a little, school-going nephew Veer (Master Virej Desai) to look after as the child has lost both his parents. Out of a job, Jerry finds it difficult to even pay the school fees of his nephew because of which the government is on the verge of giving the custody of his nephew to a foster family.

Dhobi Ghat
Arun, an upmarket artist, meets Shai, an NRI investment banker at his exhibition. It's a chance encounter that may or may not lead to something more substantial in moody Mumbai. Meanwhile, Shai befriends Munna, the friendly neighborhood dhobi who happens to be a wannabe actor too, while Arun gets lost in the video-taped story of Yasmin, the enigmatic ex-inmate of the house he currently occupies. Will the foursome find what they are looking for in the strange metropolis?

Jo Dooba So Paar
After being expelled from high-school, Kishu returns home to work with his disapproving truck-driver father, Someshwar, who bends the law, bribes the police to transport hand-grenades packed in egg-boxes. Kishu's life undergoes a major change when he gets smitten by Houston-based Sapna, the niece of Dr. Sinha, who is on a research assignment in secluded areas of Bihar. She goes to the Superintendent of Police, Vikram Kapoor, to seek an escort to accompany her, but is cautioned that even police are reluctant to visit the areas she wants to tour. Kishu volunteers, she initially rejects him, but relents when he impresses her with his knowledge of Devi Maa Durga. Hoping to woo and win her heart, he is in for nothing but disappointment when he sees her in the arms of her Caucasian boyfriend, Mike. Then she is dramatically abducted and held for a ransom of Rs.1.50 Crores by unknown persons.

Jo Hum Chahein
Rohan (Sunny Gill) is a brash, cocky, ambitious, 24 year old MBA graduate who wants instant success and he'll do anything to make that happen! He moves to Mumbai to pursue a career as a stockbroker where he meets Neha (Simran Mundi) a no-nonsense, strong headed girl who has come to Mumbai to follow her dreams, the dream of becoming a film actor. Neha is someone who believes in love, but hasnt given any guy a chance because no one measures up to her standards, that's until Rohan comes along and her life changes completely! They go on a journey that intertwines their personal and professional lives where they touch the peaks of love, loss, longing, despair, betrayal and redemption!

Lanka
Manoj Bajpayee, a local gangster rules over the small town of Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh. He follows no law and the law turns a blind eye towards all his misdeeds. His rule of fear extends to a doctor's family where he forces the daughter, Tia Bajpai, of the CMO to become his mistress and ruthlessly exploits her. Will his own protegee, Arjan Bajwa, end up as Tia's saviour?

Rockstar
Janardan, born and brought up in a middle class locality of Pitampura in Delhi, has a dream of being a rockstar like Jim Morrison. "Rockstar" is about the journey of the boy Janardan to become Jordan, from a simple naivete to a tortured soul, from a pleasure of unaffected friendship to the torment of unrequited love, from the campus in Delhi to the international stage.

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
Flamboyant and with a hair-trigger temper that more than once led to him pulling a gun on musicians, 1960s British pop producer Joe Meek makes Phil Spector look like a pussycat. From Meek's ascension to the top of the charts with 'Telstar' to his dabblings in the occult and implication in a boy's murder, the film charts the composer's tumultuous life.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of March 13, 2012

5 Star Day By 2012-02 - Breaking Glass Pictures 0857965003054 Check Our Catalog …More

Circumstance By Keshavarz, Maryam 2011-12 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398146995 Check Our Catalog A provocative coming-of-age story that cracks open the hidden, underground world of Iranian youth culture filled with sex, drugs and defiance. This suspenseful tale of love and defiance unfolds as a wealthy family struggles to contain their teenage daughter's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession. …More

The Dead By Ford, Howard J. Ford Jonath 2012-02 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132346496 Check Our Catalog …More

Happy Feet Two By Miller, George 2012-03 - Warner Home Video 0883929156450 Check Our Catalog The sequel to the Academy Award-winning animated smash hit, "Happy Feet 2" returns audiences to the magnificent landscape of Antarctica, reuniting us with the world's most famous tap-dancing penguin, Mumble (Elijah Wood), the love of his life, Gloria (Alecia Moore a.k.a. Pink) and their old friends Ramon and Lovelace (Robin Williams). Mumble and Gloria now have a son of their own, Erik (EG Daily), who is struggling to find his own particular talents in the Emperor Penguin world. But new dangers are threatening the penguin nation, and it's going to take everyone working--and dancing--together to save them. …More

The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption By 2012-01 - Universal Home Video 0025192074882 Check Our Catalog The kingdom of Mathayus, the Scorpion King, has fallen and his queen lost to plague. Now an assassin for hire, he must defend a kingdom from an evil tyrant and his ghost warriors for the chance to regain the power and glory he once knew. …More

Young Adult By Reitman, Jason 2012-03 - Paramount Home Entertainment 0097363573944 Check Our Catalog Mavis Gary is a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart. When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate who hasn't quite gotten over high school, either. …More

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
Fishbone rose to become one of the most original bands of the last 25 years. With a blistering combination of punk and funk, they demolished the walls of genre and challenged the racial stereotypes and political order of the music industry and the nation.

The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence
The iconic Dr. Heiter has inspired a real-life protege, the sickly, disturbed security guard Martin, who takes his gory inspiration from the original film to horrific new extremes, and one-ups the doctor with his piece de resistance, a 12-person human centipede of his own.

The Reunion
After the death of her father, a daughter is charged with bringing his three sons back together: Sam, a hardened cop currently on suspension; Leo, a loud-mouthed overbearing bail bondsman; and Douglas, a 20-year old thief fresh out of prison. When Leo discovers the con he bonded for a lot of money for is suspected of kidnapping one of the wealthiest men in the country, he convinces his two brothers to join him on what will become a dangerous adventure.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of March 6, 2012

Footloose By Brewer, Craig 2012-03 - Paramount Home Video 0097363530343 Check Our Catalog Writer/Director Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan) delivers a new take of the beloved 1984 classic film, Footloose. Ren MacCormack (played by newcomer Kenny Wormald) is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where he experiences a heavy dose of culture shock. A few years prior, the community was rocked by a tragic accident that killed five teenagers after a night out and Bomonts local councilmen and the beloved Reverend Shaw Moore (Dennis Quaid) responded by implementing ordinances that prohibit loud music and dancing. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the ministers troubled daughter Ariel (Julianne Hough) in the process. …More

Immortals By Singh, Tarsem 2012-03 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543776260 Check Our Catalog Visionary director Tarsem Singh transports us in this epic tale of treachery, vengeance and destiny in Immortals, a stylish and visually spectacular action adventure. As a power-hungry king razes ancient Greece in search of a legendary weapon, a heroic young villager rises up against him in a thrilling quest as timeless as it is powerful. The brutal and bloodthirsty King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) and his murderous Heraklion army rampage across Greece in search of the long lost Bow of Epirus. With the invincible Bow, the king will be able to overthrow the Gods of Olympus and become the undisputed master of his world. With ruthless efficiency, Hyperion and his legions destroy everything in their wake, and it seems nothing will stop the evil kings mission. As village after village is obliterated, a stonemason named Theseus (Henry Cavill) vows to avenge his mother, who was killed in one of Hyperions brutal raids. When Theseus meets the Sybelline Oracle, Phaedra (Freida Pinto), her disturbing visions of the young mans future convince her that he is the key to stopping the destruction. With her help, Theseus assembles a small band of followers and embraces his destiny in a final, desperate battle for the future of humanity. …More

Like Crazy By Doremus, Drake 2012-03 - Paramount Home Video 0097363578543 Check Our Catalog A love story is both a physical and emotional tale, one that can be deeply personal and heartbreaking for an audience to experience. Director Drake Doremus film Like Crazy beautifully illustrates how your first real love is as thrilling and blissful as it is devastating. When a British college student (Felicity Jones) falls for her American classmate (Anton Yelchin) they embark on a passionate and life-changing journey only to be separated when she violates the terms of her visa. Like Crazy explores how a couple faces the real challenges of being together and of being apart. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Picture at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and of the Special Jury Prize for Best Actress for Felicity Jones, Like Crazy depicts both the hopefulness and the heartbreak of love. …More

3 (Drei)
"Hanna and Simon, a couple in their early forties, live together in Berlin. With their 20th anniversary looming, they both become restless despite being truly and deeply in love. Unbeknownst to one another, they separately become acquainted with Adam, a younger man, and fall in love with him. Clearly not your typical 1930's romp, this reinvention of those classic films ... is a playful update: an intellectual study of a modern couple looking for redefinition in a world of absolutes"--Container.

Senna
Spanning his years as a Formula One racing driver from 1984 to his untimely death a decade later, Senna explores the life and work of the triple world champion, his physical and spiritual achievements on the track, his quest for perfection and the mythical status he has since attained.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of February 28, 2012

The Captains By Shatner, William 2011-10 - E1 0741952706694 Check Our Catalog The Captains is a two-hour, multi-million dollar feature documentary that boldly goes where no man has gone before, giving viewers a behind-the- scenes look at one of the most durable and profitable franchises in entertainment history and the men and women who made Star Trek an international phenomenon. Written and directed by William Shatner. …More

Hugo By Scorsese, Martin 2012-03 - Paramount Home Video BL10115DVD000 Check Our Catalog "Hugo" is the astonishing adventure of a wily and resourceful boy whose quest to unlock a secret left to him by his father will transform Hugo and all those around him, and reveal a safe and loving place he can call home. …More

Iggy & Stooges: Raw Power Live in the Hands of the Fans By Carey, Joey 2011-09 - Music Video Dist 0760137523499 Check Our Catalog …More

Johnny English Reborn By Parker, Oliver 2012-02 - Universal Home Video 0025192076404 Check Our Catalog Rowan Atkinson returns to the role of the improbable secret agent who doesn't know fear or danger in the comedy spy-thriller Johnny English Reborn. In his latest adventure, the most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majesty's Secret Service must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos. In the years since MI-7's top spy vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia. But when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese premier's life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in action. With one shot at redemption, he must employ the latest in hi-tech gadgets to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout the KGB, CIA and even MI-7. With mere days until a heads of state conference, one man must use every trick in his playbook to protect us all. For Johnny English, disaster may be an option, but failure never is. …More

London Boulevard By Monahan, William 2012-02 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396395633 Check Our Catalog The directorial debut of William Monahan, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Departed, London Boulevar follows an ex-con trying to make a fresh start in a relationship with a reclusive actress. A sexy, stylish gangster thriller bristling with wit and brutal intrigue, London Boulevard stars Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley as star-crossed lovers who run afoul of one of Londons most vicious crime bosses. …More

The Marriage Chronicles By 2012-02 - E1 0741952708896 Check Our Catalog …More

Nirvana: Live at the Paramount By 2011-09 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 0602527779010 Check Our Catalog …More

Puss in Boots By Miller, Chris 2012-02 - Paramount Home Video 0097361169842 Check Our Catalog Voiced by Antonio Banderas, the dauntless feline of legend goes on an animated adventure to purloin a priceless golden-egg-laying goose. To help him on his mission, Puss brings along his friends Humpty Dumpty and the super-stealthy Kitty Softpaws. …More

The Son of No One By Montiel, Dito 2012-02 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132380391 Check Our Catalog In this searing police thriller, Jonathan (Channing Tatum) is a second-generation cop who gets in over his head when hes assigned to re-open a double homicide cold case in his Queens neighborhood. An anonymous source feeding new information on the long-unsolved murders to a local reporter (Juliette Binoche) leads to evidence suggesting a possible cover-up by the former lead detective (Al Pacino) who was on the investigation. As Jonathan digs deeper into the assignment, a dark secret about the case emerges, which threatens to destroy his life and his family. …More

Tabloid By Morris, Errol 2011-11 - MPI Home Video 0030306979397 Check Our Catalog Thirty years before the antics of Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears were regular gossip fodder, Miss Wyoming Joyce McKinney made her mark as a tabloid staple ne plus ultra. Morris follows the salacious adventures of this beauty queen with an IQ of 168 whose single-minded devotion to the man of her dreams leads her across the globe, into jail, and onto the front page. Joyce's labyrinthine crusade for love takes her through a surreal world of kidnapping, manacled Mormons, risqu photography, magic underwear, and celestial sex-until her dream is finally realized in a cloning laboratory in Seoul, South Korea. By turns funny, strange, and disturbing, TABLOID is a vivid portrayal of a phenomenally driven woman whose romantic obsessions and delusions catapult her over the edge into scandal sheet notoriety and an unimaginable life. …More

These Amazing Shadows: Movies That Make America By Norton, Kurt 2011-11 - PBS 0841887015769 Check Our Catalog "These Amazing Shadows" weaves clips from America's most-beloved films (and many rarer treasures) with moving personal tales of how specific films have reflected our culture and changed lives. …More

Tiny Furniture By Dunham, Lena 2012-02 - Image/Sphe 0715515091718 Check Our Catalog Lena Dunham got her start making YouTube videos, but she emerged as a major talent thanks to the breakthrough success of this exceptionally sharp comedy, which garnered the twenty-four-year-old writer-director-actor comparisons to the likes of Woody Allen. The filmmaker herself plays Aura, a recent college graduate who returns to New York and moves back in with her mother and sister (played by their real-life counterparts). Though Aura is gripped by stasis and confusion about her future, Dunham locates endless sources of refreshing humor in her plight. As painfully confessional as it is endlessly amusing, TINY FURNITURE is an authentic, incisive portrait of a young woman at a crossroads. …More

American Experience: Houdini
Wrapped in chains and encased in a crate, magician Harry Houdini was dropped into New York's icy East River. Horrified onlookers watched him emerge, unharmed, less than 60 seconds later. Easily the world's most famous escape artist, Houdini mesmerized audiences with astonishing acts of magic like the Water Torture Cell. A circus performer turned gifted artist, Houdini confronted humanity's greatest fears: entrapment, pain, and death.

In Their Own Words: The Tuskegee Airmen
Seventeen of the original Airmen came together to tell their story in a way never before seen: in their own words. The story is progressed by the different Airmen, each contributing an integral part without the reliance on narration and whisks the viewer through laughter and tears, all while telling a historic and inspirational story of hope and perseverance in the face of adversity.

Patrick: He Ignited a Flame of Faith in Ireland
A docudrama about Saint Patrick, his life and his work to save the people who had enslaved him.