New Quick Flicks for the Week of April 17, 2012

Helldriver By 2011-11 - Well Go USA, Inc 0812491012505 Check Our Catalog …More

Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol By Bird, Brad 2012-04 - Paramount Home Video 0097363558842 Check Our Catalog This is not just another mission. The IMF is shut down when its implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organizations name. No help, no contact, off the grid. You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this. …More

Revenge of the Electric Car By Paine, Chris Narrated by Robbins, Tim 2012-01 - New Video Group 0767685262658 Check Our Catalog …More

Superheroes By Barnett, Mike Director Barnett, Michael 2011-11 - New Video Group 0767685254431 Check Our Catalog …More

When Strangers Click By Kenner, Robert 2011-11 - E1 0826262007195 Check Our Catalog Director Robert Kenner tells the revealing stories of people whose lives were transformed in unexpected ways by online encounters. …More

Bao Ying
A Hong Kong real estate tycoon suffers an unbearable loss when his daughter is kidnapped and killed: a victim of her decadent lifestyle and cocaine addiction. He turns to his trusted bodyguard to seek out the perpetrators and exact revenge.

Pappu Can't Dance Saala
A man with old world values finds it difficult to adjust in Mumbai, a city of fast track individuals with a dry and professional outlook toward life. Worst of all is his loud brach neighbor Mehak, a chorus dancer in Bollywood who has learned the tricks of surviving in Mumbai. They clash immediately, but in the end they realize their fondness for one another.

Secrets of the Titanic
National Geographic remembers the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic with a special collection of programs including the original classic "Secrets of the Titanic" and the new special "Save the Titanic with Robert Ballard".

Trigun Badlands Rumble
In town surrounded by quicksand, an outlaw from Vash the Stampede's past has resurfaced after twenty years. His name is Gasback - and he's looking to cause a little trouble. It seems Gasback has a serious beef with the town's mayor, who's paying dozens of bounty hunters to protect his turf. One of those hired guns is a beautiful woman with a vendetta against Gasback. Will she get a shot at revenge? Maybe, if she can get through Gasback's bodyguard, Wolfwood.

Vampires
"The 'true' story of a clan of vampires trying to hold their family together and get along with the neighbors. Dad seems to be channeling Bela Lugosi. Mom's a little bit off. Throw a rebellious son and a daughter pining for her lost mortality into the mix and it's a recipe for family discord. Add a bewildered documentary crew and things are bound to get a little chaotic."

The Veteran
When soldier Robert Miller returns home from Afghanistan he finds it hard to fit back into society. He takes a job in undercover surveillance and soon becomes obsessed with taking down a group of local gangsters who are linked to a suspected terrorist cell. His plan to assassinate the thugs is sabotaged and his rage spirals out of control as he embarks on a brutal quest for justice with devastating consequences.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of April 10, 2012

Battle Royale: The Complete Collection By 2012-03 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132456690 Check Our Catalog …More

Carnage By Polanski, Roman 2012-03 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396395916 Check Our Catalog CARNAGE is a razor sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences. After two boys duke it out on a playground, the parents of the "victim" invite the parents of the "bully" over to work out their issues. A polite discussion of child-rearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors. None of them will escape the carnage. …More

The Darkest Hour By Gorak, Chris 2012-04 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 0025192133213 Check Our Catalog The DARKEST HOUR is the story of five young people who find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack. The thriller highlights the classic beauty of Moscow alongside mind-blowing special effects. …More

Dirty Pictures By Sauret, Etienne 2011-11 - Breaking Glass Pictures 0853937002872 Check Our Catalog …More

The Iron Lady By Lloyd, Phyllida Director Cunha, Alice Da 2012-04 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132471396 Check Our Catalog THE IRON LADY is a surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), the first and only female Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world. …More

The Other F Word By 2012-01 - Oscilloscope Pictures 0896602002425 Check Our Catalog …More

Retreat By Tibbetts, Carl 2012-02 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396392281 Check Our Catalog …More

Wallace & Gromits World of Invention By Crossingham, Merlin Director K, Nick Park Voice by Sallis, Peter 2012-03 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398150367 Check Our Catalog …More

The Conquest
Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to the French presidency through the lens of his unraveling marriage to then-wife Cecilia. This lampoon depicts the future president as a bold and unashamed virtuoso of political combat, whose inattention to his disintegrating domestic partnership emerges as his chief vulnerability.

Eames: The Architect and the Painter
"The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames is widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products ... But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life ... has been less widely understood. Narrated by James Franco, this is the first film dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work"--Container.

Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven
An intimate portrait of Le Cirque founder Sirio Maccioni and his three sons, Mauro, Marco and Mario, to whom he will one day leave his formidable cultural and culinary legacy. Director Andrew Rossi not only gains unbelievable access to the larger-than-life Maccioni family but also catches the family at a dramatic transition: the closing of Le Cirque in 2004, its celebrated re-opening two years later followed by the nerve-wracking wait for New York's restaurant critics.

Making the Boys
"Explores the drama, struggle, and enduring legacy of the first-ever gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to successfully reach a mainstream audience. The boys in the band sparked heated controversy that still exists four decades later. Featuring anecdotes from the surviving cast and filmmakers"--Container.

Memphis
The Tony Award-winning musical Memphis takes place in the smoky halls and underground clubs of the segregated '50s, where a young white DJ named Huey Calhoun falls in love with everything he shouldn't: rock n' roll, and an electrifying black singer. Bursting off the stage with explosive dancing, irresistible songs, and a thrilling tale of fame and forbidden love, this incredible journey is filled with laughter, soaring emotion, and roof-raising rock n' roll.

Miss Representation
"As the most persuasive and pervasive force of communication in our culture, media is educating yet another generation that a woman's primary value lay in her youth, beauty and sexuality--and not in her capacity to lead, making it difficult for women to obtain leadership positions and for girls to reach their full potential. The film accumulates startling facts and statistics that leave audiences shaken, armed with a new perspective"--Container.

Ocean of an Old Man
In the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and amid the stunning natural beauty of India's Andaman and Nicobar islands, an elderly British teacher struggles to run a small primary school despite the loss of many of the islands' children to the recent tragedy. Ignoring the overwhelming grief that washes over the islands, he continues to teach his few remaining students until a government official delivers a relocation order to all residents, causing him to embark on a heartbreaking search for his missing students, convinced they must still be alive. Blending exquisite vistas with the ubiquitous sound of the ocean to convey the precarious balance between human life and the inexorable forces of nature, Rajesh Shera's debut feature quietly unfolds as a delicate meditation on grief and loss.

RideBack: The Complete Series
After an injury forces Rin to trade her stage career for college life, she finds new thrills as a member of the RideBack Club. When she discovers an unusual connection with one machine in particular, Fuego, she is forced into the middle of a revolution. The tyrannical new government rules with an iron fist, and Rin is reluctant to take them on. Contains episodes 1-12.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of April 3, 2012

All Things Fall Apart By Peebles, Mario Van 2012-02 - Image/Sphe 0014381773422 Check Our Catalog …More

Bleach the Movie-Fade to Black By Abe, Noriyuki Voice by Morita, Seiichi 2011-11 - Warner Home Video 0782009241805 Check Our Catalog JPN …More

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy By Huyck, Pete Sudeikis Director Gregory, Alex Bell Director Sudeikis, Jason Gregory Peter 2011-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396389731 Check Our Catalog A close group of 30-somethings spend every summer weekend throwing elaborate theme parties at their friend Eric's (Jason Sudeikis) family home in the Hamptons. When Eric's dad decides to sell off their summer playground, the friends agree there is only one way to have the biggest and brashest send-off party, a good old-fashioned orgy. …More

Hell and Back Again By Dennis, Danfung 2012-01 - New Video Group 0767685254400 Check Our Catalog From his embed with US Marines Echo Company in Afghanistan, photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis reveals the devastating impact a Taliban machine-gun bullet has on the life of 25-year-old Sergeant Nathan Harris. The film seamlessly transitions from stunning war reportage to an intimate portrait of one man's personal struggle at home in North Carolina, where Harris confronts the physical and emotional difficulties of re-adjusting to civilian life with the love and support of his wife. …More

War Horse By Spielberg, Steven 2012-04 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936812817 Check Our Catalog Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets; British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter. …More

We Bought a Zoo By Crowe, Cameron 2012-04 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543751694 Check Our Catalog Acclaimed filmmaker Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous) directs an amazing and true story about a single dad who decides his family needs a fresh start, so he and his two children move to the most unlikely of places: a zoo. With the help of an eclectic staff, and with many misadventures along the way, the family works to return the dilapidated zoo to its former wonder and glory. …More

Hetalia Axis Powers: Paint It, White!
The Pictorians have arrived from deep in space. They also have dangly glow-balls on their heads, which is kinda cool, but still. The freaky aliens are using use their crazy rainbow-beam-thingy to paint everything on Earth the same color: white! See, now the title of the movie makes more sense, right? Anyway, if the Pictorians are to be stopped, the Allied guys and the Axis boys, plus some new characters, too, must set aside their differences, unite against their common foe.

Hetalia World Series: Season 3
Forget everything learned in history class, and imagine all the nations of the world as cute guys hanging out in a wildly inappropriate reality show. Now, toss in every stereotype ever and prepare to pledge allegiance to a favorite superpower in Hetalia Axis Powers! Contains episodes 53-76.

Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl
"Dimple Chaddha, a brash 19 year old Delhi college girl falls in love with Sunny Singh, a fitness trainer. Raina Parulekar, a 28 year old independent and successful corporate woman in Mumbai does business with an art dealer Deven Shah. Saira Rashid, a 24 year old sweet hard working widow in Lucknow makes a new friend, the shy Iqbal Khan. Three very different girls who each get taken for a lot of money by each of these three men. The problem is that it is actually just one man- Ricky Bahl, a suave and charming con-man, who revels in the game and is only after the money. A chance encounter brings these three women together who vow to take down Ricky and get their money back. ... Enter Ishika Desai, a young and ambitious girl whose street smart ways will one day get her to the top. The game is set in Goa. The rules will be made as they go along. It is Ladies vs Ricky Bahl. Who will win and who will lose?"--Container.

Naruto Shippuden Set 9
Orochimaru's minion Guren will do anything to stop the Leaf ninja from sealing Three Tails, but the Leaf's top shinobi will be tough to beat! While a sealing team tracks the location of the beast and its host, a guard team led by Kakashi and Naruto fends off attacks from Guren. But it's no ordinary battle when Naruto finds himself fighting alongside his enemy in a most unusual location-inside the Three-Tailed Beast!

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.