Quick Flicks for the Week of September 4, 2012

The Five-Year Engagement By Stoller, Nick Director Segel, Jason Stoller 2012-09 - Universal Home Video 0025192124495 Check Our Catalog The director and writer/star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall reteam for the irreverent comedy The Five-Year Engagement. Beginning where most romantic comedies end, the new film from director Nicholas Stoller, producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) and Rodney Rothman (Get Him to the Greek) looks at what happens when an engaged couple, Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, keeps getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle. …More

Meeting Evil By Fisher, Chris 2012-07 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396397545 Check Our Catalog …More

Safe By Yakin, Boaz 2012-09 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398156246 Check Our Catalog A second-rate cage fighter on the mixed martial arts circuit, Luke Wright lives a numbing life of routine beatings and chump change...until the day he blows a rigged fight. Wanting to make an example of him, the Russian Mafia murders his family and banishes him from his life forever, leaving Luke to wander the streets of New York destitute, haunted by guilt, and tormented by the knowledge that he will always be watched, and anyone he develops a relationship with will also be killed. But when he witnesses a frightened twelve-year-old Chinese girl, Mei, being pursued by the same gangsters who killed his wife, Luke impulsively jumps to action...and straight into the heart of a deadly high-stakes war. Mei, he discovers, is no ordinary girl, but an orphaned math prodigy forced to work for the Triads as a "counter." He discovers she holds in her memory a priceless numerical code that the Triads, the Russian mob and a corrupt faction of the NYPD will kill for. Realizing he's the only person Mei can trust, Luke tears a swath through the city's brutal underworld to save an innocent girl's life...and perhaps even redeem his own. …More

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day By Barnette, Neema 2012-09 - Gaiam Americas 0883476091266 Check Our Catalog In this dramatic thriller, shot on location in New Orleans, a husband (Underwood) and wife (Leal) find themselves in the midst of a crisis after their young daughter is kidnapped. The couple must race against time to find their child, who is believed to have been abducted by a serial killer that symbolically murders his victims 'On the 7th Day.' During their desperate search, a series of deep, dark, damaging secrets unveil a troubling past, putting the marriage and their futures in jeopardy. The use of the number seven in the title is metaphorical, and symbolizes the timeline within the film by which the protagonists must resolve the mystery of their daughter's abduction or face dire, unimaginable consequences. …More

Quick Flicks for the Week of August 28, 2012

Agneepath By Malhotra, Karan 2012-02 - Eros International 0828970174299 Check Our Catalog Kancha Cheena is the uncrowned king of Mandwa Island and terminates the rebellious village schoolmaster. The master's son swears revenge and grows up to be Vijay Dinanath Chauhan under the wings of Rauf Lala. Lala, who trades in human and drug trafficking, rules the Mumbai underbelly. Vijay uses Lala to reach Kancha and thereby reclaim his island and self-esteem. …More

Battleship By Berg, Peter Kitsch Director Kitsch, Taylor Berg 2012-08 - Universal Home Video 0025192085635 Check Our Catalog …More

Darling Companion By Kasdan, Lawrence 2012-08 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396399853 Check Our Catalog In DARLING COMPANION, Beth (Diane Keaton) saves a bedraggled lost dog from the side of the freeway on a wintry day in Denver. Struggling with her distracted, self-involved husband Joseph (Kevin Kline) and an empty nest at home, Beth forms a special bond with the rescued animal. When Joseph loses the dog after a wedding at their vacation home in the Rockies, the distraught Beth enlists the help of the few remaining guests and a mysterious young woman (Ayelet Zurer) in a frantic search. Each member of the search party is affected by the adventure, which takes them in unexpected directions -- comic, harrowing, sometimes deeply emotional and ultimately towards love. …More

Freelancers By Terrero, Jessy 2012-08 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398156734 Check Our Catalog The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops. His new boss, Sarcone, will see if he has what it takes to be rogue through many trials and tribulations of loyalty, trust and respect. When the truth about his father's death is revealed, revenge takes over him and he won't stop until justice has been truly served. …More

Headhunters By Tyldum, Morten 2012-08 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent 0876964004770 Check Our Catalog NOR HEADHUNTERS stars the talented Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as Roger, a charming scoundrel and Norway's most accomplished headhunter. Roger is living a life of luxury well beyond his means, and stealing art to subsidize his expensive lifestyle. When his beautiful gallery owner wife introduces him to a former mercenary in the possession of an extremely valuable painting, he decides to risk it all to get his hands on it, and in doing so discovers something which makes him a hunted man. HEADHUNTERS is based on Jo NesbA's best-selling thriller from 2008. …More

Monsieur Lazhar By Falardeau, Philippe 2012-08 - Southport Music Box Corpo 0736211215550 Check Our Catalog FRE Nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, MONSIEUR LAZHAR tells the poignant story of a Montreal middle school class shaken by the death of their well-liked teacher. Bachir Lazhar (Fellag), a 55-year-old Algerian immigrant, offers the school his services as a substitute teacher and is quickly hired. As he helps the children heal, he also learns to accept his own painful past. This moving film features exquisite performances by Fellag and a stunning ensemble of child actors. …More

One Direction-Only Way Is Up By 2012-08 - E1 0741952733195 Check Our Catalog …More

One in the Chamber By Kaufman, William 2012-08 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132389592 Check Our Catalog …More

The Pirates! Band of Misfits By Lord, Peter Director Newitt, Peter Lord Jeff Voice by Grant, Hugh 2012-08 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396399891 Check Our Catalog In The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Hugh Grant stars in his first animated role as the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain a a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen), and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to the much coveted Pirate Of The Year Award. It's a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they battle a diabolical queen (Imelda Staunton) and team up with a haplessly smitten young scientist (David Tennant), but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure! …More

Thin Ice By Sprecher, Jill 2012-10 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543812197 Check Our Catalog Mickey Prohaska (Greg Kinnear) is a small-time insurance agent looking for a way to jump-start his business, reunite with his estranged wife (Lea Thompson) and escape the frigid Wisconsin weather. This self-proclaimed master of spin believes that salesmanship is about selling a story a all he needs is a sucker willing to buy it. He hits pay dirt with a lonely retired farmer (Alan Arkin) who is sitting on something much bigger than an insurance commission. But Mickey's attempt to con the old man spins out of control when a nosy, unstable locksmith (Billy Crudup) with a volatile temper dramatically ups the stakes, trapping him in a madcap spiral of danger, deceit and double-crossing. Blending dark comedy and delirious Midwestern noir, THIN ICE reaches a breaking point that no one-least of all Mickey Prohaska-could ever see coming. …More

Think Like a Man By Story, Tim Director Ferrara, Jerry Story 2012-08 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396401006 Check Our Catalog Based on Steve Harvey's best-selling book, Think Like a Man follows four interconnected and diverse men whose love lives are shaken up after the ladies they are pursuing buy Harvey's book and start taking his advice to heart. When the band of brothers realize they have been betrayed by one of their own, they conspire using the book's insider information to turn the tables and teach the women a lesson of their own. …More

Warriors of the Rainbow By Te-Sheng, Wei 2012-08 - Well Go USA, Inc 0812491013236 Check Our Catalog JPN …More

Amy Winehouse: 1983-2011. Let's Be Frank
Amy Winehouse, the English singer/songwriter, was known for her powerful, deep contralto vocals, with an amazing ability to fuse modern R&B with classic soul and jazz influences. This documentary takes you on a journey through Amy's life and her music career, all the way to her tragic death in 2011. "Let's Be Frank" also features exclusive never before heard music, only available on this DVD. Additional features include interviews with her father, Mitch Winehouse, and fellow musicians and industry insiders, making it a must for all Amy Winehouse fans.

Attack of the Killer Backpacks
A serial killer is kidnapping young girls as they walk home from school, and the only thing that all the victims have in common is that they were all wearing backpacks.

Citizen Gangster
Eddie Boyd has returned from WWII and is dismayed by public indifference towards veterans and humiliated by his inability to fulfill his dream of being a Hollywood star. Moreover, his veteran status has done nothing to help him provide for his children and wife Doreen. Eddie becomes desperate and starts to rob banks. But what starts as friendly and flirtatious robberies evolves over time into a career not unlike that of Clyde Barrow or Butch Cassidy.

E2: Intervention Architecture
Examines five projects that have won the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture, which embrace the ethical and philosophical criteria that the awards represent, including the revitalizaion of a French colonial heritage site in Tunisia, China's Bridge School, the Ipekoyol Textile Factory, the Zahra Museum, and the Wadi Hanifa Wetlands Project. Narrated by Brad Pitt.

Quick Flicks for the week of August 21, 2012

Gettysburg By Scott, Ridley 2011-09 - A & E Home Video 0733961249064 Check Our Catalog …More

Bad Ass By Moss, Craig 2012-06 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543806813 Check Our Catalog …More

Bernie By Linklater, Richard 2012-08 - Millennium Media Services 0687797135292 Check Our Catalog In the tiny, rural town of Carthage, TX, assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede was one of the town's most beloved residents. He taught Sunday school, sang in the church choir and was always willing to lend a helping hand. Everyone loved and appreciated Bernie, so it came as no surprise when he befriended Marjorie Nugent, an affluent widow who was as well known for her sour attitude as her fortune. Bernie frequently traveled with Marjorie and even managed her banking affairs. Marjorie quickly became fully dependent on Bernie and his generosity and Bernie struggled to meet her increasing demands. Bernie continued to handle her affairs, and the townspeople went months without seeing Marjorie. The people of Carthage were shocked when it was reported that Marjorie Nugent had been dead for some time, and Bernie Tiede was being charged with the murder. …More

The Dictator By Charles, Larry 2012-08 - Paramount Home Video 0097363569343 Check Our Catalog The film tells the heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. It is inspired by the best selling novel "Zabibah and The King" by Saddam Hussein. …More

Home Run Showdown By Scott, Oz 2012-08 - Image/Sphe 0014381816020 Check Our Catalog …More

The Hunger Games By Ross, Gary 2012-08 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398155409 Check Our Catalog Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which "Tributes" must fight to the death with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she's ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. …More

I Kissed a Vampire By Nolan, Chris 2012-07 - Monterey Home Video 0012233251524 Check Our Catalog …More

Lol By Azuelos, Lisa 2012-07 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398154310 Check Our Catalog …More

The Myth of the American Sleepover By Mitchell, David Robert 2012-02 - MPI Home Video 0030306934198 Check Our Catalog …More

A Separation By Farhadi, Asghar 2012-08 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396406919 Check Our Catalog PER Set in contemporary Iran, A SEPARATION is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents' home, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader. When Nader hires a young woman to assist with his father in his wife's absence, he hopes that his life will return to a normal state. However, when he discovers that the new maid has been lying to him, he realizes that there is more on the line than just his marriage. …More

World on a Wire By Fassbinder, Rainer Werner 2012-02 - Image/Sphe 0715515092111 Check Our Catalog GER The noir-spiked tale of a reluctant action hero, Fred Stiller, a cybernetics engineer who uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy. At risk? Virtual reality. Originally made for German television, the recently rediscovered, three-and-a-half-hour labyrinth is a satiric and surreal look at the weird world of tomorrow from one of cinema's kinkiest geniuses. It's a gloriously paranoid, boundlessly inventive take on the future from German wunderkind Rainer Werner Fassbinder. …More

Payback
Fascinating look at debt as a mental construct and traces how it influences relationships, societies and governing structures.

Disneynature: Chimpanzee
Oscar, a baby chimpanzee, is enjoying his life with his mother in the jungles along the Ivory Coast. Without warning, young Oscar is orphaned during an attack from a rival group of chimpanzees. Afterwards, he attempts to survive on his own, and to be accepted by the other chimps. Oscar struggles until he is adopted by the alpha male of his group.

Virginia
A mentally unstable woman who has hidden a 20 year affair with a married sheriff, discovers that her son has fallen in love with the sheriff's daughter while searching for his father's identity.

Quick Flicks for the Week of August 14, 2012

The Raid: Redemption By Evans, Gareth 2012-08 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396400931 Check Our Catalog As a rookie member of an elite special-forces team, Rama (Iko Uwais) is instructed to hang back during a covert mission involving the extraction of a brutal crime lord from a rundown fifteen-story apartment block. But when a spotter blows their cover, boss Tama (Ray Sahetaphy) offers lifelong sanctuary to every killer, rapist and thief in the building in exchange for their heads. Now Rama must stand in for the teamas fallen leader Jaka (Joe Taslim) and use every bit of his fighting strength a winding through every floor and room to complete the mission and escape with his life. …More

El Bulli
"Located in Catalonia, Spain, Adrià's restaurant, El Bulli, closes for six months each year while Adrià and his team of culinary experts design a fresh, innovative menu for the next season. Not content with anything ordinary, Adrià's scientific approach involves intense research and experimentation to create a variety of dishes that have never been experienced before. Filmmaker Gereon Wetzel goes "behind the scenes" of the kitchen for a glimpse into the creative process of the culinary arts, exploring the methods and approaches that go in to creating the perfect menu. Over the course of the six months, Adrià pushes himself and his team to develop new recipes, always innovating and never repeating themselves to deliver a 30-course menu that his guests will never forget."--Container.

The Snowtown Murders
Based on horrifying and true crimes discovered in Snowtown, Australia, in 1999. The film follows a mother raising her three boys in a poor suburb. She takes up with a new man, hoping for security but instead welcoming a vicious predator into her home.     

Quick Flicks for the Week of August 7, 2012

Get the Gringo By Grunberg, Adrian 2012-07 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543812111 Check Our Catalog GET THE GRINGO stars Mel Gibson as Driver, an American criminal who violently crashes his car into the border wall as he tries to outrun the U.S. Border Patrol. Driver survives the crash only to land inside a hard-core Mexican prison where he enters the strange and dangerous world of "El Pueblito." Driver finds unlikely guidance from a 10-year-old kid who shows him the ropes. …More

Here By 2012-07 - Strand Releasing Home Video 0712267310425 Check Our Catalog …More

Hijacked By 2012-07 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132391397 Check Our Catalog …More

The Lorax By Renaud, Chris 2012-08 - Universal Home Video 0025192104459 Check Our Catalog From the creators of Despicable Me and the imagination of Dr. Seuss comes the feature Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, an adaptation of the classic tale of a forest creature who shares the enduring power of hope. The animated adventure follows the journey of a 12-year-old as he searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world. Danny DeVito will lend his vocal talents to the iconic title character of the Lorax, while Ed Helms will voice the enigmatic Once-ler. Also bringing their talents to the film are global superstars Zac Efron as Ted, the idealistic youth who searches for the Lorax, and Taylor Swift as Audrey, the girl of Ted's dreams. Rob Riggle will play financial king O'Hare, and beloved actress Betty White will portray Ted's wise Grammy Norma. …More

Note 3 By 2012-09 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396402065 Check Our Catalog …More

4.3.2.1
This exciting crime thriller tracks 4 best friends over 3 days they'll never forget. For hardworking Jo, adventurous Cassandra, defiant Kerrys and troubled Shannon, life changes forever when a chance encounter with some deadly thieves sends their worlds on a collision course with the players in a major diamond heist. With just one shot at the big time, what could possibly go wrong?

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meaning as he attempts to solve a shocking and horrifying mob related double homicide.

The Love Guide
Millie and Al's egg business is struggling and so is their marriage. Fortunately, they may have a savior, reality television! Following a chance encounter with a producer named Ira, Millie agrees to be featured on Cut the Crap, hosted by everyone's favorite hippie-yogi, personal growth guru Angela Lovecraft. Just when divorce seems inevitable, Angela uses her new age powers to remind the couple why they love each other and, in return, learns that it's fun to have your feet on the ground.  

Marley
Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best.