Quick Flick New Releases for the week of December 4, 2012

Beasts of the Southern Wild By Zeitlin, Benh 2012-12 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543839804 Check Our Catalog In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the world by a sprawling levee, six year-old Hushpuppy exists on the brink of orphanhood. Her mother long gone, and her father Wink a wildman on a perpetual spree, Hushpuppy is left to her own devices on an isolated compound filled with semi-feral animals. She perceives the natural world to be a fragile web of living, breathing, squirting things, in which the entire universe depends on everything fitting together just right. So when a hundred year storm raises the waters around her town, her daddy is suddenly stricken with illness, and fierce pre-historic creatures awaken from their frozen graves to come charging across the planet, Hushpuppy sees the natural order of everything she holds dear collapsing around her. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive an unstoppable catastrophe of epic proportions. …More

Hope Springs By Frankel, David 2012-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396408043 Check Our Catalog Kay (Meryl Streep) and Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) are a devoted couple, but decades of marriage have left Kay wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband. When she hears of a renowned couple's specialist (Steve Carell) in the small town of Great Hope Springs, she attempts to persuade her skeptical husband, a steadfast man of routine, to get on a plane for a week of marriage therapy. Just convincing the stubborn Arnold to go on the retreat is hard enough - the real challenge for both of them comes as they shed their bedroom hang-ups and try to re-ignite the spark that caused them to fall for each other in the first place. …More

Men in Black 3 By Sonnenfeld, Barry Director Jones, Tommy Lee 2012-11 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396402881 Check Our Catalog In Men in Black Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back... in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him -- secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind. …More

The Odd Life of Timothy Green By Hedges, Peter 2012-12 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936818093 Check Our Catalog Academy Award-nominated director/writer Peter Hedges brings enchantment to the screen with "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," an inspiring, magical story about a happily married couple, Cindy and Jim Green (Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton), who can't wait to start a family but can only dream about what their child would be like. When young Timothy (CJ Adams) shows up on their doorstep one stormy night, Cindy and Jim--and their small town of Stanleyville--learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life's greatest gifts. …More

Hirokin: The Last Samurai By Mo-Sun, Alejo 2012-11 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398160458 Check Our Catalog …More

AI Weiwei: Never Sorry By Klayman, Alison Director Gao, Ying 2012-12 - MPI Home Video 0030306983097 Check Our Catalog This is a documentary that chronicles artist and activist Ai Weiwei as he prepares for a series of exhibitions and gets into an increasing number of clashes with the Chinese government. …More

The Dark Knight Rises By Nolan, Christopher 2012-12 - Warner Home Video 0883929212569 Check Our Catalog It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act. But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane. …More

Iron Sky By 2012-10 - E1 0741952725299 Check Our Catalog …More

Last Ounce of Courage By McAfee, Kevin 2012-12 - Veritas Entertainment 0091037318213 Check Our Catalog A small-town war hero is heartbroken when his own son Tom loses his life defending America. Tom left behind a son of his own named Christian, and 14 years later, the young boy and his mother move back to the small town to be with their family for the holidays. Christian disconnects with his grandfather Bob, as they both are going through the pain of losing a dad and losing a son. …More

Deitrick Haddon's a Beautiful Soul By Stephens, Andre 2012-05 - Wea-Des Moines Video 0014998419492 Check Our Catalog …More

Bedevilled
Hae-won is a middle-rank officer working in a Seoul bank. She is being brought down by the work-related stress she finds herself in. Desperate, she takes up an offer from a long-forgotten friend and takes off for Mundo. She is warmly welcomed by Bok-nam, her best friend. Bok-nam is literally chained to a hideous marriage with Man-jong, a rattlesnake-like wife-beater, and being sexually abused by his cretinous brother. When Bok-nam tries to escape the island the situation becomes truly dire.

Wu Dang
There is a rumor: secret treasures hide in Wu Dang mountain. In the early days of Republican China, an American man - greedy for gold and hungry for riches - brings his daughter, a prodigy in martial arts, to compete for a championship title in kung fu combat, while planning to find and steal the riches for himself.

Hannah's Law
Hannah keeps the law in Dodge City, Kansas with the help of young Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Stagecoach Mary.

The Whisperer in Darkness
Based on the 1931 novella by H. P. Lovecraft, "The Whisperer in Darkness" begins with Henry Akeley (Barry Lynch), a farmer secluded in the woods of Vermont who discovers strange footprints around his home and begins to suspect a race of space aliens invading Earth. He contacts Professor Albert Wilmarth (Matt Foyer) who begins the investigation.

 

Quick Flicks for the week of November 27, 2012

The Apparition By Lincoln, Todd 2012-11 - Warner Home Video 0883929243990 Check Our Catalog When frightening events start to occur in their home, a young couple Kelly and Ben discover they are being haunted by a presence that was accidentally conjured during a university parapsychology experiment. The horrifying apparition feeds on their fear and torments them no matter where they try to run. Their last hope is an expert in the supernatural, Patrick, but even with his help they may already be too late to save themselves from this terrifying force. …More

Lawless By Hillcoat, John Director Hardy, Tom Hillcoat 2012-11 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132472997 Check Our Catalog LAWLESS is the true story of the infamous Bondurant Brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. In this epic gangster tale, inspired by true-life tales of author Matt Bondurant's family in his novel "The Wettest County In The World," the loyalty of three brothers is put to the test against the backdrop of the nation's most notorious crime wave. …More

Paranorman By Fell, Chris Butler Sam Director Butler, Sam Fell and Chris Director Affleck, Casey Butler Sam 2012-11 - Universal Home Video 0025192113536 Check Our Catalog In the comedy thriller, a small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman (Smit-McPhee), who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he'll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst of all, moronic grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits. …More

Step Up: Revolution By Speer, Scott Coleman Director Guzman, Ryan Speer 2012-11 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 0025192160134 Check Our Catalog STEP UP: REVOLUTION is the next installment in the worldwide smash STEP UP franchise, which sets the dancing against the vibrant backdrop of Miami. EMILY (Kathryn McCormick) arrives in Miami with aspirations of becoming a professional dancer and soon falls in love with SEAN (Ryan Guzman), a young man who leads a dance crew in elaborate, cutting-edge flash mobs, called "The Mob." When a wealthy business man threatens to develop The Mob's historic neighborhood and displace thousands of people, Emily must band together with Sean and The Mob to turn their performance art into protest art, and risk losing their dreams to fight for a greater cause. …More

The Day
A group of five people lost and on the run in a post-apocalyptic future discover what they think is a safe, abandoned farmhouse, but they soon find themselves fighting to stay alive as a gang of bloodthirsty predators attack.

Natural Selection
Having discovered that her dying husband has an illegitimate child living in Florida, a devout Christian housewife leaves her sheltered world on a mission to reunite father and son.

Painted Skin
According to ancient lore, if a human freely offers their heart to a demon, that monster can become mortal, experiencing the true pains and passions of existence. Xiaowei, a millennia-old fox spirit, searches for her chance to become human. Princess Jing flees her kingdom by pursuing the only man she ever loved. A twist of fate brings Xiaowei and Jing together, and a slow game of wits, deceit, and seduction begins for the princess' very own heart.

Quick Flicks for the Week of November 20, 2012

Cat Run By Stockwell, John 2012-06 - Universal Home Video 0025192123313 Check Our Catalog …More

Comes a Bright Day By Aboud, Simon 2012-11 - Strand Releasing Home Video 0712267321322 Check Our Catalog …More

Stephen Sondheim's Company By Price, Lonny 2012-11 - Image/Sphe 0014381828221 Check Our Catalog …More

The Expendables 2 By West, Simon 2012-11 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398160854 Check Our Catalog Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Lee Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) -- with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard -- are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. The task looks like an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries. But when things go wrong and one of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against them. Hell-bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time - six pounds of weapons-grade plutonium; enough to change the balance of power in the world. But that's nothing compared to the justice they serve against the villainous adversary who savagely murdered their brother. …More

The Invisible War By Dick, Kirby 2012-10 - New Video Group 0767685277171 Check Our Catalog …More

The Love You Save By Givens, Robin 2012-11 - Image/Sphe 0014381824629 Check Our Catalog …More

Lukewarm By Jones, Jeremy 2012-11 - Image/Sphe 0014381826722 Check Our Catalog …More

Neil Young Journeys By Demme, Jonathan 2012-10 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396407848 Check Our Catalog In May of 2011, Neil Young drove a 1956 Crown Victoria from his idyllic hometown of Omemee, Ontario to downtown Toronto's iconic Massey Hall where he intimately performed the last two nights of his solo world tour. Along the drive, Young recounted insightful and introspective stories from his youth to filmmaker Jonathan Demme. Demme, a long-time fan and collaborator, captured these tales of Young's childhood and masterfully weaved them together with his mesmerizing music including songs from the 2010 album Le Noise and powerful renditions of classics including Ohio, Hey Hey, My My, I Believe in You and previously unreleased songs Leia and You Never Call. …More

Nitro Circus: The Movie By Godfrey, Gregg 2012-11 - Anderson Merchandisers, L 0796019825795 Check Our Catalog Travis Pastrana and his skilled, adrenaline-addicted friends bring their impossibly insane adventures to the big screen. They back-flip a bike between two 60-story buildings and go airborne to destroy their friends in a life-size, high-speed game of Freedom Flyers. …More

Rescue (Imax) By Low, Stephen 2012-11 - Image/Sphe 0014381816921 Check Our Catalog …More

Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable
The X-Men are off to protect the Earth from its destruction at the hands of the Breakworld. When it's all over, nothing will be the same.

Supernatural activity
An illusionist and his friends embark on an adventure to investigate paranormal occurrences.

Quick Flicks for the Week of November 13, 2012

2 Days in New York By Delpy, Julie Director Rock, Chris 2012-11 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent 0876964005081 Check Our Catalog Hip talk-radio host and journalist Mingus (Chris Rock) and his French photographer girlfriend, Marion (Julie Delpy), live cozily in a New York apartment with their cat and two young children from previous relationships. But when Marion's jolly father (played by Delpy's real-life dad, Albert Delpy), her oversexed sister, and her sister's outrageous boyfriend unceremoniously descend upon them for an overseas visit, it initiates two unforgettable days of family mayhem. With their unabashed openness and sexual frankness, the triumvirate is bereft of boundaries or filters. . . and no one is left unscathed in its wake. The visitors push every button in the couple's relationship, truly putting it to the test. How will the couple fare. . . when the French come to New York? …More

The Amazing Spider-Man By Webb, Marc Director Stone, Emma 2012-11 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396409415 Check Our Catalog Peter Parker finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. …More

Brave By Chapman, Brenda MacDonald Director Connolly, Billy Andrews Director Andrews, Mark 2012-11 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936813111 Check Our Catalog A rugged and mythic Scotland is the setting for Pixar's action-adventure "The Bear and the Bow." The impetuous, tangle-haired Merida, though a daughter of royalty, would prefer to make her mark as a great archer. A clash of wills with her mother compels Merida to make a reckless choice, which unleashes unintended peril on her father's kingdom and her mother's life. Merida struggles with the unpredictable forces of nature, magic and a dark, ancient curse to set things right. …More

Christmas Pageant By Sr, David S. Cass 2012-10 - Gaiam Americas 0883476091327 Check Our Catalog …More

Coma By Salomon, Mikael 2012-10 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396402133 Check Our Catalog …More

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate By Hark, Tsui 2012-10 - Gaiam Americas 0883476091242 Check Our Catalog International action legend Jet Li stars in this gripping martial arts epic set three years after the infamous Dragon Inn was left in ruins. A new gang has taken over the wayward place, using it as their base for uncovering a nearby treasure. But secrets lie within its walls, as a pregnant palace concubine and a swordswoman take refuge from a determined royal eunuch tracking their every move. As an explosive mix of warriors, fugitives and assassins converge in the desert for a deadly showdown, only one man can protect the women, the mysterious Zhao (Li). Filled with spectacular special effects and stunning battle sequences, this martial arts masterpiece delivers knock-out action that has to be seen to be believed. …More

The Forgiveness of Blood By Marston, Joshua 2012-10 - Image/Sphe 0715515099813 Check Our Catalog ALB …More

Gabe the Cupid Dog By 2012-10 - Anderson Merchandisers, L 0037117045136 Check Our Catalog …More

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding By Beresford, Bruce 2012-10 - MPI Home Video 0030306957692 Check Our Catalog …More

The Queen of Versailles By Greenfield, Lauren Director Siegel, Jackie 2012-11 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent 0876964005043 Check Our Catalog Directed by lauded filmmaker and photographer Lauren Greenfield, who won the U.S. Directing Award for Documentary Film at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for this film, The Queen of Versailles is a character-driven documentary about a billionaire family and their financial challenges in the wake of the economic crisis. With epic proportions of Shakespearean tragedy, the film follows two unique characters, whose rags-to-riches success stories reveal the innate virtues and flaws of the American Dream. The film begins with the family triumphantly constructing the biggest house in America, a 90,000 sq. ft. palace. Over the next two years, their sprawling empire, fueled by the real estate bubble and cheap money, falters due to the economic crisis. Major changes in lifestyle and character ensue within the cross-cultural household of family members and domestic staff. …More

Restless City By Dosunmu, Andrew Director Gurira, Danai 2012-12 - Screen Media 0814838012353 Check Our Catalog …More

Savages By Stone, Oliver 2012-11 - Universal Home Video 0025192123719 Check Our Catalog Three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone returns to the screen with the ferocious thriller Savages; featuring the all-star ensemble cast of Taylor Kitsch; Blake Lively; Aaron Johnson; John Travolta; Uma Thurman; Benicio Del Toro; Salma Hayek; Emile Hirsch and Demian Bichir. The film is based on Don Winslowas best-selling crime novel that was named one of The New York Times' Top 10 Books of 2010. …More

Turn Me On, Dammit By Jacobsen, Jannicke Systad 2012-10 - New Yorker Video 0717119116040 Check Our Catalog 15-year-old Alma is consumed by her hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on. …More

The Watch By Schaffer, Akiva 2012-11 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543814429 Check Our Catalog Four everyday suburban guys come together to form a neighborhood watch group; but only as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites; they have no choice but to save their neighborhood -- and the world -- from total extermination. …More

Bittoo Boss
Videographer Bittoo is the 'boss' of all weddings in a small-town. In a desperate attempt to make it big, he dabbles in the sex-spy camera business. Will his fate change, or will the good-hearted boy go back to the less-perverted shaadi scene?

Dark Horse
In his mid-30s, Abe clings to the trappings of his adolescence, including his collection of toys and action figures adorning his bedroom. Still living with his parents, Abe works for his increasingly disappointed father and feels resentful of his brother's success as a California doctor. When Abe meets Miranda, whose personal and professional disasters have sent her scrambling back to the safety of her parents' home, he sees what he thinks is a chance at true love.

Fire with Fire
After witnessing the brutal murders of a convenience store owner and his son; firefighter Jeremy Coleman nearly escapes with his life. As he is forced to testify against the crime lord, Hagan, he is placed in the witness protection program under the watch of the U.S. Marshalls.  

Forensics on Trial
There is a startling gap between the glamorous television world of 'CSI' and the gritty reality of the forensic crime lab. In Forensics on Trial, NOVA investigates how modern forensics can send innocent men and women to prison, and sometimes even to death row. NOVA will investigate today's shaky state of crime science as well as cutting-edge solutions that could help investigators put the real criminals behind bars.

Secrets of the Viking Sword
The Vikings were the most ferocious warriors of the Middle Ages. Especially fearsome were the select few who wielded a formidable weapon: a light, razor sharp, virtually indestructible sword with its maker's name, ULFBERHT, inlaid along the blade. But who Ulfberht was, where the sword came from, and how it was made remained secrets for more than 1,000 years?

Snowmageddon
It's Christmas Eve in Normal, Alaska, and not a flake of snow has fallen yet. But when mysterious earthquakes, explosive fires, ice meteors and underground spikes suddenly strike the quaint mountain village, the local sheriff, his helicopter pilot wife and their two kids must figure out why nature hates the holidays. COuld a supernatural snow globe be triggering this season of destruction, or will a massive volcano roast Earth's chestnuts forever?

Trishna
Trishna lives with her family in a village in Rajasthan and works in a resort to help pay the family bills. Jay is the wealthy son of a property developer. When Jay takes up managing resorts, he meets Trishna and wins her affection. They move to Mumbai, but problems arise when his deep family bond threatens their bliss.