Quick Flicks for Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Crazy Kind of Love By Siegel-Magness, Sarah 2013-07 - Phase 4 Films 0625828619441 Check Our Catalog While re-evaluating her life, a mother relies on her stoner son and his awkward brother to keep life interesting. When an unlikely romance blossoms between the youngest son and the girl next door, she realizes the key to her happiness can be found where she least expects it. …More

Dead Man Down By Oplev, Niels Arden 2013-07 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396424265 Check Our Catalog Niels Arden Oplev, the acclaimed director of the original The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, makes his American theatrical debut with the new action thriller, DEAD MAN DOWN. Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace star as two strangers who are irresistibly drawn to one another by their mutual desire for revenge. …More

The Gatekeepers By Moreh, Dror 2013-07 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396423213 Check Our Catalog Charged with overseeing Israel's war on terror-both Palestinian and Jewish- the head of the Shin Bet, Israel's secret service is present at the crossroad of every decision made. For the first time ever six former heads of the agency agreed to share their insights and reflect publicly on their actions and decisions. The Gatekeepers offers an exclusive account of the sum of their success and failures. It validates the reasons that each man individually and the six as a group came to reconsider their hard-line positions and advocate a conciliatory approach toward their enemies based on a two-state solution. …More

Spring Breakers By Korine, Harmony 2013-07 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398170914 Check Our Catalog SPRING BREAKERS tells the story of four sexy college girls as they plan to fund their spring break getaway by robbing a fast food joint. But that's only the beginning... At a motel room rager, fun reaches its legal limit and the girls are arrested and taken to jail. Hungover and clad only in bikinis, the girls appear before a judge but are bailed out unexpectedly by Alien (James Franco), an infamous local thug and amateur rapper who takes them under his wing and leads them on the wildest Spring Break trip in history. 'Rough on the outside but with a soft soul on the inside, Alien wins over the hearts and dreams of the young Spring Breakers, and leads them on a Spring Break they never could have imagined. …More

Tyler Perry's Temptation By Perry, Tyler 2013-07 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398171249 Check Our Catalog An explosive romance about forbidden desires, TYLER PERRY'S TEMPTATION tells the provocative story of Judith, an ambitious married woman whose temptation by a handsome billionaire leads to betrayal, recklessness and forever alters the course of her life. …More

Quick Flicks for Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Identity Thief By Gordon, Seth 2013-07 - Universal Home Video 0025192161445 Check Our Catalog Horrible Bosses' Jason Bateman and Bridesmaids' Melissa McCarthy lead the cast of Identity Thief, an all-star comedy in which a regular guy is forced to extreme measures to clear his name. With everything to lose after his identity is stolen, he'll find out how crazed you can get trying to settle a bad credit score. Unlimited funds have allowed Diana (McCarthy) to live it up on the outskirts of Miami, where the queen of retail buys whatever strikes her fancy. There's only one glitch: The ID she's using to finance these sprees reads "Sandy Bigelow Patterson,".. and it belongs to an accounts rep (Bateman) who lives halfway across the U.S. With only one week to hunt down the con artist before his world implodes, the real Sandy Bigelow Patterson heads south to confront the woman with an all-access pass to his life. And as he attempts to bribe, coax and wrangle her the 2,000 miles to Denver, one easy target will discover just how tough it is to get your name back. …More

Inescapable By Nadda, Ruba 2013-07 - MPI Home Video 0030306986494 Check Our Catalog It is late January, 2011. The Tunisian government has just fallen and protests are building in Cairo. Adib Abdel Kareem, a Syrian expatriate (Alexander Siddig), has made a successful, new life for himself in Canada. When his daughter, Muna, goes missing in Damascus, he must return to his homeland for the first time in two decades to find her, and calls on Fatima, a former love he had to leave behind (Marisa Tomei), to help him. A Canadian embassy official (Joshua Jackson) is at first helpful, but may have an agenda of his own. …More

Mental By Hogan, P. J. 2013-06 - Universal Home Video 0025192181009 Check Our Catalog From the director of Muriel's Wedding, PJ Hogan and star Toni Collette, reunite in an original comedy with heart. The Moochmore girls are certain they all suffer from some kind of undiagnosed mental illness because if they're not crazy then they're just unpopular. Their mother Shirley (Rebecca Gibney) unable to cope with her demanding daughters and unsupported by her philandering politician husband, Barry (Anthony LaPaglia) suffers a nervous breakdown. After Barry commits his wife to a mental hospital (telling his constituents that "she's on holiday") he finds himself alone with 5 teenage girls he barely knows. Desperate, he impulsively picks up a hitchhiker named Shaz (Collette) and installs her in his home as nanny to his daughters. …More

Wiener Dog Nationals By Peterson, Kevan 2013-07 - Inception Media Group 0815300011720 Check Our Catalog …More

Quick Flicks for Tuesday, June 25, 2013

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone By Scardino, Don 2013-06 - New Line Cinema Corporation 0794043164811 Check Our Catalog Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas Strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt's growing ego. But lately the duo's greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they've grown to loathe each other. Facing cutthroat competition from guerilla street magician Steve Gray (Jim Carrey), whose cult following surges with each outrageous stunt, even their show is starting to look stale. But there's still a chance Burt and Anton can save the act--both onstage and off--if only Burt can get back in touch with what made him love magic in the first place. …More

Quick Flicks for Tuesday 18, 2013

 

21 & Over By Lucas, Jon 2013-06 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543834250 Check Our Catalog From the writers of The Hangover, comes a comedy 21 years in the making. Straight-A college student Jeff Chang has always done what he was supposed to do. But when his two best friends take him out for his 21st birthday on the night before an important medical school interview, Jeff Chang snaps and decides to do everything he wants to do. What was supposed to be a quick beer becomes a night of humiliation, over indulgence and utter debauchery in this outrageous comedy about a rite of passage gone so very wrong. …More

Jack The Giant Slayer By Singer, Bryan 2013-06 - New Line Cinema Corporation 0794043157714 Check Our Catalog An age-old war is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the long-banished giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack (Nicholas Hoult), into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend...and gets the chance to become a legend himself. …More

The Last Exorcism Part II By Gass-Donnelly, Ed 2013-06 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396424500 Check Our Catalog Continuing where the first film left off, Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell) is found terrified and alone in rural Louisiana. Back in the relative safety of New Orleans, Nell realizes that she can't remember entire portions of the previous months only that she is the last surviving member of her family. Just as Nell begins the difficult process of starting a new life, the evil force that once possessed her is back with other, unimaginably horrific plans that mean her last exorcism was just the beginning. …More

Quartet By Hoffman, Dustin 2013-06 - Anchor Bay 0013132603551 Check Our Catalog A trio of retired opera singers' annual celebration of Verdi's birthday sours when their estranged fourth member shows up but refuses to sing. Tensions rise and diva drama erupts -- will personal problems prevent the show from going on? …More

Side Effects By Soderbergh, Steven 2013-06 - Universal Home Video 0025192158230 Check Our Catalog SIDE EFFECTS is a provocative thriller about Emily and Martin (Rooney Mara and Channing Tatum), a successful New York couple whose world unravels when a new drug prescribed by Emily's psychiatrist (Jude Law) - intended to treat anxiety - has unexpected side effects. …More

Stoker By Chan-Wook, Park 2013-06 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543791690 Check Our Catalog After India's (Mia Wasikowska's) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother Evelyn (Nicole Kidman). Soon after his arrival, she comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives, but instead of feeling outrage or horror, this friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him. …More

Quick Flicks for Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters By Wirkola, Tommy 2013-06 - Paramount Home Video 0032429129529 Check Our Catalog After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches...their past. …More

Open Road By Garcia, Marcio 2013-05 - Universal Home Video 0025192184772 Check Our Catalog Academy Award nominees Andy Garcia and Juliette Lewis join Camilla Belle and Colin Egglesfield in this heartwarming coming-of-age story. Angie (Belle) is a free spirit living on her own terms and occasionally waitressing to make money. But when she makes connections with a drifter (Garcia), a handsome cop (Egglesfield), and his sister (Lewis), she finds herself torn between her life of absolute freedom and being tied to people who care about her. Beautifully filmed and acted, it's an inspiring film about love in all its many forms. …More

Oz The Great and Powerful By Franco, James 2013-06 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936834505 Check Our Catalog Disney's fantastical adventure "Oz The Great and Powerful," directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum's beloved character, the Wizard of Oz. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he's hit the jackpot--fame and fortune are his for the taking--that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity--and even a bit of wizardry--Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well. …More

Snitch By Waugh, Ric Roman 2013-06 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0025192190605 Check Our Catalog In the fast-paced action thriller SNITCH, Dwayne Johnson stars as a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years. Desperate and determined to rescue his son at all costs, he makes a deal with the U.S. attorney to work as an undercover informant and infiltrate a drug cartel on a dangerous mission -- risking everything, including his family and his own life. …More