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New Quick Flicks for the Week of September 20, 2011

Bridesmaids By Feig, Paul Wiig 2011-09 - Universal Home Video 0025192076251 Check Our Catalog Kristen Wiig leads the cast as Annie, a maid of honor whose life unravels as she leads her best friend, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), and a group of colorful bridesmaids (Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper) on a wild ride down the road to matrimony. Annies life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillians maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, shell show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far youll go for someone you love. …More

Dumbo By Sharpsteen, Ben Voice by Holloway, Sterling Voice by Bing, Herman 2011-09 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936793192 Check Our Catalog The classic Disney tale of a brave baby elephant with big ears -- and an even bigger heart! …More

Love, Wedding, Marriage By Mulroney, Dermot Director Lutz, Kellan Mulroney 2011-09 - MPI Home Video 0030306966199 Check Our Catalog Mandy Moore stars as Eva, a newlywed who has it all: a successful career as a top marriage counselor, a hot husband (Kellan Lutz of The Twilight Saga) and the answers to everything. But when she finds out that her parents (Jane Seymour and James Brolin) are getting a divorce and her hubby has neglected to mention his first wife, Evas perfect world begins to crumble. Is true love little more than a fairy tale or is marriage really just an institution for the committed? Jessica Szhor (Gossip Girl), Michael Weston (House) and Christopher Lloyd co-star in this sexy and surprising romantic comedy from the producers of My Life in Ruins and The Wedding Date. …More

Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown By White, Michael Jai 2011-09 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396380318 Check Our Catalog Behind closed doors of a seemingly normal college, the ultimate showdown in underground MMA fighting is being planned. Ex-MMA rising star CaseWalker (Michael JaiWhite) trains four college-age fighters, each with their own individual obstacles. Case will instruct them to master the most mind-blowing fighting techniques and go head to head in the most punishing competition ever devised - The Beatdown. Featuring UFC Champion Lyoto Machida, MMA fighter Scott Epstein and UFC fighter Todd Duffee. …More

The River Murders By Cowan, Rich 2011-09 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396380257 Check Our Catalog The sins of the past are not forgotten in this chilling suspense thriller starring Ray Liotta, Ving Rhames and Christian Slater. When the first body was discovered, it seemed a coincidence. But now homicide detective Jack Verdon (Liotta) has cause to worry: the victims of a series of brutal sex murders are all his former girlfriends. Suspected by the FBI agent whos taken over the case (Slater) and suspended by his captain (Rhames), Jack must work outside the law if hes to find the killer, save his future and protect whats left of his past. …More

Set Up By Gunther, Mike 2011-09 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398142256 Check Our Catalog A group of friends plan out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking off with the goods. Taking matters into his own hands, Sonny seeks out his revenge teaming up with the most dangerous mob boss in town to get back what is rightfully his. When he finally comes face to face with his longtime friend he will be forced to make a life changing choice. …More

Beverly Lewis' the Shunning By Jr, Michael Landon Director Stringfield, Sherry Landon 2011-09 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396380226 Check Our Catalog Katie Lapp (Danielle Panabaker) has always struggled with the rules that define her sheltered Amish community, but when a wealthy outsider (Sherry Stringfield) begins asking questions about her family, Katie begins to wonder about her origins. What connection does this woman have to her life]and how will the unraveling secrets challenge Katies faith? Beverly Lewis The Shunning is a powerful, personal journey of discovery based on the famous novel by the New York Times bestselling author. …More

Son of Morning By Raz, Yaniv 2011-09 - E1 0741952700890 Check Our Catalog …More

Wrecked By 2011-08 - MPI Home Video 0030306965796 Check Our Catalog Adrien Brody stars as a man who awakens in a mangled car-wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. Injured and trapped inside, with no memory of how he got there or who he is, he must rely on his most primal instincts to survive. But as he attempts to free himself from the carnage and escape an impossible situation, a darker side is revealed. Even if he manages to survive, the man may have to face the horrible consequences of an earlier, forgotten life. …More

Ed Hardy: Tattoo the World
Chronicles the life and works of tattoo artist Don "Ed" Hardy, who is also an author, painter, and publisher.

In a Better World (Hævnen)
The lives of two Danish families will become entwined when their sons develop an extraordinary but risky friendship. Unfortunately, loneliness, frailty, and sorrow lie in wait.

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New Quick Flicks for the Week of September 13, 2011

Bill Cunningham New York By Press, Richard 2011-09 - Zeitgeist Films 0795975113731 Check Our Catalog The Bill in question is 80+ New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soires for the Times Style section in his columns On the Street and Evening Hours. Documenting uptown fixtures (Wintour, Tom Wolfe, Brooke Astor, David Rockefellerwho all appear in the film out of their love for Bill), downtown eccentrics and everyone in between, Cunninghams enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair. In turn, Bill Cunningham New York is a delicate, funny and often poignant portrait of a dedicated artist whose only wealth is his own humanity and unassuming grace. …More

Clash By Son, Le Thanh 2011-08 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 0883476032986 Check Our Catalog …More

Dark Days By Singer, Marc 2009-09 - video FL09220904004 Check Our Catalog For two years Marc Singer lived with the people who make their home in the tunnels beneath Penn Station in New York, creating an unflinching portrait of a part of society that is literally and figuratively beneath our notice. …More

Last Night By Tadjedin, Massy 2011-08 - Echo Bridge Home Ent 0096009785390 Check Our Catalog Set in New York City, LAST NIGHT is the story of a married couple, who, while, apart for one night, are confronted by temptation that may decide the fate of their marriage. Joanna (Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley) and Michael Reed (Sam Worthington) are seven years into a successful and happy relationship. They are moving along in their lives together until Joanna meets Laura (Eva Mendes), the stunningly beautiful work colleague whom Michael never mentioned. While Michael is away with Laura on a business trip, Joanna runs into an old but never quite forgotten love, Alex (Guillaume Canet), and agrees to have drinks with him. As the night progresses and temptation increases for the couple, each must confront who they are inside and outside of their relationship. Last Night is ultimately a film about choices the choice you make to be with someone, to give yourself to them physically, and emotionally, and how to survive after youve made your choice. …More

Meek's Cutoff By Reichardt, Kelly 2011-09 - Oscilloscope Pictures 0896602002319 Check Our Catalog MEEKS CUTOFF, from acclaimed director Kelly Reichardt (WENDY AND LUCY, OLD JOY), is a stark and poetic drama set in 1845, the earliest days of the treacherous Oregon Trail. A wagon train of three families (including two-time Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams) has hired mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a shortcut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants must face the scourges of hunger, thirst, and their own lack of faith in each others instincts for survival. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a guide who has proven himself unreliable and a man who has always been seen as their natural born enemy. …More

Neds By Mullan, Peter 2011-08 - New Video Group 0767685248379 Check Our Catalog In 1970s Glasgow, John is a bright boy. With no one willing to give him a chance, he descends into a life of crime. Actor/director Peter Mullans intense portrayal of NEDS is a gritty look at the loss of hope. 2011 Tribeca Film Festival Official Selection. …More

Somebody Help Me 2 By 2011-08 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 0883476032924 Check Our Catalog Brendan and Darryl have both moved on with their lives following the events at the cabin in the woods; not unscathed however. Coming up on the anniversary, Brendan is still having nightmares that he feels will come true at any moment. His worse fears come to life when his wife and niece don't return home one night. …More

Thor By Branagh, Kenneth 2011-09 - Paramount Home Video 0097361439648 Check Our Catalog The epic adventure Thor spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the mystical realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is The Mighty Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. As a result, Thor is banished to Earth, where he is forced to live among humans. When the most dangerous villain of his world sends its darkest forces to invade Earth, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero. Thor is the tale of one mans mythic journey: from a petulant prince born to inherit the throne, to a humble super hero who earns the right to lead. …More

X-Men First Class By Vaughn, Matthew Director Bacon, Kevin Vaughn 2011-09 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543750871 Check Our Catalog X-MEN: FIRST CLASS charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop nuclear Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men. …More

Queen's Blade 2: The Evil Eye, series part 2
Leina, Tomoe, and the rest of the finalists for the Queen's Blade Tournament take up residence in Gynos, the Queen's capital. Each of the girls is paired up in duels, and friends are forced to fight each other with their lives on the line.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of September 6, 2011

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff By McCall, Craig 2011-08 - Strand Releasing Home Video 0712267301423 Check Our Catalog A star studded documentary about one of the greatest Oscar winning cinematographers to capture the beauty of such stars as Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and Sophia Loren in such memorable classics as THE AFRICAN QUEEN, THE RED SHOES, BAREFOOT CONTESSA and BLACK NARCISSUS. With a career spanning more than 80 years, this passionate documentary reveals the craft of one of cinema's most indelible image-makers, Jack Cardiff. …More

Con Artist By Sladek, Michael 2011-08 - New Yorker Films 0717119114640 Check Our Catalog Con Artist is a stylishly dark docu-comedy excavating America's cravings for fame and fortune via one of its most outrageous addicts. Once a legitimate art star in the 1980s New York scene, millionaire "business artist" Mark Kostabi hires others to conceive and create paintings which he openly signs and sells as his own. Over the course of this highly energetic character study, Con Artist focuses on Kostabi's current attempts to regain prominence and find happiness through fame, which he openly equates with love. …More

Everything Must Go By Rush, Dan 2011-09 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398142164 Check Our Catalog Adapted and directed by Dan Rush, and based on a short story by Raymond Carver, EVERYTHING MUST GO tells the story of NICK HALSEY (WILL FERRELL) a career salesman whose days of being on top are long gone. The same day Nick gets fired, for falling off the wagon one last time, he returns home to discover his wife has left him, changed the locks on their suburban home and dumped all his possessions out on the front yard. Faced with his life imploding, Nick puts it all on the line - or more properly, on the lawn - reluctantly holding a yard sale that becomes a unique strategy for survival. …More

Hanna By Wright, Joe 2011-09 - Universal Home Video 0025192074677 Check Our Catalog Raised by her father (Eric Bana of Star Trek), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland, Hannas upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own (Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett). As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity. …More

The High Cost of Living By Chow, Deborah 2011-08 - New Video Group 0767685248362 Check Our Catalog One night, Henry (Zach Braff) and Nathalies (Isabelle Blais) lives tragically collide. The impact of their choices forces them both to confront loss, love and life, and decide if the high cost of living is worth the price. …More

Red Faction: Origins By Nankin, Michael 2011-08 - Universal Home Video 0025192102783 Check Our Catalog Twenty-five years have passed since Alec Mason (Robert Patrick) led the Martian Colonies to freedom ]and 12 years since vengeful enemies killed his wife, kidnapped his daughter Lyra (Tamzin Merchant), and left a broken hero in their wake. Jake Mason (Brian J. Smith), Alecs last surviving son and an officer in the Red Faction Militia, has his world turned inside out when he discovers that now, 12 years after her kidnapping, his sister is still alive. As a powerful new enemy swarms across the planet, Jake goes out to find her, only to learn that his lost sister is one of them]a cold-blooded soldier sworn to destroy the Red Faction. Jake must now battle the relentless regime and somehow reunite a family torn apart by war. …More

Super Hybrid By Valette, Eric 2011-08 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132351094 Check Our Catalog …More

Vidal Sassoon: The Movie By 2011-09 - Phase 4 Films 0625828587702 Check Our Catalog …More