Quick Flicks for the Week of February 19, 2013

Argo By Affleck, Ben 2013-02 - Warner Home Video 0883929241392 Check Our Catalog Based on true events, "Argo" chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis--the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades. On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA "exfiltration" specialist named Tony Mendez (Affleck) comes up with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies. …More

Caught on Tape By Fingaz, Sticky 2013-02 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398165095 Check Our Catalog …More

Deadfall By Ruzowitzky, Stefan 2013-02 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent 0876964005326 Check Our Catalog Siblings Addison (Eric Bana) and Liza (Olivia Wilde) are on the run from a casino heist gone wrong. When a car accident leaves their wheel man and a state trooper dead, they split up and make a run for the Canadian border in the worst of circumstances - a near whiteout blizzard. While Addison heads cross-country, creating mayhem in his wake, Liza is picked up by ex-boxer Jay (Charlie Hunnam), en-route for a Thanksgiving homecoming with his parents, June (Sissy Spacek) and retired sheriff Chet (Kris Kristofferson). It's there the siblings are reunited in a terse and thrilling showdown that pushes the bonds of family to the limit. …More

Death Race 3: Inferno By Reine, Roel 2013-02 - Universal Home Video 0025192113147 Check Our Catalog …More

End of Watch By Ayer, David Director Pena, Michael 2013-02 - Universal Home Video 0025192157837 Check Our Catalog End Of Watch stars Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena as young Los Angeles police officers Taylor and Zavala as they patrol the city's meanest streets of south central Los Angeles. Giving the story a gripping, first-person immediacy, the action unfolds through footage from the handheld HD cameras of the police officers, gang members, surveillance cameras, and citizens caught in the line of fire to create a riveting portrait of the city's most dangerous corners, the cops who risk their lives there every day, and the price they and their families are forced to pay. …More

For a Good Time, Call... By Travis, Jamie Director Miller, Lauren 2013-02 - Universal Home Video 0025192156625 Check Our Catalog …More

Fun Size By Schwartz, Josh 2013-02 - Paramount Home Video 0097363571148 Check Our Catalog Fun Size is a teen comedy centered on a high school senior, Wren (Victoria Justice), who is eager to distance herself from her dysfunctional family by going off to college. Before that can happen, Wren's mother Joy insists that she watch her little brother Albert on Halloween night so Joy can go to a rager with her much younger boyfriend. When Wren gets distracted by an invitation to the party of the year, Albert disappears into a sea of trick-or-treaters. Frantic to locate him before their mother discovers he's missing, Wren enlists the help of her sarcastic best friend April as well as Peng, an aspiring ladies man and co-captain of the debate team, and Peng's best friend, Roosevelt, a sweet nerd whose crush on Wren clouds his better judgment. This unlikely foursome embarks on a high-stakes, all-night adventure to find Albert, crossing paths with outrageous characters every step of the way. …More

The Package By Johnson, Jesse V. 2013-02 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132594729 Check Our Catalog …More

Sinister By Derrickson, Scott 2013-02 - Universal 0025192175473 Check Our Catalog A true crime novelist struggling to find his next big story discovers a box of home videos showing other families being brutally murdered, but his investigation soon leads him to a supernatural entity that may be placing his own family in harm's way. …More

Undercover Bridesmaid By Diamond, Matthew 2013-01 - Gaiam Americas 0883476092232 Check Our Catalog …More

Quick Flicks for the Week of February 12, 2013

Fairfield Road By Weaver, David 2013-02 - Gaiam Americas 0883476092249 Check Our Catalog After Noah McManus loses a high-powered political job and his fiance all in one day, he escapes to the small New England town of Harpswell in Cape Cod. There he falls in love with a bookstore owner as well as the quaint town itself, giving him new purpose and a sense of belonging that he has been missing in life. …More

Bully By Hirsch, Lee 2013-02 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132598864 Check Our Catalog Directed by Sundance and Emmy-award winning filmmaker, Lee Hirsch, The Bully Project is a beautifully cinematic, character-driven documentary. At its heart are those with huge stakes in this issue whose stories each represent a different facet of America's bullying crisis. The Bully Project follows five kids and families over the course of a school year. …More

Compliance By Zobel, Craig 2013-01 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent 0876964005166 Check Our Catalog When a police officer tells you to do something, you do it. Right? Inspired by true events, COMPLIANCE tells the chilling story of just how far one might go to obey a figure of authority. …More

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis By 2013-01 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132599526 Check Our Catalog …More

Joan Rivers: Don't Start with Me By 2013-01 - E1 0741952721499 Check Our Catalog …More

The Sessions By Hunt, Helen 2013-02 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543831594 Check Our Catalog Based on the poignantly optimistic autobiographical writings of California-based journalist and poet Mark O'Brien, THE SESSIONS tells the story of a man confined to an iron lung who is determined - at age 38 - to lose his virginity. With the help of his therapists and the guidance of his priest, he sets out to make his dream a reality. …More

Skyfall By Mendes, Sam 2013-02 - MGM 0883904285335 Check Our Catalog Daniel Craig is back as James Bond 007 in Skyfall, the 23rd adventure in the longest-running film franchise of all time. In Skyfall, Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. …More

Quick Flicks for the week 2/5/13

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2  By Oliva, Jay Voice by Weller, Peter Voice by Winter, Ariel 2013-01 - Warner Home Video 0883929252213 Check Our Catalog …More

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1  By Oliva, Jay Director Winter, Ariel Oliva Voice by Weller, Peter 2012-09 - Warner Home Video 0883929206131 Check Our Catalog …More

The Chicago 8  By Perry, Pinchas 2013-01 - Passion River Films 0091037407863 Check Our Catalog …More

The Cold Light of Day  By El Mechri, Mabrouk 2013-01 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 0025192143564 Check Our Catalog Will Shaw (Henry Cavill) goes to Spain for a week long sailing vacation with his family but his whole world turns upside down when the family is kidnapped by intelligence agents hell-bent on recovering a mysterious briefcase and Will suddenly finds himself on the run. …More

Hotel Transylvania  By Tartakovsky, Genndy Director Gomez, Selena Voice by Sandler, Adam 2013-01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396413733 Check Our Catalog Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's (Adam Sandler) lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of the world's most famous monsters - Frankenstein and his bride, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and more - to celebrate his daughter Mavis's 118th birthday. For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem - but his world could come crashing down when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis. …More

George Lopez: It's Not Me It's You  By  2013-01 - HBO Home Video 0883929280537 Check Our Catalog …More

The Liability  By Viveiros, Craig 2013-01 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398162674 Check Our Catalog …More

Paranormal Activity 4  By Joost, Henry Director Schulman, Ariel 2013-01 - Paramount Home Video 0097363581345 Check Our Catalog When Katie disappeared with her nephew Hunter, there were no survivors. Five years later she's returned with a mysterious boy, ready to target new victims with her demonic rage. Now, a family's young daughter will capture every one of the terrifying occurrences, beginning with her new neighbors' arrival. …More

Seven Psychopaths  By McDonagh, Martin 2013-01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396413160 Check Our Catalog A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.A screenwriter is drawn into a dog kidnapping scheme by his oddball friends. …More

Alex Cross  By Cohen, Rob 2013-02 - Universal 0025192177156 Check Our Catalog ALEX CROSS follows the young homicide detective/psychologist (Tyler Perry), from the worldwide best-selling novels by James Patterson, as he meets his match in a serial killer (Matthew Fox). The two face off in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, but when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits in this taut and exciting action thriller. …More

Bangkok Assassins  By  2013-01 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398162872 Check Our Catalog …More

Celeste and Jesse Forever  By Krieger, Lee Toland 2013-02 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396414297 Check Our Catalog Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) met in high school, married young and are growing apart. Now thirty, Celeste is the driven owner of her own media consulting firm, Jesse is once again unemployed and in no particular rush to do anything with his life. Celeste is convinced that divorcing Jesse is the right thing to do -- she is on her way up, he is on his way nowhere, and if they do it now instead of later, they can remain supportive friends. Jesse passively accepts this transition into friendship, even though he is still in love with her. As the reality of their separation sets in, Celeste slowly and painfully realizes she has been cavalier about their relationship, and her decision, which once seemed mature and progressive, now seems impulsive and selfish. But her timing with Jesse is less than fortuitous. While navigating the turbulent changes in their lives and in their hearts, these two learn that in order to truly love someone, you may have to let them go. …More

Flight  By Zemeckis, Robert 2013-02 - Paramount Home Video 0097361700045 Check Our Catalog FLIGHT tells the redemption story of "Whip" (Washington), a commercial airline pilot who pulls off a heroic feat of flying in a damaged plane, saving 98 lives on a flight carrying 106 people. While the world begs to embrace him as a true American Hero, the everyman struggles with this label as he is forced to hold up to the scrutiny of an investigation that brings into question his behavior the night before the doomed flight. …More

Here Comes the Boom  By Coraci, Frank 2013-02 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396414358 Check Our Catalog In the comedy Here Comes the Boom, former collegiate wrester Scott Voss (Kevin James) is a 42-year-old apathetic biology teacher in a failing high school. When cutbacks threaten to cancel the music program and lay off its teacher (Henry Winkler, ) Scott begins to raise money by moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter. Everyone thinks Scott is crazy - most of all the school nurse, Bella (Salma Hayek) - but in his quest, Scott gains something he never expected as he becomes a sensation that rallies the entire school. …More

New Quick Flicks for the Week of January 22, 2013

Game Change By Roach, Jay 2013-01 - HBO Home Video 0883929251872 Check Our Catalog Game Change is a searing, behind- the-scenes look at John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, from the decision to select Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as McCain's running mate to the ticket's ultimate defeat in the general election just sixty days later. Told primarily through the eyes of senior McCain strategist Steve Schmidt, who originally championed Palin and later came to regret the choice, Game Change pulls back the curtain on the intense human drama surrounding the McCain team, the critical decisions made behind closed doors and how the choice was made to bring Palin on the ticket. The film examines how we choose our leaders by offering a unique glimpse into the inner workings of an historic campaign. …More

Betrayed at 17 By 2012-10 - Mti Home Video 0039414521740 Check Our Catalog …More

Crowsnest By Spencer, Brenton 2013-01 - MPI Home Video 0030306957890 Check Our Catalog …More

Nobody Walks By Russo-Young, Ry 2013-01 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent 0876964005180 Check Our Catalog Peter (John Krasinski), a Hollywood sound designer, has agreed to help Martine (Olivia Thirlby) with her experimental art film as a favor to his wife (Rosemarie DeWitt). Martine, a beautiful and driven 23-year-old artist, comes to stay in the family's pool house at their posh Silver Lake home to work on her film. Her arrival ignites raw emotions and desires throughout the entire family, forcing everyone to confront the new landscape that emerges in her wake. …More

The Paperboy By Daniels, Lee 2013-01 - Millennium Media Services 0687797136992 Check Our Catalog A sexually and racially charged film noir from Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels (Precious), The Paperboy takes audiences deep into the backwaters of steamy 1960s South Florida, as investigative reporter Ward Jansen (Matthew McConaughey) and his partner Yardley Acheman (David Oyelowo) chase a sensational, career-making story. With the help of Ward's younger brother Jack (Zac Efron) and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless (Nicole Kidman), the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter (John Cusack) was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff. Based on the provocative bestselling novel by Pete Dexter (Mulholland Falls, Rush), The Paperboy peels back a sleepy small town's decades-old facade of Southern gentility to reveal a quagmire of evil as dark as a Florida bayou …More

Stolen By West, Simon Director Akerman, Malin 2013-01 - Millennium Media Services 0687797138491 Check Our Catalog Director Simon West and Nicolas Cage team-up for the first time since the 1997 blockbuster CON AIR for STOLEN, a unique fast paced action thriller that takes place during 10 frantic hours on Mardi Gras day in New Orleans. …More