Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Quick Flicks for Tuesday, May 28, 2013



Dark SkiesDark Skies
By Stewart, Scott Charles
2013-05 - Anchor Bay
0131362603599 Check Our Catalog From the producer of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barret family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lacey take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after their family. …More

Friday, May 24, 2013

Quick Flicks for Tuesday, May 21, 2013



Beautiful CreaturesBeautiful Creatures
By Lagravenese, Richard
2013-05 - Warner Home Video
0883929269358 Check Our Catalog A supernatural love story set in the South, "Beautiful Creatures" tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers: Ethan (Alden Ehrenreich), a young man longing to escape his small town, and Lena (Alice Englert), a mysterious new girl. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town. …More

            
Down the ShoreDown the Shore
By Guskin, Harold
2013-04 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
0013132604602 Check Our Catalog Bailey is the owner/operator of a rundown kiddie amusement park on the wintry Jersey shore. When a mysterious French stranger appears carrying the ashes of Bailey's younger sister and claiming to be her husband, dark secrets begin to be unearthed. Now with the help of his childhood best friend and former lover, Bailey must confront his own deadly past and desperate future. …More

            
A Haunted HouseA Haunted House
By Tiddes, Michel
2013-04 - Universal Home Video
0025192178290 Check Our Catalog In an outrageous send up of the Paranormal Activity movies, The Devil Inside and other "found footage" movies, A HAUNTED HOUSE features young couple Malcolm (Marlon Wayans) and Kisha (Essence Atkins) who have just moved in to their dream house. As they settle in, they quickly find they're not alone. But it's not the house that's haunted, it's Malcolm's girlfriend who is possessed by a demon. Malcolm hires everyone from a priest to modern day ghostbusters to rid her of this unwelcome intruder, determined not to let the evil spirit ruin his relationship... or, more importantly, his sex life. …More

            
The Last StandThe Last Stand
By Kim, Ji-woon
2013-05 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
0031398167273 Check Our Catalog Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a border town sheriff who's taken up his post after tragic events brought an end to his tenure with the LAPD. But his quiet life is interrupted when a drug boss escapes FBI custody and flees straight toward his town. …More

            
Promised LandPromised Land
By Damon, Matt
2013-04 - Universal Home Video
0025192157394 Check Our Catalog Promised Land is the new contemporary drama directed by Gus Van Sant. Matt Damon plays Steve Butler, an ace corporate salesman who is sent along with his partner, Sue Thomason (Frances McDormand), to close a key rural town in his company's expansion plans. With the town having been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years, the two outsiders see the local citizens as likely to accept their company's offer, for drilling rights to their properties, as much-needed relief. What seems like an easy job for the duo becomes complicated by the objection of a respected schoolteacher (Hal Holbrook) with support from a grassroots campaign led by another man (John Krasinski), as well as the interest of a local woman (Rosemarie DeWitt). Promised Land explores America at the crossroads where big business and the strength of small-town community converge. …More

            
Struck by LightningStruck by Lightning
By Dannelly, Brian
2013-05 - New Video Group
0767685288900 Check Our Catalog High school senior Carson Phillips was destined for bigger things than his close-minded small town could ever offer. He was on a path to greatness, but destiny had a different plan when he was suddenly killed by a bolt of lightning in his school parking lot. Demonstrating that life is what happens while you're busy planning your future, Carson recounts the last few weeks of his life via witty, insightful flashbacks, including a blackmail scheme targeting the popular kids in school that he concocts with his best friend, and a home life that includes a mother who's more interested in the bottle than her son's future and an estranged father who suddenly appears with a pregnant fiancee. …More

Friday, May 17, 2013

Quick Flicks for Tueday, May 14, 2013



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Blue-Eyed ButcherBlue-Eyed Butcher
By Kay, Stephen
Director Bruening, Justin
2013-02 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Cloud AtlasCloud Atlas
By Tykwer, Tom
Director Wachowski, Andy
Director Siblings, Wachowski
2013-05 - Warner Home Video
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The Decoy BrideThe Decoy Bride
By Folkson, Sheree
Director MacDonald, Kelly Folkson
2013-01 - MPI Home Video
0030306981192 Check Our Catalog When Hollywood actress Lara Tyler travels to a tiny Scottish island to get married, the paparazzi follow her, prompting her to flee in frustration. To dupe the press, her handlers stage fake nuptials and hire a local girl to play the bride. …More

            
DetentionDetention
By Kahn, Joseph
2013-02 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
0043396398825 Check Our Catalog A downtrodden 17-year-old girl is sent to detention where she must survive a slasher film killer and save the world in time for prom. …More


            
Holy MotorsHoly Motors
By Carax, Leos
2013-02 - Gaiam Americas
0883476092928 Check Our Catalog FRE Over the course of a single day, Monsieur Oscar travels by limousine around Paris to a series of nine "appointments," transforming into new characters or incarnations at each stop. …More


            
Left to Die: The Sandra & Tammi Chase StoryLeft to Die: The Sandra & Tammi Chase Story
By Ichaso, Leon
2013-05 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
0043396417892 Check Our Catalog Accused of a crime she did not commit. Imprisoned by a corrupt system. The odds are stacked against Sandra Chase (Barbara Hershey, Black Swan) when she finds herself behind bars in Ecuador. As her daughter (Rachael Leigh Cook, Nancy Drew) tirelessly works to rally political support in Washington D.C., Sandra makes desperate choices in order to survive her horrifying ordeal. Co-starring Vincent Irizarry (TV's "All My Children") and Nicholas Gonzalez (TV's "Grimm"), Left to Die is the inspirational true story of faith, family and the triumph of the human spirit. …More


            
Superman: UnboundSuperman: Unbound
By Tucker, James
2013-05 - Warner Home Video
0883929252237 Check Our Catalog Superman battles Brainiac in order to save his home planet's city of Kandor, which has been miniaturized on Brainiac's ship. Based on Geoff Johns' mini series. …More

            
Texas ChainsawTexas Chainsaw
By Luessenhop, John
2013-05 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
0031398168522 Check Our Catalog In 1974, enraged townspeople hunt down and kill every member of the Sawyer family for committing a series of grisly murders. Decades later and hundreds of miles away, a young woman learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she never knew she had. After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her new found wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion's dank cellars. …More

            
Tyler Perry's I Don't Want to Do Wrong: The PlayTyler Perry's I Don't Want to Do Wrong: The Play
By Perry, Tyler
2013-03 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Quick Flicks for Week of April 30, 2013

Quick Flicks for Week of April 30, 2013
 


Broken CityBroken City
By Hughes, Allen
2013-04 - Twentieth Century-Fox
0024543832577 Check Our Catalog In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) seeks redemption -- and revenge -- after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor (Russell Crowe). Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force -- and the mayor's worst nightmare. …More
DetentionDetention
By Kahn, Joseph
2013-02 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
0043396398825 Check Our Catalog A downtrodden 17-year-old girl is sent to detention where she must survive a slasher film killer and save the world in time for prom. …More
The Guilt TripThe Guilt Trip
By Fletcher, Anne
2013-04 - Paramount Home Video
0032429129406 Check Our Catalog Andy Brewster is about to embark on the road trip of a lifetime, and who better to accompany him than his overbearing mother Joyce. After deciding to start his adventure with a quick visit at mom's, Andy is guilted into bringing her along for the ride. Across 3,000 miles of ever-changing landscape, he is constantly aggravated by her antics, but over time he comes to realize that their lives have more in common than he originally thought. His mother's advice might end up being exactly what he needs. …More
Not Fade AwayNot Fade Away
By Chase, David
2013-04 - Paramount Home Video
0032429129369 Check Our Catalog From David Chase, creator of The Sopranos, comes a story about discovering your passions, following your dreams and finding yourself. It's the 1960s and Rock and Roll is changing the world. Inspired by a bold new era and his success in a local band, Douglas (John Magaro) drops out of college to pursue his musical dreams, only to discover the harsh realities of the music industry. Douglas is forced to choose between listening to his father or listening to his heart. …More
PawnPawn
By Armstrong, David A.
2013-04 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
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Silver Linings PlaybookSilver Linings Playbook
By Russell, David O.
2013-04 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
0013132597218 Check Our Catalog Based on best-selling book by Matthew Quick, the riotous and poignant story of how a man who has lost everything, his house, his job, his wife, reconnects with himself and creates his own silver linings from the bonds he forms with his family and friends. …More
Tyler Perry's I Don't Want to Do Wrong: The PlayTyler Perry's I Don't Want to Do Wrong: The Play
By Perry, Tyler
2013-03 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Quick Flicks for Tuesday, April 23, 2013


Quick Flicks for Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The Central Park FiveThe Central Park Five 
By Burns, Ken
Director Burns, Sarah
2013-04 - PBS
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n 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were arrested and charged for brutally attacking and raping a white female jogger in Central Park. News media swarmed the case, calling it "the crime of the century." But the truth about what really happened didn't become clear until after the five had spent years in prison for a crime they didn't commit. With THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, this story of injustice finally gets the telling it deserves. …More
Gangster SquadGangster Squad 
By Fleischer, Ruben
2013-04 - Warner Home Video
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Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and--if he has his way--every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It's enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop...except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O'Mara (Josh Brolin) and Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), who come together to try to tear Cohen's world apart. …More
The ImpossibleThe Impossible 
By Bayona, Juan Antonio
2013-04 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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Based on a true story of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage, and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives. …More
Les MiserablesLes Miserables 
By Hooper, Tom
2013-03 - Universal Home Video
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In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past. …More
This Is 40This Is 40 
By Apatow, Judd
2013-05 - Universal Home Video
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Writer/director/producer Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Funny People) brings audiences This Is 40, an original comedy that expands upon the story of Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) from the blockbuster hit Knocked Up as we see first-hand how they are dealing with their current state of life.…More