Quick Flicks for Tuesday, August 27, 2013

The Great Gatsby By Luhrmann, Baz 2013-08 - Warner Home Video 0883929242511 Check Our Catalog The Great Gatsby follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin Daisy and her philandering, blue-blooded husband Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles. …More

Pain and Gain By Bay, Michael 2013-08 - Paramount Home Video 0097363411444 Check Our Catalog Based on the unbelievable true story of three personal trainers in 1990s Miami who, in pursuit of the American Dream, get caught up in a criminal enterprise that goes horribly wrong. …More

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh By Lounsbery, John Voice by Holloway, Sterling 2013-08 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936832297 Check Our Catalog …More

Super Buddies By Vince, Robert Voice by Hanks, Colin Voice by Higgins, John Michael 2013-08 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936834543 Check Our Catalog …More

Quick Flicks for Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Amour By Haneke, Michael 2013-08 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396417380 Check Our Catalog FRE Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has an attack. The couple's bond of love is severely tested. …More

Epic By Wedge, Chris 2013-08 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543802372 Check Our Catalog EPIC is a 3D CG action-adventure comedy that reveals a hidden world unlike any other. From the creators of ICE AGE and RIO, EPIC tells the story of an ongoing battle deep in the forest between the forces of good and the forces of evil. When a teen age girl finds herself magically transported into this secret universe, she must band together with a rag-tag team of fun and whimsical characters in order to save their world... and ours. …More

Killing Season By Johnson, Mark Steven 2013-08 - Millennium Media Services 0687797138798 Check Our Catalog American military veteran Benjamin Ford (Robert De Niro) has fled to a cabin retreat somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains, to forget the painful memories of the Bosnian War he fought in. One day, visitor Emil Kovac (John Travolta), a European tourist, knocks on his door, and the two men begin an unlikely friendship. When it develops that Kovac is in fact a former Serbian soldier bent on revenge, there begins a one-on-one confrontation and battle between the two throughout the harsh mountain environment. …More

Scary Movie 5 By Lee, Malcolm D. 2013-08 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132476193 Check Our Catalog In SCARY MOVIE 5, happily-married couple Dan and Jody begin to notice some bizarre activity once they bring their newborn baby Aiden home from the hospital. But when the chaos expands into Jody's job as a ballet dancer and Dan's career as an Ape researcher, they realize they're family is being stalked by a nefarious demon. Together, with the advice of certified experts and the aid of numerous cameras, they must figure out how to get rid of it before it's too late. SCARY MOVIE 5 is directed by Malcolm Lee who teamed up and worked side by side with legendary comedy director David Zucker (AIRPLANE, THE NAKED GUN franchises). Zucker wrote and directed SCARY MOVIE 3 and 4 and also co-wrote and produced SCARY MOVIE 5. …More

Scooby-Doo: Stage Fright By Cook, Victor Voice by Welker, Frank Voice by Cohn, Mindy 2013-08 - Hanna Barbera 0883929255504 Check Our Catalog

Quick Flicks for Tuesday, August 13, 2013

3 Geezers By Schumacher, Michelle 2013-08 - Green Apple Entertainment 0818768010656 Check Our Catalog …More

The Big Wedding By Zackham, Justin 2013-08 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398173243 Check Our Catalog The melding of two families with differing beliefs, traditions, and desires to create a memorable wedding day is never an easy task, but when the families involved are polar opposites on virtually every subject, there are bound to be some major disagreements. …More

The Company You Keep By Redford, Robert 2013-08 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396423336 Check Our Catalog Jim Grant (Robert Redford) is a public interest lawyer and single father raising his daughter in the tranquil suburbs of Albany, New York. Grant's world is turned upside down,when a brash young reporter named Ben Shepard (Shia LaBeouf) exposes his true identity as a former 1970s antiwar radical fugitive wanted for murder. …More

Detour By Dickerson, William 2013-08 - Music Video Dist 0738329116323 Check Our Catalog Trapped inside his car by a mud slide, slick LA businessman Jackson Alder suddenly finds himself in a situation he can't talk his way out of. With no hope of rescue, he must defy the odds, battling Mother Nature for his survival. …More

Emperor By Webber, Peter 2013-08 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398170709 Check Our Catalog Matthew Fox joins with Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones, newcomer Eriko Hatsune and award-winning Japanese star Toshiyuki Nishida to bring to life the American occupation of Japan in the perilous and unpredictable days just after Emperor Hirohito's World War II surrender. As General Douglas MacArthur (Jones) suddenly finds himself the de facto ruler of a foreign nation, he assigns an expert in Japanese culture - and psychological warfare - General Bonner Fellers (Fox), to covertly investigate the looming question hanging over the country: should the Japanese Emperor, worshiped by his people but accused of war crimes, be punished or saved? Caught between the high-wire political intrigue of his urgent mission and his own impassioned search for the mysterious school teacher (Hatsune) who first drew him to Japan, Fellers can be certain only that the tricky subterfuge about to play out will forever change the history of two nations and his heart. …More

Olympus Has Fallen By Fuqua, Antoine 2013-08 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396426009 Check Our Catalog When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger crisis. …More

What Maisie Knew By McGehee, Scott 2013-08 - Millennium Media Services 0687797139696 Check Our Catalog A contemporary reimagining of Henry James' novel, WHAT MAISIE KNEW tells the story of a captivating little girl's struggle for grace in the midst of her parents' bitter custody battle. …More

Quick Flicks for Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Admission By Weitz, Paul 2013-08 - Universal Home Video 0025192165337 Check Our Catalog Tina Fey (Date Night, 30 Rock) and Paul Rudd (I Love You Man, Knocked Up) star in Admission, the new film directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Weitz (About a Boy), about the surprising detours we encounter on the road to happiness. Straight-laced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan (Fey) is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former college classmate, the free-wheeling John Pressman (Rudd). Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah (Nat Wolff), his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago. Soon, Portia finds herself bending the rules for Jeremiah, putting at risk the life she thought she always wanted -- but in the process finding her way to a surprising and exhilarating life and romance she never dreamed of having. …More

Amelia's 25th By Trejo, Danny 2013-08 - Breaking Glass Pictures 0857965003597 Check Our Catalog …More

The Host By Niccol, Andrew 2013-08 - Universal Home Video 0025192158100 Check Our Catalog THE HOST is a riveting story about the survival of love and the human spirit in a time of war. Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact. Most of humanity has succumbed. When Melanie (Saoirse Ronan), one of the few remaining "wild" humans, is captured, she is certain it is her end. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, was warned about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the glut of senses, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. When outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off on a dangerous and uncertain search for the man they both love. …More

Mud By Nichols, Jeff 2013-08 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398172888 Check Our Catalog Mud is an adventure about two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, who find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios-he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper, who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone agree to help him. It isn't long until Mud's visions come true and their small town is besieged by a beautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow. …More

Adventures in Zambezia By Thornley, Wayne Voice by Suarez, Jeremy Voice by Breslin, Abigail 2013-08 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396416031 Check Our Catalog …More

Room on the Broom By Lachauer, Jan Director Lang, Max Voice by Pegg, Simon 2013-08 - NCircle Entertainment 0843501008041 Check Our Catalog …More

   

Quick Flicks for Tuesday, July 30. 2013

42 The Jackie Robinson Story By Helgeland, Brian 2013-07 - Warner Home Video 0883929316564 Check Our Catalog Hero is a word we hear often in sports, but heroism is not always about achievements on the field of play. "42" tells the story of two men--the great Jackie Robinson and trailblazing Brooklyn Dodgers GM Branch Rickey--whose brave stand against prejudice forever changed the world by changing the game of baseball. …More

Bullet to the Head By Hill, Walter 2013-07 - Warner Home Video 0883929240395 Check Our Catalog GER Sylvester Stallone gives a powerful performance in this "lean and mean" (The Hollywood Reporter) white-knuckle thrill-ride. When the partner of aging New Orleans hit man Jimmy Bonomo (Stallone) is murdered, Bonomo vows to take down those responsible. …More

Evil Dead By Alvarez, Fede 2013-07 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396417328 Check Our Catalog A secluded cabin. An ancient curse. An unrelenting evil. The original producers reunite to present a genuinely terrifying re-imagining of their original horror masterpiece. Five young friends have found the mysterious and fiercely powerful Book of the Dead. Unable to resist its temptation, they release a violent demon on a bloodthirsty quest to possess them all. Who will be left to fight for their survival and defeat this unearthly force of murderous carnage? …More

Love and Honor By Mooney, Danny 2013-07 - MPI Home Video 0030306986791 Check Our Catalog In this romantic drama set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and the moon landing, two charming and passionate young soldiers (Liam Hemsworth and Austin Stowell) will go to any length for love -- even sneaking away from a war to fly halfway around the world. When Dalton Joiner (Stowell) finds out that his girlfriend Jane (Aimee Teegarden) has dumped him, he vows to go home during his one-week leave to win her back. His best friend Mickey Wright (Hemsworth) will do anything to help his buddy out -- as long as there might be a few girls along the way. In just seven days they must get to the States, change Jane's mind and make it back to the war without getting caught. But when they arrive stateside they find Jane and her beautiful, committed activist friend Candace (Teresa Palmer) at the heart of the anti-war movement. Joiner and Wright must make some life changing decisions as they spend a week in July 1969 learning the truth about love, honor and commitment. …More

Trance By Boyle, Danny 2013-07 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543792154 Check Our Catalog A fine art auctioneer mixed up with an underworld gang joins forces with a charismatic hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting. As boundaries between desire, reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur the stakes rise faster and more dangerously than any of the players could have anticipated. …More

Vehicle 19 By Dewil, Mukunda Michael 2013-07 - Anderson Merchandisers, L 0796019826563 Check Our Catalog Recently paroled Michael Woods (Paul Walker) just wants to get his life in order. But when he discovers a gun, a cell phone, and an unconscious woman in the trunk of a rental car, he fears he's in for the ride of his life. Michael has some serious decisions to make--either keep his head down and hope to escape with his life, or risk it all to do the right thing. …More

Filly Brown By Delara, Youssef Director Olmos, Michael D. 2013-07 - Gaiam Americas 0883476093475 Check Our Catalog FILLY BROWN is an inspiring and gritty portrait of a young artist striving to find her voice and seize her dreams without compromise. Majo Tonorio, aka, "Filly Brown" is a young, raw hip-hop artist from Los Angeles who spits rhymes from the heart. With a mother in prison and a father struggling to provide for his daughters, Majo knows that a record contract could be her family's ticket out. But when a record producer offers her a shot at stardom, she is suddenly faced with the prospect of losing who she is as an artist, as well as the friends who helped her reach the cusp of success. …More

Between Us By Mirvish, Dan 2013-07 - Monterey Home Video 0012233043921 Check Our Catalog …More

Black Rock By Aselton, Katie 2013-07 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398171126 Check Our Catalog …More

Welcome to the Punch By Creevy, Eran 2013-07 - MPI Home Video 0030306986593 Check Our Catalog WELCOME TO THE PUNCH is the story of two arch-nemeses: detective Max Lewinsky and master criminal Jacob Sternwood. When Sternwood escaped three years ago after a daring robbery, Max was left emotionally and physically scarred. But after Sternwood's son turns up in a hospital due to a failed heist, he's forced to return to London - giving Max his second chance to get the one criminal who got away. Yet as Max delves deeper into the case he uncovers a vast conspiracy. Featuring rising star Andrea Riseborough and Peter Mullan, the film was shot in the gleaming streets of London's rejuvenated East End and the banking center of Canary Wharf. …More

Assault on Wall Street By Boll, Uwe 2013-07 - Phase 4 Films 0625828620003 Check Our Catalog …More

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox By Oliva, Jay Voice by Fillion, Nathan Voice by Perlman, Ron 2013-07 - Warner Home Video 0883929255245 Check Our Catalog …More

G.I. Joe: Retaliation By Chu, Jon M 2013-07 - Paramount Home Video 0097363564140 Check Our Catalog In this sequel, the G.I. JOE team is not only fighting their mortal enemy COBRA; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. …More