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Home- January 13, 2012
Paranormal Activity 3 Blu-ray Movie
Unrated Director's Cut / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2011 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 94 min | Rated R | Jan 24, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Paranormal Activity 3 takes you back to where it all began. The cameras are on and recording the chilling moments when evil begins to terrorize young sisters Katie and Kristi for the first time.
Horror / Mystery / Supernatural
- January 12, 2012
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Blu-ray Movie
Ultimate Edition
MPI Media Group | 1974 | 83 min | Rated R | Sep 30, 2008 | Martin Liebman
A tale of five friends en route to visit a grave in Texas who end up falling victim to a family of cannibalistic psychopaths.
Horror / Thriller / Dark humor
What's Your Number? Blu-ray Movie
Ex-tended Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2011 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 117 min | Rated R | Jan 10, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
A woman, having hit her sexual limit at 20 men, decides to track down the other 19 guys in hopes that she's overlooked one who could be "the one."
Comedy / Romance
Frida Blu-ray Movie
Lionsgate Films | 2002 | 123 min | Rated R | Jan 31, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
"Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary.
Biography / Drama / Romance
Three Outlaw Samurai Blu-ray Movie
三匹の侍 / Sanbiki no samurai
Criterion | 1964 | 94 min | Not rated | Feb 14, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A wandering, seen-it-all ronin becomes entangled in the dangerous business of two other samurai, hired to execute a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of a corrupt magistrate.
Action / Drama / Foreign
- January 11, 2012
50/50 Blu-ray Movie
Summit Entertainment | 2011 | 100 min | Rated R | Jan 24, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Adam Lerner, an ordinary 25-year-old who loves his girlfriend and enjoys his job, is diagnosed with cancer. He hears it from the doctor. He tells his family. He goes through chemo. Coping with his mortality, Adam decides to use humor in his struggle to cure cancer and keep his sanity intact. And where his family and friends struggle to fully understand his situation, Adam's psychologist and fellow...
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Dark humor
The World God Only Knows: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2010 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 24, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Anime / Comedy / Romance / Supernatural / Comic book / Foreign
Dead Poets Society Blu-ray Movie
Disney / Buena Vista | 1989 | 129 min | Rated PG | Jan 17, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
Quiet and shy Todd Anderson has just come to the elite preparatory school where his older brother was valedictorian. His roommate, Neil, although bright and popular, is very much under the thumb of his overbearing father. The two, along with their other friends, meet Professor John Keating, their unorthodox new English teacher, who tells them of the Dead Poets Society and encourages them to go against the status quo and seize each day. Each does this in his own way and is changed for life.
Drama / Teen / Period / Coming of age
There Be Dragons Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 2011 | 122 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 10, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
A young journalist long ago rejected by his now aged and dying father finds himself investigating one of his father's former friends, a candidate for canonization. Uncovering the two men's complicated relationship from childhood through the horrors of the Spanish Civil War unveils a compelling drama filled with passion, betrayal, love and religion. An action packed story set during a murderous time in history that ultimately serves the present by revealing the importance and timeless power of forgiveness.
Biography / Drama / History / War / Period
- January 10, 2012
Thurgood Blu-ray Movie
HBO | 2011 | 106 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 17, 2012 | Michael Reuben
A one-man play/biopic in which Thurgood Marshall, lawyer and advocate for civil rights, recounts his life story to an auditorium of students at his old law school at Howard University. Hewing closely to the known facts of Marshall's biography, the story takes us from his childhood in Baltimore through his education, his legal career as counsel for the NAACP, his historic victory in the Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education, and his appointment as the first African-American Justice of the Supreme Court. Taped before a live audience at the Kennedy Center.
Biography / Drama / History
The Ides of March Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2011 | 101 min | Rated R | Jan 17, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Stephen Myers works for progressive candidate Governor Mike Morris as he hopes to become the presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. Stephen is the right-hand man of experienced press secretary Paul Zara and coveted by the director of the rival Democratic campaign, Tom Duffy. After an ill-advised secret meeting with Tom - not to mention an equally ill-advised secret romance with young staffer Molly Stearns - the tables turn and Stephen finds himself facing life on the political scrapheap...
Drama
Sinners and Saints Blu-ray Movie
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2010 | 104 min | Rated R | Jan 10, 2012 | Martin Liebman
In the gritty New Orleans underbelly, beleaguered Detective Sean Riley is trying to cope with the death of his young son and his failed marriage. Facing a probable suspension from the department, Riley is teamed with a young homicide Detective, Will Ganz, to help solve a series of brutal murders that have plunged the city into a major gang war. The two quickly realize there is something much bigger and far more sinister going on than either could have ever imagined.
Action / Crime / Thriller
Star Driver: Part 2 Blu-ray Movie
Bandai Entertainment | 2011 | 300 min | Rated 13+ | Jan 17, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
On Southern Cross Isle everything appears normal until Takuto washes ashore and uncovers an ancient secret.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Sci-Fi / Foreign
- January 09, 2012
2011 World Series Champions: St. Louis Cardinals Blu-ray Movie
A+E Networks | 2011 | 240 min | Not rated | Dec 02, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
More than 10 games out of the postseason in late August, the St. Louis Cardinals battled back into contention and claimed a playoff berth on the final day of the regular season. They overcame the heavily favored Philadelphia Phillies and prevailed against the division-rival Milwaukee Brewers. Facing off against the Texas Rangers in the 107th World Series, the Cardinals fell behind 3-2 in the best-of-seven series. Returning to Busch Stadium for Game 6, the Redbirds rallied from two runs down and one strike away from elimination in both the ninth and 10th innings, when hometown hero David Freese crushed a walk-off home run in the 11th inning to force a Game 7. Then, in the deciding game, a gutsy start by ace Chris Carpenter and a clutch two-run double from World Series MVP David Freese delivered the franchise’s 11th World Series Championship.
Sport
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2011 | 105 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 10, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
In a dangerous, action-packed battle to regain his glory and reclaim the empire, Mathayus’s journey is steeped in intrigue, sorcery and romance, fueling this new film that spawned from the billion-dollar The Mummy film franchise. The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption tops the series once again, featuring even more of the heart-stopping action, mind-bending stunts and astonishing plot twists that have earned the series millions of fans the world over.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy
The Tuskegee Airmen Blu-ray Movie
HBO | 1995 | 106 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 17, 2012 | Michael Reuben
The true story of how a group of African American pilots overcame racist opposition to become one of the finest US fighter groups in World War II.
Drama / History / War
Nine Months Blu-ray Movie
Starz / Anchor Bay | 1995 | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 27, 2011 | Martin Liebman
Samuels life is perfect. That is, until he finds out his girlfriend is pregnant. Now he must face the issues that come with being an expecting father, in a most entertaining way.
Comedy / Romance
Texas Killing Fields Blu-ray Movie
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2011 | 105 min | Rated R | Jan 31, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Detective Souder, a homicide detective in a small Texan town, and his partner, transplanted New York City cop Detective Heigh, track a sadistic serial killer dumping his victims' mutilated bodies in a nearby marsh locals call "The Killing Fields." Before long, the killer changes the game and begins hunting the detectives, teasing them with possible clues at the crime scenes while always remaining one step ahead. When local girl Anne goes missing, the detectives find themselves racing against time to catch the killer and save the young girl's life.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Beautiful Lies Blu-ray Movie
De vrais mensonges
Trinity Home Entertainment | 2010 | 100 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Nov 07, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
30-year-old Emilie runs a hairdressing salon where she provides an endless stream of well-meaning advice to her clients and friends, but the only person she cannot seem to help is her own mother. Jean, a young man who works for Emilie, is secretly in love with her but a pathological shyness prevents him from declaring his feelings. Finally, unable to contain himself, he opens his heart in a passionate anonymous letter, but Emilie has other plans...
Comedy / Romance / Foreign
Punishment Park Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 1971 | 91 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jan 23, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Radical youths, arrested for their political activities, are given a choice between incarceration and participation in a potentially deadly game which finds them racing across a punishing desert landscape with armed law enforcement officers in pursuit. The scenario presented is intended to reflect the profound tensions and frustrations fracturing American society in the late 1960s.
Drama / Thriller / War