Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Week of August 9

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Aliens

Graeme (Simon Pegg) and Clive (Nick Frost) are on a pilgrimage through America's alien hotspots, starting at Comicon and taking an eastward road trip in Paul. Their journey takes a detour when they take on an unexpected hitchhiker: Paul (Seth Rogen), an alien on the run, trying to get back to his homeworld... but the slacker, pop culture savvy, wisecracking little-green-man isn't exactly what they imagined for their close encounter. Now they're on the run, being chased by a "man in black" (Jason Bateman) and the father (John Carroll Lynch) of a sheltered girl (Kristen Wiig) they accidentally kidnapped, but their road trip has become the kind of adventure a pair of alien-obsessed nerds dream of. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

When Milo sees his mom (Joan Cusack) abducted by aliens, he follows her all the way to Mars to try to rescue her in Disney's Mars Needs Moms. Stranded on Mars, he meets Gribble (Dan Folger), another human hiding from the martians long enough to understand the way Mars works: they abduct good moms and use their mothering skills to program the robot nannies that raise martian children. With Gribble and Ki (Elisabeth Harnois), a renegade martian, Milo has to save his mother before The Supervisor (Mindy Sterling) catches him, hurts his mom, or both. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Heroes

Frank's (Rainn Wilson) not sure if he's actually receiving visions and messages from God or if he's just seeing things... but when his wife (Liv Tyler) runs off with Jacques (Kevin Bacon), a sleazy drug kingpin, Frank accepts the divine mission to become The Crimson Bolt in Super. With a homemade costume, a pipe wrench for a weapon, and an overeager sidekick (Ellen Page) with a very warped sense of right and wrong, The Crimson Bolt punishes evil in all its forms: drug dealers, purse snatchers, and people who cut in movie lines... but he must eventually face his biggest challenge: rescuing his wife from Jacques. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Thadeous (Danny McBride) has always lived in the shadow of his brother, Fabious (James Franco), in David Gordon Green's Your Highness-- while Fabious was off battling dragons and completing quests, Thadeous was always content to drink, smoke, and generally get into trouble with his lackey (Ramsus Hardiker). When Fabious' bride-to-be (Zooey Deschanel) is captured by the evil wizard Leezar (Justin Theroux), Thadeous is forced to join in the heroics for a change... but the brothers soon find themselves out matched and out numbered, with only a wandering warrior (Natalie Portman) on a quest for revenge on their side. Thadeous may never become a great swordsman or overcome his personal shortcomings, but he could just save the day anyway. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Family and Home

Cheng Lai-Sheung (Josie Ho) has found the perfect luxury apartment in Dream Home. Growing up in a working class family, sharing a room with her brother, she works two jobs and saves every penny to secure her perfect apartment... but devoting her life to the home she's fixated on has driven her to obsession. With all her planning, saving and waiting, Lai-Sheung will do anything to make the dream home her own, even if she has to murder someone to do it.

A whirlwind romance leads to a hasty wedding in Jumping the Broom, but Pam (Loretta Devine), the head of the blue collar Taylor family, isn't ready to see her son Jason (Laz Alonso) married to a girl he just met. Claudine (Angela Bassett), the matriarch of the wealthy Watson family, isn't thrilled to see her daughter Sabrina (Paula Patton) bringing a downtown boy into her uptown, old-money family. But the wedding is on, and the two families have to overcome their differences in culture and class to see the happy couple through their big day.


Stand up comedian Craig Ferguson's concert disc Craig Ferguson: A Wee Bit o' Revolution films the Scottish commedian's stand up show live, filmed at the Wilbur theater in Boston.

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