Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Week of November 22

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Kids

Set in a Spielbergian suburb in the late 70s, J.J. Abrams' Super 8 sees 14-year-old Joe and his friends making a movie with a super 8 camera and Alice (Elle Fanning), their new female lead, when they accidentally film an epic train crash. Joe and his friends find themselves holding evidence of the mysterious secret that escaped the train as the Air Force begins to overtake their community, and the kids try to stay together through disappearances and conspiracies while their town becomes a dangerous place. With Kyle Chandler and Ron Eldard. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

In Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World, Marissa (Jessica Alba) has a secret that her husband (Joel McHale) and stepchildren Rebecca (Rowan Blanchard) and Cecil haven't guessed: she's a spy. With their dad clueless and Marissa off on a mission, Rebecca and Cecil have to become new Spy Kids, solving puzzles and using hi-tech gadgets in order to stop a supervillian (Jeremy Piven) from stealing all the time in the world. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Morgan (David James Elliott) copes with trouble in his personal life by returning to the summer camp of his youth in Rainbow Tribe. Reuniting with his best-friend-turned-camp-director (Ed Quinn), Morgan becomes camp councilor to a wild group of 10-year-olds who help him through his difficult time as they all have the best summer of their lives.

Atrocities

Based on a true story, Latif (Dominic Cooper) is brought to Uday Hussein (also Cooper) to serve as his double in The Devil's Double. Pulled from military service, Latif doesn't want to work for Uday, but as the son of Saddam Hussein, Uday generally gets what he wants... even if it takes kidnapping, torture, or murder to get it. As Latif is forced into his new position, he finds himself trapped in the employ of a psychopath who derives perverse pleasure from owning his life. With Ludivine Sagnier. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Julia (Kristin Scott Thomas) is an American reporter in Paris, asked to cover the World War II round-up of Jewish citizens of France during the Nazi occupation in Sarah's Key. Flashing from present-day Julia's investigation and the life of young Sarah 60 years before, the film pieces together the story of Sarah's struggles to survive in a nightmarish time in French history and Julia's research into that time, and the threads that connect them. With Aidan Quinn.

Hack & Slash

Conan the Barbarian
Now & Then
Born in the middle of a battlefield, Conan (Jason Momoa) is destined to be a warrior in Conan the Barbarian. Conan is driven by finding the man who razed his village and killed his father (Ron Perlman)... but when he discovers the man he's hunting is the powerful warlord Khlar Zym (Stephen Lang) his hunt becomes an epic quest. Protecting the maiden (Rachel Nichols) that Zym is tracking, Conan brutally slices his way through mercenary hordes to finally confront Khlar Zym and his evil sorceress daughter (Rose McGowan). On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Beginning with an introduction from director Yoshihiro Nishimura where he encourages viewers to enjoy his film with a beer (or other special beverage) in hand, the Japanese splatter movie Helldriver is set in a zombie infected future where half of the country has been walled off in quarantine. Kika, a schoolgirl wounded and reassembled as a cybernetic super-soldier, leads a hysterically bloody expedition into the zombie controlled wastelands to defeat the zombie queen (Eihi Shiina) once and for all. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Documentary

A film about a group of people who came out as gay after the age of 50, Out Late explores the lives of four people and their lives in and out of the closet. Detailing the struggles of their lives (and sometimes marriages) in the less-than-tolerant 1930s, 40s, and 50s, the film's subjects tell the stories of times when coming out "just wasn't done."

Telling the story of twenty years of Pearl Jam, Cameron Crowe's rockumentary Pearl Jam Twenty covers the beginnings of the band, rising from the ashes of Mother Love Bone, finding new singer Eddie Vedder, and dealing with their sudden, instant fame... as well as their later days, and how the band evolved.

Christmas

Wayne (Dave Foley), one of Santa's elves, makes sure the houses are ready for Santa's visit in Prep & Landing, but he's upset when he doesn't get a promotion he wants. Upset about still working for Prep & Landing, Wayne's stuck with a goofy new assistant (Derek Richardson) and starts to slack off at his job... which could have disastrous results for Christmas.

Belle is preparing the castle for Christmas in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, but the many magical objects in the castle are afraid a special Christmas will end Beast's curse and make them obsolete. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

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