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The Magic of Movies
The winner of five of this year's Academy Awards, Martin Scorsese's newest film tells the story of Hugo (Asa Butterfield), an orphan living in the walls of a 1930s train station, maintaining the station's clocks. Hugo's inherited a passion for fixing machines and all things mechanical from his clockmaker father, but his mission to complete his father's final project-- repairing a strange automaton-- is interrupted by toy store owner George Melies (Ben Kingsley). When Hugo befriends Melies goddaughter (Chloe Grace Moretz), the two children begin to uncover his secret: that he is part of the beginning of cinema, and his former life of magic and wonder connects directly with Hugo himself. With Sacha Baron Cohen. On DVD, Blu-Ray, & 3DBlu.Not So Super Spy
Brought back into service for MI-7, bumbling spy Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) is brought in to stop an assassination in Johnny English Reborn. Johnny English has to contend with a new boss (Gillian Anderson) and a star MI-7 agent (Dominic West), but he always seems to stumble and botch his way to success... but can he stop a secret society of assassins, get the girl (Rosamund Pike), and win the day with no idea what he's doing and no skills? With Richard Schiff. On DVD and Blu-Ray.
Fists of Fury
Mandrill, the titular hero of his own movie, was defined by two things as a child: a James Bond-style action hero from 1970s TV... and his father's murder at the hands of a drug kingpin. As an adult, Mandrill works as a hitman for hire, but he's getting closer to finding the man who killed his father. As he gets closer to winning his revenge, Mandrill takes on a personal war, taking out armies of henchman with brutal fights and wirework-free acrobatics, and, when necessary, a really big gun.Set during the 17th century Manchurian invasion of Korea, War of the Arrows follows Nam Yi (Park Hae-Il), a skilled archer, as he strikes out to rescue Ja In, his kidnapped sister. The siblings grew up without family, while listless Nam Yi had no ambition other than fighting, Ja In always wanted to be a society lady. When she's kidnapped on her wedding day, Nam Yi finally finds his purpose: with his skills as a brawler and an almost superhuman relationship with archery, he can chase down the kidnappers and save his only family. On DVD and Blu-Ray.
When a gang boss is killed during a counterfeiting operation, the new head of the organized crime family is in question in the Chinese King of Triads. The next in line for leadership (Simon Yam) has to contend with the boss' ambitious son (and less driven, dance-obsessed daughter), opportunistic women in the boss' life, and a vengeful illegitimate son (Andy On) seeking to elevate his name. As everyone jockeys for position, they make their plays in knife and machete fight scenes, from one-on-one death matches to kung fu battle royales where bosses-to-be take on small armies of attackers.
Documentaries
Director Mercedes Alvarez returns to her home, a remote village in northern Spain, after 35 years in the The Sky Turns. Mercedes was the last person born in the village of Aldealsenor, and she returns to a population of fourteen people, the last inhabitants of a village that dates back centuries. The film documents the village and its remaining villagers, and the crush of progress that is consuming small villages throughout the country.
Though chess master Bobby Fischer's disappearance at the height of his fame is the stuff of legend, Bobby Fischer against the World covers his early life and the rise to fame that led to the troubled end to his story. Detailing Bobby's status as a cultural icon in the 60s and 70s, the first player to make chess both profitable and popular, the film also portrays his troubled history, strange behavior before and after games, and the pressures that may have contributed to his disappearance.Exploring the complicated world of Orchids, The Judge, The Hunter, The Thief, and The Black Orchid details the people who grow, sell, buy, trade, judge, and sometimes steal the coveted flowers. The documentary sees the once-rare orchid becoming more common, the shifts in the judging and appraising the orchids, and the lengths collectors will go to acquire native orchids that can't be legally removed from their native habitat.
Four college friends reunite after 25 years in I Melt with You, looking back at choices and promises they've made, and how their current lives compare to where they thought they'd be all those years ago. Together, they're a novelist (Thomas Jane) with a lot of success but no one in his life, and investment banker (Jeremy Piven) with his indiscretions nipping at his heels, a romantic (Christian McKay) crippled by guilt, and a compromised doctor (Rob Lowe) struggling with his divorce... and through a week of drink, drugs, debauchery, and loud music, they come face to face with how they felt when they were young and the realities of their adult lives. With Carla Gugino.
Fifteen-year-old Maria Mozart offers a glimpse into her famous family's life in the 1700s in the French Mozart's Sister. Touring Europe as pre-teen Wolfgang played concerts in the courts of royalty for small sums of money, the Mozart family traveled by carriage through the night, working to earn their next payment. Taught and managed by their father and cared for by their mother, the children were raised in music, but Maria's path through society is limited, and her relationship with music, and with royalty, is very different from her brother's.
Father Billy (Steve Little) is almost crippled by his naivety in The Catechism Cataclysm, from his misunderstanding of parables to his worship of Robbie Shoemaker (Robert Longstreet), whom he knew from high school. When Robbie agrees to meet up with Billy and go on a canoeing trip, the two talk about storytelling, playing music, and the different paths their lives took... until they miss a turn and end up in a surreal dream/nightmare that neither of them understands.
Travis, a troubled teen, discovers former football hero Ely (Dennis Quaid) is criminally insane in Beneath the Darkness. At first, he and his friends just think Ely, the town's mortician, is creepy, and look to Ely's house for ghost stories, but when Travis sees Ely commit murder, only his classmate Abby (Amiee Teegarden) believes him. Being the only people who know a deranged psychopath's secrets is dangerous, but can untrusted Travis and Abby keep their silence when the whole town sees Ely as a hero?
New this week in our TV New Releases:
 | Todd & the Book of Pure Evil Season 1 | The Book of Pure Evil corrupts the students of Crowley High, and only metalhead stoner Todd can stop it. |  | Brothers & Sisters Season 5 | One year after the events of Season 4, the story of the Walker family concludes in the 5th and final season. |
 | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | Twilight Sparkle joins the magical ponies, unicorns, and pegasi of Equestria to learn the magic of friendship. |
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