Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Week of July 31

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Serials

Devil Anse Hatfield (Kevin Costner) and Randall McCoy (Bill Paxton) are Confederate soldiers in the History Channel miniseries Hatfields & McCoys. When Hatfield deserts, giving up the Civil War altogether, McCoy and the brigade he left behind are captured and imprisoned by the Union. After the war, Randall McCoy is released and returns home to see Anse and his family doing fine and cannot forgive the betrayal. This kicks off an epic feud between the families that remains legendary to this day. With Matt Barr and Tom Berenger.

The newest DVD release of the cult sci-fi/comedy show, Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume 24 has Joel, Mike, and the bots mocking awful films like Fugitive Alien, Star Force: Fugitive Alien II, The Sword and the Dragon, and Samson vs. The Vampire Women.

Telling the stories of classic Marvel comic book heroes in Japanese anime style, Marvel Anime: Blade tells the story of the half-human/half-vampire Blade (Harold Perrineau) and his hunt for Decon Frost, the vampire who killed his mother and made Blade what he is. Similarly, Marvel Anime: Wolverine animates the popular storyline of Wolverine's (Milo Ventimiglia) time in Japan, the woman he loved, and the skills he learned at the hands of martial arts masters. They are both anime series, provided with the original Japanese language tracks as well as English dubs, with optional subtitles.

Ladies

Highschooler Lola (Miley Cyrus) is navigating teen life in the internet age in LOL when her mother (Demi Moore) reads her diary and learns that Lola's life is very different than she thought. Both mother and daughter have comedic misadventures with their friends, ex's, and the men they hope to be with, and find their way to romance is pretty much the same, regardless of any social networking. With Ashley Greene.

Four friends get their own stories in the action/thriller 4.3.2.1. without knowing quite how they affect each other's night. Shannon (Ophelia Lovibond) is an emotional young girl dealing with family troubles when she finds herself being chased by a gang of criminals. Cassandra (Tamsin Egerton) travels to New York to lose her virginity to the man she fell in love with over the internet. Kerrys has her vacation go awry and finds herself and her girlfriend locked in a panic room. Jo (Emma Roberts) gets stuck working a night shift with a demanding boss (Noel Clarke, who also directs) and finds herself in the middle of a robbery. When the girls finally reunite, they find that their stories and their lives are more complete when they're together.

Documentary

The HBO documentary series The Weight of the Nation is a series of detailed episodes and shorts on the obesity problem in America. From the types of food consumed to the constantly rising obesity rates to the epidemic affecting children, the documentary series thoroughly explores America's growing weight problem and the steps that can be taken to combat it.

A fan of the 1970's metal band Pentagram finds and befriends lead singer Bobby Leibling in Don Argott and Demian Fenton's Last Days Here. Living with his parents, 50-something Leibling's life is spent feeding his many drug addictions, surviving paranoia, and maintaining his delusions. The legacy of his band and the tenacity of his fans push Leibling forward, forcing him into rehab, and encouraging him to break the streak of self-sabotage that continually prevented Pentagram from achieving any kind of success.

Killers

Three young professionals (Alice Eve, Josh Peck, and Brian Geraghty) leave their office Christmas party and stop to pick up some cash in ATM, but find themselves trapped in the ATM vestibule with a hooded killer outside. With none of them carrying a cell phone and unable to escape, the mysterious, shadowy figure in a parka waits patiently. They must find a way to escape or fight back if they're to survive while the winter cold makes waiting impossible.

Misfit high school girl Riley is the unlikely target of a movie-themed killer in Detention, but no one believes a murderer would come after someone so unpopular. Her fight for survival sits beside the school's popular slacker (Josh Hutcherson), the 90's-obsessed head cheerleader (Spencer Locke), and the petty principal (Dane Cook) in a pastiche that includes mutant students with fly DNA, an electromagnetic school mascot costume, time travel, aliens, and trips into Cinderhella (the movie series that spawned Riley's would-be killer.)

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