Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Week of October 30

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Fantasies of the Outsiders

Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. I have only done this once before. Safety not guaranteed.
Jeff (Jake Johnson), a writer at Seattle Magazine, drives to Ocean View, Washington to research a story with intern Darius (Aubrey Plaza) in tow in Safety Not Guaranteed. They're investigating a classified ad looking for a partner for time travel, but self-proclaimed time traveler Kenneth (Mark Duplass) wants nothing to do with a cynical writer like Jeff... so Darius goes under cover. While Jeff uses his time in Ocean View to track down an old girlfriend (Jenica Bergere), Darius is brought into Kenneth's world of Do-It-Yourself time travel, righting wrongs, and emotional vulnerability. It all seems crazy, but Kenneth is earnest enough for Darius to start believing in him. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Young writer Calvin (Paul Dano) was dubbed a "genius" over the strength of his first novel, but now he's suffering from writer's block in Ruby Sparks. When his therapist (Elliott Gould) instructs him to write about someone who likes his dog, Calvin invents the character of Ruby Sparks (Zoe Kazan), a perfect, quirky, free spirited girl... and then, suddenly, she's actually in his life. Just as he wrote her, Ruby is Calvin's girlfriend, staying in his house. Calvin thinks he's losing his mind-- how real can she be, if Ruby is always just as Calvin writes her? With Chris Messina.

Behaving Badly

North Carolina's Congressman Cam Brady's (Will Ferrell) scandals and childish behavior have made him an embarrassment in The Campaign, so the businessmen (John Lithgow and Dan Aykroyd) who control Cam's district decide to make a change. They ask a colleague (Brian Cox) to put his son into the race, and suddenly Cam isn't running unopposed: he's squaring off against Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), a meek, quiet, family man. Marty's given a cutthroat campaign manager (Dylan McDermott) and sent to win the election, and Cam and Marty begin a campaign of slander, one-upmanship, public humiliation, and baby punching... but neither of them know what their backing business interests have in mind for the victor. With Jason Sudeikis. On DVD and Blu Ray.

When his school bans Catcher in the Rye, Andrew and his friends get suspended when they too-enthusiastically defend the book in Bindlestiffs, one of the first films out of Kevin Smith's Smodcast Productions. Andrew's obsessed with Holden Caulfield, and he takes his friends out to live their own Catcher in the Rye adventure... but they're naive, and immediately veer off the novel's path and into their own twisted, comically exaggerated adventure of prostitutes, drugs, and encounters with the homeless.

Realism

In 1995, shortly before he regained control of the company he founded, Apple mastermind Steve Jobs recorded a rare, long-form interview. Released to the public for the first time as Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview, the film provides detailed information about the beginnings of computer culture and Jobs' particular philosophy and approach to advancing society.

Shot in a docu-realistic style, the French Polisse adopts a fly-on-the-wall style as a photographer (Maiwenn, who also directs) is given access to the Juvenile Protection Squad of the Paris police department. The squad goes out on individual missions, tracking down child abusers of all kinds, as the stress of the job affects the lives of the officers involved in a dangerous, specialized field of law enforcement. With Karin Viard.

Six ballet dancers are on their way to the American Grand Prix in the documentary First Position, a film that follows children age 11-17 as they prepare for the five minutes on stage that could be their best chance at a professional dancing career. From different backgrounds, teachers with different approaches, and different levels of parental involvement, the film observes the children, their lives, and what they have to give to earn their place in the spotlight.

Family and Community

In order to close a deal for tribal land, Joe (Brandon Routh) has to return to his Onondaga tribe and coach their underdog lacrosse team in Crooked Arrows. His father (Gil Birmingham) won't let him broker the land deal until Joe sets his spirit right, and teaching the boys in the ways of "the healing game," the sport that has been part of their tribe's heritage for over a thousand years, is his first step. With Chelsea Ricketts.

With his status as the Dragon Warrior, Po (Jack Black) is charged with hosting the prestigious and mannered Winter Feast in Kung Fu Panda Holiday. His new duties mean he won't be able to have holiday dinner with his father (James Hong), but how can he disappoint Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) and the gathering of the greatest kung fu legends in the land?


New this week in our TV New Releases:
Metalocalypse
Season 4
Dethklok are still comically overreacting to fame, wealth, and metal as they remain oblivious to the prophecy of the Metalocalypse, as narrated by Werner Herzog. Star Wars
Clone Wars
Season 4
Anakin, Obi Wan, and the rest of the Jedi continue to fight the Clone Wars and uncover the threat from the Dark Side of the Force.
Upstairs /
Downstairs
Series 2
The continuing story of the class divide within the house of Sir Hallam Holland, his family, and the large staff that keeps his estate running. Chuggington
Icy Escapades
The Chuggers take on the cold weather as winter comes to the station and their world gets icy.

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