In the Dark
Set approximately 30 years before his classic Alien, Ridley Scott's Prometheus follows scientists Elizabeth and Charlie (Noomi Rapace and Logan Marshall-Green)
as they discover paintings by ancient cultures all over the Earth:
invitations to the stars, left by the creators of humankind. Their
scientific mission is funded and overseen by a Weyland Corporation
executive (Charlize Theron), and they board the space ship Prometheus (captained by Idris Elba)
and travel to the distant moon LV-223. While the scientists search
strange alien artifacts looking for answers, the Weyland Corporation's
android (Michael Fassbender)
has his own orders. Regardless of their objectives, everyone on the
crew of the Prometheus are in the middle of a dangerous world with alien
technology they can't fully understand. On DVD and Blu Ray.Sulking teenager Dane (Chris Massoglia) is struggling with being the man of the house, supporting his single mom (Teri Polo) and taking care of his little brother (Nathan Gamble) in Joe Dante's The Hole, but he finds relief in the girl next door (Haley Bennett) and a mystery hidden in the basement of their new house. A strange hole in the floor, covered by a trap-door and secured with padlocks, but when they get it open, it unleashes a variety of supernatural horrors on the kids. But what is the hole, and, now that it's open, how do they stop its stream of monsters and creeps?
Richard Moyer (Stephen Moyer) plans a family camping trip to reconnect with his wife (Mia Kirshner) and kids, and to scatter his father's ashes, in Darren Lynn Bousman's The Barrens. Returning to his childhood vacation spot, the New Jersey Pine Barrens (home to the legends of the mythic Jersey Devil), Richard isn't content with the crowded, official campground, and takes his family deeper into the woods. He's experiencing mood swings and paranoia, and when Richard sees the fabled monster, it's impossible to tell if Richard's mind is slipping or if his childhood nightmares are coming for the Moyer family.
Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack) is a mostly-unheralded writer in 1840s Baltimore in The Raven, barely able to pay his bar tab and incapable of earning the respect of Captain Hamilton (Brendan Gleeson), a man who'd rather threaten him than let Poe near the lovely Emily
Hamilton (Alice Eve). When a murder investigation leads detective (Luke Evans)
to the writings of Poe, he approaches the writer for help: Edgar Allan
Poe has to rise to the challenge, because only he can unravel the next
move of a killer using Poe's macabre fantasy writings as a template for
real-world murders. On DVD and Blu Ray.Musically
Small town girl Sherrie (Julianne Hough) meets and falls in love with aspiring rocker Drew (Diego Boneta) in 1987 Los Angeles in the jukebox musical Rock of Ages. They're both working at a Sunset Strip bar run by Alec Baldwin and Russell Brand, but the club is deeply in the red, and their plan is to use their love of rock to save the club: bring in rock and roll superstar Stacee Jaxx (Tom Cruise) to play a club-saving show. While an anti-rock activist (Catherine Zeta-Jones) tries to save the world from the moral corruption of Stacee Jaxx and all things rock and roll, Sherrie and Drew attempt to follow their dreams, but the road to stardom and love is treacherous in 1980's LA. Adapted from the Broadway musical, Rock of Ages weaves the music of Def Leppard, Poison, Journey, Starship, Whitesnake, and more into its characters' stories. On DVD and Blu Ray.Djbril arrives in New York from Senegal with hopes of becoming a pop star in Restless City, but for now, he's selling CDs on Canal Street. As the film paints a poetic picture of city life, Djbril meets and courts working girl Trini, and they fall in love among grey market suppliers, shady back rooms, and the tension between her street lifestyle and his low-level criminal connections.
Lola's (Greta Gerwig) life seems perfect on her 29th birthday in Lola Versus, but she comes home to her fiance (Joel Kinnaman) calling off their wedding. Lola's life goes into a tailspin: she doesn't know how to be single, and whirls through a series of romantic misadventures, even throwing herself at her best friend (Hamish Linklater). She goes from being an aimless English-Lit doctoral student to waitressing, a job her parents (Debra Winger and Bill Pullman) set up for her. For the first time, she has to put her life together without the man she's been with since high school.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan asks no questions, doesn't choose sides, and simply delivers packages in The Courier, but a stranger's (Til Schweiger) ultimatum pushes him into a job that might be too much for him. He's partnered up with a pilot and driver (Josie Ho) and driven to track down a villain (Mickey Rourke) who's nearly vanished into legend: though his enemies are viciously eliminated, no one knows where he is, or even if he's alive or dead. On DVD and Blu Ray.
The newest Scooby Doo animated feature is Big Top Scooby Doo!, where Fred dreams of life under the big top and brings the gang along when the circus comes to town. When they get there, the ringleader asks for the group's help; the circus has been terrorized by a werewolf, and only Scooby, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne, and Fred can save the day.
New this week in our TV New Releases:
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Bones Season 7 |
Booth and Brennan continue to solve crimes while beginning their life together and preparing for their new baby/ |  |
The League Season 3 |
Office drone Pete is still competing with his friends in their fantasy football league. |
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Holliston Season 1 |
Horror director Adam Green's FearNet sitcom sees Adam and his blowhard roommate working at a cable access station, trying to get their independent horror movie made. |  |
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 7 |
The owners of Paddy's pub travel to the Jersey Shore, embrace Facebook, learn about Frank's past, attend their high school reunion, and find out how Mac got fat. |
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