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Armed Professionals
After a mission goes awry, James Bond (Daniel Craig) is presumed dead in Sam Mendes' Skyfall, and when M (Judi Dench) recovers him and brings Bond back to MI-6, he is not at his best. The chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee (Ralph Fiennes) doubts 007 is even fit for service, but taking care of the assignment that nearly killed him puts him in the path of Raoul Silvia (Javier Bardem), a cyber-terrorist with big plans for MI-6 and M... and now that Silvia feels a connection with James Bond, his plans include 007 as well. With Naomie Harris. On DVD and Blu Ray.
Stebbi makes a connection after a drunken fistfight gets him arrested in the Icelandic Black's Game, but befriending Toti, a mid-level drug dealer, earns him more than just the business card of a competent criminal lawyer. Set in the late 90's, while Iceland's drug trade suddenly developed from small business to a larger, more cutthroat business, Stebbi finds himself on a Goodfellas-style rise, but when controlling, psychopathic Bruno (Damon Yunger) takes over the drug trafficking underworld, their expanding bankrolls are nothing compared to the increase in violence, fear, and police attention.
Charlie (Logan Lerman) is beginning his freshman year and trying not to let his past troubles follow him into high school in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, but he's still awkward and outcast. Just when he thinks his only friend will be his English teacher (Paul Rudd), he meets Sam (Emma Watson) and her stepbrother Patrick (Ezra Miller),Fitting in at School
seniors
who live on the fringe of high school acceptability. Through his new
friends, Charlie finds a group that accepts him, brought into the world
of David Bowie songs and Rocky Horror stage shows, pairs up with his
first girlfriend... enough to keep the darkness from his past from
affecting him too much... but Sam and Patrick both have their own
troubles and histories. They can't keep each other afloat forever, at
least not while they keep their troubles secret. With Melanie Lynskey and Mae Whitman. On DVD and Blu Ray.Shoved out from in front of a speeding bus by a rambunctious high school dropout, Troy's (Jacob Wysocki) suicide is ruined in Fat Kid Rules the World. The dropout, Marcus (Matt O'Leary) demands $20 for saving his life, and suddenly, awkward and overweight Troy has made his only friend. His father (Billy Campbell) is wary of the usually-wasted Marcus, but is hesitantly supportive of Troy wanting to play drums, go out with friends, and engage with the world in a way that doesn't involve online gaming. Filmed and set in Seattle, the film sticks with Troy as Marcus encourages him to drum for his new band (they have a show at Neumos in five weeks... so Troy had better learn how to play) while Troy learns to find a place in his world, and how to cope with an addict in his life.
A documentary designed to call attention to the victimized and bullied children in schools, Amandala: A Revolution in Four Part Harmony director Lee Hirsch's Bully follows five students through the 2009-2010 school year. Framed by the founders of The Bully Project, parents of a bullied teenager who committed suicide, the film details the daily struggles of the kids who are harassed and picked on, and the parents and educators who can't seem to help. On DVD and Blu Ray.
11-year-old Cyril runs away from his foster home to find his missing father in Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's The Kid with a Bike, refusing to believe that he's been abandoned. Though his father runs him off, Cyril latches on to the first stranger that shows him kindness: a hairdresser (Cecile De France) who returns his bicycle. In his search for family, Cyril rebels, finds strength or compassion where he can, falls in with the wrong people, and tries to cope with the truth about his father, presenting a story that won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
Hunter (James Marsden) buys a robot to help his aging father Frank (Frank Langella) in Robot & Frank. Frank, who lives alone and is growing increasingly forgetful, resents the presence of the robot (voiced by Peter Sarsgaard)...Meanings
until
he realizes it doesn't recognize the difference between legal and
illegal activities. With a new robotic partner, Frank is invigorated by
the only job he ever loved-- though he's too old to really be a cat
burglar again, he can train the robot to pick locks and plan heists.
Frank's new lease on life encourages him to go out with the librarian (Susan Sarandon) he always flirts with and choose the target for his next caper (Jeremy Strong), but the robot was only ever meant to be a temporary solution to Frank's problems. With Liv Tyler.Mark O'Brien (John Hawkes) is a successful journalist and poet in his late thirties, but he's still a virgin in The Sessions. Based on actual events, the film tells the story of Mark, who was stricken with polio as a child and lives most of his life in an iron lung, and his desire to experience sex for the first time. After clearing the idea with his priest (William H. Macy), he finds the therapist (Helen Hunt) that can see him through his new adventure... but she only sees clients for six sessions, which could be complicated for Mark if he becomes too attached. On DVD and Blu Ray.
A Chinese adaptation of the classic French Novel, Dangerous Liaisons is the story of a wealthy playboy (Jang Dong-gun) tasked with seducing his uncle's granddaughter (Zhang Ziyi)-- falling in love with her will void the bet, but if he can bed the girl, he'll win the one woman who has never succumbed to his charms (Cecilia Cheung). With Lisa Lu. On DVD and Blu Ray.
On Film, on Digital
A multi-faceted conversation on the past and future of cinema, Side By Side is about the history of film and its future as celluloid has to contend more and more with digital cameras. Interviewing directors (including James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Robert Rodriguez, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Soderbergh... just to name the few on the DVD cover), editors, cinematographers, and actors, the film assembles multiple points-of-view on the pros and cons of traditional photochemical film, the advances of digital filmmaking, how films are projected and viewed, and how they can be archived for the future.Increasingly alienated from his teenage son Adrian, documentarian Ross McElwee looks back at his own past in hopes of understanding his son in Photographic Memory. Mixing footage of Adrian as a little boy (one who enjoyed being filmed) and the combative, internet-obsessed teenager he's become, Ross includes photographs and journals of his own from when he was the same age. Finding his own youth foreign and unrelatable, Ross attempts to track down his past, life as a young adult finding himself in France, and the former lovers and acquaintances that could reconnect him to who he was in his late teens/early twenties.
Splatter
Co-written by The RZA (who also directs) and Eli Roth, The Man with the Iron Fists is a hyper-violent kung fu movie where Silver Lion (Byron Mann) takes over his clan and begins a reign of terror. The old leader's son (Rick Yune) swears revenge, but their war requires weapons... provided by the humble blacksmith (The RZA) who only wants to earn an honest living and escape the violent village with his girlfriend (Jamie Chung).
When the blacksmith is forced into the fray, be becomes The Man with
the Iron Fists, thrown into a bone-snapping, blood-spurting battle
amongst Silver Lion, a deadly English gunfighter (Russell Crowe), an ambitious plotting madame (Lucy Liu), and an assassin who can turn his skin into solid bronze (Dave Bautista). On DVD and Blu Ray.Once lost in Silent Hill, Sharon has been sent back into the real world under the care of her father (Sean Bean) in Silent Hill: Revelation. Living under assumed names, they try to keep a low profile, but reality keeps slipping around Sharon as the world devolves into horrific images. A private investigator questions (Martin Donovan) her fake name and pushes her to return to Silent Hill and find the leader of the cult (Carrie-Anne Moss) that refuses to let her go. Everything around Sharon is pushing her to fulfill her destiny, but in the nightmare world of Silent Hill, she can't be sure what that destiny truly is. On DVD and Blu Ray.
New this week in our TV New Releases:
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Weeds Season 8 |
The final season of Weeds follows Nancy and her family back to the beginning, returning to their subdivision, and dealing with repercussions from their past. |  |
Gossip Girl Season 6 |
The final season of Gossip Girl promises to finally reveal the identity of the "gossip girl," writing about the social climbers (and their lackeys) until the very end. | |
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Nurse Jackie Season 4 |
Emergency room nurse Jackie Peyton accepts her addiction and enters rehab, but her everyday life continues with a high pressure job and a strict new boss. | ||||
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