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Wicked Witches
A magician in a traveling circus, Oscar Diggs (James Franco) is a self-serving huckster and raconteur in Sam Raimi's Oz the Great and Powerful, but he's out of his depth when a twister sweeps him and his hot air balloon to the magical Land of Oz. Oscar's sleight of hand and ability to charm a gullible audience win him the admiration of a flying monkey (Zach Braff) and convinces the witch Theodora (Mila Kunis) that he's the wizard Oz has been waiting for. She takes him to the Emerald City, run by her sister Evanora (Rachel Weisz), and they tell him the wizard's destiny: to go to the Dark Forest, track down the Wicked Witch (Michelle Williams) who killed the King of Oz, and destroy her wand. Oscar's journey may not be everything he expected, but-- since he doesn't have any real magic-- he'll have to put on an amazing show to become Oz the Great and Powerful and win the day. With Joey King and Bill Cobbs. On DVD and Blu Ray.
A young brother and sister survive their encounter with an evil witch in a gingerbread house and grow up to be monster-hunting vigilantes in Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. Hansel and Gretel (Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton) arrive in a village where the sheriff (Peter Stormare) is about to execute an innocent woman for witchcraft... but they stay because real witches have abducted the village's children. Soon, Hansel and Gretel are in a free-for-all battle with a grand witch (Famke Janssen), Army of Darkness style: steampunk guns, mechanically morphing crossbows, and just slamming witches into trees. As an army of witches gathers to descend on them, the monster hunters learn they're integral to a plot that could unleash witches on the world. With Thomas Mann. On DVD and Blu Ray.
Controlled by the Enemy
When John's (Dwayne Johnson) son, Jason (Rafi Gavron), receives a package from a friend, the DEA kicks in his door in Snitch.
Because of minimum sentencing laws designed to catch traffickers, the
only way 18-year-old Jason won't rot in jail is to do to another kid
what was done to him-- a set-up-- which he won't do. To get his son out
of jail, John uses his trucking company and an ex-con (Jon Bernthal) on his staff to do what the attorney (Susan Sarandon)
wants from Jason: to get close to, and arrest, drug dealers. Working as
a mole, John barely makes it through a deal with local kingpin Malik (Michael K. Williams), but when the deal connects John to cartel senior El Topo (Benjamin Bratt), the government wants more from him to grant Jason's freedom. On DVD and Blu Ray.Martial artist Jiang Lu Xia interviews for a bodyguard job for a powerful businessman (Eddie Cheung) in Ninja Masters, and though she's smaller and lighter than any of her opponents, she's a Wu Shu master and a talented leg-fighter, Jiang lands the job. When she's overwhelmed by attackers and her client gets kidnapped, the abductors contact her with their demands: she will have to win a series of underground fighting matches, against a variety of opponents, to win their safety.
Foreign Films
A film about a Brazilian costal neighborhood, Neighboring Sounds is an expansive portrait of citizens in the prosperous city of Recife. Weaving together the stories of the wealthy occupants of the highrises, the renting working class, and the underclass that does service work for them, the neighborhood react to a rash of crimes by hiring a security company, but the surveillance does something other than make them feel secure... it exposes their secrets.
Currently at 100% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, Masquerade is the story of the 16th century monarch King Gwan Hae (Lee Byung-hun) who has his advisor (Ryoo Seung-yong)
find him a body double to give assassins a false target. Gwan Hae's
poisoning forces his double, a crude, low-born acrobat, to pose as the
King to keep the country running until the real ruler recovers... but
being pushed into the intricacies of government forces him to rise to
the occasion and grapple with the issues of the kingdom.Nonfiction
The documentary In Organic We Trust looks at the public assumptions of the Certified Organic food industry, and the positives and negatives that come with it. Exploring both corporate production and independent, local growers, the film notes which foods are less susceptible to mass produced pesticides, low-income support at farmers' markets, independent school lunch chefs, and what benefits actually come with the "organic" label.A docudrama based on Bill O'Reilly's best selling book, Killing Lincoln details the story of Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Narrated by Tom Hanks, the film establishes the history of the plot to kill Lincoln and the evolution of John Wilkes Booth's motives and plan to remove the president.
The new film by the director of Rubber, Wrong stars Jack Plotnick as Dolph Springer, an awkward, odd-ball obsessed with his missing dog. He still goes into the office he was fired from every day and talks to the pizza deliver girl (Alexis Dziena)-- not because he wants to order a pizza, just because he wants to talk with someone-- and other off-kilter, adult Napoleon Dynamite behavior. He wants to reconnect with his lost pet, but how sure can he be of anything if it's always raining in his office and his backyard tree has changed from a palm tree to a pine?
New this week in our TV New Releases:
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The Newsroom Season 1 |
Aaron Sorkin's new HBO show stars Jeff Daniels as a news anchor pushed by his new show producer (Emily Mortimer) to turn his back on his ratings friendly, make-no-waves approach and start making a quality news show, putting real journalism on the air. |  |
House of Cards Season 1 |
When Democratic congressman Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) isn't appointed Secretary of State by the President he helped into office, Frank and his wife (Robin Wright) use their political power and behind-the-curtain scheming to increase their influence on Washington while ruining the people who betrayed them. |
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Burn Notice
Season 6 |
Michael Weston is hunting for Anson after the end of season 5, but he and his team have to contend with old enemies from his CIA days, and taking cases to make ends meet, while trying to set things right. |  |
The Bletchley
Circle |
When a series of killing go unsolved in 1950s England, four women use the skills they gained as codebreakers during WWII to detect patterns amidst the murders led by a shrewd investigator who'd rather solve mysteries than settle into her post-war role as a housewife. |
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Doctor Who
The Snowmen |
The Doctor teams up with the Silurian Vastra, the Sontaran Strax, and his new companion Clara, who reinvigorate The Doctor's passion for helping the helpless and inspire him to stop The Snowmen. |  |
Lego Chima
The Power of Chi |
A world of animal tribes is at war over Chi, the energy source that powers their technology, vehicles, and weapons, some fighting to keep balance with nature and others fighting for personal gain. |
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