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Gerry (Brad Pitt) is retired from government service and wants nothing more than to spend time with his wife (Mireille Enos) and daughters when the zombie apocalypse turns the world upside-down in Marc Forster's World War Z. Gerry's history with a UN Secretary (Fana Mokoena) puts his family in a secure place, but with a condition: the Secretary needs Gerry to put his special skills to work and prevent the end of the world. Tasked with finding "patient zero," Gerry travels the world from one zombie-infested hotspot to the next, looking for the information that will stop the plague and save mankind. On DVD and Blu Ray.
Former FBI agent Sarah Moss (Brit Marling) is hired by a private security firm (led by Patricia Clarkson) to infiltrate an anti-corporate activist group in The East. She begins train hopping and dumpster diving until she evades the police, impressing Luca (Shiloh Fernandez), a member of The East. When Luca brings her into the fold, she meets the group's doctor (Toby Kebbell), a driven activist (Ellen Page), and their charismatic leader (Alexander Skarsgaard), and eventually discovers their mission-- The East is providing ironic payback to dishonorable heads of damaging companies. While the group is targeting the corporations Sarah is hired to protect, Sarah is forced to face that, while The East may not be in the right, neither is her employer. On DVD and Blu Ray.
Legendary Musicians
When a friend
(Scott Bakula) he met in a gay bar drives Scott Thorson (Matt Damon) to see a concert, Scott's life is changed forever in Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra.
The concert: a 1977 Liberace performance in Las Vegas. They're invited backstage, and Scott is introduced to Liberace (Michael Douglas),
who is immediately drawn to the younger man, and soon Scott is
Liberace's lover, companion, chauffeur, and more. In their years
together, Scott is changed-- emotionally and physically-- as he deals
with living in the shadow of the most flamboyant entertainer in the
world, while their relationship develops from a physical one to an
almost father/son dynamic, along with all the troubles the changes
bring. With Dan Aykroyd.
On DVD and Blu Ray.A young, unknown Jeff Buckley (Penn Badgley) prepares for a 1991 tribute concert for his legendary folk singer father in Greetings from Tim Buckley. Though Jeff, not quite developed and still finding his voice, is the guest of honor, he only met his father once before Tim Buckley died at the age of 28. The concert taps into all of Jeff's confusion, abandonment, and angst, but he meets a girl (Imogen Poots) that encourages him to rise to the occasion of both the concert and the future that lies ahead.
Troubled Friendships
Former highschool friends Mitchell and Carter are on a road trip when their car breaks down in the California desert in Scenic Route. Mitchell (Josh Duhamel) has a high-paying job, a wife, and a new son, but hasn't paid much attention to his old friends; Carter (Dan Fogler)
has always avoided "selling out," lives in his car, and is trying to
make it as a writer. When they're stuck in the desert, Carter admits he
sabotaged the car so the old friends could finally spend some time
together... but when he puts back what he took out of the engine, the
car starts only to sputter and die for real. Unless they can come up
with a solution, their forced bonding experience in a desert with no
food or water could be the end of them.
New to a troubled school full of privileges California teenagers, Mark makes friends with fame-obsessed Rebecca in Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring.
Rebecca's pastimes include grabbing whatever she finds in unlocked cars
and wandering into friends' houses when their families are on
vacation... but she and Mark take that game to the next level when they
start sneaking into celebrities homes. Soon, they have a group of
friends (including Emma Watson)
strolling into the homes of Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Paris Hilton,
and more, and walking out with clothes, jewelry, cash, and drugs.
Though nothing ever seems to be locked and no one seems to notice
they've come and gone, casually raiding the closets of the rich and
famous can't go unpunished forever. On DVD and Blu Ray.
Australian brothers Andy and Jimmy (Xavier Samuel) translate their love of surfing into custom boards and surf gear in Drift,
but their lack of prospects and troubled history impede their attempts
to start a business. The brothers are caught between the pull of
small-time crime that offers them quick capital and the philosophy of a
newly arrived surf filmmaker (Sam Worthington) who believes in the purity of surfing.
Communication Breakdown
Neo-Nazi Adam is sentenced to community service in the Danish black comedy Adam's Apples, and is welcomed with open arms by Ivan, a cheerful and blindly optimistic minister. No matter how unrepentant Adam is, Ivan never sees anything but the bright side of every issue; Adam is given a room and charged with caring for the parish's apple tree. Ivan's good spirits may not be a match for Adam, whose rotten core affects everything around him, and his apple tree is soon as corrupt as he is.Based on a theme of modern, technological alimentation, Disconnect weaves together three overlapping stories of internet abuses. A reporter (Andrea Riseborough) makes video-chat contact with an internet stripper (Max Thieriot) only to find her expose could summon the FBI and hurt more people than it helps. Colin Ford uses a fake Facebook account to humiliate a classmate (Jonah Bobo) so badly he attempts suicide, driving his father (Jason Bateman) to seek justice. And a troubled couple (Paula Patton and Alexander Skarsgaard) fall victim to identity theft, but the investigation into how their security was violated opens up all of their on-line secrets. On DVD and Blu Ray.
Max is mostly indifferent to his own life in Somebody Up There Likes Me, taking the advice of a stranger to propose to the first girl who will say yes, and marrying his co-worker Lyla (Jess Weixler). The real constant in Max's life is his best friend Sal (Nick Offerman),
who ends up moving in with the new couple and benefiting from their
wealth. As the decades progress, Max doesn't age, and though the world
around him changes, Max stays in the same disaffected, disengaged
arrested development while the story progresses.Children of the 1940s
All of 6-year-old Antonio Marez's older brothers are off fighting the second World War in Bless Me, Ultima, while he and the rest of his family tend their New Mexico home. When Ultima (Miriam Colon), the midwife who helped deliver Antonio, returns to the Marez home to live out the rest of her days, she sparks controversy in the town: clad in black, the townspeople call her curandera, a witch. Even amidst the prejudices of other, Ultima and Antonio form a strong bond, and while her wisdom supports him, her beliefs and mysticism challenge Antonio's Catholic upbringing.
Animation
Children Who Chase Lost Voices director Makoto Shinkai's short film The Garden of Words
is the story of teenage Takao who, while skipping school, meets
Yukino-- still a young woman, but well out of high school-- sipping a
beer in a rainy garden. Yukino and Takao continue to run into one
another and begin to form an unlikely relationship built partly by their
conversation and partly by what is left unsaid between them. With all
of their encounters unplanned, chance meetings, one of them will have to
make a change if the relationship is to evolve.The newest Thomas the Tank Engine (and Friends) movie is King of the Railway, where Thomas and the other engines are chosen to help rebuild a castle. Inspired by finding coats of arms, suits of armor, and other treasures of knights and kings, the engines find the courage to tackle their biggest challenge and rescue their missing friend.
New this week in our TV New Releases:
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Grimm Season 2 |
Nick is a police officer, but after learning he's one of the last descendants of the Grimm family he has to enforce the rules of the fairytale world on the magical creatures and monsters only a select few can see. |  |
Bates Motel Season 1 |
In a modern day setting, Norman Bates and his mother assume ownership of an out-of-the-way motel, but their family secrets and instability form the prequel series for Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. |
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Arrow Season 1 |
After being stranded on an island for five years, Oliver Queen returns to troubled Starling City a changed man. Tasked by his billionaire father to right his family's wrongs, Oliver becomes the Green Arrow, bringing the city's corrupters to justice. |  |
The Mentalist Season 5 |
Sort-of-psychic Patrick Jane and his colleagues in the CBI square off against the FBI over the developments of the Red John case, but there is still a collection of mysteries only Patrick can solve. |
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Nashville Season 1 |
Rayna is the "Queen of Country," but after decades in the business, her album sales are down and her concerts are half-empty, and she finds herself competing with a young, bubblegum pop-country starlet. |  |
Sharpe's Peril | After Sharpe's Challenge, Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean) is tasked with escorting a woman to a distant fort during the Napoleonic Wars, but the troubles they face in their travels are dwarfed by what awaits them at their destination. |
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The Hollow Crown |
A BBC miniseries pairing notable British stage directors with Shakespeare's royal tragedies, casting Ben Wishaw as Richard II, Tom Hiddleston as Henry V, and Jeremy Irons in the 2-part Henry IV. | |||
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