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A Fight for Survival
Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield) is recruited into a military academy by Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) to join Earth's elite force to fight alien enemies in the science fiction Ender's Game. Succeeding in the academy where his older brother and sister (Jimmy Pinchak and Abigail Breslin) couldn't, the school's administration (including Viola Davis and Ben Kingsley)
sees Ender as a natural leader, and the best hope for Earth's fight
against an alien force. As he trains, Ender has to prove himself in a
series of tests and games, earning the trust and respect of his fellow
cadets, and proving that he's the one to lead their epic space
battles... though the fight may be coming sooner than he suspects. With Hailee Steinfeld. On DVD and Blu Ray.
Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) leaves New York to stay with her British cousins in How I Live Now, but their lives are thrown into chaos when a nuclear bomb is detonated in London. As she grows closer to her cousin Eddie (George MacKay),
the tragedy threatens to tear them apart when the United States begins
evacuating its citizens from England. Separated from her family, Daisy
has to find the strength and courage to reunite them all, survive the
coming troubles, and defend her new home. With Corey Johnson and Anna Chancelor. On DVD and Blu Ray.
When Mariah Mundy's parents mysteriously vanish in 19th century London, he's thrust into an adventure in the care of dashing hero Will Charity (Michael Sheen) in Adventurer: Curse of the Midas Box.
The Mundys and Charity are secret agents in the service of the Bureau
of Antiquities, and their disappearance is linked to a magic box that
can turn anything into gold. Their quest to find the box and rescue
Mariah's parents puts them in opposition to the nefarious Otto Luger (Sam Neill) and his henchwoman Monica (Lena Headey) who will stop at nothing to acquire the Midas Box.
Lost at sea, adrift in the Indian Ocean, Robert Redford struggles to survive in All Is Lost.
Alone on his boat somewhere between Indonesia and Madagascar, he's
unable to reach anyone on radio, and as his ordeal stretches through the
days, his isolation and inability to save himself begin to take their
toll. In order to survive, he must weather storms, ration food, somehow
find fresh water, but even more threatening is the solitude and creeping
despair he must overcome if he's to keep fighting for his life. On DVD
and Blu Ray.
Michael Fassbender is a lawyer defending the residents of the moral gray area along the Texas/Mexico border in Ridley Scott's The Counselor. Based on the book by Cormac McCarthy,
the film follows the compromised counselor-- who's spent years making
easy money defending corrupt and powerful clients-- as he joins a
venture set up by a group of flashy, high-power criminals (Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt, and Cameron Diaz). The deal, too good to be true, goes sour, putting the counselor and his finance (Penelope Cruz)
in mortal danger, as they are forced to contend with the base realities
of the loftier ideals surrounding human nature and "the evil that men
do." With Bruno Ganz. On DVD and Blu Ray.
Love and the Real World
Obsessed with Mr. Darcy, from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Jane Hayes (Keri Russell) finds her ideal fantasy vacation in Austenland. Run by Jane Seymour,
the Austenland theme resort is designed just for people like Ms. Hayes:
she's taken from her lonely New York apartment, planted in the English
countryside, adorned in period costume, and set to interact with a staff
in character as Mr. Nobley (JJ Feild),
Colonel Andrews, or Mr. Darcy... but can she really find romance among
actors selling fantasy to Americans like herself and New Orleans
socialite Elizabeth (Jennifer Coolidge)? With Bret McKenzie. On DVD and Blu Ray.
Rejoining the ensemble from 1999's The Best Man, The Best Man Holiday stars Monica Calhoun and Morris Chestnut
as Mia and Lance, successful and happily married since the events of
the first movie, but Mia misses her old friends and arranges a
get-together for the holidays. Reuniting with best man Harper (Taye Diggs), now a best-selling novelist, and his pregnant wife Robyn (Sanaa Lathan),
a successful chef, they get the whole gang back together and learn how
the past fifteen years has shaped their faith, loves, and lives. With Terrence Howard and Melissa De Sousa.
An imagining of the post-separation romantic life of the Princess of Wales, Diana stars Naomi Watts as she meets Pakistani heart surgeon Hansat Khan (Naveen Andrews),
and the two begin a clandestine romance. With Diana plagued by tabloid
journalists and paparazzi, the two have to take precautions as their
affair develops, and Kahn becomes the last great love of Princess
Diana's life. With Cas Anvar.
Subtitled
10-year-old Wadjda doesn't want to fit into the strict rules of Saudi Arabian society in Wadjda, she wants to ride bikes, listen to rock 'n roll, and befriend whomever she likes. The first Saudi Arabian film directed by a woman, Wadjda unfolds from the little girl's perspective as she contends with the only world she knows, even as she refuses to be controlled by it.
Elderly sculptor Marc Cros (Jean Rochefort) takes in a Spanish political refuge during World War II in The Artist and the Model,
with the understanding that she will pose for him. Working in an
idyllic village in the south of France, the young woman reignites Marc's
passion for art and the female form as she becomes his muse, bringing
new acclaim and attention to the artist's work. With Claudia Cardinale.
Sporting Documentary
Examining the controversy around disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, Alex Gibney's The Armstrong Lie
opens with Armstrong's confession and explores his evolving legacy.
Widely known as a seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor,
Armstrong spent years steadfastly denying any charges of doping or drug
use. Given unprecedented access, the documentary tackles the athlete's
history, championships, and bans preventing him from future competition,
and the culture of doping in sports.
Filming the boxing champion's autobiographical memoir, Spike Lee directs Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth,
a one-man show where Tyson tells his story. Recounting his troubled
childhood, early days learning to box, ascent to stardom, and the
troubles that followed, Mike Tyson tells the story of his life and his
journey to, and from, the top.
Blending documentary footage and dramatic recreation, The Summit
tells the story of a 24-man group's 2008 quest to scale K2 that went
terribly wrong. Considered by some to be more dangerous than Mt.
Everest, the group's successful climb turned tragic when they learned
the descent would be even more dangerous than their initial climb, a
discovery that would claim 11 of the mountaineers' lives.
New this week in our TV New Releases:
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Sherlock
Season 3 |
Dr. Watson (Martin Freeman) is mourning the death of his friend, but Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) not only isn't dead, but he's about to bring Watson back into his twisted and dangerous crime-solving world. |  |
The Americans
Season 1 |
Elizabeth and Philip (Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys) seem like an ordinary married couple in Cold War America, but they have to hide their true identities as KGB sleeper agents. | ||
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The League of Super Evil
Season 1 |
Supervillains like Voltar and Doktor Frogg plan to take over Metrotown and eventually the world... but their evil schemes never seem to help them take over much of anything |  |
The Returned
Season 1 |
The residents of a secluded French mountain town are surprised when their dead loved ones suddenly reappear. Though apparently healthy and normal, their return from the grave is the first of a series of inexplicable mysteries to befall the town. | ||
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Legends of Chima
The Lion, the Crocodile, and the Power of Chi |
A small but powerful group of heroes seek to bring down Chima and restore their kingdom to the paradise it once was. |  |
Sofia The First
Once upon a Princess Ready to be a Princess |
Princess Sofia is the newest student at the Royal Preparatory Academy, where she has to break the spell of a clumsy sorcerer before it ruins school for everyone. |
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