Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Week of February 25th

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Through Space

Dr. Ryan Stone's (Sandra Bullock) first mission in space applies her specific knowledge to the Hubble telescope in Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity. Assisted by veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney), she's nearly done with her work when they learn that they're directly in the path of debris hurling through space. Cut off from mission control, with their shuttle badly damaged, they have to find a way to survive their situation and make their way back to Earth. Their first and best hope is aboard the International Space Station, but with few supplies and no support, they have to overcome nearly impossible odds to return home. On DVD, Blu Ray, and 3D Blu.

Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the crown-prince of Asgard, has been putting his kingdom back in order in Thor: The Dark World. With his traitorous brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in prison and his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins) holding the throne, Thor is free to travel to other realms and secure peace. That peace is threatened when a Convergence threatens to link all realms, even Earth, where Dr. Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) is investigating the strange occurrences the impending Convergence is causing. Though Jane is trying get on with her life after Thor left her behind, he returns to join her and save the Earth from the Dark Elves (Christopher Eccleston and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) that plan to use the Convergence to destroy every realm and darken the universe. Facing an enemy more dangerous than any they've faced before, Thor and Jane have to take allies wherever they can-- even if that means freeing and joining with Loki. On DVD, Blu Ray, and 3D Blu.

Art, Awards, and Prestige

High school student Adele is just beginning to figure out her life in the Cannes Film Festival Palm d'Or-winning Blue Is the Warmest Color. Her group of friends talk about nothing but boys and sex, and Adele accepts their advice to go out with the guy who's interested in her, but far from being satisfied with him, she walks away. The person who really caught her eye was blue-haired Emma (Lea Seydoux), the two begin a passionate relationship. Emma is an intellectual and an artist, and accepts Adele into her life, but Adele has to contend with her school friends turning their backs on her lesbianism and concern over what her parents (Aurelien Recoing) will think. As Adele and Emma's relationship develops, their time together reveals the passing of their initial, all-consuming attraction to the maintaining of a partnership, and what two people as different as studious Adele and artistic Emma truly have to offer one another. On DVD and Blu Ray.

David (Will Forte) is stuck managing his father, Woody's (Bruce Dern), obsession to claim a million dollar magazine sweepstakes in Alexander Payne's Nebraska. Though David, his brother Ross (Bob Odenkirk), and their mother Kate (June Squibb) see the prize as obviously false, Woody-- through drunken bouts and possible dementia-- insists on traveling from his Montana home to Lincoln, Nebraska to claim his winnings. On their way, David has to endure his combative father, but their journey shades Woody's history, as they visit his brother (Rance Howard), cross paths with his former business partner (Stacy Keach), and learns to see his odd and unpredictable dad in a new light. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Set around the Yugoslav Wars and the seige of Sarajevo, Italian student Gemma (Penelope Cruz) recalls the time she spent in the highened drama and tragedy of conflict in Twice Born. Returning to the site of her greatest love, Gemma recalls-- through a series of extended flashbacks-- her time amidst the artists and poets of the area as violence ran wild in the early 90s, and how she met dashing photographer Diego (Emile Hirsch). As their complicated relationship unfolds, Gemma's history reveals the woman she is now, and why she's returned to Sarajevo with her 16-year-old son. With Sergio Castellitto.

A documentary about a sleepy Alabama town that has become a destination for recording artists, Muscle Shoals spends time in the studios that have created legendary recordings by Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones, Etta James, and Bob Dylan, just to name a few. Muscle Shoals attracted musicians who quickly identified with the small town studio's sound: a mix of blues, mountain hillbilly, and spirituals that quickly defined itself as a distinct sonic personality. Collecting interviews with the artists who recorded there, record producer Rick Hall, and music historians, the film assembles the vast history of a studio that helped define the music of the 50s and 60s. On DVD and Blu Ray.

On the day of his 118th birthday, Nemo Nobody (Jared Leto), the last mortal man in a world of people who have conquered aging and death, tells the story of his life in Mr. Nobody. Nobody's story changes depending on which path he chooses to recall, from his being raised by his father (Rhys Ifans) or mother (Natasha Little) after their divorce, to the seperate loves of his life... or lives. As the parallel tracks of his lives continue to run, the events change whether he winds up with troubled Elise (Sarah Polley), sensible Jeanne (Linh Dan Pham) or passionate Anna (Diane Kruger), and how his different lives alter the course of the lives around him. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Perfectionist vintner Paul (Niels Arestrup) is obsessed with his vineyard's legacy in the French You Will Be My Son. Believing that his son has a better eye for ledgers than a nose for wine, Paul is reluctant to pass on the business that has been in his family for eleven generations, and begins to look for a more suitable heir. When he finds a young man that is everything his own son is not, Paul believes he can secure his family vineyard's future, but adding a new "son" highlights the troubles and truths that were always present in his world.


New this week in our TV New Releases:
Adventure Time
Season 3

I'm a buff baby that can dance like a man, I can shake-ah my fanny, I can shake-ah my can! I'm a tough tootin' baby, I can punch-ah yo' buns! Punch-ah yo' buns, I can punch all yo' buns! If you're an evil witch, I will punch you for fun!
Lego Animation
Clutch Powers
Hero Factory
Clutch Powers goes on Indiana Jones-style Lego adventures in the animated The Adventures of Clutch Powers, and robotic heroes are constructed to protect their world in their first two Hero Factory stories: Rise of the Rookies and Savage Planet.

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