Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Week of May 20th

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Safeguarding a Legacy

In the closing days of World War II, Frank Stokes (George Clooney, who also directs) convinces the US Army that the historic artwork of Europe must be protected from Nazi devastation in The Monuments Men. With all of America's young men already fighting, Stokes assembles an aging and out-of-shape unit of artists, critics, and curators (including Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, and Bob Balaban) to travel to the front lines, reclaiming the statues and paintings captured by the Germans. With the art secreted away and slated to be destroyed, the Monuments Men risk their lives in a race against time to preserve centuries of culture from Nazi incineration. With Cate Blanchett. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Serving Masters

Milo (Kit Harington) is the last survivor of the Roman raid on his Celtic village in Paul W.S. Anderson's Pompeii. Growing up a slave with the memory of the sadistic Corvus (Kiefer Sutherland), Milo lives his life as a gladiator, fighting in the wealthy city of Pompeii for the entertainment of the Romans he despises. When he makes a connection with the beautiful Cassia (Emily Browning), the daughter of the city's rulers (Jared Harris and Carrie-Anne Moss), the forbidden love between an upper-class Roman girl and a slave isn't tempered by Milo's popularity in the arena. Unfolding at the foot of the volatile Mt. Vesuvius, Milo's quest to win Cassia and defy Corvus is forced to exist within the shadow of one of the greatest natural disasters in history. With Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. On DVD and Blu Ray.


Ethan Renner's (Kevin Costner) inoperable cancer ends his long career as a CIA operative in McG's 3 Days to Kill, and he plans to spend what little time he has left reconnecting with the wife (Connie Nielsen) and daughter (Hailee Steinfeld) that his secret agent life drove away. An elite CIA assassin called Vivi (Amber Heard) offers him an experimental cure that could save his life if he agrees to locate and eliminate an elusive arms dealer (Richard Sammel), but Ethan's reunion with his family is conditional upon quitting his dangerous, fists and guns lifestyle. Ethan has to follow Vivi's orders, track his man, interrogate informants, and eliminate henchmen if he wants to live longer than a few months, but he'll have to be there for his daughter and be on time for dinner if he wants to keep the family he lives for. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Adapting Acclaimed Writers


About Last Night
Now & Then
The newest adaptation of David Mamet's stageplay, About Last Night stars Michael Ealy and Joy Bryant as Danny and Debbie, lured into a blind double date that becomes a one night stand before developing into a serious relationship. Rushing into their lives together against the advice of their best friends (Kevin Hart and Regina Hall), Danny and Debbie quickly discover that blush of their honeymoon period wears off quickly in light of their Mars/Venus differences, kitchen and bathroom politics, and the eventual slide into the unexciting routine of a day-to-day relationship. With Christopher McDonald. On DVD and Blu Ray

Based on the Oscar Wilde story, The Selfish Giant follows teenage Arbor and Swifty as they grow up in impoverished northern England. Suspended from school, the boys decide to make money stealing copper from local utilities and selling it to their local scrap dealer (Sean Gilder). Their new roles prompt a change in the relationship between hyper, aggressive Arbor, and gentle natured Swifty, and the tension between them will change both their lives forever.


Therese (Elizabeth Olsen) is married to a man (Tom Felton) she doesn't love in In Secret, a film based on Émile Zola’s classic Therese Raquin. Forced into her loveless station by her controlling aunt (Jessica Lange), Therese has an awakening when she meets Laurent (Oscar Isaac), and she begins to push back against the life that was forced upon her. Social mores in the poor section of 1860s Paris aren't easily broken, and the illicit affair between Therese and Laurent is doomed to create tragic consequences. With Matt Lucas and Shirley Henderson.

Supernatural Teens

17-year-old Rose (Zoey Deutch) is the half-vampire guardian to vampire princess Lissa in Vampire Academy. Though they escaped their vampire society and had been living on their own, Rose and Lissa are dragged back to Headmistress Kirova's (Olga Kurylenko) St. Vladimir's Academy, populated exclusively by their own kind. Life at St. Vladimir's allows Rose to keep up on her fight training, and Lissa is returned to her obligations among vampire royalty (including Gabriel Byrne), but their return immerses them in the dangers that would destroy or control Lissa. Rose is still dedicated to protecting her friend, not just from their monstrous sworn enemies, but from the cliques and in-fighting of high school. With Sarah Hyland. On DVD and Blu Ray.


Heather, the daughter of a small town cop (Vinnie Jones), is surprised to see Robbie arrive at her high school in Way of the Wicked. Years after leaving town because of suspicions surrounding the death of a classmate, Robbie's return allows him to reunite with Heather, but also begins a series of strange occurrences. Students Robbie doesn't like start to turn up dead, and though Robbie never touches any of them, Father Henry (Christian Slater) suspects a danger within the boy too incredible to believe.

Protecting Hostages

Of the 50 women abducted, caged, and forced to fight to the death, only 25 remain in Raze. Overseen by Elizabeth and Joseph (Sherilyn Fenn and Doug Jones), they must fight to the death, one-on-one. If they refuse or lose their match, their loved ones will be killed; no idle threat, the fights and executions are broadcast into each of the combatants' cells. Sabrina (Zoe Bell) never wanted to kill anyone and dreams of escape, but she has to fight to the finish if she and her family are to survive... unless she can find another way.


Gifted concert pianist Tom (Elijah Wood) hasn't performed since his on-stage meltdown five years earlier in Grand Piano, but he agrees to return to the stage for his mentor, Patrick Godureaux's, memorial. When he sits down at his teacher's custom piano, Tom is threatened by an assassin (John Cusack) with a sniper rifle in the rafters. If Tom doesn't do what he's told, the assassin will execute his wife (Kerry Bishe), but the shooter asks the impossible: he insists that, with his mentor dead, Tom is the only pianist alive that could play Godureaux's "unplayable" piece. Forced to play the piece that caused his meltdown, knowing one wrong note means death for him and his wife, Tom has to play the most important concert of his life and still find a way to outwit the sniper. With Alex Winter. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Hunting Conspirators

When a snatched package turns out to be a bomb and results in a young boy's death, Federal Agent William Flynn (David Straithairn) is brought in to investigate the meaning behind the bombs in No God, No Master. Set in 1919 and based on actual events, Flynn uncovers a plot to send package bombs to the titans of American industry (including J.D. Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan) and government and tracks it to an underground anarchist movement. While his superiors can use the bombs as an excuse to deport immigrants and break up unions, Flynn merely hopes find appropriate justice for the bombers and stop the violence.


Hard-bitten detective Mack (David Morse) learns that Simon Weeks (Cory Monteith), the teenage criminal he put away seven years ago, has been released from prison in McCanick. His captain (Ciaran Hinds) warns Mack not to go after Weeks, but Mack and his partner (Mike Vogel) immediately launch an unauthorized manhunt for the boy. During the search, the truth of what happened seven years ago is slowly revealed as Mack's motivation for tracking down Weeks, with no concern for the procedure or the law, becomes clear.

New this week in our TV New Releases:
Borgen
Season 1

Newly elected Danish Prime Minister Birgitte Nyborg got into office with her populist skills, but her newfound power puts her in a turbulent mix of politics, moral ambiguity, and greed.
Call the Midwife
Series 3

With their facilities about to be demolished, the nurses and nuns of Nonnatus House have to face the Polio outbreak in poverty-ridden 1950s East London.
Warehouse 13
Season 5

Agents Lattimer and Bering are still guarding the wonders and dealing with the effects of the warehouse's mysterious artifacts, even as the facility is about to be shut down in the show's final season.

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