Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Week of May 27th

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Adapting


Gambit
Now & Then
Adapted from the 1960s Michael Caine caper film and written for the screen by the Coen Brothers, Gambit stars Colin Firth as art curator Harry Dean, plotting revenge against his petty, domineering boss, Lord Shabandar (Alan Rickman). Harry's scheme-- to have his friend and art forger (Tom Courtenay) compose a fake Monet and sell it to the hedonistically rich Shabandar-- seems flawless, but hinges upon the cooperation of unpredictable PJ Puznowski (Cameron Diaz), who might be more than she seems. With Stanley Tucci. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Director Stephen Chow re-invents a classic 16th century Chinese novel in Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, where demon hunter Xuan Zang arrives to protect a village under siege. Set to do battle against the deadly fish demon terrorizing the village, Zang has the best intentions, but, armed with little more than a book of nursery rhymes, the odds are against him. Teaming up with the more fearsome Duan (Shu Qi), Zang embarks on an epic quest of fish monsters, pig men, monkey kings, giant foot spells, mantis-style kung fu, and Looney Tunes slapstick. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Connection

15-year-old David (Kodi Smit-McPhee) always shared his mother's passion for birds in A Birder's Guide to Everything, and, eighteen months after her death, birding gives him a link to her memory. The day before his father (James Le Gros) is about to remarry, David and his friends (including Alex Wolff and Katie Chang) set out on a road trip to photograph a supposedly extinct duck David glimpsed on the streets of New York. David's camera can provide proof of the illusory bird, but he'll have to out-pace a birding fanatic (Ben Kingsley) and get home in time to be the best man at his father's wedding.


Recovering from a stroke, Connor returns from the hospital a changed man in the Irish Run & Jump. He comes home to Vanetia, his steady but put-upon wife, and they to reassemble their life under the supervision of Connor's therapist, Ted (Will Forte). Vanetia bristles under Ted's constant observation, but as Connor shows he's not quite who he once was, Ted's calm, restrained presence becomes a reliable source of comfort in her life.


Shy and sheltered Jade (Gabriella Wilde) lives her life within the walls of her family's mansion in Endless Love, but a chance encounter with David (Alex Pettyfer), a sensitive blue collar boy from the wrong side of the tracks, awakens her to the possibilities in life. Though her mother (Joely Richardson) is pleased to see Jade coming out of her shell, Hugh (Bruce Greenwood), her father, sees David as a distraction in Jade's life and looks down on his working-class life. Though Hugh is determined to drive him away, David's romance with Jade helps transform both their lives and the lives of their families. With Robert Patrick.

Killers

Billy is a photographer who specializes in fetish photos in 24 Exposures, shooting young women pretending to be victims of violence. When a detective (Simon Barrett) looks into local, unsolved murders, Billy's obsession immediately make him a person of interest, and as he meets models and stages photo shoots, the line between Billy's work and actual crime scene photos begins to blur.


Nurse Kathy (Sharni Vinson) first thinks Patrick is a corpse when she lays him in a gurney in Patrick: Evil Awakens, but he's simply in an unresponsive, vegetative state. The head of the clinic (Charles Dance) is under pressure to get results, and their best hope for those results is to revive Patrick. As the staff (including Rachel Griffiths) conduct unethical experiments and hope for miraculous recovery, Kathy begins receiving messages from Patrick. His ability to reach out to her can't be explained, and neither can the strange occurrences that begin to infect the creepy old hospital

New this week in our TV New Releases:
Suits
Season 3

With their firm realigning after a merger, counselor Harvey Spector and his talented understudy Mike Ross have to clear cases and navigate the new power structure if they're going to stay on top.

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