Week of June 17th

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Grand Adventure

Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel is mostly the story of Monsieur Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes), the flamboyant, irrepressible concierge of the Republic of Zubrowka's most elegant hotel. Though the film dances through several eras, Monsieur Gustave's adventure in the 1930s is a mosaic of stolen paintings, wild romance, murder, a grasping heir (Adrien Brody) and his psychopathic henchman (Willem Dafoe), fascist regimes, an incorruptible lawyer (Jeff Goldblum) executing a hotly contested will, jailbreaks and daring escapes, ski chases, and a powerful secret organization of concierges known as "The Order of the Crossed Keys." Part caper, part elaborate fairytale, Gustave and his faithful lobby boy Zero Moustafa charge through Anderson's ornate world, fighting for elegance, appreciation, and honor of respecting a fallen friend's will. With Saoirse Ronan. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Animation

Unlike the other mice around her, Celestine (Mackenzie Foy) doesn't fear bears in Ernest & Celine, and convinces the first bear she meets, Ernest (Forest Whitaker), not to eat her: they break into a candy store instead. In a world where bears drive cars, live in apartments, and own stores, most mice stay in the sewers... but Celestine and her new friend Ernest are trying something new by sticking together, proving to the world that mice and bears can be friends. On DVD and Blu Ray.

"You are The Special. The embodiment
of good, foiler of evil, the most talented,
most brilliant, most important person
in the universe."

Everyman Lego construction worker Emmet (Chris Pratt) goes along with the crowd and follows the instructions... until he finds out he's "The Special" in Phil Lord & Chris Miller's The Lego Movie. When Emmet finds The Piece of Resistance, revolutionary action fighter Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks) takes him to the sage Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman) where he's tasked with the duties of every "chosen one:" he must stop Lord Business (Will Ferrell) from using the Kragle to freeze all of Lego-kind into place. To win the day, Emmet and Wyldstyle join a team of Master Builders who can use the Legos around them to make whatever they can imagine, including Batman (Will Arnett), giant pirate Metalbeard (Nick Offerman), impossibly happy Princess Unikitty (Allison Brie), and spaceship obsessed Benny (Charlie Day), to defeat Lord Business and his bad-cop henchman (Liam Neeson). On DVD and Blu Ray.

Troubled Past

Fifteen-year-old Gary (Tye Sheridan) is looking for a job to support his family in David Gordon Green's Joe and finds himself working for Joe (Nicolas Cage), poisoning forests to allow lumber companies to plant more profitable trees. Struggling with a rocky home life and abusive stepfather, Gary finds an unlikely companion in the rage-filled, alcoholic Joe, but though they make their living under questionable legality, both men embrace a drive to live their own lives. In backwoods, poverty-stricken Texas, bucking convention could prove dangerous for both of them. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Based on the actual, published case study, Jimmy P. is the story of psychoanalyst Georges Devereux's (Mathieu Amalric) treatment of Blackfoot Indian James Picard (Benicio Del Toro) in post-WWII America. A veteran suffering from debilitating headaches, Picard's clinic in Montana isn't sure how to treat him (the orderlies insist on calling him "chief,") so they summon Devereux, an expert on Native Americans who spent years with the Mojave. Together, the two men begin exploring the foundations of Picard's pain, and the troubles that locked him away from the larger world.

Horrors

Seth has a few, scattered memories of the night his friend Mark vanished in Almost Human: strange lights in the sky, otherworldly sounds, and other vague impressions that make most people assume he's either crazy... or making up stories to cover up his guilt. When Mark reappears two years later, he makes his way home, killing everyone in his path; for every of Mark's murders, Seth can see the acts in a trancelike vision. The two men are somehow linked, and Seth has a front row seat to a spree that involves not just killing, but a grand plan to "improve" the victims.

Dutiful Captain White (Jennifer Morrison), aggressive Private Oldsman (Josh Stewart), and accommodating Sergeant Diego are leaving their veteran's clinic in Alpha Alert when their elevator comes to an unexpected stop. Each finishing their sessions with Dr. Andrews (James Frain) as they attempt to come to terms with their Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, the three of them each react differently to being trapped, especially as radio fails and sounds of explosions penetrate their immobile box. As rumors of radiation and terrorism filter down to them, and the maintenance crew that could save them are forced to evacuate the building, the soldiers have to confront their fears, and each other, if they are going to survive.

Comedy

Small-time news personality Meghan Miles (Elizabeth Banks) comes home to an empty house-- her boyfriend moved out and took everything-- on the same day she's passed over for a major network anchor job. Her girlfriends (Gillian Jacobs and Sarah Wright) take her out for a wild night and Meghan gets drunk and goes home with a would-be poet bartender (James Marsden), but the aftermath leaves her in downtown LA, with no wallet or ID, in a slinky dress in Walk of Shame. If she can make it home, Meghan might be able to reclaim her network job, but the road is littered with mistaken identities, cops (including Ethan Suplee) who assume she's a prostitute, unhelpful cab drivers, and comically overblown crack dealers.

New this week in our TV New Releases:

	House of Cards Season 2	Even though he's ascended to the office of the Vice President of the United States, Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) hasn't finished maneuvering for greater power, and continues to manipulate or destroy everyone in his way until he gets everything he wants.		Regular Show Season 3	Mordecai and Rigby aren't very good park groundskeepers-- which is to be expected of a bluejay and a raccoon-- but they do their best to slack off, amuse themselves, and show up their rivals Muscle Man and High-Five Ghost.
	Death in Paradise Series 1	Buttoned-down London policeman Richard Poole is sent to the Caribbean to solve a murder and ends up inheriting the job of senior detective on the tiny island of Saint-Marie, where his by-the-book approach is undermined at every turn.		Scott and Bailey Series 1	Impulsive, argumentative Rachel Bailey and subtle, intelligent Janet Scott balance their friendship, intense personal lives, and partnership in the Manchester police's Major Incident Team as they apply their odd-couple dynamic to solving high-profile crimes.
	The Escape Artist	Though he doubts some of his clients' innocence, hotshot barrister Will Burton (David Tennant) has never lost a case, but his motto-- "Everybody deserves a defense"-- is tested when he's faced with a defendant accused of harming Will personally.