Week of September 30th

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Fast Machines

Struggling to make ends meet as an inventor, Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) buys an old truck to use for parts in Michael Bay's Transformers: Age of Extinction, only to discover the truck is actually Autobot hero Optimus Prime. Cade and his daughter (Nicola Peltz) use their skills to bring him back to prime condition-- five years after the Battle of Chicago, Optimus is badly damaged-- but the public opinion of the Transformers have changed. With robotic aliens who destroy American cities seen as a threat, Optimus is being hunted by the CIA (led by Kelsey Grammer). Though Optimus and his Autobots have only wanted to protect and help humanity, they are being eliminated while an inventor (Stanley Tucci) perfecting "transformium" creates a much more real threat. Soon, Optimus and the Autobots are fighting battles across the globe, once again protecting the earth from Decepticons, robot bounty hunters, and corrupt governments through a hail of gunfire and massive explosions. On DVD and Blu Ray.

When a mysterious black car rolls through the slowest town in the world, everywhere it rolls it creates an incredible orange race track in the animated Team Hot Wheels: Origin of Awesome. Four friends who always dreamed of going fast finally get their wish when they become Team Hot Wheels, but the black car creates more than just a speedy track: it also creates mutations and monsters. Now Team Hot Wheels has to race a magic track, learn the meaning of teamwork, and stand up to the Mutant Machines.

Family Difficulties

Although small time weatherman Steve (Owen Wilson) lives a responsibility-free life of girls, drugs, and selfishness in Are You Here, he does have one real friend: erratic conspiracy theorist Ben (Zach Galifianakis), who has a yellow belt in karate and abandons obsessive causes almost as quickly as he adopts them. The two friends travel into Pennsylvania's Amish country when they learn that Ben's father has passed away, leaving Ben millions in land and holdings. As they stay on the family farm and try to make the best of the situation, they find themselves in a power struggle with the family's young widow (Laura Ramsey) and Ben's controlling sister (Amy Poehler). While Steve smells a profit and Ben is confused by grief and responsibility, Steve might be too selfish and Ben too naive to take control of their situation. On DVD and Blu Ray.

A return to his independent film beginnings, Jon Favreau's Chef is the story of Carl (played by Favreau), a successful chef working at a popular restaurant with a loyal kitchen crew (John Leguizamo, Bobby Cannavale, and Scarlett Johansson) when a bad review pushes him over the edge. He clashes with restaurant owner (Dustin Hoffman), starts a Twitter flame war with a famous food critic (Oliver Platt), has a public meltdown that makes him famous on YouTube, and gets himself fired. Finally taking his ex-wife's (Sofia Vergara) advice, Carl buys a food truck... and for the first time in years, he can be his own boss, cook the food he loves, and take pleasure in what he does. He reassembles his team, cleans up the truck, and takes it on the road from Miami to Los Angeles, rebuilding his reputation, reconnecting with his young son, and rediscovering why he does what he does. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Hollis (Aaron Paul) deals with the death of his wife with drinking, withdrawal, and depression in Hellion, leaving his sons Jacob and Wes to their own devices. 13-year-old Jacob is left taking care of young Wes, and, affected by his mother's death and his father's disinterest, begins to act out-- smashing cars, starting fights, and vandalizing property. The boys' aunt (Juliette Lewis) is brought in to help care for them, but Jacob is frustrated and disillusioned, lashing out at a world he no longer trusts so intensely he may end up in juvenile detention.

Free from the Camps

Young nun Ida is a week away from taking her vows in 1962 Poland when the Mother Superior orders her to travel the country to visit her aunt in Ida. The final step before her confirmation and lifelong commitment, Ida must return home and see her only remaining family. Her aunt is less than happy to see her, but tells her the truth of her background: she is Ida Lebenstein, Jewish, and that the rest of her family perished under the Nazis. Together, they set out to find the graves of Ida's parents, but their journey will change both women in ways they never imagined. On DVD and Blu Ray.

A follow up to the classic Shoa, The Last of the Unjust provides a feature-length exploration of Nazi camp survivor Benjamin Murmelstein. Not included in the original Shoa, Murmelstein was a Vienna rabbi who became the chief elder at Theresienstadt, the propaganda camp the Nazi's used to demonstrate how well Jews were treated in concentration camps. Acting as a liaison between the Nazis and the residents of the camp, Murmelstein was accused (and acquitted) of collaboration after the end of the war, and he remains a controversial figure even now.

Together, but Complicated

In a vintage, 1970s science fiction future, Captain Glenn (Patrick Wilson) oversees a motley crew in the retro-future Space Station 76. On board are the frustrated technician Ted (Matt Bomer) whose wife Misty (Marisa Coughlan) is more interested in valium than in his advances, and bubbly Donna (Kali Rocha) is too preoccupied with her new baby to notice her husband Steve (Jerry O'Connell) is having an affair with Misty. Though they're all mired in their "me generation" problems, Jessica (Liv Tyler), the ship's new second-in-command, arrives to upset their dysfunctional, space-exploring dynamic. Luckily, a toy robot (known as Doctor Bot) is available as the ship's psychologist, dispensing pre-recorded advice to keep them well adjusted.

Exploring love, desire, and fidelity, Paul Haggis's Third Person is an "everything is connected" interlocking puzzle movie, tying together three separate stories. In Paris, novelist Michael (Liam Neeson) has retreated to a hotel room with his mistress (Olivia Wilde) with hopes of finishing his novel, with his wife (Kim Basinger) left far behind. In New York, hotel maid Julia (Mila Kunis) tries to prove she can care for her son, and win back custody rights from her ex-husband (James Franco). In Rome, shady corporate operator Scott (Adrien Brody) falls in love with a gypsy (Moran Atias) and gets pulled into her troubles with the Russian mob. Telling the stories in pieces, the connections between the stories slowly reveal a larger whole.

New this week in our TV New Releases:

	The Mentalist Season 6	Patrick Jane is closing in on the serial killer Red John, but he has to keep up appearances before he springs his trap and has to continue working cases with Agent Lisbon and the CBI.		Mom Season 1	Christy has cleaned up her life and joined AA, but her new, sober life is complicated: her own mother is also a recovering addict, and her 17-year-old daughter has already become a teen mom.
	Monster High Freaky Fusion	In the new TV special, Frankie Stein and friends travel back in time to the very first day of Monster High... but in their trip through the time portal, the eight friends are fused together to become four hybrid monsters.

Week of September 23rd

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Wasted Youth

New parents Mac and Kelly (Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne) are excited to own their first home in Neighbors. Their lives have changed-- they can't go out as often and most of their energy is spent raising their baby-- but they are happy with their new life... until the Delta Psi Beta fraternity buys the house next door. They introduce themselves to the frat president (Zac Efron) and vice president (Dave Franco) and try to prove they're the "cool" neighbors, but noise from frat parties keeps the baby awake, and noise complaints to the police just make the fraternity angry, so the two houses quickly go to war. As the frat traumatizes their square, older neighbors, Mac and Kelly plot elaborate schemes to destroy the frat house and reclaim their neighborhood, but as either side raises the stakes, their battles become more and more extreme. With Christopher Mintz-Plasse. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Danger in the Unexplained

Nic and is driving his girlfriend Olivia cross-country after she's accepted to a prestigious school when a detour ends with them waking up in quarantine in The Signal. Regaining consciousness in a sterile, underground facility, Nic is held and questioned by a hazmat-suited Dr. William Damon (Laurence Fishburne). Locked away against his will, Nic can only communicate with the outside world through the facility's air vents, and as he plots an escape for Olivia and himself, he tries to piece together what has happened to him, and why everything about his situation seems not quite right. With Lin Shaye.

Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef (Susan Sarandon) is a burned-out, alcoholic cop confronted with her small, Ontario town's first murder in years in The Calling. With a fanatically religious killer on the loose, posing his victims in elaborate positions according to an ancient Christian ritual, Hazel, her weary partner Ray (Gil Bellows), and enthusiastic new recruit Ben (Topher Grace) have to track down and catch the kind of monster they never thought they'd have to face. Following the trail of grizzly murders across the wintry, Canadian countryside, the detectives unravel the killer's grand plan and fight to stop the body count from rising. With Donald Sutherland.

Living in France, American lawyer Kate Moore (A.J. Cook) defends a client accused of being a werewolf in Wer, hoping to prove her stricken, feeble client is not guilty of a murder that would have required super-human strength to commit. With the help of her crack investigator (Vik Sahay), Kate sets out to prove that her timid client could not be the vicious murderer the police assume he is... but the deeper they delve into the details of the reports of wolfman attacks, the stranger their case becomes. With Sebastian Roche.

Last Summer

Lilly (Dakota Fanning) and Gerri (Elizabeth Olsen) are biding their time during their last summer in Brooklyn before heading off to their first year of college in Very Good Girls. Before heading to school, the girls make a pact to lose their virginity, but when they both set their sights on the same man-- rebellious, artistic ice cream vendor David (Boyd Holbrook)-- their friendship is tested. Their lives intertwined as Lily escapes her repressed, controlling parents (Ellen Barkin and Clark Gregg) to stay at Gerri's, with her much more loose, counterculture family (Demi Moore and Richard Dreyfuss), but their new rivalry threatens to tear them apart.

On the Road

Ten years after The Collapse, three bank robbers (including Scoot McNairy) make their escape by stealing a stranger's car in The Rover. Eric (Guy Pearce), the car's owner, recovers a barely functional truck and sets out across the violent, Australian wastelands to recover his stolen vehicle. Amid makeshift trading posts, military convoys, and homegrown circuses, Eric encounters Rey (Robert Pattinson), the fourth member of the bank robbery crew, injured and abandoned by his comrades. Together, they track down Eric's car (and Rey's gang) as they try to recapture their basic, survivng status quo in a desolate, post-apocalyptic world.

The Bat

Pressed into service by The Agency, Deadshot (Neal McDonough) is forced to lead a Suicide Squad (including Black Spider, Captain Boomerang, Killer Frost, KGBeast, King Shark, and Harley Quinn) into Gotham's most notorious asylum in Batman: Assault on Arkham. While Batman (Kevin Conroy) is kept busy searching for a bomb planted by the Joker (Troy Baker), the suicide squad have to break into Arkham, locate the Riddler (Matthew Gray Gruber), and secure the information The Riddler is holding over all their heads. Batman won't be distracted for long, and worse, Arkham is packed with dangerous villains... including The Joker.

Mushrooms

Lucien and Regina forage for wild mushrooms and sell them to New York City restaurants in Now Forager, but while mushroom expert Lucien is in love with his off-the-grid lifestyle and despises the idea of selling out, Regina has grown tired of scrounging for gas money and foraging for fungi. When Regina takes a job as a prep cook, Lucien takes off on a remote, mushroom hunting expedition, but they each run into new, unexpected challenges as they try to live without one another.

New this week in our TV New Releases:

	Modern Family Season 5	Jay and the rest of the Pritchett family visit a new restaurant, appear as extras in a commercial, teach the kids how to cut class, and visit Las Vegas, all the while preparing for Cam and Mitch's wedding following the legalization of gay marriage in California.		Scandal Season 3	Though Olivia can fix the image problems and scandals of the public elite, she must put her skills to use in her own life. As she untangles the mystery of her family and the secrets surrounding her mother, shifting allegiances among her friends and clients leave her questioning who she can trust.
	How I Met Your Mother Season 9	I the final season, amidst the romantic misadventures of his friends, Ted's story is finally concluded as he tells his children how he met their mother, including an alternate ending to the series finale.		Nashville Season 2	Dealing with scandals and a death in the family, young rising star Juliette is still poised to take over the country music world, while Rayna suffers a tragic accident that threatens to take her life... and her voice.
	From Dusk Till Dawn Season 1	Expanding the story of the original film, slick criminal Seth and his unstable brother Richie head for the Mexican border after a bloody bank robbery, but the Texas rangers will be the least of their worries when they make it to their destination.		Ken Burns The Roosevelts	Exploring the history of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt from the 1850s, through two world wars, a great depression, and several formative, historical events, to the 1960s, Ken Burns' documentary details the influence of one of America's most important families.

Week of September 16th

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Giant

Godzilla
Now & Then

Fifteen years ago, Ford Brody's (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) entire life changed when a Japanese nuclear plant collapsed in Godzilla: his mother (Juliette Binoche) died in the catastrophe and his father (Bryan Cranston) has never been the same, seeking to discover the mystery behind the disaster. Now a Navy officer, Ford wants nothing more than to take care of his family (Elizabeth Olsen), but he can't escape his father's conspiracy theories when giant, nuclear-fed monsters emerge and start destroying cities. Uncovering the secret kept by a clandestine, multi-national task force (led by Ken Watanabe), Ford learns there is only one thing that can stop the giant monsters from destroying them all: an even bigger, more powerful monster, Godzilla. On DVD, Blu Ray, and 3D Blu.

Togetherness

Getting together for the Las Vegas wedding of Candace and Michael (Regina Hall and Terrence Jenkins), the ensemble comedy team reuintes for Think Like a Man Too. Together the boys (including Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara, Romany Malco, and Dennis Haysbert) head into Vegas, leading them to a Hangover-style misadventure, while the girls (including Meagan Good, Taraji P. Henson, and Jenifer Lewis) are on a much more Bridesmaids path. Still inspired by the best-selling book, their comic adventures are peppered with what they've learned about their relationships, responsibilities, and strategies for a real, lasting love.

Personal

Diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, 16-year-old Hazel (Shailene Woodley) is sarcastic but unflinchingly honest about her prospects in The Fault in Our Stars. Her cynical disposition is undermined when she meets sunny and hopeful Augustus (Ansel Elgort), a teenage cancer survivor determined to make his post-recovery life as extraordinary as possible. As a fellow "cancer kid," Augustus can relate to Hazel in a way her parents (Laura Dern and Sam Trammell) never could, and the two quickly become inseperable. Hazel's cancer may not be treatable, but Augustus helps her to make the most of her life as it happens, no matter what the future may bring. With Nat Wolff. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Zombie

American expatriot turbine engineer Nicholas (Joseph Milson) is working in the countryside when the zombie outbreak reaches India in The Dead 2. As the Indian citizens flee from contaminated population centers, Nicholas must travel against the current of refugees and head towards Mumbai, where his pregnant girlfriend is trapped. Forced to traverse 300 miles of zombie infested wasteland, Nicholas makes his way-- on foot and in a series of barely-running vehicles-- to a city being abandoned by everyone who wants to survive.

Trains

Thomas is working in clay pits when a rainstorm makes the clay around him unstable in Thomas the Tank Engine: Tale of the Brave. Thomas saves his friends and escapes a landslide, but when he tells Percy about his daring escape, Percy believes their danger was more than just a natural disaster. Percy is convinced that the new, mysterious engine on the tracks is a monster that has come for all the engines, and Thomas and friends have to test their courage to keep them all safe.

New this week in our TV New Releases:

	Hannibal Season 2	Picking up immediately after the conclusion of Season 1, with Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) deftly manipulating the police as they investigate the crimes he commits and assists, and visiting tortured Will Graham (Hugh Dancy), institutionalized after Dr. Lecter's diagnosis blaming Will for the murders Lecter committed.
	Castle Season 6	Celebrity writer Richard Castle and Detective Kate Beckett balance planning their end-of-season wedding with a new series of cases, while Castle's obsession with Kate's new job with the Department of Justice creates new problems for both of them.
	Bones Season 9	Husband and wife crime-solving team Bones Brennan and Agent Booth put their forensic skills to the test as she unravels murders from her lab and he takes his gun and experience into the field.
	Grimm Season 3	Detective Nick Burkhardt is a Grimm-- a supernatural hunter who must fight the fairytale monsters that lurk in the shadow of our world-- but as his powers develop, the changes threaten to alienate him from society and commit him to the supernatural underground.
	Arrow Season 2	After Starling City was shaken by The Undertaking at the end of Season 1, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen has to don his hood and pick up his bow and right the wrongs done in his family's name, stopping the criminals that would corrupt and take advantage of his city.
	South Park Season 17	Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman choose sides in the PS4/Xbox One console wars, contend with Game of Thrones' handling of male nudity, witness the fracturing of South Park's goth community, and debunk the ginger-based plan for world peace.
	Sleepy Hollow Season 1	Detective Abbie Mills is investigating a series of strange murders in her little New York town and uncovers a battle between good and evil centered around a headless horseman, witches, sin-eaters, the book of Revelations, the secret Masonic plans of the Founding Fathers, and more... and her strongest ally is Ichabod Crane, transported to her directly from 1781.
	Big Bang Theory Season 9	Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, and Rajesh may be better with theoretical physics, scientific minutiae, and nerdy pop culture obsessions than they are with the everyday world, but at least Penny's just across the hall, to keep them sane.
	Burning Love Seasons 2&3	Julie, a contestant from Season 1, is the center of a new, bachelorette-themed show in Season 2, and the Burning Love favorites return for a romantic battle royale and a cash prize ($900!) in Season 3.
	About a Boy Season 1	Will Freeman is wealthy and has almost no responsibilities... until 11-year-old Ben works his way into Will's life. While Will can help socially awkward Ben with his troubles at school, Ben can help Will care about something other than himself for a change.
	Berenstain Bears Teddy Bear Picnic	The Berenstain Bear family pack their picnic baskets and head into the country for five episodes of learning and family togetherness.
	Alpha House Season 1	Four Republican Senators-- boisterous and combative Gil, ethically compromised Robert, Mormon missionary Louis, and sexually indiscriminate Andy-- all live in the same house, contending with re-elections, popular image, and (worst of all) each other.

Week of September 9th

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Dangerous Questions

A 1940s hero adapting to the modern world, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is S.H.I.E.L.D's top agent, donning his Captain America uniform and heading into operations with Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) in Captain America: Winter Soldier. Rogers is used to taking orders and carrying out missions, but he begins to doubt his commanding officer, Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), is telling him the whole truth. S.H.I.E.L.D. is on the verge of a world-changing project, spearheaded by Fury and the head of the World Security Council (Robert Redford), but Rogers' growing doubts about the consequences make him ask the kinds of questions that make him a target. The agency's secrets come to haunt them all: Director Fury is attacked, Rogers and Black Widow are on the run, and the only person they can trust is a veteran (Anthony Mackie) committed to public service. Cut off from support, they have to discover the truth about who they've been working for, all the while being hunted by an unstoppable assassin known only as The Winter Soldier. On DVD, Blu Ray, and 3D Blu.

Woven into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and tied directly into the plot of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Agents of Shield is the newest series by director Joss Whedon. Working for Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) leads a team of spies, soldiers, and scientists through missions on the fringes of Marvel's larger, theatrically released stories. Together, they secure the superweapons, fight the mad scientists, and repel otherworldly threats that aren't being handled by Iron Man or Thor. Their endeavors intertwine directly with the plots of Marvel's major motion pictures, and cross-over characters between the Avengers' expanded universe.

Mickey and Bird (Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Turturro) work in a meat packing plant in the fringes of mob life in God's Pocket when their lives are upended by the mysterious death of Mickey's son (Caleb Landry Jones). Mickey's wife (Christina Hendricks) insists the death must be tied to foul play and sends him to investigate... but digging up the truth not only puts Mickey in danger, but threatens everyone around him. Framed by the narration of a journalist (Richard Jenkins) celebrated for his stories about life in the tiny town of God's Pocket, Micky's tragicomic adventure unfolds as the reporter gets pulled into the story he was supposed to be telling.

Hidden Intent

Jan Bijvoet is the title character in the Dutch Borgman, a strange hermit rousted from his underground lair and chased into suburbia. Borgman knocks on the front door of a random house and asks the use the shower-- eventually becoming the family's gardener and moving into their guest house. As he insinuates himself into the bourgeois family's life, Borgman's intentions are slowly revealed... but his alien strangeness clouds any understanding of his reasons or goals: does he have mind control powers? Can he influence dreams? What are his plans for their children?

Brick Mansions
Now & Then

In order to infiltrate the criminal underground of dystopian future Detroit, undercover narcotics agent Damien Collier (Paul Walker) is forced to team up with fighter Lino (parkour artist David Belle), who grew up there, in Camille Delamarre's Brick Mansions. Collier is hunting Tremaine (RZA), the man who killed his partner and the crime lord who runs the slums of Detroit, but he'll never navigate the labyrinth of brick tenements and burned out cars without Lino's help. When Tremaine kidnaps Lino's girlfriend, the cop and the criminal each have a reason to take Tremaine down, but to get to him the two men have to run, jump, fight, shoot, and drive through a city so violent even the police won't go there. With Richard Zeman. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Doctor Lewis Shaler's (Dougray Scott) meet-cute with fellow passenger Sarah (Kara Tointon) is cut short when their train trip out of London goes awry in Last Passenger. They suspect something is wrong when the train starts missing its scheduled stops, and when the train's guard goes missing and their speed keeps increasing the passengers know what is happening: their train is out of control. As Lewis tries to discover who's taken over the train and why they're speeding towards danger, the passengers have to band together to find a way to come to a stop before they fly off the rails. With Iddo Goldberg.

Kelly and Jim (Alexie Gilmore and Bryce Johnson) are a couple hoping to merge their romantic getaway with Jim's attempt to make an amateur Bigfoot documentary in Bobcat Goldthwait's Willow Creek when their outing takes a sinister turn. Beginning by interviewing Bigfoot-siting locals in the town of Willow Creek, the couple eventually head into the woods. Though they don't actually expect to find anything, the townsfolk's lore starts to seem alarmingly real, and their farcical investigation may have put them in very real danger.
 

Surviving the Everyday World

Jack (Clive Owen) is a combative, alcoholic poet who's in danger of losing his teaching job at a prep school in Fred Schepisi's Words and Pictures. A devout champion of the written world, his nemesis is Dina (Juliette Binoche), the school's new art teacher who values images over the written word. Though neither of them can really do what they love-- he's drunk away most of his talent; she's suffering from arthritis and can barely hold a paintbrush-- their quick fire, Hepburn/Tracy back-and-forth reignites both of their passions and drives them out of their unfulfilling ruts. With Bruce Davidson.

Martin Sharp (Pierce Brosnan) was fired from his job as a high profile TV personality after a fling with an underage girl and sees only one outcome for his life: he climbs to the top of a London skyscraper on New Year's Eve intending to leap to his death in A Long Way Down. When he steps onto the ledge, Martin discovers three other jumpers: a manic-depressive girl (Imogen Poots) needing to escape her malaise, a pizza delivery boy (Aaron Paul) who doesn't want his brain cancer to have the last word, and the single mom (Toni Collette) of a disabled son. They make a pact not to follow through on their suicides until Valentine's Day, but Martin uses their story to get back on television. Soon the "Top Tower Four" are celebrities, but will their newfound fame be enough to keep any of them from stepping back out onto a ledge?

An ensemble film about disaffected youth, Palo Alto centers around Teddy and his best friend Fred (Nat Wolff), highschool students who have no direction beyond smashing things and getting wasted at parties at parentless households. Their sometimes companion, and Teddy's object of desire, is comparatively put-together April (Emma Roberts), who is still lost and confused in a world of permissive parents, college applications, and pushy guidance counselors. None of them know how to articulate what is wrong, or even identify what is missing from their lives, but they struggle with their personal tragedies as they try to decide on a future. With James Franco.

Documentary

Broadcast journalist Mike Boettcher embedded himself with the Army's 101st Airborne Division to record a troop-level documentary of 2011's Operation Strong Eagle III and produce The Hornet's Nest. Immersed in the apolitical experience of troops on the ground, daily soldier life, firefights, and the process of survival in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan. Building to an attack on a Taliban stronghold-- an operation that was supposed to be executed in a single day-- Boettcher films the unfolding event as it stretches over nine days, and the effect is has on the troops in the fight.

Tackling to rise in childhood obesity in America over the last few decades, Fed Up launches an investigation into the ubiquity of sugar in processed foods. Mixing footage of experts, scientists and nutritionists, with families affected by high sugar intake trying to live healthier lives, the film explores how much sugar makes it into the average American diet, and how it can be avoided.

Unearthing the mystery of the six people who settled a previously uninhabited island off the coast of Ecuador in the 1920s, The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden tells the story of a Nietzsche-obsessed German doctor and his mistress who staked a claim on small, Galapagos island. Their private island expanded when the Wittmer family (father, mother, and young son) arrived, dreaming of a Swiss Family Robinson adventure, followed by provocateur "Baroness" Eloise Von Wagner, her two lovers, and plenty of media attention. The history and mystery of Eloise's disappearance are presented through historical clips and readings (by Cate Blanchett and Diane Kruger, among others) of the community's diaries and correspondence.

New this week in our TV New Releases:

	Homeland Season 3	Following Season 2's terrorist attack, Carrie has become the scapegoat for the CIA's failings while Brody is on the run, leaving his family unsupported.		Supernatural Season 9	Sam and Dean Winchester have survived (barely) the events of Season 8 and, with the help of Castiel, continue to fight the forces of evil in a world where the Angels are locked out of Heaven.
	Happy Endings Season 3	In their final season, Dave and Alex rekindle their on-again-off-again relationship, and their gorup of friends soldiers on through the scrapes and comedic mishaps that always seem to trouble them.		Crossbones Season 1	The British Empire believes legendary pirate Edward Teach-- better known as Blackbeard (John Malkovich)-- to be dead, but he's still praying on the Royal Navy, conducting raids from a remote island hideaway.

Week of September 2nd

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Dramatic

Stuck in a high-pressure situation, Cleveland Browns general manager Sonny Weaver (Kevin Costner) has 12 hours to make a franchise defining decision in Ivan Reitman's Draft Day. While industry standards insist on drafting a Heisman-winning quarterback, Weaver's savvy for the game draws him to riskier and more overlooked draft options. His choice will make him responsible for the future of his team, and he has to contend with the the Browns' combative coach (Denis Leary) and imperious owner (Frank Langella), who will be more than happy to fire Weaver if he compromises that future. Discovering his girlfriend (Jennifer Garner) is pregnant, the security of his family, his job, and his team hang on Weaver's draft decision, but he's still torn between the popular quarterback everyone wants him to choose and the players he suspects will surprise everyone. With Tom Welling. On DVD and Blu Ray.

No longer content to work for agricultural communes and raise awareness at documentary screenings, environmentalists Josh and Dena (Jesse Eisenberg and Dakota Fanning) plan to destroy a wildlife-threatening hydroelectric dam in Kelly Reichardt's Night Moves. Teaming with Harmon (Peter Sarsgaard), an ex-Marine with demolitions experience, they buy a small boat, acquire fake IDs, and try to pick up 500 pounds of ammonium nitrate fertilizer without attracting attention. The trio quietly, methodically plot their conspiracy and put their plan into action, but they are constantly reminded of the reality of their situation as they navigate the obstacles and consequences of their eco-terrorism. With Alia Shawkat.

Comedic

Thrilled that her husband (Sean Astin), usually away on business, is home to watch the kids, stay-at-home mom Allyson (Sarah Drew) plans a night on the town in the faith-based comedy Moms' Night Out. Getting together with her ditzy best friend Izzy and her pastor's wife Sondra (Patricia Heaton), tightly wound, obsessively clean Allyson steps away from housework, church, and homeschooling to have a fun, PG-rated ladies night... but the moment they hit the town, their night is nothing but obstacles, emergencies, and catastrophes. Waylaid by inhospitable restaurants, hospital emergencies, prison visits, and a biker named Bones (Trace Adkins), the moms don't get the night out they planned, but with a can-do outlook and a strong evangelical message, the night reinvigorates their love of home and family.

Out to dinner with friends (including Bill Hader), Joel and Molly (Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler) tell the story of how they met and fell in love in They Came Together, although that story is riddled with romantic comedy cliches. Applying to RomComs the broad, satirical absurdism he applied to summer camp movies in Wet Hot American Summer, director David Wain saturates Molly and Joel's story with inflated tropes from the Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan stable of romantic comedies: from Joel's fickle and unfaithful ex (Cobie Smulders) to Molly's reliable but geeky suitor (Ed Helms), she runs a quirky candy shop that his candy mega-corp is threatening, he has an under-achieving little brother (Max Greenfield) while she has a sassy best friend... their meet cute, first date, break up, and make-up are all "like something right out of a movie." On DVD and Blu Ray.

Artistic

Often providing the illustrations that accompanied Hunter S. Thompson's text, artist and cartoonist Ralph Steadman is the focus of the documentary For No Good Reason. Narrated by and featuring consistent Thompson co-conspirator Johnny Depp, the fill traces Steadman's career, from the development of his layered, splattery, surreal art style to his hand in the creation of Gonzo Journalism to his mixed medium artistic experimentation. Mixing current footage with archival video and animation of Steadman's signature style, the film presents the body of work, influence, and development of an activist artist who sought to change the world. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Spooktastic

The sequel to Goosebump's creator R.L. Stein's Mostly Ghostly, Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? stars Ryan Ochoa as Max, a shy magician with a crush on Cammy (Bella Thorne), the most popular girl in school. Aided by his best friends (Madison Pettis and Roshon Fegan), a pair of ghosts only he can see, Max makes his first impressions on Cammy and even gets invited to her Halloween party when a evil ghost Phears (Charlie Hewson) targets Max. With Phears seeking to take his power and eliminate his ghost friends, Max has to defeat the wicked spirit, save the world, and hopefully still impress Cammy.

New this week in our TV New Releases:

	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 9	Dennis, Dee, Mac, Charlie, and Frank are still keeping Paddy's Pub afloat-- just barely-- but their schemes to get ahead are always sabotaged by their own vices, egos, infighting, and inability to see beyond their own self-interest.		New Girl Season 3	Jess is making the most of her Craigslist apartment and oddball roommates, but her situation has changed now that she's in a relationship with Nick, though the ups and downs of their relationship can't diminish her natural, whimsical spirit.
	Person of Interest Season 3	Informed by unofficial leads from the government's secret surveillance system, Agent John Reese tracks domestic criminals that the system points him to, aided by an under-the-radar team that do their best to use a questionable system for good.		The League Season 5	Pete, Kevin, Rodney, Andre, Jenny, and Taco never stop competing within their fantasy football league, but they'll do almost anything to gain advantages over one another.
	Berenstain Bears Class Is Back	From kindergarten through third grade, Brother and Sis learn lessons about class, teachers, friends, and life in school over several Berenstain Bears episodes.