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Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, TheGenre: Comedies Release Date: 02/11/2012 Rating Production Year: 2011 Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli In this installment of the "Twilight" saga, Bella (Kristen Stewart) becomes pregnant after marrying Edward (Robert Pattinson), which leads to a dangerous childbirth and a shocking realization for werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). … more less -
Real SteelGenre: Dramas Release Date: 01/24/2012 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 127 mins Released By: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Cast: Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Anthony Mackie, Evangeline Lilly, Kevin Durand A retired pugilist transitions to the business side of the ropes after human boxers are replaced by robotic ones in director Shawn Levy's feature-length adaptation of the TWILIGHT ZONE episode "STEEL." Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) was a true contender when the sport of boxing was changed forever. Now, instead of humans duking it out for the masses, huge, powerful steel robots trade blows in the ring. As a result, former gladiator Charlie has been forced into the role of two-bit promoter, piecing together cut-rate fighting bots from scrap metal as he makes the rounds on the underground boxing circuit. Just when it seems that Charlie has sunken to the nadir of his career, his estranged 11 year old son, Max (Dakota Goyo), offers him the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at a comeback by constructing and training a true champion. Now the stakes are higher than ever before, and Charlie is about to get a second chance at leaving an indelible mark on the sport he once dedicated his life to. … more less -
Treasure BuddiesGenre: Childrens Release Date: 01/31/2012 Rating G Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 93 mins Released By: Disney/Disney DVD/Disney's Fast Play Cast: Richard Riehle, Mason Cook, Adam Alexi-Malle, Lochlyn Munro, Mo Gallini Everyone's favorite canine film series continues with this installment following five chatty pups as they venture to Egypt in search of a mythical jewel that was once the treasure of Cleocatra's collection. Upon learning that the famed Cat's Eye jewel is hidden somewhere in Egypt, Rosebud, Budderball, B-Dawg, Mudbud, and Buddha set out on the adventure of a lifetime. But they're not the only ones racing to procure the Cat's Eye, because a treacherous feline named Ubasti seeks to harness the gemstone's power to gain the ultimate advantage in the eternal war between cats and dogs. Perhaps with a little help from a friendly camel named Cammy and an artful orangutan named Babi, our four-legged heroes can track down the Cat's Eye first, and prevent a true catastrophe from disturbing the balance in the animal kingdom. … more less -
CourageousGenre: Dramas Release Date: 01/17/2012 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 129 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Cast: Alex Kendrick, Renee Jewell, Rusty Martin, Ken Bevel, Eleanor Brown Four police officers attempt to put their faith in God after a sudden and unexpected tragedy transforms their lives forever. Produced by Sherwood Pictures, the Christian production company behind such popular films as FIREPROOF and FACING THE GIANTS, COURAGEOUS follows dedicated cops Adam Mitchell and Nathan Hayes as they work with their partners to keep the streets safe. But when these devoted peacekeepers face the challenge of fatherhood, both their faith and devotion to family are put to the ultimate test. In the aftermath of a devastating calamity, they are faced with a difficult choice that will ultimately come to define their lives. Fortunately, a wise mentor appears to help them understand that man's ambition and God's will aren't always in perfect harmony. … more less -
MoneyballGenre: Dramas Release Date: 01/10/2012 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 133 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Cast: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Chris Pratt Bennett Miller's adaptation of Michael Lewis' non-fiction best seller MONEYBALL stars Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, a one-time phenom who flamed out in the big leagues and now works as the GM for the Oakland Athletics, a franchise that's about to lose their three best players to free agency. Because the team isn't in a financial position to spend as much as perennial favorites like the Yankees and the Red Sox, Beane realizes he needs to radically change how he evaluates what players can bring to the squad. After he meets Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), an Ivy League economics major working as an executive assistant for scouting on another team, Beane realizes he's found the man who understands how to subvert the system of assessing players that's been in place for nearly a century. However, as the duo begin to acquire players that seem too old, injured, or inept to play major-league baseball, they face stiff resistance from both the A's longtime scouts and the team's manager Art Howe (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who outright refuses to allow Beane's more-nontraditional acquisitions to play. MONEYBALL screened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. … more less -
AbductionGenre: Action/Adventure Release Date: 01/17/2012 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 106 mins Released By: Lionsgate Cast: Taylor Lautner, Alfred Molina, Antonique Smith, Maria Bello, Jason Isaacs TWILIGHT series star Taylor Lautner stars in director John Singleton's thriller about a teen who finds himself in mortal danger after realizing that his entire childhood has been built on lies. Realizing that the people who raised him aren't his real parents after stumbling across a childhood photo of himself on a website devoted to missing children, the frightened teen flees for his life as FBI agents Frank Burton (Frank Molina) and Sandra Burns (Antonique Smith) race to protect him and uncover the truth about his mysterious past. … more less -
DriveGenre: Action/Adventure Release Date: 01/31/2012 Rating R Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 100 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Cast: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac A lone-wolf Hollywood stunt driver (Ryan Gosling) moonlights as a freelance getaway wheelman, and he finds his solitary existence taking on new meaning after befriending Irene (Carey Mulligan), the lonely wife of convicted felon Standard (Oscar Isaac), and her young son Benicio (Kaden Leos). When Standard gets released from prison and is strong-armed into committing a bold daytime robbery, the Driver offers his services in an effort to help the repentant ex-con cut his ties to the criminal underworld. Things get complicated, however, when the robbery goes unexpectedly awry, and the Driver just barely manages to escape alive. When the take from the job proves to be stratospherically higher than the Driver was led to believe, it quickly becomes apparent that they were set up. Later, thugs threaten to kill Irene and Benicio, and all evidence points to transplanted New York crime boss Bernie Rose (Albert Brooks) and his hot-headed partner Nino (Ron Perlman) as the masterminds. As the Driver attempts to turn the tables on them, it becomes clear that the chain of command goes much higher than he could have ever anticipated. … more less -
Help, TheGenre: Dramas Release Date: 12/06/2011 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 146 mins Released By: Touchstone / Disney Cast: Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia L. Spencer, Jessica Chastain A 1960s-era Mississippi debutante sends her community into an uproar by conducting a series of probing interviews with the black servants behind some of her community's most prominent families. Skeeter (Emma Stone) has just graduated from college, and she's eager to launch her career as a writer. In a moment of inspiration, Skeeter decides to focus her attention on the black female servants who work in her community. Her first subject is Aibileen (Viola Davis), the devoted housekeeper who has been employed by Skeeter's best friend's family for years. By speaking with Aibileen, Skeeter becomes an object of scorn to the wealthy locals, who view her actions as directly challenging to the established social order. Before long, even more servants are coming forward to tell their stories, and Skeeter discovers that friendship can blossom under the most unlikely of circumstances. Bryce Dallas Howard co-stars in a touching tale of race relations based on author Kathryn Stockett's best-selling novel of the same name. … more less -
50/50Genre: Dramas Release Date: 01/24/2012 Rating R Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 100 mins Released By: Summit Entertainment Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston Written by Will Reiser who based the film on his own experiences fighting cancer, Jonathan Levine's poignant comedy 50/50 stars Joseph Gordonn-Levitt as Adam, a 27-year old public radio employee who discovers he has cancer. As his best friend Kyle (Seth Rogen) tries to help out, his girlfriend Rachael (Bryce Dallas Howard) proves to be a less than ideal life partner for this particular crisis. All the while, Adam's overprotective mother Diane (Anjelica Huston) tries to overcome her son's continued attempts to keep her out of his life. As Adam begins to discover how hard it is to deal with his situation, and to maintain various relationships in his life, he begins seeing a young counselor (Anna Kendrick) who might prove to be just as helpful personally as she is professionally. Matt Frewer and Philip Baker Hall co-star as Adam's fellow chemotherapy patients. … more less -
Killer EliteGenre: Action/Adventure Release Date: 01/10/2012 Rating R Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 117 mins Released By: Universal Studios Home Video Cast: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Dominic Purcell, Aden Young Based on the same real-life events that inspired Ranulph Fiennes' gripping best-seller THE FEATHER MEN, writer/director Gary McKendry's globe-trotting action thriller follows the adventures of an ex-special-ops agent (Jason Statham) as he emerges from retirement to track down his missing mentor (Robert De Niro). But accomplishing that goal won't be easy, because a master killer (Clive Owen) has dispatched a trio of fierce assassins to exterminate the hardboiled former agent by any means necessary. … more less -
Thing, TheGenre: Horror/Suspense Release Date: 01/31/2012 Rating Production Year: 2011 Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton John Carpenter's THE THING gets prequelized with this Universal Pictures film starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead as an American graduate student who heads to the Antarctic to join a Norwegian team of scientists who discover an alien ship buried in the ice. Joel Edgerton co-stars as a chopper pilot who helps Winstead, with newcomer Matthijs Van Heijningen Jr. making his directorial debut from a script by BATTLESTAR GALACTICA's Ronald D. Moore and Eric Heisserer. … more less -
Ides of March, TheGenre: Dramas Release Date: 01/17/2012 Rating R Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 101 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Cast: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood George Clooney goes behind the camera for the fourth time to direct THE IDES OF MARCH, an adaptation of Beau Willimon's play Farragut North. The movie stars Ryan Gosling as Stephen Meyers, an idealistic deputy campaign manager for Governor Mike Morris (Clooney), who is in a major political battle in Ohio that could be the key to winning the Democratic presidential nomination. When the opposing candidate's campaign manager (Paul Giamatti) offers Stephen a job on his staff, Stephen neglects to inform his boss (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Just as that omission is revealed, Stephen uncovers a dirty personal secret that could sink Morris' political career. THE IDES OF MARCH screened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. … more less -
Cars 2Genre: Childrens Release Date: 11/01/2011 Rating Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 106 mins Released By: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Hearts race and pistons pump in this sequel to the beloved Pixar film CARS. In this 3-D adventure, Mater and McQueen's high-speed action takes them beyond the borders of Radiator Springs and out into the world. … more less -
Kevin Hart: Laugh at My PainGenre: Comedies Release Date: 01/17/2012 Rating R Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 89 mins Released By: Codeblack Cast: Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Will "Spank" Horton, Harry Ratchford, Na'im Lynn This standup concert film captures Kevin Hart performing on his highly successful Laugh at My Pain tour, a series of concerts that found the funnyman breaking box-office records formerly held by Eddie Murphy. … more less -
Rise of the Planet of the ApesGenre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 12/13/2011 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 105 mins Released By: 20th Century Fox Cast: James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Andy Serkis, Brian Cox The PLANET OF THE APES franchise gets the origin treatment in this 20th Century Fox production from director Rupert Wyatt (THE ESCAPIST). The script, written by Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa, concerns a group of American scientists whose genetic experiments lead to an uprising by a race of intelligent apes that they helped create. James Franco stars, with Freida Pinto and John Lithgow heading up the rest of the cast. … more less -
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesGenre: Comedies Release Date: 11/15/2011 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 136 mins Released By: Walt Disney Home Video Cast: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane, Kevin McNally Flamboyant seafarer Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) lands himself in a bit of a bind after being lured onto Blackbeard's (Ian McShane) ship by enigmatic siren Angelica (Penélope Cruz), and forced to seek out the Fountain of Youth. Trapped on the Queen Anne's Revenge with the most nefarious pirate in history, Captain Jack reflects on his past with the elusive Angelica while embarking on his wildest adventure to date. With shambling zombies on deck and gorgeous mermaids beckoning sailors into the icy waters below, this time Jack Sparrow has his work cut out for him. … more less -
Friends with BenefitsGenre: Comedies Release Date: 12/02/2011 Rating R Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 109 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Cast: Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Patricia Clarkson, Jenna Elfman, Bryan Greenberg A New York headhunter (Mila Kunis) enters into a no-strings-attached relationship with her latest client (Justin Timberlake), but finds things getting unexpectedly complicated when emotions enter the picture. Patricia Clarkson and Woody Harrelson co-star. … more less -
Boardwalk Empire: The Complete First SeasonGenre: Dramas Release Date: 01/10/2012 Rating Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 733 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon This disc contain every episode from the debut season of HBO's gangland drama BOARDWALK EMPIRE, starring Steve Buscemi as a crooked politician who deals booze in Atlantic City during prohibition. … more less -
Cowboys & AliensGenre: Westerns Release Date: 12/06/2011 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 119 mins Released By: Universal Studios Home Video Cast: Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford, Sam Rockwell, Paul Dano Based on the graphic novel by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, COWBOYS & ALIENS is set in 1800s Arizona, where the local cowboys, headed by gunslinger Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig), and the indigenous Apache tribe have been feuding fiercely for quite a while. Their skirmish is interrupted, however, by the appearance of a spaceship, commanded by an alien creature that's bent on enslaving the human race. It's time for a six-gun shoot-out between these cattle rustlers and space invaders, and there might even be a temporary peace between the cowboys and Indians as they both take aim at these extraterrestrial uninvited guests. Jon Favreau directs from a script by STAR TREK scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, with help from LOST's Damon Lindelof. Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford, and Sam Rockwell fill out the headlining cast. … more less -
Mr. Popper's PenguinsGenre: Childrens Release Date: 12/06/2011 Rating PG Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 94 mins Released By: 20th Century Fox Cast: Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Angela Lansbury, Ophelia Lovibond, Madeline Carroll Adventure-loving house painter Mr. Popper (Jim Carrey) contends with the problem of having too many penguins in director Mark S. Waters' adaptation of author Richard Atwater's beloved children's book. Shortly after penning a letter to a team of Arctic explorers, Mr. Popper is surprised to receive a penguin in the mail. Later, after making his mischievous new pal a cozy new home in the freezer, the hapless Mr. Popper comes into possession of a playful female penguin as well. Before long Mr. Popper finds himself surrounded by a growing family of the flightless birds, and begins training them to perform in a traveling show dubbed Popper's Performing Penguins. With each new town the show travels to, pandemonium is quick to follow. … more less
