NEW RELEASES - MARCH 2011

  March 29, 2011

AFTERLIFE (2010)

AUTHORS:
RAYMOND MOODY
JEFFREY LONG

Minutes: 70

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: NOT RATED

Genre: DOCUMENTARY

What happens when we die? This and other questions about the afterlife are scientifically explored through modern research into near-death experiences. Through interviews with noted researchers like best-selling author on the subject Raymond Moody, MD and Jeffrey Long, MD, and testimonials from people that have had near-death experiences, and featuring re-enactments, this documentary explores the evidence of the afterlife using insightful interviews, case studies, event re-creations and rich rendering of classic spiritual art on the subject.

 

ALL GOOD THINGS (2010)

RYAN GOSLING
KIRSTEN DUNST
FRANK LANGELLA

Minutes: 101

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: R

Genre: THRILLER

Inspired by the most notorious missing person's case in New York history, ALL GOOD THINGS is a love story and murder mystery set against the backdrop of a New York real estate dynasty in the 1980s. Produced and directed by Andrew Jarecki (director of the Academy Award® nominated documentary Capturing the Friedmans and producer of Catfish), the film was inspired by the story of Robert Durst, scion of the wealthy Durst family. Mr. Durst was suspected but never tried for killing his wife Kathie who disappeared in 1982 and was never found. The film stars Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst and Frank Langella as the powerful patriarch, and captures the emotion and complexion of this real-life unsolved mystery.

 

BECOMING EDUARDO (2009)

JULIAN ALCARAZ
ELIZABETH PENA
MIKE DUNAY

Minutes: 85

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: NOT RATED

Genre: DRAMA

Eddie Corazon, a 16-year-old juvenile delinquent and secret reader, attends an alternative high school in Rosablanca, New Mexico. A former straight-A student, Eddie now walks the think line between tragedy and glory as he searches for his place in the world. Pulled in opposite directions by the people surrounding him, Eddie finally realizes that his own life is at stake and that it is ultimately up to him to make the right choices.

 

BLACK SWAN (2010)

    

NATALIE PORTMAN
VINCENT CASSEL
MILA KUNIS

Minutes: 103

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: R

Genre: DRAMA

Feverish worlds such as espionage and warfare have nothing on the hothouse realm of ballet, as director Darren Aronofsky makes clear in Black Swan, his over-the-top delve into a particularly fraught production of Swan Lake. At the very moment hard-working ballerina Nina (Natalie Portman) lands the plum role of the White Swan, her company director (Vincent Cassel) informs her that she'll also play the Black Swan--and while Nina's precise, almost virginal technique will serve her well in the former role, the latter will require a looser, lustier attack. The strain of reaching within herself for these feelings, along with nattering comments from her mother (Barbara Hershey) and the perceived rivalry from a new dancer (Mila Kunis), are enough to make anybody crack… and tracing out the fault lines of Nina's breakdown is right in Aronofsky's wheelhouse. Those cracks are broad indeed, as Nina's psychological instability is telegraphed with blunt-force emphasis in this neurotic roller-coaster ride. The characters are stick figures--literally, in the case of the dancers, but also as single-note stereotypes in the horror show: witchy bad mommy, sexually intimidating male boss, wacko diva (Winona Ryder, as the prima ballerina Nina is replacing). Yet the film does work up some crazed momentum (and undeniably earned its share of critical raves), and the final sequence is one juicy curtain-dropper. A good part of the reason for this is the superbly all-or-nothing performance by Natalie Portman, who packs an enormous amount of ferocity into her small body. Kudos, too, to Tchaikovsky's incredibly durable music, which has meshed well with psychological horror at least since being excerpted for the memorably moody opening credits of the 1931 Dracula, another pirouette through the dark side.

 

COOL IT (2010)

AUTHUR & ECONOMIST:
BJORN

Minutes: 88

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: PG

Genre: DOCUMENTARY

Synopsis Climate catastrophe? The end of civilization as we know it? Are the current staggeringly expensive actions now being considered really helping to save the world - or are we just burning money? Author Bjorn Lomborg ("The Skeptical Environmentalist") asks us to question the facts and the solutions. Why in the world are we spending so much money on "green" initiatives…for such little gain? Are there better ways to solve the problems? How else could that money be spent?

 

FAIR GAME (2010)

    

NAOMI WATTS
SEAN PENN

Minutes: 108

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: PG-13

Genre: THRILLER

From the director of The Bourne Identity comes this riveting thriller inspired by the experiences of real-life CIA officer Valerie Plame (Academy Award® nominee Naomi Watts). When Plame's retired ambassador husband Joe Wilson (played by Academy Award® winner Sean Penn) writes a newspaper article challenging the basis for the U.S. war on Iraq, the White House leaks Plame's undercover status—leaving her international contacts vulnerable, her career in shambles and her life in danger. Crackling with sharp dialogue, gripping intrigue and heart-pounding suspense, Fair Game is the adventure that's so unbelievable, it can only be real.

 

FATHER OF MY CHILDREN (2010)

LOUIS-DO DE LENCQUESAING
CHIARA CASELLI
ALICE DE LENCQUESAING

Minutes: 111

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: NOT RATED

Genre: FOREIGN

Language: FRENCH with ENGLISH SUBTITLES

A family is forced to learn a painful lesson about the man of the house in this drama from director Mia Hansen-Løve. Grégoire Canvel (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) is an independent film producer who runs a well-respected production company, Moon Films. For Grégoire, to work is to live, and while he loves his wife, Sylvia (Chiara Caselli), and their three daughters, Clemence (Alice de Lencquesaing), Valentine (Alice Gautier), and Billie (Manelle Driss), during the week he's practically a stranger to them. Grégoire makes a point of spending each weekend with his family at their cottage in the country, but even then separating him from his cell phone is all but impossible, and Sylvia and the girls are reaching the end of their patience with Grégoire and his obsession with work. Though there's no question that Grégoire is devoted to Moon Films, he's kept a secret from Sylvia and his daughters about the state of the company, and it's not until a sudden, desperate act forces Sylvia into leadership of the company that they come to understand the real reasons behind his unrelenting schedule. LE PÈRE DE MES ENFANTS (aka THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN) was an official selection at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened as part of the "Un Certain Regard" program.

 

HUSK (AFTER DARK ORIGINALS) (2010)

WES CHALTHAM
CJ THOMASON
DEVON GRAYE

Minutes: 80

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: R

Genre: HORROR

Stranded after a car accident, a group of friends seek refuge in a crumbling farmhouse - but soon discover the house is actually the center of a terrifying supernatural ritual that they are about to become a part of.

 

PROWL (2011)

BRUCE PAYNE
COURTNEY HOPE
SAXON TRAINOR

Minutes: 84

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: R

Genre: HORROR

A small-town girl with big-city dreams gets dragged into a terrifying nightmare of unimaginable horror while scouring the city for an apartment with her fun-loving friends. Fed up with rural life, Amber (Courtney Hope) decides that it's high time she began a new adventure, and recruits a small group of friends to help hunt for an apartment in the city. In the midst of their search, however, the group becomes stranded. When an outwardly benevolent truck driver offers to give them a lift in the back of his semi, Amber and her friends can't believe their good luck. But their initial relief turns to sheer terror when the driver refuses to pull over and let them out, and a closer look at his cargo reveals a bloody secret. Later, when the truck pulls into a derelict warehouse that serves as the hunting grounds for a hungry breed of flesh-eating beasts, the fight for survival begins. PROWL was an official selection of the 2011 After Dark Film Festival.

 

THE RESIDENT (2010)

    

HILARY SWANK
JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN
LEE PACE

Minutes: 91

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: R

Genre: HORROR

Juliet (Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank), a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a spectacular view, and a handy, handsome landlord. But there are secrets behind every wall and terror in every room as Juliet gets the unnerving feeling that she is not alone. She is being watched. She is being stalked. And no one is safe when she discovers the relentless horror on her doorstep. But how do you stop an evil that you can't see...until it's too late? Jeffrey Dean Morgan and screen legend Christopher Lee costar in this pulse-pounding shocker from famed horror studio Hammer Films (Let Me In).

 

TANGLED (2010)

    

FEATURING THE VOICES OF:
MANDY MOORE
ZACHARY LEVI

Minutes: 100

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: G

Genre: FAMILY

When the kingdom's most wanted—and most charming—bandit Flynn Rider (voice of Zachary Levi) hides out in a mysterious tower, he's taken hostage by Rapunzel (voice of Mandy Moore), a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynn's curious captor, who's looking for her ticket out of the tower where she's been locked away for years, strikes a deal with the handsome thief and the unlikely duo sets off on an action-packed escapade, complete with a super-cop horse, an over-protective chameleon and a gruff gang of pub thugs.

 

TANGLED (3D) (2010)

FEATURING THE VOICES OF:
MANDY MOORE
ZACHARY LEVI

Minutes: 100

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: G

Genre: ANIMATED, FAMILY

*3D EQUIPMENT REQUIRED

 

  March 22, 2011

ADVENTURES OF A TEENAGE DRAGONSLAYER (2010)

LEA THOMPSON
WENDIE MALICK
ERIC LUTES

Minutes: 88

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: PG

Genre: FAMILY

Branded as a 'nerd' and harassed by the school bully, 12-year-old Arthur is rescued by a magical troll who knows that the boy unwittingly holds the secret to defeat an evil dragon. Arthur's loving mom, struggling to keep her devious ex-husband from gaining custody of Arthur, dismisses her son's 'fantasies' until she realizes the all-too-real immediate danger and joins forces with Arthur, the troll, and a dashing but washed up video-game master. Together, they hope to conquer the dragon and the wicked vice-principal who threaten civilization.

 

ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES 2 & 3 (2010)

FREDDIE HIGHMORE
SNOOP DOGG (VOICE)
WILL.I.AM (VOICE)

Minutes: 196

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: PG

Genre: FAMILY

Join swords with the mighty 10-year-old Arthur and enter the underground World of the Invisibles! Danger lurks, giant insects invade, and the evil wizard, Emperor Maltazard, must be defeated before it’s too late. On his brave quest, the courageous young Arthur seeks to win the epic war of the two worlds—and enlists the help of the Queen Bee to save his beloved Selenia, Princess of the Minimoys.

 

BRATZ: GOOD VIBES (2007)

ANIMATED

Minutes: 88

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: NOT RATED

Genre: FAMILY

Join the Bratz as Yasmin, Cloe, Sasha and Jade come together to help others in these sweet, charmed adventures! From lending a sympathetic ear, pitching in to help their school, or doing good deeds for those in need, the Bratz discover that everyone can always use a helping hand! Get ready for some good vibes and good times in these featured episodes – “Bratz vs. Brats,” “Inner Beauty Queens,” “The Chronicles of Karma,” and “A Sporting Chance.”

 

FIREBREATHER (2010)

FEATURING THE VOICES OF:
DANA DELANY
JESSE HEAD

Minutes: 69

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: R

Genre: FAMILY

Cartoon Network is on FIRE with the new Firebreather Blu-ray. Firebreather, Cartoon Network's first world premiere original CGI movie event, delivers fierce action in the clash of two worlds where dragons roam the Earth and past secrets are exposed. At the center of it all, teenager Duncan struggles to find his place as half-Kaiju and half-human. Based on the comic book series by Phil Hester and Andy Kuhn, Firebreather is directed by Peter Chung (Aeon Flux).

 

HOW DO YOU KNOW (2010)

    

REESE WITHERSPOON
OWEN WILSON
PAUL RUDD

Minutes: 121

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: PG-13

Genre: ROMANTIC COMEDY

Director James L. Brooks returns to the helm for this ensemble comedy starring Reese Witherspoon, Jack Nicholson, Paul Rudd, and Owen Wilson, which centers on the story of a passionate athlete who finds herself romantically torn between a narcissistic baseball star and a straight-laced businessman. As far back as Lisa (Witherspoon) can remember, her life has been defined by sports. Then, in the blink of an eye, she's cut from the team. With her identity in crisis as she attempts to regain her footing in life, Lisa begins dating Matty (Wilson), a Major League Baseball pitcher and notorious womanizer. Meanwhile, terminally honest businessman George (Rudd) finds himself on the road to financial ruin or worse after being wrongly implicated in a financial crime. As George struggles to clear his name and reconcile his turbulent relationship with his father, Charles (Nicholson), a chance meeting with Lisa at the lowest point in both of their lives leaves him optimistic that things may work out after all. Meanwhile, Lisa and George both realize that the only thing that's certain about the future is that we never know what fate has in store for us.

 

THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD (2010)

FEATURING THE VOICES OF:
WHOOPI GOLDBERG
DOMINIC S. KAY

Minutes: 82

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: G

Genre: FAMILY

The Little Engine (voice of Alyson Stoner) must face her fears and leave Dreamland in order to deliver toys to the children of the world. The feature-length adventure includes the vocal talents of Whoopi Goldberg, Jamie Lee Curtis, Corbin Bleu, and Brenda Song.

 

OSCURA SEDUCCION (2009)

ELIZABETH CERVANTES
MARCO TREVINO
JULIO BEKHOR

Minutes: 89

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: NOT RATED

Genre: FOREIGN

Language: SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Laura is a successful plastic surgeon. But having dedicated her life to her profession, and on the verge of turning 40 she is single and lonely and feels her youth slipping away. When a handsome young male nurse, Gustavo, shows interest, she falls quickly into bed with him. He unleashes in her a wild sexuality but his love turns toxic as he grows more and more jealous. Eventually she has no recourse but to fire him from the hospital and throw him out of the house. And that's when things go from weird to frightening. First her best friend is beaten close to death and then she finds her house destroyed. She begins to investigate his past and discovers that he is not the person he claimed to be. The beloved grandmother who he so often quoted turns out to be a sexually abusive adopted parent. When things get too tense she decides to close her clinic for a few weeks and take a much needed rest. But the night she is finishing up with her patients, Gustavo shows up for one final showdown.

 

SIREN (2011)

EOIN MACKEN
ANNA SKELLERN

Minutes: 80

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: R

Genre: HORROR

A small group of friends set out for a weekend cruise down the coast, but find their carefree journey taking a treacherous turn after attempting to rescue a woman stranded on a nearby island. By the time they get to the island it's already too late, and it quickly becomes obvious that not everyone will make it home alive.

 

SKYLINE (2010)

    

ERIC BALFOUR
DONALD FAISON
SCOTTIE THOMPSON

Minutes: 94

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: PG-13

Genre: SCI-FI/ACTION

It was supposed to be a simple birthday weekend in Southern California. But when sunrise arrives two hours early in the form of a haunting light from an unknown source, a group of friends watch in terror as people across the city are drawn outside and swept into massive alien ships that have blotted out the L.A. skyline. From tankers to drones and hydra-like extraterrestrials, the aliens are inescapable and seemingly indestructible. Now, it will take every survival instinct the group has to elude capture in this riveting, action-packed sci-fi adventure.

 

THE TOURIST (2010)

    

JOHNNY DEPP
ANGELINA JOLIE
PAUL BETTANY

Minutes: 103

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: PG-13

Genre: ACTION

American tourist Frank (Johnny Depp) meets a mysterious beauty who drags him into a dangerous world of intrigue and espionage while traveling through Europe in director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's paranoid thriller. When Frank met Elise (Angelina Jolie) on the train, he thought it was a chance encounter. Little did Frank realize it was all part of a much bigger plan, one that would soon find him dodging bullets through both the historic streets of Paris and the winding canals of Venice. Now, the faster Frank and Elise run, the more intense their romance grows.

 

VANQUISHER (2009)

SOPHITA SRIBAN
JACQUI A. THANANON
NUI KETSARIN

Minutes: 93

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: R

Genre: ACTION, MARTIAL ARTS

A Thai Special Ops agent thwarts death during a dangerous mission, only to resurface two years later to battle a bloodthirsty terrorist in Bangkok. Two years ago, Gunja teamed with American CIA Agent Claire to track an Al-Qaeda member on a mission code named Vanquisher. Little did Gunja realize that Claire was instructed to leave no witnesses once their mission was accomplished. Narrowly escaping an assassination attempt by Claire, Gunja quietly goes back to Bangkok, where she is quickly promoted to lieutenant. Flash forward two years, and a dangerous extremist is planning a devastating bomb attack on Bangkok. Gunja is the only hope for heading off the attack and saving thousands of innocent lives. When Gunja crosses paths with Claire once again, she realizes that this particular mission could very well be her last.

 

YOGI BEAR (2010)

    

FEATURING THE VOICES OF:
DAN AYKROYD
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

Minutes: 80

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: G

Genre: FAMILY

Everyone's favorite pic-a-nic basket-stealing bear brings his meal-mooching ways to movies in this live-action/CG-animated adventure starring Dan Aykroyd as the voice of Jellystone Park's famed troublemaker Yogi Bear and Justin Timberlake as the voice of Yogi's faithful pal Boo Boo. Jellystone has been losing business, so conniving Mayor Brown has decided to shut it down and sell the land. Faced with the loss of his home, Yogi must prove he really is “smarter than the average bear” as he and Boo Boo join forces with Ranger Smith to find a way to save the park from closing forever. Anna Faris, Tom Cavanagh, TJ Miller and Andrew Daly co-star in this wonderful new incarnation of Hanna-Barbera's classic cartoon.

 

YOGI BEAR 3D (2010)

FEATURING THE VOICES OF:
DAN AYKROYD
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

Minutes: 80

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: G

Genre: FAMILY

*3D EQUIPMENT REQUIRED

 

  March 15, 2011

BARBIE: A FAIRY SECRET (2011)

ANIMATED

Minutes: 90

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: NOT RATED

Genre: FAMILY

This animated release for kids follows Barbie on a fun adventure, when Ken is magically transported by a bunch of fairies, and what's more, Barbie's two best friends turn out to secretly be fairies too. Now, in order to bring Ken back, Barbie will embark on a lovely adventure into the realm of winged friends.

 

BOATHOUSE DETECTIVES (2010)

ELLA HARRIS
MASON JOHNSON
OSCAR HOGGAN

Minutes: 85

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: NOT RATED

Genre: FAMILY

Four young detectives race to save a desperate little girl from getting shipped off to boarding school by her monstrous step-mother in this family friendly mystery adventure from the makers of CLUBHOUSE DETECTIVES. Anna McKenzie is a seven-year-old girl with a big problem: her evil step-mother has hatched a plan to ship her off to boarding school until she's 18, and send her beloved canine sidekick to the doggie prison. In a last-ditch attempt to reach her beloved grandmother before it's too late, Anna attaches a note to a helium balloon, and watches as her plea for help floats up into the clouds. When the message reaches 10-year-old Gage Williams, the young boy gathers his detective friends in their floating clubhouse, and together they hatch a plan to break Anna free. It's a big task for such young detectives, but if Gage and his pals can find a way to get Anna away from her step-mother and back into the arms of her grandmother, there's no mystery this determined team can't solve.

 

THE FIGHTER (2010)

    

MARK WAHLBERG
CHRISTIAN BALE
AMY ADAMS

Minutes: 115

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: R

Genre: DRAMA

Mark Wahlberg stars in Paramount Pictures' inspirational docudrama exploring the remarkable rise of Massachusetts-born, junior welterweight title winner "Irish" Micky Ward. A determined pugilist whose career in the ring was shepherded by his loyal half-brother, Dicky (Christian Bale) -- a hard-living boxer-turned-trainer whose own career in the ring was nearly sent down for the count due to drugs and crime -- perennial underdog Irish Micky rebounded from a disheartening series of defeats to win both the WBU Intercontinental Lightweight title and the WBU Light Welterweight title thanks to a fierce combination of determination and hard work. David O. Russell directs from a script by 8 MILE's Scott Silver and Paul Attanasio (THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM).

 

HEREAFTER (2010)

    

MATT DAMON
CECILE DE FRANCE
JAY MOHR

Minutes: 129

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: PG-13

Genre: DRAMA

Director Clint Eastwood delves into the mysterious world of the hereafter with this ensemble supernatural drama starring Matt Damon, Cécile De France, Jay Mohr, and Bryce Dallas Howard. In the wake of a near-death experience during a powerful tsunami, French television reporter Marie (De France) takes her married lover's advice to pen the political book she has always talked about writing. As hard as Marie tries to stay focused on the task at hand, however, she repeatedly finds her attention diverted to scientists who have been stigmatized for investigating the afterlife. Meanwhile, in America, reluctant psychic George (Matt Damon) struggles in vain to cease using his powers for profit while falling for a gorgeous stranger (Bryce Dallas Howard). All the while, his greedy brother (Jay Mohr) prods him to milk his ability for all it's worth. Over in London, a pair of inseparable twins is forcibly parted by tragedy when one of them dies suddenly. The harder the more introverted surviving twin (Frankie McLaren) attempts to reach out to his deceased brother in the afterlife, the deeper his mom sinks into heroin addiction. When his mother goes into rehab, the grieving boy is placed in foster care, and begins succumbing to his corrosive ennui.

 

STEP OFF (2011)

CONRAD CLIFTON
ONIRA TARES
CHRIS BURNS

Minutes: 95

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: R

Genre: DRAMA, MUSIC

Set in Atlanta's hip-hop underground scene, Rippa (Conrad Clifton), a struggling music producer working on his latest tracks for a regional beat battle, loses everything after a robbery. While lying low, he is forced to get back to the music and prove he has real talent. With the help of his friends, he'll devise a mix to bring down the house and get him closer to being the beat battle champion.

 

THE SWITCH (2010)

    

JENNIFER ANISTON
JASON BATEMAN
PATRICK WILSON

Minutes: 101

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: PG-13

Genre: ROMANTIC COMEDY

Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman star in "The Switch," an offbeat comedy about Kassie, a smart, fun-loving single woman who, despite her slightly neurotic best friend Wally's objections, decides it's time to have a baby—even if it means doing it by herself… with a little help from a charming sperm donor (Patrick Wilson). But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie's plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn't discovered until seven years later when Wally finally gets acquainted with Kassie's precocious—though slightly neurotic—son.

 

  March 9, 2011

THE CHAPERONE (2010)

PAUL "TRIPLE H" LEVESQUE
ARIEL WINTER
KEVIN CORRIGAN

Minutes: 90

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: PG-13

Genre: COMEDY

Ray Bradstone (WWE Superstar Paul "Triple H" Levesque) has just been released from prison after serving seven years for driving the get-away car in an attempted bank heist. Completely rehabilitated, Ray cares only about winning back the respect and love of his 15-year-old daughter, Sally. His first opportunity to do so comes when he's asked to be a chaperone on a weekend-long school trip to New Orleans with Sally's class. However, when characters from Ray's criminal past believe he stole the loot from a bank they robbed, Ray will do whatever it takes to fend them off and keep his daughter and her class out of harm's way.

 

EVERY DAY (2010)

LIEV SCHRIEBER
HELEN HUNT
CARLA GUGINO

Minutes: 93

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: R

Genre: COMEDY

A man struggles to keep his family and himself together under trying circumstances in this independent drama from writer and director Richard Levine. Ned (Liev Schreiber) works as a writer for a television series, "Mercy Medical," and his job has become increasingly difficult as his producer Garrett (Eddie Izzard) demands increasingly outlandish storylines; Ned objects, but the new guy on the staff, Brian (David Harbour), is more than happy to deliver. At home, Ned's wife, Jeannie (Helen Hunt), is dividing her time between running a business and looking after her elderly father, Ernie (Brian Dennehy), whose uncertain temper is all the more precarious as his ill health has pushed him into suicidal depression. With Helen occupied with her dad's problems, Ned has to deal with their two sons, teenage Jonah (Ezra Miller), who has recently acknowledged his homosexuality, and younger Ethan (Skyler Fortgang), a talented musician deeply troubled by his grandfather's ill health. Meanwhile, as his home life becomes more chaotic, Ned is given a new writing partner, Robin (Carla Gugino), who is smart, sexy, and clearly attracted to him. EVERY DAY received its world premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.

 

A FILM UNFINISHED (2010)

ALEXANDER BEYER
RUDIGER VOGLER

Minutes: 90

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: NOT RATED

Genre: DOCUMENTARY

In 1942, more than two years after Nazi troops herded Poland's Jews into a ghetto in Warsaw, where they were to be held until they were sent to extermination camps, a handful of cameramen were sent into the ghetto to shoot material that was intended for a German propaganda film. The images they captured ran the gamut from blasé scenes of day-to-day life to horrific moments of death and despair. The film was never completed, but after the war, the unedited footage, running roughly an hour, was discovered in a German archive. Yael Hersonski's documentary SHTIKAT HAARCHION (aka A FILM UNFINISHED) presents the surviving footage of the Warsaw ghetto in full for the first time; along with the archival images, Hersonski includes interviews with five survivors of the ghetto, who talk about what was captured on film and their lives under the Nazis, as well as a member of the camera crew who offers a perspective on the original intended slant of the film (which was, at least in part, meant to reveal the class differences between Jews of different economic status). A FILM UNFINISHED received its world premiere at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival.

 

INSIDE JOB (2010)

NARRATED BY:
MATT DAMON

Minutes: 109

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: PG-13

Genre: DOCUMENTARY

Producer/director Charles Ferguson (NO END IN SIGHT) speaks at length with journalists, politicians, and financial insiders in order to offer a clearer picture of the economic meltdown that hit America starting in 2008. Academy Award winner Matt Damon narrates this unflinching look at the deep-rooted corruption that has left millions of middle-class Americans jobless and homeless as the major corporations get bailed out while paying millions in bonuses.

 

JACKASS 3 (2010)

    

JOHNNY KNOXVILLE
BAM MARGERA
STEVE-O

Minutes: 99

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: R

Genre: COMEDY

The JACKASS pranksters are at it again in this third outing, presented for the first time, in some theaters, in 3D -- an effect that redefines the use of the in-your-face technology. Once again, Johnny Knoxville and his cohorts gather together and dream up new childish ways to make each other -- and their audience -- giggle uncontrollably. Whether it's pummeling one another in their groins or throwing together half-cooked skits that employ everything from costumes, sets, wild animals, and most often, feces, the boys are a wealth of "you shouldn't do this -- we're not even sure if we should" comedy. Jeff Tremaine returns to direct the MTV Films/Paramount Pictures production.

 

THE MAN FROM NOWHERE (2010)

    

BIN WON
SAE-RON KIM

Minutes: 119

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: R

Genre: ACTION, THRILLER

A retired special agent forges an unlikely bond with his neglected young neighbor, and vows to bring the girl back home safely after she's kidnapped by violent criminals. When Tae-Shik hung up his guns to open a small pawn shop, he also shut himself off from the world. Tae-Shik prefers to live in solitude, yet he still takes a liking to his precocious neighbor So-mi, whose mother pay her little attention. When So-Mi's mother crosses a local gang of criminals who respond by kidnapping the desperate mother and daughter, Tae-Shik realizes that he may be their only hope of making it out of the situation alive. After entering into a tenuous agreement with the local mob, Tae-Shik becomes the target of an intense police manhunt and finds himself besieged on all sides. Now the closer Tae-Shik gets to So-Mi and her mother, the more his dark past finally begins coming into focus.

 

MORNING GLORY (2010)

    

RACHEL MCADAMS
HARRISON FORD
DIANE KEATON

Minutes: 107

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: PG-13

Genre: ROMANTIC COMEDY

For Becky, running a TV show in New York City was the big break she dreamed of…until star co-anchors Mike and Colleen declare an all-out, on-air war. Making the show work with its cast of eccentric characters and outrageous story angles will take a major miracle, but Becky is ready to rise and outshine.

 

THE NEXT THREE DAYS (2010)

    

RUSSELL CROWE
ELIZABETH BANKS
BRIAN DENNEHY

Minutes: 133

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: PG-13

Genre: ACTION

Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison. Refusing to be deterred by impossible odds or his own inexperience, John devises an elaborate escape plot and plunges into a dangerous and unfamiliar world, ultimately risking everything for the woman he loves.

 

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127 HOURS (2010)

    

JAMES FRANCO
AMBER TAMBLYN
KATE MARA

Minutes: 94

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: R

Genre: DRAMA

127 HOURS is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolate canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers (Clemence Poesy), family, and the last two people he ever had the chance to meet? A visceral thrilling story that will take an audience on a never before experienced journey and prove what we can do when we choose life.

 

ANGELINA BALLERINA: BALLET DREAMS (2010)

ANIMATED

Minutes: 61

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: NOT RATED

Genre: ANIMATED, FAMILY

Join Angelina Ballerina, Camembert Academy's shining star, as she finds her way in her new school, puts together her own show and tries to land a leading role in the Mouskinov Ballet. Angelina continues to blossom as a maturing young mouseling as she adjusts to her new teacher's style and learns the importance of being a patient big sister. Prepare to pirouette along with everyone’s favorite ballerina in these sparkling stories!

 

BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION VOLUME 3 (2010)

ANIMATED

Minutes: 154

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: NOT RATED

Genre: ANIMATED, FAMILY

This action packed release from the anime series BEYBLADE: METAL FUSION - a spin-off from the original BEYBLADE series -- includes episodes 15-22 of the show, following the story of Gingka, a heroic fighter with a group of talented friends, who fights the evil forces of the Dark Nebula.

 

BURLESQUE (2010)

    

CHER
CHRISTINA AGUILERA
ERIC DANE

Minutes: 119

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: PG-13

Genre: DRAMA, MUSIC

Christina Aguilera makes her dramatic feature debut as Ali, a small-town singer who takes her shot at stardom performing at a neo-burlesque nightclub in Los Angeles. Situated in a regal old theater that's still dazzling despite having fallen into disrepair, The Burlesque Lounge is the kind of club where legends are born. When club owner Tess (Cher) hires charismatic Ali as a cocktail waitress, the ambitious big-city newcomer goes to great lengths to make a good impression. Taken under the wing of a friendly featured dancer (Julianne Hough), Ali quickly realizes that not everyone is quite as nice when she forms a friendship with bartender/aspiring musician Jack (Cam Gigandet) and incurs the wrath of the club's cattiest showgirl (Kristen Bell). After making her leap to the stage with a little help from a sympathetic stage manager (Stanley Tucci) and the club's playfully androgynous host (Alan Cumming), Ali becomes the star attraction at The Burlesque Lounge, and the crowds start packing in. Later, a wealthy businessman (Eric Dane) makes a bid for the club while trying to charm the talented young performer straight into his arms.

 

THE CUTTING EDGE: FIRE AND ICE (2010)

FRANCIA RAISA
BRENDAN FEHR

Minutes: 90

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: NOT RATED

Genre: FAMILY

In the fourth installment of the ice skating film franchise, Alejandra Alex Delgado (Francia Raisa) retires from pairs skating only to be lured back by the smoldering bad boy speed skater James McKinsey (Brendan Fehr). But as the practices get more intense, so does their relationship off the ice which may derail their championship dreams.

 

FASTER (2010)

    

DWAYNE JOHNSON
BILLY BOB THORNTON
OLIVER JACKSON-GREEN

Minutes: 98

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: R

Genre: ACTION

After 10 years in prison, Driver (Dwayne Johnson) has a singular focus -- to avenge the murder of his brother during the botched robbery that led to his imprisonment. Now a free man with a deadly to-do list in hand, he's finally on his mission... but with two men on his trail -- veteran cop (Billy Bob Thornton) just days from retirement, and a young egocentric hitman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) with a flair for the art of killing and a newfound worthy opponent. The hunter is also the hunted. It's a do-or-die race to the list's finish as the mystery surrounding his brother's murder deepens, and new details emerge along the way hinting that Driver's list may be incomplete.

 

HATCHET II (2010)

DANIELLE HARRIS
TONY TODD
KANE HODDER

Minutes: 86

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: UNRATED

Genre: HORROR

Hatchet II picks up right where the original Hatchet ends, as the quiet but hot-tempered Marybeth (Danielle Harris, Halloween) barely escapes from the clutches of the mysterious Crowley ( Crowley (Kane Hodder, Friday The 13th), who has already has murdered all of Marybeth's friends and other vacationers in the New Orleans' swamp country. Marybeth recruits a team of hired guns and returns to the bayou to exact her revenge, but quickly discovers that even with an army of hunters at her side, the murderous fury of Crowley cannot be contained. Ultimately, it will be up to Marybeth alone to defeat the seemingly indestructible Crowley, but not before learning the truth about a twisted secret he shares with her own family! Filled with “buckets of giddily over-the-top blood 'n' guts” (The Hollywood Reporter), not to mention a “funky, frisky sense of humor” (The Onion AV Club), the unrated Hatchet II serves up a ferocious and furious dose of splatterific entertainment--just like in old days!

 

I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (2010)

SARAH BUTLER
CHAD LINDBERG
JEFF BRANSON

Minutes: 108

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: UNRATED

Genre: HORROR

The survivor of a vicious gang rape turns the tables on her attackers in this remake of director Meir Zarchi's notorious 1978 horror classic. In order to seek inspiration for her next book, urbanite author Jennifer Hills (Sarah Butler) retreats to a secluded cabin in the woods. Little does Jennifer realize that she's just caught the attention of some particularly depraved locals, and her peaceful retreat is about to become a living hell. At first the sadistic intruders attempt to frighten Jennifer by breaking into her cabin, but then the attack gets out of hand. Desperate to escape after being badly brutalized, Jennifer throws herself into the river and allows her body to be carried away by the rapids. When her attackers fail to locate her corpse, they assume she is dead and return to their normal lives. But Jennifer isn't dead, and she doesn't forgive. Her attackers will pay for what they did, and nothing they say or do can prevent her from savaging them in the worst way imaginable before she sends them to hell screaming.

 

KATT WILLIAMS: IT'S PIMPIN' PIMPIN' (2008)

KATT WILLIAMS

Minutes: 80

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: R

Genre: STAND-UP COMEDY

Filmed before a packed house in D.C., IT'S PIMPIN' PIMPIN' features hip hop comedian Katt Williams riffing on every political topic under the sun, including campaign ads, terrorism, and Barack Obama.

 

LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (2010)

    

JAKE GYLLENHAAL
ANNE HATHAWAY
OLIVER PLATT

Minutes: 112

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: R

Genre: ROMANTIC COMEDY

Maggie is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.

 

MY GIRLFRIEND'S BACK (2011)

TANGI MILLER
MALIK YOBA
ROYALE WATKINS

Minutes: 81

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: PG-13

Genre: ROMANTIC COMEDY

This romantic comedy shows how a man's perfect life can unravel when a beautiful ex-girlfriend shows up out of the blue. The journey to love can be worth revisiting if the feelings are brought to life once again in this hilarious romp through the reality and complexity of relationships past and present.

 

WOW! WOW! WUBBZY! WUBBZY'S (2010)

ANIMATED

Minutes: 71

Format: FULLSCREEN

Rated: NOT RATED

Genre: ANIMATED, FAMILY

Nobody celebrates the Easter season quite like Wubbzy and his friends! In these 6 egg-ceptional episodes, Wubbzy discovers new ways to decorate eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt, celebrates the first day of spring with his kickity-kick ball and has to save the holiday when Easter is cancelled! There are plenty of fun and important lessons in this collection of egg-citing Easter episodes from the town of Wuzzleburg!

 

WWE ROYAL RUMBLE (2011)

THE MIZ VS RANDY ORTON
EDGE VS DOLPH ZIGGLER
NATALYA VS LAYLA

Minutes: 180

Format: WIDESCREEN

Rated: PG

Genre: WRESTLING

It's the dream of every superstar—to headline WrestleMania. For one man out of 30, the dream becomes reality at the Royal Rumble. Whoever outlasts 29 other competitors earns himself a championship match at WrestleMania 26. The superstars of Raw and Smackdown, including past winners Randy Orton, John Cena, Edge, and Rey Mysterio, and superstars looking to add this impressive goal to their resume, including Wade Barrett, Kane, Kofi Kingston, Sheamus, John Morrison, The Miz, Mark Henry, and more will do everything in their power to overpower and outlast the competition as the Road to WrestleMania 27 begins at the Royal Rumble.Stars: John Cena, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Kane, Big Show, Edge, The Miz, Sheamus, Wade Barratt, Daniel Bryan, Jack Swagger, R Truth, Dolph Ziggler, Mark Henry, Ted DiBiase, Kofi Kingston.

 

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