DVD & Blu-rays Released December 4, 2012

Released Tuesday, December 4th

90%

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The Dark Knight Rises

Christian Bale returns as Batman. No additional plot details have been announced.

Christopher Nolan, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Christian Bale, Joey King, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, David S. Goyer

PG-13 Action Adventure 2 hrs, 45 mins

87% on Rotten Tomatoes

90% WILL SEE

4.6 / 5

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75%

4.5 / 5

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The comedic and eventful journeys of two fish - Marlin and his son Nemo - who become separated in the Great Barrier Reef when Nemo is unexpectedly taken far from home and thrust into a fish tank in a dentist's office overlooking Sydney harbor. Buoyed by the companionship of a friendly-but-forgetful fish named Dory, the overly cautious father embarks on a dangerous trek and finds himself the unlikely hero of an epic journey to rescue his son - who hatches a few daring plans of his own to return safely home.

Willem Dafoe, Geoffrey Rush, John Ratzenberger, Andrew Stanton, Allison Janney, Ellen DeGeneres, Barry Humphries, Albert Brooks

G Adventure Comedy 1 hr, 40 mins

99% on Rotten Tomatoes

75% WILL SEE

4.5 / 5

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76%

4.8 / 5

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The Whale

A baby orca gets separated from his family and unexpectedly starts making contact with people along a scenic fjord called Nootka Sound.

Scarlett Johansson, Ryan Reynolds

Documentary

76% WILL SEE

4.8 / 5

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54%

3.5 / 5

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Beasts of the Southern Wild

Facing her father's fading health and the release of an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy leaves her home in search of her mother.

Benh Zeitlin, Quvenzhane Wallis

PG-13 Drama

86% on Rotten Tomatoes

54% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

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78%

3.5 / 5

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Hope Springs

After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense counseling weekend to decide the fate of their marriage.

Meryl Streep, David Frankel, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Carell, Tommy Lee Jones, Vanessa Taylor, Ben Rappaport, Marin Ireland

PG-13 Drama Comedy 2 hrs, 1 min

75% on Rotten Tomatoes

78% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

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32%

1 / 5

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Unforgivable

Francis is a successful crime writer who moves to Venice to work on his next novel. When he meets model-turned-real-estate-agent Judith, he is instantly infatuated. Francis and Judith eventually marry and move to a remote house on Torcello Island, but Francis' newfound happiness hinders his writing. Obsessing over what Judith does while at work, he hires a young ex-convict to investigate. As Judith's sexual past is revealed both men become increasing fixated on the mysterious woman.

Melanie Thierry, Andre Techine, Carole Bouquet, Andre Dussollier, Adriana Asti

NR Drama 1 hr, 51 mins

32% WILL SEE

1 / 5

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45%

4 / 5

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Hermano

Raised as brothers, intense teammates and competitors on the soccer field – the gregarious, swaggering Julio (Eliu Armas) and the more wiry and focused Daniel “Gato” (Fernando Moreno) have remained virtually inseparable ever since the newborn Daniel was found abandoned in a trash heap in their La Ceniza slum. The opportunity of their lives arrives when a football scout invites them to tryout for the city’s top professional team, just as a tragic act of violence threatens to tear them apart and prevent them from achieving their dreams.

Eliu Armas, Marcel Rasquin, Fernando Moreno

Drama Family 1 hr, 37 mins

45% WILL SEE

4 / 5

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91%

4.1 / 5

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Last Ounce of Courage

Bob Revere is a small town Mayor and combat decorated veteran. He faces a root of bitterness from his past filled with heartbreaking loss. His grandson comes back into his life after many years to ask the most important question, “What are we doing with our life to make a difference?” Bob had grown apathetic along with an entire town. Now with the help of children, a group of people all band together to inspire hope, take back the freedoms that are being lost and take a stand for truth. Christmas is under attack, but its even more than the colored lights, it is our freedoms that are being lost.

Jenna Boyd, Darrel Campbell, Kevin McAfee, Marshall Teague, Jennifer O'Neill, Hunter Gomez, Nikki Novak

PG Drama Family 1 hr, 42 mins

91% WILL SEE

4.1 / 5

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Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Named by ArtReview as the most powerful artist in the world, Ai Weiwei is China's most celebrated contemporary artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. In April 2011, when Ai disappeared into police custody for three months, he quickly became China's most famous missing person. First-time director Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to the charismatic artist, as well as his family and others close to him, while working as a journalist in Beijing. In the years she filmed, government authorities shut down Ai's blog, beat him up, bulldozed his newly built studio, and held him in secret detention--while Time magazine named him a runner-up for 2011's Person of the Year.

Alison Klayman

R Documentary 1 hr, 31 mins

98% on Rotten Tomatoes

19% WILL SEE

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84%

3.8 / 5

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Thunderstruck

When Brian, a hopelessly uncoordinated young fan magically switches talents with his hero (Kevin Durant, playing himself), he becomes the star of his high school team...while Kevin Durant suddenly can’t make a shot to save his life. But with the playoffs approaching, Brian learns that being a true winner involves working hard at your own game, and he tries to make things right in time to prevent a catastrophic end to his hero’s season.

Kevin Durant, Brandon T. Jackson, Bill Johnson, Mike Karz, Jim Belushi, John Whitesell, Eric Champnella, Larramie Doc Shaw

PG Sports Family

84% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

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65%

2.9 / 5

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Silent Night

Story follows a local police department's search for the killer Santa Claus terrorizing a remote Midwestern town on Christmas Eve.

Jamie Kennedy, Kid Cudi, Gary Preisler, Brian Witten, Shara Kay, Steven C. Miller, Jayson Rothwell, Malcolm McDowell

R Thriller Horror

65% WILL SEE

2.9 / 5

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56%

3.6 / 5

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The Odd Life of Timothy Gree...

A modern-day fable.

Jennifer Garner, Peter Hedges, Oren Aviv, Ahmet Zappa, Joel Edgerton, Scott Sanders, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mara Jacobs

PG Adventure Fantasy 1 hr, 44 mins

36% on Rotten Tomatoes

56% WILL SEE

3.6 / 5

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Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story Poster

74%

4 / 5

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Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyah...

July 4, 1976, Entebbe, Uganda - Led by Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan Netanyahu, crack Israeli commandos burst inside a non-descript airline terminal, killing stunned terrorists and evacuating 103 hostages. A lone shot sounds in the night, and Yonatan Netanyahu, brother of current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, lay dead. Follow Me is an intimate story that penetrates the tough exterior of the only soldier killed in Entebbe. Using Yonatan's own poetry, letters and prose, the film delves into the mind of this reluctant young hero, where duty to family and country, love, turmoil, and doubt over the core value of war raged.

Jonathan Gruber, Ari Daniel Pinchot

NR Documentary

74% WILL SEE

4 / 5

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62%

3.2 / 5

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Butter

Destiny, a black foster child, faces off against Iowa’s reigning dairy diva, the beautiful but venal Laura Pickler, in an epic butter-carving competition for the ages.

Jennifer Garner, Rob Corddry, Ashley Greene, Jason Micallef, Jim Field Smith, Michael De Luca, Alissa Phillips, Ty Burrell

R Comedy 1 hr, 32 mins

34% on Rotten Tomatoes

62% WILL SEE

3.2 / 5

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61%

4.1 / 5

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V/H/S

When a group of petty criminals is hired by a mysterious party to retrieve a rare piece of found footage from a rundown house in the middle of nowhere, they soon realize that the job isn’t going to be as easy as they thought. In the living room, a lifeless body holds court before a hub of old television sets, surrounded by stacks upon stacks of VHS tapes. As they search for the right one, they are treated to a seemingly endless number of horrifying videos, each stranger than the last.

Ti West, Adam Wingard, Sophia Takal, Kate Lyn Sheil, David Bruckner, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Glenn McQuaid, Calvin Reeder

R Thriller Suspense 1 hr, 33 mins

57% on Rotten Tomatoes

61% WILL SEE

4.1 / 5

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82%

3 / 5

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Wild Horse, Wild Ride

The story of the Extreme Mustang Makeover Challenge, an annual contest that dares 100 people to each tame a totally wild mustang in order to get it adopted into a better life beyond federal corrals. Stunning and poignant, Alex Dawson and Greg Gricus' debut feature documentary chronicles a handful of unforgettable characters from their first uneasy meeting with their horses and over three months as they attempt to transform from scared strangers to the closest of companions.

Alex Dawson, Greg Gricus

PG Western Documentary 1 hr, 46 mins

82% WILL SEE

3 / 5

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40%

4.8 / 5

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Samsara

Samsara takes the form of a nonverbal, guided meditation that will transform viewers in countries around the world, as they are swept along a journey of the soul. Through powerful images pristinely photographed in 70mm and a dynamic music score, the film illuminates the links between humanity and the rest of the nature, showing how our life cycle mirrors the rhythm of the planet.

Mark Magidson, Ron Fricke

PG-13 Documentary 1 hr, 39 mins

76% on Rotten Tomatoes

40% WILL SEE