April 2015 DVD & Blu-rays

With Krysten Ritter • Tim Burton • Amy Adams • Christoph Waltz • Danny Huston • Jason Schwartzman • Terence Stamp • Larry Karaszewski • Scott Alexander • Lynette Howell • Jamie Patricof

Big Eyes is based on the true story of Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz), who was one of the most successful painters of the 1950s and early 1960s. The artist earned staggering notoriety by revolutionizing the commercialization and accessibility of popular art with his enigmatic paintings of waifs with big eyes. The truth would eventually be discovered though: Keane’s art was actually not created by him at all, but by his wife, Margaret (Amy Adams). The Keanes, it seemed, had been living a lie that had grown to gigantic proportions. Big Eyes centers on Margaret’s awakening as an artist, the phenomenal success of her paintings, and her tumultuous relationship with her husband, who was catapulted to international fame while taking credit for her work.

With Jessica Chastain • Oscar Isaac • J.C. Chandor • Christopher Abbott • Catalina Sandino Moreno • Albert Brooks • David Oyelowo • Ashley Williams • Anna Gerb

A Most Violent Year is a thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city’s history. The film follows the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

With Ryan Reynolds • Anna Kendrick • Gemma Arterton • Roy Lee • Jacki Weaver • Cathy Schulman • Matthew Rhodes • Michael R. Perry • Adam Stone • Marjane Satrapi

Jerry (Ryan Reynolds) is that chipper guy clocking the nine-to-five at a bathtub factory, with the offbeat charm of anyone who could use a few friends. With the help of his court-appointed psychiatrist, he pursues his office crush (Gemma Arterton). However, the relationship takes a sudden, murderous turn after she stands him up for a date. Guided by his evil talking cat and benevolent talking dog, Jerry must decide whether to keep striving for normalcy, or indulge in a much more sinister path.

With Pablo Schreiber • Christopher Denham • Wrenn Schmidt • Aaron Staton

The film follows brothers Sean and Mike and Mike’s wife, Wit - a brainy anesthesiologist - who head out on a hunting trip in a nature preserve. But when the brothers are ensnared by unseen hunters, Wit must unleash her own animal instincts or else end up a trophy.

With Joaquin Phoenix • Jeremy Renner • Anthony Katagas • James Gray • Greg Shapiro • Marion Cotillard • Brahim Chioua • Dagmara Dominczyk • Richard Menello • Christopher Woodrow • Maria Cestone • Hoyt David Morgan • Antoni Corone • Agnes Mentre • Molly Conners • Vincent Maraval • Bruno Wu • Jacob Pechenik • Len Blavatnik • Sarah E. Johnson

In search of the American dream, Ewa Cybulski and her sister, Magda, sail to Ellis Island, only to be separated when Magda falls ill. With nowhere to go, Ewa quickly falls prey to Bruno, a charming but wicked man who forces her to perform in his nightly burlesque show. There she encounters the dazzling magician Orlando, who sweeps her off her feet and becomes her only chance to reunite with her sister and escape the nightmare.

With Patrick Wilson • Katherine Heigl • Bryce Johnson • Sean McKittrick • Jordana Brewster • James Belushi • Kevin McKidd • Anthony Burns • Jeff Culotta

Don Champagne (Patrick Wilson) seems to have it all: a successful business, a perfect house, perfect kids, and a perfect wife. Unfortunately, when his wife, Mona (Katherine Heigl), learns of Don’s affair with a pretty new salesgirl (Jordana Brewster), this suburban slice of heaven spirals out of control. Don soon realizes that Mona will stop at nothing, including murder, to maintain their storybook life where “perception is everything.”

With Danny Glover • Craig Moss • Danny Trejo • Ben Feingold • John Amos • Loni Love • Ash Shah • Jim Busfield

BAD ASSES ON THE BAYOU reunites the dynamic duo, Frank Vega (Danny Trejo) and Bernie Pope (Danny Glover), as they travel to Louisiana to attend the wedding of their dear friend Carmen Gutierrez (Loni Love). What was pictured as a wedding weekend escape to the south turns violently ugly as madness and mayhem ensue, pressing our senior heroes to once again serve justice.

With Bruce Davison • Erin Cahill • David Rountree • Josh Blue • Jake Katofsky • Jeff Katofsky • Kate Vernon • Ryan Carlberg • Larry Thomas • J.P. Pierce

With baseball being the last thing on these players’ minds, and dealing with one of the longest losing streaks in college history, the team of misfits comes to the realization that the school, led by the corrupt and unethical President of the University, has plans to disband the entire program. Hilarity ensues as they have one afternoon to execute a plan to fill the stadium, sign the top recruit on the planet, and help send their coach out with a bang.

With Mark Wahlberg • John Goodman • Brie Larson • Jessica Lange • Richard Schiff • William Monahan • Rupert Wyatt • Michael K. Williams • Irwin Winkler • Sonya Walger • George Kennedy

Jim Bennett (Academy Award®-nominee Mark Wahlberg) is a risk taker. Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster (Michael Kenneth Williams) and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring (Alvin Ing) and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother (Academy Award®-winner Jessica Lange) in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while garnering the attention of Frank (John Goodman), a loan shark with a paternal interest in Bennett’s future. As his relationship with a student (Brie Larson) deepens, Bennett must take the ultimate risk for a second chance…

With Daniel Henshall • Jennifer Kent • Essie Davis

Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her ‘out of control’ 6 year-old, Samuel (Noah Wiseman), a son she finds impossible to love. Samuel’s dreams are plagued by a monster he believes is coming to kill them both.

When a disturbing storybook called ‘The Babadook’ turns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the Babadook is the creature he’s been dreaming about. His hallucinations spiral out of control, he becomes more unpredictable and violent. Amelia, genuinely frightened by her son’s behaviour, is forced to medicate him.

But when Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her, it slowly dawns on her that the thing Samuel has been warning her about may be real.

With Jeremy Irvine • Roy Lee • Helen McCrory • Richard Jackson • Nigel Sinclair • Tom Harper • Adrian Rawlins • Simon Oakes • Guy East • Jon Croker • Phoebe Fox • Amelia Pidgeon • Oaklee Pendergast • Faith Elizabeth

During the London bombings of World War II, school teachers Eve Parkins (Phoebe Fox) and Jean Hogg (Helen McCrory) lead a group of children in evacuation to Crythin Gifford, a remote village outside of the city. When the group takes up residence at the Eel Marsh House, 40 years after Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) investigated the first haunting, Eve soon realizes they are not alone. The longer they stay in the house, the more the awful past of the residence unravels itself and the evil spirit that lurks around them threatens the well-being of the children. With the help of a pilot (Jeremy Irvine), Eve does all that she can to protect the children and discover the truth behind the Woman in Black.

With Krysten Ritter • Tim Burton • Amy Adams • Christoph Waltz • Danny Huston • Jason Schwartzman • Terence Stamp • Larry Karaszewski • Scott Alexander • Lynette Howell • Jamie Patricof

Big Eyes is based on the true story of Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz), who was one of the most successful painters of the 1950s and early 1960s. The artist earned staggering notoriety by revolutionizing the commercialization and accessibility of popular art with his enigmatic paintings of waifs with big eyes. The truth would eventually be discovered though: Keane’s art was actually not created by him at all, but by his wife, Margaret (Amy Adams). The Keanes, it seemed, had been living a lie that had grown to gigantic proportions. Big Eyes centers on Margaret’s awakening as an artist, the phenomenal success of her paintings, and her tumultuous relationship with her husband, who was catapulted to international fame while taking credit for her work.

With Robert Pattinson • John Cusack • Julianne Moore • David Cronenberg • Sarah Gadon • Robert Lantos • Bruce Wagner

Meet the Weiss family, who are making their way in a sun-soaked Southern California rife with money, dreams, fame, envy, angst, yearning – and relentless hauntings. Stafford Weiss (John Cusack) is a famed TV self-help therapist, whose “Hour of Personal Power” has brought him an A-list celebrity clientele. Meanwhile, Cristina Weiss (Olivia Williams) has her work cut out managing the career of their disaffected child-star son, Benjie (Evan Bird), a fresh graduate of rehab at age 13.

Yet unbeknownst to any of them, another member of the Weiss family has arrived in town – mysteriously scarred and tormented Agatha (Mia Wasikowska), just released from a psych ward and ready to start again. She soon works her way into a friendship with a limo driver (Robert Pattinson) and becomes personal assistant to unraveling actress Havana Segrand (Julianne Moore), who is beset by the ghost of her legendary mother, Clarice (Sarah Gadon), the subject of a hot new Hollywood production. But Agatha is on a quest for redemption – and even in this realm of the artificial, the make-believe and the unearthly, she’s determined to find it, no matter what it takes.

With Josh Duhamel • Emmy Rossum • Hilary Swank • Ali Larter • Denise Di Novi • Loretta Devine • Molly Smith • Jason Ritter • George C. Wolfe • Jordan Roberts • Broderick Johnson • Andrew Kosove • Alison Greenspan • Shana Feste

You're Not You centers on an aimless and self-absorbed college student (Emmy Rossum) whose life is changed when she takes a part-time job caring for a woman (Hilary Swank) with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

With Ray Park • Serinda Swan • Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad • Faran Tahir • Dominic Rains

In the beginning, three were created. Man made of clay. Angels made of light. And a third made of fire. For centuries, stories of angels and men have captured the imagination and been etched into history crossing all boundaries of culture, religion and time. These two races have dominated the landscape of modern mythology, shrouding the evidence that a third was ever created. This third race, born of smokeless fire, was named the jinn. Modern man has all but forgotten this third race ever existed. It is time for him to remember.

With Javier Botet • Jaume Balaguero • Manuela Velasco • Paco Manzanedo

Angela Vidal wakes up in a high-security quarantine facility, sole survivor and witness to the horrific events inside the building. But does she remember what happened to her? Is she carrying the virus? Distrust spreads through the isolated facility while new, even more deadly forms of evil spread even faster.

With Jamie Bamber • Lachy Hulme • Kelly Dolen • Gary Abrahams • Sam Parsonson • Stephen M. Coates

Some call him a hero. Some call him a villain. He’s “John Doe: Vigilante” – an ordinary man who decides to take the law into his own hands. Frustrated with a failing legal system that continues to allow violent criminals to go free, John Doe begins exacting justice the only way he knows how – by killing one criminal at a time. Soon he becomes a media sensation and inspires a group of copycat vigilantes, but who is the real John Doe – a pillar of justice or a cold-blooded murderer? You decide.

With Ryan Eggold • Brett Dalton • Beck Bennett • Chris Lowell • Will Brill • Erin Darke

Mourning the sudden death of his parents, Daniel invites his childhood friends up to their lake house in an attempt to relive the glory days of their youth -- whether they like it or not. Things take a turn for the worse when it becomes clear that none of his friends share his nostalgia for the good old days -- and his ex-girlfriend shows up with a new fiancé. But as the night progresses, secrets are confessed, romances are rekindled, and a particularly epic game of Whiskey Slaps is played.

With Anthony Hopkins • Sam Worthington • Ryan Kwanten • Daniel Alfredson • Jim Sturgess • William Brookfield • Mark van Eeuwen • Tom Cocquerel

In 1983, a group of childhood friends pulled off the crime of the century: kidnapping one of the richest men in the world, the heir of the Heineken beer empire (Anthony Hopkins). The shocking capture--by gunpoint in broad daylight on the streets of Amsterdam--resulted in the largest ransom ever paid for a kidnapped individual. It was truly the perfect crime…until they got away with it.

With Liam Neeson • Luc Besson • Jonny Weston • Forest Whitaker • Famke Janssen • Maggie Grace • Jon Gries • Robert Mark Kamen • Olivier Megaton • Leland Orser

Liam Neeson returns as ex-government operative Bryan Mills, whose life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his "particular set of skills" to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.

With William H. Macy • Jennifer Aniston • Sam Worthington • Anna Kendrick • Felicity Huffman • Adriana Barraza • Mark Canton • Daniel Barnz • Mamie Gummer • Patrick Tobin

Acerbic, hilarious Claire Simmons becomes fascinated by the suicide of Nina, a woman in her chronic pain support group. As she uncovers the details of Nina's suicide and develops a poignant relationship with Nina's husband, Claire also grapples with her own very raw personal tragedy.

With Ricky Blitt • Jon Cryer • Will Sasso • Jed Rees • Stephanie Szostak • Alexis Maitland • Chantal Chamandy • Robert Menzies • Mike Ades

When Ricky Miller, a single, quiet 40-year old aspiring writer and manager of Debbie's (think Denny's) and probably the last person you'd notice in a crowd is 'hit by lightning' and meets the love of his life, the beautiful Danita on E-Happily.com, he is catapulted into a relationship online but it's a lot more than what he bargained for - this includes being asked to kill! Hounded by his best friend Seth who thinks no "10" would even go out with a guy like Ricky unless she had ulterior motives (or needed glasses), Ricky starts to get skeptical himself. Turns out, Danita confesses she's actually married to a handsome affable crime novelist and former Rabbi, Ben Jacobs. Is Danita telling Ricky the truth when she says wants to leave her husband but fears for her life if she does? Will Ricky go through with the plan to kill him so he and Danita can live happily ever after?

With Salma Hayek • Joe Lynch • Gabriella Wright • Caroline Chikezie • Togo Igawa • Philip Elway • Yale Hannon • Luke Rivett • Rizal Risjad • Jennifer Blanc

Follows a down-on-her-luck woman stuck in her apartment, fending off waves of assassins sent by her ex, a dangerous mob boss.

With Nicole Kidman • David Heyman • Ben Whishaw • Hugh Bonneville • Julie Walters • Kevin McCormick • Peter Capaldi • Jim Broadbent • Ollie Madden • Hamish McColl • Rosie Alison • Sally Hawkins • Paul King

Paddington tells the story of the comic misadventures of a young Peruvian bear (voiced by Firth) who travels to the city in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined - until he meets the kindly Brown family who read the label around his neck that says "Please look after this bear. Thank you," and offer him a temporary haven. It looks as though his luck has changed until this rarest of bears catches the eye of a museum taxidermist.

With Kevin Hart • Josh Gad • Jeremy Garelick • Kaley Cuoco • Dan Gill • Jorge Garcia • Affion Crockett • Cloris Leachman • Ken Howard

Doug Harris (Josh Gad) is a loveable but socially awkward groom-to-be with a problem: he has no best man. With less than two weeks to go until he marries the girl of his dreams (Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting), Doug is referred to Jimmy Callahan (Kevin Hart), owner and CEO of Best Man, Inc., a company that provides flattering best men for socially challenged guys in need. What ensues is a hilarious wedding charade as they try to pull off the big con, and an unexpected budding bromance between Doug and his fake best man Jimmy.

With Reese Witherspoon • Joaquin Phoenix • Josh Brolin • Benicio Del Toro • Owen Wilson • Paul Thomas Anderson • Jena Malone • Martin Short • Joanne Sellar • Maya Rudolph • Daniel Lupi • Katherine Waterston • Yvette Yates • Peter McRobbie • Sasha Pieterse

When private eye Doc Sportello’s ex-old lady suddenly out of nowhere shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a loony bin…well, easy for her to say.

It’s the tail end of the psychedelic '60s and paranoia is running the day and Doc knows that "love" is another of those words going around at the moment, like “trip” or “groovy,” that’s being way too overused—except this one usually leads to trouble.

With a cast of characters that includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and rockers, a murderous loan shark, LAPD Detectives, a tenor sax player working undercover, and a mysterious entity known as the Golden Fang, which may only be a tax dodge set up by some dentists... Part surf noir, part psychedelic romp—all Thomas Pynchon.

With Mark Wahlberg • John Goodman • Brie Larson • Jessica Lange • Richard Schiff • William Monahan • Rupert Wyatt • Michael K. Williams • Irwin Winkler • Sonya Walger • George Kennedy

Jim Bennett (Academy Award®-nominee Mark Wahlberg) is a risk taker. Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster (Michael Kenneth Williams) and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring (Alvin Ing) and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother (Academy Award®-winner Jessica Lange) in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while garnering the attention of Frank (John Goodman), a loan shark with a paternal interest in Bennett’s future. As his relationship with a student (Brie Larson) deepens, Bennett must take the ultimate risk for a second chance…

With Xavier Dolan

A passionate widowed single mom (Anne Dorval) finds herself burdened with the full-time custody of her unpredictable 15-year-old ADHD son (Antoine Olivier Pilon). As they struggle to make ends meet, Kyla (Suzanne Clément), the peculiar new neighbor across the street, offers her help. Together, they strive for a new sense of balance.

With Jim Wilson • Skeet Ulrich • Christian Kane • Elizabeth Gaylynn Baker • William Devane • Madelyn Deutch • David Atkinson • Todd Lowe • Eloy Casados

A misfit group of New Mexico cowboys find themselves on the journey of a lifetime when their crooked-footed racehorse qualifies for the Kentucky Derby. Based on the inspiring true story of Mine That Bird, the cowboys face a series of mishaps on their way to Churchill Downs, becoming the ultimate underdogs in a final showdown with the world's racing elite.

With Jennifer Lopez • John Corbett • Kristin Chenoweth • Ian Nelson • Ryan Guzman • Travis Schuldt • Adam Hicks • Rob Cohen • Barbara Curry • Bailey Chase

A single mom becomes attracted to the teenage boy who moves in next door and befriends her son. She starts and ends the romance, but he doesn’t let go so easily.