August 2014 DVD & Blu-rays

With Kate Winslet • Miles Teller • Ashley Judd • Shailene Woodley • Zoe Kravitz • Ansel Elgort • Maggie Q • Jai Courtney • Tony Goldwyn • Neil Burger • Mekhi Phifer • Doug Wick • Lucy Fisher • Vanessa Taylor • Evan Daugherty • Pouya Shahbazian • Ben Lloyd-Hughes • John Kelly • Ben Lamb • Christian Madsen • Theo James • Amy Newbold • Rachel Shane

An adventure set in a future world where people are divided into distinct factions based on their personalities, Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy to destroy all Divergents, she must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it's too late.

With Dakota Johnson • Aaron Paul • Michael Keaton • Rami Malek • Dominic Cooper • Kid Cudi • Mark Sourian • Imogen Poots • Harrison Gilbertson • Ramon Rodriguez • John Gatins • George Gatins • Scott Waugh • Scott Mescudi • Han Soto

The story chronicles a near-impossible cross-country race against time—one that begins as a mission for revenge, but proves to be one of redemption. In a last attempt to save his struggling garage, blue-collar mechanic Tobey Marshall (Aaron Paul)—who with his team skillfully builds and races muscle cars on the side—reluctantly partners with wealthy, arrogant ex-NASCAR driver Dino Brewster (Dominic Cooper). Just as a major sale to car broker Julia Bonet (Imogen Poots) looks like it will save the business, a disastrous, unsanctioned race results in Dino framing Tobey for manslaughter.

Two years later and fresh out of prison, Tobey is set on revenge with plans to take down Dino in the high-stakes De Leon race—the Super Bowl of underground racing. To get there in time, Tobey must run a high-octane, action-packed gauntlet, dodging cops coast-to-coast and dealing with fallout from a dangerous bounty Dino put on his car. With his loyal crew and the surprisingly resourceful Julia as allies, Tobey defies odds at every turn and proves that even in the flashy world of exotic supercars, the underdog can still finish first.

With Mike Flanagan • Karen Gillan • Brenton Thwaites • Rory Cochrane • Jeff Howard • Katie Parker • Katee Sackhoff • James Lafferty • Miguel Sandoval

Ten years ago, tragedy struck the Russell family, leaving the lives of teenage siblings Tim and Kaylie forever changed when Tim was convicted of the brutal murder of their parents. Now in his 20s, Tim is newly released from protective custody and only wants to move on with his life; but Kaylie, still haunted by that fateful night, is convinced her parents’ deaths were caused by something else altogether: a malevolent supernatural force¬¬ unleashed through the Lasser Glass, an antique mirror in their childhood home. Determined to prove Tim’s innocence, Kaylie tracks down the mirror, only to learn similar deaths have befallen previous owners over the past century. With the mysterious entity now back in their hands, Tim and Kaylie soon find their hold on reality shattered by terrifying hallucinations, and realize, too late, that their childhood nightmare is beginning again...

With Lea Thompson • Amy Sedaris • Susan Sarandon • Judah Friedlander • John Hannah • Michael Tully • Robert Longstreet • Emmi Shockley

Set during the summer of 1985 in Ocean City, Maryland, Ping-Pong Summer follows awkward 13-year-old Rad Miracle as he attempts to live up to that name by becoming a master breakdancer, ping pong player and ladies man all before the end of summer break.

With Kevin Sorbo • Dean Cain • Marco Khan • Shane Harper • Willie Robertson • Harold Cronk

Follows college student Josh Wheaton (Shane Harper) whose faith is challenged by his Philosophy Professor Mr. Radisson (Kevin Sorbo) who believes God does not exist. It revolves around the lives of several individuals who are also challenged by a world that believes God doesn't exist.

With Rick Rosenthal

Two soldiers are tasked with deciding the fate of a terrorist with a single push of a button. As the action plays out in real time, their window to use a deadly military drone on the target slowly closes. With time running out, the soldiers begin to question what the real motives are behind the ordered lethal attack.

With Tom Hiddleston • Salma Hayek • Nick Stoller • Danny Trejo • Todd LIeberman • Ray Liotta • Til Schweiger • Jemaine Clement • Ricky Gervais • David Hoberman • Tina Fey • Ty Burrell • Steve Whitmire • James Bobin • Christoph Waltz • Eric Jacobson • John Scotti

Takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, selling out grand theaters across European destinations, including Berlin, Madrid and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine—the World’s Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit—and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two, portrayed by Ricky Gervais. The film stars Tina Fey as Nadya, a feisty prison guard, and Ty Burrell as Interpol agent Jean Pierre Napoleon.

With Halle Berry • Stellan Skarsgard • Phylicia Rashad • Jonathan Watters • Geoffrey Sax • Vincent Cirrincione • Shawn Williamson • Cheryl Edwards • Chandra Wilson • Alex Diakun • Joanne Baron • Hassain Zaidi • Simon DeKaric • Thomas Sigel • Marko King • Mary King • Joe Shrapnel • Anna Waterhouse

Frankie & Alice is inspired by the remarkable true story of an African American go-go dancer "Frankie" with dissociative identity disorder (DID) who struggles to remain her true self while fighting against two very unique alter egos: a seven-year-old child named “Genius” and a Southern white racist woman named “Alice.” In order to stop the multiple voices in her head, Frankie (Halle Berry) works together with a psychotherapist (Stellan Skarsgård) to uncover and overcome the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.

With Tom Hardy • Tom Holland • Olivia Colman • Steven Knight • Ben Daniels • Ruth Wilson • Alice Lowe • Paul Webster • Bill Milner • Andrew Scott • Danny Webb

Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul.

With Hailee Steinfeld • Kristen Wiig • Nick Nolte • Jennifer Jason Leigh • Liza Johnson • Guy Pearce • Dylan Sellers • Mark Poirier

Story follows a nanny (Kristen Wiig) who is hired to care for a teenage girl (Hailee Steinfeld) whose mother has just died. Complications arise when the nanny falls in love with the teen’s ailing father.

With Felicity Jones • Mackenzie Davis • Jonathan Schwartz • Drake Doremus • Ben York Jones • Matthew Daddario • Guy Pearce • Amy Ryan • Andrea Sperling • Steven Rales • Mark Roybal • Michael Pruss • Elise Eberle

When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.

With Hilla Medalia

Renowned ball-room dancer, Pierre Dulaine takes his belief that dance can overcome political and social differences and applies it to eleven-year-old Jewish and Palestinian Israelis.

With Nicole Kidman • Colin Firth • Stellan Skarsgard • Chris Brown • Jeremy Irvine • Hiroyuki Sanada • Andy Paterson • Frank Cottrell Boyce • Jonathan Teplitzky

The capture and torture of Eric Lomax by the Japanese in World War II. Lomax was sent to work on notorious "death railway" in Burma and struggled for the next 30 years to come to terms with the trauma.

With Don Hahn • Alastair Fothergill • Keith Scholey • Adam Chapman

Bears showcases a year in the life of two mother bears as they impart life lessons to their impressionable young cubs. Set against a majestic Alaskan backdrop teeming with life, their journey begins as winter comes to an end and the bears emerge from hibernation to face the bitter cold. The world outside is exciting—but risky—as the cubs’ playful descent down the mountain carries with it a looming threat of avalanches. As the season changes from spring to summer, the brown bear families must work together to find food—ultimately feasting at a plentiful salmon run—while staying safe from predators, including an ever-present wolf pack. “Bears” captures the fast-moving action and suspense of life in one of the planet’s last great wildernesses—where mothers definitely know best and their cubs’ survival hinges on family togetherness.

With James McAvoy • Jamie Bell • Eddie Marsan • Imogen Poots • Emun Elliott • Jim Broadbent • Jon S. Baird • Iain De Caestecker • Joanne Froggatt

Follows Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson, a scheming, manipulative, misanthropic man who spends his time indulging in drugs, alcohol, sexually abusive relationships, and 'the games' – cruel plots and systematic bullying of his coworkers and friends. While working on the murder case of a Japanese student, he starts coming unhinged, slowly losing his grip on reality and suffering from a series of increasingly severe hallucinations as he desperately tries to hold his life together.

With Emma Stone • Felicity Jones • James Vanderbilt • Andrew Garfield • Avi Arad • Jamie Foxx • Marc Webb • Martin Sheen • Paul Giamatti • Alex Kurtzman • Matt Tolmach • Dane DeHaan • Sally Field • B.J. Novak • Colm Feore • Chris Cooper • Roberto Orci • Laura Ziskin • Brian Haley

For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation can’t come quickly enough. Peter hasn’t forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away, but that’s a promise he just can’t keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro, emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past

With Eli Roth • Ti West • Christopher Woodrow • Jacob Jaffke • Eric Newman • Peter Phok • Amy Seimetz • Amanda Bowers • Joe Swanberg • A.J. Bowen • Molly Conners • Stuart Ford • Maria Cestone • Hoyt David Morgan • Gene Jones • Kentucker Audley • Sarah E. Johnson

Sacrament stars AJ Bowen and Joe Swanberg as reporters for VICE Media who journey to a remote Central American compound along with a photographer (Kentucker Audley) hoping to reunite with his sister (Amy Seimetz), who has dropped off the map after struggling with drug addiction. They find an isolated community of true believers devoted to a shadowy but charismatic figure called “Father.” Skeptical at first, the journalists begin to come around to the group’s utopian claims, until things rapidly take a very dark turn.

With Sofia Vergara • Jill Scott • Liev Schreiber • John Turturro • Sharon Stone • Woody Allen • Bob Balaban • Vanessa Paradis • Aida Turturro • Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte • Max Casella

Fioravante (John Turturro) decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray (Woody Allen). With Murray acting as his "manager," the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.

With Brett Baumayr • Sonja Schenk • Skye Noel • Jen Lilley

Olivia Howell is a modern-day woman—brilliant, educated, funny, but with a secret. Turns out this 27-year-old graduate student thinks her intimacy issues might actually be a sign that she is—asexual. Confused and stressed out, Olivia's world is turned upside down when a concerned girlfriend offers to “loan” her very own boyfriend to Olivia for sex! Now with the support of her gay roommate, a lesbian friend and the digital age, Olivia embarks on a quest of exploration to understand the most basic of human mysteries: sex.

With Sam Claflin • Guy East • Olivia Cooke • Jared Harris • John Pogue • Nigel Sinclair • Erin Richards • Rory Fleck-Byrne

Tells the story of an unorthodox professor (Jared Harris) who uses controversial methods and leads his best students off the grid to take part in a dangerous experiment: to create a poltergeist. Based on the theory that paranormal activity is caused by human negative energy, the rogue scientists perform a series of tests on a young patient, pushing her to the edge of sanity. As frightening occurrences begin to take place with shocking and gruesome consequences, the group quickly realizes they have triggered a force more terrifying and evil than they ever could have imagined.

With Tom Hiddleston • Mia Wasikowska • Jeffrey Wright • Anton Yelchin • John Hurt • Jim Jarmusch • Tilda Swinton

Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangier, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover. Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister. Can these wise but fragile outsiders continue to survive as the modern world collapses around them?

With Adam Sandler • Terry Crews • Drew Barrymore • Bella Thorne • Mike Karz • Joel McHale • Frank Coraci • Lauren Lapkus • Kevin Nealon • Jack Giarraputo • Josie Rosen • Clare Sera • Ivan Menchell • Wendi McLendon-Covey • Emma Fuhrmann • Dan Patrick

After a disastrous blind date, single parents Lauren (Drew Barrymore) and Jim (Adam Sandler) agree on only one thing: they never want to see each other again. But when they each sign up separately for a fabulous family vacation with their kids, they are all stuck sharing a suite at a luxurious African safari resort for a week.

With Tom Felton • Sarah Gadon • Tom Wilkinson • Emily Watson • Penelope Wilton • Matthew Goode • Gugu Mbatha-Raw • Sam Reid • Amma Asante • Miranda Richardson • Misan Sagay

Belle is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) and his wife (Emily Watson), Belle’s lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing. Left to wonder if she will ever find love, Belle falls for an idealistic young vicar’s son bent on change who, with her help, shapes Lord Mansfield’s role as Lord Chief Justice to end slavery in England.

With Robert Pattinson • Scoot McNairy • David Michod • David Field • Guy Pearce • David Linde • Liz Watts • Anthony Hayes • Gillian Jones • Susan Prior

The Rover is set in a world ten years following the collapse of the western economic system, where Australia’s mineral resources have drawn the desperados and dangerous to its shores. With society in decline, the rule of law has disintegrated and life is cheap. The film follows hardened loner Eric (Pearce), who travels the desolate towns and roads of the Australian outback. When a gang of thieves steals his car they leave behind the wounded Rey (Pattinson) in their wake. Forcing Rey to help track the gang, Eric will go to any lengths to take back the one thing that matters to him.

With Monica Keena • Edward Furlong • Andre Royo • Peter Engert • C.J. Thomason

The devastating horror of a nuclear apocalypse is now reality and nine desperate strangers find themselves clinging to life in a farmhouse cellar, while radioactive fallout descends on the darkened world above. These would-be survivors face the nightmare of dwindling supplies, poisonous air and the greatest threat of all – the hordes of zombie-like refugees who want in. With each dying day, their choice becomes clearer – stay and let the makeshift shelter become their tomb or face the unknown terrors of the world outside.

With Hugh Dancy • Kelsey Grammer • Oliver Platt • Martin Short • Dan Aykroyd • Patrick Stewart • Bernadette Peters • Lea Michele • James Belushi • Dan St. Pierre • Will Finn • Bonne Radford • Ryan Carroll • Adam Balsam • Randi Barnes • Barry Glasser • Roland Carroll • Neil L. Kaufman • Megan Hilty

The plot begins as Dorothy returns to Kansas to find it devastated by the tornado that sent her to Oz. Before she can react to the destruction of her home, she is transported back to Oz, where her three friends (Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man) have disappeared. She meets a charming man made of marshmallows who can’t quite think for himself, a tiny china doll princess whose bossiness is a cover for her fragility, and a tugboat with as many personalities as he has pieces. Dorothy must help this group band together against the Jester, a wicked new villain who believes that all of Oz should be under his control. How will Dorothy and her new companions work together in a seemingly disastrous time to restore Oz to the place we all know and love?

With Emma Thompson • Pierce Brosnan • Timothy Spall • Joel Hopkins • Tim Perell • Louise Bourgoin

A romantic caper about Richard (Brosnan) and Kate (Thompson), a divorced couple who, after their pension is stolen by an unscrupulous businessman, reunite to steal it back.

With Dale Dickey • Ella Anderson • Shane Johnson • David Jung • Cara Pifko • Tomas Arana • Julie McNiven

Tells of a documentary filmmaker who does not believe in God or the Devil. When his wife dies, he sets out to make his next movie on religion and spirituality, hoping to prove those things are just myth. But in allowing demonologists, necromancers and various practitioners of the occult to try the deepest, darkest spells and rituals on him, he unleashes a horrifying force.

With Stephen Dorff • Maisie Williams • Peter Stormare • David Lancaster • Evelyn Purcell • Svetlana Metkina

On a family trip in the African desert, a research scientist unintentionally travels off course and is brutally murdered by an arms dealer. His girlfriend is put to the ultimate survival test as she attempts to evade the killers and protect his teenage daughter.