Best DVD & Blu-rays Released December 2011
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Ratings
- 4.1 / 5
out of 5 stars
(49)
Friends with Benefits
Story centers on a headhunter who recruits a magazine editor for a job, and realizing each is too busy to find a mate, they agree to sleep together with no strings attached. However, things start to get complicated when the guy falls for the girl, who’s started dating someone else.
Andy Samberg, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Mila Kunis, Richard Jenkins, Patricia Clarkson, Will Gluck, Justin Timberlake
Ratings
- 4 / 5
out of 5 stars
(264)
The Smurfs
"The Smurfs" are little blue creatures that live in mushroom houses in a forest inhabited mainly by their own kind.
Sofia Vergara, Neil Patrick Harris, George Lopez, Hank Azaria, Anton Yelchin, Quentin Tarantino, David Weiss, Katy Perry
Ratings
- 3.7 / 5
out of 5 stars
(18)
Seven Days In Utopia
Luke Chisolm, a talented young golfer set on making the pro tour but his first big shot turns out to be a public disaster. Luke escapes the pressures of the game and finds himself unexpectedly stranded in Utopia, Texas. It is home to eccentric rancher Johnny Crawford who forces Luke to question not only his past choices, but his direction for the future.
Melissa Leo, Deborah Ann Woll, Robert Duvall, Lucas Black, Matt Russell
Ratings
- 4.3 / 5
out of 5 stars
(41)
The Help
Story follows a young white woman in the early 1960s in Mississippi who becomes interested in the plight of the African-American domestic servants that every family has working for them. She writes their stories about mistreatment, abuse and heartbreak, all just before the Civil Rights revolution.
Allison Janney, Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Chris Columbus, Tate Taylor, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo
Ratings
- 4.1 / 5
out of 5 stars
(112)
Mr. Popper's Penguins
A house painter's dreams of Arctic exploration prompt him to write letters to real explorers. One of them sends him a penguin, which he keeps in the icebox. Before he knows it, the painter has a litter of 12 beaked birds. They eat voraciously, leading him to form Popper's Performing Penguins, a stage act that goes on tour and creates mayhem at every stop.
Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Sean Anders, John Davis, Jared Stern, David Krumholtz, Angela Lansbury, Clark Gregg
Ratings
- 4 / 5
out of 5 stars
(178)
The Hangover Part II
Sequel to the 2009 box office hit "The Hangover".
Ed Helms, Paul Giamatti, Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Ken Jeong, David Siegel, Todd Phillips, Jamie Chung
Ratings
- 3.9 / 5
out of 5 stars
(93)
Cowboys and Aliens
Set in 1800s Arizona, a battle between cowboys and Apaches is interrupted by the crash landing of a space ship. The alien commander plans to tame the Old West and enslave everyone, but the cowboys and Native Americans turn their six-guns against the alien invaders.
Steven Spielberg, Clancy Brown, Brian Grazer, Jon Favreau, Mark Fergus, Damon Lindelof, Sam Rockwell, Keith Carradine
Ratings
- 3.7 / 5
out of 5 stars
(23)
The Debt
Twenty years after World War II's end, three Mossad agents learn that a Nazi war criminal is still alive and set out to pursue him across Europe.
Matthew Vaughn, Helen Mirren, Ciaran Hinds, Jessica Chastain, John Madden, Jane Goldman, Tom Wilkinson, Kris Thykier
Astral City: A Spiritual Jou...
Follows a doctor who dies and is taken to a spirit colony where he finds out about the afterlife and reincarnation.
Wagner de Assis
Ratings
- 4.7 / 5
out of 5 stars
(3)
Archie's Final Project
Archie Williams (Gabriel Sunday) is a 17-year old media geek who has suddenly found himself the most talked-about kid in school. He has announced that he's going to kill himself - on camera - for a class project. His classmates, parents, Sierra - the most beautiful girl in school (Brooke Nevin), and a "Shady Bunch" of shrinks, doctors, pill-pushers, and counselors descend on Archie. Some are hoping to save him, some want to imitate him, others try to push him over the brink. Archie films every moment of his high school experience, hiding nothing from his audience: realities of life, death, violence, sex, drugs, and the intense media overload and hypocrisy that bombard all teenagers.
Michael Welch, David Carradine, Mariel Hemingway, Brooke Nevin, Nora Dunn, David Lee Miller, Gabriel Sunday
Ratings
- 4.5 / 5
out of 5 stars
(2)
Life, Above All
A drama, based on the novel Chanda's Secrets, about AIDS orphans in South Africa.
Oliver Schmitz
Ratings
- 5 / 5
out of 5 stars
(1)
The Afterlight
A young couple moves into an old schoolhouse on a desolate stretch of farm country. Hoping for a new beginning, their lives are instead drawn toward dark and unforeseen ends.
Michael Kelly, Rip Torn, Alexei Kaleina, Morgan Taddeo, Craig Macneill, Jicky Schnee, Ana Asensio
Ratings
- 3.5 / 5
out of 5 stars
(11)
Point Blank
A hospital nurse forced to do the bidding of a criminal after his pregnant wife is kidnapped.
Gilles Lellouche, Elena Anaya, Roschdy Zem, Gerard Lanvin, Fred Cavaye, Mireille Perrier
Ratings
- 4.5 / 5
out of 5 stars
(274)
Kung Fu Panda 2
No plot details have been announced.
Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogen, Michelle Yeoh, Gary Oldman, James Woods
Ratings
- 4.5 / 5
out of 5 stars
(240)
Rise of the Planet of the Ap...
Said to be a rebooth of the "Planet of the Apes" franchise.
James Franco, Scott Frank, John Lithgow, Freida Pinto, Andy Serkis, Tom Felton, David Oyelowo, Rupert Wyatt
Ratings
- 4.1 / 5
out of 5 stars
(57)
Fright Night
A teenager discovers his neighbors are vampires.
Colin Farrell, Toni Collette, Anton Yelchin, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, David Tennant, Imogen Poots, Craig Gillespie, Michael De Luca
Ratings
- 3.6 / 5
out of 5 stars
(11)
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
A young man tries to arrange a marriage for his brother, but finds himself falling in love with the chosen fiancée.
Katrina Kaif, Ali Abbas Zafar
Ratings
- 2 / 5
out of 5 stars
(1)
Tanner Hall
Set in a boarding school, four teenage girls navigate adolescence while the adults in their world, the parents and teachers, struggle with their own midlife hurdles.
Rooney Mara, Amy Sedaris, Tom Everett Scott, Francesca Gregorini, Chris Kattan, Julie Snyder, Tatiana von Furstenberg
Ratings
- 5 / 5
out of 5 stars
(1)
Eames: The Architect and the...
The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during World War II, to photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life - from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age - has been less widely understood.
James Franco, Bill Jersey, Jason Cohn
Ratings
- 3.6 / 5
out of 5 stars
(5)
Circumstance
A wealthy family in Iran struggling to contain a teen's growing sexual rebellion.
Maryam Keshavarz, Nikohl Boosheri, Sarah Kazemy
Ratings
- 1 / 5
out of 5 stars
(2)
The Black Power Mixtape 1967...
Documentary about the black power movement using previously unseen footage.
Goran Hugo Olsson
Ratings
- 3.7 / 5
out of 5 stars
(6)
Daddy Longlegs
Lenny juggles his kids and everything else all within a midtown studio apartment in New York City. He must choose between being their father or their friend all with the idea that their two weeks together must last 6 months.
Joshua Safdie, Ben Safdie
Ratings
- 4.1 / 5
out of 5 stars
(7)
Detective Dee and the Myster...
When the mysterious deaths of a series of loyal subjects threaten to delay the 690 A.D. inauguration of Empress Wu, China's only female leader, she calls the infamous Detective Dee back from an exile into which she cast him eight years earlier.
Tsui Hark, Andy Lau, Nansun Shi, Chen Kuofu
Ratings
- 4 / 5
out of 5 stars
(177)
Colombiana
"Columbiana" is set in Latin America and the U.S. Saldana would play a young woman who, after witnessing her parents' murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.
Amandla Stenberg, Olivier Megaton, Zoe Saldana, Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen, Michael Vartan, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
Ratings
- 3.5 / 5
out of 5 stars
(16)
Glee: The 3D Concert Movie
A 3D concert movie based on the performances from Glee Live! In Concert!
Ryan Murphy, Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Kevin Tancharoen, Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron, Naya Rivera, Amber Riley
Ratings
- 4.6 / 5
out of 5 stars
(117)
Dolphin Tale
A young boy befriends Winter, an injured dolphin who lost her tail in a crab trap, and motivates everyone around him to help save the dolphin by creating a prosthetic appendage to replace the dolphin's missing tail. Harry Connick Jr. plays a vet who rescues the mammal and brings her to runs the marine hospital he runs. Ashley Judd plays the boy's mother while Morgan Freeman is a doctor who creates a prosthetic limb for Winter.
Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick Jr., Austin Highsmith, Broderick Johnson, Nathan Gamble, Charles Martin Smith, Andrew Kosove, Karen Janszen
Ratings
- 4.7 / 5
out of 5 stars
(155)
Warrior
A mixed-martial-arts saga about two estranged brothers on a collision course to fight in a tournament for the heavyweight championship.
Frank Grillo, Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Gavin O'Connor, Nick Nolte, Greg O'Connor, Jennifer Morrison, A.M. Tambakis
Ratings
- 3.5 / 5
out of 5 stars
(32)
Straw Dogs
A young man and his wife move to a rural area where they face increasingly vicious local harassment.
Alexander Skarsgard, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden, James Woods, Rod Lurie, Marc Frydman, Dominic Purcell, Reed Steiner
Ratings
- 4.4 / 5
out of 5 stars
(8)
Margin Call
In the early stages of the financial crisis, eight people at large investment banks attempt to position themselves in anticipation of the coming collapse.
Carla Gugino, Stanley Tucci, Paul Bettany, Zachary Quinto, J.C. Chandor, Kevin Spacey, Penn Badgley, Michael Benaroya
Ratings
- 3.9 / 5
out of 5 stars
(23)
Midnight in Paris
No plot details have been announced.
Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Adrien Brody, Léa Seydoux, Rachel McAdams, Corey Stoll, Tom Hiddleston, Kathy Bates
Ratings
- 2.9 / 5
out of 5 stars
(7)
Catch .44
Three women are thrust into an extraordinary situation involving a psychopathic hitman, a grizzled trucker and a delusional line cook.
Bruce Willis, Kate Mara, Deborah Ann Woll, Megan Ellison, Forest Whitaker, Malin Akerman, Nikki Reed, George Furla
Ratings
- 3.5 / 5
out of 5 stars
(2)
Mysteries of Lisbon
The drama follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy.
Léa Seydoux, Melvil Poupaud, Raoul Ruiz, Carlos Saboga, Clotilde Hesme
Ratings
- 2.2 / 5
out of 5 stars
(5)
Burke and Hare
The story centers on two bankrobbers in 19th century Edinburgh.
Isla Fisher, Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Piers Ashworth, Tom Wilkinson, Dan Aykroyd, John Landis, Barnaby Thompson
Ratings
- 3.5 / 5
out of 5 stars
(6)
Blackthorn
An old American named cowboy in Bolivia who dreams of returning to the US. crosses paths with a young Spanish mining engineer accused of robbing a mine, and the two slowly strike up a friendship.
Sam Shepard, Mateo Gil, Eduardo Noriega, Stephen Rea
Ratings
- 4.4 / 5
out of 5 stars
(7)
Senna
Senna's remarkable story, charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off, his quest for perfection, and the mythical status he has since attained, is the subject of SENNA, a documentary feature that spans the racing legend's years as an F1 driver, from his opening season in 1984 to his untimely death a decade later. Far more than a film for F1 fans, Senna unfolds a remarkable story in a remarkable manner, eschewing many standard documentary techniques in favor of a more cinematic approach that makes full use of astounding footage, much of which is drawn from F1 archives and previously unseen.
Asif Kapadia
Julia's Eyes
The film tells the story of a woman slowly going blind as she investigates the mysterious death of her twin sister.
Guillermo del Toro, Joan Dalma, Lluis Homar, Pablo Derqui, Julia Gutierrez Caba, Guillem Morales, Francesc Orella
Ratings
- 3.7 / 5
out of 5 stars
(7)
Stay Cool
The project is described as a "knowing-your-age comedy," centering on a successful author (Polish) who is forced to confront an unrequited high school crush (Ryder) when he returns home to deliver a commencement address to graduating seniors.
Hilary Duff, Sean Astin, Chevy Chase, Mark Polish, Michael Polish, Josh Holloway, Winona Ryder, Jonathan Sheldon
Ratings
- 4.1 / 5
out of 5 stars
(186)
Final Destination 5
The fifth installment of the franchise in which teens escape a deadly accident only to later discover that death is hunting them down. The opening scene will involve a suspension bridge and another scene reportedly involves a character undergoing laser-eye surgery.
Walter Hamada, P.J. Byrne, Tony Todd, Emma Bell, Courtney B. Vance, David Koechner, Steven Quale, Craig Perry
Ratings
- 3.1 / 5
out of 5 stars
(69)
Apollo 18
The story follows film footage purported to have been shot by the crew of Apollo 18. This moon mission from the early 1970s was officially canceled by NASA, but according to urban legend, it actually happened. Footage shows signs of alien life, and the events of the mission are built into a thriller storyline.
Timur Bekmambetov, Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego, Brian Miller, Ron Schmidt, Cody Zwieg, Michele Wolkoff
Ratings
- 3.1 / 5
out of 5 stars
(9)
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
A group of 30-something friends host an orgy at the end of summer.
Lake Bell, Leslie Bibb, Jason Sudeikis, Lucy Punch, Tyler Labine, Martin Starr, Alex Gregory, James D. Stern
Ratings
- 5 / 5
out of 5 stars
(1)
Jane's Journey
The film travels with animal research and wildlife conservatist Jane Goodall across several continents from her childhood home in England, to the Gombe National Park in Tanzania.
Lorenz Knauer
Pete Smalls Is Dead
After hitting rock bottom when his faithful dog is kidnapped by a loan shark, K.C. (Peter Dinklage) sets off on an unexpected and hilarious adventure of redemption and retribution when he agrees to meet up with his long-time friend Jack (Mark Boone Junior) in Los Angeles to attend the funeral of their mutual friend and hot shot Hollywood director Pete Smalls (Tim Roth).
Peter Dinklage, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, Rosie Perez, Alexandre Rockwell
Ratings
- 4.3 / 5
out of 5 stars
(4)
The First Grader
Based on a true story, an 84-year-old Kenyan fights to go to school after the country introduces universal education.
Justin Chadwick, Ann Peacock
Ratings
- 3.3 / 5
out of 5 stars
(8)
Tuesday, After Christmas
In the days leading up to Christmas, a married man forces himself to choose between his wife and his mistress.
Radu Muntean
Ratings
- 1 / 5
out of 5 stars
(2)
Love Crime
When Christine, a powerful executive (Scott Thomas), brings on a naive young ingenue, Isabelle (Sagnier), as her assistant, she delights in toying with her naivete and teaching her hard lessons in a ruthless professional philosophy. But when the protege's ideas become tempting enough for Christine to pass one as her own, she underestimates Isabelle's ambition and cunning-- and the ground is set for all out war. In this devilish, propulsive thriller, Corneau sets up a the scenery expertly and his actors devour it.
Kristin Scott Thomas, Ludivigne Sagnier, Alain Corneau, Patrick Mille
Ratings
- 4 / 5
out of 5 stars
(4)
Brighton Rock
The story centers on a small-time gangster who kills a rival and finds his life in turmoil as he faces blackmail threats from a waitress (Andrea Riseborough) who knows about the murder.
Sam Riley, Paul Webster, Andrea Riseborough, Pete Postlethwaite, Andy Serkis, Rowan Joffe, John Hurt, Sean Harris
Ratings
- 3 / 5
out of 5 stars
(4)
Pearl Jam Twenty
Pearl Jam Twenty chronicles the years leading up to the band's formation, the chaos that ensued soon-after their rise to megastardom, their step back from center stage, and the creation of a trusted circle that would surround them-giving way to a work culture that would sustain them.
Cameron Crowe
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