February 2011 DVD & Blu-rays

Hurricane Season

A year after Hurricane Katrina, Al Collins, a high school basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana, assembles a team of players who had previously attended five different schools before the disaster and leads them on the path to the state championships

Taraji P. Henson, Scott Glassgold, Raymond Brothers, Tim Story, Stephanie Allain, Michael Beugg, Robert Eisele, Forest Whitaker

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

A direct-to-DVD sequel to the 2008 hit "Beverly Hills Chihuahua".

Alex Zamm, Todd LIeberman, Erin Cahill, Morgan Fairchild, David Hoberman, George Lopez, John Jacobs, Dannah Feinglass

Bonded by Blood

In December 1995, three of the most notorious gangsters of the mid-90s were were found gunned down in a Range Rover in a deserted lane in Essex. Two men were eventually convicted of murdering these infamously violent drug dealers, who were feared throughout the county for their violence and crime. Divided by greed and bonded by the blood of their victims, the Essex Boys' rise to the top of the criminal underworld was just as dramatic as their final fall. The men convicted for the Range Rover murders proclaimed their innocence.

Sacha Bennett, Tamer Hassan, Dave Legeno, Vincent Regan, Lucy Brown, Adam Deacon

Let Me In

A 12-year-old boy, who is bullied in school, befriends a young female neighbor who moves to town and turns out to be a vampire.

Matt Reeves, Richard Jenkins, Chloë Grace Moretz, Tobin Armbrust, Simon Oakes, Guy East, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alex Brunner

Pokemon: Arceus and The Jewe...

This final installment in a three movie story arc reveals that the Legendary Arceus is at the center of the recent disruptions in the Pokémon World.

Michele Knotz, Ikue Ootani, Hideki Sonoda, Sarah Natochenny, Kunihiko Yuyama, Emily Bauer, Bill Rogers

Conviction

About a single mother who worked her way through law school in order to free her brother, who was wrongfully convicted of murder. Hilary Swank will play the title role in the true story of a high school dropout who would not give up her belief that her brother, Kenneth, had been framed. In between raising kids and waiting tables, she worked her way through college and law school so she could represent her brother after he’d used up his attempts to appeal his conviction through public defenders.

Andrew Karsch, Pamela Gray, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo, Tony Goldwyn, Richard LaGravenese, Hilary Swank, Minnie Driver

Skin

Sandra Laing is a black child born in the 1950s to white Afrikaners, unaware of their black ancestry. Her parents are rural shopkeepers serving the local black community, who lovingly bring her up as their ‘white’ little girl. But at the age of ten, Sandra is driven out of white society. The film follows Sandra’s thirty-year journey from rejection to acceptance, betrayal to reconciliation, as she struggles to define her place in a changing world - and triumphs against all odds.

Helen Crawley, Anthony Fabian, Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige

Chain Letter

A serial killer targets teens that refuse to forward chain letters.

Keith David, Deon Taylor, Diana Erwin, Nikki Reed, Ling Bai, Michael J. Pagan, Brad Dourif, Betsy Russell

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle ...

Wang is a gloomy and cunning noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. Feeling neglected, Wang's wife secretly goes out with Li, one of Wang's employees.

Yimou Zhang

Monsters

A US journalist agrees to escourt an American tourist through Mexico, which has been designated an "infected zone" after a NASA probe carrying an alien life sample crashed in the country.

Scoot McNairy, Gareth Edwards, Whitney Able

Hatchet II

After Marybeth escapes from the clutches of Victor Crowley, she learns the truth about his curse, and heads back into the haunted New Orleans swamp to seek revenge for her family.

Tony Todd, Adam Green, Will Barratt, Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder, R. A. Mihailoff

Welcome to the Rileys

A troubled young woman unites a grieving couple who have drifted apart after the death of their daughter.

Kristen Stewart, Kathy Lamkin, Ridley Scott, James Gandolfini, Melissa Leo, Guy Collins, Steven Zaillian, Tony Scott

Never Let Me Go

As a child, Kathy–now thirty-one years old–lived at Hailsham, a private school in the scenic English countryside where the children were sheltered from the outside world, brought up to believe that they were special and that their well-being was crucial not only for themselves but for the society they would eventually enter. Kathy had long ago put this idyllic past behind her, but when two of her Hailsham friends come back into her life, she stops resisting the pull of memory. And so, as her friendship with Ruth is rekindled, and as the feelings that long ago fueled her adolescent crush on Tommy begin to deepen into love, Kathy recalls their years at Hailsham. She describes happy scenes of boys and girls growing up together, unperturbed–even comforted–by their isolation. But she describes other scenes as well: of discord and misunderstanding that hint at a dark secret behind Hailsham’s nurturing facade. With the dawning clarity of hindsight, the three friends are compelled to face the truth about their childhood–and about their lives now.

Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield, Alex Garland, Carey Mulligan, Sally Hawkins, Mark Romanek, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich

The Tillman Story

A documentary about the coverup of the friendly-fire death of Pat Tilman, the NFL player who joined the Army Ranger after the 9/11 attacks.

Amir Bar-Lev, John Battsek

Mean Girls 2

Story revolves around a new high school student, Jo, who agrees to befriend an outcast, Abby, at the urging of Abby’s wealthy father in exchange for paying all of Jo’s costs for the college of her dreams. Jo and Abby team up to take on the school’s "mean girls," the Plastics.

Cliff Ruby, Meaghan Martin, Maiara Walsh, Tim Meadows, Melanie Mayron, Elana Lesser

Night Catches Us

The film takes place in 1978 and focuses on the broken love affair between two former Black Panther members (Mos Def and Okonedo) and is told through the eyes of an adolescent girl.

Sean Costello, Anthony Mackie, Novella Nelson, Jen Roskind, Samara Koffler, Tanya Hamilton, Kerry Washington

Life As We Know It

Two single people suddenly become caregivers to an orphaned girl after the parents, their mutual best friends, are killed in an accident.

Christina Hendricks, Katherine Heigl, Greg Berlanti, Paul Brooks, Barry Josephson, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas, Norm Waitt

For Colored Girls

Revolves around love, abandonment, domestic abuse and other issues faced by black women.

Tyler Perry, Jurnee Smollett, Whoopi Goldberg, Ozzie Areu, Janet Jackson, Paul Hall, Phylicia Rashad, Kimberly Elise

Paranormal Activity 2

A sequel the low-budget camcorder-filmed horror movie, "Paranormal Activity 2" will look to repeat the original's surprise box office success. No plot details are available.

Tod Williams, Jason Blum, Oren Peli, Michael R. Perry, Katie Featherston, Steven Schneider, Akiva Goldsman

You Again

Kristen Bell will play a girl who is horrified to find that her brother is marrying the very girl who made her life a living hell in high school.

Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristen Bell, Sigourney Weaver, Andy Fickman, Kristin Chenoweth, Patrick Duffy, Eric Tannenbaum, John J. Strauss

It's Kind of a Funny Story

A clinically depressed 15-year-old checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward where he gains a new lease on life.

Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Viola Davis, Ryan Fleck, Aasif Mandavi, Lauren Graham, Patrick Baker, Pam Abdy

My Soul to Take

The story concerns a serial killer who shows up 15 years after he is believed dead to kill seven children born on his supposed death day.

Wes Craven, Henry Lee Hopper, Denzel Whitaker, Iya Labunka, Anthony Katagas, Shareeka Epps, Emily Meade, Raul Esparza

Middle Men

"Middle Men" centers on a straight-and-narrow businessman who builds the first online billing company dealing exclusively with adult entertainment and finds himself in the middle of a whirlwind filled with starlets, conmen, Russian mobsters, federal agents and international terrorists -- all while trying to hold on to his marriage and family.

Rachael Taylor, Laura Ramsey, Jason Shuman, James Caan, Gabriel Macht, Kevin Pollak, Terry Crews, George Gallo

Speed-Dating

Three bachelors set up a speed dating scheme to attract women and money. The plan runs into problems when they are denied a liquor license and an ex-girlfriend attempts to expose the scam.

Joseph A. Elmore

Tees Maar Khan

A master thief and his gang attempt the heist of valuable antiques from a moving train.

Katrina Kaif, Akshay Kumar, Farah Khan

I Spit On Your Grave

A remake of the controversial 1979 horror movie, it retells the horrific tale of writer Jennifer Hills, who takes a retreat from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer’s presence in the small town attracts the attention of a few morally deprived locals who set out one night to teach this city girl a lesson.

Chad Lindberg, Steven R. Monroe, Sarah Butler, Rodney Eastman, Jeff Branson, Daniel Franzese

The Romantics

Set on the eve of a wedding celebration, seven close friends gather to watch two of their friends get married, but the maid of honor and the bride have had a long rivalry over the groom.

Elijah Wood, Jennifer Todd, Josh Duhamel, Suzanne Todd, Katie Holmes, Anna Paquin, Malin Akerman, Dianna Agron

Ong Bak 3

Tien is captured and almost beaten to death before he is saved and brought back to the Kana Khone villagers.

Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai

Hideaway

Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love, but drugs have invaded their lives. After Louis fatal overdose, Mousse soon learns she is pregnant. Feeling lost, Mousse escapes to a beautiful beach house far from Paris and is soon joined in her refuge by Louis gay brother, Paul.

Francois Ozon

1 a Minute

Somewhere in the world, a woman dies of breast cancer every sixty-eight seconds.

Namrata Singh Gujral

You Will Meet A Tall Dark St...

No plot details have been announced.

Naomi Watts, Antonio Banderas, Steve Tenenbaum, Jaume Roures, Anthony Hopkins, Lucy Punch, Woody Allen, Letty Aronson

Still Walking

Grown children visit their elderly parents one summer day. They gather to commemorate the tragic death of the eldest son, who drowned in an accident 15 years ago.

Hirokazu Koreeda

The Last Play at Shea

Focused on Billy Joel's final concert at Shea Stadium before it was demolished, with the ballpark and the New York Mets' history intertwined into the storyline.

Paul Crowder, Alec Baldwin, Nigel Sinclair, Steve Cohen, Mark Monroe

Tamara Drewe

The story centers on a sexy flirtatious woman who returns to her small country village and stirs up dark passions among the locals.

Luke Evans, Alison Owen, Moira Buffini, Bill Camp, Tamsin Greig, Stephen Frears, Tracey Seaward, Gemma Arterton

Wild Target

A hitman tries to retire but a beautiful thief may change his plans.

Emily Blunt, Jonathan Lynn, Bill Nighy, Martin Pope, Lucinda Coxon, Rupert Grint, Rupert Everett, Eileen Atkins

Farewell

Based on true events during the Reagen-era the movie concerns the Farewell Dossier, in which French intelligence let U.S. personnel know about a major Soviet spy operation. That set off a chain of events which led to Soviet advances being halted and even the 1982 explosion of the trans-Siberian pipeline.

Erica Raynaud, Christian Carion

Unstoppable

An unmanned runaway train that is carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals.

Chris Pine, Denzel Washington, Chris Ciaffa, Rosario Dawson, Tony Scott, Julie Yorn, Mark Bomback, Jessy Schram

White Lion

When a white lion is miraculously born into a remote African valley, a young Shangaan named Gisani finds himself destined to protect this rare and magnificent creature at all costs.

Janet van Eeden, Michael Swan

Kites

A love story between an Indian hustler and a Mexican immigrant.

Barbara Mori, Anurag Basu, Rakesh Roshan, Hrithik Roshan

Waiting for Superman

"Waiting for Superman" examines the crisis of public education in the United States through multiple interlocking stories—from a handful of students and their families whose futures hang in the balance, to the educators and reformers trying to find real and lasting solutions within a dysfunctional system.

Lesley Chilcott, Davis Guggenheim, Billy Kimball

Kites: The Remix

A shorter version of Kites, edited by Brett Ratner into a faster-paced romantic action movie.

Brett Ratner, Anurag Basu

Rising Stars

About a group of teenagers on the verge of making it big in music and film.

Kyle Riabk, Leon Thomas III, Daniel Millican, Catherine Mary Stewart, Jessie Payo, Fisher Stevens, Barry Corbin, Graham Patrick Martin

Get Low

A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party while he was still alive.

Bill Murray, Chris Provenzano, Sissy Spacek, David Gundlach, Dean Zanuck, C. Gaby Mitchell, Robert Duvall, Aaron Schneider

Game of Death

A hospitalised politician’s bodyguard discovers the truth behind his mission and tries to stop the world’s top five assassins from killing his boss.

Gary Daniels, Robert Davi, Rafael Primorac, Wesley Snipes, Abel Ferrara, Billy Dietrich, Zoe Bell

Summer Wars

Though math whiz Kenji Koiso is a social zero, his avatar flourishes in the online space of Oz -- until he accepts an e-mail request to solve a thorny equation, creating a conduit between the real and virtual worlds that may destroy both. Set in the not-too-distant future, this sci-fi anime thriller finds the shy Kenji coming out of his shell as he defends innocent citizens, and his honor, against a viral cyberspace menace.

Mamoru Hosoda, Michael Sinterniklaas, Brina Palencia

Due Date

Robert Downey will play an expectant father who finds himself on a road trip with a mismatched partner, as he races to get there before the birth of his first child. Zach Galifianakis plays his road trip mate in a comedy that Phillips calls "a buddy comedy without the buddies."

Zach Galifianakis, Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Michelle Monaghan, Susan Downey, Adam Sztykiel

All Star Superman

The story begins with the Man of Steel (Denton) oversaturated by radiation during a rescue mission near the sun, accelerating the degeneration of his cells. Knowing that he has a limited time before he dies, Superman sets out on a journey that sees him revealing his secret to Lois Lane (Hendricks), giving Lex Luthor (LaPaglia) an epiphany on humanity and ensuring the safety of Earth for when he is gone.

Christina Hendricks, James Denton, Ed Asner, Arnold Vosloo, Sam Liu, Dwayne McDuffie, Anthony LaPaglia, Linda Cardellini

Killshot

In the thriller, based on the Elmore Leonard novel, a woman and her blue-collar husband become the targets of two killers after they stumble on an extortion plot hatched by the bad guys. Carmen (Lane) saw the scam and now she and Wayne (Jane), her ironworker husband, have to pay.

Blackbird (Rourke) kills smart and deadly. Richie kills stupid and crazy. Both are out to erase any living evidence--and when these lethal partners take up the chase, a safe place from killing is awfully hard to find.

Mickey Rourke, Christopher McQuarrie, Diane Lane, John Madden, Thomas Jane, Quentin Tarantino, Steve Barancik, Rosario Dawson

Get Low

A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party while he was still alive.

Bill Murray, Chris Provenzano, Sissy Spacek, David Gundlach, Dean Zanuck, C. Gaby Mitchell, Robert Duvall, Aaron Schneider

Change of Plans

A group of friends meet for a dinner party in Paris.

Danièle Thompson

Mesrine: Killer Instinct

Mesrine, a dedicated soldier, returns home to his parents after serving in the Algerian War, but he is soon seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido (Gerald Depardieu), Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder. After pulling off an audacious heist he and his lover Jeanne (Cecile de France) flee to Canada where the opportunity of one big payout lures him out of hiding and propels his towards international notoriety.

Vincent Cassel, Cecile de France, Jean-Francois Richet, Gerard Depardieu

Carmo, Hit the Road

A smuggler trying to sell out cheap goods in Brazil is assaulted by two bandits, but is saved by a beautiful local girl.

Murilo Pasta

Fish Tank

Everything changes for 15yr old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.

Katie Jarvis, Andrea Arnold

Climate of Change

Tilda Swinton narrates this documentary focusing on the efforts of everyday people all over the world who are making a difference in the fight against global warming.

Brian Hill, Katie Bailiff, Simon Armitage, Tilda Swinton

Last Train Home

A family embarks on an annual journey, along with 200 other million peasant workers, to reunite with their distant family.

Lixin Fan

Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D

Kenny Chesney, the biggest ticket-seller of this century in any musical genre, has wrapped his latest concert tour, the Sun City Carnival. This coming spring, Sony Pictures Releasing's special programming division, The Hot Ticket, will take audiences for another ride. For a limited engagement beginning in April 2010 in movie theatres nationwide, "Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D", will give fans the chance to live the fun, the friends, the songs and the moments that make Kenny Chesney the must-see concert experience to kickoff the summer season.

Joe Thomas, Ted Kenney, Kenny Chesney

Kings of Pastry

Sixteen French pastry chefs gathered in Lyon for three intense days of mixing, piping and sculpting everything from delicate chocolates to six-foot sugar sculptures in hopes of being declared by President Nicolas Sarkozy one of the best.

Birdemic: Shock and Terror

A platoon of eagles and vultures attack the residence of a small town. A young couple manages to fight back.

James Nguyen

The Killing Jar

Seven people are passing time one late evening at a small roadside diner in the middle of nowhere. Among them are Noreen (Amber Benson), a waitress trapped in a loveless marriage; John (Harold Perrineau), a melancholy salesman; Hank (Kevin Gage), a quiet with a secret; Lonnie (Lew Temple), a small-town cop; and Jimmy (Danny Trejo), the ill-tempered owner.

When a radio reports the disturbing murders of a family in a nearby county, the patrons immediately suspect new arrival Doe (Michael Madsen) as the killer. A bloody confrontation ensues, and the patrons become hostages as the troubled Doe decides their fates. As secrets are revealed, the desperate survivors slowly realize that one of the hostages may be even more dangerous than their captor.

Danny Trejo, Mark Young, Michael Madsen, Harold Perrineau, Amber Benson

Megamind

A satirical take on superhero movies, in which a notorious villain loses his oomph after he accidentally kills his nemesis.

Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Lara Breay, Tina Fey, Brad Pitt, Stuart Cornfeld, Denise Nolan Cascino, Alan Schoolcraft