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Best DVD & Blu-rays Released May 2011

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Chance Pe Dance Poster
88%

Ratings

  • 3.7 / 5

out of 5 stars

New love convinces a struggling actor and dancer to enter a talent competition that could make him a superstar.

Ken Ghosh

NR Romance
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The Dilemma Poster
85%

Ratings

  • 3.3 / 5

out of 5 stars

Set in Chicago and explores the fallout surrounding infidelity between lovers and friends.

Queen Latifah, Jennifer Connelly, Channing Tatum, Kevin James, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Allan Loeb, Vince Vaughn

PG-13 Comedy 1 hr, 58 mins
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The Green Hornet Poster
83%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), son and heir to Los Angeles’ largest newspaper fortune, is a rich, spoiled playboy who has been happy to maintain a direction-less existence. When his father James Reid (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets an impressive and resourceful company employee, Kato (Jay Chou). They realize that they have the resources to do something worthwhile with their lives and finally step out of James Reid’s shadow. Kato builds the ultimate weapon, The Black Beauty, an indestructible car with every weapon imaginable and Britt decides that in order to be heroes, they will pose as villains. With the help of Britts new secretary, Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz), they learn that the chief criminal in the city is named Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz). He has united all the gangs under his power, and he quickly sees that the Green Hornet is a direct threat to the prosperous criminal underworld he controls.

Michael Peña, Adam Sandler, Cameron Diaz, Neal H. Moritz, Harold Berkowitz, Tom Wilkinson, Michel Gondry, George Trendle

PG-13 Action 1 hr, 48 mins
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Waiting for Forever Poster
92%

Ratings

  • 3.7 / 5

out of 5 stars

Tom Sturridge plays a wanderer who tries to reconnect with his childhood love, an actress in Hollywood (played by the Rachel Bilson).

Tom Sturridge, Rachel Bilson, James Keach, Jaime King, Nikki Blonsky, Riley Smith, Steve Adams, Scott Mechlowicz

PG-13 Comedy 1 hr, 34 mins
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From Prada to Nada Poster
76%

Ratings

  • 3.6 / 5

out of 5 stars

Two sisters, one a young beauty who chooses passion over logic, the other a law student whose fixed moral compass keeps her from following her desires, are uprooted from their luxurious home when their father suddenly passes away. Out of money and out of options, the women move into their Great Aunt Aurelia's modest, but lively home in the Latino-centric Boyle Heights neighborhood where they find themselves thrown into a world that, despite their heritage, seems completely foreign. Over time, they discover the beauty of the culture they once fought so desperately to hide. And in the process they find the one thing that had eluded them: love.

Alexa Vega, Fina Torres, Gigi Pritzker, Luis Alfaro, April Bowlby, Wilmer Valderrama, Camilla Belle, Kuno Becker

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 47 mins
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A Somewhat Gentle Man Poster
41%

Ratings

  • 2.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

An ex-convict released from prison tries to live a normal, quiet life but is also looking for vengeance against the snitch who put him in jail.

Hans Petter Moland, Stellan Skarsgard

Comedy 1 hr, 46 mins
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The Butcher's Son Poster
60%

Ratings

  • 1 / 5

out of 5 stars

A cop works against his country's corrupt government in order to find justice on a case.

Josh Crook, Manny Perez

Crime 1 hr, 40 mins
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No Strings Attached Poster
80%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

Emma and Adam have the best relationship ever! They’re twentysomething pals who, you know, do it. A lot. But then Adam goes and falls in love with Emma and ruins everything.

Ivan Reitman, Jeffrey Clifford, Ashton Kutcher, Greta Gerwig, Kevin Kline, Ludacris, Tom Pollock, Joe Medjuck

R Comedy 1 hr, 50 mins
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Blue Valentine Poster
64%

Ratings

  • 4.2 / 5

out of 5 stars

"Blue Valentine" chronicles a disintegrating marriage between Dean (Gosling) and Cindy (Williams), told in flashback.

Derek Cianfrance, Jamie Patricof, Joey Curtis, Ryan Gosling, Lynette Howell, Alex Orlovsky, Cami Delavigne, Michelle Williams

R Drama 2 hrs, 0 mins
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Now & Later Poster
87%

Ratings

  • 4.3 / 5

out of 5 stars

An illegal Latina immigrant living in Los Angeles who stumbles across a disgraced banker on the run. She takes him in and through soul-searching conversations and other worldly pleasures, Angela introduces Bill to another worldview.

Philippe Diaz

Drama 1 hr, 37 mins
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The Illusionist Poster
51%

Ratings

  • 3.9 / 5

out of 5 stars

The film details the story of a dying breed of stage entertainer whose thunder is being stolen by emerging rock stars. Forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theaters, garden parties and bars, he meets a young fan who changes his life forever.

Sylvain Chomet, Jacques Tati

PG Drama 1 hr, 20 mins
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Black Death Poster
81%

Ratings

  • 3.5 / 5

out of 5 stars

The year is 1348. Europe has fallen under the shadow of the Black Death. As the plague decimates all in its path, fear and superstition are rife. In this apocalyptic environment, the church is losing its grip on the people. There are rumors of a village, hidden in marshland that the plague cannot reach. There is even talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to bring the dead back to life. Ulric (Sean Bean), a fearsome knight, is charged by the church to investigate these rumors.

Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean, Christopher Smith, Carice van Houten

R Drama Horror
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I Saw the Devil Poster
70%

Ratings

  • 3.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

A special agent's pregnant wife becomes the latest victim of a disturbed and brutal serial killer. Vowing revenge, the agent blurs the lines between hunter and hunted.

Ji-woon Kim

Horror 2 hrs, 24 mins
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Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Poster
61%

Ratings

  • 2.9 / 5

out of 5 stars

Justin Bieber will play himself in his life story. The pic will be sprinkled with performances from his current concert tour.

Jane Lipsitz, Jon M. Chu, Scooter Braun, L.A. Reid, Dan Cutforth, Usher, Justin Bieber

G Biography 1 hr, 45 mins
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The Mechanic Poster
93%

Ratings

  • 3.9 / 5

out of 5 stars

Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) is a well-paid assassin who executes people at the request of the American government. But after assassinating a former close associate, Bishop does something that's unprofessional and out of control: he takes on a apprentice (Ben Foster), the son of the man he just killed.

Simon West, Jason Statham, Irwin Winkler, Shane Salerno, Ben Foster, Jeff Chase, Boaz Davidson, David Winkler

R Drama 1 hr, 40 mins
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The Rite Poster
77%

Ratings

  • 3.9 / 5

out of 5 stars

An American priest studies at an exorcism school in Italy.

Anthony Hopkins, Mikael Hafstrom, Ciaran Hinds, Michael Petroni, Alice Braga, Toby Jones, Richard Brener, Beau Flynn

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 52 mins
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The Roommate Poster
78%

Ratings

  • 3.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

Sara and Rebecca are assigned to be roomates in their freshman dorm. Things start off great but turn deadly as Rebecca begins to target people in Sara's life.

Doug Davison, Christian E. Christiansen, Roy Lee, Irene Young, Sonny Mallhi, Frances Fisher, Cam Gigandet, Leighton Meester

PG-13 Thriller 1 hr, 33 mins
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Vanishing on 7th Street Poster
86%

Ratings

  • 3.5 / 5

out of 5 stars

The story centers on a once-thriving city where shadowy forms cause residents to inexplicably disappear. Five survivors fight to stay alive while grappling with the meaning of existence.

Hayden Christensen, Celine Rattray, Thandiwe Newton, Jacob Latimore, Brad Anderson, Lawrence Mattis, Norton Herrick, Tove Christensen

R Thriller 1 hr, 33 mins
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The Other Woman Poster
76%

Ratings

  • 3.7 / 5

out of 5 stars

Emilia (Natalie Portman) is a Harvard law school graduate and a newlywed, having just married Jack (Scott Cohen), a high-powered New York lawyer, who was her boss — and married — when she began working at his law firm. Unfortunately, her life takes an unexpected turn when Jack and Emilia lose their newborn daughter. Emilia struggles through her grief to connect with her new stepson William (Charlie Tahan), but is finding it hard to connect with this precocious child. Perhaps the most difficult obstacle of all for Emilia is trying to cope with the constant interferences of her husband’s angry, jealous ex-wife, Carolyn (Lisa Kudrow).

Don Roos, Natalie Portman, Lisa Kudrow, Lauren Ambrose, Anthony Rapp, Charlie Tahan, Scott Cohen

R Drama 1 hr, 59 mins
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Daydream Nation Poster
78%

Ratings

  • 4.3 / 5

out of 5 stars

A teenage girl moves to a small town, to find nothing in common with the stoner-hicks who populate her highschool. So she begins an affair with her teacher. But with a serial killer on the loose and townsfolk disappearing around them, their relationship takes a turn for the worse. She breaks off the relationship and the rejection makes her teacher crazy.

Josh Lucas, Michael Goldbach, Scott Speedman, Andie MacDowell, Kat Dennings, Reece Thompson

R Drama Comedy
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I Want Your Money Poster
84%

Ratings

  • 2.9 / 5

out of 5 stars

A political documentary that examines two philosophies for the roles of the federal government as examplified by Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama.

Ray Griggs

Documentary
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Brotherhood Poster
71%

Ratings

  • 4.3 / 5

out of 5 stars

College freshman Adam Buckley sits blindfolded in the back of a van outside of a convenience store as the final step of his initiation into the Sigma Zeta Chi fraternity. Minutes later a fellow pledge is shot. The senior fraternity brother is able to get the injured pledge out of the store alive, but the fraternity's troubles are just beginning.

Will Canon

R Drama 1 hr, 21 mins
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Gnomeo and Juliet Poster
65%

Ratings

  • 3.9 / 5

out of 5 stars

An animated adaptation of Shakespeare's classic tale set in the world of tacky garden gnomes.

Michael Caine, James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Elton John, Kelly Asbury, Steve Hamilton-Shaw, David Furnish, Baker Bloodworth

G Comedy 1 hr, 24 mins
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I Am Number Four Poster
78%

Ratings

  • 4.2 / 5

out of 5 stars

The "Four" story line involves nine alien teens assimilating to high school on Earth after their planet is destroyed by an enemy species. The fourth of the group discovers that the enemy is now after him on Earth.

Kevin Durand, Steven Spielberg, Dianna Agron, Timothy Olyphant, D.J. Caruso, Michael Bay, Al Gough, Mils Millar

PG-13 Action 1 hr, 44 mins
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Transcendent Man Poster
45%

Based on the book, "The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology," the documentary explores the potential of rapidly accelerating technological growth.

Robert Barry Ptolemy

Documentary
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The Scenesters Poster
37%

Ratings

  • 5 / 5

out of 5 stars

A director loses funding for his avant-garde documentary and takes a job as a crime-scene videographer. He meets a crime-scene cleaner who begins finding key clues in a series of hipster killings missed by the apathetic detectives assigned to the case.

Sherilyn Fenn, Todd Berger

R Comedy
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The Kids Grow Up Poster
42%

Ratings

  • 1 / 5

out of 5 stars

A look at father-daughter relationships, modern-day parenting, marriage and the looming empty nest.

Lori Cheatle, Doug Block

Documentary 1 hr, 30 mins
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Public Speaking Poster
35%

Ratings

  • 3.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

Features Fran Lebowitz expressing insights on social issues in an onstage discussion with longtime friend Toni Morrison, and on the streets of New York.

Martin Scorsese, Graydon Carter, Fran Lebowitz

Documentary 1 hr, 24 mins
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Anton Chekhov's The Duel Poster
0%

Ratings

  • 4.3 / 5

out of 5 stars

Set in a seaside resort, an aristocratic civil servant convinces his mistress to leave her husband, but later seeks to abandon her.

Dover Koshashvili

Drama 1 hr, 35 mins
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Seconds Apart Poster
78%

Ratings

  • 3.1 / 5

out of 5 stars

Judging by their privileged lifestyles, one would never guess that Seth and Jonah are murderous twins who share an evil kinship. Damned from the moment of their births, the brothers possess a gruesome talent for telekinesis - a power they use in the most horrific ways imaginable. As fellow students meet gory fates, local law enforcement begins to suspect the twins' connection to the depraved murders.

Antonio Negret, Orlando Jones, Samantha Droke, Edmund Entin, Gary Entin

R Thriller 1 hr, 35 mins
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The Big Bang Poster
77%

Ratings

  • 3.1 / 5

out of 5 stars

Antonio Banderas as a private detective searching for a former stripper who is supposed to exist but no one has ever seen in a mystery connected to a particle collider. She plays a meth addict who works at a medical center pretending to have different diseases for interns to react to.

Antonio Banderas, Snoop Dogg, William Fichtner, Sienna Guillory, Sam Elliott, Tony Krantz, Richard Rionda, Erik Jendresen

R Action 1 hr, 41 mins
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Thank You Poster
86%

Ratings

  • 3.5 / 5

out of 5 stars

Raj, Yogi and Vikram – best friends, business partners, serial womanizers and happily married. Happy, because their lovely wives have no clue that their husbands cheat on them with every pretty young thing they can lay their eyes on. This picture perfect world is rocked when Raj’s wife, Sanjana begins to suspect her husband and hires the suave private detective, Kishan, to tail him.

Anees Bazmee, Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Irrfan Khan

Comedy Romance
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Drive Angry Poster
85%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

The story centers on an enraged man who is out for revenge, chasing the people who killed his daughter and kidnapped her baby.

Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, Patrick Lussier, Boaz Davidson, Todd Farmer, William Fichtner, Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort

R Thriller 1 hr, 44 mins
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Kaboom Poster
55%

Ratings

  • 3 / 5

out of 5 stars

The story follows the sexual awakening of a group of college students.

Rooney Mara, Gregg Araki, Roxane Mesquida, Thomas Dekker, Kelly Lynch, Juno Temple

Comedy 1 hr, 26 mins
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Biutiful Poster
53%

Ratings

  • 3.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

The story is about a troubled man who is confronted by a former friend, now a police officer.

Javier Bardem, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Maricel Alvarez

R Drama 2 hrs, 28 mins
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Queen to Play Poster
52%

Ratings

  • 4.1 / 5

out of 5 stars

A hotel maid's growing interest in chess is nurtured by her American employer.

Kevin Kline, Caroline Bottaro, Jennifer Beals

Drama 1 hr, 36 mins
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Burning Palms Poster
79%

Ratings

  • 3.7 / 5

out of 5 stars

Five dark and comedic stories that take place in Los Angeles.

Rosamund Pike, Lake Bell, Paz Vega, Christopher B. Landon, Zoe Saldana, Jamie Chung, Nick Stahl, Dylan McDermott

R Drama Comedy
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Passion Play Poster
77%

Ratings

  • 3.3 / 5

out of 5 stars

An angel under the thumb of a ruthless gangster is saved by a trumpet player down on his luck.

Megan Fox, Daniel Dubiecki, Mitch Glazer, Jonah Hirsch, Mickey Rourke, Kelly Lynch, Bill Murray, Rebecca Wang

R Drama Thriller
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Top May 2011 Movie Trailers

Now & Later

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No Strings Attached

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The Other Woman

Theatrical Trailer

Hell of a Summer

changed release date from April 18, 2025 to April 4, 2025

The Grove

changed release date from TBA to April 4, 2025

Pets

changed release date from TBA to April 11, 2025

Last Bullet

changed release date from TBA to May 7, 2025

Bride Hard

changed release date from TBA to June 20, 2025

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

changed release date from May 9, 2025 to September 19, 2025
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