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 WAITING FOR SUPERMAN
DIRECTOR: DAVIS GUGGENHEIM
Starring: Geoffrey Canada, Michelle Rhee, Bill Strickland, Randi Weingarten, Bill Gates
From the Academy Award-winning Director of An Inconvenient Truth comes the groundbreaking feature film that provides an engaging and inspiring look at public education in the United States. Waiting For “Superman” has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of five unforgettable students such as Emily, a Silicon Valley eighth-grader who is afraid of being labeled as unfit for college and Francisco, a Bronx first-grader whose mom will do anything to give him a shot at a better life. Waiting For “Superman” will leave a lasting and powerful impression that you will want to share with your friends and family.
GENRE: ACTION
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 103 MINS
RATED: PG
 YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER
DIRECTOR: WOODY ALLEN
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Josh Brolin, Naomi Watts, Antonio Banderas, Frieda Pinto
Two couples discover the grass may not always be greener on the other side in Woody Allen’s breezy comedy on wry, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger. Hoping to relive the pleasures of youth, Alfie Shepridge (Anthony Hopkins) dumps his wife of 40 years (Gemma Jones) and pursues a young call girl (Lucy Punch). So when daughter Sally (Naomi Watts) develops a crush on her boss (Antonio Banderas) and husband Roy (Josh Brolin) becomes obsessed with the beauty (Frieda Pinto) who lives across the way, the entire clan’s fantasies take on reality as their passions not only drive them out of their marriages, but out of their minds as well.
GENRE: COMEDY
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 98 MINS
RATED: PG
 RED HILL
DIRECTOR: PATRICK HUGHES
Starring: Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley, Tom E. Lewis
Young police officer Shane Cooper relocates to the small country town of Red Hill with his pregnant wife Alice to start a family. But when news of a prison break sends the local law enforcement officers – led by the town’s ruling presence, Old Bill – into a panic, Shane’s first day on duty rapidly turns into a nightmare. Enter Jimmy Conway, a convicted murderer serving life behind bars, who has returned to the isolated outpost seeking revenge. Now caught in the middle of what will become a terrifying and bloody confrontation, Shane will be forced to take the law into his own hands if he is to survive.
GENRE: THRILLER
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 95 MINS
RATED: R
 HATCHET II
DIRECTOR: ADAM GREEN
Starring: Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder
Adam Green’s Hatchet II picks up at the exact moment where 2006’s Hatchet ends, wherein the quiet but hot-tempered Marybeth (Danielle Harris) is in a small boat in the Louisiana swamps, screaming for her life as she tries to free herself from the clutches of the deformed, swamp-dwelling killer Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder). Crowley has murdered Marybeth’s family and other fellow vacationers who had come together on a tourist excursion in the swamp lands outside of New Orleans. Marybeth escapes from Crowley and manages to make it back to civilization, where she once again encounters voodoo shop proprietor Reverend Zombie (Tony Todd), who had helped to arrange Marybeth and company’s earlier, ill-fated tour of the area. To help Marybeth and also serve his own secret agenda, Reverend Zombie recruits a hardened pack of hunters to head back into the swamp to seek revenge on Victor Crowley.
GENRE: HORROR
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 89 MINS
RATED: UR
 ONG BAK 3
DIRECTOR: TONY JAA, PANNA RITTIKRAI
Starring: Tony Jaa, Sorapong Chatree, Nirut Sirijunya
Ong Bak 3 picks up where Ong Bak 2 had left off. Tien is captured and almost beaten to death before he is saved and brought back to the Kana Khone villagers. There he is taught meditation and how to deal with his Karma, but very soon his arch rival returns challenging Tien for a final duel.
GENRE: ACTION
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 99 MINS
RATED: R
 ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN – First Time on Blu-ray!
DIRECTOR: ALAN J PAKULA
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Hal Holbrook
In the Watergate Building, lights go on and four burglars are caught in the act. That night triggered revelations that drive a U.S. President from office. Washington reporters Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) grabbed the story and stayed with it through doubts, denials and discouragement. All the President’s Men is their story. Directed by Alan J. Pakula and based on the Woodward/Bernstein book, the film won four 1976 Academy Awards (Best Supporting Actor/Jason Robards, Adaptation Screenplay/William Goldman, Art Direction and Sound). It also explores a working newspaper, where the mission is to get the story – and get it right.
GENRE: DRAMA
FORMAT: BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 128 MINS
RATED: R
 NETWORK – First Time on Blu-ray!
DIRECTOR: SIDNEY LUMET
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, William Holden
Newscaster Howard Beale has a message for those who package reports of cute puppies, movie premieres and fender benders as hard news: “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore”. Sidney Lumet directs Paddy Chayefsky’s satire (an Academy Award-winning* screenplay) about the things people do for love…and ratings. Three performers won Oscars. Best Actress Faye Dunaway is the TV exec guarding ratings like a tigress protecting cubs. Best Actor Peter Finch is Beale, whose airwave rants become a phenomenon. And William Holden, Robert Duvall and Best Supporting Actress Beatrice Straight add to the fierce vitality.
GENRE: DRAMA
FORMAT: BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 121 MINS
RATED: R
 RAIN MAN – First Time on Blu-ray!
DIRECTOR: BARRY LEVINSON
Starring: Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman
Following the death of their father, Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise, Valkyrie) discovers he has an autistic brother named Raymond (Dustin Hoffman, Tootsie) and now the two are on the cross-country trip of their lives. Nicknamed RAIN MAN, Raymond pushes hot-headed Charlie to the limits of his patience and then pulls him completely out of his self-centered world. But what began as an unsentimental journey for the Babbitt brothers becomes much more than the distance between two places; it’s a connection between two vastly different people and a poignant, profound and powerful film.
GENRE: DRAMA
FORMAT: BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 133 MINS
RATED: R
 LAST TANGO IN PARIS – First Time on Blu-ray!
DIRECTOR: BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI
Starring: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider
LAST TANGO IN PARIS: Uncut Version stars the legendary Marlon Brando (On the Waterfront) as Paul, a middle-aged American who goes to Paris after his estranged wife commits suicide. During a chance meeting with the alluring Jeanne (Maria Schneider, Jane Eyre), Paul enters into a sadomasochistic, carnal relationship with her, indirectly attacking the hypocrisy all around him through his raw, outrageous sexual behavior. Groundbreaking and controversial, the film was nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Actor (Brando) and Best Director (Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor).
GENRE: DRAMA
FORMAT: BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 136 MINS
RATED: UR
 MOONSTRUCK – First Time on Blu-ray!
DIRECTOR: NORMAN JEWISON
Starring: Cher, Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello, Olympia Dukakis
Fall under the delightful spell of MOONSTRUCK, with Cher (Burlesque) as an unlucky-in-love Italian widow who finds romance through the intervention of the Manhattan moon. With her wedding to Johnny (Danny Aiello, Once Upon A Time in America), a man she doesn’t love, just weeks away, she meets and falls hopelessly in love with his younger brother (Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas). Her dilemma—and her equally passionate and hilariously eccentric family—make for an unforgettable film. Nominated for six Academy Awards, MOONSTRUCK was honored with accolades for Best Actress (Cher), Best Supporting Actress (Olympia Dukakis, Look Who’s Talking), and Best Original Screenplay.
GENRE: COMEDY
FORMAT: BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 102 MINS
RATED: PG
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