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Blackthorn
(2011) Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega, Stephen Rea, Nicolaj Coster-Waldau. It's been said (but unsubstantiated) that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in a standoff with the Bolivian military in 1908. In this sequel of sorts, Cassidy (Shepard) survived, and is quietly living out his years under the name James Blackthorn in a secluded Bolivian village. Tired of his long exile from the U.S. and hoping to see his family again before he dies, Cassidy sets out on the long journey home. However, when an unexpected encounter with an ambitious young criminal derails his plans, he is thrust into one last adventure, the likes of which he hasn't experienced since his glory days with the Sundance Kid. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
Burke & Hare
(2010) Dir.: John Landis; Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Curry, Isla Fisher. A black comedy about two 19th century grave robbers who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school. (IFC Films).
Catch .44
(2011) Forest Whitaker, Bruce Willis, Malin Akerman, Nikki Reed, Deborah Ann Woll, Brad Dourif. Large guns get pointed at everyone when three female hoods fail to intercept a double-cross drug shipment for their crime boss. Extras: Commentary. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Anchor Bay Entertainment).
Colombiana
(2011) Zoe Saldana, Jordi Molla, Lennie James, Michael Vartan, Cliff Curtis. Extras: "Colombiana: The Making of" featurette, "Cateleya's Journey" featurette. Also available on Blu-ray Disc, which adds "Assassins," "Training a Killer" and "Take the Ride" featurette. Also includes an UltraViolet copy that allows streaming anywhere from a difital cloud. Both formats include an unrated version of the film. (Sony).
Dolphin Tale
(2011) Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Freeman. Extras: "The Hutash Rainbow Bridge" animated short about the legend of Rainbow Bridge, "At Home With Winter" featurette, "Winter's Inspiration" featurette, "Dolphin Tale: Spotlight on a Scene," additional scene, gag reel. Available on Blu-ray Disc, DVD, Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and 3D Blue-Ray/Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. (Warner).
Glee: The Concert Movie
(2011) Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron, Lea Michele, Darren Criss, Chord Overstreet, Chris Colfer, Heather Morris, Kevin McHale, Naya Rivera, Harry Shum Jr., Amber Riley, Ashley Fink. Extras: Available as a 3D Blue-Ray/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Combo, Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Combo and DVD. (Fox).
Julia's Eyes
(2010 -- Spain) Belen Rueda, Lluis Homar. A woman who is slowly losing her sight investigates the mysterious death of her twin sister, uncovering a mysterious world overshadowed by a malignant presence -- and the disappearance of people close to her. (IFC Films).
Margin Call
(2011) Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Stanley Tucci, Demi Moore, Mary McDonnell, Paul Bettany, Simon Baker, Zachary Quinto. Extras: Commentary by writer-director JC Chandor and producer Neal Dodson, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Lionsgate).
Midnight in Paris
(2011) Dir.: Woody Allen; Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kurt Fuller, Mimi Kennedy, Michael Sheen, Nina Arianda, Carla Bruni, Marion Cotillard, Adrien Brody, Kathy Bates, Yves Heck, Alison Pill, Corey Stoll. Extras: "Midnight in Cannes" featurette. Also available on Blu-ray Disc, which adds Cast and crew photo galleries. (Sony).
Saint Nick
(2010 -- Netherlands) Huub Stapel, Caro Lenssen, Egbert Jan Weeber. A horror film that depicts the jolly old saint as a murderous bishop who kidnaped and murdered children every 32 years during a full moon on December 5. Slain by the villagers he tormented, he swears vengeance on their descendants and, centuries later, returns (with his minions) to terrorize Amsterdam. (IFC Films).
Straw Dogs
(2011) James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard, Dominic Purcell, Willa Holland,James Woods. Extras: commentary with writer-director Rod Lurie and the featurettes "Courting Controversy: Remaking a Classic," "The Dynamics of Power: The Ensemble," "Inside the Siege: The Ultimate Showdown" and "Creating the Sumner House: The Production Design."
Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony).
The Tempest
(2010) Helen Mirren, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina. Directed by Julie Taymor. Modern retelling of William Shakespeare's final masterpiece. Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera (Mirren) conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unleashes her powers for revenge. Extras: "The Tempest Documentary," commentary by director Julie Taymor, Russell Brand's rehearsal riff, "O Mistress Mine" Reeve Carney music video. (Disney).
Warrior
(2011) Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison. Available in a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack (with Digital Copy) and DVD. Extras: Commentary, a "making of" documentary, mixed martial arts strategy, gag reel, deleted scene, more. (Lionsgate).
Midnight in Paris
Woody Allen's most accessible and enjoyable comedy in years. Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams play a Gil and Inez, a betrothed couple vacationing in Paris before their marriage; she's a spoiled, upwardly mobile young woman with wealthy parents, he's a dreamer of a screenwriter who falls in love with the city of lights. One night when she's off dancing with friends, Gil walks alone through the city and is magically transported to the Paris of the 1920s, where he meets up with the likes of Cole Porter, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Josephine Baker, Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel. He's enamored with the idea that -- unlike the present -- the 1920s was a golden era, but as his midnight walks take him further away from Inez and her world, he discovers that the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better might not be true after all.
Vitals: Director: Woody Allen. Stars: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kurt Fuller, Mimi Kennedy, Michael Sheen, Nina Arianda, Carla Bruni, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Yves Heck, Alison Pill, Corey Stoll.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 94 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $55.600 million, Sony.
Dolphin Tale
Inspired by the amazing true story of a brave dolphin called Winter and the compassionate people who banded together to save her life. Swimming free, a young dolphin is caught in a crab trap off the Florida coast, severely damaging her tail. She is rescued and transported to the Clearwater Marine Hospital, where she is named Winter. But her fight for survival has just begun. Losing her tail may cost Winter her life. It will take the expertise of a dedicated marine biologist, the ingenuity of a brilliant prosthetics doctor, and the unwavering devotion of a young boy to bring about a ground-breaking miracle -- a miracle that might not only save Winter but could also help thousands of people around the world: The marine mammal's strong survival instincts become an inspiration to people with special needs throughout the world. The real Winter plays herself.
Vitals: Director: Charles Martin Smith. Stars: Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Freeman.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 113 min., Family, Box office gross: $70.017 million, Warner.
Warrior
Tommy Riordan, an ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, returns home and enlists his father, a recovering alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an mixed martial arts tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. Tommy's estranged brother Brendan, a former MMA fighter unable to provide for his family as a public school teacher, also enters the competition. Set on a collision course with each other, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense winner-take-all battle of their lives.
Vitals: Director: Gavin O'Connor. Stars: Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 139 min., Action, Box office gross: $13.651 million, Lionsgate.
Straw Dogs
A young married couple, after being victimized by a gang of violent locals, decide to take the law into their own hands in this weak remake of Sam Peckinpah's classic drama. David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South so he can have the solitude necessary to work on his latest screenplay, a film about the siege of Stalingrad during WWII. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy's ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgard), leading to a violent confrontation.
Vitals: Director: Rod Lurie. Stars: James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard, Dominic Purcell, Willa Holland,James Woods.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 110 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $10.324 million, Sony.
Colombiana
Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who has become an assassin after witnessing the murder of her parents as a child. Turning herself into a professional killer, she remains focused on her ultimate goal: to hunt down and get revenge on the mobster responsible for her parents' deaths. Vitals: Director: Olivier Megaton. Stars: Zoe Saldana, Jordi Molla, Lennie James, Michael Vartan, Cliff Curtis. 2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 112 min., Action, Box office gross: $35.120 million, Sony.
Margin Call
When Eric Dale (Stanley Tucci) is laid off from his investment firm, he sneaks a flash drive to his young colleague Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto) before being escorted from the building. Sullivan soon discovers that the information on the flash drive could change the fate of the company -- and perhaps even the entire country. As more executives learn of this sensitive news, they are thrust into a high-stakes moral debate: Do what's best for the company (and themselves)? Or what's best for millions of investors worldwide? Set in the 12 hours that launched the 2008 financial crisis.
Vitals: Director: JC Chandor. Stars: Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Stanley Tucci, Demi Moore, Mary McDonnell, Paul Bettany, Simon Baker, Zachary Quinto.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 109 min., Drama Thriller, Box office gross: $3.312 million, Lionsgate.
Glee: The Concert Movie
Enables fans who were unable to obtain tickets to the soldout shows, or who live in markets not included in the tour, or who just want to see it again, to experience the concert. Starring 14 members of the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning television show's cast and shot live during the summer concerts, the movie captures the unique concert experience along with special moments involving the characters themselves.
Vitals: Director: Kevin Tancharoen. Stars: Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron, Lea Michele, Darren Criss, Chord Overstreet, Chris Colfer, Heather Morris, Kevin McHale, Naya Rivera, Harry Shum Jr., Amber Riley, Ashley Fink.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 84 min., Music, Box office gross: $11.9 million, Fox.
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