NEW DVD THIS WEEK

HANNA

DIRECTOR: JOE WRIGHT

Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana

Raised by her father (Eric Bana), an ex-CIA agent, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna’s upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one. Sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe, eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own (Academy Award® winner‡ Cate Blanchett). As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence, in a movie critics are calling “exhilarating, audacious and boldly original!” (Karen Durbin, Elle)

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GENRE: THRILLER
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 111 MINS
RATED: PG-13

EVERYTHING MUST GO

DIRECTOR: DAN RUSH

Starring: Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall, Laura Dern

“Will Ferrell shines” (Detroit News) as Nick, a career salesman who loses his wife and his job in the worst day of his life. Faced with his life imploding, Nick puts it all on the line – or, rather, on the lawn – as he moves himself and all his possessions to his front yard. Based on the short story by Raymond Carver, EVERYTHING MUST GO is “Will Ferrell as you’ve never seen him” (Rolling Stone) in this unflinching comedy about what happens after life falls apart.

GENRE: COMEDY DRAMA
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 97 MINS
RATED: R

ASSASSINATION GAMES

DIRECTOR: ERNIE BARBARASH

Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Scott Adkins

Brazil (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint (Scott Adkins) left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the cold-blooded drug dealer, both Brazil and Flint want him dead – one for the money, the other for revenge. With crooked Interpol agents and vicious members of the criminal underworld hot on their trail, these two assassins reluctantly join forces to quickly take out their target before they themselves are terminated.

GENRE: ACTION
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 101 MINS
RATED: 18A

SMALL TOWN MURDER SONGS

DIRECTOR: ED GASS-DONNELLY

Starring: Martha Plimpton, Peter Stormare, Jill Hennessy

A modern gothic tale of crime and redemption about Walter (Peter Stormare), an aging police officer from a small Ontario Mennonite town, who hides a violent past until a local murder upsets the calm of his newly reformed life. When a young, unidentified woman is found dead by the lake – the victim of a brutal and violent crime – Walter and his partner Jim (Aaron Poole) are called to the scene of the town’s first murder investigation in decades. A senior OPP officer is called in to lead the investigation, relegating Walter and Jim to menial field work. Yet despite this, Walter comes up hard against the mistrust of his community, who will not let him put a violent incident in his past behind him. Convinced that Rita (Jill Hennessey) his ex-lover may be lying to the OPP to protect her new boyfriend, Walter’s newly reformed life begins to unravel. As Walter tries to find the evidence to make an arrest before Rita is implicated, he struggles to maintain some me sure of professional detachment, and the new life and new girlfriend (Martha Plimpton) he has worked so hard to preserve.

GENRE: THRILLER
FORMAT: DVD
RUNTIME: 75 MINS
RATED: R



WRECKED

DIRECTOR: MICHAEL GREENSPAN

Starring: Adrien Brody, Caroline Dhavernas

Oscar® winner Adrien Brody (2002 Best Actor -The Pianist) stars as a man who wakes up trapped in a crashed car in a deep ravine, surrounded by two dead passengers, a pile of cash and a gun. He has no recollection of who he is or how he got there. All he knows is that he must fight for his life, his sanity and his identity in the middle of a treacherous wilderness nightmare. In
this dark, mind-bending psychological thriller, director Michael Greenspan showcases a harrowing performance by one of the most acclaimed and talented actors of our time.

GENRE: THRILLER
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 91 MINS
RATED: R



SCARFACE – First Time on Blu-ray!

DIRECTOR: BRIAN DE PALMA

Starring: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer

Starring Academy Award winner Al Pacino (The Godfather) in an unforgettable performance as one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film and co-starring Academy Award nominee Michelle Pfeiffer (The Fabulous Baker Boys), Scarface is the rags-to-riches story of Cuban immigrant Tony “Scarface” Montana, who finds wealth, power and passion beyond his wildest dreams…at a price he never imagined. From acclaimed director Brian DePalma (Carlito’s Way) and Oscar-winning writer Oliver Stone (Born on the Fourth of July), this action-packed Blu-ray features an all-new eye-popping remastered picture, explosive 7.1 audio track and never-before-seen bonus features. One of the most influential gangster epics of all time, the Scarface Limited Edition Blu-ray also includes collectible SteelBook packaging, a digital copy of the film, a DVD of the 1932 version of Scarface plus 10 original art cards for a limited time only.

GENRE: DRAMA
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 170 MINS
RATED: R

STRAW DOGS – 40TH ANNIVERSARY – First Time on Blu-ray!

DIRECTOR: SAM PECKINPAH

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George

How far will one man go to protect his wife and his home? One of the grittiest and controversial thrillers of all-time and banned in the United Kingdom for over 18 years, STRAW DOGS debuts on Blu-ray Disc September 6 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. To escape the Vietnam-era chaos in the U.S., American mathematician David Sumner (Hoffman) moves with his British wife Amy (George) to an isolated English village. Their presence provokes antagonism among the village’s men. Escalating from routine bullying to vicious brutality, David finds his pacifist self being backed into a corner and responds in the violent and gruesome manner he abhors.

GENRE: THRILLER
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 118 MINS
RATED: R

DRESSED TO KILL – First Time on Blu-ray!

DIRECTOR: BRIAN DE PALMA

Starring: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen

Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson, “Police Woman”) is a sexually-repressed housewife who seeks treatment from Dr. Robert Elliott (two-time Academy Award-winner Michael Caine, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Cider House Rules). While secretly leaving a hotel after a one-night affair, Kate is mysteriously murdered by a tall blonde woman wearing sunglasses. The only witness is a high-priced call girl, Liz (Nancy Allen in a Golden Globe-nominated performance), who becomes the killer’s next target. With the help of Kate’s grown son, Peter (Keith Gordon, A Midnight Clear), Liz discovers that the murderer is connected to Dr. Elliott, and the pair come face-to-face with a shocking surprise.

GENRE: THRILLER
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 105 MINS
RATED: R

NO ORDINARY FAMILY: SEASON ONE

CREATORS: GREG BERLANTI, JON HARMON FELDMAN

Starring: Michael Chiklis, Julie Benz, Kay Panabaker

The Powells are about to go from ordinary to extraordinary. After 16 years of marriage, Jim (Michael Chiklis, “The Shield,” “Fantastic Four”) feels disconnected from his workaholic wife, Stephanie (Julie Benz, “Dexter”), and two teenage children, Daphne (Kay Panabaker, “Summerland”) and JJ (Jimmy Bennett, “Star Trek”). To encourage family bonding time, Jim decides the family will join Stephanie on her business trip to South America. When their plane crashes into the Amazon River, they barely enjoy a moment to celebrate their survival before returning to the grind of everyday life. But they will soon realize that their lives have been forever changed. Each member of the family starts to show signs of new, unique and distinct super powers. Will their newfound abilities finally bring them together or push them further apart?

GENRE: TELEVISION
FORMAT: DVD
RUNTIME: 880 MINS
RATED: PG

FRINGE: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON

CREATORS: J.J. ABRAMS, ALEX KURTZMAN, ROBERTO ORCI

Starring: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Blair Brown, John Noble

Immersive. Compelling. Hypnotic. Brilliantly imaginative. Endlessly thrilling. Pick your term. The mystery of the universes deepens in the critically acclaimed 22-episode third season of television’s most exciting sci-fi. The Fringe team escapes from the parallel universe – except for Olivia, trapped in the other world and replaced in ours by her double, who turns Peter and Olivia’s tentative relationship into a love affair. Then Olivia returns, bonds of trust fray, ever more bizarre and terrifying phenomena occur and secrets that stretch back to 1985 threaten to destroy our universe. Or theirs. “Fringe continues its hot streak known as Season 3. It’s been firing on all cylinders all season” (Andrew Hanson, LATimes.com).

GENRE: TELEVISION
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 1012 MINS
RATED: NR

ALSO AVAILABLE THIS WEEK:

A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song
Airwolf The Movie
Care Bears: Share Bear Shines Movie
Certified Copy
Children of the Corn: Genesis
Clash of Empires
Community: Season 2
Criminal Minds: The Sixth Season
Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver
Office, The: Season 7
On Strike for Christmas
Parks and Recreation: Season 3
Police Story: Season One
Road To Nowhere
Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur
Stained
The Bad News Bears 4 Movie Collection
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec
The Good Heart
The Good Wide: The Second Season
Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers
Two and a Half Men: The Complete Eighth Season
Vidal Sassoon – The Movie

BLU-RAY RELEASES
40 Days & 40 Nights
Clash of Empires
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
The Killer/Hard Boiled Double Feature
United 93

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