NEW DVDS THIS WEEK

*IN-STORES TUESDAY JAN 10, 2012

MONEYBALL

DIRECTOR: BENNETT MILLER

Starring: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright

Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) challenges the system and defies conventional wisdom when his is forced to rebuild his small-market team on a limited budget. Despite opposition from the old guard, the media, fans and their own field manager (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Beane – with the help of a young, number-crunching, Yale-educated economist (Jonah Hill) – develops a roster of misfits…and along the way, forever changes the way the game is played.

GENRE: DRAMA
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 133 MINS
RATED: PG

KILLER ELITE

DIRECTOR: GARY MCKENDRY

Starring: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro

The Killer Elite centers on a former Navy Seal (Statham) who is forced out of exile to reassemble his team, including his mentor (De Niro), for a no-holds-barred confrontation with a renegade leader (Owen) who is protecting a cell of soldiers and assassins operating within a secret government organization.

GENRE: ACTION
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 116 MINS
RATED: 18A

WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?

DIRECTOR: MARK MYLOD

Starring: Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Chris Pratt, Andy Samberg

After reading a magazine article that insists if a woman has slept with at least 20 people that they have already missed Mr. Right, marketing executive Ally Darling (Anna Faris) begins to panic, thinking that she will be alone forever. With the help of her hunky new neighbor (Chris Evans), Ally starts tracking down all her ex-boyfriends, hoping to find her real true love while she helps him escape his latest fling. Hilarious hijinks and adventure ensues as Ally goes on her wild search for the best “ex” of her life, only to find what she is looking has been right in front of her all along.

GENRE: COMEDY
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 106 MINS
RATED: 18A

BOARDWALK EMPIRE: COMPLETE FIRST SEASON

DIRECTOR: MARTIN SCORSESE, TIMOTHY VAN PATTEN, JEREMY PODESWA, ALAN TAYLOR, ALLEN COULTER

Starring: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon

From Terence Winter, Emmy® Award-winning writer of “The Sopranos,” and Academy® Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, BOARDWALK EMPIRE is a lavish period drama set in Atlantic City, following the life and times of Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) – the undisputed political and criminal mastermind whose grip on power and control of the city’s liquor supply is under constant threat.

GENRE: TELEVISION
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 733 MINS
RATED: NR

THERE BE DRAGONS

DIRECTOR: MARK MYLOD

Starring: Dougray Scott, Wes Bently, Derek Jacobi, Olga Kurylenko

London-based investigative journalist Robert Torres (Dougray Scott, Hitman) travels to Spain to research a book about Josemaria Escriva (Charlie Cox, The Merchant of Venice), the controversial founder of the Catholic instiution Opus Dei. Robert’s visit is on track until he hits a wall, both professionally and personally, when his most promising source – his own father, Manolo Torres (Wes Bently, American Beauty) – turns out to be his least cooperative one. Robert begins to unearth his father’s toxic secrets when he learns that Manolo was not only born in the same Spanish town as Josemaria, but that they were childhood friends and attended the same seminary. The two men take radically different paths in life, with Josemaria dedicating his life to his faith while Manolo is swept into the brutal and tumultuous Spanish Civil War. As Robert continues to explore the secrets of Josemaria’s life and Manolo’s mysterious anger, their overlapping journeys are revealed.

GENRE: DRAMA
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 122 MINS
RATED: PG-13

HIGHER GROUND

DIRECTOR: VERA FARMIGA

Starring: Vera Farmiga, Donna Murphy, John Hawkes, Joshua Leonard


Vera Farmiga’s directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Inspired by Carolyn S. Briggs’ memoir, “This Dark World” , the film tells the story of a thoughtful woman’s struggles with belief, love and trust. A woman who learns that no matter how many times she loses her footing, she has within herself all that’s necessary to get to a higher place.

GENRE: DRAMA
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 112 MINS
RATED: 14A

ALSO AVAILABLE THIS WEEK:

A Darker Reality
An Idiot Abroad
Answer This!
Bratz: Desert Jewelz
Brighton Rock
Columbo: Mystery Movie Collection 1994-2003
Dennis The Menace: Season Four
Dr. Who: Android Invasion
G.I. Joe A Real American Hero Series 2: Season 1
Hawaii Five-O: The Twelfth and Final Season
He’s Mine Not Yours
Hidden
Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Blowhole
Primeval: Volume 3
Queen: Days of Our Lives
Scorpion King 3, The: Battle for Redemption
The Chameleon
Transformers: The Japanese Collection

BLU-RAY RELEASES
1911
Looney Tunes Showcase: Vol 1
Primeval: Volume 3
Queen: Days of Our Lives
The Hills Have Eyes
When Harry Met Sally

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