December 2013 DVD & Blu-rays

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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones PG-13

A young girl inherits an ability to see and interact with a clan of supernatural spirits.
Lily Collins, CCH Pounder, Harald Zwart, Dylan Sellers, Michael Lynne, Bob Shaye, Jessica Postigo, Marlene King
Drama Adventure Fantasy Supernatural

The Smurfs 2 PG

A sequel to the 2011 movie that will continue the Smurfs adventure in the modern world.
Anton Yelchin, J.B. Smoove, Katy Perry, Sofia Vergara, Fred Armisen, Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Brendan Gleeson
Adventure Sequel Fantasy Family

The Wolverine PG-13

Set in Japan, Wolverine trains in the way of the samurai in a bid to control his primal urges, during which time he falls in love with Mariko Yashida, heir to a Yakuza family.
James Mangold, Hugh Jackman, Mark Bomback, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jessica Biel, Kevin Feige, Will Yun Lee, John Palermo
Action Adventure Sequel Superhero Spin-off

Winnie Mandela R

The story of Nelson Mandela's former wife. She was a steadfast supporter of her activist husband and was jailed for campaigning for his release and fighting against apartheid. Her image was subsequently tarnished by association with a bodyguard who murdered a 14-year old alleged informer, and she was later convicted of fraud
Jennifer Hudson, Wendy Crewson, Darrell Roodt, Michael Mosca, Andre Pieterse, Roodt Johnson, Paul L. Johnson, Terrence Howard
Drama Biography

Good Ol' Freda PG

Documents Freda Kelly, The Beatles' lifelong secretary, who tells her story for the first time in 50 years.
John Lennon, Ryan White, Jessica Lawson, George Harrison, Freda Kelly
Documentary Music

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane R

Mandy Lane. Beautiful. Untouched. High school royalty waiting to be crowned. Since the dawn of Junior year, men have tried to possess her. Some have even died in reckless pursuit of this 16 year-old Texas angel.

Chloe and Red invite Mandy out to Red's family ranch for the weekend. Mandy sees it as an excellent opportunity to cement her new friendships. The boys see it as an opportunity to finally get with Mandy Lane. Driving across the Texas landscape, the kids begin to gently chip away at the wall that surrounds her. Joints are smoked. A keg is stolen off a beer truck. Pills are crushed to fine powder and inhaled. Mandy observes it all with the gentle interest of a foreign tourist. And they love her for it.

At the ranch, all the boys start to make their move – each one hoping to be the first to attain the unattainable Mandy Lane. However, as night falls and the booze, drugs, and hormones take over, things are said and advances made which can never be reversed. Suddenly, sweet Mandy finds herself pit in a brutal struggle for survival against someone whose interest she has rejected. Forget reading, writing and arithmetic. In high school, learning to be yourself and not succumbing to peer pressure is the ultimate test. And this is one exam that Mandy is determined not to fail.
Amber Heard, Jonathan Levine, Anson Mount, Michael Welch, Jacob Forman, Aaron Himelstein, Edwin Hodge
Thriller Horror

Things Never Said

KALINDRA STEPNEY (Kal) is an emerging spoken-word poetess, someone who willingly speaks her thoughts, but she's an artist who has yet to find her voice. A native of California, Kal has dreams of taking her poems to New York and the infamous Nuyorican stage. Haunted by a miscarriage and saddled with RONNIE, a husband who's angry and without direction - he uses his fists as a form of speech, Kal tries desperately to find an outlet for her struggling voice.
Omari Hardwick, Charles Murray, Brian Lewis, Shanola Hampton, Elimu Nelson, Nicole Elliot, Steven LaBroi, Geofrey Hildrew
Drama Romance

Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers

This film tells the story of the Pink Panthers, the world's most successful diamond thieves. With exclusive access to gang members as well as those tasked with catching them, the film combines animation and archive to explain their background in the history of Balkans and bring to life their gripping exploits.
Havana Marking, Mike Lerner, Daniel Vivian
Documentary

Drinking Buddies R

Follows the lives of Kate (Olivia Wilde) and Luke (Jake Johnson) who work together at a craft brewery. They have one of those friendships that feels like it could be something more. But Kate is with Chris (Ron Livingston), and Luke is with Jill (Anna Kendrick). And Jill wants to know if Luke is ready to talk about marriage. The answer to that question becomes crystal clear when Luke and Kate unexpectedly find themselves alone for a weekend.
Anna Kendrick, Olivia Wilde, Ron Livingston, Jake Johnson, Joe Swanberg, Alicia Van Couvering, Andrea Roa
Comedy

Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde

Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde examines the inspirational life of Dayton O. Hyde as a modern-day renaissance man and one of the last old-style cowboys. Through heroic determination, he is preserving part of the American West with a breathtaking 12,000-acre prairieland Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary in South Dakota that he has maintained for the last 25 years and where more than 500 mustangs now run free—all rescued from the controversial wild horse roundups in the west.
Suzanne Mitchell
Documentary

The Iran Job

When American basketball player Kevin Sheppard accepts a job to play in one of the world’s most feared countries – Iran – he expects the worst. But what he finds is a country brimming with generosity, acceptance, and sensuality. With a charismatic personality that charms everyone he meets, Kevin forms an unlikely friendship with three outspoken Iranian women who share with him their strong opinions on everything from politics to religion to gender roles. Kevin’s season in Iran eventually culminates in something much bigger than basketball: the uprising and subsequent suppression of Iran’s reformist Green Movement – a powerful prelude to the sweeping changes currently unfolding across the Middle East in the wake of the Arab Spring.
Till Schauder, Kevin Sheppard
Sports Documentary
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Fast & Furious 6 PG-13

No plot details are available.
Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Vin Diesel, Luke Evans, Gina Carano, Neal H. Moritz, Paul Walker, Chris Morgan
Action Adventure Sequel Thriller Crime

Despicable Me 2 PG

Sequel to the 2010 animated "Despicable Me". The story has not yet been written.
Steve Carell, Chris Meledandri, Miranda Cosgrove, Kristen Wiig, Russell Brand, Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio, Benjamin Bratt
Comedy Sequel Family Animation CG

Battle of the Year PG-13

A legendary b-boy crew must return to its roots to reclaim the world championship by competing against the top international breakdancing teams.
Beau Flynn, Chris Parker, Josh Holloway, Shannon Gaulding, Tripp Vinson, Benson Lee, Brin Hill, Laz Alonso
Drama Dance

Adore

Tale of love, lust and the power of friendship charts the unconventional and passionate affairs of two lifelong friends who fall in love with each other’s sons.
Christopher Hampton, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, Jessica Tovey, Naomi Watts, Ben Mendelsohn, Anne Fontaine, Sophie Lowe
Drama

The Hunt R

Follows a quiet kindergarden teacher falsely accused of sexually abusing a child.
Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Vinterberg, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp
Drama Foreign

The Ultimate Life PG

Despite his best intentions, billionaire Jason Stevens can't seem to make the time to keep his beloved Alexia a priority. Until he discovers his grandfather's journal ... and is transported back to Red Stevens' incredible world. With everything he loves hanging in the balance, Jason hopes to learn from his grandfather what makes The Ultimate Life.
Bill Cobbs, Lee Meriwether, David Mann, Michael Landon Jr., Brian Bird, Cheryl McKay, Peter Fonda, Ali Hillis
Drama Sequel

Jayne Mansfield's Car R

A man in between WWI and WWII raises a family after his wife leaves him for an Englishman and moves to England. After a decades long absence, the wife dies. Because she had asked to be brought back to Alabama to be buried, the two families, her original family she abandoned and her English family, finally meet.
Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson, Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon, Robert Patrick, Ray Stevenson
Drama

Salinger PG-13

Documentary based on author J.D. Salinger.
John Cusack, Shane Salerno, Danny DeVito, Buddy Squires, Deborah Randall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, Gore Vidal
Documentary

Berberian Sound Studio NR

Set in 1976, pic takes place at one of the cheapest, sleaziest post-production facilities in Italy, where a naive and introverted sound engineer from England is hired to orchestrate the sound mix for the latest film by a horror maestro.
Tonia Sotiropoulou, Peter Strickland, Toby Jones, Cosimo Fusco, Susanna Cappellaro
Horror

Angels Sing PG

A father's holiday spirit was crushed by an accident when he was a child. When his son faces a tragedy, a mysterious man instills in him the courage to find the joy he lost.
Elizabeth Avellan, Fionnula Flanagan, Harry Connick Jr., Kris Kristofferson, Chandler Canterbury, Lyle Lovett, Tim McCanlies, Lou Berney
Drama Family Holiday

Touchy Feely R

A massage therapist is unable to do her job when stricken with a mysterious and sudden aversion to bodily contact. Meanwhile, her uptight brother’s foundering dental practice receives new life when clients seek out his “healing touch.”
Ellen Page, Scoot McNairy, Rosemarie DeWitt, Josh Pais, Lynn Shelton
Comedy

Sightseers

Chris (Oram) wants to show Tina (Lowe) his world and he wants to do it his way – on a journey through the British Isles in his beloved Abbey Oxford Caravan. Tina’s led a sheltered life and there are things that Chris needs her to see – the Crich Tramway Museum, the Ribblehead Viaduct, the Keswick Pencil Museum and the rolling countryside that separates these wonders in his life. But it doesn’t take long for the dream to fade. Litterbugs, noisy teenagers and pre-booked caravan sites, not to mention Tina’s meddling mother, soon conspire to shatter Chris’s dreams and send him, and anyone who rubs him the wrong way, over a very jagged edge.
Steve Oram, Alice Lowe, Jonathan Aris, Ben Wheatley, Eileen Davies, Richard Glover, Monica Dolan

Some Girls

Before getting married, a successful writer decides to travel across the country to meet his five ex-girlfriends in a series of hotel rooms.
Kristen Bell, Andrew Carlberg, Neil LaBute, Jennifer Morrison, Zoe Kazan, Mia Maestro, Daisy von Scherler Mayer, Patty West
Drama Comedy

Elysium R

No plot details have been announced for this sci-fi movie.
Sharlto Copley, Diego Luna, Talisa Soto, Simon Kinberg, Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Alice Braga, Neill Blomkamp
Drama Sci-Fi

Prisoners R

A small-town man's daughter is kidnapped and responds in a vigilante fashion by imprisoning a neighbor he suspects committed the crime, while a big-city cop investigates the crimes.
Mark Wahlberg, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Aaron Guzikowski, Hugh Jackman, Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Maria Bello
Drama Thriller Suspense

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters PG

Percy Jackson journeys to The Sea of Monsters to free a captured friend and find the Golden Fleece.
Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, Yvette Nicole Brown, Chris Columbus, Jake Abel, Missi Pyle, Anthony Head, Leven Rambin
Adventure Sequel Fantasy Adaptation

The Family R

The story of the Manzonis, a notorious mafia family who gets relocated to France under the witness protection program.
Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Luc Besson, John D'Leo, Michael Caleo, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron
Action Comedy Crime Adaptation

One Direction: This is Us PG

A 3D concert movie starring One Direction.
Zayn Malik, Adam Milano, Morgan Spurlock, Simon Cowell, Ben Winston, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles
Documentary Music Concert 3D

Kick-Ass 2 R

Red Mist develops his martial arts skills, while Hit Girl is adopted by a cop.
Nicolas Cage, Clark Duke, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jeff Wadlow, Aaron Johnson, Evan Peters, John Leguizamo, Jim Carrey
Action Comedy Sequel Superhero

Lone Ranger PG-13

The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, donning a mask and riding a white stallion named Silver, teams up with Tonto to bring the unscrupulous gang and others of that ilk to justice.
Johnny Depp, Gore Verbinski, Terry Rossio, Barry Pepper, James Frain, Tom Wilkinson, Ruth Wilson, Helena Bonham Carter
Action Adventure Western Remake

Night Train to Lisbon R

Follows a Swiss professor who, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author that compels him to leave his boring life and embark on an adventure in search of the scribe.
Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Lee, Jack Huston, Jeremy Irons, Melanie Laurent, Bruno Ganz, Martina Gedeck, August Diehl
Drama Thriller Adaptation Mystery

Ghost Team One R

When roommates Brad and Sergio accidentally arouse the dead, they team up with sexy amateur ghost hunter, Fernanda, to expose the evil inside their home. But just as the guys start to get close to their hot new partner, they discover that a horny demon wants in on the action. Now, cameras are up and more than fear is rising in this outrageous romp where only one thing is certain: someone is gonna get screwed.
Ben Peyser, Tony Cavalero, Scott Rutherford, Carlos Santos, J.R. Villarreal, Meghan Falcone, James Babson
Comedy Horror

Ain't Them Bodies Saints R

A contemporary Bonnie And Clyde-esque picture.
Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, David Lowery, Nate Parker, Cassian Elwes, Toby Halbrooks, Jay Van Hoy, Rooney Mara
Drama
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Insidious: Chapter 2 PG-13

Follows a couple and their son confronting the demons that possess the young boy
Jason Blum, Leigh Whannell, James Wan, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Patrick Wilson, Barbara Hershey, Jocelin Donahue
Sequel Thriller Suspense Horror

More than Honey NR

An examination of endangered honeybees in California, Switzerland, China and Australia.
Markus Imhoof
Documentary
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CBGB R

The story centers on the real-life story of Hilly Kristal's CBGB club and its impact on the underground music scene, highlighting artists like the Talking Heads, the Ramones and Blondie.
Estelle Harris, Malin Akerman, Rupert Grint, Jody Savin, Ashley Greene, Justin Bartha, Brad Rosenberger, Randall Miller
Drama Biography Music True Story

Cassadaga R

Centers on a deaf girl who attempts to contact her late sister's spirit during a seance but instead attracts the avenging ghost of a murdered woman.
Bruce Wood, Kelen Coleman, Anthony DiBlasi, Scott Poiley, Kevin Alejandro, Louise Fletcher, Rus Blackwell, Hank Stone
Thriller Supernatural

InAPPropriate Comedy R

A raunchy over-the-top sketch comedy.
Michelle Rodriguez, Rob Schneider, Lindsay Lohan, Bobby Lee, Adrien Brody, Vince Offer, Ari Shaffir
Comedy Spoof

Sweetwater R

In the late 1800s, a fanatical religious leader, a renegade Sheriff, and a former prostitute collide in a blood triangle on the rugged plains of the New Mexico Territory.
Ed Harris, January Jones, Jason Isaacs, Chad Brummett, Eduardo Noriega, Jenny Gabrielle, Jason Aldean, Peter Wooster
Western

Sister NR

Simon (Kacey Mottet Klein) lives with his older sister (Lea Seydoux) in a housing complex below a luxury Swiss ski resort. With his sister drifting in and out of jobs and relationships, twelve-year-old Simon takes on the responsibility of providing for the two of them. Every day, he takes the lift up to the opulent ski world above, stealing equipment from rich tourists to resell to the local kids down in the valley. He is able to keep their little family afloat with his small-time hustles and his sister is thankful for the money he brings in. But, when Simon partners with a crooked British seasonal worker, he begins to lose his boundaries, affecting his relationship with his sister and plummeting him into dangerous territory.
Gillian Anderson, Léa Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein, Ursula Meier, Martin Compston
Drama

Hell Baby R

An expectant couple who moves into the most haunted fixer-upper in New Orleans -- a house with a demonic curse. Things soon spiral out of control and only the Vatican's elite exorcism team can save them -- or can they?
Rob Corddry, Leslie Bibb, Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, Michael Ian Black
Comedy Horror