DVD & Blu-rays Released February 1, 2011

Tuesday, February 1

Hurricane Season PG-13

A year after Hurricane Katrina, Al Collins, a high school basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana, assembles a team of players who had previously attended five different schools before the disaster and leads them on the path to the state championships
Taraji P. Henson, Forest Whitaker, Isaiah Washington, Robbie Jones, Bow Wow, Tim Story, Raymond Brothers, Scott Glassgold
Drama Sports
115 mins

Let Me In R

A 12-year-old boy, who is bullied in school, befriends a young female neighbor who moves to town and turns out to be a vampire.
Cara Buono, Chloë Grace Moretz, Tobin Armbrust, Matt Reeves, Richard Jenkins, Nigel Sinclair, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Sasha Barrese
Suspense Horror Remake
104 mins

Never Let Me Go R

As a child, Kathy–now thirty-one years old–lived at Hailsham, a private school in the scenic English countryside where the children were sheltered from the outside world, brought up to believe that they were special and that their well-being was crucial not only for themselves but for the society they would eventually enter. Kathy had long ago put this idyllic past behind her, but when two of her Hailsham friends come back into her life, she stops resisting the pull of memory. And so, as her friendship with Ruth is rekindled, and as the feelings that long ago fueled her adolescent crush on Tommy begin to deepen into love, Kathy recalls their years at Hailsham. She describes happy scenes of boys and girls growing up together, unperturbed–even comforted–by their isolation. But she describes other scenes as well: of discord and misunderstanding that hint at a dark secret behind Hailsham’s nurturing facade. With the dawning clarity of hindsight, the three friends are compelled to face the truth about their childhood–and about their lives now.
Andrew Garfield, Sally Hawkins, Mark Romanek, Carey Mulligan, Charlotte Rampling, Kazuo Ishiguro, Tessa Ross, Andrew Macdonald
Drama Adaptation
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 G

A direct-to-DVD sequel to the 2008 hit "Beverly Hills Chihuahua".
Ernie Hudson, George Lopez, Alex Zamm, Dannah Feinglass, Erin Cahill, John Jacobs, David Hoberman, Todd LIeberman
Comedy Sequel Direct-to-Video
86 mins

Chain Letter R

A serial killer targets teens that refuse to forward chain letters.
Michael J. Pagan, Brad Dourif, Deon Taylor, Diana Erwin, Nikki Reed, Keith David, Ling Bai, Betsy Russell
Thriller Horror
107 mins

Skin PG-13

Sandra Laing is a black child born in the 1950s to white Afrikaners, unaware of their black ancestry. Her parents are rural shopkeepers serving the local black community, who lovingly bring her up as their ‘white’ little girl. But at the age of ten, Sandra is driven out of white society. The film follows Sandra’s thirty-year journey from rejection to acceptance, betrayal to reconciliation, as she struggles to define her place in a changing world - and triumphs against all odds.
Sophie Okonedo, Alice Krige, Anthony Fabian, Helen Crawley, Sam Neill
Drama
94 mins

The Tillman Story R

A documentary about the coverup of the friendly-fire death of Pat Tilman, the NFL player who joined the Army Ranger after the 9/11 attacks.
John Battsek, Amir Bar-Lev
Documentary

Mean Girls 2 PG-13

Story revolves around a new high school student, Jo, who agrees to befriend an outcast, Abby, at the urging of Abby’s wealthy father in exchange for paying all of Jo’s costs for the college of her dreams. Jo and Abby team up to take on the school’s "mean girls," the Plastics.
Tim Meadows, Elana Lesser, Melanie Mayron, Cliff Ruby, Meaghan Martin, Maiara Walsh
Comedy Sequel Teen Direct-to-Video
108 mins

Conviction R

About a single mother who worked her way through law school in order to free her brother, who was wrongfully convicted of murder. Hilary Swank will play the title role in the true story of a high school dropout who would not give up her belief that her brother, Kenneth, had been framed. In between raising kids and waiting tables, she worked her way through college and law school so she could represent her brother after he’d used up his attempts to appeal his conviction through public defenders.
Richard LaGravenese, Melissa Leo, Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Juliette Lewis, Minnie Driver, Tony Goldwyn, Andrew Karsch
Drama Biography
89 mins

Hatchet II R

After Marybeth escapes from the clutches of Victor Crowley, she learns the truth about his curse, and heads back into the haunted New Orleans swamp to seek revenge for her family.
Tony Todd, Kane Hodder, Adam Green, Will Barratt, Danielle Harris, R. A. Mihailoff
Sequel Suspense Horror
95 mins

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop R

Wang is a gloomy and cunning noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. Feeling neglected, Wang's wife secretly goes out with Li, one of Wang's employees.
Yimou Zhang
Drama
92 mins

Monsters R

A US journalist agrees to escourt an American tourist through Mexico, which has been designated an "infected zone" after a NASA probe carrying an alien life sample crashed in the country.
Gareth Edwards, Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able
Drama Thriller Horror Sci-Fi
90 mins

Night Catches Us R

The film takes place in 1978 and focuses on the broken love affair between two former Black Panther members (Mos Def and Okonedo) and is told through the eyes of an adolescent girl.
Sean Costello, Anthony Mackie, Jen Roskind, Samara Koffler, Tanya Hamilton, Kerry Washington, Novella Nelson
Drama Romance
110 mins

Welcome to the Rileys R

A troubled young woman unites a grieving couple who have drifted apart after the death of their daughter.
Ridley Scott, Melissa Leo, Michael Costigan, Kristen Stewart, Steven Zaillian, Jake Scott, Tony Scott, Stephen Margolis
Drama
96 mins

Bonded by Blood NR

In December 1995, three of the most notorious gangsters of the mid-90s were were found gunned down in a Range Rover in a deserted lane in Essex. Two men were eventually convicted of murdering these infamously violent drug dealers, who were feared throughout the county for their violence and crime. Divided by greed and bonded by the blood of their victims, the Essex Boys' rise to the top of the criminal underworld was just as dramatic as their final fall. The men convicted for the Range Rover murders proclaimed their innocence.
Sacha Bennett, Dave Legeno, Tamer Hassan, Vincent Regan, Lucy Brown, Adam Deacon
Crime Gangster
95 mins

Pokemon: Arceus and The Jewel of Life NR

This final installment in a three movie story arc reveals that the Legendary Arceus is at the center of the recent disruptions in the Pokémon World.
Kunihiko Yuyama, Ikue Ootani, Hideki Sonoda, Emily Bauer, Michele Knotz, Sarah Natochenny, Bill Rogers
Adventure Animation

Tuesday, February 1