Best DVD & Blu-rays Released April 2014
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The Legend of Hercules
The story centers on the mythological Greek god Hercules.
Scott Adkins, Kellan Lutz, Renny Harlin, Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Sean Hood
47 Ronin
Based on the group of swordsmen and their master who are revered in Japan for their revenge attack on Dec. 14, 1702.
Yorick van Wageningen, Keanu Reeves, Carl Erik Rinsch, Chris Morgan, Ken Watanabe, Togo Igawa, Scott Stuber, Walter Hamada
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
The continuing adventures of San Diego news anchor Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) and his reporting team, including Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), Steve Carell (Brick Tamland) and Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd).
Harrison Ford, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Luke Wilson, Paul Rudd, Christina Applegate, Kristen Wiig, Greg Kinnear
At Middleton
Vera Farmiga and Andy Garcia play strangers who meet while escorting their teen children to campus-tour day at a mythical college named Middleton. They clash immediately, ditch the tour and through a series of escapades find themselves sliding helplessly into love and something far more than they ever imagined.
Adam Rodgers, Andy Garcia, Nicholas Braun, Glenn German, Vera Farmiga, Taissa Farmiga, Spencer Lofranco, Tom Skerritt
Knights of Badassdom
Follows the exploits of a group of LARPers (Live Action Role Players) who accidentally release a big badass demon.
Ryan Kwanten, Mark Burton, Steve Zahn, Joe Lynch, Kevin Dreyfuss, Matt Wall, Peter Dinklage, Danny Pudi
The Unknown Known
Drawing from extensive hours of filmed interviews and never-before-seen material from Donald Rumsfeld’s private archive, Errol Morris examines Rumsfeld’s extraordinary role in American history from the Watergate era to the Global War on Terror.
Errol Morris
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The story centers on Hobbit Bilbo Baggins and the scary adventure he makes with 13 dwarves.
James Nesbitt, Guillermo del Toro, Mark Hadlow, Jeffrey Thomas, Peter Jackson, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Graham McTavish
Grudge Match
Revolves around retired boxers Billy "The Kid" McGuigan and Henry "Razor" Sharp, lifelong bitter rivals who are coaxed out of retirement and into the ring for one final grudge match -- 50 years after their last title fight.
Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Billy Gerber, Kevin Hart, Peter Segal, Mark Steven Johnson, Tim Kelleher, Doug Ellin
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Described by sources as a “cousin” to the Paranormal Activity movies. The film will be Latino-themed. It will star a Latino cast and will tackle Catholic-based paranormal mythology.
Jason Blum, Christopher B. Landon, Oren Peli, Richard Cabral, Carlos Pratts, Eddie J. Fernandez, Jorge Diaz, David Fernandez Jr.
Back in the Day
Sometimes in order to move forward, you have to go back. And in this raunchy comedy, Jim Owens does just that when he heads home for his high school reunion. In an attempt to relive the glory days with his boys and explore an old romance, he nearly destroys his hometown and friendships.
Harland Williams, Michael Rosenbaum, Nick Swardson, Morena Baccarin, Sarah Colonna
Bastards
Vincent Lindon plays a captain on a container-ship called back to Paris by his desperate sister, portrayed by Chiara Mastroianni, to exact revenge on a powerful businessman who she blames for her husband’s suicide and the failure of the family business.
Claire Denis, Vincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni, Michel Subor
Snake and Mongoose
Southern California drag racers Don "The Snake" Prudhomme and Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen combine with corporate giants to change the face of sports and ultimately become the most famous rivalry in racing history.
Ashley Hinshaw, John Heard, Tim Blake Nelson, Jesse Williams, Richard Blake, Ian Ziering, Wayne Holloway, Stephen Nemeth
August: Osage County
The sprawling family epic, which follows one volatile Oklahoma family in the aftermath of its patriarch's unexplained disappearance.
Dermot Mulroney, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Sam Shepard, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin, John Wells, Steve Traxler
Justin Bieber's Believe
Believe features brand new interviews with Justin Bieber and appearances from manager Scooter Braun, Usher Raymond, Rodney Jerkins, Ludacris, Mike Posner and many more.
Jon M. Chu, Scooter Braun, Justin Bieber
Best Night Ever
Bride-to-be Claire, her sister Leslie, fun-loving Zoe, and quirky new friend Janet set off to Las Vegas for a one-night bachelorette party that turns out to be more than they bargained for. A series of unexpected adventures including, getting kicked out of a strip club, being mugged and getting pummeled by the Las Vegas’ reigning gelatin-wrestling champion, Veronica, rip them from the glitz and glamour of the Las Vegas strip and places them smack dab in Vegas’ seedy underbelly. Determined to keep their bachelorette party dreams alive, the girls band together and embark on the wildest night in bachelorette party history. Fueled by sex and booze, this raunchy, riotously hilarious, out-of-control, blow-out is, for better or worse, all caught on tape. And is destined to go down as the Best Night Ever.
Aaron Seltzer, Jason Friedberg, Desiree Hall, Samantha Colburn, Eddie Ritchard, Crista Flanagan
Black Coffee
Robert (Henson) picked the wrong time to meet his soul mate! After being fired from his own father’s company, he feels like his luck has run out – until Morgan (Dennis) enters into his life. Just as things start to heat up between them, trouble brews as Morgan’s ex-husband (Rucker) vows to get her back and Robert’s gold-digging ex-girlfriend (Hubbard) returns with an agenda of her own. With the help of his cousin (Keyes), Robert’s about to find out how much good can come out of a bad situation in this charming romantic comedy that’s good to the last drop.
Lamman Rucker, Erica Hubbard, Darrin DeWitt Henson, Gabrielle Dennis
Nurse 3D
Two sexy-but-disturbed nurses tend to the sick by day, but uses their charms to seduce and murder philandering men at night.
Doug Aarniokoski, Katrina Bowden, Paz DeLa Huerta, Corbin Bleu, Judd Nelson, Boris Kodjoe, Niecy Nash, Adam Herschman
Cavemen
Follows LA playboy Dean (Skylar Astin) who is fed up with one-night-stands and empty relationships and realizes that he wants something more out of life than just a party. With a little inspiration from his nine-year-old nephew and his best friend Tess (Camilla Belle), Dean decides to try his hand at finding true love for the first time - which proves to be much more difficult than he thought in modern-day Los Angeles.
Camilla Belle, Dayo Okeniyi, Herschel Faber, Skylar Astin, Chad Michael Murray, Alexis Knapp, Chasty Ballesteros, Jason Patric
Murph: The Protector
Murph: The Protector is a feature-length documentary based on LT Michael Murphy's life of honor, courage and commitment, as told by his friends, family and teammates. Michael was raised in Patchogue, New York, attended Penn State University and then joined the U.S. Navy to serve in the SEAL Teams. Well-known for his selflessness, Michael gave his life for his men in 2005 and was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2007. His legacy now lives on in this moving portrait of a real American hero.
Scott Mactavish
Holy Ghost People
A Southern Gothic thriller about a teenager searching for her lost sister in the Appalachian Mountains, where she encounters a snake-handling religious cult and eventually learns the truth about her sister's fate.
Mitchell Altieri, Emma Greenwell, Joe Egender, Brendan McCarthy, Cameron Richardson, Don Harvey, Roger Aaron Brown
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
A very shy man lives all sorts of adventures via his daydreams.
Adam Scott, Shirley MacLaine, Kristen Wiig, Kathryn Hahn, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Sean Penn, John Goldwyn, Jay Kogen
Devil's Due
A found footage-inspired film. The plot is being kept secret but is described as female-driven, with horror elements.
Lindsay Devlin, Radio Silence, Zach Gilford, Allison Miller, Colin Walker, Catherine Kresge, Aimee Carrero, Madison Wolfe
The Nut Job
Surly and his rat friend Buddy, two street-wise rodents, have the solitude of their city park home upended.
Liam Neeson, Brendan Fraser, Peter Lepeniotis, Jeff Dunham, Hong Kim, Ria Westaway, Thom Chapman, Lorne Cameron
Ride Along
A tough cop tries to halt a budding romance between his sister and a fellow schoolteacher.
Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Chris Bender, Will Packer, JC Spink, Roger Kumble, Bob Fisher, Kevin Hart
Black Nativity
The popular Langston Hughes' gospel retelling of the birth of Jesus.
Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Kasi Lemmons, Celine Rattray, Galt Niederhoffer, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Bill Horberg, Angela Bassett
Better Living Through Chemistry
Story centers on a meek small-town pharmacist, stuck in a loveless marriage, who rediscovers himself through an affair with a trophy wife who introduces him to the wonderful world of prescription drugs, and the idea of murdering her husband.
Ben Schwartz, Sam Rockwell, Felipe Marino, Michelle Monaghan, Joe Neurauter, Keith Calder, Olivia Wilde, Ray Liotta
Copperhead
Copperhead is the story of Abner Beech, a stubborn and righteous farmer of Upstate New York, who defies his neighbors and his government in the bloody and contentious autumn of 1862.Far from the Virginia battlefields whose names etch our history, the war of Copperhead visits the devastation and unimaginable loss of a civil war upon a family and a community whose strength and very existence are tested by fire, rope, knife, and betrayal. This is the Civil War come home.With Copperhead, director Ron Maxwell, who with Gettysburg and Gods and Generals established himself as our foremost cinematic interpreter of the American Civil War, takes on the War from a stunning and unexpected and richly, unforgettably humanist angle.
Angus MacFadyen, Lucy Boynton, Brian Downey, Hugh Thompson, Ronald Maxwell, Billy Campbell, Peter Fonda, Francois Arnaud
Great Expectations
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Jeremy Irvine, Sally Hawkins, Mike Newell, David Nicholls, Jason Flemyng, Robbie Coltrane
Date and Switch
Two best friends vow to lose their virginity before graduating high school. Then, one confesses he's gay.
Dakota Johnson, Chris Nelson, Gary Cole, Nicholas Braun, Jai Stefan, Laurence Mark, David Blackman, Alan Yang
Trap for Cinderella
"Trap for Cinderella" is the story of a suspicious fire that traps two young women. One dies; the survivor is burned beyond recognition and left with amnesia. Plastic surgery gives her a new face, but suspicions arise that she may not have been a victim.
Frances de la Tour, Robert Jones, Aneurin Barnard, Dixie Linder, Iain Softley, Chris Gerolmo, Tuppence Middleton, Alexandra Roach
Wrong Cops
A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.
Eric Wareheim, Quentin Dupieux, Mark Burnham, Eric Judor, Steve Little, Marilyn Manson, Grace Zabriskie, Arden Myrin
The Invisible Woman
Nelly (Felicity Jones), a happily-married mother and schoolteacher, is haunted by her past. Her memories, provoked by remorse and guilt, take us back in time to follow the story of her relationship with Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes) with whom she discovered an exciting but fragile complicity.
Felicity Jones, Ralph Fiennes, Tom Hollander, Michelle Fairley, John Kavanagh, Abi Morgan, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Burke
Barefoot
The "black sheep" son (Scott Speedman) of a wealthy family meets a free-spirited, but sheltered woman (Evan Rachel Wood). To convince his family that he's finally straightened out his life, he takes her home for his brother's wedding where an improbable romance blooms, as she impresses everyone with her genuine, simple charms.
J.K. Simmons, Kate Burton, Andrew Fleming, Stephen Zotnowski, Evan Rachel Wood, Scott Speedman, Treat Williams
Big Bad Wolves
A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.
Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado
Bettie Page Reveals All
Mark Mori’s Bettie Page Reveals All is an intimate look at one of the world’s most recognized sex symbols, featuring Bettie Page herself telling her story for the first time in her own words. In Mori’s documentary, the real Bettie Page emerges from the veil of myth and rumor via interviews Mori taped a decade prior to her death in 2008.
Mark Mori
The Legend of Hercules
The story centers on the mythological Greek god Hercules.
Scott Adkins, Kellan Lutz, Renny Harlin, Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Sean Hood
Devil's Due
A found footage-inspired film. The plot is being kept secret but is described as female-driven, with horror elements.
Lindsay Devlin, Radio Silence, Zach Gilford, Allison Miller, Colin Walker, Catherine Kresge, Aimee Carrero, Madison Wolfe
Labor Day
Tells the story of a long Labor Day weekend through the eyes of a then 13-year-old boy who along with his reclusive depressed divorced mother are willingly taken “hostage” by an escaped convict in their own home.
Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, James Van Der Beek, Clark Gregg, Tobey Maguire, Jason Reitman, Helen Estabrook, Lianne Halfon
Gimme Shelter
A pregnant, homeless teen flees her abusive mother and seeks out her biological father. He first takes her in but then throws her out when she refuses to abort her child.
Vanessa Hudgens, Rosario Dawson, Brendan Fraser, Emily Meade, Dama Claire, Dascha Polanco, Ron Krauss, Jeff Rice
The Best Offer
Geoffrey Rush, Giuseppe Tornatore, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland, Philip Jackson, Dermot Crowley
Escape From Tomorrow
An epic battle begins when a middle-aged American husband and father of two learns that he has lost his job. Keeping the news from his nagging wife and wound-up children, he packs up the family and embarks on a full day of park hopping amid enchanted castles and fairytale princesses. Soon, the manufactured mirth of the fantasy land around him begins to haunt his subconscious. An idyllic family vacation quickly unravels into a surrealist nightmare of paranoid visions, bizarre encounters, and an obsessive pursuit of a pair of sexy teenage Parisians.
Randy Moore
The Selfish Giant
The film tells the story of two schoolmates in a struggling working-class community in Bradford, England: the scrappy, hyperactive Arbor (Conner Chapman) and the reserved, more mature Swifty (Shaun Thomas). To pick up some extra cash, Arbor and Swifty begin collecting scrap metal for Kitten (Sean Gilder), a shady local dealer with a penchant for racing horses. Arbor is eager to please, desiring the wealth that appears to come with Kitten's lifestyle. But it soon becomes evident that Swifty is the favored one, because of his talent with horses. As jealousy sets in, the fragile bond that holds Arbor to his closest mate begins to crumble away.
Clio Barnard, Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder, Lorraine Ashbourne, Ian Burfield