Best DVD & Blu-rays Released July 2014
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Like Father, Like Son
A dramedy that examines two families who discover that their six-year-old sons were switched at birth
Kore-eda Hirokazu
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
Heaven Is For Real
During emergency surgery, a young boy slips from consciousness and almost dies. Afterwards he claims that he visited heaven. His family and the members of his small town do not believe him until his stories identify people who have passed away.
Kelly Reilly, Greg Kinnear, Joe Roth, Randall Wallace, T.D. Jakes, Christopher Parker, Connor Corum, Margo Martindale
Bad Words
The bitter child of the organizer of the national spelling bee gets his revenge by finding a loophole and attempting to win the bee as an adult. Along the way, he befriends a female reporter and a young Indian contestant who he exposes to the wilder side of life.
Jason Bateman, Ted Hamm, Andrew Dodge, Allison Janney, Judith Hoag, Mason Novick, Sean McKittrick, Jeff Culotta
10 Rules for Sleeping Around
A screw ball sex comedy following two couples and their ten rules to a happy healthy and open relationship.
Michael McKean, Leslie Greif, Jesse Bradford, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Tammin Sursok, Bryan Callen, Reid Ewing, Virginia Williams
Don Peyote
A midlife crisis over his upcoming wedding sends 32-year-old unemployed stoner Warren Allman on the drug trip of a lifetime in this off-the-wall comedy starring Dan Fogler, Josh Duhamel, Jay Baruchel and a host of celebrity cameos. Fueled by vivid apocalyptic dreams, Warren becomes obsessed with Doomsday theories and decides to make a documentary on the subject while his fiancé is busy planning their wedding.
Josh Duhamel, Jay Baruchel, Dan Fogler, Michael Canzoniero, Wallace Shawn
Le Week-End
Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan play a long-married middle-class British couple who attempt to reinvigorate their marriage by visiting Paris for the first time since their honeymoon. While there, they run into an old friend (Jeff Goldblum) who acts as a catalyst for them to recapture their youthful fearlessness, lack of responsibility and idealism.
Jeff Goldblum, Roger Michell, Jim Broadbent, Hanif Kureishi, Lindsay Duncan, Olly Alexander, Judith Davis
The Raid 2
Picking up right where the first film ends, The Raid 2 follows Rama (Uwais) as he goes undercover and infiltrates the ranks of a ruthless Jakarta crime syndicate in order to protect his family and uncover the corruption in his own police force.
Iko Uwais, Gareth Evans, Yayan Ruhian, Donny Alamsyah, Tio Pakusodewo
Kid Cannabis
A young Idaho teens builds a multimillion-dollar marijuana ring.
Kellan Lutz, John Stockwell, Ron Perlman, Nicole Rocklin, Mia Chang, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Kenny Wormald, Aaron Yoo
Stage Fright
Follows a starry-eyed teenager Camilla Swanson who aspires to follow in the footsteps of her Broadway diva mother. Instead she's stuck working in the kitchen of a snobby performing arts camp. Determined to change her destiny, she sneaks in to audition for the summer showcase and lands a lead role in the play, but just as rehearsals begin, blood starts to spill, and Camilla soon finds herself terrified by the horror of musical theater.
Meat Loaf, Douglas Smith, Jerome Sable, Minnie Driver, Allie MacDonald, Kent Nolan, Brandon Uranowitz, Melanie Leishman
The Other Woman
Described as a younger version of The First Wives Club.
Don Johnson, Leslie Mann, Nick Cassavetes, Taylor Kinney, Julie Yorn, Melissa Stack, Cameron Diaz, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
The Face of Love
Five years after losing her husband, a woman (Annette Bening) falls in love with a handsome art teacher (Ed Harris) who happens to look exactly like her deceased spouse.
Ed Harris, Arie Posin, Matthew McDuffie, Annette Bening, Robin Williams, Amy Brenneman, Jess Weixler
Under the Skin
Storyline revolves around an alien disguised as a mesmerizing woman who snares human prey on remote highways and other desolate spots with her voracious sexuality. Over time, she begins to change her thinking about humans and finds herself on a collision course with her own kind.
Scarlett Johansson, Nick Wechsler, Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson, Walter Campbell, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Paul Brannigan, Joe Szula
Open Grave
A man awakens in a pit full of dead bodies with no memory of who he is or how he got there. Rescued by a group of fellow amnesiacs, he must determine who among them may be the killer.
Sharlto Copley, Eddie Borey, Darlene Caamano Loquet, Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego, Jon Shestack, Jeremy Stein, Chris Borey, Joseph Morgan
Road to Paloma
Follows Wolf, a Native American on the run after avenging his mother’s murder. As he flees across the desolate American West on his motorcycle, he’ll discover that justice has a cost – Wolf’s search for redemption will reveal secrets and take him on a journey where the roads have some very unexpected turns.
Jason Momoa
A Night in Old Mexico
"A Night in Old Mexico" is a western set in the present day. Robert Duvall stars as a rancher about to see the bank foreclose on his property. Intent on having one last night of fun, he gets in a car with his son and grandson and drives to a Mexican brothel.
Jeremy Irvine, Emilo Aragon, Bill Wittliff, Robert Duvall, Angie Cepeda, Luis Tosar, Jim Parrack
Heaven Is For Real
During emergency surgery, a young boy slips from consciousness and almost dies. Afterwards he claims that he visited heaven. His family and the members of his small town do not believe him until his stories identify people who have passed away.
Kelly Reilly, Greg Kinnear, Joe Roth, Randall Wallace, T.D. Jakes, Christopher Parker, Connor Corum, Margo Martindale
Tyler Perry's Single Moms Club
After an incident at their children’s school, several moms bond and form a support group.
Amy Smart, Tyler Perry, Terry Crews, Eddie Cibrian, Ozzie Areu, Matt Moore, Wendi McLendon-Covey, William Levy
Cesar Chavez
Starting in the 1950s, civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez works as a community organizer and fights for improved working conditions for California farm workers. The Mexican-American co-founds the National Farm Workers Assn., which later becomes the United Farm Workers union, and campaigns to prevent illegal immigration from undermining unionization efforts. Chavez dies in 1993.
Rosario Dawson, Gael García Bernal, Michael Peña, Diego Luna, America Ferrera, Keir Pearson, Jacob Vargas, Gabriel Mann
Dom Hemingway
Jude Law plays Dom Hemingway, a larger-than-life safecracker with a loose fuse. After 12 years in prison, he sets off with his partner in crime Dickie (Grant) looking to collect what he’s owed for keeping his mouth shut and protecting his boss Mr. Fontaine (Bechir). After a near-death experience, Dom tries to re-connect with his estranged daughter (Clarke), but is soon drawn back into the only world he knows, looking to settle the ultimate debt.
Jude Law, Richard E. Grant, Richard Shepard, Demian Bichir, Emilia Clarke, Kerry Condon
Blue Ruin
Follows a man who receives upsetting news and returns to his childhood home to seek revenge. He soon finds himself in a fight to protect his estranged family.
Richard Peete, Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Brent Werzner, Jeremy Saulnier, Anish Savjani, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack
Make Your Move
The music is pumping, the dance floor is moving and Donny (Derek Hough) stops when he sees Aya (BoA) performing with her hip-hop Cobu crew on stage at Static, the hottest underground club in New York. They come from two different worlds, but they speak the same language -- dance. Against all odds, they come together and show the world what they've got.
Duane Adler, Miki Ishikawa, Derek Hough, Boa Kwon, Will Yun Lee, Wesley Jonathan, Izabella Miko, Jefferson Brown
All Cheerleaders Die
When tragedy rocks Blackfoot High, rebellious outsider Mäddy Killian shocks the student body by joining the cheerleading squad. This decision drives a rift between Mäddy and her ex-girlfriend Leena Miller — a loner who claims to practice the dark arts. After a confrontation with the football team, Mäddy and her new cheerleader friends are sent on a supernatural roller coaster ride which leaves a path of destruction none of them may be able to escape.
Lucky McKee, Chris Sivertson, Caitlin Stasey, Sianoa Smit-McPhee, Brooke Butler, Amanda Grace Cooper, Chris Petrovski
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
A dark comedy about what happens to a man who's told that he has a very aggressive cancer and has only 92 minutes to live.
Bob Cooper, Daniel Walker, Mila Kunis, Phil Alden Robinson, Daniel Taplitz, Robin Williams, Peter Dinklage, James Earl Jones
Made in America
Per director Ron Howard: "This will not be a concert film; it's a reflection of the fabric of what it means to be Made in America - what the festival represents, why Jay Z is doing it and how he relates to each artist".
Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Steve Stoute, Rita Ora, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Jill Scott, Eddie Vedder
The Other Woman
Described as a younger version of The First Wives Club.
Don Johnson, Leslie Mann, Nick Cassavetes, Taylor Kinney, Julie Yorn, Melissa Stack, Cameron Diaz, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Cuban Fury
Beneath Bruce Garrett's shabby, overweight exterior, the passionate beating heart of a salsa king lays dormant. Only one woman can reignite his Latin fire. Spotlight hits, sweat drips, heels click - Nick Frost IS Cuban Fury!
Nick Frost, Rory Stewart Kinnear, James Griffiths, Jon Brown, Rashida Jones, Ian McShane, Chris O'Dowd, Wendi McLendon-Covey
Shirin In Love
Nazanin Boniadi plays Shirin, an absent-minded, young Iranian-American living in "Tehrangeles" (the large Iranian community in Los Angeles) with her overbearing mother and empathetic father. Despite being engaged for years to a successful Iranian plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, Shirin finds herself breaking loyalty and tradition when she falls in love with a mysterious young man who lives in a lighthouse in northern California. As her secret unravels and cultures clash, Shirin discovers what it ultimately means to be true to herself.
Ramin Niami
Bad Johnson
Bad Johnson stars Cam Gigandet as Rich, a suave Chicago ladies’ man who refuses to take personal responsibility for his inability to maintain a lasting relationship. After his constant infidelities alienate yet another girlfriend (Jamie Chung), he wishes he could say goodbye to his ‘little friend.’ The next morning he awakes in horror to find that his wish has been granted and his penis has taken human form: A disgusting, selfish, oversexed jerk played by comedian Nick Thune. Pitted against his alter ego, Rich must figure out how to rein in his penis, both literally and figuratively, in order to finally learn what separates the men from their boys.
Huck Botko, Cam Gigandet, Jamie Chung, Nick Thune
The Den
After receiving a grant for her graduate thesis, Elizabeth Benton (Melanie Papalia) logs onto a video-chat site known as THE DEN, on a mission to explore the habits of its users. During one of her random video-chats, Elizabeth watches in horror as a teenage girl is gruesomely murdered in front of her webcam.
While the police dismiss it as a viral prank, Elizabeth believes what she saw is real and takes it upon herself to find the truth. Her life quickly spirals out of control as she gets pulled deeper into the darkest recesses of the internet. And eventually, Elizabeth finds herself trapped in a twisted game in which she and her loved ones are targeted for the same grisly fate as the first victim.
Zachary Donohue, Melanie Papalia
Finding Vivian Maier
Finding Vivian Maier unearths the mysteries behind Vivian Maier, who was a nanny in the wealthy North Shore suburbs of Chicago. Maier’s secret world is unraveled slowly through her photo collections and interviews with those who knew her, from the parents who hired her and the children she cared for to store owners, movie theater operators, and neighbors.
Charlie Siskel, John Maloof, Jeff Garlin
The Protector 2
Once again Kham's (Tony Jaa) pet elephant (Korn) is stolen and he must fight to find him.
Prachya Pinkaew, Tony Jaa, Marrese Crump, Petchtai Wongkamlao, JeeJa Yanin
The French Minister
A comedy about French politics directed by master filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier (The Princess of Montpensier).
Bertrand Tavernier, Thierry Lhermitte