DVDs Released October 19, 2010

< Oct. 15

Tuesday, October 19

Oct. 26 >

Oceans

Pierce Brosnan

Beneath the surface of the sea, on the other side of the mirror, life's primitive harmony reaches down to unsullied depths. The film sets out to meet the creatures of the... more sea: those that are known and the many that still have to be discovered. It is a venture into the fullness of the sea to show how prodigiously it teems with life, and into the deepest ocean beds to meet living fossils that belong to world prehistory. Follows the whiplash turns of a shark, the speedy swimming of a swordfish and the gliding manta ray. Explores the dens of giant cod, spiny monkfish, orange roughy and the giant squid in their natural habitats.

• Profile
• Play Trailer
• Buy or Rent
• 84 mins.

Predators

Danny Trejo Walton Goggins Adrien Brody Alice Braga

The film stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they've been brought together on an alien planet... ... moreas prey. With the exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers – mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members – human "predators" that are now being systemically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators.

• Profile
• Play Trailer
• Buy or Rent
• 107 mins.

Agora

Rachel Weisz Max Minghella Oscar Isaac Rupert Evans

A slave in Roman Egypt turns to the rising tide of Christianity while also falling in love with the famous teacher, mathematician and philosopher Hypatia.

• Profile
• Play Trailer
• Buy or Rent
• 126 mins.

Please Give

Catherine Keener Amanda Peet Oliver Platt Rebecca Hall

Kate (Catherine Keener) and Alex (Oliver Platt) and their teenage daughter Abby purchase the apartment next door in order to expand their two bedroom Manhattan apartment.... more Their only problem is the old cranky lady, Andra, living in it, and that they've got to wait for her to die. Andra is cared for by her sweet granddaughter Rebecca (Rebecca Hall) who has no life, and is blatantly rejected by her other highly cynical granddaughter, Mary (Amanda Peet). Simply waiting for Andra to die becomes complicated when the two families' lives intersect, resulting in a dramatic comedy about love, death, and liberal guilt from Nicole Holofcener ("Friends with Money," "Lovely & Amazing").

• Profile
• Play Trailer
• Buy or Rent

Giallo

Adrien Brody Emmanuelle Seigner Elsa Pataky

The story follows a flight attendant who teams with an investigator to look for her missing sister.

• Profile
• Play Trailer
• Buy or Rent

Night of the Demons

Shannon Elizabeth Diora Baird Monica Keena Edward Furlo

Maddie Curtis and her friends Lilly and Suzanne are ready for a great Halloween night. They're going to a party thrown by their friend Angela at the notorious Broussard M... moreansion in New Orleans. Over eighty years ago, six people disappeared from the mansion without a trace – and the owner, Evangeline Broussard, hung herself.

The dark history only serves to enhance the Broussard Mansion's appeal on Halloween. At the decadent, out-of-control party, Maddie and Lily run into their exes, Colin and Dex, while Suzanne parties it up. Good times end, however, when the police bust up the party. After the rest of the guests leave, Angela, Maddie, Lily, Dex, Colin, Suzanne and their friend Jason discover a horrible secret. Their cell phones don't work. The mansion gates are now mysteriously locked. Soon it becomes clear that supernatural forces are at work at the Broussard Mansion, and that there may be more to the tale of Evangeline Broussard than anyone knew.

It turns out that the Broussard Mansion is home to demons that need to possess seven vessels to break free of an ancient curse. One by one the guests fall victim, transforming into hideous creatures. Only Maddie, Colin and Jason remain – but can they make it through the night and keep evil forces from spreading into the world?

• Profile
• Play Trailer
• Buy or Rent

The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos

Film will take viewers to the isolated shores of Lake Natron in northern Tanzania for a birds-eye view of the mysterious lives of flamingos.

• Profile
• Play Trailer
• Buy or Rent

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

Tim Allen Elisha Cuthbert Jenna Elfman Paz Vega

A quirky comedy about a girl whose father dies and has to wrangle the six wives, they all want him buried a certain way and she just goes through the ringer.

• Profile
• Play Trailer
• Buy or Rent