DVD & Blu-rays Released April 24, 2012

Tuesday, April 24

Albatross

The story of Emelia Conan-Doyle (Jessica Brown Findlay), a cheeky force of nature and the 17 year old heir to the legacy of Arthur Conan Doyle. Harboring an ambition to follow in the literary footsteps of her grandfather, Emelia writes while working at a stuffy seaside hotel populated by another blocked novelist Jonathan (Sebastian Koch), his put-upon wife (Julia Ormond) and their daughter Beth (Felicity Jones). Befriending Beth, Emelia begins to inch her way into their family life before casually seducing the sexually-frustrated Jonathan, forcing all involved to confront some uncomfortable truths about their situation.
Felicity Jones, Jessica Brown Findlay, Sebastian Koch, Julia Ormond
Comedy Romance
110 mins

Contraband R

The plot centers on a security guard and former alcohol smuggler on the Iceland-Netherlands route who is tempted back into illicit business by a dubious friend after encountering financial problems.
Mark Wahlberg, J.K. Simmons, Aaron Guzikowski, Baltasar Kormakur, Ben Foster, Diego Luna, Giovanni Ribisi, Caleb Landry Jones
Action Thriller Suspense Crime Remake

The Wicker Tree R

Follows two evangelists from Texas who visit Scotland to spread the gospel. They encounter a local man practicing ancient magic with sinister motives.
Christopher Lee, Robin Hardy, Peter Snell, Graham McTavish, Peter Watson-Wood, Brittania Nicol, Henry Garrett
Sequel Horror
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94 mins

Dark Tide PG-13

A female diving instructor returns to the deep after a near-fatal incident with a Great White shark.
Marty Bowen, Halle Berry, Wyck Godfrey, Clark Johnson, Martin Shore, Christopher Tuffin, Celine Rattray, Amy Sorlie
Action Thriller

Some Days Are Better than Others

A film that asks why the good times slip by so fast while the difficult times seem so sticky. It explores ideas of abundance, emptiness, human connection and abandonment while observing an interweaving web of awkward characters who maintain hope by inventing their own forms of communication and self-fulfillment.
Matt McCormick
Drama
97 mins

Return

A young woman struggles to readjust to her family and small town after returning from war.
Michael Shannon, Linda Cardellini, Liza Johnson, Noah Harlan, Tim Blake Nelson, John Slattery, Paul Sparks, Talia Balsam
Drama

Let the Bullets Fly

In 1920s China, a notorious bandit chief Zhang descends upon a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor.
Jiang Wen
Action Comedy Western

11-11-11 PG-13

On 11:11 on the 11th day of the 11th month, the 11th gate of Heaven will open up and something from another world will enter the earthly realm for 49 minutes.
Wayne Rice, Michael Landes, Darren Lynn Bousman, Richard Heller, Timothy Gibbs, Denis Rafter, Wendy Glenn, Brendan Price
Thriller Suspense Horror
95 mins

Crime After Crime

Documentary on the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, a woman imprisoned for over a quarter century due to her connection to the murder of the man who abused her. She finds her only hope for freedom when two rookie attorneys with no background in criminal law step forward to take her case.
Yoav Potash
Crime Documentary
102 mins

Young Goethe in Love

Germany 1772 – the young and tumultuous Johann Goethe (Alexander Fehling) aspires to be a poet; but after failing his law exams, he is sent by his father (Henry Huebchen) to a sleepy provincial court to mend his ways. Unsure of his talent and eager to prove himself, Goethe soon wins the praise and friendship of his superior Kestner (Moritz Bleibtreu). But then Lotte (Miriam Stein) enters his life and nothing is the same as before. However, the young lovers are unaware that her father has already promised Lotte’s hand to another man.
Philipp Stölzl
Romance
97 mins

Reuniting The Rubins PG

An uptight lawyer, Lenny Rubins, (Timothy Spall), has to put his dream retirement on hold when his ailing mother (Honor Blackman) emotionally blackmails him into reuniting his estranged children for a holiday gathering. They may be peas from the same pod, but in Lenny's eyes, his grown-up children are certainly not even from the same planet: a ruthless control-freak and hard-nosed capitalist (James Callis), an outspoken, argumentative eco-warrior committed to the cause (Rhona Mitra), an outer-worldly Buddhist Monk; and to cap it all, a bible bashing born-again Rabbi! While they might quarrel, fight, and perhaps even be starting a war in Africa, they are still family.
Timothy Spall, James Callis, Blake Harrison, Yoav Factor, Rhona Mitra, Loo Brealey
Comedy Family
101 mins

The Innkeepers R

The last two staffers of a haunted hotel prepare to go out of business.
Larry Fessenden, Pat Healy, Ti West, Derek Curl, Peter Phok, Sara Paxton
Thriller Horror
109 mins

The Time That Remains

An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day.
Elia Suleiman, Ali Suliman, Saleh Bakri
Drama

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos

In the lost holy land of Milos, the Elrics search for the truth behind an unknown form of alchemy.
Kazuya Murata
Action Sci-Fi Animation

Pariah

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
Dee Rees
Drama

Tuesday, April 24