August 2012 DVD & Blu-rays

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Jun. 14, 2020

Best DVD & Blu-rays Released August 2012

Hide Away Movie Poster
Drama

86%

  • 2.9
Bernie Movie Poster
Comedy

84%

  • 4.4
Battleship Movie Poster
Action

69%

  • 3.9
The Lucky One Movie Poster
Drama

95%

  • 4.4
Moth Diaries Movie Poster
Drama

56%

  • 2.8
Bel Ami Movie Poster
Biography

88%

  • 4
The Highest Pass Movie Poster
Documentary

39%

  • 4
Think Like a Man Movie Poster
Adaptation

94%

  • 4.1
The Dictator Movie Poster
Comedy

80%

  • 3.6
Chimpanzee Movie Poster
Documentary

88%

  • 4
Apartment 143 Movie Poster
Drama

80%

  • 3.7
Freelancers Movie Poster
Crime

70%

  • 3.5
I Am Bruce Lee Movie Poster
Documentary

91%

  • 4
The Samaritan Movie Poster
Drama

75%

  • 2.2
Lovely Molly Movie Poster
Horror

73%

  • 2.7
Hick Movie Poster
Drama

76%

  • 4.4
Virginia Movie Poster
Drama

83%

  • 4.3

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Despite warnings from the tree-loving Lorax, a greedy entrepreneur strips a forest of its stock of Truffula trees to manufacture clothing. The results are catastrophic as all the animals leave and nothing's left.

Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Chris Meledandri, Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Rob Riggle, Chris Renaud, Cinco Paul

PG Adventure Family Animation 3D Shot-In-3D CG 1 hr, 34 mins

92%

  • 4.1
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The story centers on an unscrupulous, social climbing journalist.

Uma Thurman, Rachel Bennette, Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod, Uberto Pasolini, Robert Pattinson, Kristin Scott Thomas

R Drama Biography

88%

  • 4
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Two brothers attempt to become global rock stars but can only look on as old school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.

Nick Hamm, Ben Barnes, Dick Clement, Krysten Ritter, Pete Postlethwaite

R Comedy 1 hr, 54 mins

66%

  • 4.3
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Some eighty years ago, in the mountains of Taiwan, two races clashed in defense of their faiths. One believed in rainbows, the other believed in the sun. Neither side realized that they both believed in the same sky.

Te-Sheng Wei

NR Drama Action

93%

  • 3.4
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A documentary about legendary reggae star Bob Marley, which has been authorized by Marley's family.

Kevin Macdonald

PG-13 Documentary 2 hrs, 24 mins

76%

  • 4.7
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In Blue Like Jazz, Don (Marshall Allman), a pious nineteen-year-old sophomore at a Texas junior college, impulsively decides to escape his evangelical upbringing for life in the Pacific Northwest at one ofthe most progressive campuses in America, Reed College in Portland. Upon arrival, Reed's surroundings and eccentric student body proves to be far different than he could possibly imagine from the environment from which he came, forcing him to embark on a journey of self-discovery to understand who he is and what he truly believes.

Tania Raymonde, Steve Taylor, Marshall Allman, Claire Holt

PG-13 Drama

66%

  • 4.3
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A young man with Down's Syndrome romantically pursues a small town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend.

Shannon Marie Woodward, Justin Lerner, Jackson Rathbone, Patch Mackenzie, Evan Sneider, Amanda Plummer

Drama

76%

  • 3.7
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As a rookie member of an elite special-forces team, Rama (Iko Uwais) is instructed to hang back during a covert mission involving the extraction of a brutal crime lord from a rundown fifteen-story apartment block. But when a spotter blows their cover, boss Tama (Ray Sahetaphy) offers lifelong sanctuary to every killer, rapist and thief in the building in exchange fortheir heads. Now Rama must stand in for the team's fallen leader (Joe Taslim) and use every iota of his fighting strength - winding through every floor and every room to complete the mission and escape with his life.

Gareth Evans, Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Joe Taslim

Action Thriller Crime 1 hr, 41 mins

85%

  • 4.6
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The story is about a 13-year-old who runs away to Las Vegas after being abandoned by her parents in Nebraska. Along the way, the girl learns some truths about American society and the peril of her own sexual curiosity.

Juliette Lewis, Eddie Redmayne, Blake Lively, Derick Martini, Steven Siebert, Christian Taylor, Andrea Portes, Chloë Grace Moretz

R Drama Teen 1 hr, 35 mins

76%

  • 4.4
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An American pop star and British rock chick find themselves accidentally handcuffed together.

David MacKenzie, Luke Treadaway, Thomas Leveritt, Natalia Tena

R Comedy Romance

95%

  • 4.1
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The 100 year history of Israel's kibbutz movement. Can a radically socialist institution survive a new market-driven reality with its ideological integrity intact?

Toby Perl Freilich

Documentary 1 hr, 19 mins

50%

  • 3
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When an unknown vigilante begins killing high-priority terrorists from America's Most Wanted list in Europe, a former FBI field agent (Christian Slater) is brought in by the US Ambassador (Donald Sutherland) to discover the identity of the assassin.

Isaac Florentine, Christian Slater, Donald Sutherland, Elika Portnoy, Timothy Spall

R Drama Action Thriller

72%

  • 3.4
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A group of soldiers, working as contractors, target a group of devil-worshippers.

Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump, Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley

Horror 1 hr, 30 mins

53%

  • 3.6
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Based on a true story involving Australian serial killer John Bunting, the film follows a 16-year-old who begins a friendship with a charismatic older man. As the relationship grows, the teen finds his world threatened by both his loyalty for, and fear of, his newfound father-figure.

Shaun Grant, Sarah Shaw, Justin Kurzel, Anna McLeish, Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris

Thriller 2 hrs, 0 mins

64%

  • 2.7
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Three contemporary American artists and a master printer help explain the dynamic sequences of social reality and protest. While their graphics sweep by, the making of an etching, a woodcut and a lithograph unfolds, as the contemporary artists join their illustrious predecessors in creating art of social engagement.

Manfred Kirchheimer

Documentary

40%

  • 3.8
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Samuel L. Jackson plays Foley, a grifter trying to escape from his past having spent 20 years in prison. But he gets ensnared in the plans of a young protege and it becomes all too clear to Foley that some wrongs can never be made right.

Elan Mastai, David Weaver, Andras Hamori, Geoffrey Brandt, Mark Musselman, Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Kirby, Ruth Negga

R Drama Thriller 1 hr, 33 mins

75%

  • 2.2
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Katniss Everdeen, a 16-year old from a poor territory that was once Appalachia, becomes a gladiator in a reality-show that is a battle to the death against other teens from the 12 districts of the former United States.

Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci, Gary Ross, Billy Ray, Josh Hutcherson, Dayo Okeniyi, Amandla Stenberg

PG-13 Action Thriller Suspense Teen 2 hrs, 22 mins

87%

  • 4.5
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This DisneyNature documentary spans 15 years as it follows a chimpanzee named Senengal and her journey from childhood to motherhood. Reflecting chimps' genetic closeness to humans, these animal subjects inject plenty of humor and drama into this remarkable film.

Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield

G Family Documentary

88%

  • 4
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Revolves around a goat herder and a deposed foreign dictator who gets lost in the United States.

Scott Rudin, Alec Berg, David Mandel, Sacha Baron Cohen, J.B. Smoove, Larry Charles, Jeff Schaffer, Jason Mantzoukas

R Comedy 1 hr, 23 mins

80%

  • 3.6
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Follows the story of a successful businessman (Josh Lucas) attempting to resurrect his life. Entering an idyllic harbor as a broken and haunted man, he buys and boards the dilapidated sailboat, Hesperus. Disturbed at night by unsettling dreams of his past, the boat becomes a beacon of hope as he begins the challenge of bringing back the shine to the tarnished vessel--and to his life.

Josh Lucas, Ayelet Zurer, James Cromwell, Chris Eyre, Jon Tenney, Taylor Nichols, Casey LaBow

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 28 mins

86%

  • 2.9
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A Renaissance man-community leader-mortician Bernie strikes up an unlikely friendship with a wealthy but very particular widow. When he kills her, he goes to great lengths to maintain the illusion that she is still alive.

Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Richard Linklater, Celine Rattray, Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer, Ginger Sledge

PG-13 Comedy 1 hr, 44 mins

84%

  • 4.4
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Features interviews with people who knew Bruce intimately, along with a broad array of international icons from the entertainment and athletic fields combined with rarely seen archival footage and classic photos.

Pete McCormack

Documentary 1 hr, 34 mins

91%

  • 4
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The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops.

Randall Emmett, Robert De Niro, Mark Canton, Beau Garrett, Daniel Wagner, Jessy Terrero, George Furla, Philippe Casseus

R Drama Crime

70%

  • 3.5
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A pariah to most in her small beach boardwalk town, Virginia was diagnosed early-on as a hair shy of mentally stable. Her closest friend and 15- year-old son, Emmett, is more father than son to his impulsive, ill-behaved mother. Their shared dream: to skip town for California. They've been packed for years. Mussing things up, we discover Emmett's father is likely the older married Mormon sheriff his mother's been having an affair with for decades, and whose daughter Emmett dreams of eloping with. But secrets have a way of not staying so secret, and circumstances surrounded by madness have a way of getting dire. In their bent world a perfectly reasonable solution arises: to rob Virginia Beach blind on the day the President of the United States pays a much-anticipated visit.

Yeardley Smith, Amy Madigan, Susan Johnson, Gus Van Sant, Ed Harris, Toby Jones, Dustin Lance Black, Michelle Weisler

R Drama

83%

  • 4.3
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The movie examines the thin line between demonic possession and psychosis. It begins with things that go bump in the night but slowly turns into a thriller about the evil power that exists inside one troubled young woman.

Alexandra Holden, Robin Cowie, Jamie Nash, Bob Eick, Eduardo Sanchez, Gregg Hale, Ken Arnold, Lauren Lakis

R Thriller Horror Paranormal 1 hr, 39 mins

73%

  • 2.7
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Set in Contemporary Iran, Nader And Simin, A Separation is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin goes back to her parents’, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader…

Asghar Farhadi

PG-13 Drama 2 hrs, 3 mins

56%

  • 4
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On a Friday night after hanging out with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a nightclub, alone and on the pull. Just before closing, he meets Glen. And so begins a weekend that will resonate throughout their lives

Andrew Haigh, Tom Cullen, Chris New

Drama 1 hr, 36 mins

50%

  • 4.7
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Two little league teams take on their coaches sibling rivalry, and end up doing battle in a place the baseball world never expected it: in the outfield of the Home Run Derby.

Dean Cain, Annabeth Gish, Oz Scott, Joe Gressis, Dena Hysell, John Bella, Tim Cavanaugh, Matthew Lillard

Sports Family

92%

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Battleships fight on the open seas.

Liam Neeson, Brooklyn Decker, Taylor Kitsch, Sarah Aubrey, Brian Koppelman, Peter Berg, Bennett Schneir, Brian Goldner

PG-13 Action Adventure Sci-Fi Based on Toy 2 hrs, 11 mins

69%

  • 3.9
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Logan Thibault (Zac Efron), a Marine, survives three tours in Iraq. He attributes his good fortune to a photograph he carried of a woman (Taylor Schilling) he has never met, and he sets out to meet his good-luck charm when he returns to North Carolina.

Zac Efron, Kevin McCormick, Blythe Danner, Scott Hicks, Denise DiNovi, Douglas McGrath, Will Fetters, Taylor Schilling

PG-13 Drama Romance 1 hr, 41 mins

95%

  • 4.4
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Story will follow the relationships of four interconnected couples as they experience the thrills, terrors, surprises, aches and pains of preparing to embark on life’s biggest journey, parenthood.

Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Brooklyn Decker, Dennis Quaid, Kirk Jones, Shauna Cross, Chris Rock, Chace Crawford

PG-13 Drama Comedy Romance 1 hr, 50 mins

86%

  • 3.6
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An ensemble comedy about romantic relationships.

Sherri Shepherd, Wendy Williams, David A. Newman, Kevin Hart, Will Packer, Taraji Henson, Regina Hall, Michael Ealy

PG-13 Comedy Romance Adaptation 2 hrs, 0 mins

94%

  • 4.1
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A group of swashbuckling pirates team up with different historical and fictional characters and attempt to help them in their adventures & travels.

Salma Hayek, Kevin Cecil, David Tennant, Martin Freeman, Russell Tovey, David Sproxton, Gideon Defoe, Brendan Gleeson

PG Action Adventure Comedy Animation 1 hr, 28 mins

75%

  • 4
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A teenage girl at a boarding girl suspects her roommate is a vampire.

Sarah Bolger, Mary Harron, Edward R. Pressman, Lily Cole, Scott Speedman, Sarah Gadon

Drama Suspense Vampires

56%

  • 2.8
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Anand, a modern Indian yogi and guru, asks his student Adam to join him on a motorcycle expedition through the highest passes of the Indian Himalayas.

Jon Fitzgerald

Documentary 1 hr, 29 mins

39%

  • 4
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A team of parapsychologists sets out to investigate a series of anomalous phenomena taking place in a newly occupied apartment. Telephone calls with no caller, mysterious shadows, extraordinary light emissions, flying objects, and exploding light bulbs, are some of the events they will face while recording their every step with state-of-the-art technology. Using infra-red filming, digital photography, psychophonic recordings, movement detectors, and magnetic field alteration meters, the group's attempts to contact the "other side" will grow increasingly dangerous as they near a point of no return...

Fiona Glascott, Carles Torrens, Gia Mantegna, Rodrigo Cortés, Kai Lennox, Michael O'Keefe, Rick Gonzalez

Drama Horror 1 hr, 20 mins

80%

  • 3.7
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The film follows a woman (Keaton) who takes in a stray dog as a companion to fill the void left by her distracted husband (Kline), only to see him lose the mutt after a wedding at their vacation home in the Rockies. A search for the animal includes several guests and a mysterious young woman.

Elisabeth Moss, Mark Duplass, Sam Shepard, Lawrence Kasdan, Elizabeth Redleaf, Meg Kasdan, Kevin Kline, Richard Jenkins

PG-13 Comedy

87%

  • 4.6
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Single father J.T. and his precocious daughter Chandler move from a small town to Chicago with their lovable family mutt Shakey. After missing the fine print in their rental contract, J.T. is forced to find Shakey a new home. Chandler hatches a plan to keep Shakey and teach J.T. a valuable lesson about loyalty and the importance of keeping family together.

Beverly D'Angelo, Philippe Brenninkmeyer, Kevin Cooper, Eric Stolze, Steve Guttenberg, Steve Lemme, Alfonso Arau, Michael Yurchak

PG Comedy 1 hr, 30 mins

53%

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Bachir Lazhar has emigrated from his native Algeria to Canada, where he is awaiting approval of his asylum application. When he is hired as a substitute teacher at a French-Canadian school, Bachir finds that he is often ill-equipped to deal with his new students and their shock over their previous teacher’s death.

Philippe Falardeau

PG-13 Drama Comedy

32%

  • 4
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An unscrupulous corporate headhunter is also a secret art thief.

Aksel Hennie, Morten Tyldum, Ulf Ryberg

R Thriller 1 hr, 40 mins

53%

  • 3.8
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An intelligent young African-American man rises from the oppressive streets of North Philadelphia to become a shining star at Wall Street's most prestigious firm. However, he soon finds that the white-collar world is filled with crime and death just like the streets he left behind.

Rel Dowdell, Sticky Fingaz, Tony Todd, Irma P. Hall

Action

80%

  • 3.8
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Two best friends fight to maintain normalcy in their lives after one of the friends gets pregnant and has a baby.

Kate Bosworth, Justin Levine, Corbin Timbrook, Kat Coiro, Krysten Ritter, Rachel Bilson, David J. Phillips

R Comedy 1 hr, 40 mins

66%

  • 3
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Top August 2012 Movie Trailers

I Am Bruce Lee Theatrical Trailer
Think Like a Man Theatrical Trailer
Apartment 143 Theatrical Trailer
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