December 2011 DVD & Blu-rays

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Apr. 27, 2023

Best DVD & Blu-rays Released December 2011

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"The Smurfs" are little blue creatures that live in mushroom houses in a forest inhabited mainly by their own kind.

Audrey Wells, Jonathan Winters, Fred Armisen, Anton Yelchin, Paul Reubens, Kenan Thompson, Raja Gosnell, Jordan Kerner

PG Adventure Comedy Fantasy Family Kids Animation 3D Live-Action/CGI 1 hr, 49 mins

81%

  • 4
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Story centers on a headhunter who recruits a magazine editor for a job, and realizing each is too busy to find a mate, they agree to sleep together with no strings attached. However, things start to get complicated when the guy falls for the girl, who’s started dating someone else.

Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Jenna Elfman, Mila Kunis, Richard Jenkins, Will Gluck, Keith Merryman, David Newman

R Comedy Romance

86%

  • 4.1
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Luke Chisolm, a talented young golfer set on making the pro tour but his first big shot turns out to be a public disaster. Luke escapes the pressures of the game and finds himself unexpectedly stranded in Utopia, Texas. It is home to eccentric rancher Johnny Crawford who forces Luke to question not only his past choices, but his direction for the future.

Lucas Black, Matt Russell, Melissa Leo, Robert Duvall, Deborah Ann Woll

G Drama

81%

  • 3.9
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Story follows a young white woman in the early 1960s in Mississippi who becomes interested in the plight of the African-American domestic servants that every family has working for them. She writes their stories about mistreatment, abuse and heartbreak, all just before the Civil Rights revolution.

Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Tate Taylor, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Chris Columbus

PG-13 Drama Adaptation

88%

  • 4.3
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Sequel to the 2009 box office hit "The Hangover".

Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Chris Bender, Todd Phillips, Craig Mazin, Ed Helms, Nick Cassavetes, David Siegel

R Comedy Sequel

83%

  • 4
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Twenty years after World War II's end, three Mossad agents learn that a Nazi war criminal is still alive and set out to pursue him across Europe.

Matthew Vaughn, Ciaran Hinds, Jane Goldman, Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, Tom Wilkinson, John Madden, Kris Thykier

R Drama Thriller Suspense 1 hr, 54 mins

77%

  • 3.7
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A house painter's dreams of Arctic exploration prompt him to write letters to real explorers. One of them sends him a penguin, which he keeps in the icebox. Before he knows it, the painter has a litter of 12 beaked birds. They eat voraciously, leading him to form Popper's Performing Penguins, a stage act that goes on tour and creates mayhem at every stop.

Jim Carrey, Joel Gotler, Mark Waters, John Davis, Clark Gregg, Sean Anders, John Morris, Jared Stern

PG Adventure Family 1 hr, 34 mins

90%

  • 4.1
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Set in 1800s Arizona, a battle between cowboys and Apaches is interrupted by the crash landing of a space ship. The alien commander plans to tame the Old West and enslave everyone, but the cowboys and Native Americans turn their six-guns against the alien invaders.

Harrison Ford, Sam Rockwell, Ron Howard, Steven Spielberg, Alex Kurtzman, Clancy Brown, Brian Grazer, Roberto Orci

PG-13 Drama Action Adventure Western Sci-Fi 1 hr, 52 mins

87%

  • 3.9
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A drama, based on the novel Chanda's Secrets, about AIDS orphans in South Africa.

Oliver Schmitz

PG-13 Drama

38%

  • 4.5
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A young couple moves into an old schoolhouse on a desolate stretch of farm country. Hoping for a new beginning, their lives are instead drawn toward dark and unforeseen ends.

Michael Kelly, Ana Asensio, Morgan Taddeo, Craig Macneill, Alexei Kaleina, Jicky Schnee, Rip Torn

Drama 1 hr, 27 mins

41%

  • 5
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Yvan Attal stars as a millionaire who is kidnapped and held for ransom.

Yvan Attal, Lucas Belvaux

Thriller Foreign

36%

  • 4
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Follows a doctor who dies and is taken to a spirit colony where he finds out about the afterlife and reincarnation.

Wagner de Assis

Drama 1 hr, 42 mins

95%

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Archie Williams (Gabriel Sunday) is a 17-year old media geek who has suddenly found himself the most talked-about kid in school. He has announced that he's going to kill himself - on camera - for a class project. His classmates, parents, Sierra - the most beautiful girl in school (Brooke Nevin), and a "Shady Bunch" of shrinks, doctors, pill-pushers, and counselors descend on Archie. Some are hoping to save him, some want to imitate him, others try to push him over the brink. Archie films every moment of his high school experience, hiding nothing from his audience: realities of life, death, violence, sex, drugs, and the intense media overload and hypocrisy that bombard all teenagers.

David Lee Miller, Gabriel Sunday, David Carradine, Mariel Hemingway, Brooke Nevin, Nora Dunn, Michael Welch

NR Drama Comedy 1 hr, 45 mins

67%

  • 4.5
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A hospital nurse forced to do the bidding of a criminal after his pregnant wife is kidnapped.

Fred Cavaye, Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Gerard Lanvin, Elena Anaya, Mireille Perrier

R Thriller Crime 1 hr, 24 mins

71%

  • 3.5
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No plot details have been announced.

Seth Rogen, Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Gary Oldman, Angelina Jolie, Guillermo del Toro, Melissa Cobb, Charlie Kaufman

PG Action Adventure Sequel Family Kids Animation 3D

95%

  • 4.5
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A teenager discovers his neighbors are vampires.

Michael De Luca, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Craig Gillespie, Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alison Rosenzweig, Marti Noxon

R Comedy Horror Remake 3D

91%

  • 4.1
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Said to be a rebooth of the "Planet of the Apes" franchise.

Dylan Clark, James Franco, Peter Chernin, Andy Serkis, David Oyelowo, Rupert Wyatt, Ralph Winter, Jamie Moss

PG-13 Action Adventure Sci-Fi Prequel Reboot

75%

  • 4.5
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Lenny juggles his kids and everything else all within a midtown studio apartment in New York City. He must choose between being their father or their friend all with the idea that their two weeks together must last 6 months.

Joshua Safdie, Ben Safdie

NR Drama Comedy 1 hr, 30 mins

50%

  • 3.7
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Set in a boarding school, four teenage girls navigate adolescence while the adults in their world, the parents and teachers, struggle with their own midlife hurdles.

Rooney Mara, Tom Everett Scott, Julie Snyder, Tatiana von Furstenberg, Francesca Gregorini, Chris Kattan, Amy Sedaris

R Drama

77%

  • 2
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The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during World War II, to photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life - from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age - has been less widely understood.

James Franco, Bill Jersey, Jason Cohn

NR Biography Documentary

75%

  • 5
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A wealthy family in Iran struggling to contain a teen's growing sexual rebellion.

Maryam Keshavarz, Nikohl Boosheri, Sarah Kazemy

R Drama 1 hr, 47 mins

82%

  • 3.6
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A young man tries to arrange a marriage for his brother, but finds himself falling in love with the chosen fiancée.

Ali Abbas Zafar, Katrina Kaif

Comedy Romance

95%

  • 3.6
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When the mysterious deaths of a series of loyal subjects threaten to delay the 690 A.D. inauguration of Empress Wu, China's only female leader, she calls the infamous Detective Dee back from an exile into which she cast him eight years earlier.

Chen Kuofu, Tsui Hark, Nansun Shi, Andy Lau

PG-13 Thriller Mystery Martial Arts 2 hrs, 2 mins

84%

  • 4.1
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Documentary about the black power movement using previously unseen footage.

Goran Hugo Olsson

Documentary

80%

  • 1
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A 3D concert movie based on the performances from Glee Live! In Concert!

Naya Rivera, Ryan Murphy, Chris Colfer, Kevin Tancharoen, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley, Kevin McHale

PG Music Concert 3D

77%

  • 3.5
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A young boy befriends Winter, an injured dolphin who lost her tail in a crab trap, and motivates everyone around him to help save the dolphin by creating a prosthetic appendage to replace the dolphin's missing tail. Harry Connick Jr. plays a vet who rescues the mammal and brings her to runs the marine hospital he runs. Ashley Judd plays the boy's mother while Morgan Freeman is a doctor who creates a prosthetic limb for Winter.

Austin Highsmith, Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick Jr., Kim Ostrenko, Kris Kristofferson, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Ingber, Broderick Johnson

PG Drama Family 3D Shot-In-3D

92%

  • 4.6
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"Columbiana" is set in Latin America and the U.S. Saldana would play a young woman who, after witnessing her parents' murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.

Zoe Saldana, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Olivier Megaton, Michael Vartan, Amandla Stenberg, Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen

PG-13 Action Thriller

90%

  • 4
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A young man and his wife move to a rural area where they face increasingly vicious local harassment.

Reed Steiner, James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Marc Frydman, Dominic Purcell, Rod Lurie, Alexander Skarsgard, James Woods

R Drama Thriller Suspense Remake

68%

  • 3.5
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A mixed-martial-arts saga about two estranged brothers on a collision course to fight in a tournament for the heavyweight championship.

Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison, Joel Edgerton, Frank Grillo, Greg O'Connor, Gavin O'Connor, A.M. Tambakis

PG-13 Drama Sports Martial Arts

69%

  • 4.7
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No plot details have been announced.

Rachel McAdams, Owen Wilson, Mimi Kennedy, Steve Tenenbaum, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Tom Hiddleston

PG-13 Drama Comedy

79%

  • 3.9
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In the early stages of the financial crisis, eight people at large investment banks attempt to position themselves in anticipation of the coming collapse.

Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, J.C. Chandor, Rob Barnum, Zachary Quinto, Simon Baker, Demi Moore, Penn Badgley

R Drama Thriller

89%

  • 4.4
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The project is described as a "knowing-your-age comedy," centering on a successful author (Polish) who is forced to confront an unrequited high school crush (Ryder) when he returns home to deliver a commencement address to graduating seniors.

Michael Polish, Mark Polish, Jonathan Sheldon, Sean Astin, Ken Johnson, Janet DuBois, Winona Ryder, Josh Holloway

PG-13 Comedy

85%

  • 3.7
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The film tells the story of a woman slowly going blind as she investigates the mysterious death of her twin sister.

Guillermo del Toro, Lluis Homar, Julia Gutierrez Caba, Guillem Morales, Pablo Derqui, Francesc Orella, Joan Dalma

Horror

69%

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The story centers on two bankrobbers in 19th century Edinburgh.

Dan Aykroyd, Andy Serkis, Tom Wilkinson, John Landis, Barnaby Thompson, Piers Ashworth, Nick Moorcroft, Simon Pegg

R Comedy Crime

74%

  • 2.2
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Three women are thrust into an extraordinary situation involving a psychopathic hitman, a grizzled trucker and a delusional line cook.

Curtis Jackson, Malin Akerman, Kate Mara, Bruce Willis, Randall Emmett, Megan Ellison, Aaron Harvey, Forest Whitaker

R Drama Thriller

79%

  • 2.9
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An old American named cowboy in Bolivia who dreams of returning to the US. crosses paths with a young Spanish mining engineer accused of robbing a mine, and the two slowly strike up a friendship.

Sam Shepard, Mateo Gil, Eduardo Noriega, Stephen Rea

R Drama Western 1 hr, 38 mins

78%

  • 3.5
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Senna's remarkable story, charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off, his quest for perfection, and the mythical status he has since attained, is the subject of SENNA, a documentary feature that spans the racing legend's years as an F1 driver, from his opening season in 1984 to his untimely death a decade later. Far more than a film for F1 fans, Senna unfolds a remarkable story in a remarkable manner, eschewing many standard documentary techniques in favor of a more cinematic approach that makes full use of astounding footage, much of which is drawn from F1 archives and previously unseen.

Asif Kapadia

PG-13 Biography Sports Documentary 1 hr, 46 mins

62%

  • 4.4
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The drama follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy.

Léa Seydoux, Raoul Ruiz, Carlos Saboga, Melvil Poupaud, Clotilde Hesme

Drama

45%

  • 3.5
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The fifth installment of the franchise in which teens escape a deadly accident only to later discover that death is hunting them down. The opening scene will involve a suspension bridge and another scene reportedly involves a character undergoing laser-eye surgery.

Eric Heisserer, Nicholas D'Agosto, David Koechner, Steven Quale, Craig Perry, P.J. Byrne, Ellen Wroe, Miles Fisher

R Sequel Thriller Horror 3D Shot-In-3D 1 hr, 26 mins

69%

  • 4.1
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The story follows film footage purported to have been shot by the crew of Apollo 18. This moon mission from the early 1970s was officially canceled by NASA, but according to urban legend, it actually happened. Footage shows signs of alien life, and the events of the mission are built into a thriller storyline.

Bob Weinstein, Timur Bekmambetov, Brian Miller, Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego, Michele Wolkoff, Harvey Weinstein, Ron Schmidt, Cody Zwieg

PG-13 Thriller Suspense Sci-Fi Documentary

71%

  • 3.1
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After hitting rock bottom when his faithful dog is kidnapped by a loan shark, K.C. (Peter Dinklage) sets off on an unexpected and hilarious adventure of redemption and retribution when he agrees to meet up with his long-time friend Jack (Mark Boone Junior) in Los Angeles to attend the funeral of their mutual friend and hot shot Hollywood director Pete Smalls (Tim Roth).

Steve Buscemi, Alexandre Rockwell, Peter Dinklage, Tim Roth, Rosie Perez

Comedy 1 hr, 35 mins

50%

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The film travels with animal research and wildlife conservatist Jane Goodall across several continents from her childhood home in England, to the Gombe National Park in Tanzania.

Lorenz Knauer

NR Biography Documentary 1 hr, 47 mins

67%

  • 5
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Master horse trainer Buck Brannaman uses principles of respect and trust to tame horses and inspire their human counterparts.

Cindy Meehl, Buck Brannaman

PG Documentary 1 hr, 29 mins

78%

  • 5
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When Christine, a powerful executive (Scott Thomas), brings on a naive young ingenue, Isabelle (Sagnier), as her assistant, she delights in toying with her naivete and teaching her hard lessons in a ruthless professional philosophy. But when the protege's ideas become tempting enough for Christine to pass one as her own, she underestimates Isabelle's ambition and cunning-- and the ground is set for all out war. In this devilish, propulsive thriller, Corneau sets up a the scenery expertly and his actors devour it.

Alain Corneau, Ludivigne Sagnier, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Mille

NR Thriller Crime Mystery 1 hr, 44 mins

26%

  • 1
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The story centers on a small-time gangster who kills a rival and finds his life in turmoil as he faces blackmail threats from a waitress (Andrea Riseborough) who knows about the murder.

Sam Riley, Rowan Joffe, John Hurt, Andy Serkis, Sean Harris, Steven Robertson, Paul Webster, Andrea Riseborough

R Drama

74%

  • 4
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Based on a true story, an 84-year-old Kenyan fights to go to school after the country introduces universal education.

Justin Chadwick, Ann Peacock

PG-13 Drama

76%

  • 4.3
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A group of 30-something friends host an orgy at the end of summer.

Lake Bell, Peter Huyck, James D. Stern, Lucy Punch, Leslie Bibb, Lindsay Sloane, Alex Gregory, Jason Sudeikis

R Comedy

69%

  • 3.1
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Pearl Jam Twenty chronicles the years leading up to the band's formation, the chaos that ensued soon-after their rise to megastardom, their step back from center stage, and the creation of a trusted circle that would surround them-giving way to a work culture that would sustain them.

Cameron Crowe

Documentary Music 1 hr, 49 mins

88%

  • 3
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In the days leading up to Christmas, a married man forces himself to choose between his wife and his mistress.

Radu Muntean

Drama Romance 1 hr, 39 mins

80%

  • 3.3
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Top December 2011 Movie Trailers

The Debt Theatrical Trailer
Colombiana Theatrical Trailer
Warrior Theatrical Trailer
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