December 2014 DVD & Blu-rays

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes PG-13

Dan Lemmon, the FX supervisor, told Bleeding Cool that the sequel could begin 8 years after the events of the previous movie and focus on the offspring of Caesar.
Andy Serkis, Gary Oldman, Peter Chernin, Amanda Silver, Dylan Clark, Rick Jaffa, Keri Russell, Judy Greer
Drama Action Sequel Sci-Fi

As Above, So Below R

Two archaeologists search for a lost treasure in catacombs below Paris.
Drew Dowdle, Ben Feldman, Alex Hedlund, John Erick Dowdle, Perdita Weeks, Edwin Hodge
Thriller Psychological

The Good Lie PG-13

A Sudanese refugee is taken in by a straight-talking American woman in their new home in the United States.
Reese Witherspoon, Thad Luckinbill, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Corey Stoll, Maria Howell, Philippe Falardeau, Karen Kehela Sherwood
Drama

The Hundred-Foot Journey PG

A rivalry exists between an Indian restaurant and the three-Michelin-star restaurant which is 100 feet away in a small village in the French Alps. The French restaurant is run by eccentric chef Madame Mallory, who reluctantly forms a mentoring bond with a young Indian boy whose family owns the rival eatery. The boy has a culinary awakening which leads him to Paris, the launch of his own restaurant, and a slew of new adventures.
Helen Mirren, Lasse Hallstrom, Om Puri, Manish Dayal, Charlotte Le Bon, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Juliet Blake
Drama

The Hero of Color City

The CG-animated feature is about a group of crayons fighting to save their multihued city.
J.P. McCormick, Rosie Perez, Craig Ferguson, Frank Gladstone, Jessica Kedward, David Kaye, Christina Ricci, Arsenio Hall
Adventure Kids Animation CG

The Congress

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
Paul Giamatti, Ari Folman, Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm
Sci-Fi Animation
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Guardians of the Galaxy PG-13

A group of alien beings travel back in time to protect the earth from alien invasion.
Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Kevin Feige, Chris McCoy, Benicio Del Toro
Action Fantasy Superhero Sci-Fi 3D Comic Book

When the Game Stands Tall PG

Bob Ladouceur, a young coach, turns the De La Salle Spartans football team, a perennial loser, into a legend by launching a streak of 138 straight victories. From 1992 to 2004, he guides his team to 12 consecutive undefeated seasons.
Cathy Schulman, Jim Caviezel, Michael Chiklis, Alexander Ludwig, Scott Marshall Smith, Thomas Carter, David Zelon, Laura Dern
Drama Sports True Story

23 Blast PG-13

Follows a high school football star (Mark Hapka ) who's suddenly stricken with irreversible blindness and the choice he's forced to make regarding whether he should return to the sport.
Alexa Vega, Stephen Lang, Dylan Baker, Bram Hoover, Toni Hoover, Max Adler, Mark Hapka, Breanna Dean
Drama Sports Family

Frank R

An offbeat comedy about a young wannabe musician, Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), who finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant-garde pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank (Michael Fassbender), a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head, and his terrifying bandmate Clara (Maggie Gyllenhaal).
Lenny Abrahamson, Domhnall Gleeson, Scoot McNairy, Peter Straughan, Jon Ronson, Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tess Harper
Drama Comedy Mystery

The Maze Runner PG-13

The story centers on a world where a group of boys have had their minds wiped and get stuck inside a labyrinthine maze that’s impossible to solve. There’s only one safe spot–an acre in the center–that closes off every night. Every day when the boys wake up, the walls have changed and the maze is different. But the arrival of another boy, Thomas suddenly upsets the ‘game’ and disrupts the balance of the boys living here in dangerous ways.
Wes Ball, Will Poulter, Grant Pierce Myers, Thomas Sangster, Kaya Scodelario, Aml Ameen, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lindsay Williams
Drama Thriller Adaptation Teen Sci-Fi

This Is Where I Leave You R

The story about a father who dies and requests that his highly dysfunctional and non-religious family sit Shivah for seven days, in his honor. That experience forces them to confront their own family dynamic.
Tina Fey, Rose Byrne, Paula Weinstein, Jonathan Tropper, Jason Bateman, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver, Corey Stoll
Drama Adaptation

The Skeleton Twins

After coincidentally cheating death on the same day, estranged twins Milo and Maggie reunite to confront how their lives went so wrong.
Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Luke Wilson, Ty Burrell, Mark Duplass, Jennifer Lee, Craig Johnson, Mark Heyman
Comedy

Stonehearst Asylum

A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a job at an insane asylum, unaware of the fact that it has been taken over by its occupants.
Mel Gibson, Jim Sturgess, Michael Caine, Kate Beckinsale, David Thewlis, Mark Amin, Joe Gangemi, Brendan Gleeson
Thriller Suspense Psychological

Magic, Magic R

A girl vacationing with her friends in a remote area of Chile slowly starts losing her mental faculties. She tries to get her friends' attention, but they ignore her until it's too late.
Emily Browning, Juno Temple, Sebastian Silva, Christine Vachon, Mike White, David Bernad, Pamela Koffler, Michael Cera
Thriller Suspense

Magic In The Moonlight

No plot details have been announced yet; the film will be set in the South of France. Woody Allen is writing, producing and directing.
Emma Stone, Woody Allen, Eileen Atkins, Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum, Colin Firth, Marcia Gay Harden, Hamish Linklater
Comedy Ensemble
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The Trip to Italy

Two men, six meals in six different places on a road trip around Italy. Liguria, Tuscany, Rome, Amalfi and ending in Capri.
Michael Winterbottom, Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, Rosie Fellner
Comedy

Pride

It’s the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers’ families. Initially rebuffed by the Union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in person. As the strike drags on, the two groups discover that standing together makes for the strongest union of all.
Matthew Warchus, Imelda Staunton, Bill Nighy, Stephen Beresford, Dominic West, Paddy Considine, Andrew Scott, Joseph Gilgun
Drama LGBTQIA+ True Story
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Reach Me

Story follows a group of people who all have a connection to a self-help book authored by a reclusive former football coach.
Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Connolly, John Herzfeld, Danny Aiello, Kelsey Grammer, Nelly, Omari Hardwick, Elizabeth Henstridge
Drama Comedy

Fading Gigolo

John Turturro and Woody Allen play cash-strapped best friends who decide to go into the gigolo business together and subsequently attract the suspicion of the Hasidic Jewish community in which they live.
Liev Schreiber, Sofia Vergara, Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Vanessa Paradis, Jill Scott, John Turturro, Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Comedy