Best DVD & Blu-rays Released December 2016
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White Girl
Summer, New York City. A college girl falls hard for a guy she just met. After a night of partying goes wrong, she goes to wild extremes to get him back.
Elizabeth Wood, Morgan Saylor, Brian Marc, Justin Bartha, Adrian Martinez, India Salvor Menuez, Anthony Ramos, Ralph Rodriguez
The BFG
A Big Friendly Giant creeps down a London street, snatches little Sophie out of her bed, and bounds away with her to giant land.
Ruby Barnhill, Steven Spielberg, Rebecca Hall, Jemaine Clement, Frank Marshall, Bill Hader, Kathleen Kennedy, Melissa Mathison
The Secret Life of Pets
No plot details have been announced.
Lake Bell, Chris Meledandri, Chris Renaud, Ken Daurio, Kevin Hart, Albert Brooks, Bobby Moynihan, Yarrow Cheney
Jason Bourne
Matt Damon is back as the amnesiac superspy Jason Bourne.
Alicia Vikander, Frank Marshall, Paul Greengrass, Jeffrey Weiner, Christopher Rouse, Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Vincent Cassel
The Late Bloomer
A young boy struggles with the effects of a benign tumor that rests against his pituitary gland, which delays his puberty and normal development, causing him frustration and embarrassment. At age 27, a successful operation to remove the tumor restores him to hormonally normal masculinity, but results in his experiencing all the effects of puberty over an extremely condensed three-week period.
J.K. Simmons, Jane Lynch, Johnny Simmons, Beck Bennett, Kevin Pollak, Heidi Jo Markel, Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson
Howards End
Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson) and her sister Helen (Helena Bonham Carter) become involved with two couples: a wealthy, conservative industrialist (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife (Vanessa Redgrave), and a working-class man (Samuel West) and his mistress (Niccola Duffet). The interwoven fates and misfortunes of these three families and the diverging trajectories of the two sisters’ lives are connected to the ownership of Howards End, a beloved country home.
Helena Bonham Carter, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Ivory, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Vanessa Redgrave, James Wilby, Samuel West
The Great Gilly Hopkins
A wisecracking girl moves from foster home to foster home until she lands at the house of the weird Maime Trotter.
Sophie Nelisse, Stephen Herek, David Paterson, Octavia Spencer, William Teitler, Kathy Bates, Danny Glover, Glenn Close
SiREN
A horror-thriller about Jonah, an apprehensive groom-to-be whose bachelor party turns into a nightmare when he frees a seemingly innocent victimized girl locked up in a supernatural sex club. Her ruthless handler and proprietor of the sex club will stop at nothing to re-capture his prize. Jonah struggles to rescue the girl only to discover it is he who needs to be rescued as he comes to the realization that she is a dangerous fabled predator who has chosen him as her mate.
Gregg Bishop, Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski, Chase Williamson, Justin Welborn, Michael Aaron Milligan, Hayes Mercure, Randy McDowell
Born to Be Blue
The story of Chet Baker, the trumpeter and singer who, after becoming a jazz icon in the 1950s, became equally famous for his drug addiction. Picking up his story in the late 1960s, Born to Be Blue is a love story that mixes historical fact and fiction as it re-imagines Baker’s extraordinary attempt at a comeback.
Ethan Hawke, Callum Keith Rennie, Robert Budreau, Carmen Ejogo
The Hollars
John Hollar, an aspiring NYC artist, takes his girlfriend back to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery. There he’s forced to navigate the crazy life he left behind as his dysfunctional family, high school pals, his father, and his over-eager ex flood back into his life ahead of the operation.
John Krasinski, Anna Kendrick, Richard Jenkins, James C. Strouse, Margo Martindale
Ordinary World
Perry (Armstrong), a former punk rocker, is ten years into his band’s “indefinite hiatus” and is struggling with his adjustment to the real world, which includes working in his family’s hardware store. When Perry’s hotshot attorney wife (Selma Blair) and precocious young daughter forget his 40th birthday, his brother (Chris Messina) takes pity and gives him the money to throw a huge rockstar blowout in a fancy New York hotel. At the party, Perry’s punk past clashes hilariously with his grown-up reality as he encounters crazy former bandmates, including best pal Gary (Fred Armisen) and an old-flame-turned-manager (Judy Greer), who offers him a chance to revive his stalled career, all in one outrageous day!
Madisyn Shipman, Fred Armisen, Judy Greer, Kevin Corrigan, Lee Kirk, Billie Joe Armstrong, Selma Blair, Chris Messina
The Unspoken
In 1997 the close-knit Anderson family vanished from their country home without a trace without an explanation. No bodies were ever found and for 17 years the house has remained undisturbed...until now.
Neal McDonough, Sheldon Wilson, Jodelle Ferland, Sunny Suljic, Matt Bellefleur
Don't Think Twice
Stars comedian Mike Birbiglia and centers on a NYC improv troupe.
Gillian Jacobs, Mike Birbiglia, Keegan-Michael Key, Kate Micucci, Chris Gethard, Tami Sagher
Jack Goes Home
The film follows a man travels home to Colorado to help nurse his mother back to health after a car accident that killed his father and uncovers long buried secrets and lies within his family history, his parents, his friends and his very identity.
Natasha Lyonne, Britt Robertson, Serge Levin, Thomas Dekker, Rory Culkin, Lin Shaye, Daveigh Chase, Louis Hunter
Kicks
Fifteen-year-old Brandon longs for a pair of the freshest sneakers that money can buy; assuming that merely having them on his feet will help him escape the reality of being poor, neglected by the opposite sex and picked on by everyone -- even his best friends. Working hard to get them, he soon finds that the titular shoes have instead made him a target after they are promptly snatched by local hood, Flaco. Seemingly the embodiment of menace, Flaco harbors complexities of his own that will be revealed when Brandon goes on a mission to retrieve his stolen sneakers with his two best friends in tow.
Mahershala Ali, Justin Tipping, Joshua Beirne-Golden, Jahking Guillory, Christopher Jordan Wallace, Christopher Meyer, Kofi Siriboe
Better Off Single
A NYC dating comedy that follows one man's hallucination-fueled, post-breakup quest to find new love... and himself.
Lauren Miller Rogen, Benjamin Cox, Aaron Tveit, Abby Elliott, Kal Penn, Chris Elliott, Lewis Black, Shane McRae
Phantasm: Remastered
Since its release in 1979, director Don Coscarelli’s epic tale of The Tall Man, his deadly silver Sentinel Spheres, and group the small town friends who must band together to stop his dimension-hopping schemes has captivated and terrified horror and sci-fi fans around the world.
Don Coscarelli, A. Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister
Phantasm: Ravager
For 37 years, audiences have followed small town friends Reggie, Mike, and Jody in their quest to stop the evil, dimension-hopping schemes of The Tall Man (Angus Scrimm in his final performance) and his armada of killer Sentinel Spheres. Now, Don Coscarelli’s acclaimed horror/sci-fi Phantasm franchise comes to a close in a truly epic finale, a multi-dimensional battle across multiple timelines, alien planets, and altered realities, where no less than the fate of Earth is on the line.
David Hartman, Don Coscarelli, A. Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister
For the Love of Spock
For The Love of Spock celebrates the upcoming 50th Anniversary of Star Trek through a personal, intimate look at the life and career of Leonard Nimoy – and his alter ego Mr. Spock – as told by his son, Adam Nimoy, featuring never-before-seen home videos and family photos. Zachary Quinto, William Shatner, George Takei, J.J. Abrams, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, Jim Parsons and more join in the celebration revealing why the world holds both Leonard Nimoy and his iconic character so dear and how Star Trek still affects the globe 50 years after it’s origin.
Adam Nimoy, David Zappone
Author The JT LeRoy Story
The story behind JT LeRoy, the fictional writer created by American author Laura Albert.
Jeff Feuerzeig
Other People
A gay “Saturday Night Live” writer returns home to Sacramento to be with his mother, who is in the final stages of terminal cancer. While home, he struggles to deal with a painful recent breakup and reconcile with his conservative father's disapproving attitude regarding his sexuality.
Adam Scott, Maude Apatow, Molly Shannon, J.J. Totah, Chris Kelly LXXXVII, Jesse Plemons, Bradley Whitford
Morgan
The story centers on a corporate risk-management consultant who is summoned to a remote research lab to determine whether or not to terminate an at-risk artificial being.
Anya Taylor-Joy, Ridley Scott, Kate Mara, Toby Jones, Michelle Yeoh, Luke Scott, Michael Schaefer, Elishia Holmes
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
A boy grows up enraptured by his grandfather’s tale of an island of monsters and kids with powers. When his grandfather is killed, the now-16-year old boy finds himself on the island, exploring the ruins of an abandoned orphanage and discovering that the stories he heard were not only true, but only he can help stop the remaining hidden children from creatures who would destroy them.
Samuel L. Jackson, Dylan Clark, Peter Chernin, Rupert Everett, Tim Burton, Jane Goldman, Eva Green, Kim Dickens
Suicide Squad
A mix of well-known and unknown villains (Deadshot, King Shark, Captain Boomerang and Harley Quinn) are recruited by the government to accomplish a task deemed too dangerous for superheroes. The historically independent operators must bury their own interpersonal conflicts and agendas to form a cohesive unit to take on a singular task.
Cara Delevingne, Margot Robbie, Ben Affleck, Joel Kinnaman, Common, Dan Lin, Justin Marks, Will Smith
Bridget Jones's Baby
A British publishing executive, now in her 40s, attempts to have a baby before it's too late.
Liza Chasin, Gemma Jones, Patrick Dempsey, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Amelia Granger, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
Ben Hur
Judah Ben-Hur and Messala grow up best friends before the Roman Empire takes control of Jerusalem. Judah Ben-Hur is a Jewish prince and Messala is the son of a Roman tax collector. After the latter leaves to be educated in Rome for five years, Messala returns with a different attitude. The two former friends struggle with their differences. Along the way, Judah has several encounters with Jesus Christ which moves him to become a believer in the Messiah.
Jack Huston, Duncan Henderson, Morgan Freeman, Gal Gadot, Timur Bekmambetov, Sean Daniel, Keith Clarke, Ayelet Zurer
Florence Foster Jenkins
A New York heiress is determined to become a famous opera singer despite her lack of talent.
Hugh Grant, Stephen Frears, Meryl Streep, Rebecca Ferguson, John Kavanagh, Michael Kuhn, Nicholas Martin, Simon Helberg
Equity
Focuses on a group of women caught up in the world of high finance. The movie centers on an investment banker (Anna Gunn) who gets entangled in a controversial public offering.
Meera Menon, James Purefoy, Sarah Megan Thomas, Craig Bierko, Amy Fox, Anna Gunn, Alysia Reiner, Margaret Colin
Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story
After retiring from his life as an outlaw, ranch ownder Nathaniel Reed (Trace Adkins) quietly leads an honest existence with his devoted wife, Laura Lee. But his gun-slinging past suddenly comes back to haunt him when he learns that the man he once maimed during a stagecoach robbery is now a U.S. Marshal (Kim Coates) who will stop at nothing to find vengeance. After a violent shootout brings tragic consequences, Nathaniel returns to his old ways and becomes Texas Jack: the most wanted outlaw in the West. Judd Nelson also stars in this action-packed quest for redemption filled with galloping getaways, a beautiful bounty hunter and the possibility of a second chance.
Trace Adkins, Michelle Harrison, Terry Miles, Matt Williams, Dan Benamor, Kim Coates, Judd Nelson, Garry Chalk
Brother Nature
Roger (Taran Killam), a straight-laced politician, has big plans to propose to his dream girl (Gillian Jacobs) at her family’s lake house. But everything goes awry when he meets his potential brother-in-law Todd (Bobby Moynihan): a full-time camp counselor with a heart of gold and a wild sense of fun, pining to be Roger’s best friend, and ultimately catapulting him into a series of unfortunate events. As Roger tries to take a stand amidst outrageous fishing excursions, propulsive water jetpacks and American history-themed musicals, he realizes that being a part of a new family may be more difficult than he’d thought.
Gillian Jacobs, Jerry Turley, Bobby Moynihan, Rita Wilson, Bill Pullman, Matt Villines, Oz Rodriguez, Taran Killam
End of a Gun
Steven Seagal stars as a former DEA agent who strikes a deal with a mysterious and seductive woman to help her steal $2 million from a sadistic drug lord. Now he finds himself struggling to survive, on the run, and caught in a bloody game of cat and mouse.
Steven Seagal, Keoni Waxman, Chuck Hustmyre, Jade Ewen, Florin Piersic Jr., Ovidiu Niculescu, Jonathan Rosenthal, Alexandre Nguyen
Goat
The tale of 19-year-old Brad Land who is left physically injured and psychologically traumatized after a horrifying assault. He and his brother pledge a fraternity at Clemson University where disastrous events occur that force Brad to come to grips with his problems.
Jeff Nichols, James Franco, Virginia Gardner, Katie Roumel, Vince Jolivette, David Gordon Green, Mike Roberts, Andrew Neel
Disorder
Vincent (Matthias Schoenaerts), a French Special Forces soldier just back from Afghanistan, is suffering from a post-traumatic stress disorder. He is hired to ensure the security of Jessie (Diane Kruger), the wife of a rich Lebanese businessman at their luxurious villa. As he starts experiencing a strange fascination for the woman he has to protect, Vincent increasingly seems to fall into paranoia. But what if he is right, and the danger is very real indeed?
Diane Kruger, Alice Winocour, Matthias Schoenaerts
Kill Ratio
An attack on the new President of a fledgling Eastern European democracy pits an American covert operative against the country’s ruthless military leader determined to seize control of the government.
Paul Tanter, Tom Hopper, Steven Palmer Peterson, Amy Huberman, Lacy Moore
Southside With You
The film chronicles the first date of future President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Robinson. Obama, a then-Harvard Law summer associate, asks out an attorney from the prestigious corporate law firm where they both work. On the historic date, the two talk about politics and activism.
Richard Tanne, Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers
Little Men
Simultaneously follows the friendship formed between 13-year-olds Jake (Theo Taplitz) and Tony (Michael Barbieri), and an increasingly tense dispute between their parents - all set against a backdrop of the ever-changing socioeconomic situation in modern New York.
Greg Kinnear, Ira Sachs, Theo Taplitz, Michael Barbieri, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina García
Girl Asleep
In this portrayal of Australian adolescence, Greta Driscoll's bubble of obscure loserdom is burst when her parents throw her a surprise 15th birthday party and invite the whole school! Perfectly content being a wallflower, suddenly Greta's flung far from her comfort zone into a distant, parallel place -- a strange world that’s a little frightening and a lot weird, but only there can she find herself.
Matthew Whittet, Rosemary Myers, Bethany Whitmore, Harrison Feldman, Amber McMahon, Eamon Farren, Tilda Cobham-Hervey
Sully
Capt. Chesley Sullenberger, a pilot for more than four decades, is catapulted to fame after birds fly into the engines of flight 1549 on January 15, 2009, crippling the jet. He lands the plane safely on the surface of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers on board.
Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Sam Huntington, Frank Marshall, Max Adler, Clint Eastwood, Allyn Stewart, Tim Moore
The Magnificent Seven
A group of American gunmen are hired to protect a small Mexican village from a group of savage bandits.
Ethan Hawke, Jason Momoa, Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Wagner Moura, Antoine Fuqua, Nic Pizzolatto, John Lee Hancock
Hillsong - Let Hope Rise
Director Michael John Warren's documentary chronicles the Australia-based, 11-member Christian worship band Hillsong United's rise to prominence, from a youth group at Hillsong Church to a worldwide sensation that has sold more than 16 million albums.
Michael Guy Chislett, Benjamin Tennikoff, Michael John Warren, Brian Houston, Bobbie Houston, Joel Houston, Taya Smith, Jonathon Douglass
Maximum Ride
Six children. who have been genetically altered to be 98% human and 2% bird and bred to fly, escape a lab-rat existence and are then pursued by their scientist creators, who send a pack of part-human part-wolves called Erasers to hunt them down.
Steve Bowen, Jay Martin, Allie Marie Evans, Luke Gregory Crosby, Steven Paul, Leopoldo Gout, Jesse Spears, Angelique Hanus
Roseanne For President
In 2012, Roseanne Barr ran for president of the United States. Although she enjoyed calling herself “the only serious comedian in the race,” the campaign was not a joke. Roseanne for President! is the hilarious, remarkable, moving, and illuminating film that documents how one of the most influential and controversial comedians of all time boldly and passionately extends her legacy as an advocate and symbol for everyday Americans. While peering behind the curtain to see the unusual and highly entertaining world of “other” party politics, Roseanne for President! is also a revealing look at Roseanne’s life and career, and how this bold, brash, Jewish grandmother from Utah made herself into a working class hero.
Eric Weinrib, Roseanne Barr
The Disappointments Room
A woman moves into a mysterious old house in the country with her husband and young son, only to discover their new home comes with a dark past.
Lucas Till, Kate Beckinsale, DJ Caruso, Nicolas Chartier, Pamela Koffler, Mel Raido, Zev Foreman, Christine Vachon
Oasis: Supersonic
Tells the true story of the meteoric rise, chaotic reign, and epic explosion of the legendary rock band Oasis.
Mat Whitecross, Fiona Neilson, Simon Halfon, James Gay Rees, Asif Kapdia
Snowden
29-year-old Edward Snowden discloses to several media outlets thousands of classified documents that he acquired while working as an NSA contractor for Dell and Booz Allen Hamilton. The leaked documents uncover the existence of numerous global surveillance programs, many of them run by the NSA and the Five Eyes with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and European governments.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nicolas Cage, Moritz Borman, Christopher Woodrow, Eric Kopeloff, Tom Wilkinson, Scott Eastwood, Timothy Olyphant
When the Bough Breaks
A couple's marriage is threatened when the baby surrogate they have hired becomes obsessed with wanting the husband and the baby for herself.
Dylan Sellers, Morris Chestnut, Michael K. Williams, Jon Cassar, Michael Lynne, Bob Shaye, Jack Olsen, Theo Rossi
American Honey
Follows a new recruit to a gang of law-breaking teenagers who sell magazines by day, party by night and chase the American Dream whenever they can.
Shia LaBeouf, Sasha Lane, Andrea Arnold, McCaul Lombardi, Arielle Holmes, Crystal Ice
Dog Eat Dog
Dog Eat Dog tells the story of three ex-cons who botch a kidnapping. They not only lose a rich payoff, but they get on the wrong side of the mob and become the city’s most wanted fugitives. Vowing to stay out of prison at all costs, things get completely out of control as they go on the run from everyone.
Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe, Paul Schrader, Matthew Wilder, Christopher Matthew Cook
The Dressmaker
Tilly Dunnage (KATE WINSLET), a beautiful and talented misfit, after many years working as a dressmaker in exclusive Parisian fashion houses, returns home to the tiny middle-of-nowhere town of Dungatar to right the wrongs of the past. Not only does she reconcile with her ailing, eccentric mother Molly (JUDY DAVIS) and unexpectedly falls in love with the pure-hearted Teddy (LIAM HEMSWORTH), but armed with her sewing machine and incredible sense of style, she transforms the women of the town and in so doing gets sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.
Kate Winslet, Shane Bourne, Jocelyn Moorhouse, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook, Caroline Goodall
No Manches Frida
An ex-con gets a job as a substitute teacher so that he can dig out his loot, now buried under a new high school gym. A rowdy class meets its match with a thug who has no interest in teaching them.
Nacho G. Velilla, Omar Chaparro, Martha Higareda, Fernanda Castillo
Pet
A guy runs into his old high school crush and quickly becomes obsessed with her. He takes her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works but soon suspects that his old flame is not who she seems to be.
Jeremy Slater, Carles Torrens, Nick Phillips, Kelly Wagner, Dominic Monaghan, Ksenia Solo, Jennette McCurdy, Nathan Parsons
In a Valley of Violence
Set in the 1890s and described as a revenge Western.
Jason Blum, Ethan Hawke, Ti West, John Travolta, Taissa Farmiga
Hitchcock/Truffaut
In 1962, Hitchcock and Truffaut locked themselves away in Hollywood for a week to excavate the secrets behind the mise-en-scène in cinema. Based on the original recordings of this meeting—used to produce the mythical book Hitchcock/Truffaut—this film illustrates the greatest cinema lesson of all time and plummets us into the world of the creator of Psycho, The Birds, and Vertigo.
Kent Jones, Serge Toubiana