Best DVD & Blu-rays Released January 2011
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Guzaarish
On the fourteenth anniversary of an accident that left him paralyzed, magician Ethan decides to seek control over his own life. He petitions the Court to end his life and leaves his nurse and companion Sofia in an impasse that challenges their relationship and their love.
Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Aishwarya Rai
Drama
3 / 5
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Machete
He looked like just another day laborer from the streets, and the perfect fall guy for a crooked political assassination. But he turned out to be Machete (Danny Trejo), a legendary ex-federale with a deadly attitude and the skills to match.
Michelle Rodriguez, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Alba, Quentin Tarantino, Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo, Rick Schwartz, Don Johnson
Action Adventure Spin-off
3 / 5
Play Trailer Dinner for Schmucks
The story focuses on a weekly dinner party held by a Paris publisher who challenges his friends to bring the most pathetic guest to the gathering.
Steve Carell, Sacha Baron Cohen, Zach Galifianakis, Jay Roach, Paul Rudd, David Walliams, Gary Barber, Lucy Punch
Comedy
3 / 5
Play Trailer The Last Exorcism
A troubled evangelical minister agrees to let his last exorcism be filmed by a documentary crew.
Eric Newman, Caleb Landry Jones, Patrick Fabian, Eli Roth, Andrew Gurland, Louis Herthum, Ashley Bell, Daniel Stamm
Thriller Suspense Horror
3 / 5
Play Trailer Case 39
"Case 39" is a horror film starring Renée Zellweger as family services social worker Emily Jenkins. Emily thinks she has seen it all until she meets her newest, most mysterious case, troubled 10-year old Lilith Sullivan (Jodelle Ferland). Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to kill Lilith, their only daughter. Emily saves her and decides to take her in herself until the right foster family comes along.
Bradley Cooper, Ian McShane, Steve Golin, Renée Zellweger, Lisa Bruce, Callum Keith Rennie, Kevin Misher, Kerry O'Malley
Thriller Suspense Horror Sci-Fi
3 / 5
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When an investigative reporter stumbles upon the journal of a murderer replete with plans to butcher specific people, he investigates on his own, and finds that every trail leads to a seemingly anonymous 9-year-old orphan living in a group home.
Cuba Gooding Jr., Neal McDonough, Ernie Barbarash, Austin Abrams, Brad Krevoy, John Turman
Thriller Suspense
ZMDs: Zombies of Mass Destruction
"ZMD" is the story of a new government weapons program that drops zombies, designed to be photosensitive and dissolve by a set time, into war zones at night to destroy the enemy population. But after one fails to self-destruct in the Middle East, a team of elite soldiers must enter hostile territory to stop a growing zombie army.
Howard McCain, Jake Weiner, Kevin Grevioux, Dirk Blackman, Josh Feldman
Action Adventure War Horror
Catfish
Nev, a 24-year-old New York-based photographer, has no idea what he's in for when Abby, an eight-year-old girl from rural Michigan, contacts him on Facebook, seeking permission to paint one of his photographs. When he receives her remarkable painting, Nev begins a friendship and correspondence with Abby's family. But things really get interesting when he develops a cyber-romance with Abby's attractive older sister, Megan, a musician and model. Prompted by some startling revelations about Megan, Nev and his buddies embark on a road trip in search of the truth.
Ryan Kavanaugh, Brett Ratner, Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost, Marc Smerling, Andrew Jarecki
Thriller
4 / 5
Play Trailer Howl
A 1950s-era tale, focusing on the obscenity trial launched to censor Allen Ginsberg's groundbreaking book-length poem.
James Franco, Paul Rudd, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker, Gus Van Sant, David Strathairn, Rob Epstein, Jeff Daniels
Drama Biography
5 / 5
Play Trailer Yellow Handkerchief
The story is about a convict released from prison for an old murder who is thinking about returning to his ex-wife and his former life.
Kristen Stewart, Maria Bello, Eddie Redmayne, William Hurt, Udayan Prasad
Drama Thriller Remake
3 / 5
Play Trailer The Social Network
On the Harvard campus in 2004, sophmore Mark Zuckerberg starts the social networking site, Facebook.
Kevin Spacey, Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield, Scott Rudin, Armie Hammer, Caleb Landry Jones, Brenda Song
Drama Adventure
4 / 5
Play Trailer Piranha 3D
The updated picture will take place at a spring break destination in Arizona when a tremor in the ground causes the lake to open up and release a group of ravenous piranhas.
Elisabeth Shue, Riley Steele, Ryan Kavanaugh, Steve Barnett, Jerry O'Connell, Ving Rhames, Alexandre Aja, Mark Canton
Thriller Suspense Horror Remake 3D Post-3D
3 / 5
Play Trailer Alpha and Omega
What makes for the ultimate road trip? Hitchhiking, truck stops, angry bears, prickly porcupines and a golfing goose with a duck caddy. Just ask Kate and Humphrey, two wolves who are trying to get home after being taken by park rangers and shipped halfway across the country. Humphrey is an Omega wolf, whose days are about quick wit, snappy one-liners and hanging with his motley crew of fun-loving wolves and video-gaming squirrels. Kate is an Alpha: duty, discipline and sleek Lara Croft eye-popping moves fuel her fire. Humphrey’s motto – make ‘em laugh. Kate’s motto – I’m the boss. And they have a thousand miles to go. Back home rival wolf packs are on the march and conflict is brewing. Only Kate and Humphrey can restore the peace. But first, they have to survive each other.
Hayden Panettiere, Danny Glover, Justin Long, Christina Ricci, Chris Carmack, Richard Rich, Anthony Bell, Ben Gluck
Adventure Comedy Animated 3D Shot-In-3D
4 / 5
Play Trailer Shake Hands with the Devil
General Romeo Dallaire's frustrated efforts to stop the Rwandan Genocide.
Roger Spottiswoode
Drama War
4 / 5
Play Trailer Picture Me
A personal video diary charting model Sara Ziff’s rise from fresh face to one that adorns billboards. The film considers the demand for adolescent models, the pressure to stay thin, the abuse of drugs and the persistence of sexual harassment.
Ole Schell, Sara Ziff
Documentary
3 / 5
Play Trailer Heartbreaker
Alex and his sister run a business to break up relationships. A rich man hires them to break up the wedding of his daughter that is in one week.
Pascal Chaumeil
Comedy Romance
3 / 5
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Takers
The thriller casts Idris Elba as a member of a group of bank robbers enlisted in pulling off a $20 million heist. Matt Dillon stars as Los Angeles Det. Jack Welles, a troubled workaholic who pursues the robbers.
Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba, Paul Walker, Gabriel Casseus, Matt Dillon, Hayden Christensen, Michael Ealy, Chris Brown
Drama Action Thriller Suspense
4 / 5
Play Trailer The Virginity Hit
Follows four friends exploiting their teen sexuality for Internet popularity.
Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Jacob Davich, Huck Botko, Matt Bennett, Zack Pearlman
Comedy Teen
3 / 5
Play Trailer Death Race 2
Newly arrived at Terminal Island, a prison for the most nonredeemable of convicts, Carl "Luke" Lucas must prove his mettle in a race to the death.
Sean Bean, Danny Trejo, Ving Rhames, Lauren Cohan, Mike Elliott, Paul W.S. Anderson, Luke Goss, Jeremy Bolt
Action Adventure Sequel Prequel
Stone
Based on a play by "Junebug" screenwriter Angus MacLachlan. Robert De Niro will play a parole officer who develops a friendship with a teaching assistant.
Edward Norton, Robert De Niro, Milla Jovovich, John Curran, Frances Conroy, Angus MacLachlan
Drama Thriller Suspense
4 / 5
Play Trailer Animal Kingdom
The story of seventeen year-old Josh as he navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.
Joel Edgerton, Ben Mendelsohn, Guy Pearce, James Frecheville, David Michôd, Liz Watts
Drama Crime
3 / 5
Play Trailer Jack Goes Boating
A stoner limo driver embarks on such missions as cooking and swimming lessons, and developls an unlikely relationship with another lovable loser.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Daphne Rubin-Vega, John Ortiz, Marc Turtletaub, Amy Ryan
Drama Romance
2 / 5
Play Trailer Paper Man
A once-successful novelist (Jeff Daniels), constantly attended by the imaginary superhero who has been his pal since he was a kid, struggles to recover what made him great while watching his marriage fail. He derives some inspiration from his platonic friendship with a Cape Cod high-school girl.
Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Guymon Casady, RIchard Gladstein, Lisa Kudrow, Michele Mulroney, Jeff Daniels, Kieran Mulroney
Comedy
3 / 5
Play Trailer Break Ke Baad
Abhay and Aaliya have known each other since they were four years old. Things come to a head when Aaliya decides to go to Australia to study and Abhay has to deal with the prospect of a long term relationship, secretly fearing that he will lose Aaliya forever. He takes a leap of faith and they decide to take this time off from each other to figure out what they want to do.
Danish Aslam
Romance
5 / 5
Play Trailer Buried
Ryan Reynolds will star in "Buried", playing a civilian contractor who's kidnapped in Iraq and awakens buried in a coffin in the desert, armed only with a cell phone, a candle and a knife.
Ryan Reynolds, Chris Sparling, Samantha Mathis, Warner Loughlin, Rodrigo Cortés, Robert Paterson
Drama War
3 / 5
Play Trailer Eichmann
Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel as he accounts to Captain Avner Less, a young Israeli Police Officer, of his past as the architect of Hitler's plan for the final solution.
Snoo Wilson, Robert Young, Thomas Krestchmann
Drama
4 / 5
Play Trailer Neshoba
A Mississippi town still divided about the meaning of justice, 40 years after the murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner.
Tony Pagano, Micki Dickoff
Documentary
2 / 5
Play Trailer Freakonomics
Based on the bestseller Freakonomics, where economist Steven D. Levitt uses statistics and theory to analyze pop culture.
Morgan Spurlock, Heidi Ewing, Seth Gordon, Jeremy Chilnick, Alex Gibney, Rachel Grady, Chad Troutwine, Chris Romano
Documentary
2 / 5
Play Trailer Lebanon
June, 1982 - The First Lebanon War. A lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town - a simple mission that turns into a nightmare. The four members of a tank crew find themselves in a violent situation that they cannot contain. Motivated by fear and the basic instinct of survival, they desperately try not to lose themselves in the chaos of war.
Yoav Donat, Zohar Shtrauss, Dudu Tassa, Samuel Maoz, Michael Moshonov, Itay Tiran
Drama
4 / 5
Play Trailer The Freebie
Darren (Dax Shepard) and Annie (Aselton) have an enviable relationship built on love, trust and communication-they still enjoy each other's company and laugh at each other's jokes. Unfortunately, they can't remember the last time they had sex. They begin to flirt with an idea for a way to spice things up. The deal: one night of freedom, no strings attached, no questions asked.
Dax Shepard, Mark Duplass, Katie Aselton, Bellamy Young, Sean Nelson
Comedy Romance
3 / 5
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Red
A former black-ops CIA agent's quiet life in retirement is disrupted when a high-tech assassin shows up intent on killing him. With his secret identity compromised and his love interest in danger, the man must reassemble his old team to figure out who is out to get them.
Morgan Freeman, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Helen Mirren, Bruce Willis, Erich Hoeber, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Mark Vahradian
Action Adventure Superhero
4 / 5
Play Trailer Secretariat
Based on "Secretariat," the 1973 Triple Crown-winning racehorse and its owner, Penny Chenery. Chenery was a mother and housewife who knew little about horses when she was pressed to take over her ailing father's horse farm in Virginia. Though Secretariat came along and began to take shape as a potential champion, Chenery was pressured to sell the farm after her father died and she was hit with a multimillion-dollar inheritance tax. She saved both the farm and the horse, and watched as Secretariat became the first thoroughbred to win the Triple Crown in 25 years, taking the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes in dominating fashion. Chenery became known as the "first lady of racing."
Kevin Connolly, John Malkovich, Mark Ciardi, Diane Lane, Otto Thorwarth, Nestor Serrano, Margo Martindale, A.J. Michalka
Drama Historical
4 / 5
Play Trailer Saw 3D
The seventh installment of the highly successful horror franchise.
Sean Patrick Flanery, Kevin Greutert, Patrick Melton, Cary Elwes, Costas Mandylor, Mark Burg, Marcus Dunstan, Tobin Bell
Sequel Suspense Horror 3D Post-3D
4 / 5
Play Trailer Fuel
A comprehensive documentary looking at energy in America, reliance on oil and the potential of alternative energy sources.
Joshua Tickell, Johnny O'Hara
Documentary
Feed the Fish
The story follows the story of Joe “G.G.” Peterson, a burned-out kids book writer who’s approaching his mid-life crisis. With his career at a standstill and his relationship in shambles, he does what any self-respecting dreamer would do, he leaves town to go with his best buddy to do the Polar Bear Plunge in the dead of winter in northern Wisconsin. On his quest for escapism, he meets: Axel, an inspirational mentor; The Sheriff, an obsessed law enforcement professional; and Sif, his muse and a professional female hockey player.
Tony Shalhoub, Seymour Cassel, Nick Langholff, Michael Matzdorff, Alison Abrohams
Drama
Enter the Void
Nathaniel Brown and Paz de la Huerta star in a visceral journey set against the thumping, neon club scene of Tokyo, which hurls the viewer into an astonishing trip through life, death, and the universally wonderful and horrible moments between.
Nathaniel Brown, Gaspar Noe
Drama Foreign
2 / 5
Play Trailer Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Biopic of Ian Dury who was crippled by polio at age 10 and told he would amount to nothing, but went on to become one of the founders of the British punk movement in the 1970s.
Naomie Harris, Andy Serkis, Mat Whitecross, Ray Winstone, Toby Jones, Olivia Williams, Paul Viragh, Noel Clarke
Drama
2 / 5
More Info The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
In the final part of the Millennium Trilogy, Lisbeth Salander is hospitalized after meeting with her father. Mikael Blomqvist continues to uncover the reasons why Lisbeth has been treated harshly by the Swedish authorities.
Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Daniel Alfredson, Ulf Ryberg, Peter Haber, Jonas Frykberg, Lena Endre
Drama Sequel Thriller Mystery Foreign
3 / 5
Play Trailer Nowhere Boy
A biopic of a young John Lennon.
Aaron Johnson, Douglas Rae, Kristin Scott Thomas, Thomas Sangster, David Threlfall, Kevin Loader, Sam Taylor Wood, Matt Greenhalgh
Drama
3 / 5
Play Trailer White Wedding
Elvis sets off from Johannesburg to travel the 1800 kilometers that lie between him and his bride to be. They are to be married on Saturday. Firrst stop is Durban by Greyhound, but he misses the bus, misses his bachelor party and then things get worse.
Jann Turner
Comedy Romance
4 / 5
Play Trailer Open Season 3
The comedy begins when Boog’s pals choose their family obligations over the annual guy’s trip, and a disappointed Boog decides to take a trip on his own, which leads him right into the middle of a circus ring. When he switches places with a devious look-a-like circus grizzly and falls for an alluring Russian troupe member, he’ll come to realize that maybe you don’t have to choose between family and friendship after all.
Mike Epps, Joel McHale, Ciara Bravo, Cody Cameron, Billy Connolly, Kirk Bodyfelt, Danny Mann, David I. Stern
Sequel Family Animated Direct-to-Video
Adventures of Power
In his quest to become the world's greatest air-drummer, a small-town mine-worker must overcome obstacles and ridicule to save the day.
Christopher Woodrow, Ari Gold, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Andrea Sperling, Adrian Grenier, Gill Holland
Comedy
1 / 5
Play Trailer Red Hill
A new arrival on a small-town police force confronts a legendary convicted murderer.
Patrick Hughes, Ryan Kwanten
Thriller
4 / 5
Play Trailer Dogtooth
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary.
Efthymis Filippou, Giorgos Lanthimos
Drama
1 / 5
Play Trailer Peepli Live
On the eve of national elections in the Indian village of Peepli, two poor farmers, Natha and Budhia, face losing their land over an unpaid government loan.
Mahmood Farooqui, Anusha Rizvi
Drama
3 / 5
Play Trailer Inhale
A district attorney uncovers nefarious activities while on a desperate search for a doctor to save his young daughter.
Dermot Mulroney, Diane Kruger, Sam Shepard, Jordi Molla, Baltasar Kormakur, Michelle Chydzik Sowa, Nathalie Marciano, Rosanna Arquette
Drama
3 / 5
Play Trailer Client 9
The rise and fall of New York Attorney Governor Elliot Spitzer, who rose to power as NY Attorney General prosecuting Wall Street corruption. His political downfall came when the public discovered his involvement in prostitution.
Alex Gibney
Documentary
3 / 5
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