January 2011 DVD & Blu-rays

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

"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.

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.

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.

A 1950s-era tale, focusing on the obscenity trial launched to censor Allen Ginsberg's groundbreaking book-length poem.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Based on the bestseller Freakonomics, where economist Steven D. Levitt uses statistics and theory to analyze pop culture.

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.

A stoner limo driver embarks on such missions as cooking and swimming lessons, and developls an unlikely relationship with another lovable loser.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

A comprehensive documentary looking at energy in America, reliance on oil and the potential of alternative energy sources.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A district attorney uncovers nefarious activities while on a desperate search for a doctor to save his young daughter.

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.

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.