DVD & Blu-rays Released January 7, 2014

Tuesday, January 7

105 mins

We Are What We Are R

A family must learn to survive after the death of their father by hunting and putting meat on the table. (They are cannibals!)
Julia Garner, Bill Sage, Jim Mickle, Ambyr Childers, Wyatt Russell
Thriller Horror Remake Psychological
80 mins

Big Ass Spider! PG-13

The unlikely heroic duo of a blue-collar exterminator (Greg Grunberg) and Latino security guard (Lombardo Boyar) must save the day when a giant spider escapes from a military lab and rampages the city of Los Angeles.
Mike Mendez, Ray Wise, Gregory Gieras, Greg Grunberg, Lombardo Boyar, Lin Shaye
Sci-Fi

Thanks For Sharing R

Story centers on three sex addicts in a recovery clinic.
Mark Ruffalo, Jordan Horowitz, Joely Richardson, David Koplan, Tim Robbins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Edward Norton, Bill Migliore
Comedy
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Closed Circuit R

Story centers on two ex-lovers, played by Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall, finding their loyalties tested and their lives at risk when they are joined together on the defense team in a terrorism trial.
Anne-Marie Duff, Rebecca Hall, Steve Knight, Eric Bana, Jim Broadbent, Kenneth Cranham, John Crowley, Ciaran Hinds
Thriller

Tiger Eyes PG-13

After the senseless murder of her father, a 16 year-old girl struggles to accept the loss. At the invitation of an aunt and uncle, she and her mother and little brother travel to New Mexico in hopes that a change of location will help. But for the girl, it’s only made things more confusing, leaving her feeling isolated.
Cynthia Stevenson, Lawrence Blume, Judy Blume, Russell Means, Tatanka Means, Elise Eberle, Teo Olivares, Amy Jo Johnson
Drama Direct-to-Video
76 mins

Birth of the Living Dead

In 1968, a young college drop-out named George A. Romero directed Night of the Living Dead, a low budget horror film that shocked the world, became an icon of the counterculture, and spawned a zombie industry worth billions of dollars that continues to this day.

Birth of the Living Dead shows how Romero gathered an unlikely team of Pittsburghers -- policemen, iron workers, teachers, ad-men, housewives and a roller-rink owner -- to shoot a revolutionary guerrilla style film that went on to become a cinematic landmark, offering a profound insight into how our society worked in a singular time in American history.
Rob Kuhns
Documentary Zombies

Inequality for All

When middle class consumers have to tighten their belts, the whole economy suffers as seen in the years before the Great Depression and as it stands today. The middle class represents 70% of spending and is the great stabilizer of our economy. No increase in spending by the rich can make up for it. This is the moment in history in which we find ourselves: unprecedented income divisions, a wildly fluctuating and unstable economy, and average Americans increasingly frustrated and disillusioned. The debate about income inequality has become part of the national discussion, and this is a good thing. Inequality for All connects the dots for viewers, showing why dealing with the widening gap between the right and everyone else isn’t just about moral fairness. The issues addressed are arguably the most pressing of our times. The film alternates between intimate, approachable sequences and intellectually rigorous arguments helping people with no economic background or education of what it means for the U.S. to be economically imbalanced, and walk away with a comprehensive and significantly deeper sense of the issues and what can be done about it.
Jacob Kornbluth, Robert Reich, Jen Chaiken, Sebastian Dungan
Documentary

Runner Runner R

Set in Costa Rica and revolves around on the world of online casinos.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Schwartz, Anthony Mackie, Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, David Levien, Gemma Arterton
Drama Thriller Crime

A Strange Brand of Happy PG-13

After losing his job David is pushed by his roommate to hire a life coach named Joyce. A decision aided in part by how pretty David finds this life coach, but also a desire to get unstuck in life. When Joyce invites him to join the volunteer group she takes to a retirement home David discovers his manipulative ex-boss, William, is part of the group and interested in Joyce as well.

The motley crew of retirees instantly recognize the potential for drama with this love triangle. A wily old man goads the boys to battle for Joyce. As a result, David begrudgingly agrees to go to an open mic night Joyce holds for people to ponder the existence of God. It’s there that a poet says a few things that cause David’s head to tilt and move him a little further down the path of finding himself. The problem is the ungentlemanly competition he’s still in with William. When that turns extreme, David makes a decision that nearly ruins his dual-level progress with Joyce. He’s then forced to turn to the only community he has left, the ragtag band of retirees who point him in the direction of true north.
Rebecca St. James, Brad Wise, Joe Boyd, Shirley Jones, Marty Ingels, Joe Stevens, Venida Evans, Ashley Palmer
Comedy

The Happy House NR

Their relationship on the rocks, a young Brooklyn couple heads to a remote B&B to work things out. But from the moment they arrive at The Happy House it's one disaster after another, and they soon begin to suspect they've wandered into a real-life horror movie. Events escalate from weird to terrifying as they contend with the house's batty owner, her imposing son, a moody Swedish lepidopterist, a pedantic English professor, an extraordinarily rare butterfly, the world's best blueberry muffins, a .44 Magnum, a demented serial killer, and one very strict rulebook.
D.W. Young
Comedy Horror

Tuesday, January 7