Best DVD & Blu-rays Released June 2012
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Safe House
The thriller that revolves around the young house sitter of a CIA-run safe house who must help a criminal, who's being hidden there, avoid being killed as they flee to another secure facility when the first house is destroyed by villains who want the witness dead.
Ryan Reynolds, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Espinosa, Sam Shepard, Joel Kinnaman, Denzel Washington, Trevor Macy, Scott Stuber
John Carter
A Civil War veteran retreats into a cave to avoid capture by Apache Indians. But this cave actually transports him via time portal to the planet of Barsoom and is taken prisoner by 12-foot-tall green men.
Ciaran Hinds, Sean Daniel, Jim Jacks, Ehren Kruger, Samantha Morton, Bryan Cranston, Willem Dafoe, Mark Strong
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Professor Trevor Anderson and his nephew embark on a journey to a mysterious island that was the subject of three classic novels, Treasure Island.
Vanessa Hudgens, Dwayne Johnson, Brad Peyton, Beau Flynn, Brian Gunn, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Caine, Tripp Vinson
Act of Valor
A Navy Seal squad goes on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent, and, in the process, takes down a complex web of terrorist cells determined to strike America at all costs.
Scott Waugh, Mike McCoy, Kurt Johnstad, Roselyn Sanchez, Emilio Rivera, Thomas Tull
Bad Ass
A Vietnam veteran becomes a local hero after saving a man from attackers on a city bus and decides to take action when his best friend is murdered and the police show little interest in solving the crime.
Danny Trejo, Charles S. Dutton, Ron Perlman, Craig Moss
Hermano
Raised as brothers, intense teammates and competitors on the soccer field – the gregarious, swaggering Julio (Eliu Armas) and the more wiry and focused Daniel “Gato” (Fernando Moreno) have remained virtually inseparable ever since the newborn Daniel was found abandoned in a trash heap in their La Ceniza slum. The opportunity of their lives arrives when a football scout invites them to tryout for the city’s top professional team, just as a tragic act of violence threatens to tear them apart and prevent them from achieving their dreams.
Marcel Rasquin, Eliu Armas, Fernando Moreno
Yellow Submarine
Once upon a time... or maybe twice, there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland, a place where happiness and music reigned supreme. But all that was threatened when the terrible Blue Meanies declared war and sent in their army led by a menacing Flying Glove to destroy all that was good. Enter John, Paul, George and Ringo to save the day! Armed with little more than their humor, songs, and of course, their yellow submarine, The Beatles tackle the rough seas ahead in an effort to bring down the evil forces of bluedom.
George Dunning, The Beatles
Seven Days In Utopia
Luke Chisolm, a talented young golfer set on making the pro tour but his first big shot turns out to be a public disaster. Luke escapes the pressures of the game and finds himself unexpectedly stranded in Utopia, Texas. It is home to eccentric rancher Johnny Crawford who forces Luke to question not only his past choices, but his direction for the future.
Lucas Black, Matt Russell, Melissa Leo, Robert Duvall, Deborah Ann Woll
Machine Gun Preacher
Gerard Butler will star in Machine Gun Preacher, the story of Sam Childers. Childers is a former drug dealer and gang member who turned around his life and now dedicates his time to rescuing children in war-torn Sudan.
Gerard Butler, Kathy Baker, Michael Shannon, Michelle Monaghan, Jason Keller, Alan Siegel, Marc Forster, Robbie Brenner
Hit So Hard
When Nirvana burst onto the scene in 1991, the music they played spoke directly to an angry and disenfranchised generation. Grunge took over MTV and radio overnight… but just three years later, the drug-related deaths of several musicians and the suicide of Kurt Cobain closed the books on an all too brief era. Patty Schemel, the acclaimed drummer for Courtney Love's seminal rock band Hole, was in the middle of all of it. The openly gay woman who always felt different never dreamed she would be in a multi-platinum band, touring with legends… or that, thanks to drug addiction, she could lose it all. Given a video camera just before Hole's infamous Live Through This world tour, Patty filmed everything the shows, the parties, and startlingly intimate footage of Kurt and Courtney. This footage has never been seen... until now.
P. David Ebersole
How to Live Forever
The director takes a world trip to discover the secrets to extending life.
Mark Wexler
American Animal
Jimmy is a terminally ill young man. He is also quite eccentric, bordering on plain old crazy, and starting today he has decided that he is ‘happy’ and no longer sick. Jimmy’s roommate James is a healthy, dreamy young man. They’re best friends. They live together. They don’t do much of anything and they seem very happy that way. Today, they have two female friends - both named Angela - over to their downtown Los Angeles loft for just another day of drinks, drugs, board games and casual sex, among other things. All seems well. But trouble arises when it gets revealed that James will be leaving for a new job in the morning. Jimmy, feeling betrayed, is not pleased by this development. He sees it as nothing short of the destruction of the perfect little world that they’ve set up, and a humorous battle of wills ensues as James prepares for the real world and Jimmy falls deeper and deeper into his world of illness, isolation, and make-believe.
Matt D'Elia
Declaration of War
Follows a couple, their child, his illness and their battle.
Valrie Donzelli, Edouard Weil, Jeremie Elkaim
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Johnny Blaze returns in the sequel to the 2007 comic book movie.
Michael De Luca, Nicolas Cage, Brian Taylor, Avi Arad, Ciaran Hinds, Gary Foster, Ashok Amritraj, David S. Goyer
Good Deeds
An affluent and successful entrepreneur is about to get married when he becomes enamored with a down-on-her-luck single mom.
Thandiwe Newton, Tyler Perry, Jamie Kennedy, Eddie Cibrian, Phylicia Rashad, Rebecca Romijn, Gabrielle Union, Brian J. White
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Robert Downey stars as Sherlock Holmes; Jude Law plays protege Watson, and Rachel McAdams stars as love interest Irene Adler.
Guy Ritchie, Rachel McAdams, Jude Law, Kelly Reilly, Lionel Wigram, Dan Lin, Robert Downey Jr., Noomi Rapace
Don't Go in the Woods
A young band heads to the woods to get away from their everyday lives in order to focus on writing new songs. Hoping to walk away from the trip with new tunes that will score them their big break, they instead find themselves in the middle of a nightmare beyond comprehension.
Sam Bisbee, Vincent D'Onofrio, Joe Vinciguerra, Eric Bogosian, Gwynn Galitzer, Jorgen Jorgensen, Tim Lajcik, Soomin Lee
A Little Bit of Heaven
The story centers on a terminally ill woman who falls in love with her doctor.
Gael García Bernal, John Davis, Kate Hudson, Lucy Punch, Kathy Bates, Nicole Kassell, Mark Gill, Robert Katz
The Hedgehog
The timely story of Paloma (Garance Le Guillermic), a young girl bent on ending it all on her upcoming twelfth birthday. Using her father’s old camcorder to chronicle the hypocrisy she sees in adults, Paloma begins to learn about life from the grumpy building concierge, Renée Michel (Josiane Balasko). When Paloma’s camera reveals the extensive secret library in Renée’s back room, and that the often gruff matron reads Tolstoy to her cat, Paloma begins to understand that there are allies to be found beneath the prickliest of exteriors. As the unlikely friendship deepens, Paloma’s own coming of age becomes a much less pessimistic prospect.
Ariane Ascaride, Togo Igawa, Mona Achache, Anne-Dominique Toussaint, Josiane Balasko
Such Great Heights
An intimate and gripping journey into the world of mixed martial arts, as Jon Fitch prepares for the fight of his life. While Fitch focuses on his training, the story weaves through the daily triumphs and challenges of the other fighters at the American Kickboxing Academy. They battle their inner demons and financial hardship, striving to make it in this world of blood, sweat and tears. The stakes are high as Fitch prepares for the most climactic moment of his life, which culminates in an epic battle of heart and the human spirit.
Jonah Tulis
Ranchero
After the death of his parents Rockabilly Tejano Jesse Torres leaves his childhood cattle ranch for the Bright Lights of the Big City. His childhood friend Tom sets Jesse up in a squalid neighborhood of drugs, gangs and broken dreams. Jesse quickly finds out Tom is in deep to the local gangs and struggles to help his friend break away. He finds solace in local girl, Lil' Bit, but as the romance blossoms Jesse finds himself confronted by the neighborhood mobster, Capone (Danny Trejo) who owns Lil' Bit. Now faced with a drug addicted best friend, an angry mobster and his girlfriend’s freedom, Jesse must make some hard choices.
Roger Gutierrez, Danny Trejo, Richard Kaponas, Christina Woods, Brian Eric Johnson
In Darkness
In Nazi-occupied Poland, a sewer worker and petty thief begin sheltering Jews in underground tunnels for profit.
Agnieszka Holland
Big Miracle
In October 1988, three California gray whales are found trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle. The subsequent rescue attempt becomes a huge global event, as scores of journalists converge on the nearby Eskimo town of Barrow, Alaska, and the U.S. and Soviet government enjoy a rare moment of collaboration. The two-week drama plays out at a time of geopolitical change, with Mikhail Gorbachev in the midst of his glasnost initiative and Ronald Reagan preparing to leave office after his second term. During all of this a nonprofit aid worker and a government worker fall in love.
Kristen Bell, John Krasinski, Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Liza Chasin, Drew Barrymore, Tim Blake Nelson, Ted Danson
Wanderlust
Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd will play a married couple trying to escape the trappings of modern society by joining a free-wheeling commune.
Paul Rudd, Malin Akerman, Kathryn Hahn, Jennifer Aniston, Ray Liotta, David Wain, Judd Apatow, Ken Marino
Project X
Said to be an outrageous college-age high concept. The filmmakers are intent that every actor cast in the film will be losing their screen virginity on the project.
Steve Richards, Nima Nourizadeh, Todd Phillips, Miles Teller, Andrew Rona, Michael Bacall, Matt Drake, Oliver Cooper
Seeking Justice
Described as being in the vein of "The Game" (1997).
Nicolas Cage, Guy Pearce, Ram Bergman, Tobey Maguire, James Stern, Harold Perrineau, January Jones, Mark Ross
Cat Run
Childhood best friends decide to start a detective agency. Unfortunately for them, after their first case, they are running from the mob, a corrupt US Senator and a ruthless Mary Poppins-like assassin.
John Stockwell, John Niven, Paz Vega, Tony Curran, Nick Ball, Christopher McDonald, Scott Mechlowicz
Jeff Who Lives at Home
An adventure-comedy about a stoner on a quest for a bottle of wood glue.
Susan Sarandon, Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Judy Greer, Jay Duplass, Jason Reitman, Helen Estabrook, Mark Duplass
Keyhole
After a long absence, gangster and father Ulysses Pick (Jason Patric) arrives home to a house haunted with memories, towing the body of a teenaged girl and a bound and gagged young man. His gang waits inside his house, having shot their way past police. There is friction in the ranks. Ulysses, however, is focused on one thing: journeying through the house, room by room, and reaching his wife Hyacinth (Isabella Rossellini) in her bedroom upstairs. The equilibrium of the house has been disturbed and his odyssey eventually becomes an emotional tour, as the ghostly nooks and crannies of the house reveal more about the mysterious Pick family.
Guy Maddin
A Bag of Hammers
Two slackers run a valet-parking scam to steal cars, but their operation is threatened when a stressed-out single mom and her street-smart young son move in next door.
Rebecca Hall, Brian Crano, Lucy Barzun Donnelly, Jake Sandvig, Jason Ritter
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster?
The film traces the rise of one of the world’s premier architects, Norman Foster and his unending quest to improve the quality of life through design. Portrayed are Foster’s origins and how his dreams and influences inspired the design of emblematic projects such as the largest building in the world Beijing Airport, the Reichstag, the Hearst Building in New York and works such as the tallest bridge ever in Millau France.
Carlos Carcas, Norberto López Amado
My Afternoons With Marguerite
An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman.
Jean Becker, Jean-Loup Dabadie, Gerard Depardieu, Sophie Guillemin, Claire Maurier
My Reincarnation
Yeshi, who was recognized at birth as the reincarnation of a famous spiritual master, considers departing from tradition to embrace the modern world.
Jennifer Fox
Flying Monsters 3D
A 3D IMAX movie about the prehistoric world inhabited by pterosaurs -- flying vertebrates with a wingspan of up to 45 feet that lived alongside dinosaurs.
Anthony Geffen, David Attenborough
Wrath of the Titans
A follow up adventure to the 2010 Greek-mythology action movie. Expect more adventures for Perseus, the mortal son of the god Zeus.
Liam Neeson, Louis Leterrier, Greg Berlanti, Ralph Fiennes, Sam Worthington, Basil Iwanyk, Bill Nighy, Rosamund Pike
Mirror Mirror
Story is pitched as an edgy and modernized take on the classic fairy tale.
Brett Ratner, Jason Keller, Armie Hammer, John Cheng, Tarsem Singh, Bernie Goldman, Ryan Kavanaugh, Melisa Wallack
A Thousand Words
A man finds out hat he has only 1,000 words left to speak before he dies.
Eddie Murphy, Nicolas Cage, Steve Koren, Sharla Summpter Bridgett, Allison Janney, Cliff Curtis, Brian Robbins, Alain Chabat
21 Jump Street
An undercover police unit consisting of young looking officers infiltrate high schools to control youth crime.
Dakota Johnson, Johnny Depp, Ice Cube, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Phil Lord, Neal H. Moritz, Rob Riggle
The Decoy Bride
When the world's media descend on the remote Scottish island where a Hollywood actress is attempting to get married, a local girl is hired as a decoy bride to put the paparazzi off the scent.
Sheree Folkson, Sally Phillips, Neil Jaworski, David Tennant, Alice Eve, Kelly MacDonald, Maureen Beattie, Federico Castelluccio
The Perfect Family
Eileen Cleary, a devout Catholic in the running for the coveted Catholic Woman of the Year award at her church, must prove that her family conforms to the image of the "perfect family," by lying about her gay daughter Shannon who's having a baby with her life partner, her unhappily married son Frank Jr. who recently left his wife, and the painful truth about her own marriage to her long-suffering husband Frank.
Anne Renton, Cora Olson, Paula Goldberg, Claire Riley, Kathleen Turner, Emily Deschanel, Jason Ritter, Richard Chamberlain
The Hedgehog
The timely story of Paloma (Garance Le Guillermic), a young girl bent on ending it all on her upcoming twelfth birthday. Using her father’s old camcorder to chronicle the hypocrisy she sees in adults, Paloma begins to learn about life from the grumpy building concierge, Renée Michel (Josiane Balasko). When Paloma’s camera reveals the extensive secret library in Renée’s back room, and that the often gruff matron reads Tolstoy to her cat, Paloma begins to understand that there are allies to be found beneath the prickliest of exteriors. As the unlikely friendship deepens, Paloma’s own coming of age becomes a much less pessimistic prospect.
Ariane Ascaride, Togo Igawa, Mona Achache, Anne-Dominique Toussaint, Josiane Balasko
Sound of Noise
Police officer Amadeus Warnebring was born into a musical family with a long history of famous musicians. Ironically, he hates music. His life is thrown into chaos when a band of crazy musicians decides to perform a musical apocalypse using the city as their orchestra... Reluctantly, Warnebring embarks on his first musical investigation...
Ola Simonsson, Johannes Stjärne Nilsson
Oranges and Sunshine
Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times: the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom to Australia.
Jim Loach, Hugo Weaving, Emily Watson, David Wenham, Tara Morice
The Artist
Takes place in 1927 Hollywood and focuses on a silent movie star whose career seems about to be ended because of the arrival of the talkies. At the same time, a pretty young extra sees the new format as an opportunity to launch her star.
Jean Dujardin, Michel Hazanavicius, John Goodman, Missi Pyle, Penelope Ann Miller, James Cromwell
Dangerous Ishhq
Supermodel Sanjana (Karisma Kapoor) and Rohan, son of one of the nation's foremost business tycoons, are one of the most popular couples on the social circuit. When Rohan is kidnapped, Sanjana must rescue her love and expose his true captors.
Vikram Bhatt
Bullhead
For Jacky, a young man working on his family’s cattle farm in eastern Belgium, the crime ring surrounding the use of banned growth hormones represents both a financial opportunity and the possible exposure of his own troubled past. With an old friend urging him to agree to an illegal deal, Jacky finds himself drawn into a dangerous web that has already resulted in the death of a policeman investigating the ring.
Barbara Sarafian, Jeroen Perceval, Michael R. Roskam, Matthias Schoenaerts