May 2011 DVD & Blu-rays

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Oct. 28, 2012

Best DVD & Blu-rays Released May 2011

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New love convinces a struggling actor and dancer to enter a talent competition that could make him a superstar.

Ken Ghosh

NR Romance

88%

  • 3.7
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Set in Chicago and explores the fallout surrounding infidelity between lovers and friends.

Ron Howard, Kevin James, Vince Vaughn, Winona Ryder, Kim Roth, Brian Grazer, Allan Loeb, Jennifer Connelly

PG-13 Comedy Romance 1 hr, 58 mins

85%

  • 3.3
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Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), son and heir to Los Angeles’ largest newspaper fortune, is a rich, spoiled playboy who has been happy to maintain a direction-less existence. When his father James Reid (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets an impressive and resourceful company employee, Kato (Jay Chou). They realize that they have the resources to do something worthwhile with their lives and finally step out of James Reid’s shadow. Kato builds the ultimate weapon, The Black Beauty, an indestructible car with every weapon imaginable and Britt decides that in order to be heroes, they will pose as villains. With the help of Britts new secretary, Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz), they learn that the chief criminal in the city is named Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz). He has united all the gangs under his power, and he quickly sees that the Green Hornet is a direct threat to the prosperous criminal underworld he controls.

Christoph Waltz, Michael Peña, Adam Sandler, Edward James Olmos, Michel Gondry, Seth Rogen, Neal H. Moritz, George Trendle

PG-13 Action Adventure Crime Superhero Martial Arts 3D Post-3D 1 hr, 48 mins

83%

  • 4
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Tom Sturridge plays a wanderer who tries to reconnect with his childhood love, an actress in Hollywood (played by the Rachel Bilson).

James Keach, Steve Adams, Tom Sturridge, Blythe Danner, Richard Jenkins, Rachel Bilson, Jaime King, Nikki Blonsky

PG-13 Comedy Romance 1 hr, 34 mins

92%

  • 3.7
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An ex-convict released from prison tries to live a normal, quiet life but is also looking for vengeance against the snitch who put him in jail.

Hans Petter Moland, Stellan Skarsgard

Comedy Crime 1 hr, 46 mins

38%

  • 2.8
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A cop works against his country's corrupt government in order to find justice on a case.

Manny Perez, Josh Crook

Crime 1 hr, 40 mins

60%

  • 1
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Two sisters, one a young beauty who chooses passion over logic, the other a law student whose fixed moral compass keeps her from following her desires, are uprooted from their luxurious home when their father suddenly passes away. Out of money and out of options, the women move into their Great Aunt Aurelia's modest, but lively home in the Latino-centric Boyle Heights neighborhood where they find themselves thrown into a world that, despite their heritage, seems completely foreign. Over time, they discover the beauty of the culture they once fought so desperately to hide. And in the process they find the one thing that had eluded them: love.

Alexa Vega, Wilmer Valderrama, Adriana Barraza, Kuno Becker, Nicholas D'Agosto, Fina Torres, Gigi Pritzker, Luis Alfaro

PG-13 Drama Comedy Romance Adaptation 1 hr, 47 mins

76%

  • 3.6
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Emma and Adam have the best relationship ever! They’re twentysomething pals who, you know, do it. A lot. But then Adam goes and falls in love with Emma and ruins everything.

Ali Bell, Cary Elwes, Natalie Portman, Greta Gerwig, Kevin Kline, Ophelia Lovibond, Lisa Bruce, Ivan Reitman

R Comedy Romance 1 hr, 50 mins

80%

  • 4
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"Blue Valentine" chronicles a disintegrating marriage between Dean (Gosling) and Cindy (Williams), told in flashback.

Ryan Gosling, Jamie Patricof, Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis, Lynette Howell, Alex Orlovsky, Cami Delavigne, Michelle Williams

R Drama Romance 2 hrs, 0 mins

63%

  • 4.3
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An illegal Latina immigrant living in Los Angeles who stumbles across a disgraced banker on the run. She takes him in and through soul-searching conversations and other worldly pleasures, Angela introduces Bill to another worldview.

Philippe Diaz

Drama 1 hr, 37 mins

89%

  • 4.3
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A special agent's pregnant wife becomes the latest victim of a disturbed and brutal serial killer. Vowing revenge, the agent blurs the lines between hunter and hunted.

Ji-woon Kim

Horror 2 hrs, 24 mins

68%

  • 3.8
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The film details the story of a dying breed of stage entertainer whose thunder is being stolen by emerging rock stars. Forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theaters, garden parties and bars, he meets a young fan who changes his life forever.

Sylvain Chomet, Jacques Tati

PG Drama Animation 1 hr, 20 mins

51%

  • 3.9
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The year is 1348. Europe has fallen under the shadow of the Black Death. As the plague decimates all in its path, fear and superstition are rife. In this apocalyptic environment, the church is losing its grip on the people. There are rumors of a village, hidden in marshland that the plague cannot reach. There is even talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to bring the dead back to life. Ulric (Sean Bean), a fearsome knight, is charged by the church to investigate these rumors.

Eddie Redmayne, Christopher Smith, Sean Bean, Carice van Houten

R Drama Horror

80%

  • 3.5
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Justin Bieber will play himself in his life story. The pic will be sprinkled with performances from his current concert tour.

Jon M. Chu, Scooter Braun, L.A. Reid, Jane Lipsitz, Dan Cutforth, Usher, Justin Bieber

G Biography Documentary Music 3D 1 hr, 45 mins

61%

  • 2.9
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An American priest studies at an exorcism school in Italy.

Ciaran Hinds, Mikael Hafstrom, Anthony Hopkins, Toby Jones, Marta Gastini, Richard Brener, Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson

PG-13 Drama Thriller Suspense True Story 1 hr, 52 mins

77%

  • 3.9
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Sara and Rebecca are assigned to be roomates in their freshman dorm. Things start off great but turn deadly as Rebecca begins to target people in Sara's life.

Minka Kelly, Doug Davison, Sonny Mallhi, Aly Michalka, Matt Lanter, Christian E. Christiansen, Roy Lee, Irene Young

PG-13 Thriller Suspense Teen 1 hr, 33 mins

78%

  • 3.8
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Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) is a well-paid assassin who executes people at the request of the American government. But after assassinating a former close associate, Bishop does something that's unprofessional and out of control: he takes on a apprentice (Ben Foster), the son of the man he just killed.

Jason Statham, Ben Foster, David Winkler, Beau Brasso, Boaz Davidson, Simon West, William Chartoff, Irwin Winkler

R Drama Action Remake 1 hr, 40 mins

93%

  • 3.9
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A teenage girl moves to a small town, to find nothing in common with the stoner-hicks who populate her highschool. So she begins an affair with her teacher. But with a serial killer on the loose and townsfolk disappearing around them, their relationship takes a turn for the worse. She breaks off the relationship and the rejection makes her teacher crazy.

Michael Goldbach, Josh Lucas, Scott Speedman, Andie MacDowell, Kat Dennings, Reece Thompson

R Drama Comedy Romance

79%

  • 4.3
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Emilia (Natalie Portman) is a Harvard law school graduate and a newlywed, having just married Jack (Scott Cohen), a high-powered New York lawyer, who was her boss — and married — when she began working at his law firm. Unfortunately, her life takes an unexpected turn when Jack and Emilia lose their newborn daughter. Emilia struggles through her grief to connect with her new stepson William (Charlie Tahan), but is finding it hard to connect with this precocious child. Perhaps the most difficult obstacle of all for Emilia is trying to cope with the constant interferences of her husband’s angry, jealous ex-wife, Carolyn (Lisa Kudrow).

Lisa Kudrow, Natalie Portman, Don Roos, Lauren Ambrose, Anthony Rapp, Charlie Tahan, Scott Cohen

R Drama 1 hr, 59 mins

75%

  • 3.7
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College freshman Adam Buckley sits blindfolded in the back of a van outside of a convenience store as the final step of his initiation into the Sigma Zeta Chi fraternity. Minutes later a fellow pledge is shot. The senior fraternity brother is able to get the injured pledge out of the store alive, but the fraternity's troubles are just beginning.

Will Canon

R Drama 1 hr, 21 mins

77%

  • 4.3
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A political documentary that examines two philosophies for the roles of the federal government as examplified by Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama.

Ray Griggs

Documentary

83%

  • 2.9
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The story centers on a once-thriving city where shadowy forms cause residents to inexplicably disappear. Five survivors fight to stay alive while grappling with the meaning of existence.

Thandiwe Newton, Lawrence Mattis, Norton Herrick, Hayden Christensen, Brad Anderson, Celine Rattray, Tove Christensen, Anthony Jaswinski

R Thriller Suspense Horror 1 hr, 33 mins

86%

  • 3.5
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An animated adaptation of Shakespeare's classic tale set in the world of tacky garden gnomes.

Emily Blunt, David Furnish, Kevin Cecil, Michael Caine, Kelly Asbury, James McAvoy, Igor Khait, Steve Hamilton-Shaw

G Comedy Fantasy Family Animation 3D 1 hr, 24 mins

65%

  • 4
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The "Four" story line involves nine alien teens assimilating to high school on Earth after their planet is destroyed by an enemy species. The fourth of the group discovers that the enemy is now after him on Earth.

Steven Spielberg, D.J. Caruso, Michael Bay, Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, JC Spink, Al Gough, Mils Millar

PG-13 Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi 1 hr, 44 mins

78%

  • 4.2
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A look at father-daughter relationships, modern-day parenting, marriage and the looming empty nest.

Doug Block, Lori Cheatle

Documentary 1 hr, 30 mins

42%

  • 1
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Raj, Yogi and Vikram – best friends, business partners, serial womanizers and happily married. Happy, because their lovely wives have no clue that their husbands cheat on them with every pretty young thing they can lay their eyes on. This picture perfect world is rocked when Raj’s wife, Sanjana begins to suspect her husband and hires the suave private detective, Kishan, to tail him.

Anees Bazmee, Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Irrfan Khan

Comedy Romance

100%

  • 3.5
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Set in a seaside resort, an aristocratic civil servant convinces his mistress to leave her husband, but later seeks to abandon her.

Dover Koshashvili

Drama 1 hr, 35 mins

0%

  • 4.3
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Based on the book, "The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology," the documentary explores the potential of rapidly accelerating technological growth.

Robert Barry Ptolemy

Documentary

45%

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Judging by their privileged lifestyles, one would never guess that Seth and Jonah are murderous twins who share an evil kinship. Damned from the moment of their births, the brothers possess a gruesome talent for telekinesis - a power they use in the most horrific ways imaginable. As fellow students meet gory fates, local law enforcement begins to suspect the twins' connection to the depraved murders.

Antonio Negret, Orlando Jones, Samantha Droke, Edmund Entin, Gary Entin

R Thriller Suspense Horror 1 hr, 35 mins

76%

  • 3.1
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A director loses funding for his avant-garde documentary and takes a job as a crime-scene videographer. He meets a crime-scene cleaner who begins finding key clues in a series of hipster killings missed by the apathetic detectives assigned to the case.

Todd Berger, Sherilyn Fenn

R Comedy

35%

  • 5
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Features Fran Lebowitz expressing insights on social issues in an onstage discussion with longtime friend Toni Morrison, and on the streets of New York.

Martin Scorsese, Graydon Carter, Fran Lebowitz

Documentary 1 hr, 24 mins

36%

  • 3.8
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Antonio Banderas as a private detective searching for a former stripper who is supposed to exist but no one has ever seen in a mystery connected to a particle collider. She plays a meth addict who works at a medical center pretending to have different diseases for interns to react to.

Snoop Dogg, Bill Duke, Tony Krantz, Erik Jendresen, Richard Rionda, Antonio Banderas, Rebecca Mader, William Fichtner

R Action Thriller 1 hr, 41 mins

77%

  • 3.1
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The story centers on an enraged man who is out for revenge, chasing the people who killed his daughter and kidnapped her baby.

Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, David Morse, Boaz Davidson, Patrick Lussier, Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short

R Thriller Suspense 3D Shot-In-3D 1 hr, 44 mins

85%

  • 4
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The story follows the sexual awakening of a group of college students.

Rooney Mara, Gregg Araki, Roxane Mesquida, Thomas Dekker, Kelly Lynch, Juno Temple

Comedy 1 hr, 26 mins

56%

  • 3
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Five dark and comedic stories that take place in Los Angeles.

Lake Bell, Rosamund Pike, Paz Vega, Nick Stahl, Christopher B. Landon, Zoe Saldana, Jamie Chung, Dylan McDermott

R Drama Comedy

78%

  • 3.7
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The story is about a troubled man who is confronted by a former friend, now a police officer.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Javier Bardem, Maricel Alvarez

R Drama 2 hrs, 28 mins

53%

  • 3.8
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A hotel maid's growing interest in chess is nurtured by her American employer.

Kevin Kline, Caroline Bottaro, Jennifer Beals

Drama 1 hr, 36 mins

55%

  • 4.1
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An angel under the thumb of a ruthless gangster is saved by a trumpet player down on his luck.

Mickey Rourke, Bill Murray, Mitch Glazer, Daniel Dubiecki, Jonah Hirsch, Megan Fox, Kelly Lynch, Rebecca Wang

R Drama Thriller

78%

  • 3.3
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Top May 2011 Movie Trailers

Now & Later Unrated Trailer
No Strings Attached Theatrical Trailer
The Other Woman Theatrical Trailer
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