Best DVD & Blu-rays Released November 2011
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Cars 2
All the world's a racetrack as racing superstar Lightning McQueen zooms back into action, with his best friend Mater in tow, to take on the globe's fastest and finest in this thrilling high-octane new installment of the "Cars" saga. Mater and McQueen will need their passports as they find themselves in a new world of intrigue, thrills and fast-paced comedic escapades around the globe.
Owen Wilson, Michael Caine, Larry the Cable Guy, John Ratzenberger, Joe Mantegna, Brad Lewis, John Lasseter, Denise Ream
Crazy, Stupid, Love
A father deals with a marital crises while managing a relationship with his children.
Ryan Gosling, Liza Lapira, Emma Stone, Julianne Moore, Steve Carell, Kevin Bacon, Marisa Tomei, Tracy Weaver
Water for Elephants
A 90-year-old man reminisces about his life during the Depression, when he found work at a B-level circus taking care of the animals. He sees the brutality of circus life while falling for the wife of an abusive animal trainer.
Reese Witherspoon, Francis Lawrence, Hal Holbrook, Gil Netter, Andrew Tennenbaum, Art's Erwin Stoff, Richard LaGravenese, Leonard Hartman
11-11-11
On 11:11 on the 11th day of the 11th month, the 11th gate of Heaven will open up and something from another world will enter the earthly realm for 49 minutes.
Darren Lynn Bousman, Michael Landes, Wayne Rice, Richard Heller, Timothy Gibbs, Denis Rafter, Wendy Glenn, Brendan Price
Bunraku
Set in a world with no guns, "Bunraku" follows a mysterious drifter, a young samurai and a bartender who plot revenge against a ruthless leader and his army of thugs, headed by nine diverse and deadly assassins.
Demi Moore, Ron Perlman, Guy Moshe, Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson, Kevin McKidd
Tabloid
The salacious adventures of a beauty queen with an IQ of 168, whose single-minded devotion to the man of her dreams leads her on a labyrinthine crusade for love. Down a surreal rabbit hole of kidnapping, masochistic Mormons, risque photography, magic underwear, celestial sex, jail time and a cloning laboratory in South Korea, Joyce's fantastic exploits were constant headlines.
Errol Morris
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Set in 19th century remote China, the movie revolves around the lifelong friendship of Lily and Snow Flower and their imprisonment by rigid cultural codes of conduct for women.
Zhang Ziyi, Li Bingbing, Wendi Murdoch, Florence Sloan, Ron Bass, Angela Workman
The Nutcracker in 3D
1920s Vienna. Nine-year-old Mary (Elle Fanning) lives in a home filled with lovely things and loneliness. Besieged by bratty brother Max (Aaron Drozin) and neglected by well intentioned but distracted parents (Richard E. Grant, Yuilya Vysotskaya), she yearns for companionship and adventure. On Christmas Eve, Mary’s beloved Uncle Albert (Nathan Lane) arrives with the gift of a wooden nutcracker doll. Later that night, Mary’s imagination brings the doll to life. Introducing himself as “NC,” he takes her on a wondrous journey though a stunning dimension where toys assume human form and everything appears ten times larger. But danger lurks. An army of toothy rat creatures, led by the flamboyant Rat King (John Turturro) and his devious mother (Frances de la Tour), has unleashed a plot to overthrow humanity…… Inspired by Tchaikovsky’s timeless ballet, Nutcracker – The Real Story features eight songs from the famed composer, with original lyrics by multi Oscar winner Sir Tim Rice. Loaded with action, stunts and eye-popping visuals, the film also presents several eclectic dance numbers, along with a faithful adaptation of the original 1892 ‘Dance of the Snowflakes’ by legendary Russian choreographer Marius Petipa.
John Turturro, Elle Fanning, Andrei Konchalovsky, Chris Solimine, Nathan Lane
Trespass
Four brutal perpetrators, looking for easy money, take a wife and husband hostage, but they run into complications with betrayal and deception.
Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Liana Liberato, Joel Schumacher, Eli Richbourg, Ben Mendelsohn, Boaz Davidson, Irwin Winkler
Hot Coffee
Focuses on ways corporations have used memories of seemingly outlandish legal verdicts, such as a million dollar judgment for a woman who spilled McDonald's hot coffee on herself, to promote tort reforms and to avoid jury trials through arbitration on cases that have merit.
Susan Saladoff
Rejoice and Shout
A documentary that traces the evolution of Gospel through its many musical styles – the spirituals and early hymns, the four-part harmony-based quartets, the integration of blues and swing into Gospel, the emergence of Soul, and the blending of Rap and Hip Hop elements.
Joe Lauro, Don McGlynn
Magic Trip
A documentary about the psychedelic 1960s cross-country bus tour taken by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters.
Alex Gibney, Allison Ellwood
The Change-Up
A husband gets swapped with his best friend, a lazy man child.
Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Jon Lucas, David Dobkin, Ryan Reynolds, Olivia Wilde, Scott Bernstein, Jeff Kleeman
13
Sebastian, a young man, has decided to follow instructions intended for someone else, without knowing where they will take him. Something else he does not know is that Gerard Dorez, a cop on a knife-edge, is tailing him. When he reaches his destination, Sebastian falls into a degenerate, clandestine world of mental chaos behind closed doors in which men gamble on the lives of others men.
Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Valerio Morabito, Myles Nestel, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Gela Babluani, Aaron Kaufman, Rick Schwartz
Restitution
Set in a Michigan city where a series of mysterious murders all have an unlikely but common thread - a hired insurance fraud investigator who gets more than a paycheck when he is inexplicably killed and then framed for the crimes.
Mena Suvari, Lance Kawas, Mark Bierlein, Tom Arnold, C. Thomas Howell, William Sadler
Salvation Boulevard
A private detective investigates the killing of a professor and it becomes a clash of faiths: The detective is a born-again Christian, the dead man an atheist, the accused killer an Islamic foreign student and the D.A. is Jewish.
Pierce Brosnan, Douglas Stone, Ed Harris, Greg Kinnear, Marisa Tomei, George Ratliff, Cathy Schulman, Celine Rattray
The Human Resources Manager
The human resources manager of Israel's largest industrial bakery attempts to block the publication of a defamatory article and save the reputation of his business.
Eran Riklis, Mark Ivanir
Atlas Shrugged Part 1
After an economic collapse in the near-future United States, its top innovators and industrialists mysteriously disappear amid the growing power of politicians.
Paul Johansson, John Aglialoro, Grant Bowler, Nick Cassavetes, Graham Beckel, Patrick Fischler, Harmon Kaslow, Brian Patrick O'Toole
The Perfect Age of Rock And Roll
Two estranged childhood friends channel their talent and passion for music into a cross-country road trip that brings them face to face with their past on a quest to confront the future.
Scott Rosenbaum, Kevin Zegers, Taryn Manning, Jason Ritter, Rose Atropos, Clifton Hangar
Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
A documentary about the world’s only comedic, singing, yodelling lesbian twin sisters, Lynda and Jools Topp, whose political activism and unique brand of entertainment has helped change New Zealand’s social landscape.
Leanne Pooley, Lynda Topp, Jools Topp
In My Sleep
A man, who suffers from sleepwalking, wakes up in a graveyard with a bloody knife in his hand and then discovers that his best friend's wife has been stabbed to death.
Allen Wolf, Philip Winchester, Lacey Chabert, Beth Grant
Life in a Day
Shot by filmmakers all around the world, the documentary aims to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the July 24, 2010.
Kevin Macdonald, Liza Marshall
Putty Hill
At a neighborhood karaoke bar, friends and family gather to remember a young man who passed away. Knowing little about his final days, they attempt to reconstruct his life.
Matthew Porterfield
Great Directors
Documentary with nine of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles.
Angela Ismailos
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
The final adventure of Harry Potter as he attempts to bring an end to his nemesis, Lord Voldemort.
Ralph Fiennes, David Thewlis, Rupert Grint, David Yates, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, John Hurt, David Heyman
Larry Crowne
Story centers on a man forced to reinvent himself and find a new career as he navigates the second act of his life.
Bryan Cranston, Wilmer Valderrama, Gary Goetzman, Bob Stephenson, Tom Hanks, Philippe Rousselet, Nia Vardalos, Julia Roberts
Flypaper
A man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he's secretly in love.
Jeffrey Tambor, Jon Lucas, Tim Blake Nelson, Patrick Dempsey, Ashley Judd, Rob Minkoff, Mark Damon, Peter Safran
Fading of the Cries
A young man defends his town from evil forces, aided by a magic sword.
Brian Metcalf, Karoline Kautz, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Jordan Matthews
Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times
In the tradition of fly-on-the-wall documentaries, the film gains unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom and the inner workings of the Media Desk. With the Internet surpassing print as the public's main news source and newspapers all over the country going bankrupt, Page One chronicles the transformation of the media industry at its time of greatest turmoil.
Andrew Rossi
Griff the Invisible
Griff, a shy and awkward office worker by day, finds escape from his ordinary life by assuming the identity of a fantastic superhero each night. Griff's secret is jeopardized when he meets Melody, a cute but unconventional daydreamer.
Ryan Kwanten, Leon Ford
Bellflower
A pair of eccentric L.A.-based friends spend their time preparing for the apocalypse.
Evan Glodell, Vincent Grashaw, Jessie Wiseman, Tyler Dawson, Rebekah Brandes
The Weird World of Blowfly
Documents story of Miami musician Clarence Reid and his alter ego Blowfly, the original dirty rapper. A major force in the Miami soul scene of the 60s and 70s, Reid wrote Top-10 songs for some of the greatest R&B acts of the era, while at the same time, his X-rated recordings and stage antics as Blowfly made him a star of the "party record" scene.
Jonathan Furmanski, Clarence Reid
Enemies of the People
An attempt to discover the truth about the Killing Fields and the Khmer Rouge responsible for Cambodia’s genocide.
Thet Sambath, Rob Lemkin
The Tree
After the sudden death of her father, 8-year-old Simone shares a secret with her mother Dawn. She’s convinced her father speaks to her through the leaves of her favourite tree and he’s come back to protect them. But the new bond between mother and daughter is threatened when Dawn starts a relationship with George, the plumber, called in to remove the tree’s troublesome roots.
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marton Csokas, Julie Bertuccelli, Morgana Davies, Christian Byers
Main Street
Set in Durham, North Carolina, the story of a decaying small town and its desperate hope for renewal.
Patricia Clarkson, Colin Firth, John Doyle, Thom Mount, Horton Foote, Ellen Burstyn, Amber Tamblyn, Orlando Bloom
Turtle: The Incredible Journey
Turtle: The Incredible Journey is an award-winning film that follows the life and migration of a loggerhead turtle from hatching to maturity and a return to its original Florida nesting grounds. The loggerhead turtle, a threatened species, has one of the longest and most difficult migratory patterns of any marine animal: Sea turtles newly hatched on the East Coast of the United States (usually in Florida) make their way from the sand into the ocean, and then begin a voyage that can span the entire Atlantic Ocean, only to return decades later to that same beach.
Miranda Richardson, Nick Stringer
The Warring States
A historical epic about rival military strategists, Sun Bin and Pang Juan, two students of military strategy who fought for supremacy during China’s Warring States Period.
Jin Chen
Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis
Giorgio Moroder's 1984 version of Metropolis, which added a new score from '80s pop acts including Pat Benatar, Freddie Mercury and Bonnie Tyler.
Conan The Barbarian
A new take on the Robert E. Howard-created character. Conan rises above all other heroes in the fictitious Hyborian age, taking place around 12,000 years ago.
Jason Momoa, Boaz Davidson, Henry Winterstern, Rachel Nichols, Ron Perlman, Said Taghmaoui, Marcus Nispel, Avi Lerner
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
The fourth part of the "Spy Kids" franchise, which will be in 3D.
Alexa Vega, Rowan Blanchard, Joel McHale, Daryl Sabara, Ricky Gervais, Robert Rodriguez, Elizabeth Avellan, Jessica Alba
Super 8
A rumored top-secret J.J. Abrams-produced movie that may be a Cloverfield sequel. No further details are known.
Steven Spielberg, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, A.J. Michalka, Joel Courtney, J.J. Abrams, Ron Eldard, Noah Emmerich
Sarah's Key
An American, living in Paris, researching the arrests of Jewish families in 1942 discovers she shares a connection with a 10-year-old Jewish girl and their stories unfold in parallel.
Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Kristin Scott Thomas, Niels Arestrup
The Family Tree
A troubled family gets a second chance at happiness when the mother suffers a memory loss and can't recall the last 15 years of her life.
Max Thieriot, Christina Hendricks, Allan Jones, Vivi Friedman, J. Todd Harris, Mark Lisson, Dermot Mulrony, Hope Davis
The Devil's Double
The story centers on the inner circle of Suddam Hussein, and the love triangle between Hussein’s son, Uday, his body double Latif Yahia, and the concubine they both loved.
Paul Breuls, Michael Thomas, Amber Rose Revah, Mem Ferda, Lee Tamahori, Catherine Vandeleene, Emjay Rechsteiner, Dominic Cooper
One Day
Dexter (Jim Sturgess) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) meet for the first time during their graduation and proceed to meet one day a year for the next 20 years. They experience different lives and loves until they realize they are meant for each other.
Anne Hathaway, Lone Scherfig, Nina Jacobson, David Nicholls, Jim Sturgess, Romola Garai, Jamie Sives, Rafe Spall
Our Idiot Brother
An idealist, hounded by his overbearing mother, crashes into the homes of his three ambitious sisters and brings truth, happiness and a sunny disposition while also wreaking havoc.
Elizabeth Banks, Hugh Dancy, Kathryn Hahn, Janet Montgomery, Jesse Peretz, Anthony Bregman, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub
30 Minutes or Less
A comedy about a pizza delivery guy on an unlikely caper.
Ruben Fleischer, Michael Peña, Danny R. McBride, Nick Swardson, Jesse Eisenberg, Fred Ward, Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld
Now & Later
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
Snowmen
Convinced that he only has weeks to live, 10-year-old Billy Kirkfield enlists his misfit friends in a scheme to ensure that he will be remembered in the record books forever.
Robert Kirbyson, Christopher Lloyd, Bobby Coleman, Talon G. Ackerman, Beverley Mitchell, Ray Liotta
The Art of Getting By
No plot details have been announced.
Blair Underwood, Rita Wilson, Alicia Silverstone, Gavin Weisen, Darren Goldberg, Jennifer Dana, Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Documentary about the Chauvet caves in Southern France that contain the oldest known cave paintings.
Werner Herzog
The Future
A story about a thirtysomething couple grappling with their personal and professional malaise, which is narrated by a talking shelter cat named Paw Paw.
Gerhard Meixner, Miranda July, Roman Paul, Gina Kwon, Hamish Linklater
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
"Tucker and Dale vs. Evil" is a genre-bending indie horror comedy. Labine stars as Dale alongside Tudyk as Tucker, two good-natured hillbillies mistakenly accused of being psycho killers by a group of college kids camping at the same lake where the hillbillies have just acquired a dilapidated cabin as their "summer home."
Morgan Jurgenson, Eli Craig
Another Earth
Rhonda, an ambitious MIT astrophysics student, kills a man's family in a car accident after leaning out of the window to catch sight of a newly discovered planet. After she spends four years in prison, she returns home compelled to meet the bereaved husband and father.
Brit Marling, Mark Cahill, William Mapother, Jordan Baker
5 Days of War
An American journalist, his cameraman and a Georgian native become caught in the crossfire of the five-day war between Russian and the Georgian Republic in 2008.
Antje Traue, David Battle, Val Kilmer, Andy Garcia, Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Renny Harlin, George Lascu