New Releases and Recent Acquisitions for February 01, 2012
Check out our February Specials! Select "Silent" Titles will Rent for $2.99 until 2/29 in honor of "The Artist" & "Hugo" - Check The End of the New Release Wall! $2.99 Rental Wednesdays Continue All Month Long - Our entire 12,000 plus Library of Films are all only $2.99 on Wednesdays!
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50/50 - Inspired by a true story a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease. An inspiring comedy. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1306980/
The Big Year - Three avid bird watchers compete to spot the rarest birds in north america at a prestigious annual event. Stars Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1053810/
Drive - Ryan Gosling stars as a Hollywood stunt driver for movies by day and moonlights as a wheelman for criminals by night. After a heist goes wrong, Driver finds himself driving defense for the girl he loves, tailgated by a syndicate of deadly serious criminals. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780504/
In Time - In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637688/
Restless - From acclaimed director Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting) comes a quirky, coming-of-age love story between a young man who has given up on life and a beautiful, charming young girl (Mia Wasikowska) who possesses a deep-felt love of life and the natural world. When these two outsiders chance to meet at a funeral, they find an unexpected common ground in their unique experiences of the world. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1498569/
Ressurect Dead, The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles - An urban mystery unfurls as one man pieces together the surreal meaning of hundreds of cryptic tiled messages that have been appearing in city streets across the U.S. and South America. Great Documentary !!http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1787791/
The Thing ('11)- When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0905372/
Fri, Jan 20th, 2012 12:54 PM PST
New Releases and Recent Acquisitions for January 20, 2012
Check out our January Specials: All "Classic" Titles will rent for 2.99 $ until 1/31. All rentals half-off every Wednesday in January.
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Abduction - Taylor Lautner explodes on-screen as a young man whose secret past is set to collide with a dangerous reality. After uncovering a deadly lie, Nathan (Lautner) is propelled on a lethal, no-holds barred mission to learn the truth.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1600195/
Dirty Girl - It's 1987 and Danielle, the high school 'Dirty Girl', is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called Joan and a Walkman full of glorious '80s tunes.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1107319/ Killing Bono - The film loosely recreates the story of young Irish rocker McCormick and his younger brother, Ivan, who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their secondary school friends form U2 and become the biggest band in Ireland.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535101/
Mysteries of Lisbon - Based on a 19th-century novel that's usually characterized as sprawling, "Mysteries of Lisbon" is a hothouse melodrama seen through a cool, discerning eye. Director Rául Ruiz has called it one of his most theoretical films. The storytelling is straightforward, with a classical sheen, even as mischief and hallucination puncture the serene surface. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1236371/
Real Steel - Sometime in the not-too-distant future, boxing has been outlawed and replaced by fighting matches with robots. Big robots. Hulking, rock 'em, sock 'em mechanical robots. Real Steel sticks to an old-fashioned style of storytelling, with a tale of a down-and-out fight manager (Hugh Jackman) looking for a good 'bot to get back in the game. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433035/
Shut Up Little Man ! - The first viral popculture sensation began in 1987 when Eddie and Mitch (two young punks from the Midwest) moved next door to Peter Haskett (a flamboyant gay man) and Raymond Huffman (a raging homophobe). This ultimate odd couple hated each other with raging abandon, and through the paperthin walls their alcoholfuelled rants terrorized Eddie and Mitch. Fearing for their lives, they began to tape record evidence of the insane goingson from next door.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1766085/
The Whistleblower - A drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex scandal. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0896872/
Mon, Jan 9th, 2012 4:17 PM PST
New Releases and Recent Acquisitions for January 09, 2012
Check out our January Specials: All "Classic" Titles will rent for 2.99 $ until 1/31. All rentals half-off every Wednesday in January.
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Colombiana - Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who has grown up to be an assassin after witnessing the murder of her parents as a child. Turning herself into a professional killer, she remains focused on her ultimate goal: to hunt down and get revenge on the mobster responsible for her parents’ deaths. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1657507/ Contagion - Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne and Bryan Cranston, along with medical journalist Sanjay Gupta, explore the real science of global viruses and what they mean to the human race. The world is preparing for the next biological disaster...http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1598778/ Dolphin Tale - A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap. Starring: Morgan Freeman Harry Connick Jr. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1564349/ Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - Sally, a young girl, moves to Rhode Island to live with her father and his new girlfriend in the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the house, Sally starts to hear voices coming from creatures in the basement whose hidden agenda is to claim her as one of their own. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270761/ Ides of March - An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail. Stars George Clooney and Ryan Gosling. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1124035/
Killer Elite - When two of the world's most elite operatives -- Danny, a retired contract killer (Statham), and Hunter, his longtime mentor (De Niro) -- go up against the cunning leader of a secret military society (Owen), their hunt takes them around the globe from Australia to Paris, London, and the Middle East. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1448755/ Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen's newest romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall have experiences there that change their lives. It's about a young man's great love for a city, Paris, and the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1605783/ Moneyball - Oakland A's general manager (Brad Pitt) challenges the system and defies conventional wisdom when his is forced to rebuild his small-market team on a limited budget. Despite opposition from the old guard, the media and their fans he develops a roster of misfits…and along the way, forever changes the way the game is played. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210166/ Pete Smalls is Dead - A screenwriter must hunt down an old film maker friend in order to get enough money to pay the ransom on his dog. Stars Peter Dinkage, Tim roth, Steve Buscemi and Seymour Cassel. - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1381413/ Spy Kids: All the Time in the World - The newest installation in the Spy Kids franchise. Jessica Alba stars as a spy-mom who trying to balance her new family and super spy work. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517489/ What's Your Number ? - Anna Faris and Chris Evans star in the outrageously funny comedy that asks: can 19 wrongs make Mr. Right? When Ally Darling (Faris) reads an article that leads her to believe she's going to be alone forever, she begins a wild search to find the best "ex" of her life. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770703/
