Tuesday, January 31, 2012

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.


Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.


On Blu-Ray : Jan 24, 2012

We Need to Talk About Kevin

The mother of a teenage boy who went on a high-school killing spree tries to deal with her grief - and feelings of responsibility for her child's actions.


Nominated for Golden Globe.


On Blu-Ray : Feb 13, 2012

Carnage

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the evening into chaos.


Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.


On Blu-Ray : Mar 20, 2012

Monday, January 30, 2012

Chronicle

Three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery. Soon, though, they find their lives spinning out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides.


On Blu-Ray : May 15, 2012


Contraband

To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills.


On Blu-Ray : Apr 24, 2012

Man on a Ledge

As a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion...


On Blu-Ray : May 29, 2012


The Grey

In Alaska, an oil drilling team struggle to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wild. Hunting the humans are a pack of wolves who see them as intruders.


On Blu-Ray : May 15, 2012

Haywire

A black ops super soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and set up during a mission.


On Blu-Ray : May 1, 2012

Perfect Sense

A chef and a scientist fall in love as an epidemic begins to rob people of their sensory perceptions.


On Blu-Ray : May 22, 2012


Saturday, January 28, 2012

J. Edgar

As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.


Nominated for Golden Globe.


On Blu-Ray : Feb 21, 2012


Shame

In New York City, Brandon's carefully cultivated private life -- which allows him to indulge his sexual addiction -- is disrupted when his sister Sissy arrives unannounced for an indefinite stay.


Nominated for Golden Globe.


On Blu-Ray : Apr 17, 2012

A Dangerous Method

A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.


Nominated for Golden Globe.


On Blu-Ray : Mar 27, 2012

Hostel: Part III

While attending a bachelor party in Las Vegas, four friends are enticed by two sexy escorts to join them at a private party way off the Strip. Once there, they are horrified to find themselves the subjects of a perverse game of torture, where members of the Elite Hunting Club are hosting the most sadistic show in town.


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. Here, Will Salas finds himself accused of murder and on the run with a hostage - a connection that becomes an important part of the way against the system.


On Blu-Ray : Jan 31, 2012

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Rundskop

The young Limburg cattle farmer Jacky Vanmarsenille is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious West-Flemish beef trader

Nominated for Oscar.


On Blu-Ray : Jun 26, 2012


Jodaeiye Nader az Simin

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimers.

Nominated for 2 Oscars.


On Blu-Ray : Dec 6, 2011




Jane Eyre

A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.

Nominated for Oscar.


On Blu-Ray : Aug 16, 2011

War Horse

Young Albert enlists to service in WWI after his beloved horse, Joey, is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and across Europe as the war rages on.

Nominated for 6 Oscars.


On Blu-Ray : Apr 3, 2012


Real Steel

Set in the near future, where robot boxing is a top sport, a struggling promoter feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he discovers he has an 11-year-old son who wants to know his father.

Nominated for Oscar.


On Blu-Ray : Jan 24, 2012


The 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.

Nominated for Oscar.


On Blu-Ray : Jan 17, 2012


 

Hugo

Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.


Nominated for 11 Oscars.


On Blu-Ray : Feb 28, 2012



Margin Call

A thriller that revolves around the key people at a investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.

Nominated for Oscar.


On Blu-Ray : Dec 20, 2011


Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Nominated for 2 Oscars.


On Blu-Ray : Mar 27, 2012


Beginners

A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.

Nominated for Oscar.


On Blu-Ray : Nov 15, 2011

Bridesmaids

Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.

Nominated for 2 Oscars.


On Blu-Ray : Sep 20, 2011

My Week with Marilyn

Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier's, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during production of The Prince and the Showgirl.

Nominated for 2 Oscars.



On Blu-Ray : Mar 13, 2012


The Iron Lady

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.

Nominated for 2 Oscars.


On Blu-Ray : Apr 10, 2012



The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.

Nominated for 5 Oscars.


On Blu-Ray : Mar 20, 2012


Wednesday, January 25, 2012

The Help

An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maid's point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.

Nominated for 4 Oscars.


On Blu-Ray : Dec 6, 2011

Albert Nobbs

Glenn Close plays a woman passing as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making.

Nominated for 3 Oscars.


On Blu-Ray : May 15, 2012


Moneyball

The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

Nominated for 6 Oscars.


On Blu-Ray : Jan 10, 2012

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.

Nominated for 3 Oscars.



On Blu-Ray : Mar 20, 2012


The Artist

Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

Nominated for 10 Oscars.


On Blu-Ray : Mar 14, 2012

A Better Life

A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while trying to give his son the opportunities he never had.

Nominated for Oscar.


On Blu-Ray : Oct 18, 2011

The Descendants

A land baron tries to re-connect with his two daughters after his wife suffers a boating accident.


Nominated for 5 Oscars.



On Blu-Ray : Mar 13, 2012