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New Releases 9-16-2014

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GODZILLA

In 1999, the Janjira nuclear plant was mysteriously destroyed with most hands lost including supervisor Joe Brody’s colleague and wife, Sandra. Years later, Joe’s son, Ford, a US Navy ordnance disposal officer, must go to Japan to help his estranged father who obsessively searches for the truth of the incident. In doing so, father and son discover the disaster’s secret cause on the wreck’s very grounds. This enables them to witness the reawakening of a terrible threat to all of Humanity, which is made all the worse with a second secret revival elsewhere. Against this cataclysm, the only hope for the world may be Godzilla, but the challenge for the King of the Monsters will be great even as Humanity struggles to understand the destructive ally they have.

THE DANCE OF REALITY

Alejandro Jodorowsky was born in 1929 in Tocopilla, a coastal town on the edge of the Chilean desert where this film was shot. It was there that Jodorowsky underwent an unhappy and alienated childhood as part of an uprooted family. Blending his personal history with metaphor, mythology and poetry, The Dance of Reality reflects Jodorowsky’s philosophy that reality is not objective but rather a “dance” created by our own imaginations.

THE BATTERY

Two former baseball players, Ben (Jeremy Gardner) and Mickey (Adam Cronheim), cut an aimless path across a desolate New England. They stick to the back roads and forests to steer clear of the shambling corpses that patrol the once bustling cities and towns. In order to survive, they must overcome the stark differences in each other’s personalities. Ben embraces an increasingly feral, lawless, and nomadic lifestyle while Mickey is unable to accept the harsh realities of the new world and longs for the creature comforts he once took for granted. A bed, a girl, and a safe place to live. When the men intercept a radio transmission from a seemingly thriving, protected community, Mickey will stop at nothing to find it, even though it is made perfectly clear that he is not welcome.

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

Hazel and Augustus are two teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on a journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous, given that Hazel’s other constant companion is an oxygen tank, Gus jokes about his prosthetic leg, and they meet and fall in love at a cancer support group.

PORTLANDIA: 4th SEASON

Doug and Claire make a big commitment to one another. A young woman is haunted by very informed ghosts. Kath and Dave make the most of fifteen minutes. Sandra finds her soul mate. Fred is visited by a Date Fact Checker. Guest starring Kirsten Dunst, Vanessa Bayer, Kumail Nanjiani and Tunde Adebimpe.

THE MUSKETEERS (BBC)

Set on the streets of 17th century Paris, series gives a contemporary take on the classic story about a group of highly trained soldiers and bodyguards assigned to protect King and country.

FROM DUSK TIL DAWN: 1st SEASON

In this supernatural crime series, Seth Gecko and his violent, unpredictable brother, Richard “Richie” Gecko, are wanted by the FBI and Texas Ranger Freddie Gonzalez after a bank robbery left several people, including policemen and Gonzalez’s mentor Texas Ranger Earl McGraw, dead. Heading for the Mexico border pursued by Gonzalez, the Geckos encounter former minister Jacob Fuller and his family, whom they take hostage by commandeering the Fullers’ RV. Drug lord Don Carlos reroutes them to a strip club populated by vampires that all must fight until dawn in order to survive.

HANNIBAL: 2nd SEASON

Series 2 follows Will Graham’s continuing battle to prove his innocence while trying to disprove Hannibal’s. Graham’s trial faces multiple interruptions when it appears that he and his alleged crimes have gained an admirer who seems to want to control Graham’s fate. Elsewhere, other members of the FBI have started closing the net around Hannibal causing him to act in order to save himself.

BURNING LOVE: 2nd & 3rd SEASONS

Finally, someone has made a comprehensive, hilarious, spot-on send up of the ridiculous nature of The Bachelor/Bachelorette. I watched episode 1 twice in a row and laughed harder the second time. My only question…how many harrowing episodes of The Bachelor did the writer have to watch to get everything so perfect in Burning Love? Though it must have been painful, it was worth it. As for the cast, the celebrity cameos are delightful. Ken Marino has never been better (maybe that guest spot on Whitney?), and Michael Ian Black couldn’t be more (in)sincere. I do hope we see more Ballerina…can she scale the wall of the mansion to get back in the game?

BATMAN GOTHAM CITY SERIALS

It’s a good time to be a Batman fan. With another movie coming up, a new prequel series, and the Adam West Batman show finally coming to DVD this year, Mill Creek is wise to release the forties theatrical serials for Batman fans daring enough to venture in to the sketchy movie serials of the 1940’s. Don’t go in to this string of movie serials expecting modern Batman, or even Adam West Batman. It’s a very low budget adaptation of the Bill Finger character, that also is heavily steeped in racial stereotypes. If you can consider the context of the serials, you may just enjoy the two disc DVD from Mill Creek Entertainment. Batman may not be the brooding and dark character we know him as, but he’s definitely a menacing anti-hero who seems to enjoy taunting criminals.

SOUTH PARK: 17th SEASON

Taking a considerable step up in quality over last season, South Park: Season 17 proved that creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker still know how to cater to their loyal fanbase, even if every episode wasn’t a home run. This season was slow to start with its premiere “Let Go, Let Gov,” an episode poking fun at the NSA and the DMV. While the satire was pretty on-point, it was clear that the writers hadn’t quite gotten back into the swing of writing laugh-out-loud jokes. The second episode “Informative Murder Porn” was an improvement, as the show delved into the intricacies of Minecraft to tell a more engaging story.

THE PRETTY ONE

When an eccentric and insecure young woman is mistaken for her dead identical twin, she seizes the chance to leave her pathetic existence behind and assume her sister’s life. Through this absurd masquerade as “the pretty one” she finally learns to value her own identity

GETTING GO

College boy, Doc (Tanner Cohen, Were The World Mine) is obsessed with a well-known NYC go-go dancer, nicknamed Go (Matthew Camp). He befriends his hunky crush with the intention of shooting a movie about what it’s like to live in his skin. Camera in hand, he follows his subject across the city: into bars, onto rooftops and dance floors and ultimately his bedroom. But as they grow closer, flirtation blurs the line between subject and filmmaker until a steamy night together solidifies deeper feelings. Cory Kruekeberg’s explicit directorial debut explores the thrill and danger of getting exactly what you wished for.

THINK LIKE A MAN TOO

In the highly anticipated sequel, which was inspired by Steve Harvey’s best-selling book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, all the couples are back for a wedding in Las Vegas. But plans for a romantic weekend go awry when their various misadventures get them into some compromising situations that threaten to derail the big event.

SPACE STARS

Futuristic cartoon segments featuring superheroes and normal people. Teen Force – Features three teenagers fighting for justice in space. Elektra uses psionic powers. Kid Comet uses time-bending speed. Moleculad alters his molecular structure. They come from another universe beyond the mysterious Black Hole X. They battle Uglor, a powerful mutant, who is a tyrant over the planet Uris and its simian-like race. Astro and the Space Mutts – This segment features Astro from The Jetsons and his friends, Cosmo and Dipper, and their leader Space Ace. They serve as galactic police officers. Space Ghost – This followed in the footsteps of the original 1966 Space Ghost. Space Ghost was a superhero who fought villains in space with his sidekicks Jace, Jan and Blip. There were sometimes crossovers with characters from Teen Force, in which it appeared that Jan and Kid Comet were dating. There were 11 episodes in the 1981 season. The character of Space Ghost was later brought back for the Space Ghost Coast to Coast talk show starting in 1994 on Cartoon Network. Herculoids – This was based on the original 1967 Herculoids, but with a more science fiction bent. Zandor, his wife Tarra, his son Dorno, and several strange creatures. They protected the planet Quasar from threats from space. Creatures in the episode included the laser-shooting dragon Zok, the rock ape Igoo, the cannon-horned rhino-triceratops Tundro, and the form-changing Gloop and Gleep. The 1981 episodes introduced Saju, a very strong Godzilla-like creature.

    THE GERMAN DOCTOR

    Patagonia, 1960. A German doctor (Alex Brendemühl) meets an Argentinean family and follows them on a long desert road to a small town where the family will be starting a new life. Eva (Natalia Oreiro), Enzo (Diego Peretti) and their three children welcome the doctor into their home and entrust their young daughter, Lilith (Florencia Bado), to his care, not knowing that they are harboring one of the most dangerous criminals in the world. At the same time, Israeli agents are desperately looking to bring THE GERMAN DOCTOR to justice. Based on filmmaker Lucía Puenzo’s (XXY) fifth novel, the story follows Josef Mengele, the “Angel of Death,” a German SS officer and a physician at the Auschwitz concentration camp, in the years he spent “hiding”, along with many other Nazi’s, in South America following his escape from Germany. Mengele was considered to be one of WWII’s most heinous Nazi war criminals.

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