New to Own: Week of August 12, 2013
See the titles new on DVD, Blu-ray and Amazon Instant Video this week.
1.
Olympus Has Fallen
(2013)
Disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack; using his inside knowledge, Banning works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers. (120 mins.)
Director: Antoine Fuqua
2.
Once Upon a Time
(2011 TV Series)
A woman with a troubled past is drawn to a New England town where fairy tales are to be believed. (60 mins.)
Director: David Barrett
3.
Emperor
(2012)
As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S. (105 mins.)
Director: Peter Webber
4.
The Big Wedding
(2013)
A long-divorced couple fakes being married as their family unites for a wedding. (89 mins.)
Director: Justin Zackham
5.
The Company You Keep
(2012)
A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who has discovered his identity. (121 mins.)
Director: Robert Redford
6.
What Maisie Knew
(2012)
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle. (99 mins.)
Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
7.
Girls
(2012 TV Series)
A comedy about the experiences of a group of girls in their early 20's. (30 mins.)
8.
Southland
(2009 TV Series)
Southland takes a raw look at Los Angeles as it is in the 2000s and as well at the lives of the officers of the Los Angeles Police Department who are trying to contain it. (42 mins.)
9.
Enlightened
(2011 TV Series)
A self-destructive woman who has a spiritual awakening becomes determined to live an enlightened life, creating havoc at home and work.
10.
The Mindy Project
(2012 TV Series)
A young Ob/Gyn doctor balances her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co-workers in a small office. (30 mins.)
11.
A Band Called Death
(2012 Documentary)
A documentary on the 1970s punk trio Death, and their new-found popularity decades after they disbanded. (96 mins.)
Director: Mark Christopher Covino, Jeff Howlett
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
(2010)
An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century and focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions. (107 mins.)
Director: Luc Besson
14.
The Deep
(2012)
Based on actual events, a fisherman tries to survive in the freezing ocean after his boat capsizes off the south coast of Iceland. (95 mins.)
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
15.
Seconds
(1966)
Want out of your life? Just pay the fee and we'll fake your death, change your face, and set up a new identity for you... (106 mins.)
Director: John Frankenheimer
16.
The Muppet Movie
(1979)
Kermit and his new found friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog-legs merchant is after Kermit. (95 mins.)
Director: James Frawley
17.
The Hot Flashes
(2013)
An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs... (99 mins.)
Director: Susan Seidelman
18.
I Killed My Mother
(2009)
A semi-autobiographical story about Dolan as a young homosexual at odds with his mother. (96 mins.)
Director: Xavier Dolan
19.
Bad Parents
(2012)
A suburban mom relives her season with the soccer obsessed sports parents whose outrageous "win at all costs" behavior spirals out of control. (100 mins.)
Director: Caytha Jentis
20.
CAT. 8
(2013 Mini-Series)
A research program abandoned by the best solar physicist when the Pentagon wanted to put it to military use has been resumed by his former deputy...
Director: Kevin Fair