Just thought I would drop by while on my mini vacation from work and let you know what releases tomorrow in the video stores. There's not too many of them this week so let's get to it!
Sherlock Holmes
Robert Downey Jr., in a Golden Globe-winning role, stars as the legendary London sleuth Sherlock Holmes, joined by Jude Law as Dr. Watson, in this Guy Ritchie-helmed reinvention of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective series. Based on a comic book by producer Lionel Wigram, the story follows Holmes and Watson as they face off against the villainous Blackwood (Mark Strong). Rachel McAdams co-stars as sharp beauty Irene Adler.
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law Director:Guy Ritchie ( Also directed Snatch and RocknRolla.)
Golden globe winner!
*This movie is only available in the video stores. Netflix and Red Box wont have it for a month.*
An Education
Jenny's (Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan) Oxford-bound teen life is undistinguished in 1961 London until she's given a different kind of education after being immersed in the beguiling but hazardous world of cultured and much-older David (Peter Sarsgaard). Even Jenny's father, Jack (Alfred Molina), is intrigued by him, but her schools unimpressed headmistress (Emma Thompson) works to keep Jenny's entire future from crumbling under David's influence.
Starring:Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard Director:Lone Scherfig (Also directed Hjemve among other Foreign movies.)
Academy Award Nominee!
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Alvin (voiced by Justin Long), Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler) and Theodore (Jesse McCartney) are back, along with their careworn manager, Dave (Jason Lee), and this time they have competition: The Chipettes (Anna Faris, Christina Applegate and Amy Poehler), hired by Dave's nemesis, Ian Hawke (David Cross). Cameron Richardson, Zachary Levi and Wendie Malick also lend their voice talents for this good-time live-action/CGI sequel.
Starring:Jason Lee, David Cross Director:Betty Thomas (Also directed John Tucker Must Die and Dr. Dolittle.)
House Broken
Career firefighter Cathkart (Danny DeVito) and his wife (Katey Sagal) are ready to embrace their golden years, but push comes to shove when the only way to reclaim the nest from their slacker sons Elliot (Ryan Hansen) and Quinn (Skyler Stone) is to move out first. Left holding the keys, the fumbling couch potatoes get a crash course in suburban reality as the bills multiply and their newly founded lemonade stand goes belly-up.
Starring:Danny DeVito, Katey Sagal Director:Sam Harper (First time directing but did write Cheaper by the Dozen 2 and Just Married.)
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Uli Edel directs this Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee charting the birth of West Germany's Red Army Faction, a radical left-wing terrorist group formed in the late 1960s amid a climate of revolution and a fallen generation. Staging a series of bombings, kidnappings and assassinations, the RAF waged a war against fascism with a direct assault against the powers of American imperialism and the fledgling German democracy.
Starring: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu Director:Uli Edel (Also directed The Little Vampire.)
*German with English subtitles.*
6 Guns
After she helplessly watches a notorious outlaw and his ruthless gang slay her husband and son, a young frontier woman turns to a legendary bounty hunter and pleads for lessons in how to wield a gun. The fiery widow learns the finer points of marksmanship and prepares for the day of reckoning when the bandit rides back into town. This Western from director Shane Van Dyke stars Sage Mears, Greg Evigan and Barry Van Dyke.
Starring:Barry Van Dyke, Greg Evigan Director: Shane Van Dyke (He also directed Paranormal Entity and Transmorphers.)
