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	50/50 Directed by: Jonathan Levine Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston Inspired by personal experiences, an original story about friendship, love, survival, and finding humor in unlikely places. Two best friends' lives change when one of them is diagnosed with cancer.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Abduction Directed by: John Singleton Starring: Taylor Lautner, Sigourney Weaver, Jason Isaacs, Maria Bello, Alfred Molina 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 is propelled on a lethal, no-holds-barred mission to learn the truth. Aided by a devoted family friend, Nathan's hunt for the facts pits him against ruthless assassins and questionable allies.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Apollo 18 Directed by: Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego Starring: Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen, Ryan Robbins, Ali Liebert Decades-old found footage from NASA's abandoned Apollo 18 mission, where two American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals the reason the U.S. has never returned to the moon.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	The Big Year Directed by: David Frankel Starring: Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, John Cleese, Rosamund Pike Looking to shake up their routine lives, three amateur bird watchers compete to become the ultimate 'birder' by spotting the greatest number of species within a single calendar year. But the friendly rivalry soon turns into a hilariously complicated cross-country adventure as each man begins to realize that the quest for success comes at a price, and that's not chicken feed!	Check Availability: DVD
	Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star Directed by: Tom Brady Starring: Nick Swardson, Don Johnson, Christina Ricci, Stephen Dorff, Kevin Nealon, Nicholas Turturro Bucky is a small-town grocery bagger, going nowhere in life until he discovers that his conservative parents were once adult film stars! Armed with the belief that he has found his destiny, Bucky packs up and heads out to Los Angeles, hoping to follow in his parents' footsteps.	Check Availability: DVD
	Colombiana Directed by: Olivier Megaton Starring: Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Callum Blue, Jordi Molla, Lennie James A child grows up to be a hardcore assassin after she witnesses the brutal murder of her parents in Bogota. Working for her uncle as a professional killer, she remains focused on her ultimate goal: to hunt down and get revenge on the mobster responsible for her parents' deaths.	Check Availability: DVD
	Contagion Directed by: Steven Soderbergh Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.	Check Availability: DVD
	Courageous Directed by: Alex Kendrick Starring: Alex Kendrick, Ken Bevel, Ben Davies, Kevin Downes When a tragedy strikes close to home, four police officers struggle with their faith and their roles as husbands and fathers. Together they make a decision that will change all of their lives.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Cowboys & Aliens Directed by: Jon Favreau Starring: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Clancy Brown The Old West.. where a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from beyond our world. 1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don't welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde. It's a town that lives in fear.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	The Debt Directed by: John Madden Starring: Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Ciaran Hinds The story begins in 1997, as shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel and Stephan about their former colleague David. All three have been venerated for decades by Israel because of the secret mission that they embarked on for their country back in 1965-1966, when the trio tracked down Nazi war criminal Dieter Vogel, the feared Surgeon of Birkenau, in East Berlin. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the team's mission was accomplished - or was it?	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Dolphin Tale Directed by: Charles Martin Smith Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jr., Kris Kristofferson Inspired by the amazing true story of a brave dolphin and the compassionate strangers who banded together to save her life. Swimming free, a young dolphin is caught in a crab trap, severely damaging her tail. She is rescued and transported to the Clearwater Marine Hospital, where she is named Winter. But her fight for survival has just begun. Without a tail, Winter's prognosis is dire.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Directed by: Troy Nixey Starring: Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison, Jack Thompson, Julia Blake Sally Hurst is going to Rhode Island to live with her father Alex and his new girlfriend Kim in the nineteenth century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the estate, Sally finds a hidden basement and accidentally lets loose a race of ancient, dark-dwelling creatures who conspire to drag her down into the mysterious house's bottomless depths. Before the evil lurking in the dark consumes them all, Sally must convince Alex and Kim that it's not a fantasy.	Check Availability: DVD
	Dream House Directed by: Jim Sheridan Starring: Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz, Daniel Craig Will Atenton quit a high-profile job in Manhattan to relocate his wife, Libby, and their two daughters to a quaint New England town. But as they settle into their new life, they discover their perfect home was once the murder scene of a mother and her children. When Will investigates, he's not sure if he's seeing ghosts or if the tragic events are somehow related to his past. The only clues come from his mysterious neighbor.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Drive Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Oscar Isaac, Albert Brooks, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Russ Tamblyn Driver is a Hollywood stunt driver by day, and moonlights as a top-notch getaway driver for hire in the criminal underworld. He finds himself a target for some of LA's most dangerous men after agreeing to aid the husband of his beautiful neighbor, Irene. When the job goes dangerously awry, the only way he can keep Irene and her son alive is to do what he does best, Drive!	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Final Destination 5 Directed by: Steven Quale Starring: Nicholas D'agosto, Miles Fisher, Ellen Wroe, Emma Bell During the bus ride to a corporate retreat, Sam has a premonition in which he and most of his friends, as well as numerous others, die in a horrific bridge collapse. When his vision ends, events begin to mirror what he saw, and he frantically ushers as many of his colleagues, including his friend, Peter, and girlfriend, Molly, away from the disaster before Death can claim them.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Friends With Benefits Directed by: Will Gluck Starring: Jenna Elfman, Mila Kunis, Patricia Clarkson, Justin Timberlake While trying to avoid the cliches of Hollywood romantic comedies, Dylan and Jamie soon discover that adding the act of sex to their friendship does lead to complications.	Check Availability: DVD
	Fright Night Directed by: Craig Gillespie Starring: Anton Yelchin, Toni Collette, David Tennant, Christopher Mintz-Plasse Senior Charley Brewster finally has it all. He's running with the cool kids and dating the hottest girl in high school. But all hell breaks loose when charming Jerry Dandrige moves in next door. Charlie thinks there's something odd about him, although no one, including his mom seems to notice. But after too many of his classmates vanish under bizarre circumstances, Charley comes to an unmistakable conclusion: Jerry is a vampire preying on his neighborhood!	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Glee The Concert Movie Directed by: Kevin Tancharoen Starring: Cory Monteith, Lea Michele, Jane Lynch, Chris Colfer Here's your front-row seat to a thrilling concert performed by the phenomenally talented cast of Glee. See your favorite stars from the hit TV show as they sing the songs you love and dance up a storm on stage. Get swept up in the energy of Glee Live, including performances not seen in theaters and exclusive interviews!	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	The Guard Directed by: John Michael McDonagh Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong, Liam Cunningham An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	The Hangover Part II Directed by: Todd Phillips Starring: Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha Two years after the bachelor party in Las Vegas, Phil, Stu, Alan, and Doug jet to Thailand for Stu's wedding. Stu's plan for a subdued pre-wedding brunch, however, goes seriously awry.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 Directed by: David Yates Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon, Ralph Fiennes, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldemort. It all ends here.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	The Help Directed by: Tate Taylor Starring: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogel, Sissy Spacek Mississippi during the 1960s: Skeeter, a southern society girl, returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives, and a small Mississippi town, upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	I Don't Know How She Does It Directed by: Douglas McGrath Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan, Kelsey Grammer, Christina Hendricks A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids. When Kate gets handed a major new account that will require frequent trips to New York, Richard also wins the new job he's been hoping for and both will be spreading themselves even thinner. Complicating matters is Kate's charming new business associate Jack Abelhammer, who begins to prove an unexpected source of temptation.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	The Ides of March Directed by: George Clooney Starring: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Max Minghella, Jennifer Ehle, Gregory Itzin During the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, an up-and-coming campaign press secretary finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate's shot at the presidency.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	In Time (a.k.a. I'm Mortal, Now) Directed by: Andrew Niccol Starring: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde 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.	Check Availability: DVD
	Killer Elite Directed by: Gary McKendry Starring: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Dominic Purcell, Yvonne Strahovski When two of the world's most elite operatives, Danny, a retired contract killer, and Hunter, his longtime mentor, go up against the cunning leader of a secret military society, their hunt takes them around the globe, from Australia to Paris, London, and the Middle East. As the stakes rise along with the body count, Danny and Hunter are soon plunged into an action-packed game of cat and mouse where no one is what they seem.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Kung Fu Panda 2 (a.k.a. Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom) Directed by: Jennifer Yuh Starring: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong, Michelle Yeoh, Danny McBride, Dennis Haysbert, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Victor Garber Po is now living his dream as the Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, the Furious Five. But Po's new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. Po must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins in order to able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Margin Call Directed by: J. C. Chandor Starring: Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, Demi Moore Set in the high-stakes world of Wall Street, Margin Call is an entangling thriller involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. When an entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Midnight in Paris Directed by: Woody Allen Starring: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kurt Fuller, Mimi Kennedy, Michael Sheen A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Moneyball Directed by: Bennet Miller Starring: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Pratt 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.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Mr. Popper's Penguins Directed by: Mark Waters Starring: Jim Carrey, Angela Lansbury, Carla Gugino, Ophelia Lovibond, Madeleine Carroll Tom Popper is a successful businessman who's clueless when it comes to the really important things in life, until he inherits six 'adorable' penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom's rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland, and the rest of his world upside-down. Adapted from the award-winning classic children's book, Mr. Popper's Penguins is a cool blast of fun for all ages.	Check Availability: DVD
	Real Steel Directed by: Shawn Levy Starring: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to build and train a championship contender.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Rise of the Planet of the Apes Directed by: Rupert Wyatt Starring: John Lithgow, Brian Cox, James Franco, Freida Pinto Is a revolution... an action packed epic featuring stunning visual effects and creature unlike anything ever seen before. At the story's heart is Caesar, a chimpanzee who gains human-like intelligence and emotions from an experimental drug. Raised like a child by the drug's creator, Caesar intimately finds himself taken from the humans he loves and imprisoned. Seeking justice, Caesar assembles a simian army and escapes.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Saving Private Perez Directed by: Beto Gomez Starring: Miguel Rodarte, Adal Ramones Julian Perez, Mexico's most powerful man, must embark on a mission given to him by the only authority he respects: his mother. Joined by a colorful band of unlikely heroes, Julian must risk his life to fulfill his mother's wish and rescue his brother from the war-ridden prison of the most treacherous land in the world, Iraq.	Check Availability: DVD
	Shark Night (a.k.a. Shark Night 3D) Directed by: David R. Ellis Starring: Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Katharine McPhee When Sara and her friends arrive at her family's Louisiana lake house, they quickly strip down to their swimsuits for a weekend of sexy fun in the sun. But they soon discover the lake is infested with hundreds of flesh-eating sharks, and a few equally dangerous human predators, that turn their killer vacation into a bone-crunching battle to stay alive!	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	The Smurfs Directed by: Raja Gosnell Starring: Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Sofia Vergara, Tim Gunn, Katy Perry, Jonathan Winters When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they're forced through a portal, out of their world and into ours, landing in the middle of New York's Central Park.	Check Availability: DVD
	Straw Dogs Directed by: Rod Lurie Starring: James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard, James Woods, Dominic Purcell A young couple moves to a quaint southern town. Soon their perfect getaway turns out to become a living hell when dark secrets and lethal passions spiral out of control. Trapped by a pack of depraved locals led by a ruthless predator, they face a night of agonizing suffering and endless bloodshed. Now their only hope for survival is to become more savage then their merciless torturers.	Check Availability: DVD
	The Tempest Directed by: Julie Taymor Starring: Alan Cumming, Helen Mirren, Chris Cooper, Djimon Hounsou, Alfred Molina, Russell Brand This modern retelling of William Shakespeare's final masterpiece is an exciting, mystical, and magical fantasy. Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unleashes her powers for revenge.	Check Availability: DVD
	There Be Dragons Directed by: Roland Joffe Starring: Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley, Dougray Scott, Unax Ugalde, Olga Kurylenko When journalist Robert Torres is assigned to write a book about Josemaria Escriva, the controversial founder of Opus Dei, he hopes it will bring him closer to his father, Escriva's childhood friend. As Torres uncovers more about his father's past, he learns dark secrets that will change his world forever.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	The Thing Directed by: Matthijs Van Heijningen Jr. Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen 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.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	Warrior Directed by: Gavin O'connor Starring: Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family. The two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all battle of their lives.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay
	The Whistleblower Directed by: Larysa Kondracki Starring: Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave, David Strathairn, Monica Bellucci When Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac accepts a U.N. peacekeeper position in postwar Bosnia, she discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an international conspiracy that is determined to stop her, no matter the cost. With masterful acting and a heart-racing plot, an acclaimed film inspired by actual events.	Check Availability: DVD BluRay