Happy Belated St. Patrick's Day!
Since I didn't get a chance to list last week's new releases, I decided to combine them with this week's. Also, I will be finally posting a new review tomorrow. I promise, it's already done! This post is already long, so I will leave you to browse.
Best Wishes,
BOOKS (March 12th-21st)
ADULT: (March 12th-21st)
A Simple Romance
by: J.H. Knight
Skip thought he had it
all: the fabulous husband, the great apartment, and the teaching job
he’d always wanted. Even the cat was perfect. When his partner of eight
years decides he wants something else—something that doesn’t involve
Skip or the apartment or even the cat—Skip decides it’s time to go home
to the other side of the country.
However, Skip’s hometown
doesn’t just hold a loving meddling mother but also the memories of his
awkward crush on a boy he met his senior year in high school. A boy he
humiliated himself in front of just when it looked as if his fantasies
might become reality. Finding out Paul Miller is now working at the same
high school where Skip has just been hired flips his world upside down.
After a heated night together, Skip is happy being friends with
benefits. Paul will have to convince him love is worth the risk.
Release Date: 13 March 2013
Lost In You (Petal, Georgia #2)
by: Lauren Dane
It hasn’t been easy for
Joe Harris to live down his not-so-honorable past, but the military made
him a better man. He’s determined to make up for past mistakes,
starting with coming home to care for his ailing father.
Things
are going as planned until his best friend’s little sister comes
barreling into his life. Funny, quick talking, smart, beautiful, she’s a
temptation he tries—and fails—to resist.
When Beth Murphy hears
Joe is back in town, she makes sure she’s the first on his welcoming
committee. Though he tries to pretend he’s gruff and unworthy of her,
she sees the man who spoils his dog, who touches her like she’s
precious. Cherished. But there’s one wall she can’t break down—the truth
about what’s happening at home.
On the night the nature of his
father’s illness becomes painfully, publicly apparent, Joe does the
right thing—push Beth as far away as possible. But if he thought she’d
go away quietly, he’s about to learn she’s made of sterner stuff.
Release Date: 12 March 2013
Velocity (Buckin' Bull Riders, #4)
by: Cassandra Carr
Paolo D’Allesandro has
been living in his older brother Marco’s shadow. But he’s getting older
now and realizing he and Marco don’t want the same things. He’s not sure
what his next step is, but knows he needs to quit riding to figure it
out.
Savannah Harrington is a grad student working on a thesis about
adrenaline junkies, and she’s joined the bull riders’ tour to study the
men and their motivation to willingly take part in a dangerous sport.
She meets Paolo and both feel an instant connection. She can’t stay away
from the sexy Italian and his mind-numbing skills in the bedroom, but
knows the relationship can’t last.
Both wish their circumstances were
different, but Paolo doesn’t think he has anything to offer Savannah,
and Savannah doesn’t want to pressure Paolo into another life decision
that will make someone else happy, but not fulfill him. As her time to
go back to school draws closer, they need to figure out how to get their
highest score yet—in the game of love.
Release Date: 13 March 2013
But Not For Me
by: J.S. Cook
Gangster Nino Moretti’s
world is a series of contrasts between extreme wealth and abject
poverty, an unstable existence punctuated by booze and bullets. For
Nino, the gangster lifestyle is even more dangerous because he is a
finnochio—a gay man—in a position of absolute power at the head of his
own criminal organization.
When Nino rescues beautiful mob
accountant Stanley Zadwadzki from a violent assault at the hands of
sadistic rival gangster Big Frank O’Hara, both Nino and Stanley become
hunted men. Stanley places himself under Nino’s protection as Nino’s
accountant and unofficial companion. As a warning, Frank murders Nino’s
office boy. In a quest for revenge, Nino tracks Frank to Little Italy,
where the resulting confrontation forces him to shoot a bystander to
protect Stanley. With a gang war looming, Nino must set aside his
feelings and concentrate on asserting his superiority over Big Frank—or
lose everything he holds most dear.
Release Date: 18 March 2013
Dueling Divas
by: Antonio
The Next Club Superstar
contest is just the venue Nash Argento needs to further his career as a
singer. There’s only one problem: he has to dress in drag.
With
the help of his best female friend, Nash negotiates the challenges of
becoming a drag queen in order to compete. But his troubles are far from
over. His key competitor is Stacey—a biological woman. Incensed, Nash
tries to get her disqualified, but Stacey is desperate for the money,
and with the help of her quirky divorcée best friend and the best
friend’s lawyer, she manages to stay in the contest.
Bobby
Carter is a lonely librarian looking for Mr. Right—and he’s looking in
Nash’s direction. Nash seems to be everything Bobby needs… and then he
brings Nash home for dinner and discovers Nash is his sister’s main
competition. Nash and Stacey get to know each other and even become
friends—and just in time. Someone is murdering the contestants one by
one, and Nash and Stacey will need all the help they can get to escape
the cruel fate the murderer has planned for them.
Release Date: 18 March 2013
Highlander Most Wanted (Montgomery's & Armstrongs, #2)
by: Maya Banks
In Highlander Most Wanted, a reclusive woman content to live in the shadows shows a Highland warrior the true meaning of love.
Genevieve McInnes is locked behind the fortified walls of McHugh Keep,
captive of a cruel laird who takes great pleasure in ruining her for any
other man. Yet when Bowen Montgomery storms the gates on a mission of
clan warfare, Genevieve finds that her spirit is bent but not broken.
Still, her path toward freedom remains uncertain. Unable to bear the
shame of returning to a family that believes her dead or to abandon
others at the keep to an imposing new laird, Genevieve opts for the
peaceful life of an abbess. But Bowen’s rugged sensuality stirs
something deep inside her that longs to be awakened by his patient,
gentle caress—something warm, wicked, and tempting.
Bowen
seizes his enemy’s keep, unprepared for the brooding and reclusive woman
who captures his heart. He’s enchanted by her fierce determination, her
unusual beauty, and her quiet, unfailing strength. But wooing her will
take more than a seasoned seducer’s skill. For loving Genevieve, he
discovers, means giving her back the freedom that was stolen from
her—even if it means losing her forever.
Release Date: 19 March 2013
YOUNG ADULT (March 12th-19th)
Deep Betrayal (Lies Beneath, #2)
by: Anne Greenwood Brown
It's been thirty days,
two hours, and seventeen minutes since Calder left Lily standing on the
shores of Lake Superior. Not that she's counting. And when Calder does
return, it's not quite the reunion Lily hoped for. Especially after she
lets her father in on a huge secret: he, like Calder, is a merman.
Obsessed with his new identity, Lily's dad monopolizes Calder's time as
the two of them spend every day in the water, leaving Lily behind.
Then
dead bodies start washing ashore. Calder blames his mermaid sisters,
but Lily fears her father has embraced the merman's natural need to
kill. As the body count grows, everyone is pointing fingers. Lily
doesn't know what to believe—only that whoever's responsible is sure to
strike again.
Release Date: 12 March 2013
Fat Angie
by: E.E. Charlton-Trujillo
Her sister was
captured in Iraq, she’s the resident laughingstock at school, and her
therapist tells her to count instead of eat. Can a daring new girl in
her life really change anything?
Angie is broken — by
her can’t-be-bothered mother, by her high-school tormenters, and by
being the only one who thinks her varsity-athlete-turned-war-hero sister
is still alive. Hiding under a mountain of junk food hasn’t kept the
pain (or the shouts of "crazy mad cow!") away. Having failed to kill
herself — in front of a gym full of kids — she’s back at high school
just trying to make it through each day. That is, until the arrival of
KC Romance, the kind of girl who doesn’t exist in Dryfalls, Ohio. A girl
who is one hundred and ninety-nine percent wow! A girl who never sees
her as Fat Angie, and who knows too well that the package doesn’t always
match what’s inside. With an offbeat sensibility, mean girls to rival a
horror classic, and characters both outrageous and touching, this
darkly comic anti-romantic romance will appeal to anyone who likes
entertaining and meaningful fiction
Release Date: 12 March 2013
Mila 2.0 (MILA 2.0, #1)
by: Debra Driza
Mila 2.0 is the
first book in an electrifying sci-fi thriller series about a teenage
girl who discovers that she is an experiment in artificial intelligence.
Mila
was never meant to learn the truth about her identity. She was a girl
living with her mother in a small Minnesota town. She was supposed to
forget her past—that she was built in a secret computer science lab and
programmed to do things real people would never do.
Now she has
no choice but to run—from the dangerous operatives who want her
terminated because she knows too much and from a mysterious group that
wants to capture her alive and unlock her advanced technology. However,
what Mila’s becoming is beyond anyone’s imagination, including her own,
and it just might save her life.
Mila 2.0 is Debra
Driza’s bold debut and the first book in a Bourne Identity-style trilogy
that combines heart-pounding action with a riveting exploration of what
it really means to be human. Fans of I Am Number Four will love Mila for who she is and what she longs to be—and a cliffhanger ending will leave them breathlessly awaiting the seque
Release Date: 12 March 2013
Panic
by: Sharon M. Draper
This gripping and chillingly realistic novel from New York Times bestselling author Sharon Draper shows that all it takes is one bad decision for everything to change.
Diamond knows not to get into a car with a stranger.
But
what if the stranger is well-dressed and handsome? On his way to meet
his wife and daughter? And casting a movie that very night—a movie in
need of a star dancer? What then?
Then Diamond might make the wrong decision.
It’s
a nightmare come true: Diamond Landers has been kidnapped. She was at
the mall with a friend, alone for only a few brief minutes—and now she’s
being held captive, forced to endure horrors beyond what she ever could
have dreamed, while her family and friends experience their own
torments and wait desperately for any bit of news.
Release Date: 12 March 2013
Scowler
by: Daniel Kraus
Imagine your father is a monster. Would that mean there are monsters inside you, too?
Nineteen-year-old
Ry Burke, his mother, and little sister scrape by for a living on their
dying family farm. Ry wishes for anything to distract him from the grim
memories of his father's physical and emotional abuse. Then a meteorite
falls from the sky, bringing with it not only a fragment from another
world but also the arrival of a ruthless man intent on destroying the
entire family. Soon Ry is forced to defend himself by resurrecting a
trio of imaginary childhood protectors: kindly Mr. Furrington, wise
Jesus, and the bloodthirsty Scowler.
Release Date: 12 March 2013
Starstruck
by: Rachel Shukert
A golden age of glam . . .
Every
week they arrive in Los Angeles--beautiful and talented young hopefuls
who dream of becoming stars. It's all Margaret Frobisher has ever
wanted—and when she's discovered by a powerful agent, she can barely
believe her luck. She's more than ready to escape her snobby private
school and conservative Pasadena family for a chance to light up the
silver screen.
The competition is fierce at Olympus Studios and
Margaret—now Margo—is chasing her Hollywood dreams alongside girls like
Gabby Preston, who at 16 is already a grizzled show-biz veteran caught
between the studio and the ravenous ambition of her ruthless mother, and
sultry Amanda Farraday, who seems to have it all--ambition, glamour . .
. and dirty secrets. Missing from the pack is Diana Chesterfield, the
beautiful actress who mysteriously disappeared, and there are whispers
that Diana's boyfriend—Margo's new co-star—may have had something to do
with it. Margo quickly learns that fame comes with a price, and that
nothing is what it seems.
Set in Old Hollywood, Starstruck
follows the lives of three teen girls as they live, love, and claw
their way to the top in a world where being a star is all that matters.
Release Date: 12 March 2013
Surfacing
by: Nora Raleigh Baskin
A lyrical and
deeply moving portrait of grief, blame, and forgiveness, and of finding
the courage to confront your ghosts — one truth at a time.
As
soon as she was under, Maggie heard the quiet, though every sound was
amplified in her ears and in her brain . . . Sound, like shame, travels
four times faster under the water.
Though only a sophomore,
Maggie Paris is a star on the varsity swim team, but she also has an
uncanny, almost magical ability to draw out people’s deepest truths,
even when they don’t intend to share them. It’s reached a point where
most of her classmates, all but her steadfast best friend, now avoid
her, and she’s taken to giving herself away every chance she gets to an
unavailable — and ungrateful — popular boy from the wrestling team, just
to prove she still exists. Even Maggie’s parents, who are busy avoiding
each other and the secret deep at the heart of their devastated family,
seem wary of her. Is there such a thing as too much truth?
Release Date: 12 March 2013
17 & Gone
by: Nova Ren Suma
Seventeen-year-old
Lauren is having visions of girls who have gone missing. And all these
girls have just one thing in common—they are 17 and gone without a
trace. As Lauren struggles to shake these waking nightmares, impossible
questions demand urgent answers: Why are the girls speaking to Lauren?
How can she help them? And… is she next? As Lauren searches for clues,
everything begins to unravel, and when a brush with death lands her in
the hospital, a shocking truth emerges, changing everything.
With complexity and richness, Nova Ren Suma serves up a beautiful, visual, fresh interpretation of what it means to be lost.
Release Date: 19 March 2013
Art of Wishing, The (Art of Wishing, #1)
by: Lindsay Ribar
He can grant her wishes, but only she can save his life.
Margo McKenna has a plan for just about everything, from landing the
lead in her high school play to getting into a good college. So when she
finds herself in possession of a genie's ring and the chance to make
three wishes, she doesn't know what to do. Why should she put her life
into someone else's hands?
But Oliver is more than just a genie
-- he's also a sophomore at Margo's high school, and he's on the run
from a murderer. As he and Margo grow closer, she discovers that it
will take more than three wishes to save him.
A whole lot more.
Release Date: 21 March 2013
Clockwork Princess (Infernal Devices, #3)
by: Cassandra Clare
Danger intensifies for the Shadowhunters as the New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy comes to a close.
If the only way to save the world was to destroy what you loved most, would you do it?
The clock is ticking. Everyone must choose.
Passion. Power. Secrets. Enchantment.
Danger closes in around the Shadowhunters in the final installment of the bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy.
Release Date: 19 March 2013
Everafter (Kissed by an Angel, #6)
by: Elizabeth Chandler
The sweeping saga of Ivy and Tristan comes to a breathtaking conclusion in this final book of the all-new arc in the New York Times bestselling Kissed by an Angel series.It
seems the odds are forever against Ivy and her fallen angel. Tristan is
still trapped in the body of an accused murderer, and as the two
star-crossed lovers try to clear his name, they must battle the dark
forces that would keep them apart and destroy them both. The danger is
especially great for Tristan since, as a fallen angel, death would mean
losing his soul. It’s up to Ivy to save the one she loves and,
hopefully, find a way for the two of the them to be together…for all
eternity.
Release Date: 19 March 2013
Fox Forever (Jenna Fox Chronicles, #3)
by: Mary Pearson
Locke Jenkins has some
catching up to do. After spending 260 years as a disembodied mind in a
little black box, he has a perfect new body. But before he can move on
with his unexpected new life, he’ll have to return the Favor he accepted
from the shadowy resistance group known as the Network.
Locke
must infiltrate the home of a government official by gaining the trust
of his daughter, seventeen-year-old Raine, and he soon finds himself
pulled deep into the world of the resistance—and into Raine’s life.
Mary E. Pearson brings the story she began in The Adoration of Jenna Fox and continued in The Fox Inheritance to a breathtaking conclusion as Locke discovers that being truly human requires much more than flesh and blood.
Release Date: 19 March 2013
OCD, the Dude, and Me
by: Lauren Roedy Vaughn
With frizzy orange
hair, a plus-sized body, sarcastic demeanor, and "unique learning
profile," Danielle Levine doesn't fit in even at her alternative high
school. While navigating her doomed social life, she writes scathing,
self-aware, and sometimes downright raunchy essays for English class. As
a result of her unfiltered writing style, she is forced to see the
school psychologist and enroll in a "social skills" class. But when she
meets Daniel, another social misfit who is obsessed with the cult
classic film The Big Lebowski, Danielle's resolve to keep everyone at arm's length starts to crumble.
Release Date: 21 March 2013
Tiger (Dark Eyes, #2)
by: William Richter
A vigilante fights for justice at any cost. Wallis Stoneman isn’t like other teenage girls. She’s beautiful, fearless, and deadly.
Wally
lives alone in her Brooklyn loft. She’d be a regular teenager, except
that she’s the daughter of a Russian assassin. Crime is in Wally’s
blood, but she uses her legacy for good: she solves missing persons
cases for the Ursula Society, an under-the-radar organization that uses
oft-illegal tactics to find people the police have given up on.
The
person Wally most wants to find? Tiger, her own fugitive brother. But
the closer Wally gets to finding Tiger, the more dangerous her search
becomes. And Klesko, Wally and Tiger’s sadistic father, is again at
large. With two highly-skilled con men against them, Wally and Tiger
band together to destroy a conspiracy in which they—and their hearts—are
mere pawns.
Release Date: 19 March 2013
MOVIES & TV SERIES (March 12th-22nd)
MOVIES (March 12th-22nd)
Duke
Directed by: Mark Jean
Starring: Steven Weber
Marine Sergeant Terry Pulaski, a once proud man, is now a broken shell
of himself having returned from Iraq with both PTSD and a disabling
injury. Terry struggles to be a good father and husband, but his
challenges leave him feeling like a burden to his wife and daughter.
With his dog Duke in tow, he decides to leave his family behind. Years
later, a homeless Terry needs help for an aging and ill Duke, so he
leaves him in the care of a veterinary clinic. Will Duke be able to help
Terry face his demons and reconcile with his estranged daughter?
Release Date: 12 March 2013
First Time, The
Directed by: Jon Kasdan
Starring: Britt Robertson, Dylan O'Brien
Dave, a high school senior, spends most of his time pining away over a
girl he can't have. Aubrey, a junior with artistic aspirations, has a
hot boyfriend who doesn't quite understand her or seem to care. Although
they go to different schools, Dave and Aubrey find themselves at the
same party. When both head outside to get some air, they meet. A casual
conversation sparks an instant connection, and, over the course of a
weekend, things turn magical, romantic, complicated, and funny as Aubrey
and
Dave discover what it's like to fall in love for the first time.
Release Date: 12 March 2013
Hitchcock
Directed by: Sacha Gervasi
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren
Oscarr Winners Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren* are spellbinding in
this provocative story about the making of one of cinema's most iconic
films. Plagued by both a reckless ego and nagging self-doubt, Hollywood
legend Alfred Hitchcock (Hopkins) becomes obsessed with a grisly murder
story that the studios won't back. Determined, he risks his reputation,
his home and even the love of his wife Alma (Mirren), as he sets out to
make the film. Ultimately, Hitch wins Alma over, and the two collaborate
to create an enduring masterpiece - Psycho. Also starring Scarlett
Johansson, Toni Collette and Jessica Biel, Hitchcock is "a knockout from
start to finish" (Rex Reed, New York Observer).
Release Date: 12 March 2013
Life of Pi
Directed by: Ang Lee
Starring: Suraj Sharma
Embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this visual masterpiece from
Oscarr winner Ang Lee*, based on the best-selling novel. After a
cataclysmic shipwreck, young Pi Patel finds himself stranded on a
lifeboat with the only other survivor - a ferocious Bengal tiger named
Richard Parker. Bound by the need to survive, the two are cast on an
epic journey that must be seen to be believed.
Release Date: 12 March 2013
Smashed
Directed by: James Ponsoldt
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul
Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Charlie (Aaron Paul, TV's "Breaking
Bad" ) are a young married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love
of music, laughter and drinking...especially the drinking. When Kate's
drinking leads her to dangerous places and her job as a school teacher
is put into jeopardy, she decides to join AA and get sober. With the
help of her new friend and sponsor Jenny (Octavia Spencer, The Help),
and the vice principal at her school, the awkward, but well intentioned,
Mr. Davies, Kate takes steps toward improving her health and life.
Sobriety isn't as easy as Kate had anticipated. Her new lifestyle brings
to the surface a troubling relationship with her mother, facing the
lies she's told her employer (Megan Mullaly TV's "Parks and Recreation" )
and calls into question whether or not her relationship with Charlie is
built on love or just a boozy diversion from adulthood.
Release Date: 12 March 2013
Pressed
Directed by: Justin Donnelly
Starring: Luke Goss
Brian, (Luke Goss - Death Race 2, Hellboy II) is desperately trying to
seek a "quick fix" business deal that will put him back on top
financially after being let go from his executive position at one of the
top investment firms. Brian decides to go "all in", investing the rest
of his savings into a short-term drug deal that would allow him to
preserve his high-end life style. When two recluse teenagers unknowingly
intercept the illicit drug money hidden in the back seat of a car,
Brian s deal is botched. He soon finds himself in a desperate situation
as he owes a merciless drug lord the missing money. At the same time the
teenagers learn that they've stolen from the wrong people. What follows
is a twisted tale of greed, deceit, murder and wealth. In this
Crime-thriller, three relationships collide in a fantastic saga where
only one will get out alive.
Release Date: 12 March 2013
Hobbit, The
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman
The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who
is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor
from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard
Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen
dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey
will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with
Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies
to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain, first they must
escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will
change his life forever Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores
of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers
depths of ingenuity and courage that surprise even him, he also gains
possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful
qualities A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all
Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.
Release Date: 19 March 2013
Illegal
Directed by: Ric Dupont
Starring: Shirley A. Rumierk, Luis Bordonada
Set in the sweltering desert of the Southwest U.S., five individuals are
portrayed as they struggle with their circumstances. Maribel, a
waitress in Juarez, Mexico faces an impossible decision after seven
years of failed legal immigration applications. Ariel, an honest and
hard-working day-laborer in New Mexico, battles the temptation of higher
wages as a drug trafficker. Arturo, working the fields with Ariel must
decide where his loyalties lie when he is suddenly pitted against a
smooth-talking government immigration officer. Ignacio, a dish-washer in
New Mexico, deals drugs to teens in a dead-end town while immigration
agents circle in to use him as an entry-way to a Mexican drug cartel.
And Chuy, a low-level trafficker of both immigrants and drugs, longs for
a way out of his miserable life full of violence and fear.
Release Date: 19 March 2013
Price Check
Directed by: Michael Walker
Starring: Parker Posey, Eric Mabius
Pete Cozy (Eric Mabius, Ugly Betty) is a family man with a home in the
suburbs and a mundane job in supermarket pricing. That changes when the
unstable and domineering Susan (Parker Posey, Party Girl, Best in Show)
takes over as manager and needs Pete to be her right-hand man. Suddenly
on the executive track, Pete finds himself spending less time at home
and more with Susan as they try to meet her absurdly lofty goals at
work. As their personal and professional lives become more intertwined,
Pete wonders if he has what it takes to climb the corporate ladder, and
if he really even wants to. A wry workplace comedy, PRICE CHECK is an
honest examination of how the bitter truths of corporate life tip the
scales between dreams and responsibility.
Release Date: 19 March 2013
Rust and Bone
Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Starring: Marion Cotillard,, Matthias Schoenaerts
From the director of the multi-award-winning A Prophet comes a gripping
tale of two souls finding strength in each other after tragedy reunites
them. Marion Cotillard (Academy Awardr winner, 2007, Best Actress, La
Vie En Rose) gives a tour-de force performance as Stephanie, an orca
trainer whose life is transformed when tragedy strikes during a show.
Faced with unbearable circumstances she turns to Ali (Matthias
Schoenaerts, Bullhead), a street boxer fighting his own battle with
life-changing events. As their stories intersect, they navigate a gritty
relationship in a world where love and courage appear in many forms.
Release Date: 19 March 2013
Straight A's
Directed by: James Cox
Starring: Anna Paquin, Luke Wilson
Seeking redemption, family outcast Scott returns to his home town only
to throw everyone's lives into disarray. This is particularly troubling
for his sister-in-law who was once his high school sweetheart. Straight
A's stars Ryan Phillippe, Anna Paquin and Luke Wilson in a love triangle
that ultimately unites them all.
Release Date: 19 March 2013
Strange Frame
Directed by: G.M. Hajim
Starring: Tara Strong, Claudia Black
This gorgeous animated sci-fi story explores the theme of the
transformative power of love between two women. As our story begins it
is the 28th century, 200 years after the Great Earth Exodus. We re on
Ganymede, one of Jupiter's moons. Our hero Naia is a feisty, young
singer-songwriter who falls in love with the beautiful saxophonist
Parker. The two embark on their new relationship and also form a band
and now they have to not only make it as musicians but also to fight for
their freedom. Dramatically rendered in rich, hand drawn animation,
Strange Frame brings us into a world of space pirates, indentured slaves
and genetic mutations infused with music throughout, to create a
dreamlike tale unlike anything you ve ever seen.
Release Date: 19 March 2013
Zero Dark Thirty
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke
For a decade, an elite team of intelligence and military operatives,
working in secret across the globe, devoted themselves to a single goal:
to find and eliminate Osama bin Laden. Zero Dark Thirty reunites the
Oscar winning team of director-producer Kathryn Bigelow and
writer-producer Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) for the story of history's
greatest manhunt for the world's most dangerous man.
Release Date: 19 March 2013
Les Miserables
Directed by: Tom Hooper
Starring: Hugh Jackman
Hugh Jackman, Academy Award winner Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway star
in this critically-acclaimed adaptation of the epic musical phenomenon.
Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Mis‚rables tells
the story of ex-prisoner Jean Valjean (Jackman), hunted for decades by
the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe), after he breaks parole. When
Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's (Hathaway) young
daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever. This enthralling story is
a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit and "an
unforgettable experience" (Richard Roeper, RichardRoeper.com).
Release Date: 22 March 2013
This is 40
Directed by: Judd Apatow
Starring: Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann
From the director of Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin comes an
unfiltered, comedic look inside the life of an American family. After
years of marriage, Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) are
approaching a milestone meltdown. As they try to balance romance,
careers, parents and children in their own hilarious ways, they must
also figure out how to enjoy the rest of their lives. Featuring Melissa
McCarthy, Jason Segel, Megan Fox, John Lithgow and Albert Brooks, This
Is 40 is a candid and heartwarming comedy about the challenges and
rewards of marriage and parenthood in the modern age.
Release Date: 22 March 2013
TV SERIES (March 12th-19th)
Ghost Hunters: Season 8, Part 1
Starring: n/a
The TAPS gang returns with more chilling episodes from their hit eighth
season. Featured investigations include a haunted amusement park with a
restless spirit, a “dead and breakfast” where a family is being
tormented by spirits of the previous owners, a 1700s mansion where the
owner was murdered by his slaves who were then hanged on the property
for their crime, and an old brewery where two sisters are still running
the business... from their graves! Get ready to join Jason Hawes and
Grant Wilson for some of the most unforgettable episodes of the series,
including Grant’s very special farewell episode!! Featured
investigations include: Roller Ghoster, Buyer Beware, Flooded Souls,
Dead and Breakfast, Moonshine and Madness, City Hell, Frighternity,
Ghost of a Marine, Family of Spirits, Haunted by Heroes, Princess and
the EVP, Please Sign the Ghost Book. INCLUDES NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN BONUS
FOOTAGE!
Release Date: 19 March 2013
Jersey Shore: Season 6 (Uncensored)
Starring: n/a
In this final season, America's favorite housemates all return to their
home away from home in Seaside Heights, NJ. The house dynamic is headed
into unchartered territory as their lives outside the Shore take off in
exciting new directions. While things are definitely a little bit
different this time when the cast hits the boardwalk, their trademark
hilarity and family dysfunction remain the same.
Release Date: 19 March 2013
Mob Doctor: Complete Series
Starring: Jordana Spiro
Dr. Grace Devlin (Jordana Spiro, TV's "My Boys") is a promising young
surgeon working in Chicago's most pre-eminent hospital. Still, she can't
escape her Southside roots. With her kid brother facing a mobster's
wrath, Grace makes a deal and agrees to work "off book" for the infamous
Chicago Outfit. As Grace's "day job" forces her to take on emotionally
compelling cases - a convict determined to donate his heart to his
estranged daughter, a whole family injured in a horrific hit-and-run -
she is also forced to deal with mob-related tasks, doing emergency
medical procedures in back rooms, treating mobsters hiding from the law
and even working on a stolen thoroughbred only hours before he's due to
race. Through it all, Grace fights to keep her dual life a
secret...except from the one man who knows Grace best - Southside mob
boss Constantine Alexander (William Forsythe, TV's "Boardwalk Empire"),
whose relationship with Grace is more than it seems.
Release Date: 12 March 2013
Ripper Street: Season 1
Starring: Matthew Macfadyen
BBC America's compelling crime drama Ripper Street set in the seething
backstreets of Victorian London comes to Blu-ray! Haunted by the failure
to catch London's most evil killer Jack the Ripper Inspector Edmund
Reid now heads up the notorious H Division - the toughest police
district in the East End. Charged with keeping order in the
blood-stained streets of Whitechapel Reid and his men find themselves
fighting to uphold justice and the rule of law; but always in the
background lurks the fear of the Ripper is he back for another reign of
terror? Rich episodic storylines meld with the intrigue of a criminal
underworld festering on the hard streets of Victorian London following
the battle of the men whose job it is to bring the law to the lawless.
Release Date: 12 March 2013
Title: World War Z
