New to Own: Week of December 17, 2012
See the titles new on DVD, Blu-ray and Amazon Instant Video this week.
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1.
Pitch Perfect
(2012)
Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition. (112 mins.)
Director: Jason Moore
2.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
(2012)
School is out and Greg is ready for the days of summer, when all his plans go wrong. What on earth is he going to do all summer? (94 mins.)
Director: David Bowers
3.
Total Recall
(2012)
A factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led - goes wrong and he finds himself on the run. (118 mins.)
Director: Len Wiseman
4.
Trouble with the Curve
(2012)
An ailing baseball scout in his twilight years takes his daughter along for one last recruiting trip. (111 mins.)
Director: Robert Lorenz
5.
Resident Evil: Retribution
(2012)
Alice fights alongside a resistance movement in the continuing battle against the Umbrella Corporation and the undead. (96 mins.)
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
6.
Arbitrage
(2012)
A troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help. (107 mins.)
Director: Nicholas Jarecki
7.
Sleepwalk with Me
(2012)
A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore. (90 mins.)
Director: Mike Birbiglia, Seth Barrish
8.
Killer Joe
(2011)
When a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.
Director: William Friedkin
9.
Liberal Arts
(2012)
When 30-something Jesse returns to his alma mater for a professor's retirement party, he falls for Zibby, a college student, and is faced with a powerful attraction that springs up between them. (97 mins.)
Director: Josh Radnor
10.
Premium Rush
(2012)
In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city. (91 mins.)
Director: David Koepp
11.
Californication
(2007 TV Series)
A writer tries to juggle his career, his relationship with his daughter and his ex-girlfriend, as well as his appetite for beautiful women. (28 mins.)
12.
Army Wives
(2007 TV Series)
Four women and one man share the common bond of loving someone in the U.S. Army.
13.
Shameless
(2011 TV Series)
An alcoholic man lives in a perpetual stupor while his six children with whom he lives cope as best they can. (46 mins.)
14.
10 Years
(2011)
The night before their high school reunion, a group of friends realize they still haven't quite grown up in some ways. (100 mins.)
Director: Jamie Linden
15.
Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet
(2012 Documentary)
When doctors diagnosed 19-year-old rock star Jason Becker with Lou Gehrig's Disease, they said he would never make music again. 22 years later, without the ability to move or to speak, Jason is alive and making music with his eyes. (87 mins.)
Director: Jesse Vile
16.
House of Lies
(2012 TV Series)
A subversive, scathing look at a self-loathing management consultant from a top-tier firm. Marty, a highly successful, cutthroat consultant is never above using any means (or anyone) necessary to get his clients the information they want.
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