New to Own: Week of February 24, 2014
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1.
Thor: The Dark World
(2013)
When Dr Jane Foster gets cursed with a powerful object, Thor must protect it before an army and its ruthless leader try to get their hands on it to take over the remains of Earth. (112 mins.)
Director: Alan Taylor
2.
Gravity
(2013)
A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after a catastrophe destroys their shuttle and leaves them adrift in orbit. (91 mins.)
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
3.
Nebraska
(2013)
An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize. (115 mins.)
Director: Alexander Payne
4.
Adventure Time
(2010 TV Series)
A human boy named Finn and adoptive brother and best friend Jake the Dog, protect the citizens of the Land of Ooo from foes of various shapes and sizes. (11 mins.)
5.
Blue Is the Warmest Color
(2013)
Adele's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself and ultimately finds herself through love and loss. (179 mins.)
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
6.
Muscle Shoals
(2013 Documentary)
A documentary that celebrates Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and the signature sound he developed in songs such as "I'll Take You There", "Brown Sugar", and "When a Man Loves a Woman". (111 mins.)
Director: Greg 'Freddy' Camalier
7.
The Middle
(2009 TV Series)
The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana. (30 mins.)
8.
Pulling Strings
(2013)
After a night of drinking, Rachel, a diplomat working in Mexico City finds her world turned upside down after she's saved by Alejandro, a Mariachi singer whose visa was rejected the day before - by Rachel. (111 mins.)
Director: Pedro Pablo Ibarra
9.
Mr. Nobody
(2009)
A boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? Infinite possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible. (141 mins.)
Director: Jaco Van Dormael
10.
The Crash Reel
(2013 Documentary)
Fifteen years of verite footage show the epic rivalry between half-pipe legends Shaun White and Kevin Pearce... (108 mins.)
Director: Lucy Walker
11.
Twice Born
(2012)
A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago. (127 mins.)
Director: Sergio Castellitto
12.
Adventures of the Penguin King
(2012 Documentary)
Rex, a young King Penguin, has been away from his home for three years, learning to hunt in the deep oceans, but now he's back - in Penguin City. His mission: to find a mate, settle down and raise a chick - to become a true Penguin King. (77 mins.)
Director: Anthony Geffen
Stars: Tim Allen
13.
The Wait
(2013)
Two sisters decide to keep their deceased mother in their home after being informed that she will come back to life. (96 mins.)
Director: M. Blash
14.
Detroit Unleaded
(2012)
An ambitious Lebanese-American youth is forced to take over his family's gas station after his father's death. (93 mins.)
Director: Rola Nashef
15.
The Wedding Pact
(2014)
Two best friends in college Mitch and Elizabeth make a pact that if in ten years after graduation they are both not married they will marry each other... (91 mins.)
Director: Matt Berman
16.
You Will Be My Son
(2011)
A story that focuses on the problematic relationship between Paul Marseul, owner of a prestigious vineyard in Saint Emilion and his son... (102 mins.)
Director: Gilles Legrand
17.
Hank: 5 Years from the Brink
(2013 Documentary)
For three weeks in September 2008, one person was charged with preventing the collapse of the global economy... (85 mins.)
Director: Joe Berlinger
Stars: Henry Paulson, Wendy Paulson
18.
Dark Tourist
(2012)
A psychological-thriller in the haunting tradition of films like Taxi Driver and Monster, The Grief... (84 mins.)
Director: Suri Krishnamma