New to Own: Week of January 6, 2014
See the titles new on DVD, Blu-ray and Amazon Instant Video this week.
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1.
Runner Runner
(2013)
When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur. (88 mins.)
Director: Brad Furman
2.
Archer
(2009 TV Series)
Covert black ops and espionage take a back seat to zany personalities and relationships between secret agents and drones. (22 mins.)
3.
Copper
(2012 TV Series)
Set in the Five Points neighborhood of New York City in the 1860s, focusing on a rugged young Irish... (42 mins.)
4.
Thanks for Sharing
(2012)
A romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a challenging and often confusing world as they struggle together against a common demon: sex addiction. (112 mins.)
Director: Stuart Blumberg
5.
Top of the Lake
(2013 TV Series)
When pregnant, 12-year-old Tui tries to kill herself in a freezing New Zealand lake, Detective Robin Griffin has plenty of questions for the girl. But when Tui suddenly disappears, Griffin finds herself knee-deep in small-town secrets. (350 mins.)
6.
The Following
(2013 TV Series)
A brilliant and charismatic, yet psychotic serial killer communicates with other active serial killers and activates a cult of believers following his every command. (43 mins.)
7.
Duck Dynasty
(2012 TV Series)
Follows a wealthy Louisiana family known for their successful duck-hunting business. (60 mins.)
8.
Inequality for All
(2013 Documentary)
A documentary that follows former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich as he looks to raise awareness of the country's widening economic gap. (89 mins.)
Director: Jacob Kornbluth
9.
Throne of Blood
(1957)
A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle. (110 mins.)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
10.
The Stranger
(1991)
A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long-lost uncle... (120 mins.)
Director: Satyajit Ray
11.
The Act of Killing
(2012 Documentary)
A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers. (115 mins.)
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous
12.
Closed Circuit
(2013)
A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy. (96 mins.)
Director: John Crowley
13.
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. (28 mins.)
14.
Linsanity
(2013 Documentary)
The life story of basketball sensation, Jeremy Lin. (89 mins.)
Director: Evan Leong
15.
We Are What We Are
(2013)
The Parkers, a reclusive family who follow ancient customs, find their secret existence threatened as a torrential downpour moves into their area, forcing daughters Iris and Rose to assume responsibilities beyond those of a typical family. (105 mins.)
Director: Jim Mickle
16.
The Killing Fields
(1984)
A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody "Year Zero" cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million "undesirable" civilians. (141 mins.)
Director: Roland Joffé
17.
The Wicker Man
(1973)
A police sergeant is sent to a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl whom the townsfolk claim never existed. Stranger still are the rites that take place there. (88 mins.)
Director: Robin Hardy
18.
Birth of the Living Dead
(2013 Documentary)
A documentary that shows how George A. Romero gathered an unlikely team of Pittsburghers to shoot his seminal film: Night of the Living Dead. (76 mins.)
Director: Rob Kuhns
19.
Badges of Fury
(2013)
In just 3 days, three cases of Smiling Murder shock Hong Kong. The young detective Wang Bu'er and his buddy Huang Feihong embark on an investigation full of excitement and unexpected events. (98 mins.)
Director: Tsz Ming Wong
20.
Big Ass Spider!
(2013)
A giant alien spider escapes from a military lab and rampage the city of Los Angeles. When a massive military strike fails, it is up to a team of scientists and one clever exterminator to kill the creature before the city is destroyed. (80 mins.)
Director: Mike Mendez