New to Own: Week of April 1, 2013
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1.
Hemingway & Gellhorn
(2012 TV Movie)
A drama centered on the romance between Ernest Hemingway and WWII correspondent Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's inspiration for For Whom the Bell Tolls and the only woman who ever asked for a divorce from the writer. (155 mins.)
Director: Philip Kaufman
2.
The Killing
(2011 TV Series)
Follows the police investigation of the murder of a young girl, tying together three interlocking stories as investigators chase a variety of leads. (45 mins.)
3.
John Dies at the End
(2012)
A new street drug that sends its users across time and dimensions has one drawback: some people return as no longer human. Can two college dropouts save humankind from this silent, otherworldly invasion? (99 mins.)
Director: Don Coscarelli
4.
The Avengers
(2012)
Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army. (143 mins.)
Director: Joss Whedon
“ Buy Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One - Avengers Assembled 10-Disc Limited Edition Six-Movie Collector's Set now on Blu-ray. ” - IMDb Editors
5.
The Bible
(2013 Mini-Series)
This is a 10-hour, five-part, mini-series. It will tell some of the best-known stories from the most popular book in human history, from Noah's Ark and the Exodus to Daniel in the Lion's Den to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.
6.
Hello, Dolly!
(1969)
A matchmaker named Dolly Levi takes a trip to Yonkers, New York to see the "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire," Horace Vandergelder... (146 mins.)
Director: Gene Kelly
7.
That Thing You Do!
(1996)
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. (108 mins.)
Director: Tom Hanks
8.
The Baytown Outlaws
(2012)
When three redneck brothers agree to help a woman save her son from an abusive father, they become targets on the run from an odd cast of characters. (98 mins.)
Director: Barry Battles
9.
Knuckleball!
(2012 Documentary)
A documentary that showcases baseball's most unpredictable pitch.
Director: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg
10.
Taxi Driver
(1976)
A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process. (113 mins.)
Director: Martin Scorsese
11.
The Sweeney
(2012)
A hardened detective in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan police. Based on the '70s UK TV show. (112 mins.)
Director: Nick Love
12.
LUV
(2012)
An 11-year-old boy gets a crash course in what it means to be a man when he spends a day with the ex-convict uncle he idolizes. (94 mins.)
Director: Sheldon Candis
13.
Freeloaders
(2011)
A group of slackers who are living for free in a rock star's mansion find their sweet lives threatened when the musician decides to sell his pad. (77 mins.)
Director: Dan Rosen
14.
Stitches
(2012)
A clown comes back from the dead to haunt those who took his life during a fatal party mishap. (86 mins.)
Director: Conor McMahon
15.
Route 66
(1960 TV Series)
Only fiction series written & shot all over North America. Two young adventurers in a Corvette explore early 60's social problems and changing mores... (60 mins.)
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