From dark comedy, Black Sheep, to high tensile drama, American Gangster; there's something for everyone this week. You're bound to find something to tickle your fancy!
Blood-soaked horror comedy about a New Zealander, Henry Oldfield (Nathan Meister), with an unfortunate phobia of sheep. When Henry returns to his family's farm he is unaware that something baaaad is going on - his brother Angus' (Peter Feeney) reckless genetic engineering programme. When a pair of inept environmental activists release a mutant lamb from Angus' laboratory onto the farm, thousands of sheep are turned into blood-thirsty predators. Along with farmhand Tucker (Tammy Davis) and greenie girl Experience (Danielle Mason), Henry finds himself stranded on the farm as his worst nightmare comes to life.
2 copies in store now!
Ridley Scott directs this biopic of 1970s Harlem drug baron Frank Lucas.
When his boss dies, underworld driver Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) seizes his chance and begins to build his own criminal empire. Utilising the bodies of dead US soldiers, Lucas begins importing heroin direct from South-East Asia, increasing purity on the street, and undercutting his rivals in one swoop. Before long he's amassed a fortune, bringing him to the attention of maverick policeman Ritchie Roberts (Russell Crowe), an honest cop in an otherwise corrupt force, who makes it his business to shut Lucas down.
American Gangster is "a brutal and brilliant film" (Pete Hammond, Maxim).
5 copies in store now!
The first film adaptation of Susan Cooper's acclaimed The Dark Is Rising Sequence tells the story of Will Stanton, a boy whose everyday life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of the "Old Ones," a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the Dark. As he uncovers a series of mysterious clues, some dating back to the founding of Britain and others going all the way back to biblical times, Will discovers that with the 'Dark' once again rising, the future of the world rests in his hands.
1 copy in store now!
Maverick filmmaker Robert Rodriguez details the violent struggle between a ravenous army of zombie-like humanoids who have taken control of the planet and the remaining survivors who refuse to go down without a fight.
A dangerous government experiment has unleashed an abominable contamination that turns normal people into murderous mutants. Now, as an infinitely multiplying horde of frenzied psychotics flood the Texas plains, a dangerous outlaw named Wray (Freddy Rodriguez), a sexy stripper named Cherry (Rose McGowan), an unscrupulous smuggler named Abby (Naveen Andrews), and the curiously incapacitated Dr. Dakota Block (Marley Shelton) must try and make their way to the helicopter that could provide their only means of escaping to a place untouched by this nightmarish scourge that threatens to wipe out all of humankind.
This nonstop action-horror hybrid was originally paired with Death Proof, in the Rodriguez/Tarantino ambitious double-feature Grindhouse.
2 copies in store now!
Romantic comedy based on the short story by Steve Glenn. When Charlie Logan was ten years old he broke the rules in a game of spin-the-bottle, refusing to lip-lock with a demented Goth girl who consequently put a hex on him. Now, 25 years later, Charlie (Dane Cook) is a successful dentist, and still cursed. While his plastic surgeon best friend, Stu (Dan Fogler), pursues as many of his patients as possible, Charlie can't seem to find the right girl. Even worse, he discovers at an ex-girlfriend's wedding that every woman he's ever slept with has found love - with the next guy after him. Before he knows it, Charlie's reputation as a 'good luck charm' has women lining up for a quickie. But a life filled with all sex and no love makes Charlie lonelier than ever - that is, until he meets Cam (Jessica Alba). An Accident-prone penguin specialist, Cam is as hard-to-get as she is beautiful. But when a genuine romance develops, Charlie must find a way to break his curse before the girl of his dreams winds up with the next guy she meets.
2 copies in store now!
Based on the bestselling book by Jon Krakauer, Into The Wild is the captivating true-life story of Christopher McCandless. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete McCandless abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
1 copy in store now!
Fourth installment in the popular 'Saw' franchise. Upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm (Scott Patterson) and Agent Perez (Athene Karkanis) arrive at the depleted police precinct and help veteran Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) sift through Jigsaw's (Tobin Bell) latest grizzily game of victims and piece together the puzzle. But the SWAT Commander Rigg (Lyriq Bent), the only local officer who has yet to experience Jigsaw's handiwork, is suddenly abducted. Thrust into the madman's harrowing game, he has but 90 minutes to overcome a diabolical series of interconnected traps - or face the deadly consequences.
