Two great films accompany the not-so-great remake of Clash of the Titans onto DVD this week. Ip Man was released in China in 2008, but is just now making its way to stores in the States. It’s loosely based on the life of one of Bruce Lee’s first instructors, and a martial arts legend. The second highly praised film in stores this week is The Art of the Steal, a documentary about the fight to relocate the priceless art of Philadelphia’s Barnes Foundation, against the instructions in the will of its now-deceased founder.
Clash of the Titans – Average Tier 3.00
The mortal son of the god Zeus embarks on a perilous journey to stop the underworld and its minions from spreading their evil to Earth as well as the heavens. Clash of the Titans @ Amazon
A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun.Ip Man @ Amazon
Repo Men – Average Tier 3.78
Set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased. He must therefore go on the run before said ticker is repossessed. Repo Men @ Amazon
Vincere – Average Tier 6.68
The story of Mussolini’s secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino. Vincere @ Amazon
Documentary that follows the struggle for control of Dr. Albert C. Barnes’ 25 billion dollar collection of modern and post-impressionist art. The Art of the Steal @ Amazon
Bruce Willis pairs with Tracy Morgan in this Kevin Smith-directed buddy flick about two cops trying to track down a stolen mint-condition (read valuable) baseball card from the 1950s. Along the way, the guys tangle with the mob, a Mexican beauty and countless other characters in this comedic action flick co-starring Adam Brody, Jason Lee, Michelle Trachtenberg and Seann William Scott. 
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it’s his mother’s call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
After learning that their handler (Jason Patric) has set them up, a group of disavowed CIA operatives led by Clay — aka the Colonel bands together to bring down their betrayers in this action thriller adapted from the comic book series by Andy Diggle and Jock. 
A coming-of-age biopic about ’70s band “The Runaways”. 
Milo (Gerard Butler) is a bounty hunter whose latest gig is a doozy, as he finds out too late that the bail-skipper he must chase down is his own ex-wife, Cassidy (Jennifer Aniston), and she has no intention of coming in without a fight. Complicating matters, Cassidy’s wannabe-boyfriend joins the chase in this high-octane comedy from director Andy Tennant. 
A New Yorker moves to Los Angeles in order to figure out his life while he housesits for his brother, and he soon sparks with his brother’s assistant. 
A doctor hires an escort to seduce her husband, whom she suspects of cheating, though unforeseen events put the family in danger (imdb) 
The weeks leading up to a young couple’s wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers (Whitaker and Mencia) try to lay to rest their feud. 
An ex-gambler is lured back into the game by a veteran insurance-fraud investigator. 
A 52 year old British college professor is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim. 
A journalist gets tangled in the underworld when he is hired to write the saga of a powerful family. 
Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths. (imdb) 
Relationships can be draining! A lovelorn paramedic rescues a woman left for dead after a deadly assault. When she refuses to go to the hospital, he takes her in, nurses her back to health and soon falls in love with her. Before long the mysterious woman suffers withdrawal symptoms, leaving the paramedic to believe his newfound love is a drug addict. Coming home to find a blood-drained corpse on his floor, he learns she does indeed have an addiction problem but it’s not to drugs… (jbhifionline) 
In the wake of a major terrorist attack, the U.S. government creates an all-seeing network of robotic cameras to monitor every American. But after some deadly hiccups in the system, Homeland Security agent Gunner Reynolds (Adrian Paul) gets suspicious. It isn’t long before Reynolds suspects that terrorists have hacked the system. 
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