Leading this week’s pack of films new to DVD is the comic drama Beginners starring Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer. Criticker users loved the movie, which is about how a son copes after learning a couple major secrets about his father. The other film to seek out this week is Bellflower, which was a big hit at Sundance. A completely original experience, this film was shot with a shoe-string budget, on a camera cobbled together by the director himself.
A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover. Beginners @ Amazon
Larry Crowne – Average Tier 4.07
After being laid off from his longtime job at a soulless retail giant, average middle-aged guy Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) decides it’s time to change up his life, so he heads back to college. There, he finds a new perspective — and a new romance with a professor (Julia Roberts). Larry Crowne @ Amazon
Bellflower – Average Tier 6.20
Two friends spend all their free time building flame-throwers and weapons of mass destruction in hopes that a global apocalypse will occur and clear the runway for their imaginary gang “Mother Medusa”. While waiting for the world to end, their call to excitement comes unexpectedly when one of them meets a charismatic young woman and falls hard in love. Quickly integrated into a new group of friends, they set off on a journey of betrayal, love, hate, infidelity and extreme violence. Bellflower @ Amazon
Griff the Invisible – Average Tier 4.47
Griff, office worker by day, superhero by night, has his world turned upside down when he meets Melody, a beautiful young scientist who shares his passion for the impossible. Griff the Invisible @ Amazon
Turtle: The Incredible Journey – Average Tier 3.75
A little loggerhead turtle follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Born on a beach in Florida, she rides the Gulf Stream all the way to the frozen north and ultimately swims around the entire North Atlantic to Africa and back to the beach where she was born. Turtle: The Incredible Journey @ Amazon
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