April 30
All movies are 2012/13 releases unless otherwise noted. Availability: 
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The Guilt Trip 50 Add to Netflix Queue
Seth Rogen stars as an inventor who decides to take his mother (Barbra Streisand), on the road with him as he tries to sell his revolutionary organic cleaner in this comedy written by Dan Fogelman (Crazy, Stupid, Love) and directed by Anne Fletcher (27 Dresses). Over the course of eight days and 3,000 miles, mother and son share plenty of awkward moments that eventually bring them closer together, while sharing scenes with the likes of Adam Scott, Colin Hanks, Yvonne Strahovski, Danny Pudi, Casey Wilson, and Dale Dickey. Critics liked the cast, but many felt they were betrayed by a weak script.
Not Fade Away 65 Add to Netflix Queue
With his first feature film, David Chase, the creator of The Sopranos, stays in his native New Jersey but shifts his focus away from the mob and onto the '60s and the influence of music and pop culture on a generation of suburban kids. In this coming-of-age story, Chase’s stand-in is Doug (John Magaro) whose insistence on pursuing rock ‘n’ roll fame full time goes against his working class father’s wishes. The film also explores class dynamics through Doug’s relationship with the much wealthier Grace (Bella Heathcote). Chase brings in a familiar face—James Gandolfini—to play Doug’s tough but loving father, while another Sopranos vet, E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, serves as music supervisor.
Silver Linings Playbook 81 Add to Netflix Queue
Easily director David O. Russell's (The Fighter) highest-grossing film to date, this feel-good dramedy was one of the surprise hits of late 2012, and it ultimately earned eight Academy Award nominations. Based on Matthew Quick’s 2008 debut novel, the film tells the story of a former high school teacher (Bradley Cooper) who, after being released from a mental institution, moves back in with his sports-obsessed parents (Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver) and strikes up a relationship with an odd, mentally unstable girl (Jennifer Lawrence). All four of those actors were nominated for Oscars (though only Lawrence won), and they're joined by Chris Tucker, John Ortiz, and Julia Stiles.
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| 49 | Broken City Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe |
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| Cloak and Dagger (1946) Gary Cooper |
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| 48 | Crazy Wisdom Documentary |
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| 56 | The Details Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney, Ray Liotta, Tobey Maguire |
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| The Enforcer (1951) Humphrey Bogart |
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| Funny Girl (1968) Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif |
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| 74 | History of the Eagles Documentary about the band, with extensive bonus footage |
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| The Lonely Trail (1936) John Wayne |
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| The Men (1950) Marlon Brando |
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| The Miracle of the Bells (1948) Fred MacMurray, Frank Sinatra |
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| 71 | Only the Young Package also includes the documentary Tchoupitoulas81 |
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| Pals of the Saddle (1938) John Wayne |
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| 47 | Parked Colm Meaney, Colin Morgan |
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| Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy |
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| 72 | Strictly Ballroom (1992) Directed by Baz Luhrmann |
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| Three Faces West (1940) John Wayne |
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| The Vampire Lovers (1970) Ingrid Pitt, Kate O'Mara |
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| Combat! Season 1 |
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| Friends Seasons 1, 2 (separate sets) |
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| Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3 |
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May 7
Jack Reacher 50 Add to Netflix Queue Watch Trailer
Writer-director Christopher McQuarrie's adaptation of Lee Child's 2005 novel One Shot came up a bit short despite (or as a result of) starring Tom Cruise as the title character, a former military investigator turned drifter who is caught up in a series of sniper killings. Many critics found it dull and overly violent, though they did welcome filmmaker Werner Herzog in a rare on-screen role as the film's villain.
Safe Haven 34 Add to Netflix Queue
"Safe" is a good descriptor for the recent output of director Lasse Hallström, with this film his second melodramatic adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks romance novel, this one starring Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough. Few critics had nice things to say about the film, with more than one suggesting that it was the worst Sparks adaptation to date.
Upstream Color 80 Add to Netflix Queue
This challenging, unconventional film is the second feature (and first in nine years) from Shane Carruth, whose debut was the cult classic time-travel thriller Primer 68. Directing, writing, photographing, editing, scoring, and distributing the film himself, Carruth stars alongside Amy Seimetz in a film that almost defies explanation, lacking in some portions conventional narrative structure or even dialogue, though it does blend some elements of sci-fi, romance, and heist film. The result is a true "experience" that walks a line between sensual, transcendent beauty and enigmatic, oblique academic exercise, with most critics (who have been praising the film since its Sundance premiere) coming down on the side of the former.
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| Band of Outsiders (1964) Criterion Collection (Blu-ray release) |
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| 61 | Barrymore Christopher Plummer |
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| Brubaker (1980) Robert Redford |
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| Citizen Hearst Documentary |
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| The Great Escape (1963) Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough |
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| 68 | Heaven (2002) Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi |
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| 43 | Jersey Girl (2004) Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez |
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| Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) Ted Neeley; directed by Norman Jewison |
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| 57 | Mama Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau |
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| 42 | Mighty Fine Chazz Palminteri, Andie MacDowell |
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| 75 | An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) Debra Winger, Richard Gere |
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| 64 | One Hour Photo (2002) Robin Williams |
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| 46 | The Oranges Allison Janney, Catherine Keener, Hugh Laurie, Leighton Meester |
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| Rihanna 777 Documentary |
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| 39 | Runaway Bride (1999) Richard Gere, Julia Roberts |
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| Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
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| 74 | Starlet Dree Hemingway |
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| Superman: Unbound Animated feature |
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| Verdict (1982) Paul Newman, Jack Warden, James Mason |
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| TV on DVD/Blu-ray | ||
| 30 Rock Season 7 |
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| The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 2 |
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| Felicity Seasons 3 and 4 (separate sets) |
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| Flashpoint Season 5 |
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| 78 | Fringe Season 5 |
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| Gunsmoke Season 8 (Vols. 1 and 2) |
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| Have Gun Will Travel Season 6 (Vols. 1 and 2) |
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| Private Practice Season 6 |
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| Rookie Blue Season 3 |
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| Royal Pains Season 4 |
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May 14
Cloud Atlas 55 Add to Netflix Queue
One of 2012's best films, or an incoherent and deeply flawed disaster that ranks among the year's worst? Reactions to this ambitious and expensive adaptation of David Mitchell's "unfilmable" 2004 novel spanned the full spectrum between those two extremes, though the movie was an unequivocal failure at the box office, grossing a woeful $27 million in the U.S. It took three directors—Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) and the Wachowskis (The Matrix)—to create the film's six connected stories spanning multiple genres, multiple continents, and hundreds of years (from 1850 to the distant future), with many of the film's stars (including Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, and Susan Sarandon) playing multiple characters.
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III 28 +Q
Certainly one of 2013's most disappointing releases so far, Charles Swan comes from writer-director Roman Coppola, a frequent Wes Anderson collaborator whose only prior film (2002's CQ 56) suggested promise. Here, a great cast (including Charlie Sheen, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Aubrey Plaza, Katheryn Winnick, Patricia Arquette, and more) is wasted on a "feeble" and "painful" comedy.
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| 51 | 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom Charlie Hunnam, Chris O'Dowd |
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| 3:10 to Yuma (1957) Criterion Collection |
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| 41 | Back to 1942 Adrien Brody, Tim Robbins |
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| 28 | If I Were You Marcia Gay Harden, Aidan Quinn |
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| Jubal (1956) Criterion Collection |
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| 40 | Leonie Emily Mortimer, Christina Hendricks |
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| 31 | Texas Chainsaw 2013 horror movie released theatrically as Texas Chainsaw 3D |
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| 19 | Tomorrow You're Gone Stephen Dorff, Michelle Monaghan, Willem Dafoe |
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| 67 | The Unbelievable Truth (1989) Directed by Hal Hartley |
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| TV on DVD/Blu-ray | ||
| 3rd Rock From the Sun Complete series |
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| 30 for 30: Survive and Advance ESPN documentary |
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| 73 | The Bletchley Circle Miniseries |
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| Combat! Season 2 |
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| Dance Academy Season 1 (Vols. 1 and 2), Season 2 (Vols. 1 and 2) |
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| 81 | Dexter Season 7 |
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| Fraggle Rock Season 3 |
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| Hey Arnold! Season 4 |
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| 26 | Liz & Dick TV movie |
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| My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Season 2 |
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| Mythbusters Collection 9 |
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| Roseanne Season 9 / Complete series (separate sets) |
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| That '70s Show Complete series (new set) |
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May 21
Beautiful Creatures 52 Add to Netflix Queue
Richard LaGravenese directs this adaptation of the supernatural teen romance novel of the same name, starring Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis, and Emmy Rossum. While the book was the first in a four-part series, the movie will likely be a stand-alone project; it was able to achieve Twilight-esque mediocrity (according to critics) but could not come anywhere near that film's box office success.
The Last Stand 54 Add to Netflix Queue
Arnold Schwarzenegger's first starring role since leaving the governor's mansion finds him playing a small-town sheriff whose day off is ruined by a drug kingpin attempting to escape to Mexico. Luis Guzman, Johnny Knoxville, and Forest Whitaker also star in the English-language debut for director Kim Ji-woon (I Saw the Devil 67). Some critics had fun with it; others found it too dumb and pointless.
Side Effects 75 Add to Netflix Queue
Allegedly director Steven Soderbergh's final feature film project (though he also has an HBO movie due next month), this psychological thriller reunites the director with his Contagion screenwriter Scott Z. Burns for a story about a young woman (Rooney Mara) who turns to a variety of pharmaceuticals to deal with the stress of her husband's (Channing Tatum) impending release from prison; we won't spoil what the side effects might be, other than to say that the film weaves multiple genres and perspectives, offering constant surprises. Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones also star.
Stand Up Guys 41 Add to Netflix Queue
The second narrative feature film directed by actor Fisher Stevens (following 2002's Just a Kiss 39), this sub-par getting-the-gang-back-together crime comedy centers on a trio of retired gangsters on one last assignment. Critics only partially faulted the three leads—Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin—which much of the blame instead falling on the lousy script.
| More movie releases on May 21, 2013 | ||
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| 43 | The ABC's of Death Horror anthology |
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| Captain America (1990) Matt Salinger, Ronny Cox |
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| A Common Man Ben Kingsley |
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| 87 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters Documentary |
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| 80 | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) Special edition |
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| Medium Cool (1969) Criterion Collection |
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| My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Special edition |
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| National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo |
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| 77 | Neighboring Sounds Brazilian thriller |
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| 43 | Parker Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez |
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| Public Enemy (1931) James Cagney |
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| 77 | The Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane Documentary |
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| Sommersby (1993) Richard Gere, Jodie Foster |
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| 41 | Struck by Lightning Chris Colfer, Christina Hendricks, Dermot Mulroney |
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| 20 | Vegas Vacation (1997) Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid |
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| White Heat (1949) James Cagney |
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| TV on DVD/Blu-ray | ||
| Laverne & Shirley Season 6 |
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| Mel Brooks: Make a Noise American Masters (PBS) documentary (airs May 20th) |
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| 52 | Perception Season 1 |
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| Saving Hope Season 1 |
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| Teen Wolf Season 2 |
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| 73 | True Blood Season 5 |
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May 28
Dark Skies 51 Add to Netflix Queue
A family (including Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton) is targeted by a deadly alien force in this sci-fi/horror mash-up directed by Scott Stewart (Legion). It didn't make much of an impression on critics or moviegoers, but neither did anything else released on DVD this slow Memorial Day week.
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| 35 | Dorfman in Love Sara Rue, Elliott Gould |
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| The Grass is Greener (1960) Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr |
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| Life Is Sweet (1990) Criterion Collection |
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| 76 | Lore German drama |
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| 40 | The Numbers Station John Cusack |
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| Rolling Thunder (1977) William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones |
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| Beetlejuice Complete series |
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| Covert Affairs Season 3 |
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| Doctor Who Series 7, Part 2 |
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| 67 | Longmire Season 1 |
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| 48 | Red Widow Season 1 |
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| Suits Season 2 |
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