Released 4th January:
Machete:
Format: Blu-ray
Stars: Danny Trejo (Predators), Robert De Niro (Goodfellas), Jessica Alba (Little Fockers)
Set up, double crossed and left for dead, Machete is an ass-kicking ex-Federale who lays waste to anything that gets in his way; including hitmen, vigilantes, and a drug cartel; on his path to vengeance.
Watch the official trailer for Machete here.
The Last Exorcism:
Format: Blu-ray
Stars: Patrick Fabian (End Game), Ashley Bell (Stay Cool), Iris Bahr (Fair Game)
Reverend Cotton Marcus gets more than he bargained for when he answers the call of a religious fanatic in Louisiana; who’s desperate to see the demon exorcised from his teenage daughter.
Released 11th January:
The Social Network:
Format: Blu-ray
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland), Andrew Garfield (Never Let Me Go), Joseph Mazzello (The Pacific)
Chronicling the creation of an internet revolution, The Social Network tells the story behind the creation of Facebook, the men who claimed to be their at its creation, and their rivalries.
Piranha:
Format: 3D Blu-ray
Stars: Elizabeth Shue (The Karate Kid, 1984), Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Jerry O’Connell (Sliders)
When an underwater tremor sets scores of prehistoric man-eating fish loose, a group of strangers band together to stop themselves from getting eaten.
Released 18th January:
Justified: The Complete First Season:
Format: Blu-ray
Stars: Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood), Walton Goggins (The Shield), Joelle Carter (High Fidelity)
Timothy Olyphant stars a US Marshall Raylan Givens; a modern-day Western hero who gets exiled to his hometown in Kentucky after a questionable shooting, and begins to dispense his own form of justice.
Read our review of Justified: The Complete First Season here.
Stone:
Format: Blu-ray
Stars: Robert De Niro (Goodfellas), Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil: Afterlife), Edward Norton (American History X)
When a scheming convict uses his wife to influence and seduce the seasoned parole officer reviewing his case, their lives quickly become dangerously intertwined.
Buried:
Format: Blu-ray (Double Play Edition)
Stars: Ryan Reynolds (Smokin’ Aces), Samantha Mathis (Broken Arrow), Erik Palladino (U-571)
Paul Conroy wakes up six feet underground; with no idea who put him there or why; and begins his hellish struggle for survival, armed only with a lighter and a cell phone with poor reception.
Takers:
Format: Blu-ray
Stars: Matt Dillon (Armored), Idris Elba (The Wire), Zoe Saldana (Death at a Funeral, 2010)
After completing a series of spectacular bank robberies, a team of professional criminals attempts a once-in-a-lifetime job, despite being pursued by a cop hell-bent on capturing them.
Released 25th January:
Red:
Format: Blu-ray
Stars: Bruce Willis (The Expendables), Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption), John Malkovich (Being John Malcovich)
When hitmen attempt to kill a former CIA operative who has been framed for murder, he assembles his old team to break into the CIA headquarters and clear his name.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest/The Stieg Larsson Trilogy:
Format: Blu-ray
Stars: Noomi Rapace (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), Michael Nyqvist (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo),
In the final chapter of Stieg Larsson’s trilogy, Lisbeth Salander awaits trial for three murders and will have to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court, whilst Mikael attempts to prove her innocence.
