Home Screening Room - The Descendants meet Tin Tin as a Young Adult

What a great week on DVD/BluRay -- Some of 2011's best come home for you to add.

This Week’s Big Releases 

The Adventures of Tin Tin – Rated PG (Jamie Bell, Daniel Craig) 

What fun! This animated film from director Steven Spielberg brings the classic Belgian character to America. A good time adventure film for the whole family. Watch My daughter and I talk about the film in our video review that was posted when it came to theaters – below!

The Descendants – Rated R (George Clooney, Shailene Woodley) 

My favorite film of 2012 – It tells the story of a man struggling to hold it all together. His wife is in a coma, he finds out she cheated on him, his daughter is a wild child…oh and by the way, he’s trying to put together the biggest land deal in the history of the Hawaiian Islands. Clooney is spot on and deserved to win best actor for his role here – while Woodley delivers a breakout performance that won her a Spirit Award (and should’ve been recognized more).

Happy Feet Two – Rated PG (Elijah Wood, P!nk) 

The second one, more like the first. Less heavy handed than the first; with singer P!nk in one of the lead roles, you can imagine this will have you tapping your toes. 

READ THE THEATRICAL RELEASE REVIEW 

My Week With Marilyn – Rated R (Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh) 

One of the best performances of 2011 – Michelle Williams becomes Marilyn Monroe. This story of an infamous period while she shot with the Sir Laurence Olivier is less Olivier and more of Marilyn and the bond she forms with an associate on the set. 

Melancholia – Rated R (Kirsten Dunst, Alexander Skarsgard) 

It’s a Lars von Trier film, and it won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. 

The Three Musketeers– Rated PG-13 (Logan Lerman, Luke Evans) 

Another movie about the famous trio. 

Young Adult – Rated R (Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt)

I loved this little movie about a woman who struggles to move forward after her high school boyfriend sends her an announcement about his newborn child. She comes home with one thing in mind; she believes he wants her back! Oh the spiral that ensues. 

READ THE THEATRICAL RELEASE REVIEW

Also new this week… 

Dirty Driving: The Thundercars of Indiana – Rated NR

Cool documentary about short track racing in a town hit hard by the recession – and a guy who doesn’t have a trophy – but won’t quit on his quest (even if the other competitors want to kill him). 

Bag It – Rated NR

Documentary focusing on our overabundance of plastic bags. This is one of those that while it preaches it’s world view to you – it does it with such humor and fun that even the least interested in the environment can’t help but enjoy themselves (and learn something).

Stuck Between Stations – Rated R – (Sam Rosen, Zoe Lister-Jones) 

When a soldier is home on leave her runs into an old friend and has a great night on the town that will always be remembered despite the fact that he is soon to return to the military.

And Finally 

Loosies – Rated PG-13 (Peter Facinelli, Jamie Alexander) 

A pickpocket, the law and a girl – sounds good to me. This trailer makes the IFC films release look to be a very interesting story…but will it be? Watch the trailer and judge for yourself if this will be playing in YOUR Home Screening Room.

Check out the trailer below.

Pick of the Week 

You can’t go wrong adding my favorite film of 2011 to your home collection – The Descendants is a MUST – also like Young Adult, The Adventures of Tin Tin and most everything this week. 

Thanks! Pop Popcorn, Do the Dew, and Bust out the Blu and remember to Save Me A Seat!