Home Screening Room – Hitchcock searches for the Life of Pi

Some very unique titles come home this week that will offer a variety of niche markets some really special films that will delight moviegoers.

Big Releases from the last two weeks

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away – Rated PG (Igor Zaripov, Erica Kathleen Linz)

Hitchcock – Rated PG-13 (Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson)

Life of Pi – Rated PG (Suraj Sharma, Tobey Maguire)

Rise of the Guardians – Rated PG (voice of Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman)

Smashed – Rated R (Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul)

Sound City – Rated NR (Directed by Dave Grohl)

This Must Be The Place – Rated R (Sean Penn, Frances McDormand)

Life of Piis that title that a lot of people have heard of, but few have seen. Now they’ll get the chance to enjoy the direction of Ang Lee and the visual spectacle that is Life of Pi. Hitchock gives us a film that looks into the life of one of our most successful directors. Rise of the Guardians was an enjoyable look at a number of our most fabled childhood characters. Plus don’t miss Smashed for a great performance from Mary Elizabeth Winstead as a woman with a drinking problem.

Also New This Week

Amazing Racer – Rated PG (Claire Forlani, Eric Roberts)

The First Time – Rated PG-13 (Britt Robertson, Dylan O’Brien)

The Last Gladiators – Rated R (Chris Nilan, Marty McSorley, Donald Brashear)

Miss Dial – Rated R (Dule Hill, Amanda Crew, Gabrielle Union)

Spongebob Squarepants: The Complete Eighth Season

Storage 24 – Rated R (Noel Clarke, Colin O’Donoghue)

An interesting look at a variety of titles…I include Spongebob here because my daughter says so…she loves the little square panted guy. Amazing Racer has a really cool cast top to bottom and The Last Gladiators has director Alex Gibney examining NHL enforcer Chris Nilan.

This week…I’m curious about is Sound Cityfrom Director Dave Grohl…yep that Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, Nirvana and more. Man, what a cool set of artists in this film. Check out the trailer below…

Final Score

Life of Pi is truly a beautiful film and for the visual alone, need to be in libraries everywhere. Liked Hitchcock a lot and Rise of the Guardians is a repeated watch title.

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