New This Week on DVD, January 5th, 2016

 Ashby (R)

High-school student Ed Wallis enters into a friendship with his neighbor, Ashby, a retired CIA assassin who only has a few months left to live. Starring Mickey Rourke, Nat Wolff, Emma Roberts, Sarah Silverman

 Captive (PG-13)

A single mother struggling with drug addiction is taken hostage in her own apartment by a man on the run who has broken out of jail and murdered the judge assigned to his case. Starring Kate Mara, Mimi Rogers, Michael Kenneth Williams, David Oyelowo

 The Green Inferno (R)

A group of student activists travels to the Amazon to save the rain forest and soon discover that they are not alone, and that no good deed goes unpunished.  Starring Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Daryl Sabara

 Hell and Back (R)

Two best friends set out to rescue their pal after he’s accidentally dragged to hell. Starring Nick Swardson, Mila Kunis, Bob Odenkirk, T.J. Miller, Rob Riggle, Susan Sarandon

 Infinitely Polar Bear (R)

A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don’t make the overwhelming task any easier. Starring Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Imogene Wolodarsky

 Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser (NR)

When happy family man Joe Dirt finds himself transported to the recent past, he begins an epic journey to get back to his loved ones in the present. Starring David Spade, Brittany Daniel, Patrick Warburton, Mark McGrath, Dennis Miller, Christopher Walken

 Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (R)

Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak. Starring Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller, Joey Morgan

 Shanghai (R)

A ’40s period piece which revolves around an American expat who returns to Shanghai in the months before Pearl Harbor due to the death of his friend. Starring John Cusack, Li Gong, Yun-Fat Chow, David Morse, Ken Watanabe, Franka Potente, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Hugh Bonneville

 Sicario (R)

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico. Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal

 Sleeping with Other People (R)

A good-natured womanizer and a serial cheater form a platonic relationship that helps reform them in ways, while a mutual attraction sets in. Starring Alison Brie, Jason Sudeikis, Jordan Carlos, Adam Brody

 True Detective: The Complete Second Season (TV-MA)

An anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law. Starring Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly, Vince Vaughn, Chris Kerson

 The Visit (PG-13)

A single mother finds that things in her family’s life go very wrong after her two young children visit their grandparents. Starring Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan

 The Walk (PG)

In 1974, high-wire artist Philippe Petit recruits a team of people to help him realize his dream: to walk the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Guillaume Baillargeon, Émilie Leclerc

 A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story (PG-13)

A documentary following the life of Lizzie Velasquez, her triumphant journey to the other side of bullying, and her mission to inspire and empower a more positive online environment. Starring Lizzie Velasquez

 Experimenter (PG-13)

In 1961, famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans willingness to obey authority. Starring Winona Ryder, Taryn Manning, Kellan Lutz, Anton Yelchin, John Leguizamo, Peter Sarsgaard, Lori Singer, Dennis Haysbert, Anthony Edwards

 Flesh & Bone: Season One (NR)

A talented but emotionally troubled dancer runs away to New York City and quickly finds herself immersed in the cutthroat world of professional ballet. Starring Sarah Hay, Ben Daniels, Emily Tyra, Irina Dvorovenko, Damon Herriman, Josh Helman, Raychel Diane Weiner, Sascha Radetsky, Karell Williams, Tina Benko, Clifton Duncan, Aubrey Morgan, Nadezhda Vostrikov, Carling Talcott, Megan Dickinson

 The Games Maker (NR)

Young Ivan Drago’s newfound love of board games catapults him into the fantastical and competitive world of game invention, and pits him against the inventor Morodian, who has long desired to destroy the city of Zyl, founded by Ivan’s grandfather. To save his family and defeat Morodian, Ivan must come to know what it is to be a true Games Maker.  Starring Joseph Fiennes, Tom Cavanagh, Megan Charpentier, David Mazouz, Edward Asner

Synopsis by IMDB

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