2012 - The end of the world, starring John Cusack, of all people. "There's something to be said for a formula picture done almost to perfection." (S.F. Chronicle). We admit, WE can't wait to see it.

COLD SOULS - Paul Giamatti (SIDEWAYS) plays himself (sort of) in this surreal comedy of ideas. Struggling with a performance of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya,' Giamatti has his chickpea-sized soul temporarily removed to a storage facility, where it is stolen by soul traffickers to be sold to a wealthy Russian woman who believes it belongs to Al Pacino. And then it gets weirder. Fans of Charlie Kaufman take note.

WHERE THE WILDS THING ARE - We're going to guess, "on the Plaza."

PONYO - Hayao Miyazaki's latest is an absurdly adorable variation on Hans Christian Anderson's classic Little Mermaid tale.

GENTLEMEN BRONCOS - The latest offbeat comedy from the creator of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE stars Jermaine Clement from FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS as a pompous sci-fi author who plagiarizes a teenage boy's novel, cryptically titled "Yeast Lords."

EXAMINED LIFE - some of today’s most influential thinkers including Peter Singer, Slavoj Zizek, and Cornel West on topics like the ethics of consumption, individualism, and current beliefs about the environment, juxtaposed in entertaining ways.

THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE - Robin Wright-Penn as Pippa embarks on a journey of self-discovery after her much older husband moves the two of them to a retirement community. An all-star cast includes Winona Ryder, Julianne Moore, Alan Arkin, Blake Lively, Maria Bello, Keanu Reeves, and Monica Bellucci.

ALICE - This new miniseries is a star-studded, grown-up update to Lewis Carroll's classic, starring Tim Curry, Matt Frewer (SNL), Harry Dean Stanton, and Kathy Bates.

It's been a great couple of weeks for JUST ADDED titles, take a look at some truly worthy re-issues!!!

MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW - A genuine lost classic of American cinema, director Leo McCarey was one of the few who survived the switch to Talkies and went on to produce five star features like Duck Soup (Marx Bros.), The Awful Truth (Cary Grant), and Love Affair (Irene Dunne). But, Make Way For Tomorrow was his favorite of all- tragically humorous tale of an obnoxious old couple that is forced to separate after losing their house, because none of their five kids would take them both!

G.B.H. - Sorry, this isn't a doc on that 80's Punk group. But rather an inspired and not all together un-punk-like stab at real life politics. BBC's seven part mini-series, starring Python alum Michael Palin.

The FERNANDO ARRABAL Coll. 2 - Contains the final two works from this legendary yet relatively unheralded Spanish cult director who, aside from founding the Panic Movement with contemporary Alejandro Jodorowsky, has held the honorary title of "Transcendent Satrape" in the College of Pataphysics (society founded in 1948 in tribute to Alfred Jarry). Previously named "Satrapes" inlcude René Clair, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Eugène Ionesco, Man Ray, the Marx Brothers, and Boris Vian.

The INTERCINE PROJECT - A solid, handle-bar mustachioed, seventies thriller entry starring the entirely capable bad-ass James Coburn as a former covert operative out to make sure his dirty deeds stay secret before he accepts his position as a public official.

Eclipse Series 20: GEORGE BERNARD SHAW ON FILM - "The hugely influential, Nobel Prize–winning critic and playwright George Bernard Shaw was notoriously reluctant to allow his writing to be adapted for the cinema. Yet thanks to the persistence of Hungarian producer Gabriel Pascal, Shaw finally agreed to collaborate on a series of screen versions of his witty, socially minded plays, starting with the Oscar-winning Pygmalion. The three other films that resulted from this famed alliance, Major Barbara, Caesar and Cleopatra, and Androcles and the Lion, long overshadowed by the sensation of Pygmalion, are gathered here for the first time on DVD. These clever, handsomely mounted entertainments star such luminaries of the big screen as Vivien Leigh, Claude Rains, Wendy Hiller, and Rex Harrison." -Criterion Collection.

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THE INFORMANT! - Steven Soderbergh's wonderfully hilarious look at a real-life instance of 1990s white collar crime. Matt Damon plays Mark Whitacre, a tragicomedic corporate whistleblower and compulsive liar who fancies himself the good guy in a Michael Crichton spy novel.

THE BOX - Another surreal, c omplex thriller from the director of DONNIE DARKO, starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as an ordinary couple in 1976 who are presented with a bizarre proposition. Little do they know, the consequences of this moral dilemma will extend far beyond their own lives. This one hearkens back to the more philosophical sci-fi of the 1970s, and of course it's a must-see for DARKO fans..

THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE - This entertaining documentary about the people behind the scenes at VOGUE Magazine truly is "The Devil Wears Prada" in real life - plenty of cattiness, drama, and humor. (See our review in these pages.)

CIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT - More clever and fun than TWILIGHT, this is based on a series of Young Adult novels about a boy who becomes assistant to a somewhat pacifistic vampire (John C. Reilly). Also stars Willem Dafoe, and Salma Hayek as a psychic Bearded Lady.

FLAME AND CITRON - Critically acclaimed, noir-tinged drama based on the true story of two Danish resistance fighters and the moral ambiguities and double-crosses they faced in WWII. This big-budget Danish film "has the look, and sometimes the pacing, of a serious Hollywood picture, but it has an art-house mood." (S.F. Chronicle)

NURSE JACKIE Season 1 - Multiple Emmy winner Edie Falco (THE SOPRANOS) plays a rule-bending, pill-popping, sharp-witted urban nurse who often knows more than the doctors around her do in this new Showtime series. "With its strong, complex, funny, flawed central character, feels truer to life than the zillions of one-dimensional (or no-dimensional) nurses on television." (New Yorker)

THE DAMNED UNITED - Michael Sheen (FROST/NIXON) plays the over-ambitious, flamboyant Brian Clough, during his doomed 44 days as manager of 1970s champions of British football, Leeds United. "There's barely any on-field footage...What we get instead is fine acting and directing, splendid dialogue and a story too outrageous to be made up." (L.A. Times) "One of the best films of the genre, on the strength of the storytelling and wonderful performances." (S.F. Chronicle)

$9.99 - Fans of WAKING LIFE, take note. Based on the stories of Etgar Keret, this philosophical comedy in stop-motion animation concerns a depressed man who finds a booklet that promises to enlighten him on the meaning of life, for just $9.99. Voices include Geoffrey Rush and Anthony LaPaglia. "Fans of deadpan comic fantasy writers like Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut are likely to be intrigued by this lively little packet of weird -- then dive like a dolphin into Keret's loopy story volumes." (N.Y. Post)

EVERYBODY'S FINE - This family drama follows a widower (Robert De Niro) who embarks on an impromptu road trip to reconnect with each of his grown children, only to discover that their lives are far from picture perfect. Also stars Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, and Sam Rockwell. Originally an Italian film by the director of CINEMA PARADISO. "An American remake that's better than the European original." (S.F. Chronicle)

MIDSOMMER MURDERS Season 13 - Hugely popular British mystery series inspired by the novels of Caroline Graham.