New on DVD & Blu-Ray: 'Rush', 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2', 'Last Vegas'

Rush - Director Ron Howard makes a racing movie that isn't just about racing, but about the rivalry and intriguing relationship between real-life Formula One racers James Hunt and Niki Lauda. The movie balances the racers' personal life, their careers, and the impact their relationship has on each other from the moment they began competing. An underrated film of 2013 filled with great performances. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, Olivia Wilde, and Alexandra Maria Lara. 

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 - After scientist Flint Lockwood's food machine created a fiasco of large proportions, the food island where he used to live with his friends is shutting down to be cleaned up. Meanwhile, Flint gets to work at Live Corp Company with his idol Chester V, the Bill Nye of the movie, but with much more sinister intentions. But when Flint learns that his machine still works and is creating food animals, he, Sam, and friends must band together to save the island. The film has a voice cast that includes Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Will Forte, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, Terry Crews, and Andy Samberg.

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Last Vegas - Billy, Paddy, Archie, and Sam grew up together in New York and were inseparable as kids. While their friendships remain, life has taken them on different paths and to different places across the U.S. When Billy proposes to his girlfriend, the four friends reunite for a glorified and final bachelor party that might get a little more complicated when old secrets come into play and threaten Billy and Paddy's relationship. The film stars Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline. 

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The Fifth Estate - After two documentaries last year, Julian Asange of WikiLeaks became more of a famous name than he already was. Choosing to take the path of a non-documentary, Bill Condon focuses his story from the point of view of Asange's former friend and WikiLeaks partner Daniel Berg. Based on Berg's book, the movie follows the two as they build and expand their website and reveal world secrets, while giving us a glimpse into their rocky relationship. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Bruhl, David Thewlis, Alexander Beyer, Dan Stevens, and Alicia Vikander. 

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Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa - 86-year-old Irving Zisman journeys from Nebraska to North Carolina in order to bring his grandson home to his real father. Of course, as they venture on this road-trip adventure, a hidden camera chronicles the adventures they have and the people they meet. The film stars Johnny Knoxville and Jackson Nicoll. 

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Metallica: Through the Never - Trip, a young roadie for Metallica, is sent on an urgent mission during the band's show. But what seems like a simple assignment turns into a surreal adventure. The film stars Metallica and Dane DeHaan. 

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Box Office: 'Thor: The Dark World' Hammers Its Way to #1

1. Thor: The Dark World- $86.1M
There's a reason why other studios don't put other films opposite of Marvel Studios' superhero projects, and its because of opening weekends like this. Thor: The Dark World somewhat surprisingly crushed the box office to the tune of $86.1M, the fourth highest of the year behind Iron Man 3, Man of Steel, and Fast & Furious 6. It's also a significant jump over the $65M the first film made a couple of years ago. This was set up somewhat by last week's foreign haul of $109M, and worldwide the film has already tallied $327M. So that $170M production budget? A thing of the past. That bump all of Marvel's films seem to be getting after The Avengers? Still very much intact.
2. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa- $11.3M/$78.7M
3. Free Birds- $11.18M/$30.1M
4. Last Vegas- $11.11M/$33.5M
5. Ender's Game- $10.2M/$44M
6. Gravity- $8.4M/$231.1M
7. 12 Years A Slave- $6.6M/$17.3M
8. Captain Phillips- $5.8M/$90.9M
9. About Time- $5.1M/$6.6M
10. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2- $2.8M/$109.9M

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*CLOSED* Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Advance Screening

Johnny Knoxville's back as the popular, raunchy octogenarian Irving Zisman in Bad Grandpa, a new comedy combining real people, real situations, and the unreal pranks we've come to expect from Jackass. Co-starring Jackson Nicholl (Fun Size), the film has Irving and his 8-year-old grandson on an insane hidden-camera road trip full of strippers, bikers, beauty queens, and other poor unsuspecting citizens. We want to offer you a chance to see the film early by attending a free advance screening held at AMC Georgetown on Tuesday October 22nd at 7:00pm.

To qualify, you MUST be a fan of Punch Drunk Critics on Facebook,so if you haven't "Liked" us yet please go there and do so now. Simply leave a comment here with your name, email address, and favorite road trip comedy. We'll be using the Gofobo ticketing system for this one, so you'll need to register there as well. The contest ends on Sunday October 20th when winners will be notified.

Good luck! Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa opens October 25th. 

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