New on DVD & Blu-Ray: 'Dallas Buyers Club', 'Escape Plan', 'About Time'

Dallas Buyers Club - Ron Woodroff lives life on the edge. He's a heavy smoker, drinker, drug user, and casual sex junkie. When he ends up in the hospital and the doctors discover he is HIV positive, they give him 30 days to live. Stubborn, angry, and in denial, Ron sets off to try to get the drug AZT, which is only being trialed in the U.S. and isn't given to paying customers. He acquires it in other ways and sets up a place where other people suffering from HIV can get it too. The film gives us Oscar-nominated performances by Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto and also stars Jennifer Garner.  

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Escape Plan - Sylvester Stallone stars as a security escape artist who's able to get out of any prison, no matter how sophisticated their security system is. When Stallone is set up and is sent to a maximum security prison he can't escape as easily as usual, he teams up with Arnold Schwarzenegger, an inmate at the prison, to make plans and escape what seems to be the inescapable. Also starring Sam Neill, Faran Tahir, 50 Cent, Jim Caviezel, and Amy Ryan. 

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About Time - When Tim is 21, his father lets him in on a little family secret: the men of the family can travel through time. Of course, you need to be in a dark place with your fists clench, but it does work. So Tim sets off in search of a girlfriend and ends up meeting Mary and tries to make everything perfect in their relationship by going back and trying to change the past. Eventually Tim learns that you can't change some things, but can enjoy what you have. A heart warming film filled with fun moments. Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, and Bill Nighy.

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Free Birds - In this animated comedy, two turkey enemies team up in order to go back in time and make sure that Thanksgiving is never again called Turkey Day. In order to spare themselves, the two turkeys must learn to work together if they have any hopes of saving themselves and all the turkeys of the world. The voice cast includes Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler, George Takei, and Keith David.

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Baggage Claim - Montana Moore's youngest sister is getting married. Desperate and not wanting to be the oldest and the only woman in her family to never get married, Montana embarks on a 30-day adventure to find a man and get engaged. She uses her airline connections to travel 30,000 miles in order to find someone before her sister's wedding. The film stars Paula Patton, Tia Mowry, Taye Diggs, Jill Scott, and Adam Brody.

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Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare would probably be proud to know that his tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet has transcended time and is still one of his most popular works. So popular, that it has garnered another movie about the two star-crossed lovers. This time around, the roles have been filled in by Hailee Steinfield, Douglas Booth, Christian Cooke, and Ed Westwick.

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Cutie and the Boxer - Ushio and Noriko Shinohara are both artists who came from Japan to New York City in the '70s. This documentary by Zachary Heinzerling follows the couple in present day as they struggle to bring in money from their artwork and gives us the background to their tumultuous 40-year relationship. The documentary has been nominated for an Academy Award. 

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Box Office: 'Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2' Devours Top Spot; 'Don Jon' Opens Strong

1. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2- $35M
Because animated family comedies will always beat a hokey rom-com with no stars, a film about race car drivers, and a male-oriented flick about porn, Sony's Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 dominated with a $35M debut, more than triple its closest competition. That's good for the fourth biggest September opening ever, and $5M more than what the first film did back in 2009, and that finished up its run with $243M worldwide. Expect this one to surpass that total, mostly due to expanded international grosses, and the fact that it's the only major animated film until November.
2. Prisoners- $11.2M/$38.95M
Slipping 45% in week two is the dark crime thriller Prisoners, which perhaps was a little too disturbing to keep audiences coming back for more. The film will still surpass its $46M budget, and a possible Oscar push will only help the bottom line.
3. Rush- $10.3M/$10.5M
Expanding into national release after a quiet open last week, Ron Howard's F-1 racer Rush brought in a modest $10.3M. A 1970s-set racing flick is a tough sell, even with Chris "Thor" Hemsworth's face on all of the movie posters. If anything it proves he's still got a long way to go before he's a true A-lister. F-1 racing has always been more of an international sport, and the $13M foreign haul suggests it should run laps over the competition overseas.
4. Baggage Claim- $9.3M
Despite a dreadful marketing campaign that made Baggage Claim look like one of those unrealistic "hot chick can't get a guy" movies (which it is!), the Paula Patton-starrer did well enough in its opening weekend to turn a profit. It's a clear win for Patton who has been stuck in a number of thankless roles ever since Jumping the Broom earned her some accolades. She won't win any awards here, but it shows there is an audience to check her out, regardless of how unbelievable the story may be.
5. Don Jon- $9M
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is someone who is making moves to become a bankable box office star, and Don Jon may be the first step in doing just that. He makes a successful directorial debut with the romantic comedy about a womanizer who also happens to be a porn addict. That aspect is pretty well-known at this point, although the TV spots have done a pretty good job of hiding it. At a budget of only about $6M the film is already in the black, but the 'C+' Cinemascore suggests audiences won't be coming back for more.
6. Insidious Chapter 2- $6.7M/$69.5M
7. The Family- $3.7M/$31.6M
8. Instructions Not Included- $3.3M/$38.5M
9. We're the Millers- $2.8M/$142.4M
10. Lee Daniels' The Butler- $2.4M/$110.2M

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