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Just for geeks? Not anymore. J.J. Abrams, the man behind television's Lost, brings his brilliant gift for thrilling adventure and intelligent drama to the venerable science fiction franchise, re-igniting it for a whole new generation. Star Trek (Starting at $16.99: Up to 45% in Savings) manages the impossible task of satisfying both die-hard fans of the franchise and making the high-tech science fiction palatable to a younger, hipper audience. In true Star Trek fashion, Abrams uses a time-travel loophole to turn the universe upside down. Born in space on an escaping shuttle thanks to the sudden appearance and attack of a nightmarish Romulan ship called Narada, James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) grows up rebellious and headstrong back in Iowa. He draws the eye of Captain Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood), who taps Kirk for Starfleet Academy. There Kirk meets and predictably butts heads with McCoy (Karl Urban), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), and Spock (Zachary Quinto). But when the Narada threatens to annihilate Spock's home world of Vulcan, the brand-new USS Enterprise--with Kirk and friends aboard--intervenes. Packed with breathtaking action and spot-on re-castings of the original Enterprise crew, this is not your father's Star Trek.


Thought Borat was outrageous? You haven't seen anything yet. Sacha Baron Cohen unleashes another bizarre and in-your-face character on the unsuspecting world in Bruno (Starting at $19.99: Up to 33% in Savings). Bruno--a pretentious and flamboyant homosexual fashion reporter from Austria--decides to seek fame in the United States after an unfortunate incident at a fashion show. Embarking on an ill-fated acting career, Bruno stalks Harrison Ford , shocks test audiences, and mistakes presidential candidate Ron Paul for drag queen RuPaul while trying to create a sex tape. Still focused on becoming famous, Bruno decides to intervene in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, leading to a interview with a "terrorist" (actually a self-described Palestinian activist). Back in America, Bruno lampoons celebrity behavior by adopting an African child--claiming to have acquired him in a trade for an iPod--and placing him in questionable situations. After deciding that his homosexuality is preventing him from reaching stardom, he decides to try Christian "conversion" techniques to become straight, with hilarious results. Not for the faint of heart!


Little Miss Sunshine's Abigail Breslin stars in the film adaptation of Jodi Picoult's heartbreaking best-selling novel. My Sister's Keeper (Starting at $19.99: Up to 31% in Savings) is the tale of young Anna Fitzgerald (Breslin), who is conceived and born specifically to serve as a genetic match and donor for her sister Kate (Sofia Vassilieva), who is dying from leukemia. Their loving but single-minded mother Sara (Cameron Diaz) guides the girls through an exhausting series of operations and hospital visits, focused on nothing but keeping Kate alive. The Fitzgerald family is close-knit but strained as Sara's determination leaves Anna's older brother Jesse (Evan Ellingson) and father Brian (Jason Patric) feeling ignored. But the real schism in the family comes when Anna suddenly hires an attorney (Alec Baldwn) to sue her parents for emancipation in advance of an operation to donate her kidney to the rapidly-declining Kate. The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes brings to life Picoult's emotional story about the lengths a parent should go to save their child, perhaps predicting a headline of tomorrow in its compelling moral dilemma.


Emmy-winner Jeremy Piven headlines as Don "The Goods" Ready in a comedy from the production team of Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (Starting at $17.01: Up to 26% in Savings) teams Piven with a stellar cast including Ed Helms (The Office), Ving Rhames (Mission Impossible III), David Koechner (Anchorman), Tony Hale (Arrested Development), and Ken Jeong (The Hangover). Don Ready and his team of boozing, womanizing car salesmen descend upon a Temecula, California dealership run by Ben Selleck (James Brolin). They have been hired by Selleck to rescue the dealership from imminent bankruptcy by selling over 200 cars over one 4th of July weekend. The seemingly impossible task is at first no sweat for the fast-talking and smooth Ready, who resorts to all kinds of questionable and hilarious tactics to move cars. Yet Ready isn't ready for the boss's daughter Ivy (Jordana Spiro), who knocks him off his normal conniving, hard-living ways. Can Ready still save the dealership if he changes his ways for the woman of his dreams?


The outrageous self-serving and cantankerous antics of the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia gang get a dose of Christmas spirit in this special DVD episode of the brilliant FX Network television sitcom. A Very Sunny Christmas (Starting at $16.49: Up to 45% in Savings) stars Danny DeVito as the loutish, conniving father of Dennis (Glenn Howerton) and Dee (Kaitlin Olson) Reynolds, who along with friends Rob (Rob McElhenney) and Charlie (Charlie Day) run a middling Irish pub in south Philadelphia. Their selfish and hair-brained schemes have time and again caused untold damage to themselves and others, yet the approach of the Christmas season convinces the Gang to set aside their devious natures and embrace the spirit of the holidays. Yeah right! No strangers to bungling even their most well-intentioned efforts, the Gang soon find themselves in a Christmas story filled with all the yuletide catastrophe you can possibly imagine--including naked elves, rehashed childhood trauma, and a bloody confrontation with Santa Claus himself.


Jeff Bridges and pop superstar Justin Timberlake co-star as an estranged father and son in this warm indie comedy. The Open Road (Starting at $18.34: Up to 39% in Savings) follows young minor league baseball player Carlton Garrett (Timberlake), whose career is put on pause when his mother (Mary Steenburgen) falls seriously ill. Carlton sets out on the road to track down his father Kyle (Bridges), whose status as a legendary ballplayer conceals a legacy of immature behavior and incompetent parenting. Carlton looks for support from his sometime girlfriend Lucy (Kate Mara) in forging a tenuous bond with his dad, which is strained by Kyle's ineptitude and general lack of skill at being a grown up. Yet over the course of a lengthy and difficult roadtrip from Ohio to Houston--rife with brawls, car trouble, and other misadventures--Carlton and Kyle begin to understand one another and heal their relationship, setting the stage for a long-awaited family reunion.


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