Staff Picks of 2012 DVD releases!



If it came out on DVD in 2012 and we liked it, you will find it here!  

This is compiled from all of the best 2012 picks of the Adult Services Department.  


Anonymous (2011)
Arbitrage (2012) (also on blu-ray)
Argo (2012)
The Artist (2011)
Bridesmaids (2011)
Drive (2011)
Haywire(2011) (also on blu-ray)
Hugo (2011)
The Hunger Games (2012) (also on blu-ray)
Hysteria (2011)
Lincoln (2012)
Looper (2012) (also on blu-ray)
Magic Mike (2012) (also on blu-ray)
Margin Call (2011) 
Moneyball (2011)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) (also on blu-ray)
The Way (2011)

Celebration Of James Bond

85th Oscars® To Feature Special Celebration Of James Bond

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The 85th Academy Awards® will include a tribute to the James Bond movie franchise, which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year, the telecast's producers announced today.
"We are very happy to include a special sequence on our show saluting the Bond films on their 50th birthday," said producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. "Starting with 'Dr. No' back in 1962, the 007 movies have become the longest-running motion picture franchise in history and a beloved global phenomenon."
The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Oscar® Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

ABOUT CRAIG ZADAN AND NEIL MERON
Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are producers of critically acclaimed and award-winning feature films, television movies, series, and Broadway productions. Their feature films include "The Bucket List", "Footloose", "Hairspray", and "Chicago", which won six Academy Awards including one for Best Picture. For television, they've produced films of "Steel Magnolias," "Life with Judy Garland," and "A Raisin in the Sun," among many others and the series "Smash" and "Drop Dead Diva." They recently returned to their roots in live theater by producing Broadway revivals of the Tony-winning "Promises, Promises" and the Tony-winning 50th Anniversary revival of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."

http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2013/20130104.html

Movies from Books in 2013




BOOKS SET TO BE ADOPTED INTO MOVIES IN 2013

Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles by Paul Lieberman



A chronicle of the LAPD's fight to keep East Coast Mafia types out of Los Angeles in the 1940s and 50s.

Starring:  Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone
 
Release date: 11 January 2013 (USA)
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks

 



A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

Starring:  Cobie SmuldersJulianne Hough and Josh Duhamel 
 
Release date: 14 February 2013
Carrie by Stephen King



A sheltered high school girl unleashes her newly developed telekinetic powers after she is pushed too far by her peers.

Release date: 15th March 2013
The Host: A Novel by Stephanie Meyer

 



A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.

Starring:  Saoirse RonanDiane Kruger and William Hurt 
 
Release date: 29th March 2013
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

 



Nick Carraway, a Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

Release date: 10th May 2013
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

 



A U.N. employee is racing against time and fate, as he travels the world trying to stop the outbreak of a deadly Zombie pandemic.

Starring:  Brad PittMireille Enos and David Morse
 
Release date: 21st June 2013
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

 



When her mom is attacked and taken from their home in New York City by a demon, a seemingly ordinary teenage girl, Clary Fray, finds out truths about her past and bloodline on her quest to get her back, that changes her entire life.

Starring:  Aidan TurnerLena Headey and Lily Collins
 
Release date: 23rd August 2013
The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort

 



A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration.

Release date: September 2013