A relatively small week of releases with a few gems including two baseball films, Tom Hanks' charming directorial debut, an adaptation of Douglas Adams' Holistic Detective, Coscarelli's latest cult film, and much more!
Batten down the hatches and fire up the queues...
Dirk Gently
Meet Dirk Gently. He's poorly dressed, perpetually insolvent and uncommonly good at solving mysteries. As proprietor of the Holistic Detective Agency, Dirk follows methods that are, in his own words, based on an almost unswerving belief in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things. Affably played by Stephen Mangan (Episodes), Dirk is aided and frequently irritated by his hapless assistant, Richard MacDuff (Darren Boyd, Holy Flying Circus). Together, they tackle cases ranging from a missing cat to a murder that may involve the Pentagon. Based on the novels by beloved author Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), Dirk Gently follows the detective as he spins coincidences into explanations for seemingly unsolvable mysteries. Although he's regarded as a mere con man by some, Dirk often delivers astonishing results with his unusual tactics. This rollicking adaptation also features Helen Baxendale (Friends, Kidnap and Ransom), Lisa Jackson (Daniel Deronda), Jason Watkins (Being Human), and Bill Paterson (Traffik).
John Dies At The End
It's all about the Soy Sauce, a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Extras include Deleted Scenes, Getting Sauced: The Making Of John Dies At The End, Creature Corps: The Effects Of Soy Sauce, Casting Sessions, Fangoria Interview With Paul Giamatti, Commentary With Writer/Director Don Coscarelli, Producer Brad Baruh, Chase Williamson and Rob Mayes and Trailers
The Sweeney
Armed and dangerous the Sweeney Flying Squad are London's elite crime fighting force. Led by legendary Detective Jack Regan (Ray Winstone) they are not afraid to use old school bare-knuckle tactics to bring down the modern underworld. Now with a master criminal on the loose and a major bank heist in progress Regan will do whatever it takes to get the job done even if that means defying the orders of his boss (Damian Lewis) and taking the law into his own hands.
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