Checking through our list of films currently scheduled for release this week on DVD and/or Blu-ray disc, we are pleased to feature two that fall into the mystery, suspense, thriller and/or adventure category …
Argo starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, and John Goodman; and
Sinister starring Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Fred Thompson, and James Ransone.
See also a list of current mystery and suspense DVD, Blu-ray, or VOD deals on Amazon.com.
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Argo (2012)
Directed by Ben Affleck from an adapted screenplay by Chris Terrio, and based on the 2007 article "The Great Escape" by Joshuah Bearman. Watch a trailer for the film below.
Film Synopsis (from the studio): Based on true events, this film chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis — the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades.
On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, oint, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA "exfiltration" specialist named Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) comes up with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies.
Running time: 120 minutes. Rating: Rated R for language and some violent images.
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Sinister (2012)
Directed by Scott Derrickson from an original screenplay co-written with C. Robert Cargill. Watch a trailer for the film below.
Film Synopsis (from the studio): True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt (Ethan Hawke) moves himself and his family in to a house where an horrific crime took place earlier, but his family doesn't know. He is trying to find out more about the crime so he can write a new book about it to help his flailing career.
He uses some "snuff" film that he finds which show the crimes to help in his research, but he soon finds more than he bargained for. There is a figure in each of the films, but who or what is it?
As a result his family start to suffer as does he. Things take a turn for the worst. Will they survive?
Running time: 110 minutes. Rating: Rated R for disturbing violent images and some terror.
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