The Family
When witness protection relocates a Mob family (including Robert DeNiro and Michelle Pfeiffer) from Brooklyn to France, wackiness, violence and the usual wise guy caricatures ensue. Directed by master of comedy … Luc Besson? (Fox)
Ghost Team One
Two roommates (Carlos Santos and J.R. Villarreal) and a random girl (Fernanda Romero) become ghost hunters to flush out a supernatural presence in their apartment, which turns out to be a really, really horny ghost. Boo jobs for everybody! (Paramount)
Kick-Ass 2
Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Hit Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) take on the Supervillian Formerly Known as Red Mist, The Motherfucker (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), with no help from Colonel Stars & Stripes (Jim Carrey). (Universal)
The Lone Ranger
The folks who brought you Pirates of the Caribbean drop a bigger pantload than all three sequels combined: The Lone Ranger (Armie Hammer) and Tonto (Johnny Depp) against injustice in the Old West! It’s a “runaway train” of meh! (Disney)
Shameless: Season 3
In the third season of the best show you should be watching harder, Fiona (Emmy Rossum) fights for custody of her siblings, Frank (William H. Macy) becomes a gay-rights hero(?), and everybody has sex with everybody. Good times. (Warner Bros.)
More New DVD Releases (Dec. 17)
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Alien Uprising, Barracuda, Burn Notice: The Complete Series, Contest, Devil’s Pass, Elysium, Family Guy: Vol. 12, Justified: Season 4, Lessons in Love, Line of Duty, Mischief Night, Psyche: The Musical, Repo, The Secret Village, The Sound of Music Live!
This article appears in Dec 12-18, 2013.