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DVD And Blu Ray Releases This Week: August 6

DVD and Blu Ray movie releases for Tuesday, August 6:

Oblivion: starring Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Melissa Leo. The action/adventure film is set in the year 2077 when the Earth has been abandoned following a war with alliances. Jack, a repairman who is tasked with extracting resources from Earth, begins questioning the mission after he rescues a beautiful stranger. Rated PG 13

Mud: starring Reese Witherspoon, Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland and Sam Shepard. The drama centers on two teen boys who decide to help a fugitive reunite with his girl and evade the bounty hunters that are hot on their trail. Rated PG 13

The Place Beyond The Pines: starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Rose Byrne and Ray Liotta. The crime drama centers on a motorcycle stunt rider who becomes a bank robber in order to take care of his family. Rated R

The Sapphires: starring Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens and Miranda Tapsell. The comedy/drama, set in 1968, tells the story of four Australian Aboriginal sisters who make up an all girl singing group call The Sapphires. Their first real gig is singing for American troops in Vietnam. Rated PG 13

On The Road: starring Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst and Viggo Mortensen. The drama follows a young writer whose life is changed when he travels cross country with a free spirited Westerner and his young wife. Rated R

West of Memphis: starring Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, Jessie Misskelley Jr., Lorri Davis and Peter Jackson. The documentary explores the fight to establish the innocence of the West Memphis Three. The men were teenagers when they were falsely convicted of the 1993 murders of three young boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. The trio was released from prison in August 2011. Rated R

Antiviral: starring Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell and Douglas Smith. The horror/thriller is set in a future world where people can pay to be infected with diseases taken from popular celebrities to create a "biological communion” between themselves and their favorite stars. When a clinic worker injects himself with the virus that killed starlet Hannah Geist, he must solve the mystery of her death to save his own life. Rated R

Aftershock: starring Eli Roth, Ariel Levy, Nicolas Martinez, Lorenza Izzo and Andrea Osvart. The thriller follows a group of tourists in the aftermath of a massive earthquake that destroys a prison and allows surviving inmates to escape. Rated R

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