End of Watch, Sinister, Fun Size, For a Good Time Call, Death Race 3 in Redbox New Releases

Want to watch a movie but can't think of one? Here are some of the new releases found at area Redbox kiosks and top rentals too.

New Releases

End of Watch --- Young Los Angeles police officers Taylor and Zavala patrol the city's meanest streets of south central Los Angeles. The action unfolds through footage from the handheld HD cameras of the police officers, gang members, surveillance cameras, and citizens caught in the line of fire to create a riveting portrait of the city's most dangerous corners, the cops who risk their lives there every day, and the price they and their families are forced to pay.

Sinister --- Ten years ago, true crime writer Ellison Oswald made his reputation with a best-­selling account of a notorious murder. Now, desperate to replicate the critical and financial success of his first book, he moves his loyal wife, over-anxious son and artistic daughter into a home where a suburban family was brutally executed and a child disappeared, hoping to find inspiration in the crime scene.

Fun Size --- A teenage girl is forced to take her brother trick-or-treating on Halloween. When he goes missing, she recruits her friends to help track him down before her mother finds out.

For A Good Time Call --- Two young women come up short on the funds needed to live in New York City. Lauren Powell, a reserved overachiever, is suddenly on her own after boyfriend Charlie abruptly breaks up with her. Katie Steele, an irrepressible free spirit, is about to forfeit a dream residence unless she finds an apartment-mate. Their mutual best friend, Jesse, has the bright idea that they room together, even though he well knows that they are polar opposites who haven't spoken since they met in college and then fell out within minutes.

Death Race 3 --- Repentant convict Carl Lucas, aka Frankenstein, is a legendary driver in the brutal prison blood sport known as Death Race. Only one victory away from winning freedom, Lucas is plunged into his most vicious competition yet: the first-ever Desert Death Race.

Top Rentals

Not interested in new releases. Here are some of the top rentals in the area.

1. Here Comes The Boom -Former collegiate wrestler Scott Voss is a 42-year-old apathetic biology teacher in a failing high school. When cutbacks threaten to cancel the music program and lay off its teacher, Scott begins to raise money by moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter. Trailer.

Redbox Review: 4 Stars Rating: PG Stars: Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, Greg Germann, Joe Rogan

2. Taken 2 - An amicable family holiday in Istanbul for former government operative Bryan Mills, his ex-wife and daughter, takes a nasty turn when Mills is targeted by a vengeful Albanian clan chief. Trailer.

Redbox Review: 3.5 Stars Rating: PG-13 Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser, Jon Gries

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3. Flight - Whip Whitaker is a seasoned airline pilot who miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board.  Trailer.

Redbox Review: 3.5 Stars Rating: R Stars: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood

4. Hotel Transylvania- Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. Trailer.

Redbox Review: 4.5 Stars Rating: PG Stars: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher

5. Pitch Perfect- Beca is that girl who’d rather listen to what’s coming out of her headphones than what’s coming out of anyone’s mouth. Arriving at Barden University, she finds herself not right for any clique but is somehow muscled into one she would never have picked on her own – alongside mean girls, sweet girls and weird girls with nothing in common except how good they sound when they sing together. Trailer.

Redbox Review: 4 Stars Rating: PG-13 Stars: Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin, Ben Platt, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp

Ames is home to several Redbox kiosks, here's just a few places to find the perfect movie:

Kum & Go, 111 Duff Ave. 
Ames, IA 50010

McDonald's, 129 S Duff Ave
Ames, IA 50010

Walgreens, 2719 Grand Ave. 
Ames, IA 50010

Hy-Vee, 640 Lincoln Way 
Ames, IA 50010

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