A Monster in Paris - BLU-RAY

Paris, 1910. Panic sweeps the city as floodwaters rise and a monster is on the loose! Meanwhile a wacky inventor, his camera-crazy best friend, and a madcap monkey are on a mission to protect the beast, Franc, as he holds a rare and special talent. With the help of the beautiful but feisty singer Lucille, the team harbors the monster to keep him from the ghastly wannabe Mayor, Commissioner Maynott, who has a plan to capture Franc and reveal him to be nothing more than a monstrous danger to the people of Paris.

Struggling widow Saori (Andô Sakura) was at a loss to understand why her preteen son Minato (Sôya Kurokawa) had grown distant and difficult. Having teased out that his schoolteacher Hori (Nagayama Eita) had struck him, her pursuit of the truth would bring her stunning discoveries about her child's troubles and his relationship with his bullied bestie (Hiiragi Hinata). Affecting study from Hirokazu Koreeda co-stars Mitsuki Takahata; final score from Ryuichi Sakamoto. 126 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack Japanese; Subtitles English. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Acclaimed horror filmmaker Bryan Bertino (THE STRANGERS) directs this suspenseful and scary film, in which a divorced mother (Zoe Kazan) and her headstrong daughter must make an emergency late-night road trip to see the girl's father. As they drive through deserted country roads on a stormy night, they suddenly have a startling collision that leaves them shaken but not seriously hurt. Their car, however, is dead, and as they try in vain to get help, they come to realize they are not alone on these desolate backroads - a terrifying evil is lurking in the surrounding woods, intent on never letting them leave.