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Smash Hit

Mediocre
Take a surreal journey through an otherworldly dimension, move in harmony with sound and music and smash everything in your path! This experience requires focus, concentration, and timing to not only travel as far as you can, but also break the beautiful glass objects that stand in your way.

* Smash your way through a beautiful futuristic dimension, smashing obstacles and targets in your path and experiencing the best destruction physics on mobile devices.

* Musically synchronized gameplay: music and audio effects change to suit each stage, obstacles move to each new tune.

* Over 50 different rooms with 11 different graphic styles, and realistic glass-breaking mechanics in every stage.

Ingress

NianticLabs@Google
✮ Top Game of 2013 at Google Play Player's Choice Awards.
✮ Best Android Strategy Game Runner-up at Android Central Best of 2013 Awards
✮ One of the Best Android Apps of 2013 - Gizmag

“It’s a social network, a lifestyle, and exercise rolled into one.” - Chris M, User
“I've made friends who I would keep for life during the course of this "game."” - Zeke C, User

Ingress transforms the real world into the landscape for a global game of mystery, intrigue, and competition.

Our future is at stake. You must choose a side.

A mysterious energy has been unearthed by a team of scientists in Europe. The origin and purpose of this force is unknown, but some researchers believe it is influencing the way we think. We must control it or it will control us.

“The Enlightened” seek to embrace the power that this energy may bestow upon us. “The Resistance” struggle to defend, and protect what’s left of our humanity.

Install Ingress and transform your world.

The World is the Game
Move through the real world using your Android device and the Ingress app to discover and tap sources of this mysterious energy. Acquire objects to aid in your quest, deploy tech to capture territory, and ally with other players to advance the cause of the Enlightened or the Resistance.

Strategy
The struggle is being played out globally. Track the progress of players around the world, plan your next steps, and communicate with others using an Intelligence map.

What is the Niantic Project?
Is this just a game? An Investigation Board (http://www.google.com/+NianticProject) filled with cryptic clues and secret codes awaits. The story evolves everyday. Powerful secrets and game tech are there to be unlocked.

Form Alliances
The struggle to save the planet spans the entire world. Groups of people acting together can be more effective than individuals acting alone. Cooperation across neighborhoods, cities, and countries will be needed to achieve the ultimate victory.

Note: Ingress uses the "Read_Contacts" app permission to make it easier to invite your friends to join you in your mission to save the world. The app will not contact anyone without your explicit action to recruit a particular friend.

Join the investigation
G+: http://www.google.com/+Ingress
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Ingress
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ingress
Help Center: http://support.google.com/ingress

TMNT: ROOFTOP RUN

Nickelodeon
#1 App in 80 countries! Now, you can play as Leo, Donnie, Raph, or Mikey in this action packed combat runner with an all new vehicle mode! Run, jump, fight and now drive through New York’s endless cityscape as you rid it from the Foot Clan, Kraang, Dimension X and now Baxter Stockman.



Collect energy orbs to unlock exclusive weapons, gear, and boosts that will keep you one step ahead of the Kraang ship. One-touch controls combine with ninja moves and shell shocking battles for an epic gaming experience. BOOYAKASHA!



TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: Rooftop Run charges real money for additional in-app content. You may lock out the ability to purchase in-app content by adjusting your device settings.

FEATURES
*Drive the Shellraiser through the streets of New York in the all new vehicle mode!
*Jump ramps, crush obstacles and tap to shoot the garbage cannon at oncoming enemies

*Battle hordes of baddies including the Foot Clan, Kraang, Dimension X and now Baxter Stockman

*Activate Turtle Time to fight up close in a slow-motion combat sequence 

*Outfit the Turtles in exclusive Cyber and Stealth gear

*Upgrade with weapons, gadgets, and boosts like the Laserbot and Turtle Saver

*Unlock and play as the Turtles’ formidable canine foe Dogpound

*Earn rewards from the pizza time mini-game
* Test your skills with new in-game challenges


TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: Rooftop Run collects personal user data as well as non-personal user data (including aggregated data), and offers in-app purchases. User data collection is in accordance with applicable law, such as COPPA. User data may be used, for example, to respond to user requests; enable users to take advantage of certain features and services; personalize content and advertising; and manage and improve Nickelodeon's services. For more information regarding Nickelodeon’s use of personal user data, please visit the Nickelodeon Group Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy is in addition to any terms, conditions or policies agreed to between you and Google, Inc., and Nickelodeon and its affiliated entities are not responsible for Google's collection or use of your personal user data and information. Use of this app is subject to the Nickelodeon End User License Agreement.


Privacy Policy
http://www.nick.com/info/privacy-policy.html

End User License Agreement:
http://www.nick.com/info/eula.html

© 2014 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Groove Racer

Outfit7
Race 16 unique cars across 88 gorgeous tracks with a press of a finger! Awesome graphics, cool soundtrack and pick-up-and-play controls will keep your entertained for hours!

Collect at least one gold trophy to unlock the next track. Win all trophies every time to speed to the top of leaderboards for some bragging rights.

FEATURES
- Simple one finger controls
- 66 gorgeous free tracks
- 22 special tracks in 2 premium packs
- 16 unique cars
- Cute graphics
- Game Play Services Leaderboards
- Future updates with brand new tracks

Future updates with new tracks and cars are already in the works, so start groove racing now!

Another Case Solved

Noodlecake Studios Inc
Become a famous detective and get to the bottom of a curious candy conspiracy in Another Case Solved, the latest game from AT Games, the creators of Puzzle Craft.

This city is clamping down on candy cravings by outlawing sweet snacks! Solve a series of quirky cases by gathering clues, tracking down witnesses, and questioning suspects to reveal the truth behind this city’s sugarcoated secret.

• Create your own personalized detective and customize their look with outfits, props, and more.
• Match clues, identify suspects, track down hidden items – Another Case Solved features multiple styles of gameplay to keep detectives on their toes.
• Tons of story-driven cases to keep you hooked into this sugary sweet mystery.
• Take on minor cases in your spare time to keep yourself in business
• Transform your humble office into a vibrant workplace with new furniture that will increase your detective skills
• 75 Google Play Game Services achievements for your hard detective work!

Cubed Snowboarding

Nocanwin
Crash into snowmen, grind on railings, launch off halfpipes and go careening off of cliffs in this fun, fast, little, retroish 3d game!!!

Features:
-Epic Cliffs
-Sick Grinds
-Insane Flips
-Destructible Snowmen
-High Score Leaderboard
-and More!

Pug Run

Tic Toc Games
Bring Bogart to life in the magical adventure PUG RUN!

PUG RUN takes you on a magical journey of Bogart, a pencil sketched pug, determined to come to life! After being drawn by a small boy with a larger than life imagination, Bogart awakens and begins to run toward the boy, only to find The Void slowly creeping up behind him to stop him in his tracks. See the world change from black and white to color, the closer Bogart gets to the boy.

PUG IT OUT
Pencils and coins are scattered throughout the world to help you along in your journey! Collect coins to buy Pug Treats or Pug Bites to further help Bogart on his quest to reach the boy. Pick up pencils to draw in special powers!

PUG LIFE
Traditionally drawn artwork and animation give Bogart his pugnacious personality. See him come alive with a variety of special moves, unexpected reactions, and visual surprises!

Game Features
• Arcade-style excitement: 2D side-scrolling runner
• Intuitive controls: Swipe to Jump and Slide, or tap for a burst of speed
• Customizable play: Items and Collectables help you personalize Bogart

Lost Light

Disney
**Download today and receive the special introductory price of 66% off for a limited time only!**

Connect and match your way through this captivating NEW puzzle adventure from Disney! Journey to the heart of an enchanted forest and help restore the light hidden away by the wicked Beasties. Enter the world of Lost Light to experience a brand new kind of matching game with a unique numbers twist!

Key Features:
• Test your wits and delight your senses in 100 levels and more coming soon!
• Discover addictive new matching gameplay!
• Put your puzzle skills to the test and conquer all 9 unique challenge types!
• Unleash 3 level-conquering power-ups to maximize matching fun!

Some levels may require additional purchase. Please check your device for compatibility before downloading. Visit Facebook.com/DisneyMobileGames for cool game tips, news and more!

OLO

Sennep
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The original finger-flicking board game, now available on Android!

OLO is an addictive game of skill and strategy, a new generation social board game for all ages. Play with up to three friends or play online against anyone, anywhere. 



The aim is to get as many of your OLOs into your target zone. Use cunning techniques to outmaneuver your opponent and claim victory, but beware the death finger! 



Reviews: 

“OLO is one of the classiest productions you'll ever see, a minimalist multiplayer game that's as achingly gorgeous as it is perfectly tuned” – Eurogamer
“A nearly perfect multiplayer game that's as simple as it is beautiful” – Slide to Play

“10/10. Its amazing that how a very simple concept can be so entertaining and addictive” – Action Radius

“Internet craze OLO, 'the Skee-Ball for the 21st century'” – The Daily Mail 




Accolades: 

Gold Award – The Lovie Awards (2012)

Gold Award – The Fresh Awards (2012)



Features:
- Fresh minimal design 

- Two player 

- Four player

- Online multi-player 

- Google Game Services
- Voice Chat 

- HDPI ready
- Beautiful soundscape 

- Universal 


- Themes

We are constantly looking at ways to improve or develop aspects of the game. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for news updates.

Rage of the Immortals

GREE, INC
Unlock the secrets of the five elemental powers as you complete quests to unravel the mystery of your lost memories in Rage of the Immortals, a free fast-paced action game.

With over 190 characters to unlock and recruit on your journey, you can create the ultimate dream team of fighters to take on epic bosses, challenge players from around the world in weekly PvP tournaments and fight through over 20 different combat zones.

GRIPPING STORY
Complete 100's of different quests to unravel the story of Rage of the Immortals. Explore, unlock and beat 35 areas with five different difficulty levels.

CUTTING-EDGE TEAM MANAGEMENT
Choose & manage a team of fighters. Train and combine them to increase their abilities to create a powerful team that crushes the competition.

HUGE ROSTER
Unlock over 190 exclusive fighters with their own unique style and design. Intercept armored trucks to rescue rare fighters. Challenge and defeat epic bosses to recruit them to your team.

WORLDWIDE BATTLES
Test your strength against players around the globe in weekly PvP tournaments. Do you have what it takes to fight your way to the top?

EASY TO LEARN, CHALLENGING TO MASTER
Jump into gameplay with intuitive gesture-based controls as you master the secrets of training and evolving your fighters.

WIDE RANGE OF DEVICE SUPPORT
Rage of the Immortals is optimized for a broad range of tablets and phones from the Nexus 7 to the Samsung Galaxy Note. Play it on virtually anything that's version 2.3 or above!

Use of this application is governed by GREE's Terms of Service. In addition, please note that GREE respects your privacy and asks you to review the GREE Privacy Policy. The GREE Terms of Service and Privacy Policy can be found in the Legal section below as well as at http://product.gree.net/us/en/terms/.

Beat the Clock Games Time is running out

Tiny Station

Elite Games
You are running a tiny station. You need to serve coming vehicles efficiently to make money, so that you can buy more facilities, and hire more staffs in your station. Highlighted features:
# A lot of facilities to be built.
# Hire/upgrade employees as need.
# Different kinds of services in the station, include charging, cafe, tire repair, etc.
# Tens of types of vehicles to be served.
# More than 20 achievements to be unlocked.

Simple game rule:
# Drag vehicles to the right facility.
# Tap vehicle to start serving.
# Item will help you in emergency case.

Tips: Don't forget to upgrade your staff and facility! Good luck to run your tiny station!

Garfield's Diner Hawaii

Web Prancer
Garfield & friends are back to serve up even more food and fun in this sizzling hot summer edition in Garfield's Diner Hawaii. Manage a new restaurant on the beaches of Honolulu as you race against time to serve customers with their favorite dishes.

The company that brought you Garfield’s Diner now brings you even more addictive gameplay set in one of the world’s most beautiful spots: Hawaii! Irma has returned from her vacation and, thanks to Garfield and the gang (and against all the odds), her diner is in tip-top shape. Ecstatic, Irma decides to reward Garfield and Jon Arbuckle and all the others with a little vacation in Hawaii. But what started out as a simple holiday soon becomes another diner adventure!

Irma’s cousin needs help to save her diner from going bankrupt, and she turns to Jon for assistance. Of course, Jon will need all the help he can get, including the invaluable assistance of everyone’s favorite fat cat, Garfield!

So Garfield and Jon are back in the kitchen. With dishes a-clinking and pans a-clanking, it’s up to them to cook, serve and feed their hungry Hawaiian customers.

GAMEPLAY

Help Garfield and friends by directing them through different stations in the diner. Each member of your staff must be managed quickly and efficiently to make sure meals are prepared and customers are served before their patience runs out. Do well and you’ll have more satisfied customers, plus more cash in the register!

FEATURES

· Frantic, exciting, arcade-style time management gameplay that's easy to pick up but hard to put down

· Hire popular characters from the Garfield comic strip

· Upgrade equipment to provide better, faster service

· VIPs will visit at random to provide an extra challenge for greater rewards

· Collect special character cards featuring Garfield and his friends

Available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese languages. Simply change your language from the game’s title screen!

For existing Garfield's Diner users, they will be rewarded with Garfield Points and Coins!

Diner Dash

PlayFirst, Inc
Enjoy 7 levels in this FREE version of Diner Dash, the #1 Time Management Game from PlayFirst! Play the hit game that first launched the Dash craze! With over 20 million downloads to date, Dash is one of the biggest gaming franchises ever.

Build your restaurant empire in this chart-topping game of speed and savvy. Help Flo, a spunky entrepreneur, grow her signature diner from a greasy spoon to a five-star joint. Delight eager customers by seating, serving, and clearing tables quickly to earn big tips. Soothe impatient guests before they get angry and skip out on the bill. Tap and slide your way to the top of the restaurant ladder in this worldwide hit game!

Game Features:
* Serve fun and quirky guests including food critics, vampires, and more!
* Shop the Dash Mart for boosts and upgrades to help you get expert scores.
* Enjoy Diner Dash on your phone or tablet.
* Show off your scores and achievements.

Full version features:
* Get hours of fast-paced fun with tons of challenging levels!
* Explore 5 colorful themed restaurants.
* Unlock exclusive additional restaurants, including the Courtyard Cafe and Undersea Adventure, through in-App purchase.

Love Diner Dash? Try our other addictive games, including Cooking Dash, Wedding Dash, and Hotel Dash. You’re guaranteed to see familiar faces that you know and love.

Taco Master

Kaxan Games
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So you think you got what it takes to be a Taco Master?

Take orders and throw together some fresh, tasty tacos as quick as you can in this fast-paced, streamlined time management game. Use a variety of ingredients from delicious spiced sausage to tongue melting chilies! Feel the heat as the orders fly in and you have to put together some crazy combinations.

Fast-paced, finger-flicking fun, it’s time to put your reactions to the test:

-Three different game modes, Career, Arcade, and Time Attack, will keep you entertained for hours.
-Achievements and leaderboards trough Google Play Games.
-Use quick thinking and train your memory to keep on top of the Mexican mayhem.
-Use multi-touch to grab more than one ingredient at a time…you’ll have to if you want to keep up with all those orders.
-Includes Tropical Fury, Taco Zombie, and Mexican Party career modes.

Follow us and like us on:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/KaxanGamesOfficial
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KaxanGames

Bugs? Sugestions? support@kaxangames.com

Air Control Lite

Four Pixels
In this simple yet surprisingly addictive drawing game you take on the role of Air Traffic Controller. It is your job to direct airplanes to runways while avoiding collisions.

FEATURES

★ Classic game mode as well as the unique puzzle game mode
★ Online highscores
★ Countless hours of addictive gameplay
★ #1 Android air traffic controller game

THE PRESS SAYS

"...one of the most adrenaline charged games available for the android platform." -Android Geek Tips

"Are you looking for the next addicting Android game? Well, luckily, you’ve found it with Air Control! Your speed, agility, and foresight will be tested in this game of near-misses and crazy landings." -Best Android Apps Review

"...exciting, addicting gameplay that you will be sure to love. You need to download this game!" -Best Android Apps Review

Permissions:
Location: To use with highscores.
Internet: To submit highscores.
Phone State and Identity: Used by offers provider to award miles for completing offers.
SD Card: To cache video offers.

Bad Traffic

GreenCod Apps
*** Traffic Control Game with Save and Crash Modes. Completely Free. ***

You are in control of traffic rushing into the intersection. The cars are coming fast. Which ones to accelerate? Which ones to stop? When things look all but impossible, the bulldozer shows up...

Depending on the game mode, you will either save the cars or crash them. You can try your driving skills on 9 different intersections.

So, what do you feel like today: Save or Crash?

* Back story *
The Guardian Angel and the Devil's Advocate rarely agree on anything but this time they've agreed to get rid of Traffic, though their methods are not the same: the angel will help you save cars and the devil's advocate prefers that you crash them together.

* Features *
- 9 different cities and intersections with gorgeous graphics
- Two game modes: Save and Crash
- Over 20 cars including special vehicles like bulldozers, police cars, armoured trucks, etc.
- Multiple upgrades are available for vehicles
- Special characters that help you in the challenges: Guardian Angel and Devil's Advocate

Bag It! FREE

Hidden Variable Studios
★★★★★ – “Bag It! is, hands down, the best game to hit the market in quite some time.” – EXAMINER.COM
★★★★★ - “Bag It! feels like another App Store classic waiting to happen” – APPSPY
★★★★½ - “It's rare to find a puzzle game that feels so fresh but also so obvious... an absolute blast.” – TOUCHARCADE

❤ Top 10 Game App of 2011! - Entertainment Weekly
❤ Gaming App of the Day! - Kotaku
❤ Mobile Game of the Week! - G4TV

YOUR GROCERIES COME TO LIFE!
Millions of players worldwide have discovered and become hooked on the fun, challenging, family-friendly, grocery bagging puzzle game Bag It! -- now it's your turn to see what all the fuss is about... FOR FREE!

Bag It! FREE includes 12 Classic, 4 Rampage, 4 Puzzle, and 4 Fizzy levels, plus a sneak peek at our new level packs Balanced Breakfast and Food Fight! With over 100 levels (including Endless modes) in the full version, each with 3 stars and 2 unique medals to achieve, there's something for everyone!

Heavy, sturdy items on the bottom, light and fragile items on the top – seems simple, right? Think again! Bag It! will open your eyes to a whole new world inside your shopping bag!

BAG IT BLITZ!
An all new matching challenge mode! Collect coins, buy power-ups, and see if you can best your Facebook friends!

HOURS OF FUN & ADDICTIVE GAMEPLAY
✔ Standard, Rampage, and Puzzle modes!
✔ 3 Endless Modes - Ultimate Bagger, Endless Rampage, and Power Surge!
✔ Your grocery characters come to life - it's like "Tetris meets Toy Story"!
✔ Unique grocery combos - try to find them all!
✔ Custom tailored translations in 7 languages!

FEEDBACK
Reach out to us directly at feedback@hiddenvariable.com and share it all. We promise to get back to you personally. Seriously!

FOLLOW US!
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/HiddenVariable
On Twitter: @Hidden_Variable

Barrr Lite

Firedroid
Manage your own pirate bar in this cute and quirky restaurant management game. Serve your pirates beer, give 'em tattoos or let 'em rock out on the guitar!

Rake up the doubloons with this fast-paced bar management game and try to get three stars each level!

Eye patch not included.

Features:
- Cute pirates
- Beer
- Music
- 15 levels

PRESS QUOTES

"the gameplay's superb" - gizmodo.com
"What's not to like?" - cnet.com
"rather insane" - techradar.com
"These pirates are adorable." - playandroid.com
"It is definitely a unique game, sort of a diamond" - droidgamers.com
"Barrr is like a young puppy: super cute and you want to play with it all the time." - androidgaming.nl


Please note: The new levels are mixed with the old levels. You'll have to play through the new ones to get to some of the old ones. You'll still have your hiscores though!

This game requests permissions for the following usage:
Keeping your phone from sleeping to prevent the screen going blank while playing.
Internet access for Flurry analytics and improved error reporting (we don't collect private data such as usernames).
Reading phone state to pause when you're being called.

Have fun and keep yer pirates happy!

Burger

Magma Mobile
A burger-serving game is coming now for your best enjoyment in a free version with the Magma Mobile’s touch!
You are hired in a chain restaurant to serve clients as fast as possible to earn money and even tips for yourself. Take orders from your customers and make a recipe among sandwiches, garnishes, desserts and sodas. The more you will play, the more ingredients will appear in the fast-food !

Take up the challenge and try the Career Mode to cope with a higher difficulty each day of the year!
Work from Monday to Saturday and reach your goal to get more money and new ingredients for the service. Then if you are a great employee, you will even unlock a lot of achievements!

Time is money!
Try also to do your best in the Time Attack Mode to collect a maximum of coins within the time limit!

This time management game will definitely entertain and challenge you and your family!


Features of Burger:
-Ingredients’ list : bread, meat, lettuce, tomato, cheese, onion, cucumber, mayonnaise, tomato ketchup, bacon, fish, muffins, ice creams, french fries, potatoes and sodas
-More than 300 levels and 40 achievements for burger’s maniac

So come play Burger and become the master king of burgers!

Sara's Cooking Class Lite

GirlsgoGames
Welcome to Sara's kitchen: a playful foodie paradise for kids! Learn to bake and cook with different ingredients and tools and master tasty recipes from around the world! Come play with your food—and discover how delish it is to be the chef!

★Wired.com/GeekMom - "The game is a great way for mothers (and fathers) to bond with their children"

★Wired.co.uk - "The whole family has been very impressed so far.”

★KidzVuz - "Anything that can entertain your kid while you get things done, and then turn around and inspire together time sounds perfect to us."

★A Time Out For Mommy - "I can easily say this app is great for girls, but as a previous cooking instructor I can also say this app is fantastic for boys...almost everyone ends up in the kitchen attempting a recipe, so why not make it easy and fun?"

★The Online Mom - "Sara's Cooking Class is a fun, educational gaming experience for kids and parents"

STEP-BY-STEP RECIPES
♥ Follow Sara's instructions and handy hints around the kitchen
♥ Chop, mix, boil, fry, prep, bake, and decorate along the way
♥ Work your way up to a 3-star recipe rating
♥ Take the fun offline—use the recipes in your real-life kitchen!

A KITCHEN JUST FOR KIDS
♥ Hours of parent-approved entertainment
♥ Kid-friendly interface designed to build motor coordination, imagination, and curiosity
♥ Sara speaks your language!
♥ No 3rd-party ads

SPECIAL DETAILS
♥ Cute, super-polished graphics
♥ Game available in 11 languages: US English, UK English, French, Portuguese, Swedish, Italian, German, Dutch, Latin-American Spanish, Polish, and Russian
♥ FREE UPDATES—stay tuned for more recipes coming soon!

PLAY THE FULL VERSION!
Want more Sara? Keep cooking with the full version of Sara's Cooking Class!
♥ 17 of Sara's most popular recipes
♥ 183 different ingredients to play with

Check out Sara's website:
[http://sarascookingclass.girlsgogames.com/]
Like Sara on Facebook:
[http://www.facebook.com/sarascookingclass]

We ♥ comments. Rate and review us!

New Movie Releases

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Comedy
The wait is over, America -- Ron Burgundy is back, in an ALL-NEW UNRATED CUT, too outrageous for theaters! After losing his job, Ron reassembles the team and squares off against a new rival in this outrageous comedy.

American Hustle

Drama
The true story of the FBI's 1980 under-cover sting operation of Congress, dubbed Abscam, to root out corruption which was the brainchild of the world's greatest con man.

Veronica Mars

Comedy
On the eve of graduating law school, Veronica Mars has put Neptune and her amateur sleuthing days behind her. While interviewing at high-end New York law firms, Veronica Mars gets a call from her ex-boyfriend Logan who has been accused of murder. Veronica heads back to Neptune just to help Logan find an attorney, but when things don't seem right with how Logan's case is perceived and handled, Veronica finds herself being pulled back into a life she thought she had left behind.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Drama
A SPECIAL "SNEAK PEEK" OF DIVERGENT IS INCLUDED WITH PURCHASE. Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence returns in this thrilling sequel to THE HUNGER GAMES. Katniss and Peeta embark on a victory tour while President Snow plots a deadly new Hunger Games that could change Panem forever.

Inside Llewyn Davis

Drama
An aspiring singer-songwriter navigates the 1960s folk-music scene in New York City's Greenwich Village.

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Drama
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM is based on South African President Nelson Mandela's autobiography of the same name, which chronicles his early life, coming of age, education, and 27 years in prison before becoming President and working to rebuild the country's once-segregated society. Golden Globe®-Winner Idris Elba (PROMETHEUS) stars as Nelson Mandela, Naomie Harris (SKYFALL) stars as Winnie Mandela, with Justin Chadwick (THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL) directing.

Out of the Furnace

Action & Adventure
From Scott Cooper, the critically-acclaimed writer and director of Crazy Heart, comes a gripping and gritty drama about family, fate, circumstance, and justice.

CZ12

Action & Adventure
Jackie Chan stars as Asian Hawk, a master adventurer tasked with retrieving lost bronze heads, originally a part of an ancient Chinese collection of zodiac busts. While wealthy entrepreneur Lawrence (Oliver Platt) dangles an enormous reward for such a find, Hawk deploys his array of high tech devices as he travels the world to help unearth the missing relics. Caught between a monster payday and the restoration of China's past, Hawk jumps into battle, using his death-defying skills to help thwart Lawrence's destructive plans, while hoping to secure the remaining bronze heads before it's too late.

Frozen

Animation
In "Frozen," fearless optimist Anna teams up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter.

Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher

Action & Adventure
When The Punisher takes out a black market weapons dealer with stolen S.H.I.E.L.D. tech, he inadvertently stumbles upon a much larger terror plot under investigation by Black Widow, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Detained by the clandestine law enforcement organization, Nick Fury offers the Punisher his freedom in exchange for one mission; To work with Black Widow and stop the terrorist group known as Leviathan.

Free & Discount '90s Favorites

Say It Ain't So

Weezer

Regulate

Warren G

Closer

Nine Inch Nails

It's Dark And Hell Is Hot

DMX
Just as rap music was reaching its toughest, darkest, grimmest period yet, following the assassinations of 2Pac and Biggie in the late '90s, along came DMX and his fellow Ruff Ryders, who embodied the essence of inner-city machismo to a tee, as showcased throughout the tellingly titled It's Dark and Hell Is Hot. Unlike so many other hardcore rappers who are more rhetorical than physical, DMX commands an aggressive aura without even speaking a word. He showcases his chiseled physique on the arresting album cover and trumpets his animalistic nature with frequent barking, growling, and snarling throughout the album. He also collaborates with muscular producers Swizz Beatz and Dame Grease, who specialize in slamming synth-driven beats rather than sample-driven ones. Further unlike so many other hardcore rappers from the time, DMX is meaningful as well as symbolic. He professes an ideology that stresses the inner world -- characterized by such qualities as survival, wisdom, strength, respect, and faith -- rather than the material one that infatuates most rappers of his time. It helpes that his album includes a few mammoth highlights ("Ruff Ryders' Anthem," "Get at Me Dog," "Let Me Fly," and "I Can Feel It") as well as a light, mid-album diversion ("How's It Goin' Down"). The long running length of It's Dark and Hell Is Hot does wear you down after a while, since nearly every song here sans "How's It Goin' Down" hits hard and maintains the album's deadly serious attitude. Even so, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot is a tremendous debut, laying out DMX's complex persona with candor, from his faith in God to his fixation with canine motifs, and doing so with dramatic flair.

Jason Birchmeier, Rovi

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette
It's remarkable that Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill struck a sympathetic chord with millions of listeners, because it's so doggedly, determinedly insular. This, after all, plays like an emotional purging, prompted by a bitter relationship -- and, according to all the lyrical hints, that's likely a record executive who took advantage of a young Alanis. She never disguises her outright rage and disgust, whether it's the vengeful wrath of "You Oughta Know" or asking him "you scan the credits for your name and wonder why it's not there." This is such insider information that it's hard to believe that millions of listeners not just bought it, but embraced it, turning Alanis Morisette into a mid-'90s phenomenon. Perhaps it was the individuality that made it appealing, since its specificity lent it genuineness -- and, even if this is clearly an attempt to embrace the "women in rock" movement in alterna-rock, Morissette's intentions are genuine. Often, it seems like Glen Ballard's pop inclinations fight against Alanis' exorcisms, as her bitter diary entries are given a pop gloss that gives them entry to the pop charts. What's all the more remarkable is that Alanis isn't a particularly good singer, stretching the limits of pitch and credibility with her octave-skipping caterwauling. At its core, this is the work of an ambitious but sophomoric 19-year-old, once burned by love, but still willing to open her heart a second time. All of this adds up to a record that's surprisingly effective, an utterly fascinating exploration of a young woman's psyche. As slick as the music is, the lyrics are unvarnished and Morissette unflinchingly explores emotions so common, most people would be ashamed to articulate them. This doesn't make Jagged Little Pill great, but it does make it a fascinating record, a phenomenon that's intensely personal.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

II

Boyz II Men
With their second album, II, Boyz II Men assured their place at the top of the charts, as well as history. "I'll Make Love to You," the album's first single, stayed on the top of the charts for over two months, only to be unseated by "On Bended Knee," the album's second single. Not surprisingly, II is a carefully constructed crowd pleaser, accentuating all of the finest moments from their hit debut. While there are some high-energy dance tracks, the album's main strength is its slower numbers, where the group's vocals soar.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Dookie

Green Day
Green Day couldn't have had a blockbuster without Nirvana, but Dookie wound up being nearly as revolutionary as Nevermind, sending a wave of imitators up the charts and setting the tone for the mainstream rock of the mid-'90s. Like Nevermind, this was accidental success, the sound of a promising underground group suddenly hitting its stride just as they got their first professional, big-budget, big-label production. Really, that's where the similarities end, since if Nirvana were indebted to the weirdness of indie rock, Green Day were straight-ahead punk revivalists through and through. They were products of the underground pop scene kept alive by such protagonists as All, yet what they really loved was the original punk, particularly such British punkers as the Jam and Buzzcocks. On their first couple records, they showed promise, but with Dookie, they delivered a record that found Billie Joe Armstrong bursting into full flower as a songwriter, spitting out melodic ravers that could have comfortable sat alongside Singles Going Steady, but infused with an ironic self-loathing popularized by Nirvana, whose clean sound on Nevermind is also emulated here. Where Nirvana had weight, Green Day are deliberately adolescent here, treating nearly everything as joke and having as much fun as snotty punkers should. They demonstrate a bit of depth with "When I Come Around," but that just varies the pace slightly, since the key to this is their flippant, infectious attitude -- something they maintain throughout the record, making Dookie a stellar piece of modern punk that many tried to emulate but nobody bettered.

#1's

Mariah Carey
Protest as she may -- and she does, claiming in the liner notes that #1's is "not a greatest hits album! It's too soon, I haven't been recording long enough for that!" -- it's hard to view #1's, Mariah Carey's first compilation, as anything other than a greatest-hits album. Carey was fortunate enough to have nearly every single she released top the pop charts. Between 1990's "Vision of Love," and 1998's "My All," all but four commercially released singles ("Anytime You Need a Friend," "Can't Let Go," "Make It Happen," and "Without You") hit number one, with only a handful of radio-only singles ("Butterfly," "Breakdown") making the airwaves, not the charts. That leaves 12 big hits on #1's: all number ones. Since Carey's singles always dominate her albums, it comes as no surprise that #1's is her best, most consistent album, filled with songs that represent state-of-the-art '90s adult contemporary and pop-oriented urban soul. That said, it isn't a perfect overview -- a couple of good singles are missing because of the self-imposed "#1 rule", plus, the Ol' Dirty Bastard mix of "Fantasy" is strong, but fans familiar with the radio single will be disappointed that the chorus is completely missing on this version. The album is also padded with a personal favorite (her Brian McKnight duet "Whenever You Call," taken from Butterfly) and three new songs -- the Jermaine Dupri-produced "Sweetheart," the Whitney Houston duet "When You Believe" (taken from The Prince of Egypt soundtrack), and "I Still Believe" (a remake of a Brenda K. Starr) tune -- which are all fine, but not particularly memorable. Still, that's hardly enough to bring down a thoroughly entertaining compilation that will stand as her best record until the "official" hits collection is released. [The import edition includes bonus tracks.]

Core

Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots were positively vilified once their 1992 debut, Core, started scaling the charts in 1993, pegged as fifth-rate Pearl Jam copyists. It is true that the worst moments of Core play like a parody of the Seattle scene -- titles like "Dead and Bloated" and "Crackerman" tell you that much, playing like really bad Alice in Chains parodies, and the entire record tends to sink into gormless post-grunge sludge. Furthermore, even if it rocks pretty hard, it's usually without much character, sounding like cut-rate grunge. To be fair, it's more that they share the same influences as their peers than being overt copycats, but it's still a little disheartening all the same. If that's all that Core was, it'd be as forgettable as Seven Mary Three, but there are the hits that propelled it up the charts, songs that have remarkably stood the test of time to be highlights of their era. "Sex Type Thing" may have a clumsy anti-rape lyric that comes across as misogynist, but it survives on its terrifically lunk-headed riff, while "Wicked Garden" is a surprisingly effective piece of revivalist acid rock. Then, there's the slow acoustic crawl of "Creep" that works as well as anything on AIC's Sap and, finally, "Plush," a majestic album rock revival more melodic and stylish than anything grunge produced outside of Nirvana itself. These four songs aren't enough to salvage a fairly pedestrian debut, but they do find STP to be nimble rock craftsmen when inspiration hits.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg
N.W.A. bloodied their gangsta rap with menace: crack addiction, drive-bys, broken homes. Dr. Dre's G-funk cool (with its all day picnics, smoked BBQ and house parties) softened this image considerably. Then Snoop dropped Doggystyle. Darkness still lurks around most corners. "I'm on my way to Chino, rollin' on the grey goose, shackled from head to toe," the rapper croaks in "Murder Was the Case." But what really stands out is his Parliament-inspired knack for detailing the tragic comedies that come with ghetto life. Though he was a gangbanger in his youth, Snoop quickly became hip-hop's court jester.

Justin Farrar, Google Play