Top Five DVD Rentals This Week In Urbandale

Friday night is a great night for pizza and a movie at home. Patch will help you pick a film with this semi-regular Friday feature. 

Here are the five most popular DVD movie rentals in Urbandale this week, according to Redbox.com.  

1. “Drive” -  Driver is a Los Angeles wheelman for hire, stunt driving for movie productions by day and steering getaway vehicles for armed heists by night. Though a loner by nature, Driver can't help falling in love with his beautiful neighbor Irene, a vulnerable young mother dragged into a dangerous underworld by the return of her ex-convict husband. Trailer. 

Red Box Review: 2 STARS
Rating: R
Released: Jan. 31.
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks. 
Length: 1:40

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2. "Contagion" -  A lethal airborne virus that kills within days becomes a fast-moving, worldwide epidemic. As the medical community races to find a cure and control the panic, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society that is coming apart. Trailer

Red Box Review: 3 STARS
Rating: PG-13
Released: Jan. 31
Stars: Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow
Length: 1:45

3. "50/50" - Adam Lerner has a pretty great life-with a talented, sexy, artist girlfriend and a cool job with NPR, the 27-year-old seems to have it all. But when Adam discovers he has a rare and possibly fatal form of cancer, his entire life turns to chaos. Trailer

Red Box Review: 4 STARS
Rating: R
Released: Jan. 24
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston
Length: 1:40

4. "Moneyball" Best Picture Nominee. Despite having the lowest payroll in major league baseball, the 2002 Oakland Athletics were led to an excellent season by general manager Billy Beane, who upset traditionalists by using statistics and mathematical analysis in player evaluation. Trailer

Red Box Review:  4 STARS
Rating: PG-13
Released: Jan. 10
Stars: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Chris Pratt
Length: 2:13

5. "Paranormal Activity" - In 1988, a couple and their two young daughters Katie and Kristi encounter an entity in their house. At first, the invisible presence is friendly toward them, but its behavior changes drastically and it starts tormenting them. So they install security cameras to record these paranormal activities.  

Red Box Review: 2.5 STARS
Rating: R
Released: Jan. 24
Stars: Chloe Csengary, Chris Smith, Lauren Bittner, Katie Featherston, Sprague Grayden
Length: 1:24

You can find Redbox vending machines at:  

• 86th and Douglas Ave.
• Walgreens at , or
• Kum & Go  at ,  5225 N.W. 86th St., . 4860 N.W. Urbandale Drive,
• McDonalds, at ., or 3610 Merle Hay Road in Des Moines.

Or check out Urbandale’s rental store, 4651 86th St.