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'Looper' or 'Ted' Which Film Topped Redbox This Week? And New Releases

Check out the Top 5 rentals at Urbandale Redbox kiosks this week, along with new releases at Family Video.

From action to comedy this week's top 5 has everything for your weekend.

Check out the other top rentals and new releases near you.

1. Looper -In the future, time travel will be invented – but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a "looper" – a hired gun, like Joe – is waiting to mop up.  Trailer.

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Redbox Review: 3 Stars Rating: R Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan

2. Ted- John Bennett is a grown man whose simple childhood wish brought his cherished teddy bear to life. Almost 30 years later, the fairy tale is very much over. Ted is reluctant to leave John's side to the increasing annoyance of John's only-so-patient girlfriend, Lori Collins. Trailer.

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Redbox Review: 3 Stars Rating: R Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Joel McHale, Giovanni Ribisi

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3. The Dark Knight Rises - It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. Trailer.

Redbox Review: 3 Stars Rating: PG-13 Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

4. Trouble With The Curve: Gus Lobel has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus - who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat - refuses to be benched for what could be the final innings of his career. Trailer.

Redbox Review: 4 Stars Rating: PG-13 Stars: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Matthew Lillard

5. The Watch- Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. Trailer.

Redbox Review: 2.5 Stars Rating: R Stars: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, Rosemarie DeWitt

Already saw the Top 5? Here are the newest flicks in the Redbox.

  • Ice Age Continental Drift
  • Ted
  • Beasts of the Southern Wind
  • Bourne Legacy
  • Touchback

You can find Redbox vending machines at:  

  •  86th and Douglas Ave.
  • Walgreens at 86th and Meredith, or 70th and Douglas.
  • Kum & Go  at 8200 Douglas Ave.,  5225 N.W. 86th St., 12041 Douglas Pkwy. 4860 N.W. Urbandale Drive, 4585 156th St.
  • McDonalds, at 3441 86th St., or 3610 Merle Hay Road in Des Moines.

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

Here are a few new releases available there:

  • House at the End of the Street
  • Hit & Run
  • Dredd
  • Frankenweenie
  • Guns, Girls, and Gambling
  • Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden


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