Couplehood
Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell are a neurotic couple on the verge of divorce in Couples Retreat, so they book a vacation package in a tropical paradise to give their marraige one last chance. The catch is: it's a package deal, and they can only go if they bring other couples... so they bring all of their friends along, vacationing with work-oriented Vince Vaughn and stay-at-home mom Malin Akerman, the no longer in love John Favreau and Kristen Davis who are just biding their time until their daughter leaves home, and Faizon Love and his new, much younger girlfriend. Though they all show up for sun, sand, and surf, they find themselves stuck in a manditory schedule of relationship therapy and are suddenly forced to spend their vacation talking about their feelings. On DVD and Blu Ray.
Billy Pilgrim-like, Eric Bana has come un-stuck in time in The Time Traveller's Wife, based on the popular novel. Though the trips aren't in his control, he drifts forward and backward between different times in his life, so he and his current/future wife (Rachel McAdams) have known each other at various ages for most of their lives. As their romance evolves over time, his random and uncontrollable comings and goings cause them some heartache, but if their love is strong, they can stand the test of time. On DVD and Blu Ray.
Reuniting the stars from My Big Fat Greek Wedding, I Hate Valentine's Day stars Nia Vardalos as a woman who has figured out the secret to romantic happiness: never go on more than five dates with the same guy. This rule keeps her free relationships and heartbreak, but after five dates with John Corbett, she decides to take a big risk and keep seeing him.
Emmy Rossum is a highschool wallflower at the top of her drama class in Dare when a successful actor (Alan Cumming) tells her she'll never be an actress without real experiences. She changes her life completely, taking risks, falling in with a bad boy (Zach Gilford) and alienating her platonic best friend (Ashley Springer)... but the boys each have their own stories, and her new quest for life experience has unexpected repercussions within their triangle.
Meg Ryan has to take drastic action when she finds out her husband (Timothy Hutton) is leaving her for the much younger Kristen Bell in Serious Moonlight: she duct tapes him to a chair and forces him to have a long conversation. As the guilt and blame are thrown around, the situation gets more complicated when robbers break into their home... and now being held captive is the theme of the evening. With Justin Long.
Figure skater Taylor Firth stars in Ice Castles as a promising skater who falls during a triple axle, hits her head, and loses her sight. Now she has to 
reinvent herself, learn to skate without her eyes, and find the love and support that will help her do the impossible.
reinvent herself, learn to skate without her eyes, and find the love and support that will help her do the impossible.Very Uncertain
Michael Stuhlbarg's life is in upheaval in A Serious Man, the newest film by The Coen Brothers. Living in the midwestern suburbs in 1967, he tries to be a faithful member of the Jewish community, a good teacher, and family man... but a series of moral issues confound him. With his wife leaving him for a more serious man (Fred Melamed), his tenure in jepordy at work, and brother (Richard Kind) in his care, he isn't certain of anything, and seeks the advice of three rabbis, who each take a different approach to his unanswerable questions. On DVD and Blu Ray.
Violence
A remake of the 1987 thriller, The Stepfather sees teenage Penn Badgley returning home to find a Dylan Walsh has moved in with his divorced mother (Sela Ward). The new man seems like the perfect husband and father, but something seems "off" about him... as the suspicions build, he begins to think the new stepfather may not be what he seems.
The animated Dante's Inferno is a dark retelling of the classic tale of a knight (Dermot Mulroney) who travels through the nine levels of hell. On a quest to reclaim the soul of his betrothed, he travels trough a violent and dangerous landscape, led by his spirit guide Virgil (James Cromwell), in a darkly satirical deconstruction of dogma and sin.
Based on a true story, Endgame takes place in 1985 in South Africa, with Nelson Mandela in prison and the country teetering on the edge of violent upheaval. Set up by a representative of a British company (Jonny Lee Miller), the film covers the talks and negotions between the old guard (including a William Hurt's philosophy professor) and the forces of change (including Chiwetel Ejiofor as a high ranking member of the African National Congress), and the effect impending change has both men, and their relationship with one another.
The Farsi The Song of Sparrows is about a man who needs to make money to do right by his daughter: he leaves his small town and heads into the city to find work. In Tehran, he finds a big city life to be materialistic and immoral, and struggles to infuse his new life with the simple values he cherished back home.
The highschool basketball documentary More than a Game tells the story of five friends (including LeBron James) who found their world on the courts, and the different sacrifices that would be required of them to make it in the world of sports.
New this week to Reckless Video's TV New Releases are HBO's politically incorrect cartoon sitcom The Life and Times of Tim, the first series of BBCs Pie in the Sky, the first installment of the next Stargate spinoff Stagate Universe, and the standalone Madagascar spinoff The Penguins of Madagascar.
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