Love & Drama
A graduate student (Omar Metwally) travels to South America to write a biography of deceased writer Jules Gund in James Ivory's (of Merchant-Ivory) The City of Your Final Destination, but he must first convince the writer's family to authorize the book. Though he was told not to come, he arrives at the writer's estate in Uruguay and tries to win over Gund's stony and unwelcoming widow (Laura Linney), his younger mistress (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and his charismatic older brother (Anthony Hopkins), all of whom have their own desires, dreams, and agendas that have gone unfulfilled on the secluded estate... but they each develop their own relationship with their visitor, their first link to the outside world in years. On DVD and Blu-Ray.
Directed by Ricky Gervais, the coming-of-age film Cemetery Junction finds three friends from working-class families trying to find their way in life in the early 70s. Popular and charming Bruce and awkward goofball Snork are aimlessly wandering through their lives, but ambitious Freddie starts yearning for freedom when he runs into an old flame (Felicity Jones) who dreams of a life beyond jobs, marriage, kids, and the lives their parents lead.
Based on the book by Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song stars Miley Cyrus as a rebellious musical prodigy who hasn't approached a piano since her parents' ugly divorce, spending the summer with her father (Greg Kinnear), a former concert pianist. At first she's miserable, but develops a relationship with a local boy (Liam Hemsworth) who helps her reclaim her relationship with her father, her music, and her place in the world. On DVD and Blu-Ray.Kim Ji-Woon's action/adventure/western The Good, The Bad, The Weird sets up a free-for-all as everyone from gang lords to the Japanese army chase a treasure map across Manchuria in the 1930s. A petty thief (Song Kang-Ho) steals the map while robbing a train,
and is sought by everyone in the country, including a vicious killer (Lee Byung-Hun) and a stoic bounty hunter (Jung Woo-Sung): all expatriates from Japanese-occupied Korea. As the quest changes from the map to the treasure to notoriety, the three men are always in pursuit or being pursued, trying to get what they want amidst gunfire, desert car chases, and knife fights.Brendan Fraser is sent by his boss (Ken Jeong) to level a forest to build a subdivision in Furry Vengeance, and though his wife's (Brooke Shields) protests don't stop him from razing the woodlands, the creatures whose homes he's destroying might-- his life is turned into a slapstick comedy where raccoons, skunks, squirrels, and bears make sure he's as miserable as he can be.
Our two new documentaries this week are The Dungeon Masters, which looks into the lives of people devoted to role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, and Scott Hicks' Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts, about the composer Philip Glass.
New this week to Reckless Video's TV New Releases are the 4th seasons of the Showtime's serial killer procedural Dexter (on DVD and Blu-Ray), the high school football drama Friday Night Lights, and workplace dramedy Ugly Betty. We also have the first season of Cougar Town, season seven of One Tree Hill, and the complete science fiction series Max Headroom.
[X]James Ivory:
The White Countess, A Room with a View
The White Countess, A Room with a View
[X]Omar Metwally:
Rendition, Munich
Rendition, Munich
[X]Charlotte Gainsbourg:
21 Grams, The Science of Sleep
21 Grams, The Science of Sleep
[X]Kim Ji-Woon:
A Tale of Two Sisters, 3 Extremes
A Tale of Two Sisters, 3 Extremes
[X]Jung Woo-Sung:
Musa: The Warrior
Musa: The Warrior
[X]Claire Danes:
Stage Beauty, How to Make an American Quilt
Stage Beauty, How to Make an American Quilt
[X]Catherine O'Hara:
Beetlejuice, A Mighty Wind
Beetlejuice, A Mighty Wind
[X]Julia Ormond:
First Knight, Inland Empire
First Knight, Inland Empire
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