Theatricality
Young Richard Samuels (Zac Efron) meets the famous Orson Welles in Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles, and the director offers Richard a role in his 1937 Broadway production of Julius Caesar. The young man is suddenly a part of the first Shakespearean production and swept up in the life of the theater, which includes the show's beautiful and driven production assistant (Claire Danes), but Welles is an unpredictable and wild force in the theater, and Richard's place within the production is always at the whim of the legendary director. With Ben Chaplin.
Ben Barnes stars as of Oscar Wilde's forever-young hedonist Dorian Gray, a young man who arrives in Victorian London and meets Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth). Henry teaches the young and innocent Dorian that youth and beauty are the only things worth possessing, but as his pursuit of pleasure ruins his true love (Rachel Hurd-Wood) and the painter (Ben Chaplin) who captured his image, Dorian's soul grows darker and more twisted, until his gift becomes his ultimate curse.
Dorian Gray: Now and Then
Family Ties
Jennifer Lopez wants a family but hasn't bet the right man, so she sets up The Back-Up Plan: artificial insemination... but as soon as she's pregnant, she meets Alex O'Loughlin and sparks fly. As they begin their relationship, they also have to learn the ropes of pregnancy, and all of the craziness that surrounds her in the new steps she's taking. Will he stay with her, and does she think he can handle a baby in his life? On DVD and Blu-Ray.
Andy Garcia is the head of a dysfunctional family in City Island, always bickering with his wife (Julianna Margulies) and not even suspecting the secret lives and wishes of his son (Ezra Miller) and daughter (Dominik Garcia-Lorido). When he discovers an illegitimate son from before his marriage, and invites the young man (Steven Strait) to stay with the family without telling anyone about their relation, the new element in the household causes all of their secrets rise to the surface. With Emily Mortimer.
Flynn (Alessandro Nivola) reluctantly joins Nat (Christopher Walken), his father, on a road trip in $5 a Day, but he doesn't trust his petty scam artist and con-man dad, whose schemes landed Flynn in jail. Diagnosed with cancer, Nat tries to reconnect with his son on an all-expenses-paid trip... but he'll always run his scams, and his food, lodging, and gas are all free giveaways, birthday meals earned with fake IDs, and squatting in for-sale houses. With Amanda Peet.
The Bad Mother's Handbook spans three generations of women, as Karen (Catherine Tate) discovers her teenage daughter Charlie (Holliday Grainger) is pregnant. Since Karen had her daughter early in life, and it seems that history is repeating itself, 
she turns to her own mother (Anne Reid) for help to try and help Charlie not to make the same mistakes she made. With Robert Pattinson.
she turns to her own mother (Anne Reid) for help to try and help Charlie not to make the same mistakes she made. With Robert Pattinson.Subs
Raquel has worked for the Vasquez family for over 20 years in The Maid, but without any kind of outside life, the family and the house have become her whole world. With four kids and a large estate taking their toll on Raquel's health, the family starts looking for a second maid to split the responsibilities... but Raquel sees new people in the household as intruders, and she tries to manipulate them and drive away anyone who might be accepted in her household.
The Oscar nominated Ajami is a crime drama set in an Israeli ghetto where violence between the Palestinian immigrants, Jews, Christians and Israeli Arabs, where violence against one group could send retaliation towards one of the others, leading to escalation and payback that can affect anyone in the city.
Deadly Plots
Brittany Murphy's last film is Abandoned, where she takes her boyfriend (Dean Cain) to the hospital for minor surgery but, when she returns to pick him up, he's mysteriously vanished. The hospital administrator (Mimi Rogers) can't find a record of him,
and the staff psychiatrist (Peter Bogdanovich) declares her unstable... could the boyfriend that none of her friends have met and the hospital has no record of be a delusion?John Patrick Amedori is an unpopular student in a high class prep school when he finally makes a connection with his dream girl (Lizzy Caplan) in Addicted to Her Love. Her in-crowd (D.J. Cotrona and Jenny Wade) doesn't have much use for him until they discover he works at a pharmacy, which wins him a pass into their life of drug-fueled excess... though her arrogant boyfriend (Jonathon Trent) seems to guarantee he'll never get the girl, unless their dangerous lifestyle upsets the group's status quo.
David Roberts plans a scheme with the small time gangster (Anthony Hayes) in the Australian The Square, but he also plans to use the money to run off with the gangster's wife. As the plot gets more tangled and the stakes raise, 
and he brings in the local arsonist (Joel Edgerton), the situation evolves out of everyone's control. With Bill Hunter.
and he brings in the local arsonist (Joel Edgerton), the situation evolves out of everyone's control. With Bill Hunter.Zombies!
Sgt. "Nicotine" Crockett (Alan Van Sprang), a side character from Diary of the Dead and Land of the Dead, and the few remaining members of his military unit are struggling to survive the zombie apocalypse in George Romero's Survival of the Dead. When they set sail for a small, secluded island, home to two rival clans. The O'Flynns (led by Kenneth Welsh) want the dead to stay dead and destroy the zombies wherever they can, while the Muldoons (led by Richard Fitzpatrick) try to teach the dead to eat something other than human flesh. Crockett and his crew are stuck in the middle, as their newly found refuges is yet another fight for survival. With Devon Bostick.
New this week to Reckless Video's TV New Releases are the 6th and final season of Lost and season 13 of The Simpsons, as well as the third season of Gossip Girl and the seventh season of NCIS. We also have the direct to video Tom & Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes and three videos from BBC's The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying, Poor Tom Is Cold, and Under the Dragon's Tail.
[X]Dean Cain:
Rat Race, Lois & Clark
Rat Race, Lois & Clark
[X]Mimi Rogers:
The Mirror Has Two Faces, Jesse Stone: Stone Cold
The Mirror Has Two Faces, Jesse Stone: Stone Cold
[X]D.J. Cotrona:
Venom, Law & Order: SVU
Venom, Law & Order: SVU
[X]Jennifer Lopez:
Gigli, Money Train
Gigli, Money Train
[X]Catherine Tate:
Starter for 10, Doctor Who
Starter for 10, Doctor Who
[X]Holliday Grainger:
Robin Hood, Waking the Dead
Robin Hood, Waking the Dead
[X]Andy Garcia:
Modigliani, Jennifer 8
Modigliani, Jennifer 8
[X]Julianna Margulies:
Snakes on a Plane, ER
Snakes on a Plane, ER
[X]Dominik Garcia-Lorido:
The Lost City, Steal Big Steal Little
The Lost City, Steal Big Steal Little
[X]Ezra Miller:
Californication, Royal Pains
Californication, Royal Pains
[X]Ben Chaplin:
Murder By Numbers, Stage Beauty
Murder By Numbers, Stage Beauty
[X]Rachel Hurd-Wood:
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Peter Pan
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Peter Pan
[X]Richard Linklater:
Dazed and Confused, The School of Rock
Dazed and Confused, The School of Rock
[X]David Roberts:
Fool's Gold, The Matrix Revolutions
Fool's Gold, The Matrix Revolutions
[X]Anthony Hayes:
Rabbit Proof Fence, Ned Kelly
Rabbit Proof Fence, Ned Kelly
[X]George Romero:
Night of the Living Dead, Bruiser
Night of the Living Dead, Bruiser
[X]Alan Van Sprang:
Narc, Saw III
Narc, Saw III
[X]Richard Fitzpatrick:
Good Will Hunting, 16 Blocks
Good Will Hunting, 16 Blocks
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