Reckless Video: Maple Leaf's DVD and Blu Ray Video Rentals: Week of September 21

Outlaw Hero

Ridley Scott tackles a famous tale, starring Russell Crowe as Robin Hood. An archer during the Crusades, Robin returns home to find a new king (Oscar Isaac) being crowned and ruining the lives of the common people in the country, with his will being enforced by the sinister Sir Godfrey (Mark Strong). Telling the tale of how he came to be a hero, a rebel, and an outlaw, the film shows Robin's struggles against the unfair law of the land, the group that will become his band of Merry Men, and his first meeting with Marian (Cate Blanchett). With Max von Sydow. On DVD and Blu Ray.

The Experiment:
Now & Then

Based on the infamous Stanford prison experiment, The Experiment offers volunteers $14,000 to act as either prisoners or guards for two weeks. A pacifist and protester (Adrian Brody), picked to be a prisoner, refuses to comply to the guards' dehumanizing demands, and the head guard (Forest Whitaker) begins taking more drastic action to keep the prisoners in line. As the prisoners continue to resist, the guards reactions become more extreme, they find themselves in real danger as the experiment's rules begin to decay. With Cam Gigadent and Clifton Collins Jr.

This year's Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film, The Secret in Their Eyes is told in flashback as an Benjamin Esposito (Ricardo Darin), a federal investigator, searches for a young woman's killer in Argentina in 1974. While other officers are willing to pin the murder on any available suspect, Benjamin becomes obsessed with the case and follows the dark and winding path to the killer, though the growing climate of political violence changes his view of humanity, murder, life, and death. On DVD and Blu Ray.

A fisherman Colin Farrell finds a woman in his fishing net in director Neil Jordan's Ondine. The fisherman's daughter believes the woman is a selkie-- her name, Ondine, means "from the sea," and as she sings aboard the fisherman's boat, his nets are somehow fuller. As the fisherman begins to fall hopelessly in love with the mysterious woman, his daughter hopes for a miracle from someone she believes is a magical, mythical creature. With Stephen Rea. On DVD and Blu Ray.

A comedy about art and artists, (Untitled) stars Adam Goldberg as an avant garde composer who creates non-melodic symphonies of tearing paper, kicked buckets, and rubbed hubcaps. His brother (Eion Bailey) is a commercially successful painter who can't get a gallery show, but his work mostly ends up in hospitals and corporate lobbies.

The gallery owner (Marley Shelton) working with both of them is still trying to make a name for herself, but the fine line between challenging, uncommercial art and profitable, mediocre work is blurred by fevered egos and pretentious opinions of what is and isn't "art."

Collins Pennie is a new Theta Nu pledge in the second Stomp the Yard movie, Stomp the Yard: Homecoming, but his chances of leading the Thetas to victory in a national step-off are threatened by his love life, his relationship with his father, and threats of violence from gangs-- he has to discover what's really important in life to claim the championship. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Wiley Wiggins is a sarcastic intern fielding calls for a senator in the "unromantic comedy" Sorry, Thanks, and while he's quick with a joke, it's possible he may not be a very good person. For example, his one night stand may have been a great success, but it's not a really good fit with his long-time girlfriend, especially as he's become fascinated with the new woman.

Dakota Blue Richards goes to live with her uncle (Ioan Gruffudd) at Moonacre Manor in The Secret of Moonacre, where she discovers a magical world full of mythical creatures. As she spends time around the manor, magical events occur around her lead her on a fantastic, fairytale journey. With Juliet Stevenson, Tim Curry, and Natascha McElhone. On DVD and Blu Ray.

New this week to Reckless Video's TV New Releases are the debut seasons of the ensemble comedy Community, the comic book-based action series Human Target, the private-eye comedy Bored to Death, and the roman gladiator series Spartacus: Blood & Sand. Also new are the 4th season of 30 Rock, the 2nd season of Castle, and season 8 of Desperate Housewives. We also have the new direct-to-video cartoon Tinkerbell and the Great Fairy Rescue.

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[X]Adrian Brody:
The Brothers Bloom, The Affair of the Necklace

[X]Forest Whitaker:
Species, Battlefield Earth

[X]Cam Gigadent:
Twilight, Pandorum

[X]Clifton Collins Jr:
Crank: High Voltage, Star Trek

[X]Neil Jordan:
The Crying Game, The Good Thief

[X]Colin Farrell:
In Bruges, Crazy Heary

[X]Stephen Rea:
Michael Collins, Stuck

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