Monday, October 11, 2010

Week of October 12th

Dragons, Vikings, and Adventure

Set in a mythical Viking land, Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon is the story of Hiccup (Jay Baruchel), the small and underachieving son of Chief Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler), who knows he has to kill a dragon to earn other Vikings' respect. When he knocks one out of the sky, Hiccup finds he can't kill the downed dragon, and while he nurses it back to health, he does something no other Viking has done before: he learns about dragons. His new knowledge helps him in his dragon-slaying classes, but it also attracts the attention of his classmate Astrid (America Ferrera), who suspects he's keeping secrets. On DVD and Blu Ray.


Based on the DC Comics series, Josh Brolin is Jonah Hex, a scarred bounty hunter with the mystical power to walk in the worlds of both the living and the dead. Wandering through the old west, Hex is hired to hunt Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich), the man who killed his family... and his former commanding officer in the Confederate Army. As Turnbull plots to overthrow the government, Hex quests to stop him and claim his vengeance. With Megan Fox, Michael Fassbender, and Will Arnett. On DVD and Blu Ray.


Emma (Tilda Swinton) is married to the heir of a textile fortune, but is restless with her life as a wife and mother of two in I Am Love. When the family befriends Antonio, a chef who they are helping to open a restaurant, Emma sees in him what has been missing from her life. The choices she makes forever change her world and her definition of love and happiness. On DVD and Blu Ray.


In the Australian Beneath Clouds, young, blonde Lena seeks out her absent Irish father, leaving her Aboriginal mother behind. On her way to Sydney, she meets Vaughn-- Lena sees him as part of the Aboriginal culture she's trying to leave behind; Vaughn, with a grudge against all whites, sees her as another white girl. Though the two are reluctant traveling companions at first, they develop a deeper relationship as they continue their journey together.


Directed by Tim Blake Nelson, Leaves of Grass stars Edward Norton as twin brothers: the Ivy League philosophy professor Bill and the Oklahoma marijuana grower Brady. Bill's estranged from Brady and their mother (Susan Sarandon), but gets lured back to their southern home by his desperate brother. Brady's in debt to a dangerous man (Richard Dreyfuss) and could solve his dilemma if he could just be in two places at once... but Bill wants nothing to do with his family, illegal dealings, drugs, or Oklahoma. With Keri Russell.


Set in the 12th century a young Arn is raised in a monastery and taught archery, swordsmanship, and horsemanship in Arn: The Knight Templar. Caught between powerful families, Arn is punished for an indiscretion by serving for twenty years as a Knight Templar. His new life takes him far from home, fighting in the Crusades, and journeying across the known world, in hopes that he may one day return home and reclaim his life. With Stellan Skarsgard, Vincent Perez, Simon Callow, and Steven Waddington.


Yuen Biao is a pious Buddhist monk who must pursue a cabal of martial artists who threaten his order in Kung Fu Master. Seeking the elite order of masters that once asked him to join, he must navigate a world of traps and contests in order to protect everything he holds dear.

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The Frog Brothers reunite in Lost Boys: The Thirst, where Edgar Frog (Corey Feldman), struggling under the weight of years as a vampire hunter, asks for the help of his brother Alan (Jamison Newlander). Tanit Phoenix, a writer of vampire novels, tells them about a vampiric drug called "the thirst" being given out at raves. Now the Frog Brothers need to once again ride out and do battle with the vampire hordes.

A young, sheltered, engineer (Gregory Smith) is picked to be on the jury for Charles Manson's (Ryan Robbins) trial in Manson: My Name Is Evil, where he develops a fascination with Mason family member Leslie (Kristen Hager). His mannered real life and celibate, Christian fiance (Kristin Adams) begin to pale in comparisons to the wild fantasies Leslie inspires in him.

Intending to document voyeurism and delving into the low budget, raw underground horror films, director J.T. Petty talks to many personalities involved in underground horror, but shifts his focus to Eric Rost, who makes the stalker/abductor/murderer S&man series of films. While investigating the unflinching snuff-film-like qualities of the underground films, Petty blurs the lines of documentary and fiction by getting into his own story, and beginning stalk his own subject.


New this week to Reckless Video's TV New Releases are the 2nd seasons of both BBC's supernatural Being Human, Joss Whedon's identity-bending science fiction series Dollhouse, and HBO's therapist drama In Treatment. Also new is the continuation of Ken Burns' Baseball documentary The Tenth Inning, and a new collection of The Penguins of Madagascar episodes, I Was a Penguin Zombie.
[X]Stellan Skarsgard:
Dogville, Goya's Ghosts
[X]Vincent Perez:
The Libertine, Indochine
[X]Simon Callow:
Shakespeare in Love, The Phantom of the Opera
[X]Steven Waddington:
Breakfast on Pluto, Sleepy Hollow
[X]Gerard Butler:
The Bounty Hunter, Dear Frankie
[X]America Ferrera:
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Lords of Dogtown
[X]Josh Brolin:
The Dead Girl, In the Valley of Elah
[X]John Malkovich:
Disgrace, Ripley's Game
[X]Michael Fassbender:
Inglourious Basterds, Hunger
[X]Will Arnett:
Arrested Development, The Brothers Solomon
[X]Yuen Biao:
Once Upon a Time in China, Project A
[X]Tim Blake Nelson:
The Grey Zone, O
[X]Edward Norton:
The Painted Veil, The People vs Larry Flynt
[X]Richard Dreyfuss:
Silver City, Mr. Holland's Opus
[X]Susan Sarandon:
Bernard & Doris, Bob Roberts
[X]Keri Russell:
Waitress, August Rush
[X]Corey Feldman:
National Lampoon's Last Resort, License to Drive
[X]Jamison Newlander:
The Lost Boys, The Blob
[X]Tanit Phoenix:
Lord of War
[X]Kristen Hager:
Wanted, I'm Not There
[X]Gregory Smith:
Book of Love, Andre
[X]Ryan Robbins:
Walking Tall, Battlestar Galactica
[X]Kristin Adams:
Childstar, Where the Truth Lies

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