Week of August 30

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Not Quite Right

John Taylor (Clayne Crawford) is on the run after a bank robbery in The Perfect Host. Injured and wanted by the police, John needs to get off the street, so he tricks his way into the well-to-do home of effete, non-threatening Warwick Wilson (David Hyde Pierce). John's a career criminal on the run, and even when his flimsy ruse fails him, he'll have no trouble threatening and controlling a man like Warwick... but Warwick is expecting guests, and John's about to become the guest of honor at a party where his status as the most dangerous man in the room might be in question. On DVD and Blu-Ray. 

Anna and Lucie grew up together in an orphanage in the French Martyrs, but Lucie remains haunted by the trauma of escaping the people who imprisoned and tortured her. Grown up, Lucie's found the people who hurt her as a child and starts to take her revenge and calls Anna for help. While Anna doubts the people in her sights are actually the ones who hurt Lucie, Lucie needs to take her revenge to appease the demons that have haunted her since her escape... but when everyone's dead, will she finally be at peace?

Sarah and her unborn child survive the car crash that kills her husband in the French Inside, but she's suffering doubts on her first Christmas alone. When a mysterious woman (Beatrice Dalle) appears at Sarah's home, she's shaken, but the police have little to go on and there doesn't seem to be any immediate threat... then Sarah wakes up as the savage woman swings a pair of scissors down on her, and the rest of her night is a struggle for the survival of herself and her unborn child.

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Drama Imports

Susanne Bier's In a Better World won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film this year, where 12-year-old Elias, the son of a doctor (Mikael Persbrant), is harassed by bullies at school. When Christian, the new boy in school, intervenes, the two boys form a bond that began with self defense, but includes hiding evidence and lying to police. When Elias's father doesn't fight back during a confrontation, the boys think they know the right way to handle the situation, but they can't possibly understand the doctor's perspective on justice or revenge. With Ulrich Thomsen. On DVD and Blu-Ray. 

Lee Chang Dong's Poetry tells the story of Mija, a grandmother who combats her increasing forgetfulness by taking a poetry class to sharpen her mind. Though her world can be terribly dark, caring for an antagonistic grandson and fearing Alzheimer's, her poetry class opens her eyes to the beauty that surrounds her. Mija's new awareness of life around her also inspires her to act against tragedies she might be able to correct.

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Teens

19-year-old Ritchie (Shiloh Fernandez) is directionless in Skateland, navigating a sea of parties in Texas, 1983, with his best friend Brent, gal pal, Brent's sister Michelle (Ashley Greene), and buddy Taylor Handley. Ritchie ought to be applying to colleges or apprenticing in his father's business, but he's content to work at the local roller rink and never make any big changes in is own life... but changes are coming whether he wants them or not, and Ritchie must come-of-age to adapt. On DVD and Blu-Ray. 

And ensemble cast of high schoolers prepare for their big night in Disney's Prom, where class president Aimee Teegarden has made all the decorations and set up the perfect prom night. All the seniors have their stories leading up to the party, even the outcast (Nicholas Braun) and class bad boy (Thomas McDonell).

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Foreign Action

Based on the real-life exploits Arne Treholt, Norwegian Ninja spins the truth into a tall tale of a comedic action film. Though he was convicted of espionage and treason, the movie's myth posits Arne as the leader of the king of Norway's secret ninja commando unit, blowing up his own legend into a massive, over-the-top spy spoof.

Gantz:
Now and Then

Following manga comics and an anime series, Gantz puts a group of strangers in a room with a mysterious machine that sends them out on missions. Though they're not given much information, the group are dropped into a variety of situations with odd futuristic weapons, uniforms, and a target each time... and after each hunt, they have slightly more understanding of their role in the grand scheme.

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Tyler Perry's newest Madea film is Madea's Big Happy Family, where Shirley (Loretta Devine) receives news about her cancer and summons her family together to share the news. With her adult children Kimberly (Shannon Kane), Tammy (Natalie Desselle), and Byron (Shad "Bow Wow" Moss) gathered, along with everyone they bring to the family outing, they work out all of the family's complications together.

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The documentary Forks over Knives explores the concept that most degenerative diseases can be fought or eliminated by removing animal products and processed foods from a person's diet. Based on several doctors findings, the documentary encourages a plant-based, unprocessed diet.

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New this week in our TV New Releases:

	House M.D. Season 7	House and Cuddy in a relationship, and no neurosurgeon on site, all threaten the Level 1 Trauma Center standing.		Parenthood Season 2	The families continue to deal with the day to day while keeping the kids and the crises in check.
	Sons of Anarchy Season 3	Jax’s son Abel has been kidnapped, Gemma is still on the lam and the Sons are entrenched family issues		The Vampire Diaries Season 2	Mystic Falls and Elena and Jeremy still struggle with their parents death and the Vampires that cross their paths.
	Nikita Season 1	Trained by The Division, assassin-for-hire turns against her former employers and faces the wrath of an army of killers.		Desperate Housewives Season 7	The women of Wisteria Lane continue to support and sabotage each other.
	Cougartown Season 2	This unfortunately named sitcom is actually sharp and witty and a highly irreverent look at a group of very mixed up suburban friends.		Yo Gabba Gabba	Human host DJ Lance Rock and five colorfully costumed characters who dance, sing, and play together while learning about things like friendship, differences, and problem solving.

Week of August 23

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Taking Control of Your Life

Mike (Paul Giamatti) is barely getting by in Thomas McCarthy's Win Win-- his law business is struggling, he's suffering panic related attacks, and the wrestling team he coaches with Jeffrey Tambor has never won a match. When one of his clients (Burt Young) is about to become a ward of the state due to failing mental health, Mike becomes his guardian... which brings in some extra money, but also delivers a teenager to his door. The boy is Kyle, Young's grandson, and with his mother (Melanie Lynskey) unavailable, Mike and his wife (Amy Ryan) adopt him into their family, but Kyle's new place in school and on the wrestling team give Mike something he never expected... a win. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Depressed and unable to do anything other than sleep, Walter (Mel Gibson) finds a strange new way to deal with the world in The Beaver: he begins speaking through a beaver hand puppet he finds in the garbage. His ability to relate to the world improves as the people in his life learn to speak to the beaver (instead of to Walter): he reconnects to the wife (Jodie Foster), turns around the fortunes of his failing company, and embracing the beaver's voice even gives him insight into his son (Anton Yelchin) who makes his money adopting other students' voices to write their term papers... but Walter's new puppet alter ego is still a part of himself, and a beaver puppet and an Australian accent can't mask the fact that he still has problems that need fixing. With Jennifer Lawrence. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Though he wasn't involved in the heist, Henry (Keanu Reeves) ends up in jail for a bank robbery in Henry's Crime. His cellmate Max (James Caan) helps him make parole by telling him not to claim innocence, but the parole board mantra "If you're gonna do the time, you may as well do the crime" to the outside-- as a free man, Henry decides to actually rob the bank he went to jail for. The actress (Vera Farmiga) Henry meets gives him the perfect opportunity: there's a tunnel that leads from her playhouse to the bank, a tunnel that begins in the dressing room. In order to get to the tunnel and rob the bank, Henry finds himself on stage in a Chekhov play. With Danny Hoch and Peter Stormare. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

DJ Delicious D (Christopher Thornton), recently paralyzed, is living in his car on skid row in Sympathy for Delicious when he discovers he can heal anyone by laying hands on them. The priest (Mark Ruffalo) that tends to the homeless community where D lives sees him as vessel for God's power, but The Stain (Orlando Bloom) and his rock band (with Juliette Lewis) sees D's turntables and public, on-stage healing as a fast track to stardom. Put into spotlight by their manager (Laura Linney), D's on the way to reclaiming his life, but misapplying the gift he never asked for could lead to a price he never anticipated. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

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Advertising

Morgan Spurlock's newest documentary is Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, which is a movie about making the movie itself-- Spurlock sets out to make his movie with nothing but advertising and endorsement money. Beginning with the search for an above-the-credits, he looks into the effect of partnering with large companies, and what advertising money brings to movies and television, by involving himself in it firsthand.

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Action

Detective Brandt (Jason Statham) is a Dirty Harry-style cop in Blitz, the kind whose arrests show up at the station bloodied and bruised. When his rough neighborhood, Southeast London police station imports a new inspector, Nash (Paddy Considine), from a more uptown district, Brandt doesn't expect much... but the two form an unlikely team when a cop killer calling himself Blitz (Aidan Gillen) starts executing police officers and publicizing his rampage in the press. On DVD and Blu-Ray. 

Jackie Chan is a low ranking soldier who survives a massive battle in Little Big Soldier by playing dead-- when he stands up, he finds there's one other survivor: a young enemy general (Wang Lee Hom). Chan captures the wounded general, and making it home with his high profile prisoner will ensure his fortune for life... but the remnants of the general's armies, bands of roving bandits, and the general himself aren't going to make his journey easy. With Yu Rongguang. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

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Trolls

A group of college students are making a documentary about a bear poacher in the Norwegian Troll Hunter, but when they find Hans, their would-be poacher, he turns out to be a hunter of bigger game: trolls. Claiming at the outset to be found footage from the students and shot in Blair Witch-documentary style, the film unfolds from the students point of view as they follow Hans in his duties as a kind of game warden, tracking trolls that escape their reservation and taking samples... but the documentary crew is a breach of one of his strictest duties: making sure the public doesn't find out about the giants that roam the countryside. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

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New this week to Reckless Video's TV New Releases are the 8th season of NCIS, as Agent Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and agent Agent DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) deal with continued interference from the CIA, and season 4 of Gossip Girl, where the secretive Juliet (Katie Cassidy) works against Serena (Blake Lively) in light of their shared, mysterious past.

Also new is Disney's animated Phineas & Ferb: The Movie, adapted from their television show, and a new disc of Diego adventures, Go Diego Go: Fiercest Animal Rescues.

Week of August 16

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The One You Love

Zoe's Corner

Ok, here is why I am not a huge fan of the newest Jane Eyre. Don't get me wrong, it is beautifully done, Judi Dench is probably my favorite Mrs Fairfax, and there are lovely nuisances that have been lacking in other versions. My problem with it is the gloomy, dark gothic feel. Yes, Jane Eyre has a tragic past, but the fact that she and Rochester (also with a tragic past) have kept their humor, playfulness, and ability to see the joy in life is sadly missing from this version. They are two of a kind, witty, vibrant, self aware individuals that know that their lives are not the ones they want, but they move ahead in integrity. The book, which I have read a couple of times never ceases to impress upon the reader that they can find joy if life would just get out of the way. This movie also skirts the desire and final joy that comes to Jane, not in the ways of money and means, but by having family and loved ones.

So, of course I will recommend this movie, because, let's face it, it is full of corsets and beauty, and I am a pushover for that. But do yourself a favor and check out the other versions of Jane Eyre we have here at Reckless. My favorites being the BBC Miniseries (which captures the playful roguishness of Rochester) and the one with Samantha Morton, who captures the flowering of love in such a wonderful way. 

Jane Eyre:
Now and Then

Based on the classic novel, the most recent adaptation of Jane Eyre stars Mia Wasikowska as Jane as the story sees her out of the care of her dismissive and uncaring aunt (Sally Hawkins), to a strict boarding school, and into the care of the clergyman (Jamie Bell) who rescues her in her darkest moment. Most of the story revolves around her time in the employ of Rochester (Michael Fassbender), and while she acts as governess and teaches Rochester's young ward, Jane and Rochester form a connection with their honest intentions, they still conceal their dark histories and secrets from one another. With Judi Dench. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

When Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) bumps into Dex (Colin Egglesfield) in a cab after celebrating her 30th birthday, she admits she's had a crush on him since they were law school study partners in Something Borrowed. Unfortunately for her, Dex is about to marry Darcy (Kate Hudson), Rachel's lifelong best friend, and acting on her crush puts them both in a delicate position. With her platonic friend (John Krasinski) as a voice of reason, Rachel can't balance discretion, her own happiness, and her best friend's wedding forever... she'll have to choose. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Hotel maid Helene (Sandrine Bonnaire) becomes fascinated by chess in the French Queen to Play. She finds chess to be sly, flirtatious, emotional conversation across a board, but the handheld chess game she hopes will inspire similar feelings in her husband (Francis Renaud) is ignored by everyone but herself. When Helene finds a chess board while cleaning the home of an American widower (Kevin Kline), she trades housekeeping for chess lessons and her natural talent and passion set her life on a new path.

17-year-old outcast Tobe (Dustin Ingram) is more interested in rarities and collectibles than other people in Meet Monica Velour. Tobe's road trip to Indiana is partly to sell his graduation present (an old hot dog truck) to a collector (Keith David), but mostly to see a rare performance by his favorite 70's pornographic actress, Monica Velour (Kim Cattrall). Though she's still the girl of Tobe's dreams, the 50-year-old ex-porn star has been through a lot since her iconic heyday, and innocent, naive Tobe isn't equipped to handle what it means to be a part of her life. With Brian Dennehy.

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History

Set against Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Robert Redford's The Conspirator tells the story of Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), owner of the boarding house where John Wilkes Booth (Toby Kebbell) made his plans. Because the distinguished southern lawyer (Tom Wilkinson) can't defend the southern woman accused of killing a union president, he appoints Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy), a former union soldier, as her lawyer... but Aiken struggles with the burden of defending someone he thinks is guilty. With the court demanding retribution for Lincoln's death, it doesn't seem like Surratt can get a fair trial, but Aiken begins to fight when he sees the injustice of the system hungry for a scapegoat. With Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood, and Johnny Simmons. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Based on the exploits of conflict photographers in South Africa in the 1990s, The Bang Bang Club stars Ryan Phillippe and Taylor Kitsch as daredevil photojournalists covering live fire situations between the South African government, Nelson Mandela's African National Congress, and the Zulu Inkatha movement. The flashes of brilliance within the group earn two if its members Pulitzer prizes, but living life dashing into gunfire takes its toll on each of the men in different ways. With Malin Akerman. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

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Fighting Monsters

After the war with the vampires, the cleric warriors that won the fight for the human race were retired in the sci-fi action Priest. When a girl in a small town is captured in a vampire raid, the local sheriff (Cam Gigadent) heads into the fortified city looking for help... but the church won't listen to him: the vampires are contained, so there couldn't be more attacks. The one priest (Paul Bettany) who believes him joins him to venture into the badlands, risking excommunication to slice and shoot through endless hordes of vampires to rescue the girl from the black hat (Karl Urban) holding her hostage. With Maggie Q. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

John Carpenter's first film in roughly 10 years, The Ward is set in mid-60's Oregon, where Kristen (Amber Heard) is committed after being caught burning down a farmhouse. The ward's doctor (Jared Harris) may or may not have her best interest at heart, but she joins the tough Emily (Mamie Gummer), arrogant Sarah (Danielle Panabaker), childish Zoey (Laura-Leigh), and the innocent Iris (Lyndsy Fonseca) in the institution when the girls start disappearing. Kristen has a hard time believing the other girls' stories of being haunted by the mysteriously vanished Alice (Mika Boorem), but there's no question that the girls are being picked off, one by one. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

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Animated

An evil witch (Joan Cusack) has kidnapped Granny (Glenn Close) to gain her powerful truffle recipe in Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil. Sassy, independent Red (Hayden Panettiere) has to team up with streetwise gumshoe Wolf (Patrick Warburton) to rescue Granny and foil the evil plot... but once they get there, the plot isn't what they thought it was. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Based on a 50's memoir My Dog Tulip is the tale of BBC editor and novelist J.R. Ackerley (Christopher Plummer) and his fifteen years with his german shepherd. Shuffling through several styles of animation, Tulip is shown in the story as a real dog, not made cartoonishly human, as the story artfully renders the life of a dog in memoir style. With Lynn Redgrave and Isabella Rossellini.

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Made for the jazz legend's 100th birthday, Life after Django Reinhardt finds one hundred of Reinhardt's disciples, students, and musicians whose life he impacted. Including the "Django 100" world tour, the film recounts Reinhardt's career, his legacy, and his continuing impact on current musicians.

New this week to Reckless Video's TV New Releases is the fifth season of the serial killer procedural Dexter. As Dexter (Michael C. Hall) recovers from the tragedy in his personal life, his newest project puts him in contact with a woman (Julia Stiles) who severely complicates his life, while his sister (Jennifer Carpenter) investigates a series of beheadings around Miami.

Week of August 9

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Aliens

Graeme (Simon Pegg) and Clive (Nick Frost) are on a pilgrimage through America's alien hotspots, starting at Comicon and taking an eastward road trip in Paul. Their journey takes a detour when they take on an unexpected hitchhiker: Paul (Seth Rogen), an alien on the run, trying to get back to his homeworld... but the slacker, pop culture savvy, wisecracking little-green-man isn't exactly what they imagined for their close encounter. Now they're on the run, being chased by a "man in black" (Jason Bateman) and the father (John Carroll Lynch) of a sheltered girl (Kristen Wiig) they accidentally kidnapped, but their road trip has become the kind of adventure a pair of alien-obsessed nerds dream of. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

When Milo sees his mom (Joan Cusack) abducted by aliens, he follows her all the way to Mars to try to rescue her in Disney's Mars Needs Moms. Stranded on Mars, he meets Gribble (Dan Folger), another human hiding from the martians long enough to understand the way Mars works: they abduct good moms and use their mothering skills to program the robot nannies that raise martian children. With Gribble and Ki (Elisabeth Harnois), a renegade martian, Milo has to save his mother before The Supervisor (Mindy Sterling) catches him, hurts his mom, or both. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

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Heroes

Frank's (Rainn Wilson) not sure if he's actually receiving visions and messages from God or if he's just seeing things... but when his wife (Liv Tyler) runs off with Jacques (Kevin Bacon), a sleazy drug kingpin, Frank accepts the divine mission to become The Crimson Bolt in Super. With a homemade costume, a pipe wrench for a weapon, and an overeager sidekick (Ellen Page) with a very warped sense of right and wrong, The Crimson Bolt punishes evil in all its forms: drug dealers, purse snatchers, and people who cut in movie lines... but he must eventually face his biggest challenge: rescuing his wife from Jacques. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Thadeous (Danny McBride) has always lived in the shadow of his brother, Fabious (James Franco), in David Gordon Green's Your Highness-- while Fabious was off battling dragons and completing quests, Thadeous was always content to drink, smoke, and generally get into trouble with his lackey (Ramsus Hardiker). When Fabious' bride-to-be (Zooey Deschanel) is captured by the evil wizard Leezar (Justin Theroux), Thadeous is forced to join in the heroics for a change... but the brothers soon find themselves out matched and out numbered, with only a wandering warrior (Natalie Portman) on a quest for revenge on their side. Thadeous may never become a great swordsman or overcome his personal shortcomings, but he could just save the day anyway. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

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Family and Home

Cheng Lai-Sheung (Josie Ho) has found the perfect luxury apartment in Dream Home. Growing up in a working class family, sharing a room with her brother, she works two jobs and saves every penny to secure her perfect apartment... but devoting her life to the home she's fixated on has driven her to obsession. With all her planning, saving and waiting, Lai-Sheung will do anything to make the dream home her own, even if she has to murder someone to do it.

A whirlwind romance leads to a hasty wedding in Jumping the Broom, but Pam (Loretta Devine), the head of the blue collar Taylor family, isn't ready to see her son Jason (Laz Alonso) married to a girl he just met. Claudine (Angela Bassett), the matriarch of the wealthy Watson family, isn't thrilled to see her daughter Sabrina (Paula Patton) bringing a downtown boy into her uptown, old-money family. But the wedding is on, and the two families have to overcome their differences in culture and class to see the happy couple through their big day.

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Stand up comedian Craig Ferguson's concert disc Craig Ferguson: A Wee Bit o' Revolution films the Scottish commedian's stand up show live, filmed at the Wilbur theater in Boston.

Week of August 2

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Family Friendly

Blu (Jesse Eisenberg), a domesticated blue macaw, is living as a pet in a Minnesota book store in the animated Rio. When an ornithologist (Rodrigo Santoro) finds out about a rare blue macaw in the US, he contacts Blu's owner (Leslie Mann) and flies them both to his aviary in Rio de Janeiro... so while Blu is being set up for a blind date, Jewel (Anne Hathaway), another blue macaw, is more interested in being free and returning to the wild. Everyone's plans are foiled when a smuggler (Carlos Ponce) and his exotic-bird-hating cockatoo (Jemaine Clement) kidnaps the Blu and Jewel, the two birds are bound together in an adventure to find what they're missing. While they're being chased by both friends and foes, and though they have different ideas of their goals and their homes, Blu and Jewel might just end up in the same place. With Jake T. Austin and Tracy Morgan. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Henry Sawyer (J.K. Simmons) reunites with his estranged son Gabriel (Lou Taylor Pucci) after 20 years in The Music Never Stopped. Henry finds Gabriel hospitalized; a brain tumor has taken his ability to form new memories. A therapist (Julia Ormond) discovers that music brings Gabriel to life, so in order to communicate with his son, Henry has to embrace the music from Gabriel's coming-of-age: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and The Grateful Dead. The songs bring them back to their shared past, but Henry blames 60s music for changing is son from a sweet little boy to a hippie runaway. With Mia Maestro and Tammy Blanchard.

13-year-old Vanessa earns a minority scholarship to a prep school in Dear Lemon Lima, but finds herself at the bottom of the social system in her new school. Lumped in with the FUBARs, the school's social misfits, Vanessa is befriended by sweet but socially awkward Hercules (Zane Hutt), pathological liar Samantha (Vanessa Marano), and the rest of the FUBARs... but she comes to learn the power of her Eskimo heritage and individuality, as well as the individual traits of her new friends. With Melissa Leo and Meaghan Martin.

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True Stories

The story of surfer Bethany Hamilton (AnnaSophia Robb) who overcame the loss of a limb with the help of faith, family, and friends, Soul Surfer introduces Bethany as the child of surfing family-- while her parents (Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt) surf, Bethany and her best friend (Loraine Nicholson) have become competitive surfers. Bethany thinks her championship days are over when she loses her arm in a shark attack, but she gains some perspective through relief work with her youth ministry, and returns to surfing with a new outlook. On DVD and Blu-Ray. 

Based actual events, The Perfect Game is the story of the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series. When Cesar Faz (Clifton Collins Jr) returns home to Monterrey, Mexico, he find the Padre Esteban (Cheech Marin) bringing kids together through baseball, he assembles the first Mexican Little League team to compete in the World Series. Coming to the United States in the 1950s, they have to overcome racism and a language barrier, but with the help of a sports reporter (Emilie de Ravin) and the field's groundskeeper (Louis Gossett Jr), they can become the only team to have a perfect game in Little League championship history. With Jake T. Austin.

Television writer Phil Rosenthal and creator of Everyone Loves Raymond filmed his journey to Russia in the documentary Exporting Raymond. Brought to Moscow to help with a Russian adaptation of Raymond, the film documents the comic misadventures of trying to overcome cultural and language barriers of translating a slice-of-life show.

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Horror

Normal for remake-sequels, though Quarantine was a nearly shot-for-shot remake of [·Rec], Quarantine 2: Terminal doesn't have anything to do with [·Rec] 2. As flight leaves from Los Angeles on the same night as the events in Quarantine, the same, rabid sickness breaks out on the plane. Forced to the ground, the remaining passengers and crew are quarantined in the terminal, and a flight attendant (Mercedes Masohn) and a passenger (Josh Cooke) ensure everyone's survival... but as the infection spreads, danger grows, and their hopes for escape dwindle.

Much like Zombieland but with vampires, Stake Land sees another teenager (Connor Paolo) traveling under the protection of a fearless vampire killer (Nick Damici). As they travel the vampire-infested American wasteland, they have to contend with another horror: a militant preacher (Michael Cerveris) and his flock, overtaking the roads for their own purposes. As the travelers search for a haven called New Eden, they find obstacles, oases, and new companions, including Kelly McGillis.

Researching a disappearance from the 1940s, a research team tries to retrace the missing group's steps in Yellowbrickroad. Trying to discover why the entire population of Friar, New Hampshire walked into the woods and disappeared 70 years ago, the researchers head down the same trail... but days into the voyage, their instruments seem unreliable, the group becomes disoriented, and they can all hear music off in the distance. As they become more divorced from reality, terrible things start to happen.

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Mysteries

Cold Weather is a slacker detective story where Doug, a forensic scientist, quits his academic pursuits and returns to his hometown of Portland, Oregon, and moves in with his sister (Trieste Kelly Dunn). Rachel, Doug's ex-girlfriend, shows up on his doorstep and encourages Doug to get his life back on track... but she mysteriously vanishes. Doug becomes an unwilling detective, unsure of himself, but still on the trail of the disappeared Rachel.

Tom Selleck returns to play the title role in he seventh Jesse Stone movie, Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost. Forced to retire from his position as Paradise's Sherrif, Jesse is still investigating murders: looking into both a long lost friend and a murder suspect he believes is innocent. His former employees (Kathy Baker and Kohl Sudduth) urge Stone off his unofficial cases, but his friend from the Boston police (Stephen McHattie) enlists his help. With William Devane.

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Adapted from Taras Bulba, the Russian The Conqueror tells the epic tale of a farmer who loses everything in war. Bent on vengeance, Taras Bulba becomes a fierce warrior capable leading armies of overthrowing cities.

Tracy Morgan: Black & Blue is a comedy DVD of Tracy Morgan's HBO comedy special, filmed live at the Apollo.

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New this week to Reckless Video's TV New Releases are series 6 of Doctor Who, as The Doctor travels with Amy and Rory, but conceals his concern about what the TARDIS is telling him about Amy. Season 2 of Jody Hill's Eastbound & Down catches up with Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) in exile in Mexico, trying to find answers about his past and future that might explain the failures he still refuses to acknowledge. The third and final season of Diablo Cody's United States of Tara examines more of Tara's (Toni Collette) life with dissociative identity disorder. Finally, the newest set of Mystery Science Theater 3000 DVDs includes all of the show's episodes featuring fan-favorite Gamera, with Gamera, Gamera vs. Barugon, Gamera vs Gaos, Gamera vs Guiron, and Gamera vs Zigura.