Reckless Video: Maple Leaf's DVD and Blu Ray Video Rentals: Week of March 20

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Time to Light the Lights

On a Hollywood vacation, Gary (Jason Segel) wants to celebrate his ten-year-anniversary with Mary (Amy Adams), but his brother Walter just wants to visit the old Muppet Theater in The Muppets. Walter, who's three feet tall and made of felt, is the Muppets' biggest fan, and he's horrified to find out that evil oil magnate Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) plans to demolish the theater. There's only one thing to do-- reunite The Muppets and put on a show-- but the world has forgotten about the Muppets, and Walter has to get Kermit out of retirement, talk Fozzie out of his compromised tribute act "The Moopets," convince Gonzo to leave his successful plumbing business, undo Animal's drumming-free anger management, win Miss Piggy back from her success in the fashion industry... and wake Rowlf from his nap. If the Muppets can put on one more show, with plenty of celebrity cameos and an Academy Award for Best Original Song, they could save their old theater and put the Muppets back in the spotlight. With Rashida Jones. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

The Easter Bunny (Hugh Laurie) is going to pass his title to his son E.B. (Russell Brand) in Hop, but E.B. would rather play his drums than accept the huge responsibility of catering Easter Sunday. On his own, E.B. finds himself in the care of a slacker named Fred (James Marsden) who is also living well below his family's expectations. Together, though they constantly get one another into trouble, they begin to find some direction in their lives and learn to be the men (or bunnies) they're expected to be. With Kelly Cuoco. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

A sequel to Barbie's A Mermaid Tale, A Mermaid Tale 2 rejoins Merliah one year later as she joins a surfing competition. She's half mermaid and half human, and Merliah must choose between the sport loves and the rules of her people.

Killers, Kidnappers, and Subterfuge

The Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo
Now & Then

David Fincher's adaptation of the first book in the popular trilogy of pulp crime novels, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo stars Daniel Craig as disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist, investigating disappearances with the help of Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara). Hired by the patriarch of the the wealthy and complicated Vagner family (Christopher Plummer) to solve the mystery of his grandniece's (Joely Richardson) disappearance, Mikael and Lisbeth delve deeper and deeper into murders, kidnappings, and depravity that dates back decades. With Stellan Skarsgaard. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Tinker Tailor
Soldier Spy
Now & Then

George Smiley (Gary Oldman) is brought out of forced retirement to find the mole compromising high-level British intelligence in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. With an agent (Tom Hardy) alleging a leak among the spies, Smiley has to investigate his former colleagues (including Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, and Toby Jones), methodically pouring over evidence, interviewing people who were once his friends, and sorting through their shared past. Set within the Cold War-era 1970s, the world of spies is a political minefield, and telling friends from enemies is a dangerous and imprecise business. With John Hurt. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Alison (Melissa George) and a her mountaineer friends are climbing in the Scottish highlands when they find a young girl in A Lonely Place to Die. Alone in the wilderness and far from civilization, the girl is trapped in a small, underground chamber... but in freeing her, they find themselves in the sights of the kidnapper (Sean Harris). With no one to help, Alison must shepherd the girl back to safety, chased by immoral traffickers who will do anything to reclaim their merchandise and their bounty, no matter who gets in their way. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Dramedy

Against his better judgment, directionless Noah (Jonah Hill) finds himself taking care of three unruly kids in David Gordon Green's The Sitter. He's taking care of the overly made-up and party girl obsessed Blithe, adopted misfit with a penchant for explosives Rodrigo, and uptight Slater (Max Records), obsessed with the medication that is supposed to cure his "issues." Unable to say no to his would-be girlfriend (Ari Graynor), Noah heads off to meet an unstable drug dealer (Sam Rockwell)... but he can't leave the kids behind. What was supposed to be a simple errand becomes a spiraling series of comic misadventures as Noah tries to keep everyone safe (and out of jail) and Slater, Rodrigo, and Blithe stymie him at every turn. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Telling the story of French musician Serge Gainsbourg, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life stars Eric Elmosnino as the celebrated pianist, composer, painter. The film presents the world from inside Gainsbourg's head, sharing space with his puppet-like alter-ego that drives him to the kind of outrageous behavior that made him famous, including the affairs and marriages to the most sought-after women of his time... including Bridget Bardot. With Lucy Gordon, Mylene Jampanoi, and Anna Mouglalis.

Brought together by an incident of playground violence, Michael and Penelope Longstreet (John C. Reilly and Jodie Foster) invite Alan and Nancy Cowan (Christoph Waltz and Kate Winslet) over to talk in Roman Polanski's Carnage. Meeting because the Cowan's son struck the Longstreet's son in the mouth with a stick, breaking his teeth, the parents discuss how to handle the situation. Their veneer of civility crumbles quickly as the resentments in each of them bubble to the surface and sets them all at each other's throats. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

Patty, a circus performer, is our looking for her lost dog when she finds a two-year-old girl in the park in Little Girl. Patty and her husband take in the child until they can find her parents or place her in a permanent home, and she quickly becomes a part of their day-to-day lives. They know they can't keep a child illegally, and don't want to be accused of kidnapping, so Patty and her family try to learn all they can about the child in their home.

After twenty years on the road with Blue Oyster Cult, Jimmy (Ron Eldard) finds himself abandoned in the midwest and unceremoniously fired in Roadie. He wanders back to his mother's (Lois Smith) house in Queens, fabricating stories about managing bands and writing songs... not telling his home town that he spent decades carrying other people's guitars. The people he knew have gotten older, but not much has changed: his old flame (Jill Hennessy) is still frustrated, and married to Bobby Cannavale, who's still a bully. And Jimmy... was Jimmy a loser? Is he still?