Reckless Video: Maple Leaf's DVD and Blu Ray Video Rentals: Week of May 1

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On the Wrong Side

Mixed Martial Arts fighter Gina Carano stars as Mallory Kane in Haywire, Steven Soderbergh's new action/spy movie, as an ex-Marine who works for a private security firm. Flashing back and forth between missions, Mallory finds herself compromised and on the run, trying to find out who betrayed her and who she can trust: her boss at the firm (Ewan McGregor), other agents on her most recent missions (Channing Tatum and Michael Fassbender), the foreign contact (Antonio Banderas), or a high ranking government agent (Michael Douglas). Through a series of fights, chases, and infiltrations, Mallory inches closer to the motives for her betrayal, and the people responsible for ruining her life. With Michael Angarano. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Real Life

Garbo the Spy is a documentary about the World War II spy known as Arabel to the Germans, a man who was considered one of Germany's most valuable source of information during the war. To the British, the same man was called Garbo (the greatest actor in the world), and, by feeding misinformation to the Germans, served a vital role in the success of the Normandy invasion. Garbo/Arabel's story weaves together a long history of his resistance to fascism and a talent for weaving elaborate tales, and how, though he never considered himself a fighter, he helped fight in a way that best utilized his talents.

Focused on one of the most famous romances in recent history, Madonna's W./E. mixes the story of King Edward (James D'Arcy), who gave up the British throne to be with American Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough).

Though the abdication of the throne is the most celebrated part of the story, the film looks at Wallis' life, and what her part of the famous romance cost her. Her story is framed Wally Winthrop (Abbie Cornish), an unhappily married woman in 1998 who becomes obsessed with Simpson's romance, life, and eventual consequences. With Oscar Isaac.

Garry Marshall's new, holiday-themed, ensemble comedy New Year's Eve blends the fates of a huge group of characters as the new year approaches. Through a series of vignettes, the film mixes the tales of a record industry professional (Michelle Pfeiffer) who quits her job, a delivery man (Zac Efron) who helps her with her list of resolutions, his beleaguered sister (Sarah Jessica Parker) and bitter single friend (Ashton Kutcher) who gets stuck thinking about his estranged ex-girlfriend (Katherine Heigle), a cancer patient (Robert De Niro) without much time left, an expecting mother (Jessica Biel), and a businessman (Josh Duhamel) on his way to an important event... just to name a few. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Atsuko and Rintaro, sister and brother, break down in a small California town in Littlerock. Intending to visit San Francisco and the Manzanar internment camp, where Japanese-Americans were held during World War II, the siblings find themselves stuck in a rural town while their car is repaired. With very little English between them, they make halting friends with people, as they try to feel their way around their strange new world.

When the choir director (Kris Kristofferson) of a small town church dies, his second-in-command Vi Rose (Queen Latifah) and his widow G.G. (Dolly Parton) wrestle for control of the choir in Joyful Noise. Under their pastor's (Courtney B. Vance) guidance, Vi Rose is given control of the group, but both she and G.G. are headstrong and have different visions for the choir... but can they pull the group together in time for competition in the finals in Los Angeles? With Keke Palmer. On DVD and Blu Ray.