Week of April 15th

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Off Your Beaten Path

The Secret Life
of Walter Mitty
Now & Then

Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller) is more involved in his daydreams than his work with photographs for Life magazine in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, but is forced to face reality when a corporate transition manager (Adam Scott) comes in to downsize the company. When Walter loses the photograph that would appear on the cover of Life's final print issue, he has to track down the globe trotting field photographer out on assignment. Trading his fantasies for real-life adventure, Walter has to travel by plane, boat, helicopter, bicycle, and skateboard to catch up to the photographer in Iceland, saving the magazine and finally leading an interesting enough life to attract the attention of his pretty coworker (Kristen Wiig). On DVD and Blu Ray.

Fifty years ago, Philomena Lee (Judi Dench) was sent to an Irish nunnery. The story of the family shame that put her away and give her newborn son, Anthony, up for adoption, Philomena tracks the family's drama as Philomena's daughter enlists journalist Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan) to find Anthony. Though he thinks of a "human interest" story as beneath him, Martin joins Philomena in a search for the 50-year-old son she's never met, and together, they explore the circumstances that led to the quest that entangles them in each other's religion, politics, and social beliefs. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Pharmacist Doug Varney (Sam Rockwell) lives quietly and does what he's told until he's seduced by dissatisfied trophy wife Elizabeth (Olivia Wilde) in Better Living Through Chemistry. Elizabeth gives him a new lease on life, no longer dominated by his controlling wife (Michelle Monaghan) and a lot more adventurous with the pharmaceuticals under his care, but Doug's playground of sex and drugs are bound to go awry when he has to face Elizabeth's rich husband (Ray Liotta). Doug has gotten used to breaking rules, but his he ready for a film noir murder plot? On DVD and Blu Ray.

Highschool pals Michael (Nicholas Braun) and Matty make the standard "lose their virginity by prom" bet in Date and Switch, but Matty surprises Michael by coming out as gay. Though Michael's initially shocked, their pack stands, and he enthusiastically pledges himself to be Matty's wingman. While Michael's new quest puts him on new terms with Matty's ex (Dakota Johnson), Matty himself meets the more experienced, charming Greg (Zach Cregger), and though Michael's father (Nick Offerman) understands the boys are in a new situation, Matty's dad (Gary Cole) is less understanding. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Cops and Robbers

Officer James Peyton (Ice Cube) doesn't want to be stuck babysitting his bother-in-law-to-be Ben (Kevin Hart) in Ride Along, but Ben, a high-strung, fast-talking security guard, wants to go on a "ride along." James and his partner (John Leguizamo) are working an important case, trying to bring down an elusive drug lord, and don't really have much time for Ben, but Ben refuses to go home... and as the ride along turns into a developing situation, Ben is comically outmatched by car chases, crime bosses, and gunfights. If he manages not to get killed, Ben might be able to prove he's good enough to marry James' sister. With Laurence Fishburn. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Surly (Will Arnett) isn't a very good squirrel in The Nut Job-- he isn't interested in stockpiling nuts for the coming winter, and his selfishness gets him banished from his tree by Raccoon (Liam Neeson). In order to make it through the winter, Surly finds himself a role in a team of thieves with the ambitious goal of robbing the well-stocked Maury's Nut Shop. Followed by good Samaritan squirrel Andie (Katherine Heigl), Surly joins a caper that could prove him every bit as worthwhile as park hero Grayson (Brendan Fraser). On DVD and Blu Ray.

Dickens

Great Expectations
Now & Then

Young Pip (Jeremy Irvine) travels from the country to the city to be outfitted as a gentlemen in the newest adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. Raised by his sister and her blacksmith husband (Jason Flemyng), Pip's life is changed when his humble orphan's life is enhanced by a mysterious inheritance. With new ambition to be a gentleman in London, he becomes enamored of the beautiful Estella (Holliday Grainger) as he's hired to be her companion by Miss Havisham (Helena Bonham Carter), but Pip's life in society offers as much chance for corruption as opportunity. With Ralph Fiennes and Robbie Coltrane. On DVD and Blu Ray.

The story of Charles Dickens' (Ralph Fiennes) clandestine romance with young Nelly (Felicity Jones), The Invisible Woman recounts the affair between the 45-year-old author and the 18-year-old aspiring actress. Self-assured but arrogant, Dickens neglects his wife to court young Nelly, introducing her to his friend (Tom Hollander) who lives with a woman out of wedlock, and considering Nelly's mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) who doesn't want to see the girl's reputation ruined. Though she may be confusing the art with the artist, Nelly still begins a relationship that has a fixed, unavoidable ending. On DVD and Blu Ray.

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New this week in our TV New Releases:

	Ripper Street Series 2		Inspector Reid and his deputies are still fighting to keep Whitechapel from descending into madness, crime, and corruption at the end of the 19th century.
	Bletchley Circle Series 2		Though they were expected to retire to home and hearth, the former WWII codebreakers of Bletchley Circle apply their skills to solving crimes in the 1950s
	MST3K Volume 29		Joel, Mike, and the bots are forced to sit on the Satellite of Love and watch Pumaman, Hercules and the Captive Women, The Thing That Couldn't Die, and Untamed Youth.