Week of May 6th

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Outwitting the Villains

Nearly a decade after leaving Neptune, California, Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) is poised for success in New York in Veronica Mars, about to begin a promising legal career and maintaining a stable relationship with Piz (Chris Lowell). When her trouble-prone ex, Logan Echolls (Jason Dohring), reaches out to her after being accused of murder, Veronica has to go back home, reuniting with her private eye father (Enrico Colantoni), faithful sidekick Wallace, and tech genius Mac (Tina Majorino) as she tries to prove Logan's innocence. Though she finds Neptune worst than she left it-- more racist and corrupt-- she's pulled back into her old habits, collecting evidence, outsmarting adversaries, and discovering depths to the case that no one else suspects, she's compelled to be the crime-solver she once was, even at the expense of her new life. With Krysten Ritter and Ryan Hansen. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Bruce Wayne (Jason O'Mara) is shocked to learn his tryst with Talia al Ghul (Morena Baccarin) has given him a son in the DC animated Son of Batman. Young Damian has been raised by his mother and the League of Shadows to be a formidable fighter, but the League has also trained him to be merciless and vengeful, and Damian is driven to track and execute Deathstroke (Thomas Gibson), the man who killed Ra's al Ghul. Batman assumes his new role as father, helping his son learn justice instead of vengeance, and curbing the boy's arrogance and more vicious tendencies. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Former cage fighter Vic (Ty Olsson) has retired from his role as a government agent in dystopian 2045 and opened a bar in the remote arctic town of Borealis in Survival Code. Vic's little town may be sitting atop the world's last remaining fossil fuel reserves, and though a local activist (Michelle Harrison) is doing her best to defend the protected land, agents from all the world's governments arrive to lay claim to Borealis. Not a subtle man, Vic's tactic to fend off the interlopers is to challenge them to mano-a-mano cage matches, to defeat their best fighters and send the opportunists packing before they can destroy his home. With Patrick Gallagher.

After seven years in prison, courtesy of a betrayal by his brother Nicky (Matt Dillon), criminal heist wheel-man Crunch Calhoun (Kurt Russell) is barely scraping by as a stunt driver in The Art of the Steal. Living a low key life with his agent/apprentice Francie (Jay Baruchel) and girlfriend Lola (Katheryn Winnick), Crunch wants nothing to to with his brother, much less team up with Nicky in a new con to forge and sell legendary historical prints of a museum-worthy Bible, but they form a hesitant team of Crunch, Nicky, Francie, a master forger (Chris Diamantopoulos), and veteran confidence man (Terence Stamp). Together, their plan could make them all rich, but Crunch has to stay one step ahead of Nicky at all times or end up the fall guy, in jail once again because of his brother's treachery. On DVD and Blu Ray.

Lust for Life

Well into their eighties, Craig Morrison (James Cromwell) and his increasingly forgetful wife Irene (Genevieve Bujold) are working to build a safer home for themselves in Still Mine. Though Irene has recently suffered a fall, the couple have no plans to put their lives on hold, but old-fashioned, can-do Craig and his lawyer (Campbell Scott) find themselves up against the inflexibility of modern bureaucracy. A stubborn building inspector (Jonathan Potts) and the intractability of a system that will no longer trust a handshake and an honest man's word seem intent on stopping them, but Craig and Irene will not be cowed by a world that seems eager to marginalize them.

Acclaimed Swedish World War II drama Simon and the Oak stars Bill Skarsgaard as Simon, the son of a working class family who has also developed a relationship with his schoolmate Isak's wealthy, German-Jewish family. Simon and Isak's friendship develops over the years, but the outbreak of the war and the spread of Nazi influence force the families relationships with each other, and with their sons, to change, re-align, and re-shape. Steady and thoughtful Simon tries to navigate the shifting world around him, but has to overcome prejudices, possible love triangles, and a tumultuous world to keep his family and friendships in tact.