Aug 21, 2007

Best Foreign Film Oscar

The winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Film this year, The Lives of Others, is new this week, the story of the East German systems of surveillance before the Berlin Wall fell, and the operatives who worked for the government, but didn't always side with the communist party line. Perfect Stranger is the new thriller with Bruce Willis (Die Hard, The Sixth Sense) Halle Berry (Monster's Ball, Gothika), weaving together adulterous affairs and murder as secrets are slowly uncovered.

Parker Posey (Fay Grim, Party Girl) stars in Broken English as Nora Wilder, who is failing in her quest for love until she befriends a vibrant Frenchman who shows her how to embrace her life. The Ex stars Jason Bateman (Arrested Development) scheming to reconnect with his ex... who is married to Zach Braff (Garden State, The Last Kiss), a slacker who can't seem to keep a job. Based on a best-selling novel, The Ultimate Gift relates to the twelve challenges, or "gifts," a pampered young man must achieve in order to win his inheritance.

 

 

Reckless has a ton of new series' in the TV New Releases, the highest profile probably being House, MD, which has just released season 3.

We've started a few new series, too, bringing in the first seasons of: Dexter, Showtime's thriller about a serial killer trained to prey on "people who deserve to die" by his adopted father;Ugly Betty, the hit show about the ugly duckling employee at a fashion magazine; Mind of Mencia, Carlos Mencia's pulpit show, along the lines of Penn & Teller's BS; a young Clive Owen in the early 90's British drama Chancer; and the BBC spy thriller Sleepers.

Older films new this week are in our new to Reckless section, with old cult classics and new Criterion Collection releases.