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Prestige Pictures
Set in New York in the 60s, Doubt casts Meryl Streep (Rendition, Manhattan) as a stern and traditional principal of a Catholic school, who doesn't approve of the a new priest's (Philip Seymour Hoffman: Synecdoche NY, Punch Drunk Love) gentler and more modern approach. But when a younger nun (Amy Adams: Charlie Wilson's War, Junebug) suspects the priest of improper behavior with one of the students, the two clash in a battle of wills and worldviews, as they inch closer to the truth. On DVD and Blu-Ray.
Less Serious
A remake of the classic 1951 science fiction film, The Day the Earth Stood Still stars Keanu Reeves (The Matrix, Street Kings) as Klaatu, the alien sent to Earth with a message. After escaping his government interrogator (Kathy Bates: Reservation Road, Rumor Has It), Klaatu finds himself with single mother Jennifer Connelly (Dark City, Blood Diamond), and begins to learn about humankind. With updated special effects and more action than its predecessor, the remake recasts the themes of the original for 2009. On DVD and Blu-Ray.
Jim Carrey (Number 23, The Mask) makes a drastic life change in Yes Man when he follows self-help guru's (Terence Stamp: The Limey, Wanted) advice: stop saying no to everything and start saying "yes." His new philosophy restores his relationship with his estranged best friend 
(Bradley Cooper: Midnight Meat Train, Failure to Launch) and randomly puts him the the path of the whimsical Zooey Deschanel (The Happening, Abandon)... but saying "yes" to absolutely everything might cause as many problems as it solves.
Adam Sandler (Anger Management, Reign Over Me) stars in the family film Bedtime Stories, as he tells his sisters kids a story... only to have the magical elements of his story start coming true. Though he tries to use his strange new power for personal gain, like showing up a petty rival (Guy Pearce: Traitor, Memento), his stories genuinely endear him to the children, and being a more giving person might even catch the attention of the beautiful Keri Russell (Waitress, August Rush). On DVD and Blu-Ray.
This week's animated film is The Tale of Despereaux, starring Matthew Broderick (Finding Amanda, The Stepford Wives) as a large eared mouse in a land where rats and mice have been "banned." Fascinated by fairy tales and stories of heroism, he doesn't skitter or flee, but adopts a strange trait for a mouse: bravery... and he sets off to save a lonely princess (Emma Watson: Harry Potter, Ballet Shoes), though a sneaky rat (Dustin Hoffman: Stranger Than Fiction, Rain Man) might get in the way.
Darker
Vinyan stars Emmanuelle Beart (8 Women, Mission Impossible) Rufus Sewell (Dangerous Beauty, The Holiday) as a couple searching for their son, deep in the isolated forests of tsunami-torn Burma. Their voyage leads them into the heart of darkness, in a dangerous 
wilderness that might not let them leave. With Julie Dreyfus (Kill Bill)
The Japanese zombie comedy Tokyo Zombie stars "Mutt & Jeff" oddball pair Asano Tadanoubu (Mongol, Zatoichi) and Aikawa Sho (Dead or Alive, Pulse): affable, Jujitsu-obsessed losers who find themselves surviving the zombie apocalypse... and how will these characters make their way in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, with gladiatorial zombie contests and slave labor generating electricity by hand?
Donkey Punch follows a trio of vacationing girls in search of a little unconventional fun when they meet a group of guys who invite them out on a yacht... but when one of them accidentally kills another, the six people on the boat have to make some grizzly choices in order to keep themselves alive and out of jail.
New this week to Reckless Video's TV New Releases are the second season of the FX series The Riches and the first season of Andy Richter Controls the Universe.
