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Science Fiction
Another reboot of a 1970's franchise, Disney's Race to Witch Mountain re-imagines the Witch Mountain movies in 2009, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (The Game Plan, Doom) as a cab driver whose fare is two mysterious children (AnnaSophia Robb: Jumper, Spy School and Alexander Ludwig: The Seeker, MXP: Most Extreme Primate) that paid him $15,000 dollars to get them where they need to go. Curious, he stays with the children, becoming their protector against all of the strange threats that pursue them and helping them find a scientist (Carla Gugino: The One, Watchmen). Together, they must travel to Witch Mountain, where they ensure a safe end to the children's journey.
Set on a far off world where two races are at war, a teenaged boy (Freddie Prinze Jr: Down to You, She's All That) from one culture and a princess 
(Jennifer Love Hewitt: Heartbreakers, Ghost Whisperer) from the other fall in love in Delgo. The animated adventure follows the couple through an imaginative world as they struggle to make peace between the leaders of their societies (Anne Bancroft: GI Jane, Agnes of God and Louis Gossett Jr: Daddy's Little Girls, Diggstown) and save their planet from total war.
The only R-rated science fiction film this week is the steampunk-themed Mutant Chronicles, where a world in chaos is being evacuated. When a man of faith (Ron Perlman: Hellboy, Outlander) convinces a leader (John Malkovich: The Great Buck Howard, The Libertine) that it might be possible to save the Earth and stop the evacuation, they find a hero (Thomas Jane: The Mist, The Punisher), assemble a team (including Devon Aoki: 2 Fast 2 Furious, Sin City, Sean Pertwee: Botched, Doomsday, and Benno Furmann: The Order, Speed Racer), and head underground to destroy the machine that has turned most of humanity into mutants.
Drama
Based on a true story, The Soloist stars Jamie Foxx (Ray, Miami Vice) as a violinist who dropped out of Juilliard when he developed schizophrenia. Discovered playing on the street by a journalist (Robert Downey Jr: Iron Man, Charlie Bartlett) who befriends him, his story makes a name for both men... but the complications of 
their real lives make redemption difficult. The story interweaves the help of a working cellist (Tom Hollander: Valkyrie, A Good Year) an estranged family member (Lisa Gay Hamilton: The Truth about Charlie, Honeydripper), and the journalist's ex-wife (Catherine Keener: Capote, Synecdoche NY).
When gunshots ring out in a diner, a cashier (Kate Beckinsale: Underworld, Cold Comfort Farm), a teacher (Forest Whitaker: Street Kings, Phone Booth), a doctor (Guy Pearce: Traitor, Rules of Engagement), and two children (Dakota Fanning: Coraline, Uptown Girls and Josh Hutcherson: RV, Journey to the Center of the Earth) have their lives changed forever in Fragments. The story is assembled in pieces as the survivors of the shooting each deal with the trauma in their own way, and each remember the events from their own point of view.
Idris Elba (The Unborn, Prom Night) gets an important promotion in Obsessed, but his happy, successful life makes him very attractive to the office temp (Ali Larter: Heroes, Final Destination). Her advances become more and more of a nuisance, as she tries to undermine his wife (Beyonce Knowles: Cadillac Records, The Pink Panther) and his career to force herself into his life. When her flirtations turn to harassment and even violence, he has to struggle to keep his life together at any cost.
Based on the 1988 novel, Mysteries of Pittsburgh stars Jon Foster (Stay Alive, Life as a House) as a well-off young man wandering through his 20s, straining under his father's (Nick Nolte: The Good Thief, Tropic Thunder) plans, and finds himself romantically entangled with an alluring couple (Sienna Miller: The Edge of Love, Stardust and Peter Sarsgaard: Elegy, Garden State). His path is complicated even further by the enigmatic girl (Mena Suvari: Stuck, American Beauty) who works at the local book store.
The new documentary this week is Monster Road, about claymation artist and filmmaker Bruce Bickford. Though best known for his work with Frank Zappa, the film explores the strangely disconnected world of the artist, and the odd worldview that informs his shocking and disturbing imagery.
New this week to Reckless Video's TV New Releases are the second season of the popular musical comedy Flight of the Conchords, and the first season of the Ferris Bueller-esque high school comedy Parker Lewis Can't Lose.
