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Putting on your best

Tina Fey and Steve Carell have been married long enough to fall into a dull routine, so they step out for an exciting trip into New York City in Date Night, but their night gets more exiting than they anticipated when a case of mistaken identity sends a pair of gun toting heavies (Jimmi Simpson and Common) after them. On the run and alone in the city, they leave a path of mayhem as they work to discover the reason they're being chased and clear their names, all the while pursued by a police detective (Taraji P. Henson) who thinks the couple's story is too weird to be anything but true. With Mark Wahlberg. On DVD and Blu-Ray.

In Neil LaBute's remake of the 2007 film of the same name, Death at a Funeral stars Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence as brothers taking care of their father's funeral, but coming together under stressful and emotional circumstances brings out old rivalries and wildly comic misadventures, especially as their sister (Zoe Saldana) and her boyfriend (James Marsden) arrive, along with unexpected visitors, unintended hallucinations, and newly revealed secrets. With Peter Dinklage.

David Duchovny is a charismatic used car salesman who gets a new sales position in The Joneses: he's to pose as the husband and father of a household, along with Demi Moore, as they move into a new neighborhood and subtly encourage their new "peers" to buy more, better, and more expensive products. A satire of consumerism and suburbia, the family's social world strives to literally keep up with the Jones "family," even though their mission is just to encourage the neighbors to keep buying. With Amber Heard.

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Tough Love

Che (Benjamin Bratt) is a reformed convict gone straight, driving a city bus, restoring classic cars, and supporting his son (Jeremy Ray Valdez) in La Mission, but his reputation and history make him one of the most respected and feared men in San Francisco's Mission District. Che's world is challenged by unexpected changes in his family and a direct threat to the authoritative, macho image that maintains his status in the community.

Jacques (Brian Cox), a bartender with a failing heart, shares a hospital room with Lucas (Paul Dano), a young homeless man, in The Good Heart. Jacques takes Lucas in and shows him how to run the bar, training him as an heir to keep the bar open after he's gone... but Jacques is cantankerous, stubborn, and opinionated, and he's convinced he has to train Lucas to stop being kind and helpful if he's to deal with barflies and run a business. With Stephanie Szostak.

K. Roth Binew (Mike O'Connell) has re-imagined the failures of his past as the important work of an unrecognized genius in The Living Wake. Chauffeured through town by his friend and biographer (Jesse Eisenberg) on a bicycle driven rickshaw, Binew distributes invitations to his living wake-- a short performance to commemorate his last day on earth, after which he will drop dead-- because like all great visionaries, he needs to be celebrated after his untimely demise.

Evicted from their home and squatting in an unrented apartment, a hardworking mother (Cindy Cheung) is trying to get back on her feet while caring for her two small children in Children of Invention, but she disappears after getting involved with a pyramid scheme. Now on their own, 10-year-old Mark must take care of his 8-year-old sister Tina and find ways for them to survive on the streets of Boston.

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Twins Rachel and Theo are staying with their aunt and uncle in the New Zeland film Under the Mountain when they investigate the creepy house next-door and discover the Wilberforces: evil shape-shifting creatures that live underground. Befriended by the mysterious Mr. Jones (Sam Neill), the twins must stop with Wilberforces from destroying the world. With Oliver Driver.

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Our two new documentaries this week are Tapped, an investigation into the big business of bottled water and its effects on society and the environment, and Flag Wars, a look at a predominantly black, working-class neighborhood in Ohio and the changes an influx of white, gay homebuyers has on the community.

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New this week to Reckless Video's TV New Releases are the first season of Adult Swim's Titan Maximum, a Voltron-themed action comedy series by the creators of Robot Chicken. We also have the final season of the FBI procedural Numb3rs, Volume 3 of Saturday Night Live's: Best of Will Ferrell, and several new Goosebumps DVDs, including: Shocker on Shock Street, Scary House, Chillogy, The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight, It Came from beneath the Sink, Deep Trouble, and Attack of the Jack-O-Lanterns.