
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and
Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in
What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to the titles below, you can also rent
Reservation Road (not to be
confused with Revolutionary Road), and Leonardo DiCaprio's global warming warning,
The 11th Hour.
Oct 19 2007 - 3:35pm by
Molly

Note: Another one from me. I'm on a roll today.
Ever since I read the book
Reservation Road a few years back, I thought it would make an excellent movie.

After
outlining the differences between
Reservation Road and
Revolutionary Road yesterday, you should be all set and ready to watch this trailer for the one of the road-themed movies coming out this fall: Reservation Road. Starring Mark Ruffalo, Joaquin Phoenix, Mira Sorvino and Jennifer Connolly, Reservation Road is a quiet thriller set in suburban Connecticut.
After his son is killed by a hit-and-run accident, Ethan (Phoenix) goes on a manhunt to find the person who was behind the wheel.

There has been much buzz surrounding the project that is bringing
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet back together for the first time since Titanic, a family drama based on a 1961 novel titled
Revolutionary Road. Yet there's another movie that comes out this fall with a similar title which is also set in suburban
Connecticut! Titled
Reservation Road and also based on a
novel, the thriller can easily be confused with Revolutionary Road, so I've devised a handy-dandy chart to help keep them straight:
Title
Original Author and Publication Date
Setting
Premise
Road Significance
Stars
Release Date
Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates, December 1961
Mid-1950s suburban Connecticut
Young parents April and Frank Wheeler struggle with the confines of suburban life and the repressive social atmosphere.