New Releases Tuesday: 1-18-11

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So this week’s major releases are considerably more plentiful than last week’s. Ryan Reynolds is on double-duty as a guy buried alive in Buried and an imaginary super hero in the indie film Paper Man, which I can’t recommend enough (Emma Stone’s in it, incidentally). The Virginity Hit, a pretty terrific faux-documentary about losing it is another excellent release, and with its episodic feel and surprisingly realistic actors, it’s worth at the very least a rental. Edward Norton has cornrows in Stone, Idris Elba brings some legitimacy to Takers, and we get another straight-to-DVD prequel with Death Race 2. On the bright side, it’s got Danny Trejo, and that makes any movie tolerable.

Check out the list of new releases after the jump. Which releases are you pumped about?

So this week's major releases are considerably more plentiful than last week's. Ryan Reynolds is on double-duty as a guy buried alive in Buried and an imaginary super hero in the indie film Paper Man, which I can't recommend enough (Emma Stone's in it, incidentally). The Virginity Hit, a pretty terrific faux-documentary about losing it is another excellent release, and with its episodic feel and surprisingly realistic actors, it's worth at the very least a rental. Edward Norton has cornrows in Stone, Idris Elba brings some legitimacy to Takers, and we get another straight-to-DVD prequel with Death Race 2. On the bright side, it's got Danny Trejo, and that makes any movie tolerable.

Check out the list of new releases after the jump. Which releases are you pumped about?{{page_break}}

New Releases
Buried
Stone
Takers
The Virginity Hit

Other releases
Animal Kingdom
Army of Crime
Checking Out
Cold Dog Soup
Death Race 2
Down Terrace
Fire On The Amazon
Freakonomics
Jack Goes Boating
Lebanon
The Naked Kiss  (Criterion Collection)
Nomad: The Warrior
Paper Man
Shock Corridor