Gambling features in two of this week’s new releases: 21 and Turn the River. Criticker users wouldn’t be willing wager on these two becoming major cult hits on DVD… neither they nor any of the other films new in stores today got good scores. But, there are a couple interesting films which are seeing a very late release on DVD… 2005’s Duck and The Last Winter from 2006. That one had some really great reviews, mixed with some really terrible ones.

21 – 159 Rankings – Average Tier 4.72
The fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings. 21 @ Amazon

The Last Winter – 12 Rankings – Average Tier 4.17
In the Arctic region of Northern Alaska, an oil company’s advance team struggles to establish a drilling base that will forever alter the pristine land. After one team member is found dead, a disorientation slowly claims the sanity of the others as each of them succumbs to a mysterious fear. The Last Winter @ Amazon

September Dawn – 5 Rankings – Average Tier 1.5
On September 11, 1857, in an unspoiled valley of the Utah territory–and in the name of God–120 men, women, and children were savagely murdered. Who ordered the massacre, and why, has been hidden in a cloak of secrecy and conspiracy. And the reputation of one of this nation’s mightiest religious figures has been preserved and protected. September Dawn @ Amazon

Duck – Less than 5 Rankings
In 2009, when Los Angeles’ last city park is closed to the public, a dispossessed man — and the duck who follows him as a mother — quest west, on foot, in search of water and meaning, in the desert that is L.A. Duck @ Amazon

Turn the River – Less than 5 Rankings
A pool shark (Janssen) takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband. Turn the River @ Amazon