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Running Time: 157 minutes

This feature from Disney is being released exclusively at movie theaters on Nov. 5.

Critics can be awfully fussy, myself included. While many just see going to the movies as a way to escape for a couple of hours, our job is to determine what goals are being attempted in a movie and then determine how successful it is at achieving its mission. “Eternals” is the latest Marvel comic book adaptation to hit the big screen. It’s a polished and beautiful-looking movie that will find plenty of supporters.

However, more persnickety viewers, such as myself, will find something lacking in the final product, which I believe can be...

By Glenn Kay

For the Sun

Welcome to another look at some of the highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. It’s another remarkably busy week with big Hollywood titles and independent features from numerous genres. So, if you can’t or shouldn’t be heading out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

BIG NEW RELEASES!

BAD CANDY: In this independent horror anthology flick, two New Salem, Mass. radio station hosts working a Halloween late shift relate scary stories over the air. The chilling segments involve a young woman whose monstrous drawing comes to life, a morgue worker using illicit substances to get through their night shift and several more...

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Running Time: 108 minutes

This feature from Searchlight Pictures opens exclusively in theaters on Oct. 29.

Wes Anderson is famous for making visually stunning and quirky films that either charm or annoy viewers. His live action features include “Rushmore,” “The Royal Tenenbaums,” “Moonrise Kingdom,” and this reviewer’s personal favorite, “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” “The French Dispatch” is his latest effort and it possesses Anderson’s unique and eccentric mannerisms in spades. It’s also the closest this filmmaker has ever come to making an anthology.

The brief, episodic nature of the material struggles to make a big emotional...

By Glenn Kay

For the Sun

Welcome back to another look at the latest Blu-rays and DVDs being made available for purchase and/or rental. It seems as if just about every genre is covered in this edition, leaving plenty of options for all. So, if you can’t or shouldn’t, be heading out to the movies just yet, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

BIG NEW RELEASES!

THE BANISHING: A new reverend and his family arrive in an English village. As it turns out, the previous pastor and his family disappeared without a trace and the new arrivals are put up in the very same home. Supernatural events occur and the protagonist’s daughter starts behaving oddly. It isn’t long before...