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Running Time: 115 minutes

This film from Focus Features was released on Nov. 4.

Around this time of year, many studios begin releasing movies they believe may have the potential to be nominated for some end-of-year awards. One of those titles is the drama “Armageddon Time,” which is being released this week.

Despite the title, this film is not a disaster flick involving the end of the world – the moniker is actually a play on a piece of music used in the feature. Instead, the movie is a low-key, well-acted and effective coming-of-age drama. This is a solid production, but one that also doesn’t feel like a frontrunner to take home any big...

Welcome back to another look at some of the highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. This particular edition doesn’t feature any major blockbusters, but there are plenty of quirky and noteworthy independents coming. So, if you can’t make it out to the movies this week or need to stay indoors, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

 



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AFTER EVER HAPPY: This is the fourth film based on a series of “After” romance novels by author Anna Todd. After a revelation at the end of the previous film sends the young male lead into a dark and depressed state in London, his girlfriend decides to return to Seattle and focus on improving her own life...

Rating: 3 out of 4

Running Time: 161 minutes

This feature from Marvel Studios and Disney will be playing exclusively in theaters on Nov. 11.

Many sequels face production challenges, most notably living up to the original film and adding new elements to avoid feeling like a retread. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” has an even bigger challenge to contend with. Sadly, the charismatic star of the original film, Chadwick Boseman, passed away less than two years after its release. Instead of recasting the role, the studio has used this tragic event to inspire the story’s narrative.

Like several other titles in the Marvel universe, the film feels overstuffed. However, there is...

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Running Time: 114 minutes

This motion picture from Fox Searchlight opened in Los Angeles and New York on Oct. 14, and is expanding week by week into more markets.

“The Banshees of Inisherin” is a very unusual film set in the early 1920s on an island off the coast of Ireland. At one point fairly early in the tale, one of the central characters stares off into the distance, watching soldiers fight in a civil war taking place on the mainland. He wonders aloud how and why his countrymen would possibly want to hurt each other. Unfortunately, a bizarre experience in his own life suddenly begins to reveal just how quickly relationships can sour.

The...