By Glenn Kay

For the Sun

Welcome back to another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. The new release column isn’t quite as busy as normal this time out, but it is filled with some interesting and unusual features worth checking out. So, since you can’t, or likely shouldn’t be heading out to the movies just yet, why not give one of these flicks a try?

BIG NEW RELEASES!

FUKUSHIMA 50: Based on the 2011 disaster in Japan, this drama tells the story of how a magnitude 9.0 earthquake rocked Fukushima. A nuclear plant manager and his team of engineers risk their lives to try to contain a reactor leak and must also contend with a massive tsunami rushing into the region...

The Oscar Nominated Shorts is available on the ShortsTV app.

As a young movie enthusiast, it was always frustrating to watch the Oscars and see categories featuring smaller titles that were difficult to locate. Over the years, the situation has improved dramatically. Today, there are packages being released that allow curious viewers to sample shorts online and on the big screen. The works being featured are always exceptional and it is truly wonderful to see them all with relative ease.

This year the tradition continues as ShortsTV will be presenting all the Oscar-nominated animated, live-action and documentary shorts on their site (some of the categories will also be available to...

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This film is playing at open cinemas and drive-ins on April 9.

I’m not sure if NASA has ever considered sending a team of young astronauts into orbit for space missions, but if they have, the new film Voyagers will likely cause them to question the idea. It’s a movie that places teenagers against a science-fiction backdrop and seems in part inspired by the classic William Golding novel Lord of the Flies. Admittedly, the end results aren’t perfect, but the young cast is solid and the movie is a slick and polished piece of entertainment that will certainly intrigue anyone unfamiliar with one of the feature’s main...

Welcome back to another look at the latest Blu-ray and DVD highlights coming your way. While this edition isn’t an exceptionally busy one, there are still plenty of notable releases that should pique the interest of film fans. So, since you can’t, or likely shouldn’t be heading out to the movies just yet, be sure to give one of these titles a try!



BIG NEW RELEASES!



ACASA, MY HOME: In this documentary, viewers are introduced to a large and eccentric Romanian family. They have been living in the natural preserve for over 20 years and for the most part have been cut off from modern society. The adults and their nine children are eventually chased from the park by...