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Welcome to another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. It’s a quieter week due to the big holiday, but there are a couple of interesting smaller films and fun older titles that will be coming your way. So, if you can’t make it out to the movies this week or need to stay indoors for a while, be...Film
Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for July 7, 2023
Welcome to another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. It’s a quieter week due to the big holiday, but there are a couple of interesting smaller films and fun older titles that will be coming your way. So, if you can’t make it out to the movies this week or need to stay indoors for a while, be...Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for June 30, 2023
Welcome to another look at highlights coming your way on Blu-ray and DVD. There are plenty of interesting features arriving this week, including a sequel for a major horror franchise. 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!BIG NEW RELEASES!
BIG GEORGE FOREMAN: Also known as Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World, this biopic tells the story of, well, exactly what is detailed in the extended title. It tells viewers about his impoverished childhood, rise to the top of the boxing world not once but twice, as well as a...
‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ can’t compete with character’s earlier adventures
Rating: «««out of ««««
Running Time: 154 minutes
Back in 1981, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Harrison Ford gave us Raiders of the Lost Ark, a dynamic action film set in the late 1930s mimicking old adventure serials. The film broke box office records and won four Academy Awards (it also earned a Best Picture nomination). Two expertly produced, award-winning, fast-paced sequels followed, cementing an iconic trilogy. In 2008, a follow-up arrived using ‘50s Cold War science-fiction flicks as its inspiration. It wasn’t as effective, but still had its moments.
Now, 42 years after the original, the 80-year-old Ford returns for one more kick at the can. However, Indiana...
‘Asteroid City’ is worth a visit for Wes Anderson fans
Rating: «««out of ««««
Running Time: 104 minutes
This movie from Focus Features opens exclusively in cinemas on Friday, June 23.
Writer/director Wes Anderson has been making eccentric and visually striking movies for a great many years now. The personal quirks present in his projects are so distinctive that just about everyone has a strong opinion about him. This reviewer met a random performer in the city this week. After mentioning that I attended a recent press screening of Asteroid City, the individual felt compelled to tell me why he wasn’t fond of the artist’s work. This rarely happens when you casually mention a movie director to a stranger.
On the off chance...
Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for June 23, 2023
Welcome to another look at some of the highlights arriving this week on Blu-ray and DVD. This edition is filled with several big releases that fared well with critics. 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!BIG NEW RELEASES!
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER: Some 13 years after the original Avatar, writer/director James Cameron returns with the first of several planned follow-ups to his science-fiction epic. Sixteen years after the events of the first movie, the lead has started a family on his new alien home world of Pandora. His peace comes to a quick end when a new team of human soldiers...
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