Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for November 26, 2021

By Glenn Kay

For the Sun

Happy Thanksgiving and welcome to another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. This week doesn’t offer a lot of major Hollywood releases, but there is plenty of great stuff worth checking out. 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!

AMERICAN NIGHT: Described as a neo-noir thriller, this tale involves a rare Andy Warhol painting that unexpectedly appears on the underground market. Over the course of the running time, a wide variety of eccentric characters attempt to obtain the valuable piece of art. Some of those...

Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for Nov 19, 2021

By Glenn Kay

For the Sun

Welcome to another look at some of the new titles arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. This week is chock-full of big Hollywood blockbusters and interesting independent fare. So, if you can’t or shouldn’t be heading out to the movies right now, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

BIG NEW RELEASES!

THE BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART: Most are familiar with brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb as The Bee Gees, one of the world’s biggest and most successful bands. This documentary chronicles their beginnings and meteoric rise to the top of the charts during the disco era. The last surviving member, Barry...

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Focus Features is releasing this movie in theaters on Nov. 12.

According to recent interviews, actor/writer/director Kenneth Branagh has always wanted to make a film about his childhood and growing up in Belfast, Northern Ireland during the turbulent late 1960s. The recent lockdown allowed him to focus on this idea, developing it into “Belfast,” his latest effort, and one of the best features of the year. Everything about this movie, from its observations to the characters themselves, feels genuine and absorbing, as if viewers are getting an authentic look into a child’s life during this period in history.

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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...