By Glenn Kay

For the Sun

Welcome back to another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. This time, there’s an interesting mix that includes one reasonably high-profile feature along with several interesting independent efforts. So, if you can’t, or aren’t quite ready to head out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

BIG NEW RELEASES!

BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, PART ONE: The latest in DC’s animated, direct-to-disc superhero series follows Batman in his early years. While helping Commissioner Gordon take down the ruthless Falcone family, he begins investigating a series of slayings that occur on holidays. It becomes clear that an unknown...

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This film opened at theaters and became available for streaming on HBO Max on June 10.

Tony Award-winning playwright and songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda is known for creating the musical Hamilton, but fans will know that he has also helped create other successful stage productions. His first creation was In the Heights, which premiered on Broadway in 2008 to great acclaim. This week, the story is being given the Hollywood big screen treatment. Like any adaptation from another medium, there are a few minor issues present in the translation.

However, it’s difficult not to find this high-energy film anything but punchy and...

Welcome to another look at Blu-rays and DVDs coming your way. There’s a great mix of familiar and new, interesting features being made available in a wide variety of genres. So, if you can’t or shouldn’t be going out to the movies just yet, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

BIG NEW RELEASES!

ASSAULT ON VA-33: This independent action feature follows a decorated army veteran visiting his local VA hospital for a routine checkup. He arrives just as a group of terrorists decides to take control of the building. They immediately take hostages, including the lead’s wife. The protagonist evades capture and takes action, trying to stop the threat and save...

By Glenn Kay

For the Sun

Welcome to another look at all the latest Blu-rays and DVDs coming your way. There are a couple of big movies, as well as a number of interesting smaller features hitting store shelves this week. 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!

ANYTHING FOR JACKSON: After their grandchild dies in car accident, an elderly couple takes up Satanism and decides to try to bring their loved one back. They kidnap a pregnant woman and use a reverse exorcism technique to put the deceased child’s soul into the unborn fetus. Unfortunately, the pair soon realizes that they have...