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Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for April 17, 2020

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Welcome back to another look at highlights coming your way on Blu-ray and DVD. Looks like a wide variety of choices that include everything from dramas to documentaries this week. So, since you can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

Big New Releases!



The Cat and the Moon - A teenager is forced into dealing with several family-related problems after his father dies and his mother decides to go into rehab. With no support system, he accepts an invitation to stay with his dad’s old friend, a jazz musician in New York. The experience is an eye-opening one for the young man as he makes new friends and finds a way to endure a...

Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for April 24, 2020

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It’s time for another look at some highlights that are arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. There are plenty of high profile hit titles in this edition, as well as a great selection of independent features. So, since you can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

Big New Releases!

Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson - Al Adamson was a low-budget genre filmmaker known among cult movie aficionados for his incredibly cheesy flicks that include Psycho a Go-Go, Blood of Ghastly Horror, Dracula vs. Frankenstein, some nudie films, and even a bizarre kid’s feature about a talking chimp called Carnival Magic. Eerily enough, Adamson...

True History of the Kelly Gang’ is bleak and brutal

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Rating: 2 out of 4 stars

Running Time: 124 minutes

This feature from IFC Films debuts “on demand” on various cable and digital platforms April 24th.

Since the beginning of storytelling, outlaws have always held a certain fascination with the public. Even those unfamiliar with the history of Australia have probably come across the name Ned Kelly at some point in their lives. This figure was raised in and roamed across the Australian bush during the 1870s, when the country was still a UK penal colony. His various crimes, including robbery and the murders of several policemen earned him respect and support among the nation’s poor (whom historians agree were mistreated by...

‘The Other Lamb’ is impressively mounted, but emotionally chilly

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Rating: «« out of ««««

Running Time: 97 minutes

While the idea of cutting oneself off from the modern world may seem appealing, doing so by way of a cult is a less than advisable life choice…especially if you happen to be a woman. So says the low-key chiller The Other Lamb, which depicts an independent community of people on their own in the wilderness. The story is intriguing, examining a changing dynamic within the group after spending years off the grid and following orders from their leader. Still, the film takes a very mannered and minimalist approach. While interesting, its cold and distant tone can leave viewers adrift from the proceedings.

The tale focuses on Selah...

Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for April 10, 2020

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Hello and welcome to another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. Stuck inside? Some exciting documentaries are on the menu. Since you likely can’t make it out to the movies this week, why not give one of these titles a try?




Big New Releases!



The Cold Blue - The 8th Air Force Division who fought in World War II is the subject of this remarkable documentary. This unit was sent on several suicide missions, flying over enemy lines. Nine of the survivors appear in the film to recount some of the events they experienced in 1943. The movie also uses recently discovered, never-before-seen footage shot by filmmaker William Wyler (who would go on to make Roman...

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