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‘Resistance’ features a fascinating true story, but needs some fine-tuning

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Running Time: 120 minutes

This feature from IFC Films debuts on demand on cable and digital platforms March 27th.

Audiences have been spoiled over the past couple of years when it has come to standout war movies. Recent productions like 1917, Dunkirk, A Hidden Life and Jojo Rabbit have raised the bar, offering new, unique (and sometimes very personal) perspectives on these battles, as well as pushing technical boundaries to their limit. The new film Resistance offers yet another spin on the formula, focusing on the real tale of a figure who the world would eventually know under a different name (Marcel Marceau). While the true story is remarkable and...

Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for April 3, 2020

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Hello and welcome to another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. Once again, it’s a busy week containing a huge blockbuster, as well as some intriguing independent fare. So, since you more than likely can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!




Big New Releases!



The Captain - The disaster film genre has been around almost as long as cinema itself and this foreign-language effort from China continues the trend. It is based on an actual incident that occurred in May 2018 on a Sichuan Airlines flight over Tibet. According to reports, the windshield of the plane cracked while in midair, sucking the captain halfway...

Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for March 27, 2020

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Welcome back to another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. Since you likely can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!




Big New Releases!



Asako I & II - This foreign-language film from Japan details a young woman in Osaka who falls for a man, only to have him disappear mysteriously. A couple of years later, she encounters another person who looks exactly like her original boyfriend, but has a completely different personality. The lead is attracted to this new person, but must contend with feelings of confusion about the two figures. The press enjoyed witnessing this drama/romance.

A small contingent did complain...

‘Blow the Man Down’ features great performances, plenty of atmosphere

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Running Time: 92 minutes

The following feature film debuts on Amazon Prime on March 20.

Well, this week marked the delay of, well, just about every movie slated to come to theaters over the next two months. While that isn’t the best of news for anyone looking forward to seeing A Quiet Place Part II, Mulan, The New Mutants, The Lovebirds, No Time to Die, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, Antlers, Black Widow, Spiral, The Personal History of David Copperfield, F9 (Fast and the Furious) and many others, it does open the door for a few smaller films to earn some attention. One such example is Blow the Man Down, a little mystery flick that is being released on...

Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for March 20, 2020

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Well, it’s been an unusual week, hasn’t it? Entertainment options in public spaces will be considerably slimmer (or nonexistent) for the next little while, but at least it gives us all a chance to catch up at home on films and programs that we may have missed. There are also plenty of new releases arriving on Blu-ray and DVD, and the highlights are right here. So, if you can’t (or, more likely, are unable and don’t want to) make it out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

Big New Releases!

Abigail - A massive epidemic seals off a small town from the rest of the world and results in numerous citizens being mysteriously taken away by...

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