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Welcome back to another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. There’s plenty of great stuff coming your way that should have every member of the family covered. So, if you can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

Big New Releases!

Can’t Kill This - This comedy/horror co-production between Italy and France has an alternate title that cannot be typed in full on this page (for those who are curious, it’s called, F**k You Immortality). The story is about a pair of aging hippies who are searching for a reclusive old friend who has been cursed with a very strange condition. He hasn’t been able to age a day since the...

Brings in nearly $7,000

Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services hosted a Valentine’s Day dinner and dance for Gallup’s Battered Families Services. The fundraiser turned out 100 residents and netted the non-profit organization close to $7,000.

Couples and singles swayed to the R&B mixes of Marvis Wynn, aka DJ Marvelous, a KGLP disc jockey and feasted on Beef Wellington, salads and Valentine’s desserts at the Valentine’s Day event held at the Gallup Knights of Columbus Hall.

“Everyone on Friday night gave of their heart,” Emily Ellison said. Ellison serves as interim executive director for Battered Families Services.  “Every dollar counts when it comes to...

Dependence on CGI feels false

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Running Time: 100 minutes

The written work of Jack London has been celebrated for more than 100 years, with some of his most popular stories set in the Yukon where he once traveled and lived. His naturalist fiction loosely based on his experiences strove to detail both the beauty and harshness of the wild and all lifeforms who either live there or are drawn to it. His work has been adapted into film a few times over the years and the latest attempt is The Call of the Wild, which uses new technology to tell its story. While advancements have no doubt assisted the filmmakers in accomplishing some of the trickier aspects of...

Time for another look at all of the highlights headed your way on Blu-ray and DVD. So, if you can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try.

Big New Releases!

21 Bridges - A Manhattan detective finds himself on a citywide hunt for a pair of cop-killers. Things get even more complicated after a massive conspiracy behind the assassination is uncovered. Soon escape from the city via the numerous bridges is cut-off, and the protagonist discovers that he is in as much danger as those being pursued. This action picture split reviewers.

It stars Chadwick Boseman, Sienna Miller, Stephan James, Keith David, Taylor Kitsch and J.K...