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It’s time for another look at highlights of new Blu-ray and DVD releases arriving this week. There is plenty of interesting fare including films from Hollywood and around the world. 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!

Aniara - This Swedish-Danish science-fiction picture is set on a spaceship headed to Mars. With the Earth dying, the craft carries a massive population planning to colonize the red planet. When the ship is knocked off course, the travelers are forced into contemplating their consumerist habits and whether their species is really worth saving. The production received slightly more...

Bonnie Jo La Zelle Redd, 82, of Albuquerque, NM died August 14, 2019.

A mass was held on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 10am at St. Ignatius, Colo.

A rosary was recited Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 6pm, also at St. Ignatius, Colo.

Interment will be at Ignacio East Cemetery, Ignacio, Colo.

Bonnie Jo La Zelle Redd, 82, of Albuquerque, NM died August 14, 2019.

A mass was held on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 10am at St. Ignatius, Colo.

A rosary was recited Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 6pm, also at St. Ignatius, Colo.

Interment will be at Ignacio East Cemetery, Ignacio, Colo.

Gallup hotel now part of  Hollywood history

The Lost Dutchman Chapter No. 5917 of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus, a fraternal organization dedicated to preserving the heritage of the American West, dedicated a plaque to the El Rancho Hotel, Aug. 10.  The location, at 1000 E. Hwy. 66, is now a historical site.

The El Rancho Hotel was constructed in 1936 for R.E. Griffith, brother of filmmaker D.W. Griffith, and served as a base camp for movie crews and actors. That site and its proximity to western landscapes, made it an ideal place to make movies.

When Lois Lane was trapped on the road as an earthquake struck in the 1978 epic Superman, it was filmed on...