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Running Time: 22 minutes per episode

 

This Apple Original series is now available to stream on Apple TV+.

For some strange reason, over the last year or so this reviewer has been watching a significantly greater number of children’s shows. Among recent productions, Bluey is the current gold standard for animated fare (I could write pages about the best episodes of that program). Some other efforts are perfectly entertaining for kids, but this reviewer finds many to be surprisingly overactive. A few seem to have been created based on algorithms designed to exclusively capture the gaze of youngsters rather than provide meaningful entertainment.

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Welcome to another look at highlights arriving on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD. This edition is a busy one, with a ton of Hollywood features and independents in a wide variety of genres. So, if you can’t make it out to the movies this week or need to stay indoors for a few days, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

 

BIG NEW RELEASES!

THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: Combining elements of adventure, science-fiction and drama, this co-production between France and Belgium is set in a world where some humans have begun to mutate and develop animal characteristics. A teenage boy begins showing signs that he may be affected and is told by his father that his mother, who has...

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Running Time: 100 minutes

This feature from Disney and Pixar will begin playing exclusively at theaters on Friday, June, 14.

Remarkably, it has now been nine years since the Pixar/Disney film Inside Out debuted at theaters. The picture, about the emotions of a youngster, was such a critical and commercial hit that it is something of a surprise a follow-up hadn’t arrived sooner. Inside Out 2 features the lead character entering her teenage years and developing a new set of feelings that play havoc with her behavior. Truthfully, it’s a sequel that doesn’t match the original, yet has enough inventive and amusing moments to please.

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Rating: 2 out of 4

Running Time: 115 minutes

This feature from Sony Pictures is now in theaters.

It has been 29 years since the original Bad Boys arrived at theaters. The $19 million dollar action picture didn’t fare particularly well with critics of the day, but audiences turned the movie into a box office hit. This reviewer didn’t mind the first movie’s frantic energy, but hasn’t been as enamored with the follow-ups.

Bad Boys: Ride or Die is the fourth title in the series. This loud effort essentially delivers more of the same and there is barely a moment when the characters aren’t shooting or shouting at each other.

Audiences should be warned that this film is closely...