Welcome to another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. It’s another busy edition with some big titles, as well as plenty of independent fare in a variety of genres. So, if you can’t make it out to the movies this week or need to stay indoors for a bit, be sure to give one of these titles a try!



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ASTEROID CITY: The latest from writer/director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel) involves the production of a stage play and the story going on within the fictional work. The show follows a group of teenage scientists and their parents arriving in a small desert town to receive prizes from the military for...

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This film from Warner Bros. Pictures is playing exclusively in theaters.

The Meg arrived in cinemas in August of 2018 and was a surprise success at the box office. It split critics, but this reviewer admits to having enjoyed it. The film was slickly-produced and had its tongue firmly planted in its cheek, yet still managed to create a few memorable characters, as well as some enjoyably over-the-top action scenes.

Meg 2: The Trench is the follow-up, and while the movie attempts to do the very same thing, it doesn’t work nearly as effectively. Despite the talent involved, it’s a bizarre hodgepodge that jumps jarringly between...

Welcome to another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. There’s a major blockbuster arriving, as well as some intriguing independents and international fare. So, if you can’t make it out to the movies this week or need to stay indoors, give one of these titles a try!

 



BIG NEW RELEASES!



97 MINUTES: A group of hijackers take control of a commercial passenger aircraft flying from London to Los Angeles. Little do they know that an undercover Interpol agent has infiltrated the group onboard. After learning of another unexpected complication (a nuclear device has been hidden on the plane), the protagonist also discovers that their fuel supply has...

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This animated feature from Paramount Pictures opens exclusively at theaters on Friday, Aug. 2.

Since the late 1980s, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been a staple of kid’s television programming and the silver screen. So much so that even this reviewer may be overly familiar with the characters and their backstory (even going back to their comic book roots). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is the seventh movie featuring the heroes and serves as a reboot potentially introducing a new series of films to the public. The visuals are unique, but the fact that it serves primarily as an origin story means that...