Hello and welcome to another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. It’s another extremely busy edition with tons of titles in just about every genre imaginable. So, if you can’t make it out to the movies this week or need to stay indoors, be sure to give one of these titles a try!





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ANGRY NEIGHBORS: A retired writer living in a quiet community in the Hamptons becomes enraged when a multimillionaire buys the property next door and begins building an ostentatious mansion. The scribe declares war on the new owner and does everything he can to prevent the lavish project from being completed. Oh, and during his mission, the man’s pet dog begins...

Welcome to another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. This week sees a mix of some studio fare, independent arthouse and genre flicks, as well as some interesting documentaries. So, if you can’t make it out to the movies this week or need to stay indoors, be sure to give one of these titles a try!



BIG NEW RELEASES!






BRAINWASHED: SEX-POWER-CAMERA: This documentary tells the history of cinema, but focuses on one previously unexamined aspect. Using clips from titles from the late 1800s to present, the movie shows how the visual grammar of cinema creates discrimination, pay inequity and other problems like sexual harassment. It includes Interviews and thoughts from...

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Running Time: 117 minutes

This film from A24 is currently in theaters.

The Whale is a unique drama that poses remarkable risks and challenges for its filmmakers. It is a gloomy tale set entirely within one tiny location featuring a small number of characters with a lead who is an empathetic yet deeply flawed individual.

Honestly, there are so many ways in which this film could have gone wrong. All of the performances have to be perfect and the movie has to remain interesting despite being set in one place over a short period of time. The fact that this film is so compelling speaks wonders for all involved.

Charlie (Brendan Fraser) is an online...

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Running Time: 123 minutes

This film from Sony Pictures Classics opens at theaters nationwide on January 20.

This season sees a lot of Oscar hopefuls vying to get attention and earn themselves coveted Academy Award nominations. Sometimes, these titles earn praise and go on to be major contenders. Others, well, come across as stilted misfires and quickly disappear from view.

The Son has a wonderful cast and a writer/director coming off a major triumph with his 2020 effort The Father, which won Academy Awards for Best Actor and Screenplay. Alas, this effort turns out to be the latter of two scenarios described above. It’s a well-intentioned mess that...