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Welcome to another look at some of the highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. This edition features several notable independents and one of the biggest box office hits of the year (thus far). So, if you can’t make it out to the movies this week or need to stay indoors for a while, be sure to give one...Film
Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for Aug. 4, 2023
Welcome to another look at some of the highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. This edition features several notable independents and one of the biggest box office hits of the year (thus far). So, if you can’t make it out to the movies this week or need to stay indoors for a while, be sure to give one...‘Haunted Mansion’ doesn’t outdo the real Disney attraction
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Running Time: 122 minutes
This feature from Walt Disney Pictures will be released exclusively in theaters on Friday, July 28.
For the last decade, Disney has been on a tear creating live-action adaptations of animated properties. These films have gotten so much attention that many may have forgotten the studios’ sideline of making movies out of their theme park rides. And some of these projects are even more daunting, considering that there typically is very little detailed backstory involved in a 10-minute attraction.
The 2003 effort Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was something of an anomaly in that it successfully...
Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for July 28, 2023
Welcome to another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. Once again, it’s a remarkably busy edition with a number of interesting films in a wide variety of genres. So, if you can’t get out to the movies this week or need to stay indoors, be sure to give one of these titles a try!BIG NEW RELEASES!
HOLLYWOOD DREAMS & NIGHTMARES: THE ROBERT ENGLUND STORY: Horror fans will likely be familiar with the name Robert Englund, who played the villainous Freddy Krueger in eight “Nightmare on Elm Street” pictures. This documentary details his life story, how the classically trained actor was cast in the famous role, as well as how he handled super-stardom. It...
The biopic ‘Oppenheimer’ presents multiple sides of its subject
Rating: «««out of ««««
Running Time: 180 minutes
This feature film from Universal Pictures opens exclusively at theaters on Friday, July 21.
Every so often, an event occurs that changes the course of history. The Manhattan Project, which ultimately resulted in the development of nuclear weapons, certainly qualifies. Oppenheimer, the newest film from writer/director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk, Tenet), tells this story through the eyes of the atomic bomb’s creator, focusing on the intense work and toll that it ultimately took on his life.
In comparison to some of the filmmaker’s epic thrillers, this feels like a more low-key drama...
Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for July 21, 2023
Welcome to another look at some of the new highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. There’s an interesting variety of titles in a number of genres. 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!
CHOP & STEELE: Wisconsin-born Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher are a pair of merry pranksters that are examined in this documentary. For two decades, they have hosted the Found Footage Festival (which presents VHS finds with odd programing and commercials purchased at garage sales) and have also taken part in elaborate practical jokes on news programs.
This title captures the pair doing...
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