Welcome to another look at some of the highlights arriving on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD. It’s another busy edition with some big titles and just as many interesting independents. 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 of these titles a try!:

 

BIG NEW RELEASES!

THE BOYS IN THE BOAT: Set in the early 1930s, this biopic tells the story of a University of Washington rowing team. These students didn’t have a lot of money, but decided to compete against the well-funded Berkeley and other teams in order to qualify for the 1936 Summer Olympics. After beating the odds, they are sent to compete in...

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Running Time: 116 minutes

 

This film from Focus Features is currently playing at cinemas.

When I think about biker movies, the first ones that come to mind are 50s films like The Wild One and 1969’s Easy Rider, along with a number of exploitation and B-pictures that followed in the early ‘70s capitalizing on the latter’s success. It has seemingly been a long while since anyone has tackled the subject. Based on a book of photographs and essays written by Danny Lyon about real motorcyclists of the ‘60s and ‘70s, The Bikeriders attempts to transport viewers back to this golden age.

After some time away from the Chicago-based outlaw gang The...

Welcome to another look at highlights arriving on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD. Last week was remarkably busy so this edition is slower, but there is one big title and some interesting independent fare to choose from. 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!

AMERICAN FICTION: An African-American author and professor becomes frustrated that his acclaimed works aren’t selling. After being told that his recent manuscript isn’t “black enough” and seeing other writers achieve great success using stereotypes, the lead decides to play a prank...

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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.

Of...