Welcome back for another edition of DVD and Blu-ray highlights coming your way. Some of the summer releases are starting to arrive, so there are plenty of big flicks hitting shelves. If you can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure give one of these titles a try!

Big New Releases!

Free State of Jones - This Civil War biopic revolves around Newton Knight, a liberal Southern Unionist in Mississippi who rallied slaves, deserters, and like-minded farmers to fight against the Confederacy. The movie itself had some trouble gaining supporters — reaction was split with a few more weighing unfavorably on the results. While the performers earned compliments, there...

Rating: «« out of 4

Running Time: 123 min.

It’s been a while since we’ve seen Bridget Jones on the big screen. The original exploits of the character back in 2001 were, surprisingly enough, charming and very, very funny. Not long after, Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason (2004) rehashed the material in a painfully ineffective manner. After more than a decade, the character has returned in a new feature. So, is Bridget Jones’s Baby a worthy return or nothing more than a nostalgic cash grab?

From this reviewer’s perspective, the answer lies somewhere in the middle. This is a definite improvement over the previous calamitous and best forgotten entry. Yet in all honesty, it’s a...

Rating: «« out of 4

Running Time: 134 min.

Director Oliver Stone has given his take on numerous events in history over the years in titles like Salvador, Platoon, JFK, Nixon, and W., among many others. He is just as known for his contentious theories and button-pushing approaches to his subjects. It should come as no surprise that upon first glance, the latest from the filmmaker also lends itself to controversy.

Snowden tells the story of NSA employee and whistleblower Edward Snowden (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Holed up in a Hong Kong hotel room in 2013, he’s met by a small crew, including a documentarian (Melissa Leo) and journalists from British newspaper The Guardian (played by...

It’s time for another edition detailing the highlights coming your way on Blu-ray and DVD. There are a multitude of great options, ranging from the independent scene to Hollywood blockbuster. So if you can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

Big New Releases!

Being Canadian - This documentary follows a man who has moved from Calgary to LA. Once there, he struggles to separate himself from Canadian stereotypes and mounts a cross-country trip through the Great White North to provide worldwide viewers with a more detailed picture of his homeland. Along the way, he interviews countrymen like Seth Rogen, Cobie Smulders, Kim...