Welcome to another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. It’s a quieter week due to the big holiday, but there are a couple of interesting smaller films and fun older titles that will be coming your way. 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!





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COME OUT FIGHTING: This war movie is inspired by the real 761st Battalion and other African American soldiers who served their country during WWII. When a small squad of soldiers are sent behind enemy lines to find their commander, they unexpectedly encounter a downed U.S. Army fighter pilot. The group...

Welcome to another look at highlights coming your way on Blu-ray and DVD. There are plenty of interesting features arriving this week, including a sequel for a major horror franchise. 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!



BIG GEORGE FOREMAN: Also known as Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World, this biopic tells the story of, well, exactly what is detailed in the extended title. It tells viewers about his impoverished childhood, rise to the top of the boxing world not once but twice, as well as a...

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Back in 1981, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Harrison Ford gave us Raiders of the Lost Ark, a dynamic action film set in the late 1930s mimicking old adventure serials. The film broke box office records and won four Academy Awards (it also earned a Best Picture nomination). Two expertly produced, award-winning, fast-paced sequels followed, cementing an iconic trilogy. In 2008, a follow-up arrived using ‘50s Cold War science-fiction flicks as its inspiration. It wasn’t as effective, but still had its moments.

Now, 42 years after the original, the 80-year-old Ford returns for one more kick at the can. However, Indiana...

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This movie from Focus Features opens exclusively in cinemas on Friday, June 23.

Writer/director Wes Anderson has been making eccentric and visually striking movies for a great many years now. The personal quirks present in his projects are so distinctive that just about everyone has a strong opinion about him. This reviewer met a random performer in the city this week. After mentioning that I attended a recent press screening of Asteroid City, the individual felt compelled to tell me why he wasn’t fond of the artist’s work. This rarely happens when you casually mention a movie director to a stranger.

On the off chance...