Welcome to another look at some of the highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD.

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ELEMENTAL: The latest animated effort from Pixar and Disney is set in a city where the elements of air, earth, fire and water all live together. A young fire element is expected to take over her parents’ corner store when they retire, but she has trouble keeping her temper under control. When one of her outbursts threatens to close the store for good, she teams up with a water element to save the business. Despite being from and made of completely different elements, romance blossoms between the two.

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Running Time: 107 minutes

This feature from Amazon Studios is currently playing at cinemas in major markets, but will be available to stream on Friday, Sept. 22 on Amazon Prime.

Most kids find themselves being introduced to wrestling on the T.V., taking in the over-the-top spectacle and showmanship. Frankly, plenty of them continue following these characters into adulthood. One of the most popular leagues in the world is located in Mexico and known as Lucha Libre, with the most famous wrestler being El Santo or The Saint. But there have been other notable luchadors who have made their mark.

The new film Cassandro tells the real story of one such...

Welcome to another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD.

 

BIG NEW RELEASES!



BAD CITY: Set in a city awash in poverty and crime, this Japanese effort follows a shady businessman who decides to run for mayor. Unfortunately, the area is already run by persons connected to the local mafia. So, in order to get ahead, the candidate begins killing his opponents and threatening the mob. A former police captain serving time for murder is released and told to go undercover and stop the candidate.

This foreign-language feature received generally upbeat notices. A small number suggested that while the action scenes were solid, the motivations and plot were convoluted. All...

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Running Time: 103 minutes

This film from 20th Century Studios opens exclusively at cinemas on Friday, Sept. 15.

There certainly is no shortage of murder/mystery features based on the work of Agatha Christie. What is a little unusual is, for all of her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, filmmakers and T.V. producers tend to gravitate toward the same stories. Murder on the Orient Express was released in 2017 and became a box office hit that led to a follow-up, Death on the Nile, only last year. But neither were the first adaptations of each tale.

A Haunting in Venice finally tells a story that is new to the big screen. Truth be told...