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On July 8, 1918, Ernest Hemingway was working as an ambulance driver for the American Red Cross while serving on the Italian front in World War I when he was struck by an Austrian mortar shell as he handed out chocolate to soldiers in a dugout.

On July 9, 1993, British forensic scientists announced a positive identification of the remains of Russia’s last czar, Nicholas II, his wife, Czarina Alexandra, and three of their daughters. Mitochondrial DNA was used on the family’s bones, which had been excavated from a mass grave near Yekaterinburg two years earlier.

On July 10, 1985, conservation group Greenpeace’s flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, sank in New Zealand’s Auckland Harbor...

Q: I just started watching the comedy series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I know that two people on the series are married in real life. Did they meet on the show? — G.W.

A: Debuting in 2005 and still going strong, this hit FX (and FXX) network sitcom is the longest-running, non-animated comedy series ever, surpassing the previous record holder The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. It was created by Rob McElhenney, who plays Mac on the show, and stars his offscreen wife Kaitlin Olson as Dee, Glenn Howerton as Dennis, and Charlie Day as Charlie.

Olson and McElhenney fell in love on the set of It’s Always Sunny, but initially kept their romance a secret from their co-stars...

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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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...