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15 July 2017
New to DVD and On Demand Releases for July 16 - 22Releasing this Week: "Kong: Skull Island": It's a given who the true star of this latest take in one of most classic monster movies is. The human part of the story tries to go deeper by involving aspects of the Vietnam War, which has ended recently as the tale opens, by taking military veterans -- led by Samuel L. Jackson -- and a journalist (Brie Larson) to the uncharted title island. It doesn't take long for them to encounter you-know-who, as well as other fearsome and lethal creatures. *** (PG-13: P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "Free Fire": Executive-produced by Martin Scorsese -- this action tale relies much more on literal firepower than on special effects. She and Armie Hammer play business colleagues in 1970s Boston who try to broker a black-market weapons sale ... but the situation quickly goes awry, everyone pulls his or her own firearm, and it's anyone's guess who will make it out alive as the bullets fly. DVD extras: "making-of'' documentary; audio commentary by director and co-writer Ben Wheatley. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "The Promise": In the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, a couple's (Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon) mutual attraction generates problems. Though the man has made an arrangement to finance his medical education by promising to marry his benefactor's daughter, he falls for the woman, who is romantically linked to a reporter. The path of history affects them all in the course of the attempted rescue of a group of orphans amidst the tumult. *** (PG-13: AS, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand)  "Buster's Mal Heart": Widely acclaimed for his work on television's "Mr. Robot,'' Emmy winner Rami Malek also tackles challenging material in this sci-fi drama, the deeply psychological saga of a man on the run. As he reviews the circumstances (more) |
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02 July 2017
New to DVD and On Demand Releases for July 2 - 8Releasing this Week:.jpg) "The Zookeeper's Wife"': The screen version of Diane Ackerman's nonfiction book casts Jessica Chastain as the wife indicated by the title. She and her husband are both running the Warsaw Zoo when World War II erupts, and the animals face some of the same threats as people do as Hitler's edicts are carried out. Daniel Bruhl plays the Berlin Zoo chief sent to execute -- in a very literal sense -- such orders, and the couple formulate a plan to save not only as many of the creatures they tend to as they can, but also Jewish citizens. *** (PG-13: AS, N, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "Song to Song": Acclaimed writer-director Terrence Malick sets this relationship drama against the backdrop of the Austin, Texas, music world ... and gives it authenticity by including such actual musicians as Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Anthony Kiedis and Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine. Rooney Mara and Ryan Gosling play would-be songwriters who professional trials, while Michael Fassbender portrays a recording titan with an interest in a waitress (Natalie Portman). *** (R: AS, N, P) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand).jpg) "Awakening the Zodiac": The true-life Zodiac killer, who held San Francisco in a grip of terror in the late 1960s, gives this melodrama its basis. Supposedly, the criminal has started to commit murders again in the present day, and spouses (Shane West and Leslie Bibb) decide to cash in by learning the felon's identity. They follow the clues they find in vintage film reels, but their plan ultimately backfires and puts them in direct peril. *** (R: AS, P, V) "Drone": A CIA man (ean Bean) who commits drone attacks via remote control becomes the target of a vengeful Pakistani man (Patrick Sabongui) in this thriller. A release of covert operatives' identities suddenly leaves many agents exposed -- and wanting to even the score for the ``collateral damage'' his loved ones became, the visitor threatens not only the drone pilot, but also his wife and son (Mary McCormack, Maxwell Haynes). *** (Not rated: P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) (more) |
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25 June 2017
New to DVD and On Demand Releases for June 25 - July 1Releasing this Week: "T2 Trainspotting": It's 20 years later in the plot here, as Mark (Ewan McGregor) returns to his Scottish home and reunites with the crew he hung out with in the drug culture, but old wounds also are reopened by the regathering. Cast returnees also include Ewen Bremner and Kelly Macdonald. *** (R: AS, N, P, V) "CHiPs'': California Highway Patrol officers Jon Baker and Frank "Ponch'' Poncherello -- respectively played by Dax Shepard and Michael Pena -- are back on the roads in this reboot of the television series, partially a satire but still with enough police action to satisfy genre fans. *** (R: AS, P, N, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "Power Rangers": The franchise gets a reboot in this special-effects-laden (of course) adventure that makes a new group of teens the title Rangers, who are identified individually by the color of their outfits. Elizabeth Banks gets to do a good amount of scene-chewing as Rita Repulsa, a former Power Ranger who has crossed over to the dark side and threatens the world ... starting with the new generation of powerful heroes and heroines. *** (PG-13: P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand).jpg) "Prison Break: The Event Series": One of Fox's staple dramas recently got a continuation long afterward, with creator-producer Paul T. Scheuring and much of the original cast returning. Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell reunite as brothers Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows, who find themselves in another challenge to break out of incarceration. *** (Not rated: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray) (more) |
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18 June 2017
New to DVD and On Demand Releases for June 18 - 24Releasing this Week:  "Life": Trouble comes aboard for the crew populating the International Space Station in this mash-up of many sci-fi and horror movies, which benefits from a strong cast that includes Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson. Their characters become potential victims in an intergalactic "Ten Little Indians'' when a rapidly growing shape-shifter from Mars is brought onto the outpost. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "Wilson": The term "graphic novel'' often implies horror or action-adventure when it comes to movie adaptations, but not so with this seriocomic Woody Harrelson vehicle casting him as Daniel Clowes' title character, a rather disagreeable fellow who gets some life-changing news. His estranged wife (Laura Dern) informs him he has a teen daughter, forcing him to decide whether to move outside himself and do something about that situation. *** (R: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "This Beautiful Fantastic": An unlikely relationship develops between an aspiring children's-book author (Jessica Brown Findlay) and a cranky widower (Tom Wilkinson) in writer-director Simon Aboud's modern fantasy. The London-garden setting adds much to the atmosphere and tone, meant to be as fantastical as the title suggests. *** (PG: AS, P) (Also on On Demand) "Workaholics: The Final Season": The Comedy Central series recently wrapped up its seven-season engagement with this set of episodes. Adam, Blake and Ders (played by show creators and writers Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine) play friends and telemarketing peers who haven't been able to leave much of their behavior from their college days behind. *** (Not rated: AS, P) (more) |
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11 June 2017
New to DVD and On Demand Releases for June 11 - 17Releasing this Week: "The Lego Batman Movie": This franchise's version of the Caped Crusader was such a success in "The Lego Movie,'' he got his own computer-animated spinoff -- with Will Arnett again supplying his voice -- with this adventure. Barbara Gordon's (voice of Rosario Dawson) elevation to succeed her father (voice of Hector Elizondo) as Gotham City's police commissioner, plus The Joker's (voice of Zach Galifianakis) latest scheme, mean big concerns for the hero. *** (PG: AS) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "John Wick: Chapter 2": After the first edition, Keanu Reeves reprises the role of the ex-assassin who goes to Italy when another killer (Riccardo Scamarcio) wants his own sister eliminated ... and Wick then becomes the target of an ordered contract killing himself. *** (R: AS, N, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "South Park: The Complete Twentieth Season": While Trey Parker and Matt Stone's animated Comedy Central staple might seem a bit dated in its home-video afterlife, given its topicality that sees the episodes completed very close to their on-air debuts, it also makes the show something of a satirical time capsule. *** (Not rated: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray) "Table 19": Being an outcast at a wedding reception is no fun, but it does furnish some laughs in this tale of such a table of randomly gathered guests. Anna Kendrick plays the almost-maid-of-honor, whose falling-out with the best man gets her banished to said table, where she bonds with others who have their own tales of woe to tell. *** (PG-13: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) (more) |
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