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22 April 2018
New to DVD and On Demand Releases for April 22 - 28Releasing this Week:  "Paddington 2": More family fun is in store as the domesticated title bear returns to the screen, as he tries to recover the stolen gift he bought for his aunt's milestone birthday. He worked various jobs to afford it, so it's even more understandable that he's eager to find it ... and he gets help from his adoptive Brown family in the search *** (PG: AS) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "Maze Runner: The Death Cure": In the final chapter of the trilogy, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Dexter Darden must navigate a particularly lethal maze. Their aim is to generate a cure for the virus that has affected most of the rest of the world, but as fans of the series are certain to suspect, enemies make sure that quest is far from easy for the trio to complete ...and not everyone is destined to survive it. *** (PG-13: AS, P, V) "Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool": Annette Bening gives a superb performance as another actress -- Gloria Grahame, who won an Oscar for "The Bad and the Beautiful'' -- in this drama about the latter thespian's profound relationship with a younger man in 1970s England. Their passionate affair eventually took a desperate turn because of her health concerns. *** (R: AS, N, P) "Hostiles": In screenwriter-director Scott Cooper's now-rare attempt at a movie Western, Christian Bale plays an Army captain toward the end of the 19th century. He reluctantly agrees to take an Indian chief back to his intended resting place -- and the trail is tough, eventually bringing them into contact with a woman whose family has been massacred by Apaches. Others, including a criminal, also are along as the group makes its way onto the turf of Comanches, and in the tradition of the genre's stories, they must put aside their differences and unite to survive. *** (R: P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) (more) |
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15 April 2018
New to DVD and On Demand Releases for April 15 - 21Releasing this Week: "The Post": Steven Spielberg-directed, Oscar-nominated drama about The Washington Post in the Pentagon Papers era does fill its entertainment quotient. As the newspaper faces multiple challenges over its possibility of publishing leaked classified documents pertaining to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, editor-in-chief Ben Bradlee and publisher Katharine Graham, played by Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, try to determine how to proceed, knowing that printing the resulting story could embroil them and the paper in legal trouble. *** (PG-13: P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "The Commuter": Liam Neeson maintains his post-"Taken'' reputation as an action star with this thriller. The actor plays an ex-cop and just-fired insurance salesman propositioned to place a tracking device on another passenger aboard the train he's taken daily -- for a sizable payment. Danger mounts as he learns the reason for the situation, with everyone else aboard the locomotive eventually imperiled. *** (PG-13: P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "Genius": Based on Walter Isaacson's book "Einstein: His Life and Universe,'' this drama was National Geographic's first-ever scripted show. Fellow Academy Award recipient Geoffrey Rush and Johnny Flynn share the role of Einstein at different ages, with the teleplay first focusing on the physics student's teen years. The start of World War I and Einstein's theory of relativity are destined to have major impacts on his life ... as are his complex personal ties. *** (Not rated: AS) "The Deep Blue Sea 2": It's been almost 20 years since the original thriller about shark experimentation gone haywire, and this made-for-video sequel continues the theme. Danielle Savre and Michael Beach head the cast as members of a group of scientists and conservationists whose work with drug-enhanced bull sharks eventually puts them at the mercy of the creatures with very lethal jaws. *** (R: P, V) (Also on Blu-ray) |
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08 April 2018
New to DVD and On Demand Releases for April 8 - 14Releasing this Week:
(more) "The Greatest Showman": Hugh Jackman scored one of his most popular hits to date with this musical-drama about the ambitious and ultimately legendary circus mentor P.T. Barnum. While tracing his story, the script also considers those Barnum met along the way who helped turn his dreams into reality, including playwright Philip Carlyle and singer Jenny Lind. The film is produced on a grand scale reminiscent of many genre classics from years ago. *** (PG: AS, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "All the Money in the World": Possibly more famous for a performance that ultimately wasn't in the finished film, director Ridley Scott's involving dramatization of the John Paul Getty III kidnapping features recent Oscar nominee Christopher Plummer as the family's vastly wealthy patriarch ... a role originally played by Kevin Spacey before his scenes were excised and reshot with Plummer at almost the eleventh hour. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "Phantom Thread": Favored with six nominations in the recent Oscars, and rewarded with one, writer-producer-director Paul Thomas Anderson's drama gives Daniel Day-Lewis another complex character in a domineering British fashion designer of the 1950s. Closely aligned with his sister, both personally and professionally, he becomes involved with a waitress and engages in a power struggle with her that eventually turns potentially lethal. *** (R: AS, P) |
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01 April 2018
New to DVD and On Demand Releases for April 1 - 7Releasing this Week:  "Father Figures": Upon learning that the man their mother has told them was their father really isn't, fraternal twins -- played by Owen Wilson and Ed Helms -- set out to find their real dad in this modestly amusing comedy. The siblings are shocked to learn of the parental lie, and their resulting road trip yields revelations about everyone in the immediate family. *** (R: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "13 Reasons Why: Season One'': This intentionally disturbing drama deals with the aftermath of a young woman's suicide. A classmate (Dylan Minnette), who had a crush on her, finds cassette tapes she left behind -- spelling out the "whys'' and "whos'' behind her decision to take her own life, and sending her friend on an odyssey through her deeply troubled existence. *** (Not rated: AS, P, V) "Insidious: The Last Key": The horror franchise continues with this fourth edition, with genre veteran Lin Shaye back as parapsychologist Elise, who goes back to her family home intending to have a conclusive showdown with the sinister spirits that have haunted her throughout most of her life. *** (PG-13: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "Masterpiece: The Child inTime": This drama stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Kelly Macdonald as a children's author and a musician, partners in a marriage that unravels after the disappearance of the couple's young daughter while in her father's care. All might not be lost, though, since the passage of time begins to heal the ruptured relationship -- but the reconciliation could be impacted by the husband's encounter with someone from his past. *** (Not rated: AS, P) (more) |
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25 March 2018
New to DVD and On Demand Releases for March 25 - 31Releasing this Week:  "Star Wars: The Last Jedi": The most recent installment of the enduring sci-fi franchise incorporates cherished "Star Wars'' themes while beefing up newer characters. Rey wants to learn the Jedi ways from the rediscovered Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), just as he did from Yoda. The appearance by Carrie Fisher is bittersweet, given that this was the last of her performances as princess-turned-general Leia. *** (PG-13: V) (Also on Blu-ray and OnDemand) "Acts of Violence": This melodrama casts Bruce Willis as a police detective who works with the fiance (Ashton Holmes) of a kidnapping victim. The woman has been taken for purposes of human trafficking, and her would-be brothers-in-law, both military veterans, also try to find her and bring her back. *** (R: AS, N, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "The Americans: The Complete Fifth Season": This penultimate season -- set in 1984 -- makes a major plot point of Paige's (Holly Taylor) new awareness of her Russian-spy parents' (Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys) double lives. The threat of biological warfare also is a big factor. *** (Not rated: AS, N, P, V) "Mr. Robot: Season_3.0": The cyber-intrigue continues for Elliot (Emmy winner Rami Malek) in a big, expectedly complicated way as he gets second thoughts about all he's done to stop E Corp. He makes his way back inside the company and tries a new approach to his effort involving them and Mr. Robot (Christian Slater). *** (Not rated: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray) (more) |
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