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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe Battle of Jangsari<\/em> \u2013 The Korean War serves as the\nbackdrop of this movie. It follows a young and inexperienced battalion of South\nKorean fighters tasked with a secret mission to help liberate Incheon. The men\nenter the fray unprepared and with little food or supplies. An American war\ncorrespondent covers their trials in the hopes of getting attention from the\ninternational community. Reviews were divided on this war picture. Half stated\nthat the movie had some good battle scenes but relied too much on over-the-top\npersonal melodrama. Just as many took note of these problems, but found the excellent\naction sequences and interesting story enough to earn it a minor\nrecommendation. The cast includes Kim Myung-min, Choi Min-ho and Megan Fox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harriet<\/em> \u2013 This biopic tells the story of Harriet\nTubman, who married a free man in the state of Maryland. When the owner of the\nplantation decides not to release Harriet and sells her instead, she fights for\nher freedom and becomes an abolitionist. Her escape and work with the Underground\nRailroad helped change the course of history and end slavery. The press liked\nthe movie, although stopped short of raving about it. Those who criticized the\npicture liked the lead performance but stated that the subject\u2019s life was overly\nsimplified into a very conventional biopic structure. More said that while\nflawed, the performances were strong and that the story of this figure\u2019s\nstruggle was still worth watching. It stars Oscar-nominee Cynthia Erivo, Leslie\nOdam Jr., Joe Alwyn and Janelle Mon\u00e1e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Midnight Traveler<\/em> \u2013 Afghan filmmaker Hussan Fazili unexpectedly\nbecomes the subject of his own film after his previous non-fiction documentary\non former Taliban commander Mullah Tur Jan ended up putting him on their most\nwanted list. Forced into becoming a refugee with his wife and children, the\nfamily recorded their entire, perilous three-year journey through the Balkan\nroute using nothing but their cell phones. Critics were unanimously impressed\nwith the images captured. They called it a stunning and accurate record of the experiences\nof refugees. In fact, they said it put a personal face and story to the individuals\ngoing through the process and recommended that everyone watch it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Motherless Brooklyn<\/em> \u2013 An employee at private detective firm suffering from Tourette\u2019s Syndrome is rocked after his boss is killed while on the job. Determined to find out what happened and why, the protagonist begins to take on the investigation himself and ends up uncovering a massive conspiracy involving powerful figures within New York\u2019s city council. This period drama earned slightly more positive reviews than negative ones. Those who didn\u2019t like the film said that the message presented was a good one, but that the film was overlong, overacted and cliched. The more upbeat notices appreciated the attention paid to the characters and enjoyed the movie\u2019s look and atmosphere. It features Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale, Willem Dafoe and Bruce Willis. To read this site\u2019s review of the picture, click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ms. Purple<\/em> \u2013 This independent drama tells the story\nof two grown children living in the Koreatown district of Los Angeles. Abandoned\nby their mother and raised by their dad, the pair are brought together after their\nfather becomes terminally ill. Now estranged from his parent, the young man\nreturns seeking closure, bringing up issues within the family that have bothered\nhim for years. Response was enthusiastic for this little feature. A small\ncontingent felt that the style of the film reminded them of better features and\ndidn\u2019t feel like the movie tied up the themes it raised in an appropriate\nmanner. Still, the majority complimented the performances and found it to be a\nmoving and bittersweet portrait of a troubled family. Tiffany Chu, Teddy Lee,\nOctavio Pizano and James Kang headline the feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My Name is Myeisha<\/em> \u2013 Inspired by the 1998 police\nshooting of California teen Tyisha Miller, this unusual project begins with the\nlead character being shot. As this occurs, viewers are taken inside the youngster\u2019s\nhead as she relives experiences in her life and imagines what the future could\nhave held for her. Interestingly enough, these visions are depicted using\nmusical numbers, spoken word poetry and dance. Critics liked the movie a great\ndeal. There was a little group who believed that the events played out much more\neffectively in the stage version than in the film, but the consensus was that\nthe movie was unique and that the cast were excellent in performing the unusual\nmaterial. The cast includes Rhaechyl Walker, John Merchant, Dominique Toney and\nDee Dee Stephens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Parasite<\/em> \u2013 The Oscar frontrunner for the year\u2019s Best\nForeign-Language film is this South Korean feature about a lower-class family who\nfib on their resumes to gain employment with at the lavish household of a wealthy\nfamily. They do their best not to give their true identities away, but as they\nlearn more about the people they work for, it becomes clear that the bosses may\nnot be exactly as they appear either. This feature from writer\/director Bong Joon\nHo (The Host<\/em>, Snowpiercer<\/em>, Okja<\/em>) earned rave reviews from\nthe press, who called it a knockout and one of the year\u2019s best movies. They complimented\nit as a gorgeously shot and tense film filled with timely and biting social\ncommentary. It stars Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong Jo and Woo-sik Choi.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Terminator: Dark Fate<\/em> \u2013 Every time a character in this\nseries thinks that they\u2019ve set things right, another killer cyborg arrives from\nthe future to mess things up. Such is the case with the latest sequel, which finds\na new and improved liquid terminator arriving to exterminate a person who will\ncause the robots trouble in the future. Actually, the press was reasonably positive\nabout the sixth flick in this franchise. Those who didn\u2019t care for it wrote\nthat while the action scenes were well orchestrated, it all felt like a rehash\nthat didn\u2019t add anything new to the formula. Still, a larger percentage thought\nthis effort was better than the previous two sequels and enjoyed seeing the two\noriginal stars return to, well, blow a lot of things up. Linda Hamilton, Arnold\nSchwarzenegger, Mackenzie David, Natalia Reyes and Gabriel Luna headline the\nfilm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plenty of great older titles are making their Blu-ray debuts as well. Fans of 80s, straight-to-video slashers might be interested in Arrow Video\u2019s new Special Edition release of Edge of the Axe<\/em> (1988). It\u2019s a Spanish slasher about an axe-wielding madman terrorizing a California community. Up until now, this movie has only been available on VHS. It\u2019s making its disc debut with a 2K restoration of the film in widescreen and comes with two commentary tracks (one featuring the star and another with genre experts), as well as interviews with the leads and make-up effects man. If you\u2019d like to know more about it, you can click on a full review of the release right here.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n The company\u2019s other line, Arrow Academy, are putting out the film-noir, Black Angel<\/em> (1946). It\u2019s a mystery about a nightclub singer who is murdered. All of the lady\u2019s associates are suspected and so one of them teams up with the deceased\u2019s ex-husband to try and prove their innocence as well as catch the real killer. The feature has been given a new restoration from the original film elements. It also comes with a movie scholar commentary, a video appreciation with a film historian and the trailer along with publicity still and other materials. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shout! Factory have plenty of Blu-rays coming your way. The\nfirst is the horror flick, Body Parts<\/em> (1991). It\u2019s about a man who gets\ninto a car accident and loses his arm. He gets a replacement limb thanks to a\nnew, experimental procedure. However, he soon discovers that the donor was a\nmaniac and finds that his arm has a life of its own. This Blu-ray comes with a number\nof extras, including an audio commentary with director Eric Red (who also wrote\nThe Hitcher<\/em> and Near Dark<\/em>), and an interview with the filmmaker, as\nwell as discussions with supporting cast members, deleted gore footage with\noptional commentary, trailers, TV spots and a still gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s Scare Jessica to Death<\/em> (1974) is a creepy\nlittle film about a woman recovering after a nervous breakdown who begins having\nhorrifying and disturbing visions of an undead girl. Is she imagining it, or\nare these supernatural events real? It\u2019s an effective chiller and the Blu-ray\nprovides a commentary track with the director and producer, an interview with\nthe film\u2019s composer, a discussion with a critic and film historian on its\neffectiveness. There\u2019s also a featurette about the movie\u2019s locations as well as\npublicity materials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Some years ago, Shout! put out a Blu-ray of The Slumber\nParty Massacre<\/em> (1982). This week, they\u2019re re-releasing it as a special Steelbook.\nYou\u2019ll get the same disc packaged in an impressive case with new artwork. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And the distributor is also putting out a Blu-ray of the\ndark comedy, Very Bad Things<\/em> (1998). In some respects, it has a similar plot\nto The Hangover, but goes to grimmer and gorier lengths for laughs. The all-star\ncast includes Christian Slater, Jon Favreau, Cameron Diaz, Jeremy Piven and Daniel\nStern. This release comes with a film critic audio track, new interviews with\nco-stars Piven and Stern, a theatrical trailer and a still gallery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Criterion have some interesting Blu-rays as well. The first\nis All About My Mother<\/em> (1999) from Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar (Pain\nand Glory<\/em>), which won Best Foreign Language Film some twenty years ago. It\u2019s\nabout a who loses her son in a tragic accident and decides to search and\nreconnect with her child\u2019s other parent. The disc includes a 2K digital\nrestoration of the movie, a 52-minute documentary on the production, a television\nprogram from the year of release featuring the director and his own mother and a\n48 minute Q&A session with Almodovar that occurred after a 2019 screening\nin Madrid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They also have the Sidney Lumet war drama, Fail Safe<\/em>\n(1964), which plays on the actions of behind-the-scenes government officials and\ntheir part in almost starting nuclear war. The film has been given a 4K\nrestoration and the disc comes with a director commentary, an interview with a film\ncritic about Cold War films, a short documentary about the feature from 2000\nand an essay on its historical significance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sony are also releasing a pair of Blu-rays. The first is for\nthe Jimmy Stewart\/Kim Novak romantic comedy, Bell, Book and Candle<\/em>\n(1958) about a modern day witch who fall in love with her neighbor. They also\nhave the thriller, Trial by Jury<\/em> (1994), which stars Joanne Whalley as a\njury member in a mobster trial whose family is threatened if she doesn\u2019t vote\nfor acquittal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Vinegar Syndrome have a series of 80s horror pictures\nhitting Blu-ray. The titles include Berserker <\/em>(1987), Beyond the Door\nIII <\/em>(1989) and Flesh Eating Mothers<\/em> (1988). Additionally, one of\ntheir earlier releases from a few weeks back, Tammy and the T-Rex<\/em> (1994),\nended up being delayed. It\u2019s now arriving this week and includes the same\nextras mentioned previously. And the distributor is also making the\nhorror\/comedy Zombie Island Massacre<\/em> (1984) available in high definition.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, Warner Archive have added a couple of Blu-ray to their\nmade-to-order release catalogue. They include the horror\/comedy, Two on a\nGuillotine<\/em> (1965). It which features a young woman who must stay in the house\nof a deceased magician if she wants to inherit his fortune. 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Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder<\/em> (Hallmark Mystery)
My Life is Murder<\/em>: Series 1
NATURE: Bears<\/em> (PBS)
NOVA: Dead Sea Scroll Detectives<\/em> (PBS) <\/p>\n\n\n\n