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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAntebellum<\/em> \u2013 In this horror film, a renowned sociologist\nand successful author begins a tour of Louisiana to promote her new book. She begins\nto experience strange events and finds herself trapped in a bizarre and terrifying\nreality on a nearby plantation. As the protagonist struggles to find a way out\nof the ordeal, she is forced to confront her past, present and future. This\nchiller didn\u2019t make a positive impression on critics. There was a small contingent\nthat thought the movie was eerie, had a potent message and was impressively\nshot. However, the majority found that while they admired what was being\nattempted, the execution of the story was clumsy and the film itself ineffective.\nIt stars Janelle Mon\u00e1e, Eric Lange, Jena\nMalone, Jack Huston, Kiersey Clemons and Gabourey Sidibe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Argument<\/em> \u2013 While hosting a party at their home, a\nyoung couple get into a heated argument. The fallout continues in the following\ndays and soon their guests step in to try and help resolve the disagreement.\nThey decide to recreate the event to get more insight into the problem, but quickly\nstart bickering about what happened\u2026 so they ultimate hire performers to re-enact\nthe scenario. This independent comedy earned decent notices. A small group\nthought that it was funny in spots, but didn\u2019t care for the characters and found\nthe story repetitive. However, most stated that this was an intriguing and\nunique flick and that its hilarious final act made up for any slow spots. The\ncast includes Dan Fogler, Emma Bell,\nMaggie Q, Danny Pudi, Tyler James Williams and Cleopatra Coleman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Blackbird<\/em> \u2013 A family matriarch with Lou Gehrig’s\ndisease decides to call her entire family together for one last celebration.\nShe and her husband plan on an emotional but rewarding final weekend with their\nkids. However, tensions begin to arise as old and unresolved issues between the\nwoman and her adult daughters are laid bare. This drama received more positive\nreviews than negative ones. Those who disliked it said that there was plenty of\nmaterial to work with, but that in the end the movie skirted the questions it raised\nand instead resorted to melodrama. Slightly more suggested that the cast were\nso engaging and wonderful to watch that it made up for any narrative shortcomings.\nThe movie features Sam Neill, Susan\nSarandon, Anson Boon, Kate Winslet, Rainn Wilson and Mia Wasikowska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hard Kill<\/em> \u2013 In this action\/thriller, a billionaire\ntech developer comes up with a desirable, valuable and dangerous computer that\ncould change or even wreak havoc on the world. He soon decides to lock it up\nand hires a group of mercenaries to protect it. This plan goes awry when a\ngroup of terrorists decide to kidnap the developer\u2019s daughter and threaten her\nlife unless he releases his invention to them. Alas, response towards this\npicture was uniformly terrible and it has yet to have receive an upbeat review.\nThe general consensus is that the movie wastes the talents of its stars and generally\nfeels lazy. They noted the poor story, clunky dialogue and unexciting action\nscenes as serious problems. The movie stars Jesse Metcalfe, Bruce Willis, Lala\nKent, Natalie Eva Marie, Texas Battle and Sergio Rizzuto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Higher Love<\/em> \u2013 Drug addiction is the subject of this documentary\nthat follows a blue-collar worker in Camden, New Jersey. After he discovers\nthat his pregnant wife is battling a serious heroin habit, he tries to help get\nher clean and make a fresh new start. But when she gives birth to their child and\nbegins using again, the lead realizes how difficult it is to permanently remove\nher from her tight-knit group of user friends. There aren\u2019t a lot of write-ups\nyet for this feature, but it has played at several film festivals around the world,\nwhere it won some awards. Word of mouth is that it is an enlightening and at\ntimes infuriating look at the many problems that arise while trying to recover\nfrom drug addiction, as well as an effective examination of the toll taken on family\nmembers trying to help their loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I Am Woman<\/em> \u2013 The famous singer\/songwriter\/activist Helen\nReddy is the subject of this biopic. It opens in 1966 with the Australian single\nmother arriving in New York City with only $230 in her pocket and an\nunstoppable drive to start a musical career. Over the course of the following\ndecades, she writes and records hit records with a feminist theme while also\nbattling a substance abuse problem. Reception towards this drama was positive\noverall. A fair number of reviews commented that the movie was too reliant on\ndramatic <\/strong>clich\u00e9s and could have benefitted\nfrom a more energetic storytelling approach. Still, more critics felt that the\nlead performance was excellent and made up for the script\u2019s formulaic elements.\nThe cast includes Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Danielle Macdonald, Evan Peters and Matty\nCardarople.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lake Michigan Monster<\/em> \u2013 After an abomination known as\nthe Lake Michigan Monster attacks and kills a lighthouse keeper, his son vows\nrevenge on the beast. Some time later and now an eccentric ship captain, the protagonist\nventures out onto the lake with weapons and a crew in order to hunt down and\ndestroy the creature. Shot in black and white, this independent horror\/comedy\nhas been playing at film festivals over the past year to very positive\nresponse. One or two couldn\u2019t get onto its wavelength and complained that the\nmovie ran out of gas quickly. Yet everyone else has called it a very fun and\nstylish, high-energy blast of a film that tonally captures the feeling of a\nB-movie while impressing with plenty of wild visuals. Ryland Brickson Cole Tews\nleads the cast and also serves as writer\/director. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s Scare Julie<\/em> \u2013 This independent feature is told\nin one unbroken shot. The story involves a group of cruel students who set out\nto prank and frighten their reclusive new teenage neighbor who has moved into a\ncreepy home across the street. The plan quickly falls apart when two group\nmembers head out to the eerie house and then don\u2019t return. The press didn\u2019t take\nto this horror flick. One or two were impressed by the single shot, handheld camerawork\nand stated that the technique helped establish a creepy mood. Still, all others\ngroused about the writing, commenting that the characters weren\u2019t distinctive\nand that a weak ending really hurt the movie. It stars Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson,\nIsabel May, Odessa A\u2019zion, Brooke Sorenson, Jessica Sarah Flaum and Dakota\nBaccelli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misbehaviour<\/em> \u2013 This British comedy\/drama tells the\nstory of the 1970 Miss World competition in London. At the time this beauty\npageant was the most watched program in the world, averaging about 100 million\nviewers. The story involves a group of women who asserted that the event\nobjectified women. It follows these\nprotestors as they set out to disrupt the show and cause humorous chaos in the\nprocess. Critics had a good time with this feature. There were a few who\nthought it would have made a better documentary and suffered from being too pleasant\nand lighthearted in tone. However, the majority said that while it didn\u2019t dig\ndeep into its subject it was a hoot to watch, featuring wonderful performances\nand plenty of laughs. Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessie Buckley, Greg\nKinnear, Lesley Manville and Rhys Ifans headline the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They Reach<\/em> \u2013 Watch out for old cassettes collecting\ndust in your basement or garage! This horror picture is set in 1979 and involves\na girl who finds a tape and decides to play it. The item releases a demon that not\nonly starts to haunt and manipulate the youngster\u2019s family, but also begins\ndragging the entire town to Hell. This title played a few film festivals over\nthe past year but looks to be premiering on disc. As of right now, there aren\u2019t\nmany critic reviews available. However, a few have popped up online and the response\nhas been reasonable. A few have called it a low-budget, amateurish knock-off of\nNetflix\u2019s Stranger Things<\/em>, but several also admit that it works well\nenough as a nostalgia piece and is a reasonably effective little homegrown thriller.\nIt features Mary Madaline Roe, Eden Campbell and Morgan Chandler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Worst. Christmas. Ever.<\/em> \u2013 A small-town teenager goes\nthrough a particularly rough holiday season after learning that she is pregnant\nand that her boyfriend has been cheating on her. The lead\u2019s self-involved parents\nare no help either, leaving youth to confide in her friends. After some\nconversation, she decides to steal her grandpa\u2019s gun and use it to confront her\nboyfriend and give him a scare. Along the way to her grandfather\u2019s home, things\nbegin to spiral out of control as the teen discovers that everyone in town in\nalso going through major dilemmas. This low-budget indie feature is debuting on\ndisc and there are no reviews currently available for it. So far, no one can\nsay if it\u2019s an amusing holiday present or something that should be left\nunopened. Raychael Lane and Chase Crawford headline the film. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Blasts from the Past!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you enjoy animated features, Shout! factory have a few\ncoming your way that were all nominated for Academy Awards. The first Blu-ray is\nfor the French feature, A Cat in Paris<\/em> (2010). This is a hand-drawn\nmovie about a Parisian cat who lives a secret life at night. When the feline\u2019s\nowner gets targeted by gangsters, the heroic animal must save her. The movie arrives\nwith a making-of short, a video flipbook of the title character and a trailer.\nYou\u2019ll also get the original French with English subtitles as well as an English\naudio track. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Chico & Rita<\/em> (2010) is a Spanish film set in Cuba\nduring the 1940s. It\u2019s about a piano player and singer who fall in love and try\nto survive a long journey filled with heartbreak as they leave their home and\ntry to make it in the US. Extras on this Blu-ray include an audio commentary\nwith the directors, a making-of and theatrical trailers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Irish film The Secret of Kells<\/em> (2009) is also arriving on Blu-ray. Celtic mythology is used in this medieval tale about a young boy who finds a magical book. He then befriends wolf-girl, hoping that these incredible discoveries will help him save his village from invading forces. This Blu-ray includes a commentary with the co-directors and art director, voice recording sessions with the cast, a pencil to picture featurette, footage from the Oscars and more bonuses. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kino have a couple of Blu-rays arriving as well that feature\nJohn Wayne. The first is the Marlene\nDietrich\/John Wayne rom-com Seven Sinners<\/em> (1940), which finds its lead\nat a saloon in the Pacific falling for one another. It comes with a film\nhistorian commentary and a trailer. The second is the adventure flick, The\nShepherd of the Hills<\/em> (1941), in which Wayne leads a family of moonshiners and\nfalls for a woman with a curse. Bonuses on this Blu-ray are the same as for the\nprevious title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sony are continuing to reach into their catalog and find more titles to release on Blu-ray. This week it\u2019s the Robin Williams comedy, Man of the Year<\/em> (2006), about a political talk show host who decides on a presidential run to earn higher ratings… and then wins the election. The disc includes a couple of featurettes about the production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you happen to shop for Blu-rays at Best Buy, they are offering\na couple of new Steelbooks exclusive to their stores. The first is of the\npopular musical Grease<\/em> (1978), a Paramount title which has been given a\nnew 4K transfer and comes with the same bonuses from previous editions. The second\nSteelbook Blu-ray is a 4K edition of the LionsGate superhero flick, Kick-Ass<\/em>\n(2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n And if have high end video\/audio equipment and are looking\nfor more 4K releases, you can also pick up the Warner Brothers comic book adaptation\nof V for Vendetta<\/em> (2006) with Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, Warner Archive are releasing a Blu-ray of The\nMortal Storm<\/em> (1940) with Margaret Sullavan and Jimmy Stewart. 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Josie and the Pussycats<\/em>: The Complete Series (1970 \u2013 1971) Warner Archive
The Secret of Kells<\/em> (2009) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Catherine the Great:<\/em> An HBO Limited Series
The Crown<\/em>: Season 3
Game of Thrones<\/em>: The Complete Collection 4K
Josie and the Pussycats<\/em>: The Complete Series (1970 \u2013 1971) Warner Archive
Masterpiece \u2013 Victoria<\/em>: The Complete Seasons 1, 2 & 3 (PBS)
Miss Fisher\u2019s Murder Mysteries<\/em>: The Complete Collection \u2013 3 Seasons, 1 Movie
When Hope Calls<\/em>: Season 1 (Hallmark) <\/p>\n\n\n\n