New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of December 29 - January 4
Harley Lond - wrote on 12/29/20 at 02:11 AM CT
As we close out 2020 and enter into what will be a much better 2021, there's only a handful of titles heading to DVD and Blu-ray this week. Things will pick up after the first, so, in the meantime:
Happy New Year
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
"Honest Thief" (2020) Liam Neeson, Kate Walsh, Jai Courtney, Jeffrey Donovan, Anthony Ramos, Robert Patrick. Meticulous thief Tom Carter (Neeson) has stolen …
Raya and the Last Dragon and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/23/20 at 12:02 PM CT
For the first time in nine weeks, Universal Pictures did not have the top film at the box office - but it wasn't by much. After suffering a big controversy at China's Box office, Monster Hunter made its U.S. debut and did come out on top - but the $2.2 million opening isn't exactly a ringing endorsement for Paul W.S. Anderson's video game adaptation. The Croods: A New Age was right on its tail …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of December 22 - December 28
Harley Lond - wrote on 12/21/20 at 10:45 PM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
"The War with Grandpa" Sixth-grader Peter (Oakes Fegley) is pretty much your average kid -- he likes gaming, hanging with his friends and his beloved pair of Air Jordans. But when his recently widowed grandfather Ed (Robert De Niro) moves in with Peter’s family, the boy is forced to give up his most prized possession of all, his bedroom. Unwilling to let such an injustice …
Outside the Wire and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/16/20 at 10:31 AM CT
With fallout from the bombshell Warner Bros. announcment still ongoing, Disney had their big reveal and it turns out the future of the Mouse House includes big movies, yes, but a lot of streaming series as well. Sure, there's going to be a new (and quite possibly good) Fantastic Four film - and a female-directed Rogue Squadron movie (congrats to Patty Jenkins) - but perhaps the bigger news was …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of December 15 - December 21
Harley Lond - wrote on 12/15/20 at 06:47 AM CT
FROM THE BIG SCREEN:
Tenet Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist (John David Washington) journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time. A soldier known for not breaking under torture is dead. At least, that's what the masses believe. The truth is that there …
Dune, Halloween Kills and More in This Week's MPAA Ratings Bulletin
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/09/20 at 11:08 AM CT
Back again and this time with some actual big movies to talk about but before that, there's something else - and not the box office. No, the biggest news coming out is that Warner Bros. has announced their entire slate of 20201 films will debut on HBO Max day and date with their cinematic debuts. They will play for one month on the streaming service before playing exclusively in theaters but the …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of December 8 - December 14
Harley Lond - wrote on 12/07/20 at 11:24 PM CT
THIS WEEK'S BEST BETS
Just in time for the 30th anniversary of "The Godfather: Part III," director-screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola has re-edited the final film in his epic Godfather trilogy and renamed it "Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone" (1990). This new version achieves Coppola and screenwriter Mario Puzo’s original vision for the finale, which has been …
Nothing Much for the MPAA Ratings Bulletin, but The Croods: A New Age Makes Waves
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/02/20 at 10:54 AM CT
While there isn't much to talk about for ratings this week, perhaps the only good news the box office has seen in a long time was the promising opening of The Croods: The New Age, which actually topped the three-day weekend opening of Christopher Nolan's Tenet with $9.7 million and earned $17 million including the early pre-Thanksgiving opening. That is also the best opening since Tenet ($20.2 …
New on DVD and Blu-ray Week of December 1 - December 7
Harley Lond - wrote on 12/01/20 at 07:04 AM CT
THIS WEEK'S BEST BETS
For "Crash" (1996), his icily erotic fusion of flesh and machine, David Cronenberg adapted J. G. Ballard’s future-shock novel of the 1970s into one of the most singular and provocative films of the 1990s. A traffic collision involving a disaffected commercial producer, James (James Spader), and an enigmatic doctor, Helen (Holly Hunter), brings them, along with James’s …
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