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OnVideo's Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases
Comet
(2014) Justin Long, Emmy Rossum. Set in a parallel universe, "Comet" bounces back and forth over the course of an unlikely but perfectly paired couple's six-year relationship. When a chance encounter brings together the cynical Dell (Long) and the quick-witted Kimberly (Rossum), the stage is set for a tempestuous love affair that unfolds like a puzzle. As the film zigzags back and forth in time from a meteor shower in L.A., to an encounter in a Paris hotel room, to a fateful phone call, an unforgettable portrait of a relationship emerges. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (IFC Films).
Four Blood Moons
(2015) Screen Adaptation of John Hagee's investigative best seller exploring the biblical connection to a modern-day series of lunar eclipses. Docudrama combines scripture, science, history and big-screen live action spanning centuries to examine our current blood moon cycle -- and its possible meaning for Israel, the Middle East and the world. An array of historians, religious scholars and commentators appear in the film and offer their insights. It is rare that science, history and scripture align with each other, yet the last three series of Four Blood Moons have done exactly that. The so-called Blood Moon Prophecy states that an ongoing tetrad (a series of four consecutive lunar eclipses -- coinciding on Jewish holidays -- with six full moons in between, and no intervening partial lunar eclipses) that began with the April 2014 lunar eclipse is a sign of the end times as described in the Bible in Acts 2:20 and Revelation 6:12. Are these the "signs" that God refers to in the Bible? If they are, what do they mean? What is their significance for us today? Formats: DVD, Digital. (Virgil Films).
Ghost Town
(1988) Franc Luz, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Catherine Hickland, Bruce Glover. When a modern-day sheriff's deputy is lured to a desolate, spooky ghost town in search of a missing woman, he comes face-to-face with a malevolent spirit from the town's past. The spell of death and suffering over the undead townspeople must end to set them free from eternal pain. The horrors of a possessed outlaw, in a time-suspended dimension, are only the setting for a frightening battle for the mind, nerves and flesh. Formats: Blu-ray Disc. (Scream Factory).
Home
(2015) Voices of Rihanna, Jim Parsons, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez. When Earth is taken over by the overly-confident Boov, an alien race in search of a new place to call home, all humans are promptly relocated, while all Boov get busy reorganizing the planet. But when one resourceful girl, Tip (Rihanna), manages to avoid capture, she finds herself the accidental accomplice of a banished Boov named Oh (Jim Parsons). The two fugitives realize there's a lot more at stake than intergalactic relations as they embark on the road trip of a lifetime.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, 3D Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). (Fox/DreamWorks).
Mama's Family: Mama's Favorites - Season 6
(1989-90) It's the end of the proverbial DVD line for Mama, as "Mama's Family: Mama's Favorites, Season Six" marks the final release in the fan-favorite sitcom franchise starring Vicki Lawrence as the irascible Thelma "Mama" Harper. But Mama will not go silently into the good night, as this installment features the six greatest episodes from the final season of the series as hand-selected by Lawrence herself, including: "Mama Fights Back," "Bubba's House Band," "The Big Nap," "Pinup Mama," "Look Who's Breathing" and "Bye-Bye - Baby!" Formats: DVD, $12.98. (Time Life).
3 Hearts
(2014 -- France) Benoit Poelvoorde, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve. A tax inspector, his new bride and her sister become entwined in a love triangle. One night in provincial France, Marc meets Sylvie after missing his train back to Paris. Instantly and intensely drawn to one another, they wander through the streets until morning in rare, almost choreographed, harmony. A thwarted plan for a second meeting sends each in a separate direction -- Sylvie reunites with her ex and leaves France; Marc falls in love and marries. What neither knows is that Marc's new bride is Sylvie's sister, Sophie. Upon Sylvie's return to France, the spark between her and Marc is reignited in ways that will forever alter the relationships between sister to sister and husband to wife. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Cohen Media Group).
White God
(2014) A cautionary tale about our supposed "superiority" over the "lesser beasts." A new set of Hungarian laws favor pedigree and purebred dogs, placing a severe tax on those who own mixed breeds. These laws have real consequences, especially for 13-year-old Lili (Zsofia Psotta). Already a pawn from her parent's bitter divorce, she can't understand why her dog, Hagen, is less important than other dogs. When her enraged father leaves Hagen in the streets, heartbroken Lili sets out to find him. Meanwhile, Hagen is captured and sent to the pound where he seizes an opportunity to escape and rebel against the human race. Meanwhile, all the unwanted, unloved and so-called "unfit" dogs rise up under a new leader, Hagen, the one-time house pet who has learned all too well from his "Masters" in his journey through the streets and animal control centers how to bite the hands that beat him. Winner of the Un Certain Regard Award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, VOD, Digital. Extras: "Behind the Scenes of White God," interview with writer-director Kornel Mundruczo, interview with animal coordinator/technical advisor Teresa Ann Miller. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
July 26, 2015 (ISSN 1094-3676). |
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