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Blu-Ray pick of the week: The nowhere Inn

“Coming 2 America” is also new to Blu-Ray this week. The Nowhere Inn People aren’t always what they seem. This truth goes double for celebrities, with whom we enter into what psychologists call a parasocial relationship. That is, we think we know them based on what we...

Blu-Ray Pick of the Week: Belfast

“Demonic” is also new to Blu-Ray this week. Belfast Oscar nominated writer-director Kenneth Branagh begins his semi-autobiographical movie “Belfast” in an interesting way. We see shots of the Northern Ireland city as it looks today through a montage of static shots...

Blu-Ray Pick of the Week: The King’s Man

“House of Gucci” is also new to Blu-Ray this week. The King’s Man History records that on December 30, 1916, Russian nobles tried to poison “Mad Monk” Grigori Rasputin with cyanide. When this failed, they chased him down, shot him, and for good measure, due to...

Blu-Ray Pick of the Week: Love Affair

“Eternals” is also new to Blu-Ray this week. Love Affair I love old movies, but the problem with watching them is that I can’t help but compare them to today’s movies. While great movies are certainly still being made today the world over, my general feeling about...

Blu-Ray Pick of the Week: Encanto

“Catwoman: Hunted” and “King Richard” are also new to Blu-Ray this week. Encanto The opening logos of “Encanto” inform us that it is Disney’s 60th animated feature. The Disney logo, in all its forms over the years, has always brought with it a promise of quality and...

Blu-Ray Pick of the Week: Ghostbusters: Afterlife

“Clifford The Big Red Dog” is also new to Blu-Ray this week. Ghostbusters: Afterlife There are nostalgia trips, then there’s “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” which would undoubtedly win an award for most member berries per minute of screen time, if such a prize existed. Do...