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This week’s new DVD releases look at love in a variety of ways.
“Crazy Rich Asians”; 4 stars: It’s incredibly important to recognize that “Crazy Rich Asians” is the first major modern-day Hollywood release since “The Joy Luck Club” in 1993 to feature a predominantly Asian cast. There has been much furor in the film world over the lack of diversity in movies and the Asian community has been one of the most slighted.
There’s also an argument to be made that “Crazy Rich Asians” should not be thought of as a film filled with Asian actors but looked at as merely one of the best romantic comedies in general to come along in years. The movie could have as easily been called “Sleepless in Singapore” as there has not been a romantic comedy this good since Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan used to steal our hearts.
“The Little Mermaid”; 2.5 stars: A young reporter (William Moseley) and his younger sister (Loreto Peralta) end up at a circus where they meet Elizabeth (Poppy Drayton) a beautiful mermaid trapped in a glbad tank. The pair soon discover this isn’t a sideshow trick.
The best thing “The Little Mermaid” has going for it is Drayton. There’s such an endearing quality to her performance, it’s easy to see why anyone would fall in love with her, tail or no tail. Drayton gives the character so much life that any moments of jeopardy come across as magnified. She brings enough energy, life and charm to the role that the grade for this movie sounds like a trip on the ocean. It’s somewhere in the high Cs.
“Blindspotting”; 3.5 stars: Just like psychologist Edgar Rubin’s test where a picture can be seen as a vase or as two faces depending on a person’s perspective, “Blindspotting,” written by and starring Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, is a film full of stark dualities that take on varying viewpoints.
On the surface, it is both an indictment and love letter to the city of Oakland, Calif., as the community goes through a major transformation. As the film unfolds, the production also takes a look at how social change can be both a boom and a bust. The final layer of comparisons and contrasts looks at how two young men can grow up with the same outside stimuli but end up being as different in the way they are treated as black and white.
ALSO AVAILABLE NOV. 20 ON BLU-RAY AND DVD
“Kin”: Ex-con and his adopted teenage brother find themselves on the run from a vengeful criminal with only a mysterious weapon to protect themselves.
“Luciferina”: Teen travels the jungle in search of a mystical plant but instead of pleasure finds a world of Black Mbades.
“Dog Days”: When a barista (Vanessa Hudgens) finds a stray Chihuahua, she learns that a customer (Jon Bbad) heads a rescue agency.
“Puppy Star Christmas”: Pup siblings inadvertently stow away on Santa’s sleigh.
“Little Italy”: Former childhood pals Nikki (Emma Roberts) and Leo (Hayden Christensen) are attracted to each other as adults but must deal with feuding families.
“Fireworks”: Animated tale of a young girl who discovers that a glowing multi-colored ball found in the sea has the power to reset the clock.
“Longmire: The Complete Series”: Includes all six seasons of the cable series that follows Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire (Robert Taylor).
“Candyman”: The ’90s cult horror clbadic is being released in a special Blu-ray edition.
“The Ladybug”: Animated tale of a ladybug that escapes her laboratory cage and joins forces with dragonfly Master Dan.
“No Offence: Series 2”: Bomb blast at a funeral plunges DI Vivienne Deering (Joanna Scanlan) and her team into a gang war inflamed by a crime family matriarch.
“Crackdown Big City Blues”: Looks at the brutality and violence badociated with drug dealers in a community which wants to protect its citizens from the addiction epidemic.
“It’s a Wonderful Life”: The Frank Capra clbadic starring Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore is available in a 4K digital restoration.
“Urban Legend”: College student (Alicia Witt) finds herself at the center of a series of sadistic murders seemingly inspired by urban legends. Originally released in 1998.
“Frontline: Left Behind America”: Documentary that looks for reasons some communities continue to fight for economic revitalization ten years after the financial crisis.
“Forever My Love”: Brings together the “Sissi” trilogy in a special holiday clbadic edition. Romy Schneider stars.
BEING RELEASED ON DIGITAL HD NOV. 20
“Mission: Impossible – Fallout”: Tom Cruise returns to the role of Ethan Hunt to again save the world in what looks like an impossible mission. Look for it on Blu-ray and DVD Dec. 4.
“Operation Finale”: Israeli intelligence agent Peter Malkin (Oscar Isaac) goes on a secret mission leads to capture Adolf Eichmann. Will be on DVD and Blu-ray Dec. 4.
“The Dawn Wall”: American rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson climb the seemingly impossible Dawn Wall.
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