From the Big Screen:
80 For Brady
Vitals: Director: Kyle Marvin. Stars: Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field, Tom Brady, Guy Fieri, Rob Gronkowski. CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 102 min., Comedy, North American box office gross: $39.330 million, worldwide $39.594 million, Paramount.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray + Digital Code, VOD, Digital.
Champions
Vitals: Director: Bobby Farrelly. Stars: Woody Harrelson, Kaitlin Olson, Ernie Hudson, Cheech Marin. CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 124 min., Drama Comedy, North American box office gross: $16.209 million, worldwide $18.423 million, Universal. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. Extras: Deleted scenes; “Keeping it Friendly” behind-the-scenes featurette; “Woody and the Team” featurette; “Casting the Friends”; feature commentary with director Bobby Farrelly. Read more here
This Week’s Highlight:
“Wings Of Desire” (1987 — Germany) is one of cinema’s loveliest city symphonies. Bruno Ganz is Damiel, an angel perched atop buildings high over Berlin who can hear the thoughts -— fears, hopes, dreams -— of all the people
Buzzin’ the ‘B’s:
In “Baby Ruby” (2022),starring Noémie Merlant, Kit Harrington, Meredith Hagner, Reed Birney and Jayne Atkinson, Jo, a successful lifestyle entrepreneur who is happily pregnant, awaits the arrival of her first child. But soon after Jo welcomes her baby Ruby home, something starts to feel off — even though she’s assured it’s all perfectly normal. Is something wrong with her? Is something wrong with Ruby? And why are the seemingly perfect neighborhood moms so desperate to befriend her? As Jo fights to protect herself and her baby, she is plunged into a waking fever dream where everyone is a threat and nothing is what it seems. On DVD, Blu-ray, from Magnolia Home Entertainment/Magnet Label. Read more here … In “The Ritual Killer”(2023), starring Morgan Freeman, Cole Hauser abd Vernon Davis, a detective (Hauser) hunts an international murderer committing ritualistic killings in a small Mississippi town. He seeks help from an anthropology professor (Freeman), who is an expert on the ancient rituals being performed. On DVD, Blu-ray, from Screen Media Films.
All DVDs and Blu-rays are screened on a reference system consisting of an Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray Disc Player w/SACD & DVD-Audio, a Rotel RSX-972 Surround Sound Receiver, and Phase Technology 1.1 (front), 33.1 (center), and 50 (rear) speakers, and Power 10 subwoofer.