Movie of the Week
It Follows
There’s been nothing but praise for David Robert Mitchell’s inventive horror flick, which tweaks the tropes of the genre for something altogether refreshing and terrifying.
WIDE RELEASE
• Do You Believe?
• The Gunman
• Insurgent
LIMITED RELEASE
• Deli Man – Angelika Dallas
• Merchants of Doubt – The Magnolia
• Metalhead – Texas Theatre
• The Wrecking Crew – The Magnolia
Blu-ray Pick
Top Five
In the funniest movie of 2014, Chris Rock gives himself his greatest showcase to date, in a movie that’s cast every role from the biggest (Rosario Dawson, never better) to the smallest (Ben Vereen, heartbreaking as Rock’s deadbeat dad). It’s a razor-sharp comedy that gives a dozen undervalued black actors great, meaty parts to play. If only the rest of Hollywood would take notice.
NEW RELEASES
• Annie (28%)
• Exodus: Gods and Kings (28%)
• Penguins of Madagascar (72%)
• Son of a Gun (60%)
• Song of the Sea (98%) – Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature
• The Way He Looks (91%)
TV
Turn (Season 1)
NEW TO BLU-RAY
• Aguirre, the Wrath of God
• The Greatest Story Ever Told
• Hester Street
• The Lady from Shanghai
• The Mark of the Devil
• My Girl*
• Ride the Pink Horse [The Criterion Collection]
• The Soft Skin [The Criterion Collection]
• Troop Beverly Hills
• Vice and Virtue
• The Wild One
*recommended