The Weekender: ‘Furious’ Vengeance

Movie of the Week

Furious 7
This is the story of a franchise that figured out how to play up its camp and entertainment value, and further the careers of a diverse cast that didn’t have anywhere else to go. James Wan (The Conjuring) steps into the director’s chair for an installment that takes the crew to the Middle East to compete in the poorly named Race Wars.

LIMITED RELEASE
• Effie Gray – Angelika Dallas, Angelika Plano
• The Hunting Ground – Angelika Plano, The Magnolia
• Woman in Gold – Angelika Dallas, Angelika Plano

Blu-ray Pick

Hoop Dreams [The Criterion Collection]
Another week, another groundbreaking documentary. Steve James’ exhaustive and exhausting portrait of two up-and-coming basketball stars is both thrilling and heartbreaking, even 21 years later.

NEW RELEASES
• The Imitation Game (89%) – Academy Award nominee for Best Picture
• Interstellar* (72%)
• Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (79%)
• Meet the Mormons (11%)
• Outcast (7%)
• The Rewrite (64%)
• Wild (90%)
• Wild Card (28%)
• Yves Saint Laurent (44%)

TV
• 30 for 30: The U, Part 2*
• Silicon Valley (Season 1)*
• Veep (Season 3)*

NEW TO BLU-RAY
• Alice’s Restaurant
• Allan Quatermain & the Lost City of Gold
• The Beat Generation
• Cries and Whispers [The Criterion Collection]
• David & Lisa
• The Facts of Life
• How to Beat the High Cost of Living
• Night Game
• The Quiet Gun
• The Shanghai Story
• The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
• Stranger at My Door
• What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
• Without a Clue

*recommended