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Running Time: 104 minutes

It’s been only months since we last saw a drama based around the world of writer A.A. Milne and his honey-guzzling bear, Winnie-the-Pooh. The latest version, Christopher Robin, takes a decidedly fictionalized approach, delving into the literature for inspiration and updating events to tell a story about the adult version of the boy featured in the famous tales. Director Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Stay, Stranger Than Fiction, Quantum of Solace) is much more attracted to the somber aspects of the characters.

It has been about thirty years since Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) spent his days playing with Winnie-the-Pooh...

Welcome to another edition chronicling the latest releases on Blu-ray and DVD. It’s a slower week, but there a couple of notable flicks arriving. So if you can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

BIG NEW RELEASES!

Dark Crimes - In this independent drama, a cop becomes obsessed with solving a murder that bears some resemblance to a book by a successful writer. He trails the author into a strange underground world as he sets out to find the truth. Unfortunately, the project has yet to find a positive review as of this writing. All say that despite the talent in front of and behind the camera, the movie is gritty and...

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Running Time: 148 minutes

Now six movies into this action franchise, actor Tom Cruise appears to show no signs of slowing down. Mission: Impossible - Fallout is the latest chapter and one that offers the performer the opportunity to hang from a helicopter in flight as well as trade fisticuffs with varied assassins and killers.

Honestly, this one’s a bit too long for its own good and the dialogue is fairly dry and exposition-filled, but the action is so impressive that one can still enjoy it as popcorn fun.

Following the events of the previous film, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his ludicrously named Impossible Missions Force (Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames) are...

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Running Time: 88 minutes

The second of three sequels arriving this week at theaters is Unfriended: Dark Web, a follow-up to a 2014 horror picture that honestly, I had forgotten that I had actually seen and reviewed. As one might have guessed, that film didn’t make much of an impression on me.

The latest tries to throw in a new wrinkle or two, ultimately playing the series as more like an anthology than a direct follow-up. In the end, it may intrigue kids, but more than likely won’t do much for anyone out of their teens.

Like the original, the entire story plays out over a computer monitor. Matias (Colin Woodell) is excited to set up a used laptop that...