Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for January 14, 2022

By Glenn Kay

For the Sun

It’s time for another look at the latest highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. This is a great edition with big features and awards contenders in a wide variety of genres. So, if you can’t, or shouldn’t be heading out to the cinemas right now, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

BIG NEW RELEASES!

DOUBLE WALKER: A young woman is murdered and returns from the dead as a ghost in this independent horror picture. It seems that this new and angry spirit is angry about her untimely end and tries to piece together what happened from scattered memories. She begins haunting and killing men whom she believes may be...

By Glenn Kay

For the Sun

Welcome to a brand-new year and another examination of the latest titles arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. Things are just beginning to gear up after the holidays, but there are a few notable features arriving on shelves. So, if you can’t, or shouldn’t be heading out to the movies just yet, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

BIG NEW RELEASES!

ANTLERS: Set in Oregon, this horror tale follows a pair of men who run a meth lab out of an abandoned mine. One day, one of the men goes to the site with his young son and a few other workers. The group is suddenly attacked by a monster. The father and child survive and rush home, but they notice their bodies...

The end of the year is here, which means that the movie studios will be opening the floodgates and offering a wide variety of entertainment options to choose from. There are plenty of features to go though, so we’ll take a brief chronological look at what is on the way. Please remember that release dates do change at the last minute and unexpected additions often occur. Occasionally, award-caliber films are released around the country slowly and may take a couple of extra weeks to arrive in your town or appear on streaming outlets.

 

If you’re looking for something to watch after eating a large holiday dinner, you have lots of choices. Besides the new Disney animated...

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Making a comedy about the possible end of the world is no easy task. Despite this less-than-amusing scenario, a few have used these fears to humorous effect, including Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 classic, “Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.” Admittedly, the new film “Don’t Look Up” isn’t as sharp or cutting as that cinematic classic. However, much of what is presented onscreen does feel eerily accurate and there is enough effective satire and commentary here and there to make one laugh and send a chill down the spine.

This tale begins...