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Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for May 7, 2021

It’s time for another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. While there aren’t a lot of new releases, a couple of them are award winners and there are also plenty of popular older titles debuting on disc. So, if you can’t or shouldn’t head out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

BIG NEW RELEASES!

FOR THE SAKE OF VICIOUS: After a long Halloween shift, a nurse and single mother comes home to discover a masked figure and a hostage taking refuge there. She also discovers that the pair is being pursued by a street gang that is about to try and break in. Surrounded on all sides and desperate to protect her...

Special Olympians receive cleaning, protective supplies

Navajo Preparatory School senior Kaitlynn Knight said she could not see the faces of Special Olympians and parents through their masks when they stopped by the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office last week — but she knows they smiled.

For her senior project, Knight raised enough money to buy home cleaning and coronavirus-protective supplies for the families to take home in baskets. For two hours, on April 24, Knight handed off almost a dozen baskets through the families’ car windows as they drove through the Sheriff’s Office parking lot.

Knight’s project was part of CAS, a graduation requirement for the Navajo Prep...

As part of its mission, which includes providing accessible health care for vulnerable populations, Molina Healthcare launched MolinaCares Accord in 2020 as a way to invest in filling some of the gaps that still exist in healthcare. It made its first investment and ongoing funding commitment to the Community Pantry in Gallup April 28.

Because Molina believes that its members and their communities disproportionately experience more issues related to food insecurity, housing and other socioeconomic factors, it has donated $20,000 to support the services the pantry provides across McKinley and Cibola counties.

The funding will focus on The Wholehearted Food Fund, which provides...

A quirky, understated introduction to immigration

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Running Time: 103 minutes

This film from Focus Features will be playing at operating cinemas and drive-ins on April 30.

Creating an exceptional comedy or drama that is unapologetically offbeat can be a tricky proposition. That’s true especially when a feature follows a singular and unusual vision which may not appeal to a large demographic. The latest feature to follow the beat of its own drummer is Limbo, a British production that mixes serious issues like immigration with deadpan humor and bizarre situations. Admittedly, not every member of the audience will laugh at the oddball situations on...