Welcome to another exciting look at some of the new Blu-rays and DVDs headed your way. This edition is jam-packed with major releases in addition to some interesting independent fare. There’s certainly something here that will appeal to everyone. So, if you can’t make it out to the movies or shouldn’t be out in public this week, make sure you give one of these titles a try!

 





BIG NEW RELEASES!





AMBULANCE: The latest action extravaganza from director Michael Bay (“The Rock,” “Armageddon,” “Transformers”) involves a decorated veteran in need of cash who asks his adoptive brother for a very big favor. The man begs the family member to help...

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This feature from Universal Pictures will be released at movie theaters on June 10.

In 2015, Universal Pictures released “Jurassic World,” a lively and entertaining sequel to the original “Jurassic Park” franchise that managed to elaborate on and create drama from a working and busy island theme park filled with living dinosaurs. The weaker 2018 follow-up introduced a black market involving rare giant reptiles, as well as human cloning. “Jurassic World Dominion” continues the focus on the latter thread. It claims to be the sixth and final chapter in the series, tying up loose ends and bringing back characters from...

Welcome to another look at highlights coming your way on Blu-ray and DVD. After a quiet edition, things have certainly picked up again. There is plenty of new material in a wide variety of genres. So, if you can’t make it out to the movies this week or you shouldn’t be out in public, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

BIG NEW RELEASES!

9 BULLETS: In this action/thriller, a woman retires from her career as a burlesque dancer after landing a publishing deal to write her memoirs. When her neighbor is killed by mobsters, she agrees to drive the son of the deceased to surviving family members in South Dakota. The lead doesn’t like kids, but begins to feel some sympathy for...

With the arrival of June, it looks like the summer movie season is finally upon us.

This week isn’t jam-packed with titles, but it does see the release of the Joel Kim Booster/Bowen Yang comedy “Fire Island” that will be available for viewing exclusively on Hulu. Reviews for the film have been solid thus far. Alas, this reviewer moved this week and didn’t get the opportunity to check it out.

But it seems like a good opportunity to take a look at what will be arriving at cinemas over the next couple of months. As always, dates are occasionally altered at the last minute and there may be a few surprise hits from smaller distributors, but you’ll find most of what the...