Rating: 2.5 out of 4

Running Time: 118 minutes

This feature film from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Marvel opens exclusively at theaters and on IMAX screens on Friday, Feb. 14.

First of all, the Marvel cinematic universe has been a remarkable achievement, combining superhero stories into a continuous storyline since 2008. While there have been marvelous films, the 2020s have been inconsistent. In recent years, there have been just as many whiffs as hits.

It could just be the overly familiar stories and characters, as well as the massive number of pictures that has led to a slight decline. Still, the series has continued forward. The latest attempt to get things back on track is...

Welcome to another look at highlights arriving on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD. This edition is jam-packed with Hollywood blockbusters, award-winning independents, and just about everything in between. So, if you can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

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THE INVISIBLE RAPTOR: After his career goes down the tubes, a man takes a job as a paleontologist performing for kids at an amusement park. But when strange accidents begin occurring around the grounds, he and a security guard learn the shocking truth… an invisible raptor is on the loose and hungry. The pair try to get people to believe them, but realize their best bet...

Rating: 2 out of 4

Running Time: 83 minutes



This film from Universal Pictures opens exclusively in theaters on Friday, Feb. 7.

It was wonderful to see Ke Huy Quan, who got his start as a child actor in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies, have a career resurgence as an adult and win the Best Supporting Actor prize for his work in Everything Everywhere All at Once in 2023. This success has earned him a lead role in the action/comedy Love Hurts, which benefits from his likable persona. Alas, the script itself is not as winning and one wishes that the film had been more outrageous and funnier than it ends up being.

Marvin Gable (Ke Huy Quan) is Milwaukee’s...

Rating: 1.5 out of 4

Running Time: 107 minutes

This feature from Amazon MGM Studios is now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.



First, let me begin by making it clear that Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon are wonderful comedic talents who have starred in a variety of hilarious pictures over the years. But, when you’ve appeared in as many titles as they have, not all the movies can be winners. You’re Cordially Invited has an amusing concept. In fact, it took me a bit of time afterward during the drive home to figure out why this effort didn’t work, but by the time I returned home, I did come up with a theory as to why so few of the jokes landed.

The story follows two...