Best DVD & Blu-rays Released August 2021
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First Cow
A cook joins a group of fur trappers in Oregon Territory and befriends a Chinese immigrant.
Anish Savjani, Kelly Reichardt, Toby Jones, John Magaro, Orion Lee, Ewen Bremner, Neil Kopp, Rene Auberjonois
Drama Adaptation Period
3 / 5
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Gunda
GUNDA chronicles the unfiltered lives of a mother pig, a flock of chickens, and a herd of cows with masterful intimacy. Using stark, transcendent black and white cinematography and the farm's ambient soundtrack, Master director Victor Kossakowsky invites the audience to slow down and experience life as his subjects do, taking in their world with a magical patience and an other worldly perspective. GUNDA asks us to meditate on the mystery of animal consciousness, and reckon with the role humanity plays in it. Executive produced by Joaquin Phoenix.
Joaquin Phoenix, Victor Kossakovsky
Drama Documentary
3 / 5
Play Trailer The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Described in the Cannes market catalog as "The Good. The Bad. And the Batshit cray."
Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Morgan Freeman, Frank Grillo, Antonio Banderas, Rebecca Front, Gabriella Wright
Action Adventure Comedy Sequel
3 / 5
Play Trailer The Water Man
The story centers on precocious young boy Gunner (Chavis) who, in order to save his ill mother (Dawson), runs away from home with a local misfit Jo (Miller), to find the legendary figure called the Water Man who has been said to have the power to cheat death. While extremely close to his mother, he and his father Amos (Oyelowo) are forced to learn about each other as Amos goes on the search for his son.
Maria Bello, David Oyelowo, Alfred Molina, Rosario Dawson, Amiah Miller, Oprah Winfrey, Emma Needell, Lonnie Chavis
Drama Adventure
4 / 5
Play Trailer The Truffle Hunters
Set in Northern Italy, the film documents a group of aging men who hunt in the woods for a prized quarry: the Alba truffle.
Gregory Kershaw, Michael Dweck
Documentary
4 / 5
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Battlefield 2025
Weekend campers, an escaped convict, young lovers and a police officer experience a night of terror when a hostile visitor from another world descends on a small Arizona town.
Joseph Mbah, Dustin Leighton, Caleb Thomas, Robert Conway, Jose Rosete, Anna Harr, Alaina Laethem, Adam Michael Gold
Horror Sci-Fi
2 / 5
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Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Bea, Thomas, and the rabbits have created a makeshift family, but despite his best efforts, Peter can't seem to shake his mischievous reputation. Adventuring out of the garden, Peter finds himself in a world where his mischief is appreciated, but when his family risks everything to come looking for him, Peter must figure out what kind of bunny he wants to be.
Margot Robbie, Rose Byrne, James Corden, David Oyelowo, Domhnall Gleeson, Elizabeth Debicki, Will Gluck, Megan Hajjar
Sequel Family Animated Live-Action/CGI
4 / 5
Play Trailer Beneath Us
The American Dream becomes a nightmare for a group of undocumented day laborers hired by a wealthy couple (played by Lynn Collins and James Tupper). What they hope to be their biggest payday turns into a terrifying fight for survival at the couple’s secluded mansion, and those thought to be helpless must prove they can’t be discarded so easily.
Max Pachman, Jay Hernandez, Lynn Collins, Josue Aguirre, Luis Guerrero, Thomas Chavira, Roberto Sanchez, Chris Lemos
Drama Thriller Horror
3 / 5
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An expecting father takes a dangerous cross-country journey home after the apocalypse strikes.
Forest Whitaker, Theo James, Nicole Ari Parker, Brooks McClaren, Breck Eisner, Mark O'Brien, Paul Schiff, Kat Graham
Action Thriller
2 / 5
More Info Spirit Untamed
When headstrong Lucky Prescott is forced to move from her big city home to a small frontier town, she becomes a complete fish-out-of-water. But her life is changed forever when she makes new friends and forms an inseparable bond with a wild mustang named Spirit. When Spirit's herd is captured by rustlers, the girls and their horses must undertake the adventure of a lifetime to save them.
McKenna Grace, Jake Gyllenhaal, Julianne Moore, Walton Goggins, Marsai Martin, Isabela Merced, Eiza González, Andre Braugher
Family Kids Animated Spin-off
3 / 5
Play Trailer In the Heights
Takes place over three days in the upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, where a bodega owner inherits his late grandmother's lottery winnings and plans to shutter his store and retire on a beach in the Dominican Republic. Trying to say farewell to the characters who live on the block, he realizes that his neighbors are his real family, and he's torn about leaving.
Jay-Z, Jon M. Chu, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Corey Hawkins, Mara Jacobs, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Stephanie Beatriz
Drama Musical Based on Play
3 / 5
Play Trailer 12 Mighty Orphans
The true story of a group of Fort Worth orphans who vie for the state championship and rally a broken nation at the height of the Great Depression.
Luke Wilson, Robert Duvall, Wayne Knight, Lane Garrison, Carlson Young, Michael De Luca, Scott Haze, Martin Sheen
Drama Sports Period
4 / 5
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