Let’s hear it for the girls.
Regina Hall leads a big-hearted ensemble cast in “Support the Girls” (Magnolia Home Entertainment), a humanizing workplace comedy that captures the day-to-day misadventures of staff and management at a highway-side sports bar with curves.
The struggles of working-class women are brought to light as Hall plays the bar’s general manager who must keep the business afloat despite a moody owner and peculiar patrons. Two devoted employees, both with quick wits, risk their jobs to rally behind their boss as comedy ensues.
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“Winter Brothers” (Icarus Films) is set in a rural chalk-mining community during a cold winter. Two brothers work in this harsh environment focusing on the younger one, Emil, who distills moonshine made from stolen chemicals from the factory. He is an outsider, and is only accepted by the mining community due to his older brother Johan. Emil longs for passion, for being wanted and loved. When a fellow worker becomes sick, the moonshine and Emil are prime suspects. Gradually a violent feud erupts between him and the tightly-knit mining community. Emil feels betrayed by his brother when he finds out that the neighbor gir,l Anna, the subject of his unfulfilled desires, chooses his older brother instead of him. Revenge, loneliness, and lack of love pervade this modern brother odyssey. The film is in Danish with English subtitles.
“The Critters Collection” (Scream Factory) is available in a glorious Blu-ray Disc boxed set. A family is trapped in a deadly nightmare in a fight for their lives against a litter of extraterrestrial, blood-thirsty monsters. And that’s just “Critters,” the first film of the four in the boxed set. The other three movies continue the mayhem. These films are breathtakingly unique from others of the genre. Besides, where else can you get this kind of campy action while at the same time watch stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and Angela Bassett perform? Each Blu-ray features brand-new bonus features to supplement existing bonus features.
For those who missed it this fall, “Killing Eve” (BBC) is available on Blu-ray. This is 338 minutes of high drama about two women: Eve, a bored, whip-smart pay-grade security services operative whose desk-bound job doesn’t fulfill her fantasies of being a spy; and Villanelle, a talented killer who clings to the luxuries her violent job affords her. These two go head to head in a game of cat and mouse in this spy-action thriller. Eight featurettes make this a can’t-miss title.