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  1. 1917

  2. Jumanji: the next level

  3. spies in disguise

  4. Knives out

  5. The Grudge, above


SOURCE: Redbox,
for the week ended March 29

What Washington is watching on DVD


Movies


disdain from those around him
but prove invaluable in fulfilling
his destiny. The story raises
issues like racial, ethnic and
class prejudice, but the
characters’ actions ultimately
work against bias in positive
ways. Characters’ true loyalties
can be difficult to figure out,
making it hard to decide who’s a
hero and who’s a villain.
Although the show minimizes
the violence that’s common in
this genre, you can still expect to
see plenty of weapons (swords,
knives, crossbows, etc.), as well
as intense death scenes — but
little blood. There’s some
romance between characters;
expect kissing and the like.
Language is infrequent and
typically involves name-calling
(“scum,” “ idiot,” and “brats,” f or
instance), as well as “a--” and
“dammit.” ( Six approximately
hour-long episodes)
Available via Netflix streaming.


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tival (in honor of its founder
and curator, best known as
the voice of Gene Belcher on
“Bob’s Burgers.”) According to
IndieWire, the film — which
features interviews with Kris-
ten Schaal, Wyatt Cenac, Ira
Glass, Janeane Garofalo, Jim
Gaffigan, mike Birbiglia, Bob-
cat Goldthwait and others —
is “too restless and scattershot
to do full justice to any of the
comics that it features (de-
lightful as it is to watch the
likes of Kumail Nanjiani and
John Hodgman palling
around backstage). The docu-
mentary becomes a much
richer portrait when it even-
tually turns its attention to
mirman himself, and pries its
way into his life just enough to
use him as a prism.” Unrated.
Available on demand and
various streaming platforms.
76 minutes.

Narrated by Natalie Port-
man, the nature documentary
“Dolphin reef” follows a
young Pacific bottlenose dol-
phin named Echo, as he
comes of age in his coral reef
home. G. Available on Disney
Plus. See Common Sense Me-
dia’s review on Page 17. Con-
tains nothing objectionable.
77 minutes.

Narrated by meghan,
Duchess of Sussex, the nature
documentary “elephant” fol-
lows the African elephant
Shani and her son Jomo as
their herd travels hundreds of
miles across the Kalahari Des-
ert, from the okavango Delta
to the Zambezi river. G. Avail-
able on Disney Plus. See Com-
mon Sense Media’s review on
Page 17. Contains nothing ob-
jectionable. 88 minutes.

“extra ordinary,” the fea-
ture debut by Irish writer-di-
rectors mike Ahern and Enda
Loughman, is a comedy about
a woman whose psychic abili-
ties are in demand from peo-
ple beset by ghosts. The
“pleasingly off-kilter” c omedy,
according to Variety, “moves
at a brisk but unhurried pace,
incorporating a suitable array
of digital effects for its fantasy
theme without succumbing to
the usual CG overkill.” R.
Available via streaming at
afi s ilver.afi.com. Contains
strong language, sexuality
and some horror violence. 94
minutes.

streaming from 18

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in “the Letter for the King,” a book-inspired fantasy series, tiuri (amir Wilson, left) is a young knight
whose compassionate character and strong principles prove invaluable in fulfilling his destiny.

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