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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

Petr dobias/netflix

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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