New Release Wall“The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” (Lionsgate) could very easily have been a one-joke movie, but Nicolas Cage playing a less successful and more venal version of himself is just the launching point for a clever and engaging film about fame, the movies, and male bonding.
When “Cage” accepts a gig to appear at the birthday of a nefarious Spanish billionaire (a hilarious Pedro Pascal), it’s one surprise after another both for our hero and for the audience.Also available:“Ambulance” (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment): Michael Bay puts the robots away for this heart-thumping caper starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mate4en II.“The Bad Guys” (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment): Animated anthropomorphic villains seeks some redemption in this Dreamworks comedy.“The Contractor” (Paramount Home Entertainment): Chris Pine stars as a desperate veteran who gets tied up with an underground paramilitary force.“Eraser: Reborn” (Warner Bros.
Home Entertainment): Twenty-six after Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in “Eraser,” Dominic Sherwood steps in as a federal agent who specializes in making witnesses disappear.“Father Stu” (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment): Mark Wahlberg goes faith-based in this adaptation of a true story.“Fatherhood” (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment): Widower Kevin Hart faces the task of single-parenthood.“Firestarter” (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment): Zac Efron and Ryan Kiera Armstrong take another crack at Stephen King’s tale of telekinetic pyromania.“King Tweety” (Warner Bros.
Home Entertainment): Looney Tunes’ legendary bird takes the throne and only longtime nemesis Sylvester can save him from a royal coup in this new original feature.“Morbius” (Sony Pictures Home.
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