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ADELANTE RECOMMENDS...
THE BATMAN DOG
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment MGM & Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Available on 4K, Blu-ray, DVD and Steam on Available on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD
HBO Max - now Now
When a killer targets Gotham’s elite with a series Army Ranger Briggs and Lulu buckle up for
of sadistic machinations, a trail of cryptic clues a road trip down the Pacific Coast in hopes
sends the World’s Greatest Detective on an inves- of making it to a fellow soldier’s funeral on
tigation into the underworld, where he encounters
such characters as Selina Kyle, Oz, aka The time. Along the way, they’ll drive each other
Penguin, Carmine Falcone, and Edward crazy, break a handful of laws, narrowly
Nashton/aka The Riddler. As the evidence begins escape death and learn to let down their
to lead closer to home and the scale of the perpe- guards in order to have a fighting chance of
trator’s plans becomes clear, Batman must forge finding happiness.
new relationships, unmask the culprit, and bring
justice to the abuse of power and corruption that
has long plagued Gotham City.
ROW 19
Well Go USA Entertainment
IP MAN: THE AWAKENING Available on Digital, Blu-ray & DVD
Now
Well Go USA Entertainment When several flight passengers suddenly
Available on Digital, Blu-ray & DVD June 21 suffer gruesome, unexplained deaths, a
While visiting Hong Kong, a young Master Ip young doctor on board begins to suspect
intervenes in a kidnapping attempt, uninten- that the shadowy, terrifying force behind her
tionally igniting a turf war with a ruthless human own worst childhood nightmare may be
trafficking ring. In retaliation, the gang kidnaps back for blood.
one of Ip Man’s close friends, leaving him with no
choice but to challenge the group’s notoriously
brutal boxing champion head-on.
PUSHING HANDS
Film Movement
PRESAGIO Available on Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Now
IndiePix Films Having just moved from Beijing, elderly tai
Available on DVD/Digital Now chi master Mr. Chu (Sihung Lung) struggles
Camilo, a young writer traumatized by the death of to adjust to life in New York, living with his
his wife and child, describes his disturbing experi- Americanized son Alex (Ye-tong Wang).
ences to a psychiatrist skilled in hypnosis. Chu immediately butts heads with his put-
Meanwhile, in his waking life, there’s a mysterious upon white daughter-in-law, Martha (Deb
“umbrella” man, who’s him to finish his painfully Snyder), a writer who seems to blame him
autobiographical novel, regardless of the conse- for her own paralyzing inability to focus. But
quences. Part thriller, part experimental horror when Chu begins teaching tai chi at a local
film, director Matias Salins has crafted a gritty school, his desire to make a meaningful
psychological voyage into the inner turmoil behind connection comes to fruition in the most
one man’s dark despair and creativity. unexpected of ways.

PLAYGROUND
Film Movement LOVECUT
Available on DVD/Digital Now Omnibus Entertainment
In this debut feature by writer-director Laura Available on DVD/Digital Now
Wandel, shortlisted for the Academy Award® for Tracking the intertwining stories of three
Best International Film, the everyday reality of young couples, LOVECUT keenly observes
grade school is seen from a child's-eye-view as the contemporary challenges of identity and
an obstacle course of degradation and abuse. sexuality posed by the digital age. As the
Following 7-year-old Nora and her big brother virtual nature of Alex and Momo’s
Abel, we see Nora struggling to fit in before finding relationship allows them to conceal uncom-
her place on the schoolyard. One day, she notices fortable truths, Ben and Luka’s promising
Abel being bullied by other kids, and though she match on a dating app collides with the
rushes to protect him by warning their father, Abel barriers they face in real life. Meanwhile,
forces her to remain silent, while he endures more Anna and Jakob realize the radical visibility
humiliation and harassment by his peers.. of uploading their sex life to the web.

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