Observe and Report
(Warner Bros., $28.98)
Seth Rogen stars in this “mordant comedy” as a security guard who bolsters his ambitions of crime-fighting glory by pursuing an “aggressive flasher,” said The New Republic. The film is “crass, violent, profane”—but ultimately a worthy “addition to the mall-cop canon.”
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Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death
(Lionsgate, $14.98)
Director Nick Park’s Plasticene duo are back in a short that’s “as exciting as any studio blockbuster,” said the Los Angeles Times. Now bakers, the buck-toothed inventor, and his “intrepid pooch” must foil a murderer known as the Cereal Killer.
Paul Newman: The Tribute Collection
(20th Century Fox, $89.98)
These highlights from the late actor’s career run the gamut from good to great, said USA Today. The 13-film set ranges from Hollywood epics such as The Towering Inferno to Robert Altman’s “ice-bound oddball of a movie” Quintet. A 136-page booklet is also included.
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The Icelandic women’s strike 50 years onIn The Spotlight The nation is ‘still no paradise’ for women, say campaigners
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Mall World: why are people dreaming about a shopping centre?Under The Radar Thousands of strangers are dreaming about the same thing and no one sure why
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Why scientists are attempting nuclear fusionThe Explainer Harnessing the reaction that powers the stars could offer a potentially unlimited source of carbon-free energy, and the race is hotting up
