Knowing
(Summit, $26.99)
Director Alex Proyas uses the right amount of “sci-fi weirdness” to keep this tale of looming world apocalypse “unpredictable,” said Entertainment Weekly. With his usual intense bravado, Nicolas Cage plays a father and an MIT professor determined to save the world.
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Peanuts 1960s Collection
(Warner Home Video, $29.98)
Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip “delighted generations of fans for years,” said Cleveland.com. This collection features the cartoon television specials, including A Charlie Brown Christmas and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, as well as a featurette on composer Vince Guaraldi.
Jeff Garlin: Young and Handsome
(Shout! Factory, $14.99)
Though you’ll recognize him as Larry David’s manager on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Jeff Garlin is also a stand-up comedian who can spin a hilarious yarn, said the Los Angeles Times. This hour-long performance was “shot at Second City, where he got his start.”
-
Eurovision faces its Waterloo over Israel boycottsTalking Point Five major broadcasters have threatened to pull out of next year’s contest over Israel’s participation
-
What is Donald Trump’s visit worth to the UK economy?In the Spotlight Centrepiece of the president’s trip, business-wise, is a ‘technology partnership’
-
Trump’s visit: the mouse and the walrusBritain is keen to point to its own ‘tangible results’, but the US administration has made their demands clear
