Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalogue titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

Our latest, extra-jam-packed look at the new release shelf includes noteworthy indies, genre flicks on 4K, a handful of horror favorites, and the usual assortment of classics on Blu-ray.

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Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This weekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching. 

This week offers a staggering embarrassment of riches, with attention-grabbing titles from three of the big streaming services.

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There are typically two types of biopics. One is the type that enjoys the full cooperation and support from the real-life subject of the feature. And the other is the type of film that is made based on a third party account of events, and it isn’t endorsed by the subject and/or family. The Oscar-nominated film, “Judy,” appears to be in that latter category, as is evidenced by a new interview with Judy Garland’s daughter Liza Minnelli.

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“I was born at the age of twelve on the MGM lot,” Judy Garland once said. Adapted by Tom Edge from Peter Quilter’s stage play “End of the Rainbow,” director Rupert Goold’s big-hearted (yet semi-conventional) Garland biopic “Judy” follows the screen icon in the late-’60s through her final, troubled year of life, with a sensational Renée Zellweger in the lead. And yet, it starts with the very tearing of the cocoon Garland has famously spoken of. 

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Oscar-winning actress Renée Zellweger has slowly found her way back into the spotlight. With a Netflix neo-noir on deck, the actress is about to take on, likely among her most challenging roles, playing one of the greatest stars Hollywood has ever seen. In the eponymous “Judy,” Zellweger will take on the part of Judy Garland.

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While Zellweger is undoubtedly the draw for audiences of the picture, the film also stars Rufus Sewell and Michael Gambon, and is directed by Rupert Goold.

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After her auspicious musical stints at this year’s Oscars and on SNL, it is assumed Hathaway will be utilizing her own vocals for the role – which will be a first for her.

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Somehow Al Pacino got cast as the title role in a new “King Lear” adaptation.

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