Privilege, politics and mental illness on ‘The Dinner’ plate

Relying on four of Hollywood’s best actors, director Oren Moverman (“Rampart”) takes a morality play and knocks the stuffing out of it.

“The Dinner” is set primarily at a fancy restaurant where two brothers (Philly native Richard Gere, Steve Coogan) and their wives (Rebecca Hall, Laura Linney) have come to discuss a ghastly crime committed by their sons.

Moverman loads the movie up with too many flashbacks involving Coogan but, in the end, “The Dinner” proves engrossing not only because it asks you to consider how far you’d go to protect your kids but also because it probes themes of privilege, politics and mental illness. On Amazon, Google, iTunes and Vudu.

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The Country Doctor: Here’s a delightful and bittersweet look at a rural physician (Francois Cluzet) who becomes ill and is forced to take on an untested assistant (Marrianne Denicourt.) There’s no plot to speak of, as the duo travel all over the region treating scores of people in need, yet there’s plenty of tension and suspense. In the end, doctorturned-filmmaker Thomas Lilti movingly offers up a study of the friendship between a pair of opposites who win each other over thanks to their humanity and shared professionalism. On Amazon, Google, iTunes and Vudu.

Song To Song: There’s so little dialogue in Terrence Malick’s (“Badlands”) latest drama that it could almost be a silent movie. But, strangely enough, the lack of words (except during the voice-over narration) works wonders as Malick sweeps you away with a visually lush saga set against the backdrop of the Austin, Texas music scene. Rooney Mara stars as a struggling singersongwriter who’s caught in a romantic triangle between a fellow musician (Ryan Gosling) and an oily executive (Michael Fassbender). A vast improvement over “To The Wonder” and “Knight of Cups,” Malick’s latest is his best since “Tree of Life.” On Amazon, Google, iTunes and Vudu. Murdoch Mysteries Season 10: The rare police procedural set in

Edwardian Toronto, this Canadian series follows Detective Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) as he and his friends solve a batch of crimes. As the team attend to mysteries involving cutthroat athletes and murdered debutantes, old enemies come back to haunt them. Also on tap are appearances by such famous figures of the era including H.P. Lovecraft and inventor Reginald Fessenden. On AcornTV. Blindspot - The Complete Second Season:

In the latest batch of episodes, Jane Doe (Jaimie Alexander) escapes CIA custody only to be recaptured by Kurt Weller’s (Sullivan Stapleton) FBI team. With help from a super-secret NSA operative, Jane agrees to help take down Sandstorm, the shadowy terror organization to which she’s mysteriously connected. Expect plenty of suspense as the agents struggle to decipher the treasure map of clues inked on Jane’s body. On Amazon, Google, iTunes and Vudu.

Teen Titles

Phoenix Forgotten: Just when it seemed as if found-footage movies deserved to be left for dead, along comes a sci-fi mockumentary which makes superb use of the genre. The real-life Phoenix Lights incident of 1997, in which a strange pattern of lights was observed in Arizona by thousands of people, provides the backdrop for the saga of three teens who go missing trying to solve the mystery. What raises this thrill machine above the herd is the seamless way co-writer/director Justin Barber paces the action, alternating between interviews with the kids’ parents and footage of the fateful expedition. On Amazon, Google, iTunes and Vudu.

Sleight: Unable to support himself and his young sister (Storm Reid), a teenage magician named Bo (Jacob Latimore) is forced to sell drugs to survive. But Bo eventually runs afoul of his supplier (Dule Hill) and winds up being forced to use his magic to find a way out of trouble. The premise of Jo Dilard’s second feature film is solid – think “Boyz N The Hood” meets “Iron Man” — but the execution is routine. “Sleight” looks awful too, with Dilard over-using offkilter camera angles and ultra-dreary lighting. On Amazon, Google, iTunes and Vudu.

Atypical - Season 1:

Keir Gilchrist is terrific as Sam, an autistic teenager who is having his share of troubles navigating highschool life. Not only does he imagine that everyone thinks he’s “a weirdo” but he hates to be touched and is allergic to socializing. Still, he surprises his folks (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Rapaport) when he tells them his goal is to have sex as soon as possible. It’s an intriguing series which gets better as it goes along. On Netflix.

For The Kids

LEGO D.C. Superhero

Girls – Brain Drain: In this all-new animated feature film, Supergirl, Wonder Woman and Batgirl discover that somebody is playing mind games with them, wiping their memory of a number of wrongdoings they apparently committed. It takes all of their superpowers to untangle this mental mix-up and find out who or what is behind the mind-bending misdoings. Get ready for the ultimate in LEGO girl power. On Amazon, Google, iTunes and Vudu. Tumble Leaf - Season Three: Amazon’s Emmy winning series focuses on Fig the fox and his pals as they set off on journeys of discovery. According to “Animation Magazine,” the latest batch of 12 episodes “expands Fig’s universe with new places and special friends, including Pebble the spider, Bonsai the whale and Bird of Paradise.” There’s plenty of life lessons for the kids about disappointment and the sadness that comes after friends move away. On Amazon.

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