Geraldine Viswanathan’s charm is a fine art in ‘Broken Hearts Gallery’
A heartbroken heroine whose down-in-the-dumps vibe is transcended by her spirit tops the new DVD releases for the week of Nov. 17.
“The Broken Hearts Gallery”: After a rough breakup, Lucy (Geraldine Viswanathan) spirals into slob territory. One night, she drunkenly gets into a man’s car, mistaking him for her rideshare app driver. As is rom-com law, she later randomly runs into the man, Nick (Dacre Montgomery), who plans to open a boutique hotel. Lucy has the idea to use part of the hotel as a museum dedicated to heartbreak, and the two begin a creative partnership.
The script, written by director Natalie Krinsky, hits most beats one would expect in a rom-com, so how the story unfolds is far from shocking. But it’s Viswanathan’s effervescent energy that makes her character, and the film, easy to fall for, wrote Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh in her review.
ALSO NEW ON DVD
“Summerland”: A writer (Gemma Arterton) takes a London Blitz evacuee (Lucas Bond) under her wing.
“Unhinged”: An unstable man (Russell Crowe) terrorizes a woman (Caren Pistorius) after a road rage incident.
“The New Mutants”: The 13th installment in the “X-Men” film series follows teenage Mirage (Blu Hunt), Wolfsbane (Maisie Williams), Cannonball (Charlie Heaton), Sunspot (Henry Zaga) and Magik (Anya Taylor-Joy) at the institution that seeks to “cure” them of their powers.
“2067”: A man (Kodi Smit-McPhee) journeys to another world to save Earth’s inhabitants as the planet becomes uninhabitable.
“Death of Me”: A couple (Maggie Q and Luke Hemsworth) must make sense of a video they find in which one is killing the other.
“The Devil Has a Name”: An oil executive (Kate Bosworth) attempts to take the land of a farmer (David Strathairn) who suspects the water has been contaminated.
“Hammer Films: The Ultimate Collection”: Set includes 20 cult classics from the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, including “The Revenge of Frankenstein,” “Maniac,” “The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll” and more.
“Iron Mask”: A cartographer (Jason Flemyng) travels to China to face the Dragon Master. Also stars Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Helen Yao. In Rusian and English.
“It’s a Wonderful Life”: The 1946 Frank Capra classic starring James Stewart and Donna Reed is being released in 4K.
“Mission Impossible: The Original Series”: The 1966-73 series starring Peter Graves is available on Blu-ray for the first time.
“Monstrum”: Rumors of a ruthless creature making its way around 1500s Korea spread as a plague rages through the country. In Korean.
“Paydirt”: An ex-con (Luke Goss) rejoins with his former gang associates to find cash that was hidden during a long-ago DEA bust that put him in prison.
“Pokemon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution”: Having discovered he was created in a lab to be used as a weapon, Mewtwo wages war against humanity in this Japanese 3D computer-animated film.
“Relic”: After finding their missing mother/ grandmother (Robyn Nevin), a mother (Emily Mortimer) and daughter (Bella Heathcote) notice the matriarch’s mind being possessed by an eerie presence.
“Westworld: S3: The NewWorld”: The third season of the HBO critically acclaimed sci-fi series picks up with Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) having escaped the park and adapting to the real world in Los Angeles.
“Words on Bathroom Walls”: A high school senior (Charlie Plummer) is ashamed by his mental illness diagnosis and attempts to keep it a secret.