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Angelina Jolie fi ghts fi re, bad guys in ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’ A movie where the encroaching wildfi re represents only part of the danger tops the DVD releases for the week of Aug. 3. “Those Who Wish Me Dead”: Angelina Jolie is a Montana smokejumper in a remote lookout tower with twin threats headed her way in the form of two assassins and the forest fi re they start as a distraction that quickly grows into a raging inferno. The contract killers, played by Aiden Gillen and Nicholas Hoult, are after a 12-year-old boy now on the run after witnessing the murder of his father, an accountant who’d uncovered the wrong secret. The child’s uncle is a small-town sheriff in Montana, so he fl ees there, bringing the assassins and wildfi re Jolie’s way. “Remember Meryl Streep in ‘The River Wild’? This is ‘The Fire Wild,’” writes Chicago Tribune critic Michael Phillips in his review. “In her fi rst action showcase since ‘Salt’ 11 years ago, Jolie does it all with panache: breaking out the mother-bear feral intensity, palling around with her fellow smokejumpers, even at one odd, selfconscious point defl ecting speculation about the actress’ weight.” ALSO NEW ON DVD AUG. 3 “Here Today”: Directed by Billy Crystal, who also stars alongside Tiff any Haddish as a comedy writer and singer respectively who form an unlikely friendship in New York City. “Seance”: Suki Waterhouse plays a young woman who arrives at an elite boarding school and is assigned the room of student who died under strange circumstances. “Till Death”: Megan Fox
Angelina Jolie and Finn Little star in the action thriller “Those Who Wish Me Dead.” EMERSON MILLER, AP
must do all she can to survive after she is handcuff ed to her dead husband in the middle of winter as part of two killers’ revenge scheme. “Lucky”: A popular selfhelp book author believes she is being stalked each night, and must take action herself when others won’t come to her defense. “The Unthinkable”: A Swedish scif-fi disaster thriller concerning Pa mysterious at-
tack in Stockholm and its aftermath. “Under the Stadium Lights”: Inspirational drama based on a true story about an underdog prep football team that wins their state championship against all odds. Stars Milo Gibson and Laurence Fishburne. OUT ON DIGITAL HD AUG. 3 “Luca”: Pixar’s latest, set on the Italian Riviera, is a colorful
visual feast, featuring frequent pasta dinners and shaved ice treats. The plot centers on a summer of discovery for two young sea monsters who assume human form on land. “Fireboys”: A timely look at young men incarcerated in California who are off ered an alternative in fi ghting wildfi res. “On the Trail of UFOs: Dark Sky”: A documentary exploring decades of UFO reports that also delves into some of the
more overlooked aspects of the hunt for extraterrestrials. “Pooling to Paradise”: Four strangers from Los Angeles are brought together by a ride share pool and embark on a road trip to Paradise, Nevada, in this indie comedy. “A Savage Nature”: A couple in a rocky marriage are the victims of a home invasion that takes twists and turns as the night progresses.
