Top Picks: 'Frantz' on DVD and Blu-ray, the Yahoo Weather app, and more
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鈥楧unkirk鈥 follow-up
Director Christopher Nolan鈥檚 latest movie Dunkirk has received rave reviews for its depiction of the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of Allied troops during World War II. If you enjoyed the movie, head to YouTube to check out Winston Churchill鈥檚 remarks, commonly known as his 鈥淲e shall fight on the beaches鈥 speech, in which Churchill discussed the triumph. The YouTube channel Audio Productions has the recording of Churchill鈥檚 legendary moment at .
Leaves solved
Wonder no more about what kind of leaf you鈥檙e gazing at in the wilderness. With the app , you can take a photo of a leaf and the app will identify it for you. Leafsnap鈥檚 specialty is currently trees found in the Northeastern United States and Canada. The app is free for iOS.
Postwar mystery
The movie is set after World War I in Germany, where Anna (Paula Beer) and the couple who would have been her in-laws are still recovering from the death of young Frantz. Soon Anna encounters Adrien (Pierre Niney), a Frenchman who says he became acquainted with Frantz before the war, but there is a mystery at the heart of Adrien and Frantz鈥檚 relationship. Monitor film critic Peter Rainer calls the movie 鈥渁usterely compelling鈥 and writes that Beer gives a 鈥渞emarkable performance.鈥 The movie is available on DVD and Blu-ray.
Fraught relationships
In the movie , the latest from Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, former novelist Ry么ta (Hiroshi Abe) now works as a private detective. He still loves his ex-wife, Ky么ko (Y么ko Maki), with whom he has a son, Shingo (Taiy么 Yoshizawa), and soon the three are brought together when they stay in Ry么ta鈥檚 mother鈥檚 apartment during a typhoon. The movie is available on DVD and Blu-ray Aug. 15.
Beautiful forecast
See beautiful photos with your weather forecast when you use the , which lets you add as many as 20 cities. There are also animated displays for the current conditions, like fog or if there鈥檚 a nice sunrise. The app is free for iOS and Android.