The resumption of an epic sci-fi saga tops the DVD releases for the week of May 14.

"Dune: Part Two":

Director Denis Villeneuve continues his adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic novel with this sequel that follows Paul Atreides on Arrakis as he becomes one with the Fremen and accepts his destiny. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Austin Butler and more.

"This film is a spectacular feat of science-fiction filmmaking, marrying immersive world-building with engrossing storytelling," writes Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh in her review. "But it is also a simple story about destiny, with which Paul wrestles, wondering if he can jump off a wheel of fate that churns unrelentingly."

ALSO NEW ON DVD MAY 14

"Imaginary": In this Blumhouse horror flick, a woman discovers that her imaginary childhood friend is in fact very real and very angry about being abandoned.

"One Life": The true story of Sir Nicholas Winton, a British stockbroker who saved hundreds of Czechoslovakian children from the Holocaust. With Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter.

"Land of Bad": When a special forces team is ambushed, they must rely on an Air Force drone pilot to guide them through enemy territory in this action thriller starring Liam Hemsworth and Russell Crowe.

"The American Society of Magical Negroes": A young man is recruited him into the titular secret group, with a stated mission of making white people comfortable to keep the balance of the universe in order, in this comedy.

"A Home for the Holidays": In this Colorado-set romance film, a woman buys a run-down house only to have the property's old owner return with his son.

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