New on DVD: Have a dam good time with Pixar's 'Hoppers'
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New on DVD: Have a dam good time with Pixar's 'Hoppers'

Tribune News Service | May 26, 2026

An original story from the famed animation studio tops the DVD releases for the week of May 26. "Hoppers": An action-comedy about an eco-activist who goes undercover as a beaver to save her favorite nature spot. Featuring voices of Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan and Jon Hamm. "A recurrent theme in movies aimed at younger audiences is often the idea of sharing — learning to coexist in harmony with ...

King George, left, and Mabel Beaver in Disney and Pixar’s "Hoppers."

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An original story from the famed animation studio tops the DVD releases for the week of May 26.

"Hoppers": An action-comedy about an eco-activist who goes undercover as a beaver to save her favorite nature spot. Featuring voices of Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan and Jon Hamm.

"A recurrent theme in movies aimed at younger audiences is often the idea of sharing — learning to coexist in harmony with the many different occupants of the world around us," writes Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh in her review. "This story of community cooperation is at the core of 'Hoppers,' the latest Disney/Pixar film co-written and directed by Daniel Chong (best known for the 'We Bare Bears' series and movie). But what keeps 'Hoppers' from drifting into Pollyanna-ish sensibility is its charming spikiness, and embrace of the weird, wacky and witty as it unfurls a high-tech action thriller about a strange, if brief, merging of the human and animal worlds."

NEW ON DVD JUNE 2

"Protector": Milla Jovovich stars as an ex-soldier who has to lean on her special set of skills after her daughter is taken.

"Doctor Who: Season Two": The second and final season of the BBC co-production with Disney+, which features Ncuti Gatwa as the titular time traveler.

"Homestead: Season 1": Post-apocalyptic series from Angel Studios centered on a family trying to survive the end times.

"The Creep Tapes: Season 2": Mark Duplass stars in this found footage TV show inspired by the horror film franchise.

"You: Season 5": The final installment of the Netflix thriller about a man (Penn Badgley) who develops dangerously strong romantic attachments.

"731": Chinese historical drama centered on the crimes of the notorious Imperial Japanese Army unit tasked with developing bacterial and chemical weapons during World War II.

OUT ON DIGITAL HD JUNE 2

"Hokum": A man travels to the hotel where his parents honeymooned in order to spread their ashes and encounters a terrifying haunting.

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