Articles by Meredith Ennis

For writer and star Nia Vardalos, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, was a long-awaited family reunion. Coming nearly 14 years after My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the new movie picks up 10 years after the conclusion of the first. Toula and Ian are the parents of a teenager, struggling to balance their relationship with the work of raising their daughter. The sequel was inspired by Vardalos’ own reaction to parenthood. On her daughter’s first day of kindergarten the actress says, “I was struck by such panic and fear at the thought of my daughter leaving me that I realized […]

On Demand DVD New Releases June 20-26 The Brothers Grimsby Two brothers in an orphanage are separated when a family takes only one of them home. Now, 28 years later, Sebastian is a tough secret agent while Nobby is a simple family man. When Nobby interrupts Sebastian during a job, he sets off a chain of events that forces them to rely on each other. Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong (R, 1:23) 6/21 Knight of Cups A writer, struggling with the death of his brother, indulges in all that Los Angeles and Las Vegas has to offer as he undertakes […]

After the success of 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen, the idea of a sequel was probably not unexpected. But, the team involved in making the film didn’t want to simply rehash that which had worked before. Producer Les Weldon says, of the follow-up London Has Fallen, “to make the sequel, we had to take a step back because we didn’t want to just do the same thing again. The idea was to open it up, since the first movie was focused in and around the White House. We wanted to increase the scope of a second movie to make it a […]

On Demand DVD New Releases June 13-19 10 Cloverfield Lane Michelle awakens in what seems to be a bunker. The owner, a mysterious man named Howard, claims that after she had a car accident, he found her and brought her here to save her from a chemical attack outside. But as time passes, Michelle wonders how long they must stay here, and how true is the story that she has been told? Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr. (PG-13, 1:43) 6/14 45 Years Best Actress Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay are a couple celebrating their 45th […]

On Demand DVD New Releases June 6-12 13 Hours Based on the 2014 book by Mitchell Zuckoff, this action-thriller follows the true story of the six members of a security team who fought to defend the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, after a terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2012. John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber, Toby Stephens (R, 2:24) 6/7 The Automatic Hate Davis and his newly discovered cousin Alexis try to uncover the source of the grudge that tore their family apart while wrestling with a taboo attraction to each other. Joseph Cross, Adelaide Clemens (NR, 1:37) 6/7 Careful What […]

On Demand DVD New Releases May 30-June 6 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (pictured below) Literary great Jane Austen would have never seen this one coming. Her classic tale of lovers from different social classes in 19th-century England gets a most unusual retelling when zombies enter the picture. Lily James, Sam Riley, Bella Heathcote (PG-13, 1:47) 5/31 Race This historical biopic is the story of American track and field athlete Jesse Owens, who was thrust onto the world stage at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Owens not only raced against other competitors on the track, but he also ran […]

On Demand DVD New Releases May 23-29 Risen After crucifying a Jewish man, Pilate is worried by stories that the man has risen from the dead. He dispatches his tribune, Clavius, to search for the body. Clavius, who doesn’t believe the reports he’s hearing, may be confronted by the facts and need to decide if the man is the risen Messiah. Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth (PG-13, 1:47) 5/24 Zoolander No. 2: The Magnum Edition (pictured) Derek Zoolander — the mugging model who made Blue Steel a thing — and his fellow man-mannequin Hansel find themselves on a mission […]

On Demand DVD New Releases May 16-22 Dirty Grandpa (pictured) After Dick Kelly’s wife is laid to rest, he wants to do one thing — travel to Florida. It was normal for him and his late wife to spend spring in the sunny southern haven. But with the passing being so fresh, his grandson Jason agrees to take him on a trip that becomes less about hanging out at the retirement community and playing golf and more about partying at spring break in Daytona. Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Aubrey Plaza (R, 1:45) 5/17 The Witch This chilling tale is […]

On Demand DVD New Releases May 9-15 Deadpool Wade Wilson agrees to rogue experimentation to help cure his cancer. He doesn’t realize that what he signed on for will leave him disfigured and hidden in the shadows. Now, armed with a variety of weapons and his twisted sense of humor, his new alter ego, Deadpool, takes a dark path to find and destroy the man who altered his life forever. Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller (R, 1:48) 5/10 The Boy A young American woman takes a position as a nanny in a remote English village. She discovers that the […]

On Demand DVD New Releases May 2-8 The American Side When a private eye’s partner is caught in a blackmail scheme gone bad, he trails the prime suspect to Niagara Falls. Thrust into a world of whiskey, intrigue and rogue agents, he joins the quest. Matthew Broderick, Camilla Belle (NR, 1:30) 5/3 The Choice From Nicholas Sparks, the best-selling author of The Notebook and Safe Haven, comes this heart-lifting romance about how far we go to keep the hope of love alive. Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer (PG-13, 1:51) 5/3 East Side Sushi Juana, a working-class single mother, decides to take a job […]