Articles by Meredith Ennis

On Demand DVD New Releases 12/23-29 It may be something of a quiet week in terms of the number of new releases, but there’s still a range of options for any Christmas celebrations you may be having (or avoiding): From the family-friendly Despicable Me 2 (really, who doesn’t love the Minions?)to the indie favorite Don Jon. If the holidays put you in the mood for frights, rather than festivities, try Insidious: Chapter 2, Open Grave, Mischief Night or You’re Next.  Despicable Me 2 Having retired from crime to raise his daughters, Gru (voice of Steve Carell) is recruited by the Anti-Villain […]

The film Kick-Ass 2 picks up several months after the events that unfolded in the first movie. The comic book series that serve as source material for the film are Kick-Ass 2 and Hit-Girl. The titles follow lead characters Mindy and Dave as they struggle to keep their identities as Hit Girl and Kick-Ass a secret while she trains him to be a better hero who can take a much-less-forgiving punch. Meanwhile, their nemesis Red Mist/Chris returns to the series with an increasingly psychotic new attitude and an unprintable name change to match. Forming a group of super-villains, Chris takes […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Dec. 16-22 It’s all about Hugh Jackman this week (well, not all) with both Prisoners and The Wolverine premiering. Matt Damon shares the space, with the debut of Elysium and Robert De Niro joins the fun with The Family. If you are a fan of One Direction (or, you’ve got a fan in the household) the documentary about the band, One Direction: This Is Us, also becomes available this week. Elysium Matt Damon stars in director Neill Blomkamp’s (District 9) sci-fi allegory about an ex-con who must find passage to the orbiting space station housing the rich […]

Remembering Paul Walker: On Demand DVD New Releases Dec. 9-15 This week’s releases include two films featuring Paul Walker, who died tragically and suddenly in a car accident over Thanksgiving weekend. Fast & Furious 6 and Hours are the most recently released of Walker’s films, though he had other projects in the works at the time of his death, including the next installment of the Fast & Furious franchise. Walker had filmed most of his scenes for that movie, but production has been delayed in the aftermath of the accident. Universal is encouraging Paul Walker’s fans to consider contributing to his […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Dec. 2-8 All the Light in the Sky Jane Adams is an actress living in a house precariously perched above the beach in Malibu. Her age exempts her from more and more acting opportunities. That’s when her young, aspiring-actress niece arrives for a weekend stay — a weekend filled with confronting fears, burgeoning relationships, and navigating life in the early 21st century. Jane Adams, Sophia Takal, Kent Osborne (NR, 1:19) 12/3 Same day as theatrical release. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones The popular young-adult book series comes to life as teenager Clary Fray (Lily Collins) […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Nov. 25-Dec. 1 Maybe you are still recovering from a holiday weekend of leftovers and football. Or maybe you’ve finished your holiday shopping and have nothing but free time on your hands. Either way, there’s a host of new releases this week, so enjoy. Getaway A former racecar driver must rely on his old skills when his wife is kidnapped and he is sent on a mysterious do-or-die mission to win her freedom. His only ally is a young hacker who hitches a ride. Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez, Jon Voight (PG-13, 1:30) 11/26  Jobs Ashton Kutcher plays […]

Actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and director Edgar Wright worked together on the films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Their newest project, The World’s End, follows five middle-aged friends looking to redeem their honor by completing (some reluctantly) an epic pub crawl in their hometown, after having failed in their first attempt when they were teenagers.   The new movie fits right in as the third in what Pegg refers to as the “Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy” and Wright refers to as the “Three Flavours: Cornetto” trilogy. Pegg says, “Edgar put a Cornetto [a much-loved brand […]

2 Guns stars Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg as operatives from competing bureaus forced to go on the run together, only neither one is aware that the other is an undercover federal agent. Wahlberg signed on to the project in the early stages and was glad to have Washington come aboard: “We have great chemistry. We’ve known each other for a while, and this is the perfect piece of material for both of us to show a different side of ourselves. People [will] be very surprised to see how playful Denzel can be. I remember shooting our very first scene, […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Nov. 18-24 Planes (3-D) Set in the same world of sentient machines as Cars, this Disney animated adventure follows a crop-dusting plane with a fear of heights that gets to live his dream of competing in a famous around-the-world aerial race. Voices of Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (PG, 1:31) 11/19 Same day as DVD release. 2 Guns Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg star as two operatives from competing bureaus forced to go on the run together, only neither one is aware that the other is an undercover federal agent. Also stars Paula Patton (R, 1:49) 11/19 […]