Articles by Meredith Ennis

The big new release this week is Life of Pi, which won four Oscars (and was nominated for seven additional Oscars — and many other awards). The film won for: Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievement in Directing, Best Achievement in Visual Effects and Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score. The following are On Demand/DVD New Releases March 11-17:   Life of Pi: Director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) adapts Yann Martel’s novel about a young man cast adrift at sea and the connection he forms with another survivor, a vicious Bengal tiger. Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain (PG, 2:07), […]

It is an interesting week for On Demand/DVD New Releases, not a lot of big-name titles coming out, but the total number of films being released is more than we usually see. For the younger set, there’s Barney, the Care Bears, Thomas and Friends, and Wreck-It Ralph (which is rated PG). Fans of quirky, indie films might enjoy Angel in the House, Barrymore, I Am Secretly an Important Man, and The Intouchables. Miltary buffs/action fans should consider Red Dawn, Into the White and The Marine 3: Homefront. The following On Demand/DVD New Releases are available March 4-10: Angel in the House: Toni Collette […]

Beginning this week, Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master has its On Demand/DVD release. The film’s subject matter was felt by some to be a thinly disguised representation of L. Ron Hubbard’s Church of Scientology, though the director denies this — watch for yourself and see what you think! And, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and the rest of the gang says goodbye with the final installment of The Twilight Saga. Other, lesser-known films, including Chicken With Plums, Wasted on the Young and 6 Souls are also on the list; On Demand makes trying something you never heard of easy to do from the comfort of your […]

The Academy Awards are coming up fast, but for movie fans who want to start the party early, On Demand is offering an insider’s look at what goes into the making of award-winning films. Free On Demand “featurettes” delve into the motivations, methods and character traits that make artists like Daniel Day-Lewis, Ang Lee, James Cameron, Kathryn Bigelow, Helen Mirren and others winners of the movie industry’s highest honors. Award-Winning Actors: Visit with three masters of their craft, all former winners for Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Penn and Forest Whitaker. These masterful actors weigh in with insights into why they chose certain roles, their […]

Among this week’s new releases are a couple of literary classics (Anna Karenina and Atlas Shrugged), a real-life action adventure story about a fake movie crew (Argo) and a look at real movie director and his wife (Hitchcock). There’s Fun Size, about a babysitter’s dilemma (her charge has gone missing) and Ted, about a man whose childhood friend has become a grown-up problem: a not-suitable-for-kids, walking, talking, teddy bear. The following On Demand/DVD New Releases are available this week:  Anna Karenina Keira Knightley and Jude Law star in director Joe Wright’s (Atonement) lush adaptation of the classic Tolstoy novel about the […]

Bond is back! See Daniel Craig in Skyfall starting Feb. 12. Or, catch a wave with Gerard Butler in Chasing Mavericks; watch Russell Crowe wield a sword alongside Lucy Liu in The Man With the Iron Fists; learn The Perks of Being a Wallflower with Emma Watson; or get the chills with Silent Hill: Revelation. Robot & Frank offers one unique view of friendship, while Bully sheds light on a troubling trend faced by many kids. The following On Demand/DVD New Releases are available the week of Feb. 11-17: Bully This heartfelt documentary that inspired a ratings controversy takes on the subject […]

February’s On Demand/DVD releases kick off with some big titles: Denzel Washington in the Academy Award-nominated Flight; some big names: Tyler Perry in Alex Cross AND Madea Gets A Job; Kevin James and Henry Winkler in Here Comes The Boom; Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg and Elijah Wood in Celeste and Jesse Forever; and Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Christopher Walken in A Late Quartet; and a big adventure: The Oogieloves in the BIG Balloon Adventure. Check out the following On Demand/DVD New Releases, available the week of Feb. 4-10: Alex Cross Tyler Perry takes over for Morgan Freeman as the detective from best-selling author James […]

The following On Demand/DVD new releases are available this week: Hotel Transylvania: In this spirited animated adventure, Dracula runs a resort where monsters can get away from those pesky humans. But once his daughter decides she wants to explore the world, he has to rethink his outlook on life. Voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez (PG, 1:33) Available 1/29, same day as DVD The Sessions: John Hawkes and Helen Hunt star in this frank drama about a man in an iron lung who uses a professional sex surrogate to lose his virginity. The film earned Helen Hunt an Oscar nomination, along with […]