Movies

What really is serenity? It’s a state of being, a feeling of calmness or tranquility. So why is it that after viewing Serenity I feel anything but serene? Baker Dill (Matthew McConaughey) lives as a charter fishing boat captain who operates off the coast of Plymouth Island, where everyone seems to know everyone’s business and everyone lets you know they know. Day after day, he obsesses over catching one solitary tuna that has evaded capture several times. Dill isn’t married, but his frequent visits to Constance (Diane Lane) substitute for a relationship — well, maybe less of a relationship and […]

On Demand DVD New Releases: April 29-May 4 Arctic After surviving an airplane crash in the Arctic, Overgård lives day by day within a makeshift camp. Eventually, the time comes when he must leave the safety of his camp to embark on a trek to find help. Mads Mikkelsen, Maria Thelma Smáradóttir (PG-13, 1:38) 4/30 Miss Bala Gloria is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her inventiveness and strength. Catherine Hardwicke , Ismael Cruz Cordova , Gina Rodriguez (PG-13, 1:44) 4/30 Serenity (pictured above)Plymouth Island is home to Baker Dill, a fishing boat […]

On Demand DVD New Releases April 22-28 Escape Room Six strangers come together for what they believe will be one of the most immersive escape rooms ever, with a large cash prize to the first one to get out. But this room is about to get very real, very fast. Deborah Ann Woll, Taylor Russell, Tyler Labine (PG-13, 1:39) 4/23     Availability dates, titles and schedule subject to change and may vary by system. Check with your cable provider for ordering information. HD and 3D not available in all systems Coming Soon: 4/30: Arctic, Miss Bala, Serenity

Heroes and villains are all around us. Director M. Night Shyamalan reintroduces us to the vigilante justice hero David Dunn (Bruce Willis) and the villain Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson) from Unbreakable. And sets them with our multiple-personality lead Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy) from Split to craft the film Glass. When Elijah Price, better known as Mr. Glass, is joined by two new residents at the Raven Hill Memorial Psychiatric Hospital that he calls home, things are about to get interesting. How did Dunn and Crumb end up at this hospital? Although Mr. Glass has brittle bones, he is […]

On Demand DVD New Releases: April 15-21 Glass (pictured above) Security guard David Dunn tracks down a man with multiple personalities but ends up trapped in an insane asylum alongside him and Mr. Glass — the self-styled supervillain David faced 19 years earlier. James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson (PG-13, 2:09) 4/16 Replicas A tragic accident leaves William without his family — until he takes the next step in human cloning to bring them back to him. Keanu Reeves, Alice Eve, Emily Alyn Lind (PG-13, 1:47) 4/16 The Kid Who Would Be King Alex finds a sword and is […]

On Demand DVD New Releases: April 8-14 Welcome to Marwen After a brutal attack, Mark Hogancamp finds solace in creating a world that allows him to live the life he so deeply desires. Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Janelle Monáe (PG-13, 1:56) 4/9 On The Basis of Sex Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a trailblazer in law school and legal opinion, but her route to a seat on the United States Supreme Court was anything but easy. Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux (PG-13, 2:00) 4/9 Holmes & Watson You’ve never seen Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson like this before. The classic […]

Who is Dick Cheney? Vice, from director Adam McKay (The Big Short) takes a look at the former vice president with a darkly comedic tone, showing us the man who rose from lower-level positions in Washington, D.C., to become second-in-command of one of the world’s largest superpowers. To tell the story of Vice, we need to really ask, who is Dick Cheney (Christian Bale)? Cheney came to the nation’s capital with the desire to become more powerful. As he started working with Donald Rumsfeld (Steve Carell), he got a taste of the buffet that is Washington. All he knew was […]

On Demand DVD New Releases: April 1-7 Bumblebee How did one of the most popular Transformers, Bumblebee, begin his earthly existence? Watch as Charlie Watson acquires the very special car, who will need her help to survive. Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, voice of Dylan O’Brien (PG-13, 1:54) 4/2 The Mule At 90 years old, most individuals are just happy to be alive. One horticulturist and World War II veteran, however, is hauling cocaine for a drug cartel — but why? Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Michael Peña (R, 1:56) 4/2 Vice Dick Cheney is known to many because of his vice […]

On Demand DVD New Releases March 25-31 Second Act Street-smart Maya trades in her dead-end job for a dream position with a high-end firm. A fake resumé and Facebook page got her foot in the door, but now she must try to perform like the person everyone thinks she is while maintaining her sense of self — can she? Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens, Milo Ventimiglia (PG-13, 1:43) 3/26 Availability dates, titles and schedule subject to change and may vary by system. Check with your cable provider for ordering information. HD and 3D not available in all systems   Coming Soon: […]

Let me be honest: I was not looking forward to sitting down for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. It’s not that I don’t like the webslinger — I do, but it seemed like an overexposed character in an animated film that probably could have skipped a theatrical release. Man, was I wrong. Instead of scurrying to write a bad review, I find myself searching for superlatives to describe a new entry into animated-film lore. Just as Spider-Man’s release in 2002 with Tobey Maguire raised the bar for what I expect from superhero films, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse changes what I will […]