New to On Demand & DVD

On Demand DVD New Releases Oct. 29-Nov. 4 The Darkest Minds In the near future, many children have died. Those who remain, some with special powers, are placed in camps to protect someone, but whom? Can these unique kids rise up to make the world a better place? Amandla Stenberg, Skylan Brooks, Harris Dickinson (PG-13, 1:44) 10/30 Death of a Nation This documentary looks at parallels between the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump. (PG-13, 1:48) 10/30   Availability dates, titles and schedule subject to change and may vary by system. Check with your cable provider for ordering information. […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Oct. 22-28   Sorry to Bother You Cassius Green is doing everything possible just to get by in life. When a coworker at his telemarketing job encourages him to use his white voice, Cassius unlocks an entire world of opportunity and pitfalls. Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler (R, 1:51) 10/23 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: The Darkest Minds, Death of a Nation 10/30 BlacKkKlansman, Christopher Robin, Incredibles 2 […]

On Demand DVD New Releases: Oct 15-21 Ant-Man and The Wasp (pictured above) Scott Lang is balancing fatherhood with his life as the superhero Ant-Man when Dr. Hank Pym presents him with an urgent new mission that will have him fighting alongside the Wasp. Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña (PG-13, 1:58) 10/16 Unfriended: The Dark Web After a teen comes into possession of a new laptop, he quickly finds that the owner is watching him and all his friends and will stop at nothing to get it back. Colin Woodell, Betty Gabriel, Rebecca Rittenhouse (R, 1:32) 10/16 Availability dates, […]

Skyscraper starts fast and refuses to tap the brakes throughout. Will Sawyer (Dwayne Johnson) runs his own security firm. A friend put in a good word and Sawyer is soon investigating a new building in Hong Kong, the world’s largest. If they get his seal of approval on the various fire and security systems, they’ll be able to open the rest of the building to the public. But sinister forces are at work behind the scenes. Sawyer has one last area to check before he signs off on the project, but that gets compromised and fire breaks out at the […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Oct. 8-14 Eighth Grade The transition from middle school to high school is hard for today’s youth. Journey with Kayla through the last week of her disastrous eighth-grade year before the new challenges begin. Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Daniel Zolghadri (R, 1:33) 10/9 Hotel Transylvania 3 Dracula has always hosted people on vacation at the hotel, but what happens when Mavis surprises Dracula with a family trip on a monster cruise ship? Voices of Adam Sandler, Mel Brooks, Selena Gomez (PG, 1:37) 10/9 Skyscraper Will Sawyer is a veteran who assesses security for some of the […]

By Stephen Whitty It’s not that there are no winners in the war on drugs. It’s that it’s hard to tell the combatants apart. That seems to be the message of Sicario: Day of the Soldado, a sequel to 2015’s simply named Sicario that has brutal American agents fighting vicious Mexican cartels. The original movie had a similar setting, but it also had Emily Blunt as an FBI agent assigned to a super-secret, super-macho anti-drug task force. She provided audiences with a different point of view, and the film with a bit of a conscience. She’s missing from this sequel, […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Oct. 1-7   The First Purge (pictured above) The New Founding Fathers of America have created the annual ritual of the Purge in an experimental attempt to lower the crime rate by allowing individuals in one community to release their aggression for one night with no consequences. See how the franchise we all now know was born. Lex Scott Davis, Y’lan Noel, Marisa Tomei (R, 1:38) 10/2 Sicario: Day of the Soldado Dangerous steps need to be taken on the U.S./Mexican border when the cartels begin trafficking terrorists in addition to drugs. To combat this problem, […]

Travel with me to a galaxy far, far away. To a time that was a long time ago. Expand the Star Wars universe as we get the origin story for the classic character Han Solo in the new Solo: A Star Wars Story from director Ron Howard. Early in the Star Wars timeline, we are greeted by a young Han (Alden Ehrenreich), who simply dreams of becoming a pilot. But not just any pilot — the best pilot around. He acquires knowledge and flight skills by joining the Imperial forces and hones his craft. While on a mission, he comes […]

On Demand DVD New Releases: Sept. 24-30 Solo: A Star Wars Story (pictured above) See the days before Han Solo became the man you know in Star Wars. The young smuggler meets Chewbacca, encounters Lando and pilots the Millennium Falcon years before he joins the Rebellion. Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke (PG-13, 2:15) 9/25 Uncle Drew  Dax spends his life savings to enter a basketball team in Harlem’s Rucker Classic. After losing the team to a rival, he meets the legendary Uncle Drew and convinces the aged athlete to assemble his old team for one last shot at glory. […]

Dinosaurs walking the Earth. The original dream of John Hammond has been featured in four films to date. From Jurassic Park in 1993 to Jurassic World released in 2015, moviegoers have experienced the rise and fall of a couple of parks, witnessed dinosaurs running amok and been introduced to multiple individuals who shared Hammond’s vision. In the latest film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the dinosaurs are facing a threat posed by a series of volcanic eruptions on the abandoned island of Isla Nublar. And if those eruptions continue, they just might eliminate all life that remains on the island. While […]