New to On Demand & DVD

On Demand DVD New Releases Feb. 5-11 Only the Brave A group of elite firefighters known as the Granite Mountain Hotshots risks everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire. Based on a true story. Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges (PG-13, 2:14) 2/6 A Bad Moms Christmas Our three favorite underappreciated and overburdened moms are back. Now Amy, Kiki and Carla are going to fight against the ultimate pressure-packed situation: being a mom at Christmas. Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn (R, 1:44) 2/6 All I See is You A blind woman undergoes a procedure that restores her sight. […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Jan. 29-Feb. 4 Geostorm Climate change is threatening the Earth’s survival, so governments unite to create a worldwide satellite system to control the weather and keep the Earth safe. But the technology can become perilous when it is no longer under the control of those who would use it for good. Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish (PG-13, 1:49) 1/30 Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween Kids and killers are both at a camp with a history of murder. With craziness at every turn, Madea and her friends will have to try to save the […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Jan. 22-28 Jigsaw When bodies start showing up around town, all evidence points to John Kramer, the legendary Jigsaw. But he has been dead for 10 years — or has he? Matt Passmore, Hannah Emily Anderson, Callum Keith Rennie (R, 1:32) 1/23 Thank You For Your Service (pictured above) A group of soldiers returning home to the United States struggles to fit back in to civilian life. They love their families and their brothers, but still struggle with a war that torments them long after they’ve left combat. Miles Teller, Haley Bennett, Keisha Castle-Hughes (R, […]

Replicants still exist as of 2049, 30 years since the events of Blade Runner. The world has changed yet is still very similar to the place that existed. The law searches for outdated replicants that have since been replaced by a modified and more docile model. Living in this futuristic world, the ability to distinguish what is real and what is not is an extremely difficult endeavor. Replicants have been created to assist in all functions of life, and they are nearly indistinguishable from their human counterparts. And where there is not a true replicant, there are plenty of holograms […]

VOD Spotlight: Happy Death Day As horrifying as murders are, imagine getting murdered multiple times. That is the story for Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) in Happy Death Day as she relives the day of her murder, trying to get to the bottom of who killed her. Bending the passage of time has long fascinated storytellers, and the construct of a time loop proves exceptionally compelling in filmmaking. A plot device in which hours or days are repeated and re-experienced by the characters, this loop offers the protagonist some hope of breaking out of the cycle of repetition. Multiple films across […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Jan. 15-21 Happy Death Day As horrifying as murders are, imagine getting murdered multiple times. That is the story for Tree Gelbman as she relives the day of her murder, trying to get to the bottom of who killed her. Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine (PG-13, 1:36) 1/16 Blade Runner 2049 (pictured) K, a young blade runner on the LAPD, discovers a long-buried secret that could destroy society as we know it. The discovery sends K on a journey to find former blade runner Rick Deckard, who’s been missing for 30 years. Harrison Ford, […]

Children of all ages have always had mixed feelings about clowns. Some are overjoyed by the fun and smiles that clowns bring, while others find them to be the most frightening characters imaginable. When you meet Pennywise from the film It, based on Stephen King’s eponymous novel, it is easy to understand the fear that runs deep in some. Our collective fears of not only clowns, but also germs, basements and other things are at the heart of It. The town of Derry is a quiet place to be in 1989, but things are about to change for this sleepy […]

From slavery to the civil rights movement to present-day protests, race relations have always been an issue in the United States. The film Marshall takes a look at one immensely positive figure in the struggle for racial equality and his actions that changed America. That man is Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman). He won the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case that eliminated segregated schools, and he went on to become the first African-American to serve on the United States Supreme Court. In Marshall, we look at Thurgood’s early days as a lawyer for the NAACP. Marshall traveled around the […]

On Demand DVD New Releases: Jan. 8-14 IT An evil clown is terrorizing the town of Derry, and it is up to a group of seven kids, struggling with bullying, to rise up and fight back. This terrifying tale of kids going missing is based on the Stephen King novel. Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard (R, 2:15) 1/9 My Little Pony: The Movie A new pony is coming to town who wants the magic of the other ponies. Her intentions are not so sweet and innocent, and all the ponies will need to friend up to save Equestria. Voices […]

Although I was only a pint-sized version of myself in 1973, I heard about the battle that had the country’s attention and knew the sides being drawn. In the film Battle of the Sexes, the men are pitted against the women as that battle — the memorable tennis match — plays out at the Houston Astrodome. Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) was successful on the men’s tennis circuit. Now, over 50 years old, his time on the court is spent hustling the men who challenge him. If there’s money on the line, he wants it and will do anything to get […]