New to On Demand & DVD

On Demand DVD New Releases Dec. 4-10 Despicable Me 3 (pictured above) Gru has gone straight and, alongside Lucy, is in the business of catching the bad guy, but their new foil Balthazar Bratt may have something to say about that. With the arrival of Gru’s twin brother Dru, who just wants to plan one more heist, and with the whole cavalcade of Minions, will Gru get back into a life of crime? Voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker (PG, 1:30) 12/5 American Assassin Mitch Rapp lost his parents at age 14 and later lost his girlfriend to a […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Nov. 27-Dec. 2 Logan Lucky (pictured above) Charlotte Motor Speedway is home to one of the biggest NASCAR races of the year. Two brothers who know how all the cash at the track moves decide to come up with a plan for an incredible heist. Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig (PG-13, 1:58) 11/28 Woodshock A haunted young woman spirals in the wake of profound loss, torn between her fractured emotional state and the reality-altering effects of a potent cannabinoid drug. Kirsten Dunst, Joe Cole, Pilou Asbaek (R, 1:40) 11/28 I Do… Until I Don’t  Vivian […]

Inspirational movies are a big winner at the box office. In the movie Leap!, we meet two children who yearn to follow their dreams despite living in an orphanage and having seemingly impossible aspirations. But can dreams come true? Their living situation is holding Felicie (voice of Elle Fanning) and Victor (Nat Wolff) back. Felicie yearns to be a great ballerina, and Victor wants to be the world’s next great inventor. But to proceed, they must carry out a daring escape from their home. And escape they do! It’s off to Paris. But once they arrive, the two are separated. […]

On Demand DVD New Releases: Nov. 20-26 The Hitman’s Bodyguard Darius Kincaid has been a ruthless hitman for years, and he has been called to testify against one of his employers. Michael Bryce is employed to protect Darius from those who want him dead (which is everyone). Darius has tried to kill Michael many times, creating anything but a match made in heaven. Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman (R, 1:58) 11/21 Leap! (pictured above) She wants to be a dancer. He wants to be an inventor. Together the two children run away from their orphanage to start realizing […]

It’s 1989 in Berlin. East and West are separated by the iconic Berlin Wall, but that is soon to change. On both sides of this landmark divide in culture, politics and way of life are spies who work for every agency imaginable. KGB agents reign supreme in the East, and the rest of the free world is at home in the West. The spy game is alive and well in Atomic Blonde. MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) is called upon by her superiors to assist in retrieving a list that contains the identities of countless agents. It is information […]

On Demand and DVD New Releases: Nov. 13-19 Wind River The FBI sends rookie agent Jane Banner to investigate the murder of a woman on the Wind River Indian Reservation. She teams up with the game tracker who found the body, and together they look to uncover the story behind the horrible murder in an area isolated from the rest of the world. Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Julia Jones (R, 1:47) 11/14 The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature Surly is back, and the mayor of Oakton wants to destroy his home and replace it with an amusement park. It’s […]

New to On Demand: Cars 3 Everything changes over time. Coca-Cola became New Coke and then went back to being Coca-Cola again. DVD became Blu-ray, and we moved from standard definition to high definition. In most cases, change is a good thing as innovation leads the way. But in the film Cars 3, what happens when the competitors in the Piston Cup racing series seem to have moved beyond Lightning McQueen? McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) is looking to wrap up another stunning race against two of his best friends when a fresh-faced new car explodes through the pack. Jackson […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Nov. 6-12 The Glass Castle (pictured) Jeannette grew up with a dysfunctional family who moved around the country like nomads, always finding new and underwhelming places to live. Her alcoholic father would distract her and her siblings with visions of hope to take their mind off their current situation. Eventually, all of the past will be dealt with in the present. Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts (PG-13, 2:07) 11/7 Cars 3 Lightning McQueen is starting to fade. When the newer and faster Jackson Storm bursts onto the scene, it is time for McQueen to […]

On Demand DVD New Releases: Oct. 30-Nov. 5 Kidnap Karla Dyson experiences one of the horrors every parent fears when her son is kidnapped almost before her eyes. But this mom is not about to sit idly by and wait for the police to help her; she’s taking justice into her own hands. Halle Berry, Sage Correa, Chris McGinn  (R, 1:22) 10/31 The Dark Tower (pictured) It’s the ultimate battle of good versus evil as Roland, known as the last Gunslinger, has been going toe-to-toe with the Man in Black to keep the Dark Tower from toppling. But will Roland succeed in keeping […]

Humans and apes. Are we really that different from each other? Our sense of community, our quest for survival, our emotions, whether buried or released, are all the same for both species. In the film War for the Planet of the Apes, we simultaneously celebrate and despise the similarities of the two species. As the wildly unpredictable Colonel (Woody Harrelson) escalates the battle with the apes, Caesar (Andy Serkis) is forced to fight to preserve the species he loves. Though Caesar has always kept an open mind about humans, there are moments that will push even the most level-headed individual […]