New to On Demand & DVD

The films released under the umbrella of The Conjuring universe have been creepy successes. They are the rare blend of scares and story, a higher level of horror frights. Now, with the newest addition to that series, Annabelle: Creation, I’m happy to report we get more good creepy fun. Samuel Mullins (Anthony LaPaglia) is an expert doll maker. He and his wife Esther (Miranda Otto) have one young daughter and when Samuel’s latest doll order is ready to ship, the family looks to be living a dream. But when tragedy strikes, life changes and the Mullinses become reclusive. Fast forward […]

On Demand DVD New Releases: Oct. 23-29 The Emoji Movie Gene is the “meh” emoji that lives in your phone. So what happens when emojis with one emotion actually have a range of emotions? When Gene makes the wrong face, a number of emojis set out to right the wrong and be relevant. Voices of T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris (PG, 1:26) 10/24 War For the Planet of the Apes The tensions between apes and humans escalate as the continuing effects of the simian flu have humans on edge. It becomes “us vs. them” and Caesar leads the apes to war. […]

Spidey is back in the Spider-Man: Homecoming. We pick up with a story that has Peter Parker (Tom Holland) headed home after his battle alongside Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) during Captain America: Civil War. But his return home takes him from the adrenaline rush of being alongside the world’s greatest superheroes to that of an ordinary high-school student. Stark has plans for Spider-Man. He has gifted him with a new high-tech suit and all the accoutrements a teenage crime-fighter could ever want. But Peter is told to simply wait for his handler Happy (Jon Favreau) to call and put […]

Girls Trip, starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Tiffany Hadish is about a group of lifelong friends (“The Flossy Posse”) who haven’t hung out in years and decide to get their groove back and head to the Essence Festival in New Orleans for a wild trip. A major highlight of the shoot was when the crew stumbled upon the idea of flying above the streets. The idea for a Zipline to be in Girls Trip came from producer  Will Packer. “Somebody in my office was telling me that in real life in Las Vegas a guy went on […]

On Demand DVD New Releases: Oct. 16-22 Spider-Man: Homecoming This Spidey story takes place in the time after Captain America: Civil War, with Peter Parker back home in New York balancing his secret life as Spider-Man and his time as a high-school student. He longs to be part of the Avengers life and waits for Tony Stark to call, but is he missing out on his high-school life right before his eyes? Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr. (PG-13, 2:13) 10/17 Girls Trip (pictured above) Lifelong friends who haven’t hung out in years decide to get their groove back […]

Director Sophia Coppola has stated that her film The Beguiled is not a remake of the 1971 film of the same name, but rather an adaptation of the Thomas Cullinan novel that film is based on. Here are some fun facts* about Coppola’s film: • The film was shot in 26 days. • The production ran into a minor crisis when several costumes were completely ruined in the washing machine. According to costume designer Stacey Battat, her creations were doomed as someone put bleach in the washing machine and forgot, and then put clothes in the same machine. The costumes […]

On Demand DVD New Releases: Oct. 9-15 Baby Driver Baby is one of the best wheelmen you’ll ever come across. Doc is a criminal mastermind who enlists Baby’s talents. It’s a job Baby doesn’t want, but if he can do it, they’ll be square. But does that mean Baby will be out of the crime business for good? Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James (R, 1:52) 10/10 The House College is expensive. When Alex gets accepted to her school of choice, her parents want to help her with the tuition. But when they realize they have spent her college fund, […]

On Demand DVD New Releases: Oct. 2-8 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Captain Jack Sparrow is back and he’s being hunted by Captain Salazar, another one of many enemies Jack has made. Salazar is determined to kill every pirate at sea, and Jack’s survival is tied to acquiring the legendary Trident of Poseidon so he can control the sea and stop Salazar. Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem (PG-13, 2:09) 10/3 Super Dark Times For two teenage boys, the mundane world of bike rides and video games is interrupted when an accident results in the death […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Sept. 25-Oct. 1 Transformers: The Last Knight (pictured above) In troubled times, humans and Transformers are engaged in a war. Optimus Prime is gone, and without a leader, chaos reigns. Within the madness, Cade Yeager must team with the iconic Bumblebee and others to uncover the hidden history of Transformers on Earth to save both races. Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel (PG-13, 2:29) 9/26  47 Meters Down Two sisters are vacationing in Mexico when they decide to try something new and go diving. But when the cage they are in breaks away from the boat and […]

The new film Wonder Woman is a big budget franchise extension of the DC Comics Universe featuring legendary superheroes. Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) was introduced as Wonder Woman in the 2016 release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. With her small role in that film, stealing scenes at every turn, we got a glimpse of the things that may be to come in the franchise. For her eponymous film, we are treated to the backstory of the photo that Bruce Wayne gave to Diana in Batman v Superman. Told mainly in flashback, this is Wonder Woman’s origin story. Growing […]