New to On Demand & DVD

On Demand DVD New Releases Jan. 23-29 The Light Between Oceans Lighthouse keeper Tom and his wife Isabel find a rowboat adrift with a baby inside. They make the decision to raise the baby as their own. But meeting the woman who just might be the baby’s mother forces Tom and Isabel to make some tough choices. Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz (PG-13, 2:13) 1/24 Inferno Robert Langdon is back and struggling with amnesia. He must team up with Dr. Sienna Brooks to help uncover a global plot to decrease the world’s population. Can the two of them stop this […]

The Girl on the Train was the first novel released under author Paula Hawkins’ own name. When it was published in January 2015, Hawkins’ story became one of the fastest-selling novels in history, with more than 15 million copies sold globally. In its first week, The Girl on the Train landed at the top of The New York Times Best Sellers List, and remained on the list for more than a year, spending much of that time at No. 1. The inspiration for the novel was inspired by Hawkins’ daily experiences on the commuter rail through London. “There was one […]

Ouija: Origin of Evil is the follow-up to 2014’s sleeper hit. In this terrifying sequel, set in 1967, a widowed mother and her two daughters incorporate the game into their séance business. But things rapidly change and soon they must fight to help Doris, the youngest, to survive. Elizabeth Reaser, who plays mother Alice Zander says, of the film, “What really spoke to me about this movie is how it explores grief and that strong desire to see or talk to someone we’ve lost, even just once more,” says Reaser. “In many ways, this film isn’t simply a horror movie, which is […]

On Demand DVD New Releases: Jan. 16-22 The Girl on The Train While riding on a train, Rachel witnesses the shocking disappearance of Megan. Rachel insists she saw Megan with a mysterious man, but did she — or is there more to Rachel than meets the eye? Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux (R, 1:52) 1/17 Keeping Up With the Joneses (pictured above) Jeff and Karen Gaffney have new neighbors and everything about them is a bit perfect — maybe too perfect. As all neighbors will do, the Gaffneys dig a little deeper and find that it is hard to keep up […]

Accountants are generally thought of as a bit different. They march to the beat of their own numbers-driven drums. In the film The Accountant, Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is brought in to check the books for a variety of businesses including some that aren’t listed in the Fortune 500. Drug cartels, arms brokers, money launderers and assassins are just some of those who seek Wolff’s services. He is more than an accountant, and when discretion is required in finding missing money, Wolff is the guy to do it. As a man with high-functioning autism and a definite sense of right […]

Kevin Hart: What Now? was filmed outdoors in front of more than 50,000 people at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field —marking the first time a comedian has ever performed to an at-capacity football stadium. The event film takes Hart back to his hometown for the culmination of the biggest comedy tour in history. Hart says, “The reason for What Now? is because that’s the question that I get the most. No matter what you do in life or what you achieve, everybody always wants to know what the next thing is. ‘Oh my God, you just won the Super Bowl! What […]

One man can make a difference in the lives of countless others. In the film The Birth of a Nation, that man is Nat Turner (Nate Parker). A slave who is owned by the man he grew up alongside, Turner finds himself educated by his owners and a rarity in the South as a literate slave. Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer) is trying to keep his property afloat. When the Reverend (Mark Boone Jr.) suggests that Samuel might hire out his slave, who is trained in the Word of God, to help calm other landowners’ slaves, Samuel takes their money and […]

Oil. It drives countless industries and provides income for the men and women who search for it. An entire industry thrives in the gulf with jobs for countless residents on the platforms that float on the water’s surface. The movie Deepwater Horizon from director Peter Berg focuses on the platform of the same name and the men and women who make it operate. Mike Williams (Mark Wahlberg) seems like a regular guy working on the Deepwater. He has a loving wife, Felicia (Kate Hudson), and a beautiful daughter, Sydney (Stella Allen), who rely on his work. When he leaves for […]

On Demand DVD New Releases: Jan. 9-15 The Accountant Christian Wolff is a math savant who works to help unsavory characters with their finances, but he has issues that impair his social life. The government would love to access the knowledge Christian possesses. Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons (R, 2:08) 1/10 Birth of a Nation Nat Turner is a literate slave. He has learned the word of God, and while he originally follows his master’s orders to preach to other slaves with a focus on keeping them under control, that isn’t what he is called to do. When the […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Jan. 2-8 Blair Witch James and a group of his friends go in search of his lost sibling. A video they find leads them to woods that are believed to be not only demonic but also the home of the Blair Witch. Will anyone exit? James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid (R, 1:29) 1/3 Denial Writer and historian Deborah Lipstadt finds herself in court after a Holocaust denier accuses her of libel. In the British legal system the burden of proof is on the accused, so she must prove the Holocaust occurred. Based on […]