New to On Demand & DVD

Roald Dahl’s tale of The BFG is brought to life in the new film of the same name from director Steven Spielberg. The children at Mrs. Clonkers’ London orphanage have rules. They are to stay in bed, they are to never look behind the curtain and they absolutely are not to look out the window. Sophie is a curious 10-year-old resident who wants to know what life is like in the city after dark. When she gets out of bed, pulls back the curtain and looks out the window she sees a giant who quickly whisks her away to a […]

New to On Demand: Pete’s Dragon Dragons are the things that fairy tales are made of, mythical creatures as large as you can imagine with wings and breathing fire. There is a legend that very few believe in, that the woods of the Pacific Northwest hide a mysterious dragon. Pete (Oakes Fegley) is about to change all of that in the new Disney version of the cherished family classic Pete’s Dragon. Pete is found wandering the woods. Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) is the park ranger who discovers the boy seemingly on his own in the unforgiving land. At first, Pete […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Nov. 29-Dec. 5 Don’t Breathe Rocky feels trapped and is looking to find a better life for herself and her sister. She agrees to rob a wealthy blind man’s house with her boyfriend and their friend, but Rocky doesn’t realize the terror that awaits inside the home. Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette (R, 1:28)11/29 Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Edina and Patsy are back in an all-new movie. They attract both the police and the media when they accidentally knock supermodel Kate Moss into the Thames. The two escape to the South of France, but will […]

VOD Spotlight:  Kubo and the Two Strings In this 3D-stop motion animated tale, a young boy named Kubo is a storyteller in his seaside town, making his humble living telling stories via folded origami characters. When tragedy strikes, Kubo must set out on a quest with the help of Monkey (voiced by Charlize Theron) and Beetle (voiced by Matthew McConaughey) to solve the mystery of his fallen father in an attempt to fulfill his destiny. Over the five years it took to bring the project to the screen, Kubo and the Two Strings grew as a love letter to Japanese […]

In the new movie War Dogs, we get to meet two motivated young Americans. David Packouz (Miles Teller) is a kid doing whatever it takes to survive. He’s a massage therapist, but has dreams of going into business for himself. Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill), David’s old friend, rolls back into town and reconnects with him. Efraim quickly invites David to join his company, AEY, Inc. Together the two will be selling weapons to the U.S. government, a perfect career for any 20-something, right? Because of past rigged contracts, the government has been forced to open up the bidding process to […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Nov. 21-28 Hands of Stone (pictured) This film tells the story of legendary fighter Roberto Duran and his rise from the streets of Panama to the top of boxing’s mountain. Legendary trainer Ray Arcel comes out of retirement to work with Duran and teach the fighter that winning takes strategy. Edgar Ramírez, Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin (R, 1:51) 11/22 Hell or High Water Two brothers in a small town in West Texas come up with a scheme to save their parents’ land from the bank. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and this series […]

As an audience, we love to revisit characters that we have enjoyed in past films; we just hope that filmmakers don’t tarnish that love when making a sequel. In the new film Finding Dory, we not only get Dory, Nemo and Marlin, but we also get new characters like Hank the octopus and a pair of lazy sea lions named Fluke and Rudder to ensure that we leave feeling like the new film has a life of its own. Ellen DeGeneres returns as the voice of our favorite blue tang fish, Dory. We walk through Dory’s past, from her days […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Nov. 14-20 Finding Dory (pictured) Dory is a friendly — and forgetful — blue tang fish. In Finding Nemo, Dory helped Nemo’s father find him, but now she finds herself lost with a cast of new characters. Her journey will lead her to find out more about the meaning of family as she attempts to find her own. Voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill (PG, 1:37) 11/15 Army of One An American civilian sets out on his own to find Osama Bin Laden. Nicolas Cage, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Denis O’Hare (R, 1:32) 11/15 My […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Nov. 7-13 Before the Flood Leonardo DiCaprio and documentary filmmaker Fisher Stevens embark on an international quest to document the effects of climate change evident on a scale that no one can dispute. (PG, 1:33) 11/7 Indignation In 1951, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with sexual repression and cultural disaffection amid the ongoing Korean War. Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon (R, 1:51)  11/8 Sausage Party The only thing food wants is to go home with us. But when the food finds out what happens when they […]

Growing up in the era that I did, you were either a Star Trek or Star Wars person. I have to admit that I fell into the Star Wars camp more than I was a Trekkie. Since producer/director J.J. Abrams rebooted Star Trek in 2009, I’ve enjoyed both franchises. Now Justin Lin jumps in to helm Star Trek Beyond and his foot is planted square on the gas pedal from the moment the film blasts off. Capt. James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) has something on his mind. He is questioning whether to continue in his role as captain of the […]