New to On Demand & DVD

On Demand DVD New Releases May 26-June 1 Compiling this week’s offerings required some deep digging — and an assist from outside sources for descriptions of some of these off-the-radar titles. If your holiday plans — or the weather — keep you inside, here’s some ideas to keep you occupied. Autumn Blood High in the mountains, a widowed mother dies, leaving her two children orphaned. Fearing being split up they keep their mother’s death a secret. They survive until villagers destroy their innocence when they brutally assault the girl. Now the siblings must come of age to protect each other and […]

On Demand DVD New Releases May 19-25 About Last Night Bernie and Joan are constantly fighting, but the makeup sex is amazing. Danny and Debbie simply disagree, and the sex is lovely. But relationships have more than just sex and more than just good times, as they soon find out. Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Regina Hall (R, 1:40) 5/20 Enemy After seeing someone that looks exactly like him, Adam sets out on a quest to find this lookalike. But when digging further, everyone involved finds a deeper and darker set of circumstances exist. From the director of Prisoners, Denis Villeneuve, this […]

On Demand DVD New Releases May 12-18 Campaign of Hate: Russia and Gay Propaganda (Documentary) As most of the world moves forward toward gay equality, Russia is seemingly heading backward. Antigay sentiment and legislation are spreading rapidly throughout the country. In 2013, the Russian parliament passed a ban on so-called ‘gay propaganda’ that effectively makes nearly any public discussion of gay equality a crime. (1:18) 5/15 Copperhead An Upstate New York family is torn apart during the American Civil War. Francois Arnaud, Lucy Boynton, Casey Thomas Brown (PG13, 2:00) 5/13 Deadly Code A drama based on a memoir about growing up as a member […]

On Demand DVD New Releases May 5-11 Everyone’s favorite teenage private eye returns! After an enormously successful Kickstarter campaign, Veronica Mars director Rob Thomas was able to bring the television show that has a diehard following to the big screen — see it this month. It’s also a big week for movies with big-name stars that haven’t yet hit the big screen, including Devil’s Knot, Don Peyote, The Double, Rage and Trust Me. Anna When John, a man with an ability to enter people’s minds and manipulate their memory, takes on the case of troubled, teenager, Anna, he winds up in […]

As director of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Ben Stiller (who also stars in the title role) wanted to keep everything as realistic as possible, even when filming Walter’s fantasy life. This led to shooting in locations as varied as New York City and Iceland. In New York, Stiller chose to shoot the epic chase between Walter and Ted in the live-wire dynamics of a typical crowded day in the city. To simulate Walter and Ted flying and bounding through Manhattan on makeshift skates and skis, Stiller and costar Adam Scott were placed in a mobile rig that suspended […]

On Demand DVD New Releases April 28-May 4 Bad Country When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South’s most powerful crime ring. So when the syndicate orders Carter’s death and Weiland’s ID’d as a snitch, the two team up to take down the mob and the crime boss who ordered the hit. Tom Berenger, John Braymer, Patrick Brinker (1:35) 4/29 Same day as theatrical release Black Nativity Based on the play by Langston Hughes, this is the story of a teenage boy sent to live with […]

On Demand DVD New Releases April 21-26 Bettie Page Reveals All Take a look at Bettie Page, one of the world’s most recognized sex symbols. Page recounts the true story of how her free expression overcame government witch hunts to help launch America’s sexual revolution. Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Mark Mori crafts a story using the legendary icon’s own words and the words of those who knew her. Also stars Dita Von Teese, Hugh Hefner (R, 1:41)  4/22 Filth James McAvoy stars as a corrupt, wildly out-of-control homicide cop who manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion […]

Part of the fun of watching an animated film as an adult is hearing the voices of familiar actors come out of the mouths of, say, colorful fish or toys-come-to-life or, in the case of The Nut Job, various woodland creatures like squirrels, moles and raccoons. In the film, Surly the Squirrel has finally taken his capers one step too far, causing the animal community’s winter food supply to be destroyed. Surly and his rat friend, Buddy, are exiled from the group and need to figure out how to survive. Fellow squirrels Andie and Grayson are sent by Raccoon to […]

Because Ride Along is an action-comedy, the director and crew had a lot of wiggle-room to make over-the-top stunts. Shares producer Will Packer: “We had an opportunity to do some really cool driving sequences. We had guns going off and blew up a building. Even Kevin got a kick out of being able to shoot big guns.” But, according to Packer, sometimes Hart pulled back. He laughs: “Kevin was so excited about it. He wanted to do all of his own stunts until it was actually time to do the stunts. Kevin is the guy who says, ‘I’ll do my […]

On Demand DVD New Releases April 14-20 The Bachelor Weekend A bachelor party weekend in the great outdoors takes some wild detours in this hilarious and heartfelt comedy. Andrew Scott, Amy Huberman (TVMA, 1:34) 4/15 Available same day as theatrical release. Beneath the Harvest Sky Desperate for a way out of their town, two teens find their friendship pushed to the brink when one is pulled into drug smuggling with his outlaw father. Emory Cohen, Callan McAuliffe (TVMA, 1:57) 4/15 Available same day as theatrical release. Bright Days Ahead In this sophisticated and sexy tale, a married woman in her 60s (French icon Fanny Ardant) tumbles […]