New to On Demand & DVD

Remembering Paul Walker: On Demand DVD New Releases Dec. 9-15 This week’s releases include two films featuring Paul Walker, who died tragically and suddenly in a car accident over Thanksgiving weekend. Fast & Furious 6 and Hours are the most recently released of Walker’s films, though he had other projects in the works at the time of his death, including the next installment of the Fast & Furious franchise. Walker had filmed most of his scenes for that movie, but production has been delayed in the aftermath of the accident. Universal is encouraging Paul Walker’s fans to consider contributing to his […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Dec. 2-8 All the Light in the Sky Jane Adams is an actress living in a house precariously perched above the beach in Malibu. Her age exempts her from more and more acting opportunities. That’s when her young, aspiring-actress niece arrives for a weekend stay — a weekend filled with confronting fears, burgeoning relationships, and navigating life in the early 21st century. Jane Adams, Sophia Takal, Kent Osborne (NR, 1:19) 12/3 Same day as theatrical release. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones The popular young-adult book series comes to life as teenager Clary Fray (Lily Collins) […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Nov. 25-Dec. 1 Maybe you are still recovering from a holiday weekend of leftovers and football. Or maybe you’ve finished your holiday shopping and have nothing but free time on your hands. Either way, there’s a host of new releases this week, so enjoy. Getaway A former racecar driver must rely on his old skills when his wife is kidnapped and he is sent on a mysterious do-or-die mission to win her freedom. His only ally is a young hacker who hitches a ride. Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez, Jon Voight (PG-13, 1:30) 11/26  Jobs Ashton Kutcher plays […]

Actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and director Edgar Wright worked together on the films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Their newest project, The World’s End, follows five middle-aged friends looking to redeem their honor by completing (some reluctantly) an epic pub crawl in their hometown, after having failed in their first attempt when they were teenagers.   The new movie fits right in as the third in what Pegg refers to as the “Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy” and Wright refers to as the “Three Flavours: Cornetto” trilogy. Pegg says, “Edgar put a Cornetto [a much-loved brand […]

2 Guns stars Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg as operatives from competing bureaus forced to go on the run together, only neither one is aware that the other is an undercover federal agent. Wahlberg signed on to the project in the early stages and was glad to have Washington come aboard: “We have great chemistry. We’ve known each other for a while, and this is the perfect piece of material for both of us to show a different side of ourselves. People [will] be very surprised to see how playful Denzel can be. I remember shooting our very first scene, […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Nov. 18-24 Planes (3-D) Set in the same world of sentient machines as Cars, this Disney animated adventure follows a crop-dusting plane with a fear of heights that gets to live his dream of competing in a famous around-the-world aerial race. Voices of Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (PG, 1:31) 11/19 Same day as DVD release. 2 Guns Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg star as two operatives from competing bureaus forced to go on the run together, only neither one is aware that the other is an undercover federal agent. Also stars Paula Patton (R, 1:49) 11/19 […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Nov. 11-17 Superman may be the headliner for this week’s releases, but a number of smaller films are making their debuts and are worth checking out. This might be a good opportunity to catch a foreign film or a documentary, too. The Attack An Arab surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing. (Hebrew and Arabic, subtitled in English)  Ali Suliman, Evgenia Didena (R, 1;42) 11/12 Same day as DVD. Blackfish Tells the story of Tilikum, a notoriously aggressive orca that killed three people while in captivity. Shocking […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Nov. 4-10 Grown Ups 2 After having moved his family from Hollywood back to his hometown, Lenny (Adam Sandler) and his buddies indulge in a wild day filled with old bullies, new bullies, schizo bus drivers, drunk cops on skis and 400 costumed party crashers. Also stars Kevin James, Chris Rock (PG-13, 1:41) 11/5 [Same as DVD] White House Down A Capitol Police officer taking his daughter on a tour of the White House must spring into action when a paramilitary group overtakes the facility, plummeting the nation’s government into chaos. Directed by Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, 2012). […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Oct. 28-Nov. 3 The big title this week is Monsters University, maybe the perfect antidote for those “over” the creepier monsters of the Halloween season. There are some big names in other films premiering, including Liev Schreiber (Last Days on Mars), James Franco, Danny McBride and Tim Blake Nelson (As I Lay Dying) and, last, but not least, Alan Rickman, Malin Ackerman and Ashley Greene (CBGB). If your thoughts have moved on to the Christmas holidays, you might consider Angels Sing with Harry Connick Jr. and Connie Britton. Monsters University (3-D) Find out how Monsters, […]