New to On Demand & DVD

On Demand DVD New Releases Sept. 9-15 It’s a light week for premieres, unless you count yourself among the legions of Star Trek fans/J.J. Abrams fans/Benedict Cumberbatch fans (Hands raised? Good!) who have been waiting for the Star Trek Into Darkness release. (You know what? There’s something for all of the above in this film, so if you haven’t seen it, go ahead — check it out). Premiering this week: Love Is All You Need After she discovers her husband is having an affair, a hairdresser gets into a car accident with a man she learns is her daughter’s soon-to-be […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Sept. 2-8: Now You See Me A team of illusionists use their trickery to pull off bank heists during their performances, giving the money to the audiences in attendance. Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman (PG-13, 1:55) 9/3 [Same as DVD] Stories We Tell Sarah Polley (Away From Her, Take This Waltz) directs this intimate documentary in which she interviews members of her own family in order to not only uncover her own truth, but also examine the way we tell stories about our lives. (PG-13, 1:48) 9/3 [Same as DVD] Additional On Demand/DVD new releases this […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Aug. 26-Sept. 1 Among Friends A group of friends get together for a murder mystery party, but things take a dark turn when one hijacks the evening and is out for blood. Christopher Backus, Jennifer Blanc, AJ Bowen (R, 1:27) 8/27  Same day as theatrical release At Any Price A farming family’s business is threatened by an unexpected crisis, further testing the relationship between a father and his rebellious son. Dennis Quaid, Kim Dickens, Zac Efron (R, 1:45) 8/27 The Hollow Crown Adaptations of Shakespeare’s history plays: Richard II, Henry IV Parts One and Two, and Henry V. […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Aug. 12-18 This week, there’s lots of familiar faces gracing the big screen: The Big Wedding alone features Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried and Robin Williams! In addition to Robert Redford, The Company You Keep includes Julie Christie, Susan Sarandon, Nock Nolte, Stanley Tucci, Chris Cooper and Terrence Howard. Angela Bassett and Morgan Freeman are in Olympus Has Fallen, and Julianne Moore is in What Maisie Knew. The Big Wedding Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton play a long-divorced couple who must fake being married at the wedding of their adopted son […]

You wouldn’t be entirely off base if you thought Ryan Gosling was fated to play the role of Luke in director Derek Cianfrance’s The Place Beyond the Pines. The two had worked together on 2010’s Blue Valentine with Gosling starring alongside Michelle Williams in the film about the evolution of a marriage. In fact, it was during the preparation for Blue Valentine that Gosling and Cianfrance discovered a common idea they had each had individually. Cianfrance says he asked Gosling what was something he had always wanted to do in his life, but hadn’t. “It came up that there was […]

In 2005, five years before Joseph Kosinski directed his first feature, TRON: Legacy, he wrote a 12-page story titled Oblivion. In his sci-fi adventure set in 2077 — six decades after an alien invasion irradiates Earth — readers follow the missions of Jack, a repairman on a nearly destroyed planet who is uncertain of his place in the universe. The Bubbleship is Jack’s (Tom Cruise) primary form of transportation as he travels to and from Earth’s surface. Kosinski was thrilled to see the vehicle he imagined several years ago — a hybrid of a jet fighter and a Bell 47 […]

On Demand DVD New Releases Aug. 5-11: A busy week for big-name stars, including Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon (Mud), Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman (Oblivion), Kristen Stewart and Garret Hedlund (On the Road), Bradley Cooper , Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes (Place Beyond the Pines), Chris O’Dowd (The Sapphires), and Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem (To the Wonder) Mud Two teenage boys in Mississippi encounter a mysterious man on the run from bounty hunters and agree to help him while also trying to reunite him with his lost love. Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Tye Sheridan (PG-13, 2:11) 8/6  Same as […]

On Demand DVD New Releases July 29-Aug. 4 Assault On Wall Street Jim is an average New Yorker living a peaceful life with a good job and a loving family. Everything changes when the economy crashes and Jim loses everything. Filled with anger and rage, he snaps and goes to extreme lengths to seek revenge for the life taken from him. Dominic Purcell, Erin Karpluck, Edward Furlong (R, 1:37) 7/30 Between Us Two couples reunite in this darkly comedic story of best friends, marriage, love, disappointment and dreams. Julia Stiles, Melissa George, Taye Diggs (R) 7/30 Black Rock Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and […]

On Demand DVD New Releases July 22-28 A jam-packed week of new titles awaits! Ginger & Rosa The Cuban Missile Crisis meets the Sexual Revolution in this critically acclaimed film about two friends in 1960s London. Their friendship is tested as they try to overcome personal devastation. Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Oliver Platt, Annette Bening (PG-13, 1:30)  7/23 Same day as DVD Moon Man In this animated French film, the gentle man on the moon is lonely and wants to dance and have fun with the people of Earth. When he arrives on a comet, he is mistaken for an invader and must find […]

On Demand DVD New Releases July 15-21 Kind of a slow week for new releases, but some interesting titles out there: sports fans and history buffs might be interested in 42, while the documentary Hecho en Mexico (Made in Mexico) offers a look at artists that may be new to many, but are iconic in their homeland. The not-yet-rated Beneath may offer some scares, as will Evil Dead. Sly Stallone returns in Bullet to the Head. Beneath Six high school seniors celebrating with day’s excursion find themselves on rowboat attacked by man-eating fish and must decide who must be sacrificed […]