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On Demand DVD New Releases: April 9-15

April 9, 2018 Meredith Ennis

On Demand DVD New Releases: April 9-15 All the Money in the World J. Paul Getty is the richest man in the world. But when his grandson Paul is kidnapped and held for ransom, can Getty’s security chief help Gail, the boy’s mother, find her son in spite of his grandfather’s unwillingness to part with his money for Paul’s safe return? Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg (R, 2:12)  4/10 Proud Mary Mary is a hitwoman selling her services to an organized-crime family in Boston, but her life is about to change when a hit goes awry and a young boy crosses […]

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Drama

‘Howards End’ on Starz: Hayley Atwell Talks the Schlegel Sisters’ Bond

April 8, 2018 Lori Acken

In 1992, famed filmmakers James Ivory (a 2018 Oscar winner for Call Me by Your Name) and Ismail Merchant and their trusted screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala debuted a lush film adaptation of the E.M. Forster masterpiece Howards End. Beautifully rendered and perfectly cast — Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter and Vanessa Redgrave starred — the tale of economic class, family bonds and social conventions in turn-of-the-century England became an instant classic, earning Oscars for Thompson and Jhabvala. Twenty-five years later, the BBC revisited the epic as a four-part miniseries, which makes its American debut this month on Starz. […]

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Sports

The Women of WrestleMania 34: Female Talent Has Never Been More Represented

April 5, 2018 Scott Fishman

The superstars of WWE take over Bourbon Street for WrestleMania 34 Sunday, April 8 from the Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The sports entertainment leader is going all out this year with the ladies taking center stage. New signing Ronda Rousey looks to make a big splash transitioning from the UFC octagon to the WWE squared circle. She teams with Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle to face Stephanie McMahon and Triple H. By the same token Asuka, winner of the first all-female Royal Rumble, is gearing up to put her unprecedented win streak on the line in hopes of […]

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Documentary

‘Elvis Presley: The Searcher’ on HBO: We Sit Down With Priscilla Presley And Music Documentarian Thom Zimny!

April 2, 2018 Lori Acken

Let’s start with what you do know about Elvis. Like “Hound Dog” and “Blue Suede Shoes.” “The Pelvis” nickname coupled with said pelvis’ Ed Sullivan Show debut. The stint in the Army, where he met a pretty girl named Priscilla. The feel-good films and the triumphant ’68 TV special. And the endless tabloid fodder that followed, even after his 1977 death at just 42. But do you know why Elvis moved the way he moved? Chose the songs he sang? Suffered so beneath the weight of the very fame he craved? Priscilla — Elvis’ only bride and lifelong confidante — […]

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Documentary

‘America Inside Out With Katie Couric’: The Veteran Journalist Puts Everyday Faces to National Agonies

April 2, 2018 Lori Acken

For her 2017 National Geographic documentary Gender Revolution, veteran journalist Katie Couric crisscrossed the nation to put compelling faces and poignant personal stories to America’s complex relationship with gender identity. The experience proved so fulfilling that Couric hit the road again, delving into more crackling social issues that both inspire and undermine unity in our “United” States, challenging our individual moral compasses and coloring our outlooks far beyond any neighborly chat over the backyard fence. Issues like gender inequality; the plight of American Muslims; the economic uncertainty of the white working class; the intersection of history and oppression in our […]

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On Demand DVD New Releases April 2-8

April 2, 2018 Meredith Ennis

On Demand DVD New Releases April 2-8 Insidious: The Last Key Parapsychologist Dr. Elise Rainier has always been ready to stare down the most feared cases of hauntings. Now she faces the toughest test as a haunting comes to her home. Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson (PG-13, 1:43) 4/3 Father Figures (pictured above) Peter and Kyle have just come to the realization that the man who they assumed to be their father really was not. So with some information from their mother, the two men set out on a road trip to attempt to track down their dad. Owen […]

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Movies

New to On Demand: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

March 27, 2018 Paul Hall

Long ago in a galaxy far, far, away I was a young boy who was introduced to the Star Wars saga. As a boy, I didn’t care that we started in the middle of the story, I was just overjoyed to see a unbelievable set of characters appear in front of me on a screen. Through the years, I have experienced the magic of the Star Wars films on giant screens and waited, like most, very patiently to see where the universe took us with each new film. I’m happy to say that the latest installment, Star Wars: The Last […]