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VOD Spotlight: Side Effects

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VOD Spotlight: Side Effects

Side Effects was shot primarily on location in and around New York City, which director Steven Soderbergh says can be intimidating. “There are so many iconic New York movies. I decided that the important thing was to make the locations organic to this movie. The narrative is the priority. That doesn’t mean we didn’t look for locations that were interesting and different, but I don’t go anywhere one of the characters hasn’t been.”  With that in mind, some of the locales that were chosen for filming definitely come under the heading of “gritty.” At Manhattan Psychiatric Center the filmmakers shot [...]

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On Demand DVD New Releases May 20-26

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On Demand DVD New Releases May 20-26

On Demand DVD New Releases May 20-26. This week’s features include Arnold Schwarzenegger’s return to the big screen, The  Last Stand, and a film that director Steven Soderbergh claims is his last, Side Effects. Other familiar faces on the list this week include Jeremy Irons in Beautiful Creatures, Camilla Belle and Andy Garcia in Open Road, and Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, and Jason Statham in Parker. Beautiful Creatures This supernatural romance, based on the best-selling young-adult fantasy series, takes place in a Southern town where dark secrets are about to come out, as a young man finds he can’t fight his attraction to a [...]

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On Demand DVD New Releases May 13-19

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On Demand DVD New Releases May 13-19

Cloud Atlas is certainly the most ambitious of this week’s titles. With a budget of over $100,000,000, the film is one of the most expensive independent films made to date. Nominated for a Golden Globe award, the film involves cast members playing multiple roles, covering different time periods, races and even sexes, and was shot with two separate but parallel filming units, with unique crews for each. On Demand DVD New Releases May 13-19 Back to 1942 A deadly drought in 1942 takes its toll on central China’s Henan province during the war against Japan. Tim Robbins, Adrien Brody, Daoming Chen (NR, 2:15) [...]

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VOD Spotlight: This “Mama” Is A Monster Of A Mother

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VOD Spotlight: This “Mama” Is A Monster Of A Mother

Casting Mama’s title character was a critical decision for the filmmakers. Director Andy Muschietti had seen Javier Botet in the Spanish horror film [Rec] and recognized the actor as perfect for the part of the spectral creature who haunts the film. (No spoilers here, if you want to see how perfect Botet is for the part, you’ll have to see the movie!) Standing an astonishing 6 1/2 feet tall — with uncommon body features and physical abilities corresponding to his measurements — Botet moves delicately, deliberately and terrifyingly as Mama. Producer and screenwriter (and sister to the director) Barbara Muschietti [...]

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On Demand DVD New Releases May 6-12

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On Demand DVD New Releases May 6-12

On Demand DVD New Releases May 6-12  The big films this week are Jack Reacher, Mama and Safe Haven, but that’s just three of the titles debuting in this busy week. Lots of familiar faces in this crop of titles, including Parker Posey (And Now a Word From Our Sponsor), Daryl Hannah and Michael Madsen (Garbage), Al Pacino and Christopher Walken (Stand Up Guys) and Hugh Laurie and Catherine Keener (The Oranges). Hollywood to Dollywood  In this documentary, twin young men from North Carolina on a quest to meet their idol Dolly Parton find more than they bargained for in [...]

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Select On Demand content available for free to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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Select On Demand content available for free to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

The month of May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and throughout May 2013, Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable will be recognizing this celebration by providing select Bollywood Hits On Demand and Filipino On Demand content free of charge throughout the month. Additionally, the already free TVK-Pop On Demand service will increase the number of music videos from 30 to 150 through the month of May 2013. “We commend Comcast, Cox and Time Warner for their dedication to the Asian American community,” said Scott Wheeler, Senior Vice President, International Media Distribution. “We are excited to showcase [...]

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Jennifer Lawrence shines in “Silver Linings Playbook”

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Jennifer Lawrence shines in “Silver Linings Playbook”

Jennifer Lawrence had a very good 2012: The Oscar she won for Best Actress for her performance in Silver Linings Playbook was just one of more than 40 nominations and awards (for Silver Linings Playbook and her other lead role, in The Hunger Games) that came her way. In Silver Linings, Lawrence gives an honest and heartfelt portrayal of a woman dealing with depression who befriends a man struggling with bipolar disorder (Bradley Cooper). The film follows their flawed journey to find happiness. Lawrence, age 22, was the second youngest actress to win a Best Actress Oscar, leaving her many [...]

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On Demand DVD New Releases April 29-May 5

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On Demand DVD New Releases April 29-May 5

On Demand DVD New Releases April 29-May 5: Act Naturally  When two estranged step-sisters learn of their father’s untimely death on a business trip, they must travel cross-country to claim his remains. Upon arriving at their father’s destination, the girls are shocked to discover he had been leading a double life as the proprietor of a nudist resort, which is now the girls’ inheritance.  Katie  L. Hall, Liz Lytle, Susan May Pratt (NR, 1:30) 4/30  Broken City An ex-cop seeks revenge and redemption after he is framed by the city’s all-powerful mayor. Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones (R, 1:49) 4/30 The [...]

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VOD Spotlight: A Haunted House

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VOD Spotlight: A Haunted House

A Haunted House spoofs the horror genre and targets hits like Paranormal Activity, The Devil Inside, Sinister, The Possession and other “found footage” films with the story of a couple, Malcolm (Marlon Wayans) and Kisha (Essence Atkins), who have just moved into their dream home. Unfortunately, they are not alone. There’s a demon present who quickly takes possession of Kisha. Malcolm, determined to keep his relationship — and more importantly, his sex life — on track, turns to a priest, a psychic and a team of modern-day ghost-busters for help. A Haunted House was cowritten by Wayans, star of In [...]

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VOD Spotlight: Matt Damon and John Krasinski in “Promised Land”

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VOD Spotlight: Matt Damon and John Krasinski in “Promised Land”

When Matt Damon and John Krasinski set out to bring what Krasinski calls an “exploration of modern-day American identity” to moviegoers, the pair zeroed in on a tableau happening across the land — rural communities mired in economic conditions that virtually guarantee their extinction mulling modern-day solutions that could save them, even as those solutions irreparably alter the literal and figurative foundation on which the towns are based.  In the resulting film, Promised Land, the pair chose the current hot-button environmental issue of hydraulic natural gas extraction — better known as “fracking” — as the do-or-die dilemma of McKinley, a [...]

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