Featured DVDs and More
October 18 – New DVDs
Respect
Releases Nov. 9
Based on the life and times of Aretha Franklin, the woman who would come to be known all over the world as the undisputed Queen of Soul, this story follows her beginnings back to when she’d first come onto the music scene as a singer in the choir at her father’s church when she was a young girl growing up in Detroit.
Jungle Cruise
Releases Nov. 16
Come along on a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon with wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. Thrust on this epic quest together, the unlikely duo encounters innumerable dangers and supernatural forces, all lurking in the deceptive beauty of the lush rainforest.
Reminiscence
Releases Nov. 9
In the revamped, dystopian future, Nick Bannister (Hugh Jackman) runs a business using technology to tap into people’s memories as they relive their nostalgic past. Trouble starts when Nick falls for Mae (Rebecca Ferguson), a mysterious client who seems to be implicated in a crime, as evident in another client’s nostalgic memories.
Oct 11 – New DVDs
Free Guy
Released Oct. 12
A bank teller named Guy lives a life that seems far out of the ordinary with him being robbed and shot at daily in a city that seems to be out of control. Guy finally gets into the realization that he’s in a videogame after he stops a robbery from happening in which he must escape the world he lives in before the servers are set to shut down.
The Suicide Squad
Releases Oct. 26
Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker, and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
Old
Releases Oct. 19
A thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly, reducing their entire lives into a single day.
Oct 4 – Classic Horror Films
The Thing from Another World
1951
Arctic researchers discover a frozen alien inside a crashed UFO and thaw it out. It then comes alive and goes on a murderous rampage.
The Exorcist
1973
A young girl becomes possessed by the devil and causes several violent deaths before she can be cured.
Carrie
1976
A classic Stephen King thriller about a rejected high school girl. When she is humiliated at the prom, she takes revenge on the entire class.
Sep 27 – Recent NOVA Specials
GREAT AMERICAN AIRPLANE RACE
Electric cars seem increasingly likely to replace gas-guzzling vehicles. Could a new generation of emission-free electric planes do the same to the polluting airliners in the skies – a major step in the fight against climate change?
Looking for Life on Mars
Follow along as NASA launches the Mars 2020 Mission, perhaps the most ambitious hunt ever for signs of life on Mars. For the first time, in February 2021, a rover will attempt a risky landing in Jezero Crater, the coveted site of an ancient river delta that could possibly be a cradle of life.
Ship that Changed the World
Some five centuries ago, a major revolution overturned traditional ship designs. In just a few years, ships were transformed from small coastal-bound transports into massive ocean-going vessels capable of long-distance exploration. These designs were crucial to launching Europe’s age of imperial expansion and colonial exploitation, toppling the indigenous civilizations of the New World and spreading pandemics.
