The holiday season is the perfect time to visit the Library for some cozy, festive entertainment! Our shelves are being refreshed this December with exciting new DVD and Blu-ray releases, ready for you to borrow and enjoy during your winter break and celebrations.
Dead of Winter (December 9)
Grieving widow Barb Sorensen (Emma Thompson) travels to a remote, snow-covered cabin to scatter her husband's ashes, only to discover a teenage girl being held captive inside. Cut off from the world, Barb must use her wits and survival skills to battle the armed kidnappers and save the girl. This leads to a tense, violent struggle across the frozen wilderness.
Good Fortune (December 9)
A low-ranking angel (Keanu Reeves) illegally body-swaps a struggling gig worker (Aziz Ansari) with a rich tech bro (Seth Rogen) to prove that money doesn't solve problems. The plan backfires when the gig worker loves being rich and refuses to switch back, causing the angel to lose his powers and forcing him and the now-poor tech bro to navigate the gig economy.
The Strangers: Chapter 2 (December 9)
After surviving the initial attack, Maya Lucas wakes up severely wounded in a local hospital only for the three masked Strangers—Dollface, Pin-Up Girl, and Scarecrow—to track her down and continue their deadly pursuit. As Maya tries to escape the town and find someone she can trust, flashbacks reveal the unsettling childhood origins of one of the killers.
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (December 23)
The road trip comedy stars Colin Farrell as commitment-phobe David and Margot Robbie as Sarah, who are forced to confront their pasts when a strange GPS, voiced by Jodie Turner-Smith, transports them to key memories. Aided by supporting cast members Kevin Kline and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, they relive their emotional baggage to see if their connection can survive the journey.
Black Phone 2 (December 23)
Bad dreams haunt 15-year-old Gwen as she receives calls from the black phone and sees disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp. Accompanied by her brother, Finn, they head to the camp to solve the mystery, only to confront the Grabber -- a killer who's grown even more powerful in death.
Bugonia (December 23)
Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap a powerful pharmaceutical CEO, convinced she is an alien who intends to destroy the Earth. Holding her captive, their desperate attempts to force her to confess and negotiate for humanity's survival lead to a series of violent and absurd confrontations, ultimately revealing a much bleaker truth about the fate of the human species.
A complete list of this month’s movie and TV releases can be found here.