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Home- June 24, 2016
I'll Take Sweden Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1965 | 97 min | Not rated | Jun 21, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Bob Holcomb (Bob Hope) will do anything to stop his daughter JoJo (Tuesday Weld) from tying the knot with her lazy boyfriend (Frankie Avalon), even move her all the way to Sweden! But once they're "safely" out of the country, JoJo falls for a sly Swedish playboy. Content with a new love of his own (Dina Merrill) and faced with the prospect of more heartbreak for JoJo, Bob makes secret plans for another international trip one that should make everyone happy.
Comedy
Knight of Cups Blu-ray Movie
Broad Green Pictures | 2015 | 118 min | Rated R | Jun 21, 2016 | Brian Orndorf
Rick is a slave to the Hollywood system. He is addicted to success but simultaneously despairs at the emptiness of his life. He is at home in a world of illusions but seeks real life. Like the tarot card of the title, Rick is easily bored and needs outside stimulation. But the Knight of Cups is also an artist, a romantic and an adventurer.
Drama / Romance
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 2011 | 97 min | Not rated | Jun 28, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The remarkable career of the movie industry’s most admired and influential special-effects auteur, the legendary Ray Harryhausen, is the subject of Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan. Leaving no doubt as to Harryhausen’s seminal influence on modern-day special effects, the documentary features enlightening and entertaining interviews with the man himself, Randy Cook, Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Phil Tippet, Terry Gilliam, Dennis Muren, John Landis, Guillermo Del Toro, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and many more. These filmmakers pay tribute to the father of Stop Motion animation and films such as ‘The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms’, ‘It Came From Beneath The Sea’, ‘The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad’, ‘Mysterious Island’, ‘Jason And The Argonauts’ and ‘The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad’ – the films that enthralled them as children and inspired them to become filmmakers in their own right.
Biography / Documentary
The Unsinkable Molly Brown Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1964 | 136 min | Not rated | Jun 21, 2016 | Michael Reuben
After surviving a flood as an infant, the buoyant Molly Brown sets out to find her way in life. She assures a saloon owner she can sing and play piano and before long becomes the bride of up-and-comer Johnny Brown. After throwing a disastrous mixer for Denver society folks and a few overseas dignitaries, Molly flees to Europe -- only to return on the ill-fated Titanic.
Comedy / Drama / Musical
Romeo Is Bleeding Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition to 3000
Twilight Time | 1993 | 110 min | Rated R | Jun 14, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A New York City police sergeant, whose hunger for sex and money prompts him to cheat on his wife and accept payoffs from the mob, meets his match when he becomes involved with the devious female scion of a Moscow crime family.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
- June 22, 2016
Ivan's Childhood Blu-ray Movie
Ива́ново де́тство / Ivanovo detstvo
Artificial Eye | 1962 | 95 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jun 27, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Determined to avenge his family's death at the hands of the Nazis, 12-year-old Ivan joins a Russian partisan regiment as a scout. He becomes indispensable for his ability to slip inconspicuously through enemy lines, but as his missions become increasingly dangerous, the enemy starts taking notice.
Drama / War / Foreign
Here Comes Mr. Jordan Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1941 | 94 min | Not rated | Jun 14, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?
Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Inserts Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition to 3000
Twilight Time | 1975 | 117 min | Rated NC-17 | Jun 14, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A young, once-great Hollywood film director refuses to accept changing times during the early 1930s, and confines himself to his decaying mansion to make silent porn flicks.
Comedy / Drama
- June 21, 2016
Enemy Mine Blu-ray Movie
Umbrella Entertainment | 1985 | 108 min | Rated ACB: PG | May 04, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A soldier from Earth crash-lands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
No Way Out Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1987 | 114 min | Rated R | Feb 16, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Tom Farrell is a dedicated Navy officer who, after an act of valor, gets posted to the Pentagon and is assigned to the Secretary of Defense David Brice. Prior to this, he had become involved with a young woman named Susan Atwell, not knowing that she was Brice's mistress. When Susan is found dead, Tom ironically is assigned to the case of finding the killer who is believed to be a KGB mole code-named "Yuri." Tom could soon become a suspect in her murder when a indiscernible Polaroid negative of him is found at Susan's place. He only has a few short hours to find the killer before the negative can be processed. Also to make matters worse, he must contend with the ever-shrinking noose of the relentless dragnet put in place to find the ever elusive "Yuri"!
Action / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
The Panic in Needle Park Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition to 3000
Twilight Time | 1971 | 110 min | Rated PG | Jun 14, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A boyfriend from hell, who happens to be a smalltime crook, leads his decent girlfriend on the downhill heroin path.
Crime / Drama / Romance
The Wave Blu-ray Movie
Bølgen
Magnolia Pictures | 2015 | 105 min | Rated R | Jun 21, 2016 | Michael Reuben
After the collapse of a mountain pass above a scenic Norwegian fjord, a tsunami engulfs the region.
Action / Drama / Thriller / Foreign
- June 20, 2016
Enemy Mine Blu-ray Movie
Eureka Classics
Eureka Entertainment | 1985 | 108 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Jun 20, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A soldier from Earth crash-lands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Independence Day 4K Blu-ray Movie
20th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 1996 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 154 min | Unrated | Jun 07, 2016 | Martin Liebman
Aliens launch an all-out invasion against the human race. The world's only hope lies with survivors, uniting for a strike against the invaders.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2016 | 94 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 21, 2016 | Martin Liebman
A Portokalos family secret brings the beloved characters back together for an even bigger and Greeker wedding.
Comedy / Romance
The Martian 4K Blu-ray Movie
Extended Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2015 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 151 min | Unrated | Jun 07, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An astronaut, left behind, uses his experience and knowledge to continue his existence on an alien planet in the hopes that one day he will be rescued.
Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
The Martian Blu-ray Movie
Extended Edition / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2015 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 151 min | Unrated | Jun 07, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An astronaut, left behind, uses his experience and knowledge to continue his existence on an alien planet in the hopes that one day he will be rescued.
Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
I Could Go on Singing Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition to 3000
Twilight Time | 1963 | 100 min | Not rated | May 10, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An American singing star in London tries to reclaim the son she gave up for adoption.
Drama / Musical
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1974 | 105 min | Rated R | Jul 05, 2016 | Brian Orndorf
A gang of thugs who have hijacked a subway train near New York's Pelham Station threaten to kill one hostage per minute. Forced to stall the assailants until a ransom is delivered or a rescue made, transit chief Lt. Garber must somehow ad-lib, con and outmaneuver one of the craftiest, cruelest villains ever.
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Heist
Grantchester: Season Two Blu-ray Movie
Masterpiece Mystery
PBS | 2015 | 313 min | Not rated | Jun 14, 2016 | Brian Orndorf
The whiskey-drinking and jazz-loving vicar Sidney Chambers returns alongside his friend and veteran cop Inspector Geordie Keating for a second season of crime solving in the small country parish of Grantchester. Based on the popular Sidney Chambers mystery novels by James Runcie.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Period