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Home- July 15, 2015
My Beautiful Laundrette Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1985 | 98 min | Rated R | Jul 21, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Stephen Frears was at the forefront of the British cinematic revival of the mid-1980s, and the delightfully transgressive My Beautiful Laundrette is his greatest triumph of the period. Working from a richly layered script by writer Hanif Kureishi, soon to be internationally renowned, Frears tells an uncommon love story that takes place between a young South London Pakistani man (Gordon Warnecke), who decides to open an upscale laundromat to make his family proud, and his childhood friend, a skinhead (Daniel Day-Lewis, in a breakthrough role), who volunteers to help make his dream a reality. This culture-clash comedy is also a subversive work of social realism, which dares to address racism, homophobia, and sociopolitical marginalization in Margaret Thatcher’s England.
Drama / Romance
Real Men Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1987 | 85 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 14, 2015 | Brian Orndorf
A womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind.
Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Helix: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2015 | 536 min | Rated TV-MA | Jul 28, 2015 | Martin Liebman
A team of scientists are thrust into a potentially life-or-death situation in this thriller, which begins with the group being deployed to the Arctic to secretly investigate what could be a disease outbreak.
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
State of Grace Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT
Twilight Time | 1990 | 134 min | Rated R | Jun 09, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister Kathleen. Soon, however, Terry is torn between his loyalty to his friends and his loyalties to others.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
All Quiet on the Western Front Blu-ray Movie
The Uncut Edition
Shout Factory | 1979 | 157 min | Not rated | Jul 14, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
This is the devastating story of a generation destroyed, following the lives of Germany schoolboys goaled by their schoolmaster to join the "glorious" war. Their disenchantment begins with brutal basic training and when they see the crippled casualties being rushed to hospital as they board a train to the frontline they have the first glimps of the grim-visaged reality of war.
Drama / War
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2015 | 122 min | Rated PG | Jul 14, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Two hopeful new arrivals at The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful quickly learn that there is only a single room left to rent.
Comedy / Drama
Spasmo Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1974 | 94 min | Rated R | Jul 07, 2015 | Brian Orndorf
Christian (Robert Hoffman) and his girlfriend are taking a walk on a deserted beach when they discover a woman's body lying. A closer look proves that she's alive. The next day Christian meets her again at a yacht party and they fall in love. Later at a nearby motel, something weird happens as they prepare to go to bed together: An intruder breaks in and starts beating Christian who accidentally shoots him with his own gun. A few hours later they find out that the corpse is missing and a series of weird incidents takes place.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
- July 14, 2015
Rush Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1991 | 120 min | Rated R | Jul 14, 2015 | Michael Reuben
Two small town Texas cops go undercover to catch a major drug dealer and are sucked into the drug culture, compromising their assignment.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Soul Eater Not!: Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
ソウルイーターノット! | Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2014 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 30, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When 14-year-old Tsugumi discovers her ability to transform into a weapon, she decides to enroll at Death Weapon Meister Academy, or DWMA. There, she hones her skills, and practices with other weapons and the meisters who wield them.
Action / Anime / Comedy / Supernatural / Comic book / Foreign
Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1985 | 91 min | Rated R | Jul 14, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A young man whose sister was murdered by werewolves helps an investigator track down a gang of the beasts through the U.S. and Europe.
Horror / Dark humor
No Game, No Life: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
ノーゲーム・ノーライフ / Nōgēmu Nōraifu
Sentai Filmworks | 2014 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Jul 28, 2015 | Kenneth Brown
As urban legend would have it, siblings Sora and Shiro are gods amongst their fellow man when it comes to the gaming world. Blazing hot on the internet, their reputation precedes them as this bright brother and sister duo have made quite the name for themselves as NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) hikikomori (shut-in) gamers. Of course, they both question their happiness in the real world only to discover that there is a parallel world where everything is decided by a game. Homebound hermits, withdrawn from life, they are summoned to a fantasy world by a boy calling himself “God.” In this world, all armed conflict and violence have been banned and the races must resolve their disagreements through gaming. Now, the siblings find themselves as the would-be saviors of the human race. Will this dynamic duo be brilliant enough in this game world to be the salvation of all humanity?
Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Erotic / Foreign
No Game, No Life: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition | ノーゲーム・ノーライフ / Nōgēmu Nōraifu / Blu-ray + DVD + CD
Sentai Filmworks | 2014 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Jul 28, 2015 | Kenneth Brown
As urban legend would have it, siblings Sora and Shiro are gods amongst their fellow man when it comes to the gaming world. Blazing hot on the internet, their reputation precedes them as this bright brother and sister duo have made quite the name for themselves as NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) hikikomori (shut-in) gamers. Of course, they both question their happiness in the real world only to discover that there is a parallel world where everything is decided by a game. Homebound hermits, withdrawn from life, they are summoned to a fantasy world by a boy calling himself “God.” In this world, all armed conflict and violence have been banned and the races must resolve their disagreements through gaming. Now, the siblings find themselves as the would-be saviors of the human race. Will this dynamic duo be brilliant enough in this game world to be the salvation of all humanity?
Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Erotic / Foreign
A Swedish Love Story Blu-ray Movie
En kärlekshistoria
Artificial Eye | 1970 | 119 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A love story that relates the love between the two young people Annika and Pär. The film describes all the uncertainty, fear, tenderness and joy the two experience together. All the while in the background there is the reality of the parents, the lost generation of the welfare society. Their solitary dreams of the future have been lost in everyday routine at the car repair shop and the refrigerator agency.
Drama / Romance / Foreign / Coming of age
The Legend of the Lone Ranger Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1981 | 98 min | Rated PG | Jul 14, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid, is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the militaristic outlaw leader, Butch Cavendich, he is rescued by an old childhood Comanche friend, Tonto.
Action / Adventure / Western
Blown Away Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1994 | 121 min | Rated R | Jul 14, 2015 | Michael Reuben
An Irish bomber escapes from prison and targets a member of the Boston bomb squad.
Action / Thriller
The Mean Season Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1985 | 104 min | Rated R | Jun 23, 2015 | Martin Liebman
Malcolm Anderson is a reporter for a Miami newspaper. He's had enough of reporting the local murders and so promises his school teacher girlfriend (Christine), they'll move away soon. Before Malcolm can hand in his notice, the murderer from his latest article phones him. The murderer tells Malcolm that he's going to kill again. The phone calls and murders continue, soon Malcolm finds that he's not just reporting the story, he is the story.
Crime / Thriller
- July 13, 2015
X-Men: Days of Future Past Blu-ray Movie
The Rogue Cut / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2014 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 149 min | Unrated | Jul 14, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The X-Men, including Wolverine, must set aside old rivalries and travel in time to change the past to avert a future crisis which threatens the mutant population and the world.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book / Period
Little House on the Prairie: Season Six Blu-ray Movie
Deluxe Remastered Edition / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 1979-1980 | 1200 min | Not rated | Jul 14, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When Almanzo Wilder and his sister Eliza Jane move to Walnut Grove in the sixth season of this cherished series, life will never be the same for Laura Ingalls.
Drama / Family / Romance / Western
Life Stinks Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1991 | 92 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 14, 2015 | Brian Orndorf
A filthy rich businessman bets a corporate rival that he can live on the streets of L.A. without the comforts of home or money, which proves to be tougher than he thought.
Comedy / Romance
The Crimson Field Blu-ray Movie
PBS | 2014 | 353 min | Rated TV-PG | Jul 14, 2015 | Brian Orndorf
Six-part World War I drama set in a front-line hospital in France. As nurse Grace Carter is promoted to the position of Matron, much to the dismay of Sister Margaret Quayle, three new nurses Flora, Rosalie and Kitty turn up to make their contribution to the war effort. The nurses carry out their duty of treating the sick and injured soldiers while hierarchies, class divides and rankings make every day life more and more difficult.
Drama / War / Period