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Home- July 12, 2015
A Letter to Three Wives Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 1949 | 103 min | Rated BBFC: U | Jun 29, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands--but she doesn't say which one.
Drama / Romance
Deli Man Blu-ray Movie
Cohen Media Group | 2015 | 91 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 07, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A look at the history of delicatessens in the United States.
Drama
- July 11, 2015
Powers: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2015 | 437 min | Rated TV-MA | Jul 14, 2015 | Martin Liebman
Originally developed for FX, the first series on the Playstation Network is based on the graphic novel series by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, where detectives Christian Walker (Sharlto Copley) and Deena Pilgrim (Susan Heyward) solve homicide cases that involve superpowers.
Crime / Drama / Sci-Fi / Comic book
The Town That Dreaded Sundown Blu-ray Movie
RLJ Entertainment | 2014 | 86 min | Rated R | Jul 07, 2015 | Michael Reuben
65 years after a masked serial killer terrorized the small town of Texarkana, the so-called 'moonlight murders' begin again. Is it a copycat or something even more sinister? A lonely high school girl, with dark secrets of her own, may be the key to catching him.
Horror / Thriller
Contamination Blu-ray Movie
Alien Contamination | Limited Edition Slipcase to 1000
Arrow | 1980 | 95 min | Not rated | Jul 07, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A ship pulls into New York Harbor with no one on board. The police find a cargo full of green pulsating eggs. Upon contact, the eggs explode spreading a green acid like substance that seeps into the skin and explodes. It is later discovered that the eggs are being manufactured in South America by a one-eyed Martian that grew from a tiny seed a former astronaut brought back from a expedition to Mars...
Horror / Sci-Fi
- July 10, 2015
3-D Rarities Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D
Flicker Alley | 1922-1962 | 145 min | Not rated | Jun 23, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In commemoration of the centennial of 3-D motion pictures, we present 3-D RARITIES. It has taken over 30 years for the 3-D Film Archive to assemble and restore the material in this eye-popping collection of ultra-rare and long-lost movies. Presented in high-quality digital 3-D, all films have been stunningly restored and mastered direct from archival materials. Meticulously aligned shot by shot for precise registration of the original left/right elements, these historic 3-D motion pictures have never before looked this good.
Documentary / Short
Haikyu!!: Collection 1 Blu-ray Movie
ハイキュー!!
Sentai Filmworks | 2014 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 02, 2015 | Kenneth Brown
Shoyo Hinata may be a small guy, but he’s got big ambitions. Ever since he saw a short-statured volleyball pro dominate the scoreboards in the National Championship, he’s been determined to become the next big thing in High School Volleyball. Unfortunately, he’s barely played the game. The only time he was able to assemble enough players to form a team was in junior high, when the team suffered a crushing defeat in their first and only match against a team lead by up-and-coming setter Tobio Kageyama. Now, as his first year of high school begins, Shoyo’s finally getting the chance to join a real club and play with a real team. There’s just one problem: Tobio Kageyama’s decided to attend the same school, and he’s established a reputation as being one of the best players in the game. Can this small fry hold his own against the King of the Court? Or could the rivalry and competition actually be the best thing for both of them?
Anime / Comedy / Drama / Sport / Comic book / Foreign
What We Do in the Shadows Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2014 | 86 min | Rated R | Jul 21, 2015 | Martin Liebman
Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are finding that modern life has them struggling with the mundane - like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts.
Comedy / Horror / Dark humor / Supernatural
Noragami: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition | Stray God | ノラガミ / Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2014 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Jul 07, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Yato may just be a minor god now, but he’s determined to make it big and he’s got a plan. Unfortunately, things just don’t seem to be going his way. He doesn’t have a single shrine dedicated to him, his partner has just quit, and now he’s got to find a new divine weapon. Just when things look bleak, he meets a girl named Hiyori and changes her life forever.
Action / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Supernatural / Comic book / Foreign
Some Call It Loving Blu-ray Movie
Sleeping Beauty
Etiquette Pictures | 1973 | 103 min | Not rated | Jul 14, 2015 | Brian Orndorf
A woman who's been asleep for years is part of a carnival that sells her kisses for a buck. A lonely jazz musician buys her. Once awake, the two of them and his two girlfriends hook up. But sometimes, dreams are better than reality.
Drama
- July 09, 2015
Black Sabbath Blu-ray Movie
AIP Cut
Kino Lorber | 1963 | 92 min | Not rated | Jul 21, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A trio of atmospheric horror tales about: A woman terrorized in her apartment by phone calls from an escaped prisoner from her past; a Russian count in the early 1800's who stumbles upon a family in the countryside trying to destroy a particularly vicious line of vampires; and a 1900-era nurse who makes a fateful decision while preparing the corpse of one of her patients - an elderly medium who died during a seance...
Horror / Foreign
Madame Bovary Blu-ray Movie
Alchemy | 2014 | 119 min | Rated R | Aug 04, 2015 | Martin Liebman
Coveting sensuality and sophistication and bored with her husband, a simple country doctor, Emma Bovary pursues several extramarital relationships, including one with her long-term friend Leon, a man she perceives to be cosmopolitan. Her actions have destructive and tragic consequences.
Drama / Romance / Period
The Young Lions Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT
Twilight Time | 1958 | 167 min | Not rated | Jun 09, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The destiny of three soldiers during World War II. The German officer Christian Diestl approves less and less of the war. Jewish-American Noah Ackerman deals with anti-Semitism at home and in the army while entertainer Michael Whiteacre transforms from playboy to hero.
Action / Drama / War
The Brokenwood Mysteries: Series 1 Blu-ray Movie
Acorn Media | 2014 | 376 min | Not rated | Jul 07, 2015 | Michael Reuben
Det. Sr. Sergeant Mike Shepherd arrives on assignment in Brokenwood, a small New Zealand town where his new assistant is Detective Kristin Sims, a by-the-book investigator nearly 20 years younger than her boss's car. As Shepherd adapts to the slower pace of life away from the city, he soon discovers that Brokenwood is a place of secrets and suspicions. Everyone and everything is connected, and the serenity of the countryside can easily be shattered by violence and death.
Crime / Drama / Mystery
- July 08, 2015
Contamination Blu-ray Movie
Alien Contamination | Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1980 | 95 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jul 06, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A ship pulls into New York Harbor with no one on board. The police find a cargo full of green pulsating eggs. Upon contact, the eggs explode spreading a green acid like substance that seeps into the skin and explodes. It is later discovered that the eggs are being manufactured in South America by a one-eyed Martian that grew from a tiny seed a former astronaut brought back from a expedition to Mars...
Horror / Sci-Fi
Ex Machina Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2015 | 108 min | Rated R | Jul 14, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In the mountain retreat of a billionaire, a young man takes part in a strange experiment: testing artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Psychological thriller
Report to the Commissioner Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1975 | 112 min | Rated PG | Jul 07, 2015 | Brian Orndorf
Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instructed to try to find her, not knowing she's also a cop.
Crime / Drama
- July 07, 2015
House of Cards: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2015 | 660 min | Rated TV-MA | Jul 07, 2015 | Kenneth Brown
Ruthless and cunning, Congressman Francis Underwood and his wife Claire stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex, and corruption in modern D.C.
Drama / Dark humor
The Dovekeepers Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2015 | 173 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 30, 2015 | Martin Liebman
Based on Alice Hoffman's bestselling, critically acclaimed historical novel, The Dovekeepers is a four-hour limited event series from executive producers Roma Downey and Emmy Award winner Mark Burnett. Set in ancient Israel, the series features a group of extraordinary women whose lives intersect in a fight for survival at the siege of Masada. After being forced out of their homes in Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 C.E., 900 Jews were ensconced in a fortress at Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert, where they held out for months against the vast Roman armies. The project recounts the events from the perspective of a few extraordinary women who arrive at Masada with unique backstories, but a common bond for survival. Additionally, these women, who work together daily as dovekeepers, are each keeping substantial secrets.
Drama / History / Romance
Deranged Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1974 | 83 min | Unrated | Jul 07, 2015 | Brian Orndorf
This film chronicles the grisly exploits of a rural necrophiliac and murderer.
Crime / Horror / Thriller