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Home- June 16, 2015
The Sunshine Boys Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1975 | 111 min | Rated PG | Jun 16, 2015 | Michael Reuben
A vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a TV special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other.
Comedy
Danny Collins Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2015 | 107 min | Rated R | Jun 30, 2015 | Martin Liebman
Aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, can't give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager uncovers a 40 year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act.
Comedy / Drama / Music
The Night of the Generals Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT
Twilight Time | 1967 | 145 min | Not rated | Jun 09, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
It's 1942 in Warsaw, and tenacious Wehrmacht Intelligence Maj. Grau is led to Paris as he attempts to pinpoint who of three generals is responsible for killing and then slicing up a hooker. Among the suspects is Nazi Gen. Tanz, a known sadist.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Period
American Buffalo Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition to 3000
Twilight Time | 1996 | 88 min | Rated R | May 12, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
This story is about three men who want to aspire to more than what and who they are. Donny runs a junk shop in a city's sparsely populated and decaying neighborhood. Teach, who has no visible means of support, spends many hours each day at the shop, as does Bobby, a young man who is eager to please Donny in any way he can. Teach comes up with a scheme to rob the home of a man whose safe is said to contain rare coins. Bobby is often sent on errands for food or information. Teach's nerves are already on edge when Bobby suddenly returns to say that a third man involved in that night's robbery can't go through with it because he is in the hospital. Donny distrusts what he is hearing and is unable to locate the man in the hospital, whereupon Teach angrily turns on Bobby.
Drama
Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators: Live At The Roxy Blu-ray Movie
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2014 | 87 min | Not rated | Jun 16, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
Unfinished Business Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2015 | 91 min | Rated R | Jun 16, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A hard-working small business owner and his two associates travel to Europe to close the most important deal of their lives. But what began as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable - and unimaginable - way, including unplanned stops at a massive sex fetish event and a global economic summit.
Comedy
Malice Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1993 | 107 min | Rated R | Jun 16, 2015 | Michael Reuben
A college dean and a hospital volunteer are newlyweds restoring their beautiful house in New England. Their quiet lives are disrupted when they take in a mysterious lodger in the shape of a charismatic surgeon.
Crime / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller
- June 15, 2015
My Dinner with André Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1981 | 112 min | Rated PG | Jun 16, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.
Drama
Spirited Away Blu-ray Movie
千と千尋の神隠し / Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi / Blu-ray + DVD
Disney / Buena Vista | 2001 | 125 min | Rated PG | Jun 16, 2015 | Kenneth Brown
On their way to their new home, a young girl, Chihiro, and her parents stumble into what appears to be an abandoned theme park. But all is not as it seems, as the theme park is a bath-house for the spirits, and not a place where humans are welcome. Chihiro must fend for herself and rescue her parents, as they have been turned to pigs as punishment for eating the food meant for the gods.
Adventure / Anime / Family / Fantasy / Supernatural / Foreign / Surreal
The DUFF Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2015 | 101 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 09, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Bianca is a content high school senior whose world is shattered when she learns the student body knows her as 'The DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) to her prettier, more popular friends. Now, despite the words of caution from her favorite teacher, she puts aside the potential distraction of her crush, Toby, and enlists Wesley, a slick but charming jock, to help reinvent herself. To save her senior year from turning into a total disaster, Bianca must find the confidence to overthrow the school's ruthless label maker Madison and remind everyone that no matter what people look or act like, we are all someone's DUFF.
Comedy / Teen
Empire of the Ants / Jaws of Satan Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1977-1981 | 2 Movies | 181 min | Not rated | May 26, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Horror / Sci-Fi
Empire of the Ants Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1977 | 89 min | Rated PG | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Sleazy scam artist Joan Collins tries to sell phony real estate deals down in the Florida everglades. What she and her unsuspecting buyers don't know is the area has been taken over by giant ants!
Horror / Sci-Fi
Jaws of Satan Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1981 | 92 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A preacher whose ancestors were cursed by Druids battles Satan, who has taken the form of a huge snake.
Horror
- June 14, 2015
The Island of Dr. Moreau Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1977 | 99 min | Rated PG | Jun 23, 2015 | Brian Orndorf
Shipwrecked Andrew Braddock washes ashore on a remote, tropical island in the Pacific. There he is attended to by the seemingly kindly Dr. Moreau and his dour assistant Montgomery. Also living in Moreau's stockaded fort is the beautiful and exotic Maria, to whom Braddock is immediately attracted. The island's natives appear very strange to Braddock, who questions both Moreau and Montgomery on their unusual appearances and behavior. Not satisfied with their explanations, Braddock discovers that these monstrosities are actually wild predator animals that have been imported to the island and, as a result of genetic manipulation and surgery, have taken on human characteristics, including rudimentary speech. Disgusted by these unnatural experiments and cruelty, Braddock attempts to stop Moreau's work... with tragic consequences...
Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
The Killers Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1946-1964 | 2 Movies | 198 min | Not rated | Jul 07, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
See individual titles for their synopses.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller
The Killers Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1946 | 103 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An insurance investigator uncovers a string of crimes when he tries to find a murdered boxer's beneficiary.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller
The Killers Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1964 | 95 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Surprised that their contract victim didn't try to run away from them, two professional hit men try to find out who hired them and why.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller
- June 13, 2015
The Golden Year Collection - 1939 Blu-ray Movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame / Dark Victory / Dodge City / Ninotchka / Gone With the Wind
Warner Bros. | 1939 | 5 Movies | 669 min | Not rated | Jun 09, 2015 | Michael Reuben
See individual titles for their synopses.
Comedy / Drama / History / Romance / War / Western / Melodrama / Epic / Period
Welcome to Me Blu-ray Movie
Alchemy | 2014 | 87 min | Rated R | Jun 16, 2015 | Martin Liebman
A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline Personality Disorder who wins Mega-millions, quits her meds and buys her own talk show.
Comedy / Drama
Hammer Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1972 | 91 min | Rated R | Jun 09, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A Los Angeles dock worker becomes a boxer but his crooked manager is involved in various rackets and he's working for the mob.
Action / Crime / Drama