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It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2002 | 88 min | Rated PG | Oct 07, 2014 | Brian Orndorf
Have yourself a very merry Muppet Christmas with this all-new holiday movie starring Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the whole Muppet gang - plus a celebrity cast featuring David Arquette, Joan Cusack, and Whoopi Goldberg, with cameos by Matthew Lillard, William H. Macy, Carson Daly, Kelly Ripa, Joe Rogan, Molly Shannon and the cast of "Scrubs"! 'Tis the night before Christmas and the Muppet theater is in danger of being torn down. And when bad goes to worse, Kermit begins to believe the world would be a better place if he had never been born. But don't worry! With heavenly help and hilarious send-ups of just about every holiday movie ever made, Kermit and the Muppets discover what matters most is their love for each other. Featuring showstopping musical numbers like "Moulin Scrooge!" (starring Miss Piggy as "Saltine"), this charming and clever holiday classic will have the whole family laughing!
Animation / Comedy / Family / Musical / Holiday
Life After Beth Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2014 | 89 min | Rated R | Oct 21, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Zach is devastated after his girlfriend, Beth, unexpectedly dies. When she suddenly rises from the dead, he sees it as a second chance and decides to do and say every thing he wishes he had while she was still alive.
Comedy / Fantasy / Horror
Mad Men: The Final Season, Part 1 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2014 | 336 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 21, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.
Drama / History / Romance / Dark humor / Period
Kundo Blu-ray Movie
Well Go USA | 2014 | 138 min | Not rated | Oct 21, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
As the illegitimate son of a gisaeng and a nobleman, Jo Yun grew up enduring the spite and antipathy of his father and stepmother. After his brother's death, Jo Yun seizes the chance to secure power and fortune by plundering the poor and eliminating those in his way, including his own family members. He hires poor butcher Dochi to assassinate his pregnant sister-in-law, but Dochi backs out on the deed. For turning on Jo Yun, Dochi loses his family and nearly his own life, but he gets saved by the kundo. From that day on, Dochi grows into a new man with a singular purpose: bloody revenge against Jo Yun.
Action / Foreign
- October 20, 2014
The Woman Next Door Blu-ray Movie
La Femme d'à côté
Artificial Eye | 1981 | 105 min | Not rated | Oct 13, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Madame Jouve, the narrator, tells the tragedy of Bernard and Mathilde. Bernard was living happily with his wife Arlette and his son Thomas. One day, a couple, Philippe and Mathilde Bauchard, moves into the next house. This is the accidental reunion of Bernard and Mathilde, who had a passionate love affair years ago. The relationship revives... A somber study of human feelings.
Drama / Romance / Foreign
Billion Dollar Brain Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1967 | 111 min | Not rated | Oct 07, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Antihero Harry Palmer having left the Secret Service, is now working as a private eye. He is soon sucked into a web of conspiracy involving a far-right American billionaire, General Midwinter, who plans to wipe out the Communist threat in Latvia using his highly sophisticated computer system.
Adventure / Drama / Thriller
A Letter to Momo Blu-ray Movie
Momo e no Tegami / Blu-ray + DVD
Cinedigm | 2011 | 120 min | Not rated | Oct 21, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Following the death of her father, who left her a letter that never got beyond a greeting, Momo struggles to come to terms with her grief and guilt, and finds herself distanced from her mother. When the two move to a new home on a remote island in the Japanese Inland Sea, Momo befriends a young boy and his perceptive younger sister, a timid postman and three rascally goblins. With their help Momo prepares to take the plunge into her new life on the island.
Anime / Drama / Foreign
Murdoch Mysteries: Season 7 Blu-ray Movie
Acorn Media | 2013-2014 | 792 min | Not rated | Oct 14, 2014 | Michael Reuben
Set in Toronto at the dawn of the 20th century, this award-winning Canadian drama is a good-humored twist on crime procedurals. As dashing Detective William Murdoch pioneers new forensic techniques to solve baffling murders, he crosses paths with famous figures including Arthur Conan Doyle, Houdini, and H.G. Wells. Season Seven reunites Murdoch with Julia aboard an opulent passenger ship, and brings Murdoch and Sherlock Holmes together to solve a case.
Action / Crime / Mystery / Period
- October 19, 2014
Topkapi Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1964 | 120 min | Not rated | Oct 07, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Thought by many to be the inspiration for the TV series 'Mission: Impossible', Jules Dassin's comedy-thriller follows a group of art thieves as they plot and plan to rob a jewelled dagger from the fortress-like Topkapi Palace museum in sun-soaked Istanbul. With an international cast and a screenplay written by ex-Ealing stalwart Monja Danischewsky, 'Topkapi' is one of the great comic-exotic heist movies.
Adventure / Crime / Thriller / Heist
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me Blu-ray Movie
Une belle fille comme moi / A Beautiful Girl Like Me
Artificial Eye | 1972 | 98 min | Not rated | Sep 15, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Stanislas Previne is a young sociologist, preparing a thesis on criminal women. He meets in prison Camille Bliss to interview her. Camille is accused to have murdered her lover Arthur and her husband Clovis. She tells Stanislas her life and her love affairs...
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Dark humor / Foreign
- October 18, 2014
Le Jour se Lève Blu-ray Movie
Daybreak
Studio Canal | 1939 | 93 min | Not rated | Sep 23, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Foreign
Deliver Us from Evil Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2014 | 118 min | Rated R | Oct 28, 2014 | Martin Liebman
Failing in his attempt to find a rational explanation for a violent crime spree, a hardened New York City police officer's eyes are opened to a frightening alternate reality when an unconventional Jesuit priest convinces him demonic possession may be to blame.
Crime / Horror / Thriller / Supernatural
Always Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1989 | 122 min | Rated PG | May 05, 2015 | Michael Reuben
Pete Sandich and buddy Al Yackey are daredevil aerial forest-fire fighters. Pete finds true love with Dorinda but when he takes one risk too many, he discovers that fate has other plans for him than a long and happy life with the woman he loves.
Drama / Romance
Duel Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1971 | 89 min | Rated PG | May 05, 2015 | Michael Reuben
While traveling through the California desert for a business appointment, David Mann passes a smoky tanker truck. A game of cat-and-mouse quickly escalates into a life-and-death battle between David and the unseen trucker, with their vehicles as weapons.
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
The Vincent Price Collection II Blu-ray Movie
The Last Man on Earth / The Comedy of Terrors / Dr. Phibes Rises Again / The Tomb of Ligeia / The Raven / Return of the Fly / House on Haunted Hill
Shout Factory | 1959-1972 | 7 Movies | 588 min | Not rated | Oct 21, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Dark humor / Supernatural
The Last Man on Earth Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1964 | 87 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
The sole survivor of a lethal virus that transforms all others into vampire-like zombies. He fights them nightly, until, desperately lonely and at the end of his rope, he makes a startling discovery!
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi
The Tomb of Ligeia Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1964 | 82 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Some years after having buried his beloved wife Ligeia, Verden Fell meets and eventually marries the lovely Lady Rowena. Fell is something of a recluse, living in a small part of a now ruined Abbey with his manservant Kenrick as the only other occupant. He remains infatuated with his late wife and is convinced that she will return to him. While all goes well when first married, he returns to his odd behavior when they return to the Abbey from their honeymoon. The memories of Ligeia continue to haunt him as well as her promise that she would never die...
Drama / Horror / Thriller
House on Haunted Hill Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1959 | 75 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Eccentric millionaire Fredrick Loren and his fourth wife, Annabelle, have invited five people to the house on Haunted Hill for a "haunted house" party. Whoever will stay in the house for one night will earn ten thousand dollars each. As the night progresses, all the guests are trapped inside the house with ghosts, murderers and other terrors...
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Return of the Fly Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1959 | 80 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Fifteen years after his father's experiments with matter transmission fail, Philippe Delambre and his uncle François attempt to create a matter transmission device on their own. However, their experiments have disastrous results, turning Philippe into a horrible half-man, half-fly creature...
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi
The Comedy of Terrors Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1963 | 83 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Four Masters of the Macabre star in this sinister and screamingly funny scare-fest! Waldo Trumbull (Vincent Price) is running his father-in-law's (Boris Karloff) funeral home business...straight into the ground! Hounded by his landlord (Basil Rathbone), Trumbull and his assistant (Peter Lorre) devise a way to make death pay: by increasing their customer base through murder and burying the secrets to their success...body by body!
Comedy / Horror