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Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. Blu-ray Movie  

ゴジラ×モスラ×メカゴジラ 東京SOS / Gojira tai Mosura tai Mekagojira: Tôkyô S.O.S. / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2003 | 91 min | Rated PG | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

Fifty years after he first attacked Tokyo, Godzilla is back on the rampage in this monster opus from Toho Studios. After numerous rounds of combat with Japan's most furious monsters, the robotic beast Mechagodzilla is in for some much needed repairs when a handful of sprites appear before the scientists putting the machine back in fighting shape. The enchanted ones warn the scientists that their actions could have grave consequences, but it isn't long before Godzilla, the most fearsome of all monsters, returns to the scene to prove his might once and for all. What's more, Godzilla is joined by Mothra for a reign of terror that threatens to devastate the island. With few alternatives, Japan's leaders pit the repaired Mechagodzilla against Godzilla and Mothra, but it quickly becomes unclear if the robot will obey its human creators or join forces with the flesh-and-blood monsters.

Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Godzilla: Final Wars Blu-ray Movie  

ゴジラ ファイナルウォーズ / Gojira: Fainaru uôzu

Sony Pictures | 2004 | 125 min | Rated PG-13 | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

The 28th installment in the ever-popular Japanese series is an ambitious affair, boasting 10 famous monsters, a very large budget, and talented director Ryuhei Kitamura. Sometime in the indefinite future, the world's major cities are suddenly attacked by 10 monsters at once; panic reigns until Earth is visited by benign aliens who put an end to the monster plague. On the verge of signing a peace treaty, the aliens and the humans have forgotten Godzilla, who sleeps under the ice of Antarctica.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Hallucination Strip Blu-ray Movie  

Roma drogata: la polizia non può intervenire

RaroVideo U.S. | 1975 | 93 min | Not rated | Apr 29, 2014 | Brian Orndorf

No synopsis for this title.

Crime

Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. / Godzilla: Final Wars Blu-ray Movie  

Gojira tai Mosura tai Mekagojira: Tôkyô S.O.S. / Gojira: Fainaru uôzu / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2003-2004 | 2 Movies | 216 min | Rated PG-13 | May 06, 2014 | Martin Liebman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Generation War Blu-ray Movie  

Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter

Music Box Films | 2013 | 279 min | Not rated | May 06, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Berlin, 1941. Hitler is about to invade the Soviet Union, and five young Germans eagerly await a glorious future: patriotic Wehrmacht lieutenant Wilhelm heads to the Eastern Front with his bookish younger brother Friedhelm in pursuit of the "final victory;" bright-eyed Charlotte volunteers as a field nurse to serve the brave German men; and chanteuse Greta aspires to be the next Marlene Dietrich. Only resourceful tailor Viktor, a Jew, begins to sense the impending horrors... GENERATION WAR examines the atrocities of the Third Reich on both grand and personal levels, depicting the nationalist fervor, human betrayals and eventual crumbling ideology of the German people through the story of five diverging lives.

Drama / History / War / Foreign / Epic / Period

The Deep End Blu-ray Movie  

20th Century Fox | 2001 | 101 min | Rated R | May 06, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found guilty in a murder investigation.

Crime / Drama / Mystery

Sisters Blu-ray Movie    

Blu-ray + DVD

Arrow | 1972 | 92 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Apr 28, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A journalist witnesses a brutal murder in a neighboring apartment, but the police do not believe that the crime took place. With the help of a private detective, she seeks out the truth.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller

Son of Batman Blu-ray Movie  

DC Universe Animated Original Movie #20 / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2014 | 74 min | Rated PG-13 | May 06, 2014 | Kenneth Brown

Hidden atop a secret mountain stronghold lies the League of Shadows and its fearless leader, Ra's al Ghul. Together with his equally dangerous daughter Talia, he oversees a trained army of assassins with plans for global domination. But an uprising from within the league now threatens to shift the balance of power and sends Talia and her young son, Damian, fleeing to Gotham City. With assassins on their trail, Talia seeks the protection of Batman, who, unbeknownst to him, is the boy's father. With his son in tow, Batman wages war against the villain Deathstroke and the League of Shadows, all while teaching his headstrong boy that one can't fight crime by becoming a criminal. With help from Gotham's finest, including Commissioner Gordon and Nightwing, Batman will soon discover that his son and most trusted ally are one and the same!

Action / Adventure / Animation / Crime / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book

The Bridges of Madison County Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1995 | 135 min | Rated PG-13 | May 06, 2014 | Michael Reuben

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson, for four days in the 1960s.

Drama / Romance / Period

Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster Blu-ray Movie  

ゴジラ・エビラ・モスラ 南海の大決闘 / Gojira, Ebirâ, Mosura: Nankai no daiketto / Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Kraken Releasing | 1966 | 87 min | Rated PG | May 06, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

On a secluded island in the South Seas, a group of castaways stumble upon a paramilitary organization whose nefarious nuclear activities threaten the world at large.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster Blu-ray Movie  

ゴジラ対ヘドラ / Gojira tai Hedora / Godzilla vs. Hedorah

Kraken Releasing | 1971 | 85 min | Rated PG | May 06, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The King of the Monsters fights an alien life form that arrives on Earth and steadily grows by feeding on industrial waste.

Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Foreign / Surreal

Godzilla on Monster Island Blu-ray Movie  

地球攻撃命令　ゴジラ対ガイガン / Chikyû kogeki meirei: Gojira tai Gaigan / Godzilla vs. Gigan

Kraken Releasing | 1972 | 89 min | Rated PG | May 06, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An alien invasion prompts a tag-team battle between Godzilla and Anguirus, the planet protectors, and King Ghidorah and the new monster Gigan, a cyborg with scythe-like claws, an abdominal buzz saw, winglike back fins, and pincerlike mandibles.

Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Blu-ray Movie  

ゴジラvsデストロイア / Gojira vs. Desutoroiâ / Godzilla vs. Destroyer

Sony Pictures | 1995 | 103 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

The aftermath of the Oxygen Destroyer brings forth Destoroyah, a beast intent on killing Godzilla, who is on the verge of a nuclear meltdown.

Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Supernatural / Foreign

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus Blu-ray Movie  

ゴジラ × メガギラス G消滅作戦 / Gojira tai Megagirasu: Jî shômetsu sakusen

Sony Pictures | 2000 | 106 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

Godzilla returns to terrorize Japan! This time, however, Japan has two new weapons to defend themselves. The Gryphon, a high-tech ship, and the Dimension Tide, a device that creates artificial black holes! During a test of the Dimension Tide, eggs appear in the city of Shibuya and hatch into terrifying Meganurons! These creatures need water to grow and flood the city of Shibuya by breaking underground water veins. As they multiply and grow, they start to feed on the energy of humans. After gathering enough energy, they transform in to giant dragonfly monsters called Meganuras! And now they target Godzilla for energy to feed to the larva of their queen, which eventually hatches into the terrifying 60-meter Megaguirus who also begins to attack Godzilla for his energy. Now a 3-way battle between Godzilla, the Megaguirus, and humans begins! Will Godzilla win? Will humanity survive?

Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah / Godzilla vs. Megaguirus Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 1995-2000 | 2 Movies | 215 min | Not rated | May 06, 2014 | Martin Liebman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Supernatural / Foreign

Little House on the Prairie: Season Two Blu-ray Movie  

Deluxe Remastered Edition / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 1975-1976 | 1077 min | Not rated | May 06, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the 19th century American West.

Drama / Family / Romance / Western

Veronica Mars Blu-ray Movie  

Veronica Mars: The Movie / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2014 | 108 min | Rated PG-13 | May 06, 2014 | Kenneth Brown

Veronica Mars has put Neptune and her amateur sleuthing days behind her on the eve of graduating law school. While interviewing at high-end law firms, Veronica gets a call from her ex-boyfriend Logan who has been accused of murder. Veronica heads back to Neptune just to help Logan find an attorney, but when things don’t seem right with how Logan’s case is perceived and handled, Veronica finds herself being pulled back into a life she thought she had left behind.

Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Teen

Hobson's Choice Blu-ray Movie    

Vintage Classics | 60th Anniversary Edition

Studio Canal | 1954 | 108 min | Rated BBFC: U | May 05, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Lancashire bootmaker Henry Horatio Hobson (Charles Laughton) keeps a tight rein on his three daughters, until his eldest, Maggie (Brenda De Banzie), marries his assistant Willie Mossop (John Mills) and sets him up in his own bootmaking firm. To Hobson's consternation, Willie has soon become his father-in-law's main business rival.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

I, Frankenstein 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2014 | 92 min | Rated PG-13 | May 13, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Many decades after his creation, Adam Frankenstein is still hunted through modern city streets, although now his pursuers are opposing clans of demons who want to uncover the secret of his longevity and use it to sustain their own immortality.

Action / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic book

Memphis Belle Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1990 | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | May 06, 2014 | Michael Reuben

The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before their last flight, the crew discover that the target for the day is Bremen, a heavily-defended town that invariably causes many Allied casualties.

Action / Adventure / War