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Home- February 28, 2014
Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 2006 | 71 min | Not rated | Mar 12, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
It's a swashbuckling pirate adventure when Tom sets sail as a lowly cabin cat for the biggest, baddest pirate on the high seas: the infamous Captain Red. Tired of swabbing the deck all day, Tom thinks his luck has changed when a mysterious bottle containing a treasure map washes on board. But poor little Jerry has been guarding the treasure map and now has a greedy cat on his paws. The race is on and Tom and Jerry must work together to get past coconut-throwing monkeys and a giant slimy octopus, then outsmart the pirates to find the buried treasure!
Animation
- February 27, 2014
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2013 | 146 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 07, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Teen
Persona Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Criterion | 1966 | 84 min | Not rated | Mar 25, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Famed stage actress Elisabet Vogler suffers a moment of blankness during a performance and the next day lapses into total silence. Advised by her doctor to take time off to recover from what appears to be an emotional breakdown, Elisabet goes to a beach house on the Baltic Sea with only Alma, a nurse, as company. Over the next several weeks, as Alma struggles to reach her mute patient, the two women find themselves experiencing a strange emotional convergence.
Drama / Foreign / Surreal
Lost in Thailand Blu-ray Movie
Tai Jiong / Thailand List
Well Go USA | 2012 | 105 min | Not rated | Feb 25, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
After years of research, Xu Lang finally found success in creating the Supergas Petroleum Enhancer. However, the only way he can get funding for additional development is to go to Thailand and have majority shareholder of his company sign a letter of attorney. Meanwhile, his professional rival Gao Bo wants to sell the technology for a quick buck and will stop at nothing to get his own letter of attorney signed first. On the way to Thailand, Xu Lang encounters Wang Bo, a simple onion cake maker on his first vacation overseas. In the heat of the chase, Wang Bo ends up joining Xu Lang on an adventure across Thailand – with Gao Bo close on their tail.
Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Foreign
Adventure Time: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2011-2012 | 286 min | Rated TV-PG | Feb 25, 2014 | Kenneth Brown
It's one crazy adventure after another in Cartoon Network's #1 hit comedy show and Emmy-nominated series. Follow the post-apocalyptic adventures of Finn, a human boy with a funny hat, and his friend Jake, a magic and mischievous dog. They're out to have the most fun possible and they sure do find it exploring the Land of Ooo.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Short / Dark humor / Imaginary / Surreal
- February 26, 2014
The Venture Bros.: Season 5 Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 2013 | 200 min | Rated TV-MA | Mar 04, 2014 | Kenneth Brown
The wait for Venture Brothers Complete Season 5 Blu-ray and DVD is over. Releasing with all 8 episodes from Season 5 and packed with special features, fans will be thrilled when they watch Hank, Dean, Doctor Venture, and Brock as they are pushed in fun and unpredictable new directions.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Dark humor
Oldboy Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2013 | 104 min | Rated R | Mar 04, 2014 | Martin Liebman
An advertising executive is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his punishment, only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment.
Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
You Will Be My Son Blu-ray Movie
Tu seras mon fils
Cohen Media Group | 2011 | 102 min | Not rated | Feb 25, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Paul de Marseul is the owner of a successful vineyard in Saint Emilion in France. Paul is a demanding and passionate wine-maker, but is a domineering father, unhappy about the prospect of his son Martin eventually taking over the business. Bitter towards Martin and belittling him at every opportunity, Marseul seeks another, more suitable person to run his vineyard. When his trusted estate manager's son Phillipe arrives on the scene, it seems Marseul has found his heir, but the arrival of Phillipe only causes the rift between Marseul and his biological son to deepen, resulting in some unexpected consequences.
Drama / Foreign
The Secret Policeman's Ball: U.S.A. at Radio City Music Hall Blu-ray Movie
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2012 | 137 min | Not rated | Feb 25, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Comedy / Documentary / Music
- February 25, 2014
Madame de... Blu-ray Movie
The Earrings of Madame de...
Gaumont | 1953 | 100 min | Rated U Tous publics | Feb 19, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When a general's wife decides to secretly sell the diamond earrings he gave her on their wedding day to pay off a troubling debt, she inadvertently sets off a chain of events that results in a whirlwind affair with an Italian baron.
Drama / Romance / Foreign / Period
John Lennon: Imagine Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray Audio
Universal Music | 1971 | 39 min | Not rated | Feb 25, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
12 Years a Slave Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2013 | 134 min | Rated R | Mar 04, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty, as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
Biography / Drama / History / Epic / Period
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
ふしぎの海のナディア
Sentai Filmworks | 1990-1991 | 975 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 04, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The Industrial Revolution has taken over and the world is being consumed by new technology and machines. A young scientist, Jean, sees a beautiful young girl with dark skin while in France. He follows her to only find trouble; a woman and two thugs are after an amulet in the girl's possession called Blue Water. Jean helps the girl escape and learns that her name is Nadia. From then on, the two join forces to evade the minions of a man named Gargoyle, who wants Nadia's Blue Water to bring forth an armageddon.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Family / Mystery / Romance / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark Blu-ray Movie
Asylum | 2013 | 90 min | Not rated | Jan 28, 2014 | Martin Liebman
When another Mega Shark returns from the depths of the sea, world militaries go on high alert. Out of options, the US government unleashes the top secret Mecha Shark project - a mechanical shark built to have the same exact characteristics as Mega.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi
Android Cop Blu-ray Movie
Asylum | 2014 | 89 min | Not rated | Feb 04, 2014 | Martin Liebman
In this futuristic, action-packed thriller, a cop and his robotic partner enter the Zone, a forbidden section of the city inhabited by a diseased stricken populace. Together, they discover the real reason everyone is sick, and attempt to stop the illness – with the help of the machine’s powerful technology and weaponry.
Action / Sci-Fi
- February 24, 2014
The Front Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition to 3000
Twilight Time | 1976 | 95 min | Rated PG | Feb 11, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In the early 1950s Howard Prince, who works in a restaurant, helps out a black-listed writer friend by selling a TV station a script under his own name. The money is useful in paying off gambling debts, so he takes on three more such clients. Howard is politically pretty innocent, but involvement with Florence - who quits TV in disgust over things - and friendship with the show's ex-star - now himself blacklisted - make him start to think about what is really going on.
Comedy / Drama
The Blue Max Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT
Twilight Time | 1966 | 156 min | Not rated | Feb 11, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The tactics of a German fighter pilot offend his aristocratic comrades but win him his country's most honored medal, the Blue Max. A General finds him useful as a hero, though his wife finds him useful in other ways.
Action / Drama / War
Legit: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 2013 | 286 min | Rated TV-MA | Feb 25, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The first season of Legit follows stand-up comedian Jim Jefferies and his friends Steve and Billy as they find themselves in a series of increasingly awkward situations.
Comedy
Snuff Blu-ray Movie
Blue Underground | 1975 | 80 min | Not rated | Oct 22, 2013 | Brian Orndorf
A so-called "snuff" movie involving the exploits of a cult leader leading a gang of bikers in a series of supposedly real killings on film.
Crime / Horror / Thriller
Come Back, Africa / The Films of Lionel Rogosin, Vol. II Blu-ray Movie
Milestone | 1959-1970 | 147 min | Not rated | Feb 25, 2014 | Michael Reuben
See individual titles for their synopses.
Documentary