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Home- October 02, 2013
Populaire Blu-ray Movie
Entertainment One | 2012 | 111 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Sep 23, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
French drama set in the 1950s following a young woman who yearns for more than the humdrum existence she seems destined for. As a 21-year-old, Rose Pamphyle (Déborah François) is kept firmly in check by her father. He has arranged her engagement to a local mechanic and the girl seems destined to pass from the control of one man to another on her wedding day. However, when Rose travels to Lisieux in Normandy another opportunity presents itself. Though her interview for a secretarial job goes disastrously, she makes the acquaintance of a charismatic manager called Louis Echard (Romain Duris). Impressed by her natural abilities at the keyboard, Louis appoints himself her trainer for a speed typing competition. Can Rose type her way to the life she desires?
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Foreign / Period
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2 Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1932-1937 | 99 min | Not rated | Sep 24, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Animation / Musical / Short
Fright Night 2: New Blood Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2013 | 100 min | Unrated | Oct 01, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When high school student Charlie attends a study abroad program with his horror obsessed friend "Evil" Ed and ex-girlfriend AMY in Romania, he soon discovers their young attractive professor Gerri (Jaime Murray) is a real life vampire. Too bad no one believes him. In fact, Evil Ed finds it amusing and it only feeds his vampire obsession. When Gerri turns Ed, Charlie seeks out Peter Vincent, the infamous vampire hunter (well, he plays one on TV) who is in Romania filming his show "Fright Night," to teach him how to take down Gerri before she gets to Amy, who’s blood will cure Gerri of spending eternity as a vampire.
Horror
- October 01, 2013
Poirot: Series 7 & 8 Blu-ray Movie
Acorn Media | 2000-2001 | 2 Seasons | 412 min | Not rated | Oct 01, 2013 | Michael Reuben
When the TV dramatization of the cases of Agatha Christie's brilliant Belgian detective resumed after a four-year hiatus, most of the remaining mysteries were feature-length. The four included here are The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Lord Edgware Dies, Evil Under the Sun and Murder in Mesopotamia.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Period
The Big Combo Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1955 | 84 min | Not rated | Sep 24, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Far ahead of its time, The Big Combo takes a dark, disturbing look at the battle between Police Lieutenant Diamond (Cornel Wilde), a good and honest cop, Mr. Brown (Richard Conte), a sadistic crime boss and Susan Lowell (Jean Wallace), a cool and beautiful blonde who gets caught in the middle. With the help of the gangster's ex-girlfriend, Diamond is determined to bring down the cunning gangland kingpin. But the gangster and his henchmen are ruthless. They savagely pummel Diamond and conduct gut-wrenchingly brutal acts of torture that were unusual on screen at the time of the film's release.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller
Playing for Time Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray
Olive Films | 1980 | 150 min | Not rated | Sep 24, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Female prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp (Auschwitz) are spared from death in return for performing music for their captors.
Drama / Music
Lucas Blu-ray Movie
Starz / Anchor Bay | 1986 | 100 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 06, 2013 | Martin Liebman
At 14 years old, Lucas is a bit too small for his age...and far too smart for his high school classmates. He's more interested in symphonies and science fairs than food fights and football. But when Lucas finds himself falling in love with a cheerleader, who only has eyes for the school's top jock, he grows desperate for her attention.
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Teen / Coming of age
The Wizard of Oz 3D Blu-ray Movie
75th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1939 | 103 min | Rated PG | Oct 01, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
Young girl and her dog are swept away by a tornado to the magical land of Oz. They embark on a quest to see the Wizard who can help them return home.
Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Musical
The Wizard of Oz 3D Blu-ray Movie
75th Anniversary Collector's Edition / 4GB Wicked Witch of the East Flash Drive / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1939 | 103 min | Rated G | Oct 01, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
Young girl and her dog are swept away by a tornado to the magical land of Oz. They embark on a quest to see the Wizard who can help them return home.
Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Musical
I Spit on Your Grave 2 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2013 | 106 min | Unrated | Sep 24, 2013 | Martin Liebman
Katie is trying to make it in the cutthroat world of modeling. When she innocently accepts an offer to have new photos taken for her portfolio, the experience quickly turns into an unthinkable nightmare of rape, torture, and kidnapping. When a twist of fate finally frees her from her captors - beaten, battered, bruised, and broken, she will have to tap into the darkest places of the human psyche to not only survive her ordeal, but to ultimately find the strength to exact her brutal revenge.
Crime / Horror / Thriller
- September 30, 2013
A Woman Under the Influence Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1974 | 147 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The emotional breakdown of a suburban housewife and her family's struggle to save her from herself.
Drama
Elfen Lied: Complete Collection with OVA Blu-ray Movie
エルフェンリート | Collector's Edition
ADV Films | 2004-2005 | 350 min | Rated TV-MA | Sep 03, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Lucy, a beautiful young mutant, is bred by the military to be the ultimate weapon. Now, with government killers on her trail, the disposition of a five year old, and a hair trigger for ultraviolence, Lucy and her young friends must unravel the dark secret of her legacy before it's too late.
Action / Anime / Comedy / Drama / Horror / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic book / Foreign
Parade's End Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
HBO | 2012 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Sep 10, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
In the dying days of Edwardian England, English aristocrat Christopher Tietjens finds himself marrying Sylvia, a beautiful but cruel socialite who is pregnant with a child who may or may not be his. Christopher is determined to remain loyal to his wife, but his life is transformed the day he meets Valentine Wannop, a fearless young suffragette. Moving from the glittering yet shallow world of London high society to the trench-scarred battlefields of France, Parade’s End is the story of one of the defining eras of the last century; a time when old certainties are being torn down and lives are changed forever.
Drama / Romance / War / Period
The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile Blu-ray Movie
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 1971 | 61 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In the spring of 1971 the Rolling Stones departed the UK to take up residence in France as tax exiles. Keith Richards settled at a villa called Nellcôte in Villefranche-sur-Mer and this became the venue for the recording of much of the bands masterpiece Exile On Main Street. Stones In Exile tells the story in the bands own words and through extensive archive footage of their time away from England and the creation of this extraordinary double album, which many regard as the Rolling Stones finest achievement.
Documentary / Music
Caro Emerald in Concert Blu-ray Movie
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2013 | 111 min | Rated Exempt | Oct 01, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Dutch singer Caro Emerald performs her unique brand of jazz-pop in the intimate surroundings of the BBC Radio Theatre in London. Track listing:<br> 01. Just One Dance<br> 02. You Don't Love Me<br> 03. Riviera Life<br> 04. Pack Up The Louie<br> 05. Black Valentine<br> 06. Back It Up<br> 07. Liquid Lunch<br> 08. Completely<br> 09. Paris<br> 10. Dr. Wanna Do<br> 11. I Belong To You<br> 12. That Man<br> 13. The Other Woman<br> 14. Mad About The Boy<br> 15. My Two Cents<br> 16. Tangled Up<br> 17. A Night Like This<br> 18. Stuck
Music
- September 29, 2013
Convoy Blu-ray Movie
Studio Canal | 1978 | 111 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Sep 30, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall.
Action / Drama
The Frozen Ground Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2013 | 105 min | Rated R | Oct 01, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An Alaskan police detective pursues an elusive serial killer who abducts women and frees them in the wilderness to hunt. The madman has been on the loose in Anchorage for over 13 years. Every attempt to capture him has only led to frustration for the local police, but Sgt. Jack Halcombe is certain he can succeed where his colleagues have failed. Later, Sgt. Halcombe gets the break of a lifetime when terrified teen Cindy Paulson manages to beat the killer at his own game. Cindy's struggle, however, has just begun. Now the closer she and Sgt. Halcombe come to cracking the case, the more cunning their sadistic target seems to grow!
Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Hawaii Five-0: The Third Season Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2012-2013 | 1032 min | Not rated | Sep 24, 2013 | Martin Liebman
Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-O). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams and Kono Kalakaua.
Action / Crime / Drama
The Hangover Part III Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2013 | 100 min | Rated R | Oct 08, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
Capitalizing on the success of two previous Hangovers, Phil and the boys set out on another road trip and soon find their plans reduced to chaos. Before the dust settles, the gang will have to figure out how to rescue Alan from a mental hospital.
Action / Comedy / Dark humor
Tam Lin Blu-ray Movie
The Devil's Widow / The Ballad of Tam Lin
Olive Films | 1970 | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 24, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Based on an ancient Scottish folk song, an older woman uses witchcraft to keep her young jet-set friends.
Adventure / Horror