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Spider Baby Blu-ray Movie    

Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told / Blu-ray + DVD

Arrow | 1967 | 84 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jun 24, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In a dilapidated rural mansion, a caretaker devotes himself to demented siblings after their father's death.

Horror / Thriller / Dark humor

Blowing Wild Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1953 | 90 min | Not rated | May 28, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In a hypothetical country in South America, Jeff Dawson and his partner Dutch Peterson have invested all their savings in a lease contract to explore oil. However, their expectation ruins ...

Action / Drama / Western

Anatomy Blu-ray Movie  

Anatomie

Mill Creek Entertainment | 2000 | 99 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

When a gifted medical student is accepted into a prestigious anatomy program, it seems like a dream come true. But her school days soon turn into a nightmare when she uncovers the horrifying activities of an ancient secret society whose members perform grisly experiments on human subjects while they are still alive!

Horror / Thriller / Foreign

Anatomy 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Anatomie 2

Mill Creek Entertainment | 2003 | 101 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

In the research department of Berlin's most prestigious hospital, a centuries- old secret society is once again operating outside the rules of medical science - and the laws of nature. This time Anti-Hippocratics are led by a renowned neurosurgeon bent on developing the first synthetic body parts -at all costs. Assisted by a handpicked team of ambitious medical students, the doctor is close to achieving his ruthless dream - until an inquisitive young intern and a relentless investigator (Franka Potente) discover the deadly truth about the team's experiments. Now, this terrifying body of information could cost them their lives.

Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Foreign

Anatomy / Anatomy 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Anatomie / Anatomie 2

Mill Creek Entertainment | 2000-2003 | 2 Movies | 201 min | Rated R | May 07, 2013 | Martin Liebman

Anatomy When Paula (Franka Potente, The Bourne Identity), a brilliant, ambitious medical student, is accepted into a prestigious anatomy class taught by a legendary professor, it seems like a dream come true. But her school days soon turn to nightmares when several of her fellow classmates turn up dead in the university's morgue. Puzzled by the bizarre deaths, Paula soon uncovers a secret medical society whose members perform grisly autopsies on human subjects - while they are still alive - and is plunged into a chillingly macabre world from which no one escapes to tell the terrifying truth. Anatomy 2 In the research department of Berlin's most prestigious hospital, a centuries-old secret society is once again operating outside the rules of medical science - and the laws of nature. This time Anti-Hippocratics are led by a renowned neurosurgeon bent on developing the first synthetic body parts - at all costs. Assisted by a handpicked team of ambitious medical students, the doctor is close to achieving his ruthless dream - until an inquisitive young intern and a relentless investigator (Franka Potente, Run Lola Run) discover the deadly truth about the team's experiments. Now, this terrifying body of information could cost them their lives in this chilling sequel to the acclaimed suspense thriller Anatomy.

Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Foreign

Help! Blu-ray Movie  

The Beatles

Universal Music | 1965 | 92 min | Not rated | Jun 25, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An Eastern religious cult declares that the new ring on Ringo's finger is the key element in a human sacrifice, and they will stop at nothing to obtain it. Meanwhile, a mad scientist believes that if he has the ring, he could rule the world.

Adventure / Comedy / Music / Musical

Keep Your Right Up Blu-ray Movie  

Soigne ta droite

Olive Films | 1987 | 92 min | Not rated | Jun 25, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The Idiot receives his mission: to travel to Earth and make another film to the best of his abilities. A group of musicians work hard in attempt to find the perfect harmony. A man in search of Utopia wonders if he is on the wrong planet. A party of travellers are trying to work out where they are going...

Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Foreign

21 & Over Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

20th Century Fox / Relativity | 2013 | 93 min | Rated R | Jun 18, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

When Straight-A college student Jeff Chang's two best friends take him out for his 21st birthday on the night before an important medical school interview, what was supposed to be a quick beer becomes a night of humiliation, over indulgence and utter debauchery.

Comedy / Coming of age

Movie 43 Blu-ray Movie  

Outrageous Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

20th Century Fox / Relativity | 2013 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 94 min | Rated R | Jun 18, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

The Farrelly brothers are among the creators of this compendium-style comedy filmed in the style of 1970s sketch films such as 'Kentucky Fried Movie' and 'Groove Tube'. The film comprises over 20 comedy shorts, loosely held together by an over-arching storyline and featuring a star-studded ensemble cast that includes Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Richard Gere, Chloë Moretz, Gerard Butler, Emma Stone, Kristen Bell and Elizabeth Banks.

Comedy

The Life of Oharu Blu-ray Movie  

西鶴一代女 / Saikaku ichidai onna

Criterion | 1952 | 137 min | Not rated | Jul 09, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

An imperial lady-in-waiting gradually descends to street prostitution.

Drama / Foreign

Quartet Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2012 | 98 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 18, 2013 | Michael Reuben

Dustin Hoffman directs this comedy drama adapted by writer Ronald Harwood from his own stage play of the same name. Beecham House is a retirement home with a difference: it specifically caters for former artistes including one-time opera singers Cissy (Pauline Collins), Reginald (Tom Courtenay) and Wilf (Billy Connolly). Once part of a quartet, the three still take part in an annual concert to celebrate the birthday of composer Giuseppe Verdi. But this year things are complicated by the arrival of the fourth member of their quartet, Jean (Maggie Smith), a die-hard diva who also happens to be Reginald's ex-wife. Theatrical temperaments and old hostilities flare as the dramatic foursome fuss, flirt and flounce their way through rehearsals, adhering emphatically to that old showbiz adage, 'the show must go on'.

Comedy / Drama / Music

Trapped Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 2002 | 106 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

When criminals take a couple hostage and ransom their young daughter, the mother discovers money isn't the only reason the family was chosen.

Crime / Drama / Thriller

In the Cut Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 2003 | 119 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

In Manhattan, Frannie Avery, an English teacher studying colloquial urban language, witnesses by chance a sexual situation involving a suspected murderer. When a charismatic detective comes to her apartment to interview her regarding a recent neighborhood murder, she finds herself drawn toward him. Although they are not sure if they can trust one another, she and the detective become lovers. Meanwhile, the mysterious murderer remains on the loose.

Crime / Mystery / Psychological thriller / Erotic

In the Cut / Trapped Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 2002-2003 | 2 Movies | 224 min | Not rated | May 14, 2013 | Martin Liebman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Erotic

Regular Show: The Complete First & Second Seasons Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2010-2011 | 2 Seasons | 440 min | Rated TV-PG | Jul 16, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

Mordecai – a sarcastic blue jay, and Rigby – a somewhat responsible raccoon, are best friends. They even work together at a park owned by Pops, a big lollipop-headed guy. Which seems normal enough. They’ve got a cranky gumball machine for a boss and they work alongside a Zen-like yeti named Skips. Yep. Everything is as regular as can be.

Animation / Comedy / Family / Surreal

Supertramp Live in Paris '79 Blu-ray Movie  

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 1979 | 133 min | Rated Exempt | Jun 18, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

From the Pavillon de Paris. The audio formed the basis of the 1980 live album Paris but the film was never released. Video transferred and restored from the original 16mm film. Audio remixed in stereo and 5.1 surround by Peter Henderson and Russell Pope, Supertramp’s original sound engineer. Tracklist: (1) French Touch (intro) (2) School (3) Bloody Well Right (4) The Logical Song (5) Goodbye Stranger (6) Breakfast In America (7) Hide In Your Shell (8) Asylum (9) Even In The Quietest Moments (10) Give A Little Bit (11) Dreamer (12) Rudy (13) Take The Long Way Home (14) Another Man’s Woman (15) Child Of Vision (16) Fool’s Overture (17) Two Of Us (18) Crime Of The Century (19) From Now On (credits)

Music

Flame of Barbary Coast Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1945 | 91 min | Not rated | Jun 18, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A Montana cattleman opens a casino and rivals a gambler for a singer in 1906 San Francisco.

Musical / Romance / Western

Kuroneko Blu-ray Movie    

藪の中の黒猫 / Yabu no naka no kuroneko / Masters of Cinema

Eureka Entertainment | 1968 | 99 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jun 24, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In medieval Japan, a military hero is sent to battle a strange apparition that has been killing samurai.

Drama / Horror / Supernatural / Foreign

One Touch of Venus Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1948 | 82 min | Not rated | Jun 18, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Fantasy comedy about a young window dresser who kisses a statue of Venus, which then comes to life in the form of Ava Gardner. The problems begin, however, when Venus falls in love with him.

Comedy / Fantasy / Musical / Romance

Second Chorus Blu-ray Movie  

Swing Romance / Blu-ray + DVD

Film Chest | 1940 | 80 min | Not rated | May 14, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor, friendly-enemy musicians who after spending seven years in a college band aspire to join the Artie Shaw Orchestra. Danny and Hank also spend a lot of time vying over the attentions of their pretty manager Ellen Miller.

Comedy / Musical / Romance