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Home- March 12, 2013
Natsume's Book of Friends: Season 3 Blu-ray Movie
Premium Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
NIS America | 2011 | 315 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 05, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Takashi Natsume has always been shunned by those around him because of his mysterious ability to see yokai. Eventually, he came into possession of his grandmother Reiko’s “Book of Friends,” and together with his bodyguard Nyanko-sensei he set out to return the names of the yokai contained within it. Since then, he’s found a home with the Fujiwaras and surrounded himself with friends at school. Little does he know he's about to be dragged unwittingly into further trouble...
Anime / Supernatural / Comic book / Foreign
The Marine 3: Homefront Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
20th Century Fox | 2013 | 90 min | Rated R | Mar 05, 2013 | Casey Broadwater
Sergeant Jake Carter (WWE Superstar Mike "The Miz" Mizanin) of the Marine Corps' Special Operations unit is returning home to his small rural town after a dangerous covert mission in Central America. He's looking forward to spending quality time with his two sisters, dependable Amanda (Camille Sullivan) and young, rebellious Lilly (Ashley Bell). Jake's homecoming is short-lived when Lilly and her boyfriend are kidnapped and he's forced to put his military skills to the test to save them. Taken by Jonas Pope (Neal McDonough), a former college professor turned extremist determined to unleash an elaborate terrorist attack on American soil, Carter will do whatever is necessary to save his sister and stop a madman before it's too late.
Action
On Approval Blu-ray Movie
Inception Media Group | 1944 | 80 min | Not rated | Mar 19, 2013 | Michael Reuben
Two wealthy Victorian ladies are courted by two impoverished British gentlemen. When the elder lady suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see if they are compatible, the fireworks begin.
Comedy
Onibaba Blu-ray Movie
鬼婆 / The Demoness / Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1964 | 103 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Feb 25, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Deep in the windswept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished older woman and her daughter-in-law murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for the most meager of sustenance. When a bedraggled neighbor returns from battle, lust, jealousy, and rage threaten to destroy the trio’s tenuous existence, before an ominous, ill-gotten demon mask seals their horrifying fate.
Drama / Horror / Supernatural / Foreign
Brother Bear / Brother Bear 2 Blu-ray Movie
2 Movie Collection / Blu-ray + DVD
Disney / Buena Vista | 2003-2006 | 2 Movies | 158 min | Rated G | Mar 12, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.
Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy
- March 11, 2013
Brother Bear Blu-ray Movie
Disney / Buena Vista | 2003 | 85 min | Rated G | No Release Date | Kenneth Brown
When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.
Adventure / Animation / Family
Brother Bear 2 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Disney / Buena Vista | 2006 | 73 min | Rated G | No Release Date | Kenneth Brown
An old female friend of Kenai needs his help on a quest, much to Koda's growing consternation.
Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy
Penguindrum: Collection 2 Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2011 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 12, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Once you make a decision, does the universe conspire to make it happen? Is destiny a matter of chance, a matter of choice or the complex outcome of thousands of warring strands of fate? All twins Kanba and Shoma know is that when their terminally ill sister Himari collapses at the aquarium, her death is somehow temporarily reversed by the penguin hat that she had asked for. It's a provisional resurrection, however, and it comes at a price: to keep Himari alive they need to find the mysterious Penguin Drum. In order to do that, they must first find the links to a complex interlocking chain of riddles that has wrapped around their entire existence, and unravel the knots that tie them to mystifying diary and a baffling string of strangers and semi-acquaintances who all have their own secrets, agendas and "survival strategies." And in order for Himari to live, someone else's chosen destiny will have to change. It's a story of love, fate, life, death... and Penguins!
Anime / Drama / Mystery / Foreign
Zulu Dawn Blu-ray Movie
Severin Films | 1979 | 115 min | Not rated | Mar 12, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership. Despite the defeat, the Zulus are first humiliated at Rorke's Drift and then crushed at the Battle of Ulundi.
Action / Adventure
- March 10, 2013
Grace for Drowning Blu-ray Movie
Steven Wilson
Kscope | 2011 | 128 min | Not rated | Sep 27, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
This is the high resolution Blu-Ray format version of the Steven Wilson Grace For Drowning Release. It features the Album in hi resolution 5.1 stereo audio plus 2 bonus tracks, six work in progress demo versions and 5 promo videos.
Music
Rust and Bone Blu-ray Movie
De rouille et d'os
Studio Canal | 2012 | 122 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Feb 25, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves the north of France for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
Drama / Romance / Foreign
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Blu-ray Movie
25th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Disney / Buena Vista | 1988 | 104 min | Rated PG | Mar 12, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
The adventures of an animated rabbit framed for murder, and the detective who helps him clear his name.
Animation / Comedy / Crime / Family / Fantasy / Film-Noir / Mystery / Imaginary / Period
Rise of the Guardians Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
DreamWorks | 2012 | 97 min | Rated PG | Mar 12, 2013 | Martin Liebman
Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, Jack Frost and the Sandman band together to form a united front against the Bogeyman.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Holiday
Rise of the Guardians 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
DreamWorks | 2012 | 97 min | Rated PG | Mar 12, 2013 | Martin Liebman
Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, Jack Frost and the Sandman band together to form a united front against the Bogeyman.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Holiday
Endeavour Blu-ray Movie
PBS | 2012 | 102 min | Not rated | Jul 30, 2012 | Brian Orndorf
Set in 1965, young Detective Constable Endeavour Morse investigates a case in Oxford. A prequel series to the the Inspector Morse series.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Period
- March 09, 2013
Verdi: Luisa Miller Blu-ray Movie
C MAJOR | 2007 | 147 min | Not rated | Feb 26, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano Blu-ray Movie
C MAJOR | 2012 | 119 min | Not rated | Feb 26, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
Shakugan no Shana: Season 3 Part 1 Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2011 | 350 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 26, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Shana and Alastor, Lord of the Crimson Realm, continue to do battle with the Denizens, who are trying to steal the Power of Existence from mortals. In the last battle, Yuji is revealed to be a mystes, a "torch" of nearly unlimited Power of Existence. Since the Denizens want to capture Yuji and use him to upset the balance of the Realm, Shana resolves to protect Yuji. Yuji then vows to join Shana in her fight.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Drama / Foreign
Police Blu-ray Movie
Gaumont | 1985 | 114 min | Not rated | Feb 20, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Mangin, a cop whose brutal method of investigation finds its obsessive outlet in an attempt to crack a Tunisian narcotics ring. It is when Mangin enters into close acquaintance with the defiant Noria that the film proceeds to chart an unexpected, emotionally ambiguous course — and the lines between ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, and ‘power’ and ‘freedom’, terminally blur.
Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Foreign
Verdi: Il Corsaro Blu-ray Movie
C MAJOR | 2008 | 108 min | Not rated | Feb 26, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music