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Home- March 06, 2013
Chasing Mavericks Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2012 | 116 min | Rated PG | Feb 26, 2013 | Casey Broadwater
Gerard Butler stars in this surfing drama. Santa Cruz teenager Jay Moriarty (Jonny Weston) discovers that the Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists only a few miles from his home. Instantly gripped by the dream of surfing the wave, he begs local surfing legend Frosty Hesson (Butler) to help him achieve his goal. But with tide patterns dictating that the Mavericks is due to reappear in just 12 weeks, has Jay got what it takes to conquer this epic wave?
Biography / Drama / Sport
- March 05, 2013
Murdoch Mysteries: Season 5 Blu-ray Movie
Acorn Media | 2012 | 624 min | Not rated | Mar 05, 2013 | Michael Reuben
Season 5 of Murdoch Mysteries brings Det. William Murdoch and the Toronto Constabulary to the close of the 19th Century and the dawn of a new era.
Action / Crime / Mystery / Period
Monsieur Gangster Blu-ray Movie
Les tontons flingueurs
Olive Films | 1963 | 105 min | Not rated | Feb 26, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
To keep a promise to a dying friend, ex-criminal Fernand must return to the life he left behind as he takes over his friend’s empire.
Action / Comedy / Crime / Foreign
Bodacious Space Pirates: Collection 2 Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2012 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 05, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Tepepa Blu-ray Movie
Western Unchained Collection
Koch Media | 1969 | 132 min | Rated FSK-16 | Jan 18, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The Mexican guerilla leader Tepepa and his gang fight against the chief of police, Cascorro.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Western
Mulan / Mulan II Blu-ray Movie
2 Movie Collection / Blu-ray + DVD
Disney / Buena Vista | 1998-2004 | 2 Movies | 167 min | Rated G | Mar 12, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
Based on a Chinese folk-tale, Mulan is a young high-spirited girl who tries hard to please her parents but always feels like she is disappointing them. Her father is drafted into the army which amounts to certain death because of his old age. Mulan disguises herself as a man and takes her father's place in battle, guided by a guardian dragon, Mushu. At the height of her success her secret is revealed and she is banished from home. But, undaunted she fights and defeats enemy invaders and saves the Emperor, bringing great honor to her family.
Adventure / Animation / Drama / Family / Musical
- March 04, 2013
Mulan Blu-ray Movie
Disney / Buena Vista | 1998 | 88 min | Rated G | Mar 12, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
Based on a Chinese folk-tale, Mulan is a young high-spirited girl who tries hard to please her parents but always feels like she is disappointing them. Her father is drafted into the army which amounts to certain death because of his old age. Mulan disguises herself as a man and takes her father's place in battle, guided by a guardian dragon, Mushu. At the height of her success her secret is revealed and she is banished from home. But, undaunted she fights and defeats enemy invaders and saves the Emperor, bringing great honor to her family.
Adventure / Animation / Drama / Family / Musical
Mulan II Blu-ray Movie
Disney / Buena Vista | 2004 | 79 min | Rated G | Mar 12, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
Fa Mulan gets the surprise of her young life when her love, Captain (now General) Li Shang asks for her hand in marriage. Before the two can have their happily ever after, the Emperor assigns them a secret mission, to escort three princesses to Chang'an, China. Mushu is determined to drive a wedge between the couple after he learns that he will lose his guardian job if Mulan marries into the Li family. After the princesses unexpectedly fall in love with the Gang of Three, Mulan decides to help them escape the fate of marrying men they do not love. This contradicts the Emperor's orders and forces him to put Mulan's relationship with Shang into question. They are attacked by Mongolians, and the fate of China hangs in the balance.
Adventure / Animation / Family
The Nativity Story Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Warner Bros. | 2006 | 101 min | Rated PG | Mar 05, 2013 | Michael Reuben
A drama that focuses on the period in Mary and Joseph's life where they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.
Drama / Period / Holiday
Fun Size Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2012 | 86 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 19, 2013 | Martin Liebman
Wren's Halloween plans go awry when she's made to babysit her brother, who disappears into a sea of trick-or-treaters. With her best friend and two nerds at her side, she needs to find her brother before her mom finds out he's missing.
Comedy / Drama / Teen
Playing for Keeps Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2012 | 105 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 05, 2013 | Martin Liebman
Seeking to redeem himself and repair his relationship with his family, a washed-up pro soccer player coaches his son's team. But the hot, lonely soccer moms, who find him irresistible, threaten to derail his plan to reconnect with his estranged wife.
Comedy / Drama / Sport
500 MPH Storm Blu-ray Movie
Asylum | 2013 | 87 min | Not rated | Feb 26, 2013 | Martin Liebman
When an energy experiment goes haywire, a rash of massive hurricanes rips across North America. A high school science teacher must get his family to safety before the hurricanes merge, creating a "hypercane" with the power to wipe the US off the map.
Action / Sci-Fi
The Great Spy Chase Blu-ray Movie
Les Barbouzes / Spy vs. Spy
Olive Films | 1964 | 109 min | Not rated | Mar 05, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A cold-war spy parody. After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of spies is drawn into a high-stakes battle of wits to obtain the valuable military patents which have been inherited by the lovely widow.
Action / Comedy / Thriller / Foreign
Nisemonogatari Blu-ray Movie
偽物語 | Limited Edition
Aniplex | 2012 | 280 min | Rated 16+ | Feb 26, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In Bakemonogatari, the story centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school student who has recently survived a vampire attack, and finds himself mixed up with all kinds of apparitions: gods, ghosts, myths, and spirits. However, in Nisemonogatari, we pick up right where we left off and follow Koyomi as the psychological twists delve deeper and deeper…
Anime / Comedy / Mystery / Supernatural / Foreign
Killing Them Softly Blu-ray Movie
Entertainment in Video | 2012 | 97 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Feb 25, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Jackie Cogan is a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game.
Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller / Dark humor / Heist
- March 03, 2013
Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown Blu-ray Movie
Peanuts Collection / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2011 | 46 min | Not rated | May 24, 2011 | Kenneth Brown
Linus is pushed to his limits when he learns Grandma is coming to visit and plans on ridding him of his childish security blanket. As Grandma's arrival looms closer, the Peanuts gang tries to help Linus learn to cope without his fuzzy crutch.
Animation / Comedy / Family / Comic book
Red Dawn Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2012 | 93 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 05, 2013 | Martin Liebman
A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers.
Action / War
Hoffa Blu-ray Movie
Filmmakers Signature Series
20th Century Fox | 1992 | 140 min | Rated R | Sep 18, 2012 | Brian Orndorf
Based on the story of legendary union figure Jimmy Hoffa.
Biography / Crime / Drama
- March 02, 2013
Monsieur Verdoux Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1947 | 124 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A dapper Parisian family man loses his job as a bank clerk. In order to support his wife and child, he devises a plan to woo and marry rich widows under a variety of aliases, then murder them for their money.
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Dark humor
She Devil Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1957 | 78 min | Not rated | Feb 26, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Female Monster! They created an inhuman being who destroyed everything she touched!
Horror / Sci-Fi