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Home- January 13, 2013
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012 Blu-ray Movie
WWE Studios | 2012 | 540 min | Rated TV-PG | Dec 26, 2012 | Martin Liebman
The best of 2012's WWE pay-per-view matches.
Sport
White Zombie Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1932 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 69 min | Unrated | Jan 29, 2013 | Casey Broadwater
While traveling to New York, the young couple Madeleine Short Parker and her fiancé Neil Parker are convinced by their new acquaintance Charles Beaumont to stay in Port Prince and get married in his mansion. However, Beaumont felt in love for Madeleine and his real intention is to convince her to call off the wedding. When he realizes that the time is too short to seduce her, he visits the local warlock Legendre (Bela Lugosi) , who gives him a drug to transform Madeleine into a zombie. She dies immediately after the wedding, and her corpse is disputed by Beaumont and his sick love for her; Legendre, that wants her for his team of zombies; and Neil, who is convinced by the local missionary Dr. Bruner that she might be alive. In the end, true love wins...?
Horror
Mrs. Miniver Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1942 | 134 min | Not rated | Jan 08, 2013 | Michael Reuben
The Minivers, an English "middle-class" family experience life in the first months of World War II. While dodging bombs, the Miniver's son courts Lady Beldon's granddaughter. A rose is named after Mrs. Miniver and entered in the competition against Lady Beldon's rose.
Drama / Romance / War
- January 12, 2013
Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl: Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Premium Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
NIS America | 2011 | 333 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 08, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Makoto Niwa just moved to the city to live with his aunt Meme after his parents have been reassigned to work overseas. He is perfectly fine with that, saying it will give him the chance to live the dream life of an adolescent boy. He keeps track of the things he does by assigning "points" to them - positive or negative - and adds them up on a regular basis to grade his adolescent life. Then he discovers Meme has a secret daughter (and self-proclaimed alien) named Erio.
Anime / Comedy / Drama / Foreign
Stolen Blu-ray Movie
Millennium Media | 2012 | 96 min | Rated R | Jan 08, 2013 | Martin Liebman
A former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Heist
How I Ended This Summer Blu-ray Movie
New Wave Films | 2010 | 124 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Sep 12, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Winner of two Silver Bears at the Berlin Film festival for its actors and photography, and of the Best Film award in the 2010 London Film Festival, the film is set on a remote weather station in the Arctic manned by old hand Sergei and the novice Pavel. When Pavel receives an important radio message, his fear of the older man prevents him telling Sergei the shocking news. From this decption, lies and suspicions poison relations between the two to such an extent that Pavel is in fear of his life, not just from the polar bears that roam the island, but from Sergei. Filmed entirely on location in one of the remotest places in the world, How I Ended This Summer becomes a stunning existential drama of survival.
Drama / Foreign
One Fine Day Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 1996 | 108 min | Rated PG | Jan 08, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Melanie Parker is juggling single parenthood with a career as an architect. Jack Taylor is a commitment-shy newspaper columnist who only has his daughter every other weekend. When their kids miss a school field trip, Melanie and Jack agree to take shifts babysitting for the day.
Comedy / Romance
Red Dwarf X Blu-ray Movie
BBC | 2012 | 180 min | Not rated | Jan 08, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
The most inept band of space travelers ever to roam the interstellar highway; return with an all-new season of misadventures! The brand new series written and directed by Doug Naylor begins with the Dwarfers mining ship still creaking though the wastelands of unchartered deep space but the posse soon stumbles upon the mysteriously abandoned SS Trojan. As they inspect the ship Rimmer receives an SOS distress call from an old foe and is suddenly faced with the dilemma of his life. Red Dwarf X reunites the much loved original cast of Chris Barrie (Rimmer) Craig Charles (Lister) Danny John-Jules (Cat) and Robert Llewellyn (Kryten).
Comedy / Sci-Fi
Farewell, My Queen Blu-ray Movie
Les adieux à la reine
Cohen Media Group | 2012 | 100 min | Rated R | Jan 15, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In July 1789, the French Revolution is rumbling. Far from the turmoil, at the Château de Versailles, King Louis XVI, Queen Marie-Antoinette and their courtiers keep on living their usual carefree lives. But when the news of the storming of the Bastille reaches them, panic sets in and most of the aristocrats and their servants desert the sinking ship, leaving the Royal Family practically alone.
Drama / History / Foreign
Britten: The Turn of the Screw Blu-ray Movie
Harmonia Mundi | 2011 | 111 min | Not rated | Jan 08, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
- January 11, 2013
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2012 | 113 min | Rated R | Jan 22, 2013 | Martin Liebman
John awakens from a coma to discover his wife and daughter were slaughtered in a brutal home invasion. Haunted by images of the attack, he vows to kill the man responsible, Luc Deveraux.
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Martial arts
The Duellists Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1977 | 100 min | Rated PG | Jan 29, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Two officers in Napoleon's army violently confront each other in a series of duels. The duels begin as a reaction to a minor incident and escalate into a consuming passion that rules the lives of both men for a period of 30 years. Based on Joseph Conrad's story.
Drama / War / Period
Searching for Sugar Man Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2012 | 86 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 22, 2013 | Martin Liebman
Documentary following two South African fans of the 1970s musician Rodriguez, as they unravel the mystery of what happened to the singer. Most famous for the classic song 'Sugar Man', Rodriguez never enjoyed much commercial success in his home country, but became a phenomenon in South Africa, where he was considered on a par with Bob Dylan and The Beatles. Rumoured to have committed suicide onstage in the 1970s, his story has been shrouded in mystery for decades. The film follows the fans as they unearth clues, and follow the trail around the world to discover what happened to this mysterious and talented artist.
Biography / Documentary / Music
French Kiss Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 1995 | 111 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 08, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A woman flies to France to confront her straying fiancé, but gets into trouble when the charming crook seated next to her uses her for smuggling.
Comedy / Romance
- January 10, 2013
Baka and Test Summon the Beasts Blu-ray Movie
Season 2 Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2011 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 29, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Foreign
The King of New York Blu-ray Movie
Edition limitée - Steel Stickerbook
Carlotta Films | 1990 | 103 min | Rated 16 Interdit aux moins de 16 ans | Oct 24, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In New York, crime gets done Frank's way - or it doesn't get done at all. Recently freed from prison, Frank White hooks up with his old crew to challenge his fellow drug lords. Each bloody battle aims at a piece of the high-priced action where being at the top of the chain can mean the difference between life and death. Unable to keep him behind bars, the cops declare war on him. Frank's answer-put a contract out on the cops.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
The Bone Collector Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1999 | 118 min | Rated R | Jan 08, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his partner try to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Driving Miss Daisy Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1989 | 99 min | Rated PG | Jan 08, 2013 | Michael Reuben
An elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta can no longer drive. Her son insists she allow him to hire a driver, which in the 1950s meant a black man. She resists any change in her life but, Hoke, the driver is hired by her son. She refuses to allow him to drive her anywhere at first, but Hoke slowly wins her over with his native good graces. The movie is directly taken from a stage play and does show it. It covers over twenty years of the pair's life together as they slowly build a relationship that transcends their differences.
Comedy / Drama
House at the End of the Street Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
20th Century Fox / Relativity | 2012 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 102 min | Unrated | Jan 08, 2013 | Casey Broadwater
Newly divorced Sarah and her daughter Elissa find the house of their dreams in a small, upscale, rural town. But when startling and unexplainable events begin to happen, Sarah and Elissa learn the town is in the shadows of a chilling secret.
Horror / Thriller
End of Watch Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2012 | 110 min | Rated R | Jan 22, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel, during a routine traffic stop.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller