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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Blu-ray Movie
Voglio la testa di Garcia
Koch Media | 1974 | 113 min | Rated VM14 | Mar 08, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
Action / Crime / Drama / Western
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge Blu-ray Movie
Puppet Master 3
Full Moon Features | 1991 | 82 min | Rated R | Sep 18, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Set in Berlin during WWII, the Nazi regime is attempting to develop a drug that will animate the dead, in order to use in the war effort. Toulon arouses suspicion as a Nazi dissident, and his secret is discovered. During a Nazi raid on his home, Toulon's beautiful wife is murdered. Toulon vows revenge, with the help of his animated puppets. This movie gives a new perspective on Toulon and his "friends"...
Horror / Thriller
Avatar 3D Blu-ray Movie
Limited 3D Edition / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD
20th Century Fox | 2009 | 162 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 16, 2012 | Martin Liebman
An ex-Marine finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the indigenous people.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Epic
Uptight Blu-ray Movie
Up Tight!
Olive Films | 1968 | 104 min | Rated PG | Oct 16, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A desperate African-American man betrays his friend, a black militant leader, for some money to help feed his girlfriend's children, and then becomes the object of a manhunt by the militant group.
Crime / Drama / Heist
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse Blu-ray Movie
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse / Masters of Cinema / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 1933 | 121 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Sep 24, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Berlin police inspector Lohmann investigates a case, in which all clues lead to a man, who's in a hospital for mental illnesses for since many years - Dr. Mabuse.
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Complete Season 7 Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 2011 | 311 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 09, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
Step up to the bar with Mac (Rob McElhenney), Dennis (Glenn Howerton), Charlie (Charlie Day), Dee (Kaitlin Olson), and Frank (Danny DeVito), the outrageously inappropriate gang at Paddy's pub, as they work together for a common cause...themselves.
Comedy / Dark humor
- October 11, 2012
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume Two Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1930-1969 | 412 min | Not rated | Oct 16, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
The characters of Looney Tunes get themselves into crazy situations.
Animation / Comedy / Family / Short
That's My Boy Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2012 | 116 min | Rated R | Oct 16, 2012 | Martin Liebman
While still in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd’s world comes crashing down on the eve of his wedding when an uninvited Donny suddenly shows up. Trying desperately to reconnect with his son, Donny is now forced to deal with the repercussions of his bad parenting skills.
Comedy
Portlandia: Season Two Blu-ray Movie
MVD/VSC | 2012 | 220 min | Not rated | Sep 25, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A television series that is set and filmed in Portland, Oregon, and features Saturday Night Live cast member Fred Armisen as well as Carrie Brownstein, a member of Sleater-Kinney.
Comedy
The Raven Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
20th Century Fox / Relativity | 2012 | 110 min | Rated R | Oct 09, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Period
- October 10, 2012
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry Blu-ray Movie
Artificial Eye | 2012 | 95 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Oct 08, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Ai Weiwei is known for many things—great architecture, subversive in-your-face art, and political activism. He has also called for greater transparency on the part of the Chinese state. Director Alison Klayman chronicles the complexities of Ai’s life for three years, beginning with his rise to public prominence via blog and Twitter after he questioned the deaths of more than 5,000 students in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The record continues through his widely publicized arrest in Beijing in April of 2011. As Ai prepares various works of art for major international exhibitions, his activism heats up, and his run-ins with China’s authorities become more and more frequent.
Documentary / Foreign
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Blu-ray Movie
and Rainbow Wig / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
DreamWorks | 2012 | 93 min | Rated PG | Oct 16, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo join a traveling circus in an effort to get back home to New York.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
DreamWorks | 2012 | 93 min | Rated PG | Oct 16, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo join a traveling circus in an effort to get back home to New York.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family
Death Warrant Blu-ray Movie
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1990 | 89 min | Rated R | Oct 02, 2012 | Brian Orndorf
The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate in some murders of prisoners and jailors
Action / Crime / Drama
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Blu-ray Movie
Part 1 & 2 | Ultimate Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2010-2011 | 2 Movies | 276 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 25, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
As Harry races against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, he uncovers the existence of three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.
Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Mystery / Epic
- October 09, 2012
Little Shop of Horrors Blu-ray Movie
Director's Cut + Theatrical
Warner Bros. | 1986 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 09, 2012 | Michael Reuben
The movie version of the hit musical based on the 1960 Roger Corman schlock sci-fi cult classic about a blood-craving plant from outer space that takes up residence in a Skid Row flower shop, under the care of nerdy Seymour Krelborne. For a time, the plant, which Seymour calls "Audrey II" after the girl of his dreams, pretends to be Seymour's friend, but then its true intentions are revealed.
Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Musical / Romance / Sci-Fi / Dark humor
Adopting Terror Blu-ray Movie
Asylum | 2012 | 89 min | Not rated | Sep 11, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Tim and Cheryl Broadbent are excited to finally adopt Mona, a beautiful baby girl. But when the baby's biological father starts stalking them, their world turns upside down: through intimidation, manipulation, and violence, he is determined to take his daughter back.
Thriller
The Barrens Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2012 | 94 min | Rated R | Oct 09, 2012 | Martin Liebman
A man takes his family on a camping trip and becomes convinced they are being stalked by the legendary monster of the New Jersey Pine Barrens: the Jersey Devil.
Horror
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Georg Solti Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition w/ 12" Book | Blu-ray Audio / Blu-ray + CD
Decca | 1958-1964 | 1020 min | Not rated | Oct 30, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Georg Solti's complete iconic recording of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Music
Magical Mystery Tour Collectors Box Set Blu-ray Movie
The Beatles / Book + 2 Mono 45RPM EPs + / Blu-ray + DVD
Capitol Records | 1967 | 53 min | Not rated | Oct 09, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The Beatles charter a special bus for a surreal mystery tour with people from all walks of life.
Music / Surreal