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Home- September 28, 2012
The Sterile Cuckoo Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1969 | 107 min | Not rated | Oct 16, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Two students from neighboring colleges in upstate New York are swept up in a tragic romantic interlude calling for a maturity of vision beyond their experience of capabilities...
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Coming of age
The American President Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1995 | 113 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 25, 2012 | Michael Reuben
Comedy-drama about a widowed US president and a lobbyist who fall in love. It's all aboveboard, but "politics is perception" and sparks fly anyway.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection Blu-ray Movie
Dracula / Drácula / Frankenstein / The Mummy / The Invisible Man / The Bride of Frankenstein / The Wolf Man / Phantom of the Opera / Creature from the Black Lagoon 3D / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Universal Studios | 1931-1954 | 9 Movies | 644 min | Not rated | Oct 02, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
See individual titles for their synopses.
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Musical / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Dracula Blu-ray Movie
Includes "Drácula"
Universal Studios | 1931 | 2 Movies | 79 min | Not rated | Sep 17, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
The legendary bloodsucker stakes his claim on a British estate in search of new blood.
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Supernatural / Period
Frankenstein Blu-ray Movie
The Man Who Made a Monster
Universal Studios | 1931 | 70 min | Not rated | Sep 17, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
A crazed scientist creates a living being from body parts, not realizing it has a madman's brain.
Horror / Sci-Fi
The Mummy Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1932 | 73 min | Not rated | Jun 04, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
An Egyptian mummy returns to life to stalk the reincarnation of his lost love.
Drama / Fantasy / Horror
The Invisible Man Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1933 | 72 min | Not rated | Jun 04, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
A scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
The Bride of Frankenstein Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1935 | 75 min | Not rated | Sep 17, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
An acclaimed sequel to the original Frankenstein, the legendary monster now longs for a mate of his own, as the overly ambitious Dr. Frankenstein creates the bride. Bride of Frankenstein ranks as one of the finest films not only of the genre, but for all time.
Horror / Sci-Fi
The Wolf Man Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1941 | 70 min | Not rated | Sep 17, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
A British nobleman undergoes a startling transformation when he's bitten by a gypsy werewolf.
Drama / Horror
Phantom of the Opera Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1943 | 93 min | Not rated | Jun 04, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
Pit violinist Claudin hopelessly loves rising operatic soprano Christine Dubois (as do baritone Anatole and police inspector Raoul) and secretly aids her career. But Claudin loses both his touch and his job, murders a rascally music publisher in a fit of madness, and has his face etched with acid. Soon, mysterious crimes plague the Paris Opera House, blamed on a legendary "phantom" whom none can find in the mazes and catacombs. But both of Christine's lovers have plans to ferret him out.
Drama / Musical / Romance
Creature from the Black Lagoon 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Universal Studios | 1954 | 79 min | Rated G | Jun 04, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
In the early 1950s, a scientific expedition into the Amazon recovers a strange fossilized claw that could be a missing link between creatures that swim in the seas and those that walk on land. Once the fossil is examined, a larger, better-funded expedition is authorized to travel deep into the interior of the Amazon Basin to hopefully find more examples of the long dead creature. But as the expedition pushes deeper into the unexplored reaches of the great waterway, they come to the realization that "something" is watching their every move, stalking them... on the land, and in the water!
Adventure / Horror / Sci-Fi
Fear and Desire Blu-ray Movie
Fear and Desire / The Seafarers
Kino Lorber | 1952 | 2 Movies | 60 min | Not rated | Oct 23, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires.
Drama / War
- September 27, 2012
Free Men Blu-ray Movie
Les hommes libres
Artificial Eye | 2011 | 99 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Sep 17, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In Paris during WWII, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man.
Drama / War / Foreign
The Babymakers Blu-ray Movie
Millennium Media | 2012 | 96 min | Rated R | Sep 18, 2012 | Martin Liebman
After trying everything to get his wife Audrey pregnant, Tommy Macklin realizes to his horror that he may be ''shooting blanks.'' Terrified that his marriage may fall apart, Tommy recruits his friends to rob a sperm bank where he made a deposit years ago.
Comedy
Iron Sky Blu-ray Movie
Entertainment One | 2012 | 93 min | Rated R | Oct 02, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The Nazis set up a secret base on the moon in 1945 where they hide out and plan to return to power in 2018.
Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Gary Moore: Blues for Jimi Blu-ray Movie
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2007 | 74 min | Not rated | Sep 25, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Moore playing Jimi Hendrix tracks, including such classics as "Purple Haze," "Foxy Lady," "The Wind Cries Mary," "Hey Joe," "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" and many more. Filmed at the London Hippodrome on October 25, 2007
Music
- September 26, 2012
The Victim Blu-ray Movie
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2011 | 83 min | Rated R | Sep 18, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Good time girls Annie and Mary find themselves in a life and death situation. Annie’s life is put in jeopardy when she is witness to a violent act at the hands of two Sheriff’s Deputies. With her pursuers closing in, she stumbles across Kyle, a recluse living in the middle of the woods. A rugged loner, Kyle finds the stillness of the woods comforting. He keeps civilization at arm’s length; that is - until a single knock on his door throws his solitary life into chaos. Two worlds collide in this nerve-fraying thriller that will keep audiences guessing until the very last frame.
Horror / Thriller
Key & Peele: Season One Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2012 | 171 min | Not rated | Sep 25, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Want to meet Luther, President Obama's anger translator? Or hang by the punch bowl with Bar Mitzvah sensations Dr. Dreidel & Gefilte Fresh? Whether it's satirizing the President, spoofing Nazis, or ordering up some soul food, Key & Peele aren't afraid to take on taboo subjects for the sake of comedy. These guys are daring and outrageous and it shows in this critically acclaimed first season. Don't miss Key & Peele Season One on Blu-ray.
Comedy
Bond 50 Blu-ray Movie
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1962-2008 | 22 Movies | 2748 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 25, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
The set, which marks the first time the first 22 movies will be available on Blu-ray, begins with "Dr. No" (1962) and ends with "Quantum of Solace," (2008) and also includes more than 130 hours of bonus features.
Action / Adventure / Crime / Romance / Thriller
Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Flicker Alley | 1958 | 142 min | Not rated | Sep 25, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Windjammer, the first presentation in CINEMIRACLE, is the record of a training cruise of the full-rigged S/S Christian Radich from Oslo across the Atlantic, through the Caribbean, to New York and back home again.
Documentary / Romance