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Home- October 19, 2011
Ghost Hunters: Season 6: Part 2 Blu-ray Movie
Big Vision | 2010 | 100 min | Rated TV-PG | Oct 11, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
Culled from the Sci-Fi Channel\'s hit show, this spooky series chronicles the exploits of moonlighting ghost busters Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, who lead a team of fearless souls investigating metaphysical disturbances. As they traverse the country to square off against unwelcome paranormal visitors, the ghost hunters encounter everything from poltergeists tossing toys around a loft to a late lighthouse keeper who still greets guests.
Documentary
- October 18, 2011
Cars 2 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney / Pixar | 2011 | 106 min | Rated G | Nov 01, 2011 | Kenneth Brown
Star racecar Lightning McQueen and the incomparable tow truck Mater take their friendship to exciting new places when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world's fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family
Cars 2 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Disney / Buena Vista | 2011 | 106 min | Rated G | Nov 01, 2011 | Kenneth Brown
Star racecar Lightning McQueen and the incomparable tow truck Mater take their friendship to exciting new places when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world's fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family
Mahler: Symphony Nº 2 Blu-ray Movie
Accentus | 2011 | 96 min | Not rated | Sep 27, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
Lady Death Blu-ray Movie
AEsir Media | 2004 | 76 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 20, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Brian Pulido's cadaverous comic book heroine springs to animated life in the full-length, made-for-video anime film 'Lady Death'. In 15th-century Sweden, an innocent young maiden named Hope discovers that her beloved father is, in fact, the Devil in disguise. Condemned to be burned at the stake by the local townsfolk, Hope strikes a deal with Lucifer to spend eternity in Hell in exchange for escape from her igneous death. But once in the fiery depths, Hope breaks the pact and transforms herself into the voluptuous, white-haired warrior Lady Death, battling to wrest control of Hell away from her demonic father in a last-ditch effort at salvation. Director Andrew Orjuela, screenwriter Carl Macek ('Robotech: The Movie'), and composer Bill Brown ('Any Given Sunday') imbue Pulido's epic tale with a Neil Gaiman-meets-Bruegel style of animation perfectly suited to its gothic subject matter.
Action / Animation / Anime / Fantasy / Horror / Comic book
The Dry Land Blu-ray Movie
Maya Home Entertainment | 2010 | 92 min | Rated R | Nov 09, 2010 | Michael Reuben
James, a veteran of the Iraqi conflict, returns to West Texas and tries to resume his life with the wife, Sarah, he left at home. But as he struggles with post traumatic stress disorder, James realizes that the only people with whom he feels truly at ease are the fellow survivors of a deadly RPG attack on his unit in Iraq - an attack that James can't recall.
Drama
Warren Miller's Wintervention Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2010 | 103 min | Not rated | Nov 01, 2011 | Martin Liebman
Wintervention is Warren Miller's 61st feature ski snowboard film. Do you have a skiing or snowboarding problem? Do you always have to take "just one more" run? Will you go to the ends of the earth in search of snow? If you have answered “yes” to any of these questions, it may be time for a Wintervention. Warren Miller Entertainment’s 61st film features acute cases of classic “snow-diction” from across the globe. Skiers travel from Argentina, Antarctica, the northern reaches of the Arctic Circle and more to get their powder fix.
Documentary / Sport
Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2010 | 131 min | Rated TV-G | Oct 11, 2011 | Martin Liebman
Join Taylor Swift on her first headlining tour as she celebrates the success of her multiplatinum album Fearless. Packed with 13 live performances, rare home movies, and revealing interviews with Taylor and her inner circle, this concert special charts her earliest days as an aspiring singer-songwriter, through the stories that inspired her biggest songs, and finally to her arrival as a global superstar.
Documentary / Music
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie
3-Disc Special Edition
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2010 | 292 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 04, 2011 | Martin Liebman
The Walking Dead tells the story of the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse and follows a small group of survivors traveling across the United States in search of a new home away from the hordes of zombies. The group is led by Rick Grimes, who was a police officer in the old world. As their situation grows more and more grim, the group\'s desperation to survive pushes them to do almost anything to stay alive.
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Supernatural / Comic book / Melodrama
- October 17, 2011
Gamera Trilogy Blu-ray Movie
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe / Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion / Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1995-1999 | 3 Movies | 303 min | Not rated | Sep 27, 2011 | Martin Liebman
Join Dr. Nagamine, Inspector Osako and the lovely Asagi Kusanagi as they attempt to unravel the mysterious and deadly monster attacks of both the Gyaos and the Legion. With the "help" of the military, the survival of the human race depends on them. The fate of the world depends on a gargantuan, aeronautic and flammably breathed reptile - Gamera, the guardian of the universe!
Action / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Supernatural / Foreign
Queensrÿche: Mindcrime at the Moore Blu-ray Movie
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2006 | 149 min | Not rated | Oct 18, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Following the release of Operation: Mindcrime II , Queensrÿche performed both albums in their entirety on tour in a mammoth stage production featuring actors, staging and films. Filmed on this tour in high definition at the Moore Theater in the band s hometown of Seattle over three nights in October 2006, Mindcrime At The Moore is now released on Blu-ray for the first time and presents these legendary albums as they were meant to be seen and heard. Bonus Features Tour documentary / The Chase performed with Ronnie James Dio in the role of Dr X / Queensrÿche Rock & Ride
Music
The Frighteners Blu-ray Movie
15th Anniversary Edition
Universal Studios | 1996 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 123 min | Rated R | Sep 13, 2011 | Michael Reuben
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his “special” gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.
Comedy / Horror / Dark humor / Supernatural
Inside Out Blu-ray Movie
Vivendi Visual Entertainment | 2011 | 90 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 27, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
For the last thirteen years AJ has been behind bars, convicted of manslaughter for killing a man who intended to kill his best friend, Jack. Now released, AJ wants nothing more than to start a small business and live a crime-free life. Unfortunately, within hours of leaving prison, his oldest and best friend, Jack involves AJ in an accidental shooting in which a man is killed, forcing Jack to skip town.
Crime / Drama
Carmen Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1984 | 155 min | Not rated | Aug 30, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A film version of the famous Bizet opera, where a soldier (Don José) falls in love with a beautiful factory worker (Carmen) and abandons his career post for her, but finds her affections are changeable.
Drama / Music / Romance / Erotic / Foreign
Band of Brothers / The Pacific Blu-ray Movie
Special Edition Gift Set
HBO | 2001-2010 | 2 Movies | 1548 min | Rated TV-MA | Nov 08, 2011 | Kenneth Brown
A special edition set that includes both of the Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks produced HBO WWII miniseries, Band of Brothers and The Pacific, as well as an exclusive bonus disc featuring a new 53-minute high definition documentary, He Has Seen War.
Action / Adventure / Biography / Drama / History / War / Melodrama / Epic
- October 16, 2011
Dazed and Confused Blu-ray Movie
Director's Cut
Criterion | 1993 | 102 min | Rated R | Oct 25, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The adventures of high school and junior high students on the last day of school in May 1976.
Comedy / Period / Coming of age
The Robber Blu-ray Movie
Der Räuber
Kino Lorber | 2010 | 97 min | Not rated | Oct 18, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
A champion marathoner leads a double life as a serial bank robber, sprinting between fixes (and away from police cavalcades) as many as three times a day. A lean, visceral study of pathological compulsion from Austrian director Benjamin Heisenberg, featuring a riveting central performance by Andreas Lust (Munich).
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign / Heist
City of Life and Death Blu-ray Movie
南京！南京！ / Nanjing! Nanjing!
Kino Lorber | 2009 | 135 min | Not rated | Oct 25, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
Centers on the Nanking Massacre that occurred in December, 1937, when Japanese aggressor troops occupied the eastern Chinese city and killed over 300,000 citizens.
Drama / History / War / Foreign
The Conversation Blu-ray Movie
Lionsgate Films | 1974 | 113 min | Rated PG | Oct 25, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A lone surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller
- October 15, 2011
Cape Fear Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1991 | 128 min | Rated R | Oct 18, 2011 | Michael Reuben
A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a 14 year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Psychological thriller