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Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea Blu-ray Movie  

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FUNimation Entertainment | 2007 | 136 min | Rated R | Apr 21, 2009 | Jeffrey Kauffman

After 27 years of planning, Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea finally captures the mystery and majesty of one of history's greatest rulers - Genghis Khan. this landmark achievement of Japanese cinema represents an epic undertaking not soon to be rivaled. Genghis Khan: The name is a legend. The man...Near myth. A soul obscured by his own achievements; Son, husband, father, conqueror. Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea weaves the saga of one exalted man's march towards immortality and the battle to unite the tribes of Mongol under one rule.

Action / Adventure / Drama / History / War / Foreign

Jumping the Broom Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2011 | 112 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 09, 2011 | Martin Liebman

Two black families from divergent social and economic backgrounds get together one weekend in Martha's Vineyard for a wedding.

Comedy

Dante's Peak Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 1997 | 108 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 26, 2011 | Michael Reuben

When unusual seismic activity is detected in the town of Dante's Peak, volcanologist is called in to investigate. He is certain that a long-dormant volcano is set to erupt and destroy the town.

Action / Adventure / Thriller

Various: Achucarro & Rattle - Nights in The Gardens of Spain Blu-ray Movie  

EUROARTS | 2010 | 103 min | Not rated | Jul 26, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The internationally renowned pianist Joaquin Achucarro presents an evocative recital of Spanish-inspired music.

Music

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter Blu-ray Movie  

Echo Bridge Entertainment | 1999 | 94 min | Rated R | Jul 05, 2011 | Martin Liebman

An outlaw who recently defied death by escaping his noose is on the run with his gang and the daughter of his intended executioner. His hostage turns out to be more than what she seems when they take refuge in a "inn" for the night. Things take a turn for the worse after the half-vampire princess Santanico Pandemonium is revealed!

Action / Comedy / Crime / Horror / Thriller / Western

Jiang Hu - The Triad Zone Blu-ray Movie    

江湖告急

CMS Media Limited | 2000 | 107 min | Rated IIB | May 18, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Jimmy is bold and daring. He is not about to be frightened off by a single attempt on his life. On the contrary, he uses this incident to wage war on his underworld rivals, but what he gets is a chance to see the people around him for who they really are.

Action / Comedy / Crime / Foreign

Priest Blu-ray Movie  

Unrated

Sony Pictures | 2011 | 87 min | Unrated | Aug 16, 2011 | Martin Liebman

A legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on an obsessive quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece's boyfriend,...

Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic book

Night Raid 1931: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2010 | 400 min | Rated TV-MA | Aug 16, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The story is set in Shanghai in 1931, when the Imperial Japanese Army has been dispatched to mainland China due to the relatively recent First Sino-Japanese War, Russo-Japanese War, and World War I. In this cosmopolitan city of intrigue, there is a special military spy organization called "Sakurai Kikan" that has since been buried in history.

Action / Anime / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Foreign / Period

The Final Destination 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Lenticular Cover / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray

Warner Bros. | 2009 | 82 min | Rated R | Aug 02, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O'Bannon has a horrific premonition of a disaster that kills him and all his friends. Nick and several others escape just before his frightening vision becomes a terrible reality. The group thinks they've cheated death, but as Nick's premonitions continue, the crash survivors begin to die, one by one, in bizarre and improbable ways.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller

Hellraiser: Hellworld Blu-ray Movie  

Hellraiser 8

Echo Bridge Entertainment | 2005 | 95 min | Rated R | Jul 19, 2011 | Martin Liebman

The youngsters Chelsea, Allison, Derrick and Mike are grieving the suicide of their friend Adam, who became obsessed with an internet game called Hellworld. Their former friend Jake blames the group since they have not stopped playing the game even when Adam was unstable. When they receive an invitation to a Hellworld party in an isolated mansion, the reluctant Chelsea decides to join the group and they surprisingly find Jake in the party. He explains that he was invited by a girl he met in a chat room. They are hosted by the owner of the place, who shows them his private macabre collection. Along the night, they find that they are in a party in hell.

Horror

Arakawa Under the Bridge: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie  

Premium Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

NIS America | 2010 | 316 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 05, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Ichinomiya Kou has always lived according to the creed of his wealthy, successful family: never be in debt to anyone. But one day, under the Arakawa Bridge, his life is saved by a homeless girl named Nino. In order to pay her back, Kou promises to be her boyfriend; and thus begins his new life under the bridge.

Anime / Comedy / Romance / Comic book / Foreign

Rio 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

20th Century Fox | 2011 | 96 min | Rated G | Aug 02, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Musical

Sleepers Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1996 | 147 min | Rated R | Aug 02, 2011 | Michael Reuben

After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized; over 10 years later, they get their chance for revenge.

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Secret Sunshine Blu-ray Movie  

밀양 / Milyang

Criterion | 2007 | 143 min | Not rated | Aug 23, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A woman moves to the town where her dead husband was born. As she tries to fit in, another tragic event overturns her life.

Drama / Foreign

The Fox and the Hound / The Fox and the Hound II Blu-ray Movie  

30th Anniversary Edition | 2 Movie Collection / Blu-ray + DVD

Disney / Buena Vista | 1981-2006 | 2 Movies | 152 min | Rated G | Aug 09, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

'Fox and the Hound' - A young fox named Tod is taken in after his mother is killed. Soon Tod befriends Copper, a hound dog puppy. As they grow their friendship is put to the test when Copper realizes that it is his job is to hunt foxes. <br><br> 'The Fox and the Hound II' - Tod and Copper are back again. When Copper complains that he can't seem to do anything right, Tod reassures him that eventually he'll find something at which he excels. At the fair opportunity knocks when a vocal dog group called "The Singing Strays" looses its lead singer Dixie, and Copper discovers that he's a really good singer. Unfortunately, Copper's newly discovered fame leaves Tod feeling jealous and abandoned and threatens to destroy the pair's close friendship.

Adventure / Animation / Family

Donizetti: Don Pasquale Blu-ray Movie  

Metropolitan Opera

Deutsche Grammophon | 2010 | 142 min | Rated G | Jul 12, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A red hot ticket at the Metropolitan Opera in 2010/2011 was Donizetti’s comic gem, Don Pasquale, with Anna Netrebko reviving Norina, the part that made her a star in New York. Opera summed up the simple truth: “. . . everyone adored her”.

Music

Tactical Force Blu-ray Movie  

Vivendi Visual Entertainment | 2011 | 90 min | Rated R | Aug 09, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A training exercise for the LAPD SWAT Team goes terribly wrong when they find themselves pitted against two rival gangs while trapped in an abandoned Hangar, armed with nothing but blanks.

Action

Running Out of Time Blu-ray Movie    

暗戰 / Am jin

Kam & Ronson Enterprises | 1999 | 93 min | Rated IIA | May 12, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong's organised crime Syndicates

Action / Crime / Drama / Foreign

Stake Land Blu-ray Movie  

MPI Media Group | 2010 | 98 min | Rated R | Aug 02, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation's abandoned towns and cities, and it's up to Mister, a death dealing, rogue vampire hunter, to get Martin safely north to Canada, the continent's New Eden.

Horror

Yu Yu Hakusho: Season 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Anime Classics

FUNimation Entertainment | 1993 | 700 min | Rated TV-PG | Aug 09, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Action / Anime / Comedy / Drama / Supernatural / Martial arts / Comic book / Foreign