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Home- May 26, 2011
Once Upon a Time in the West Blu-ray Movie
C'era una volta il West
Paramount Pictures | 1968 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 166 min | Unrated | May 31, 2011 | Martin Liebman
A recently married woman arrives to her ranch out west to find her husband has been killed by a band of outlaws who want the railroad-valuable land. A brooding, young cowboy steps in to stop them.
Adventure / Drama / Western / Epic / Period
Cross of Iron Blu-ray Movie
Vintage Classics
Studio Canal | 1977 | 133 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jun 13, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
German officers and soldiers retreating from the disastrous Russian front engage in both camaraderie and bitter rivalries.
Action / Drama / War
Tigerland Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 2000 | 100 min | Rated R | May 24, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.
Drama / War
61* Blu-ray Movie
HBO | 2001 | 129 min | Rated TV-MA | Jun 07, 2011 | Kenneth Brown
In the summer of 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle took on Babe Ruth's record, the 1927 single-season 60 home run slam. It would be a summer that no one who knows baseball would forget. Mickey Mantle is a Yankee favorite, a hit with fans and sports writers alike and natural heir to his predecessors Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth. Also at bat is a yound midwesterner, Roger Maris, ahard-hitting right fielder. Maris is Mantle's opposite in almost every way. Quiet and soft-spoken, he doesn't add up to everything a sports legend should be, and finds himself losing the support of the fans. As the summer of 1961 unfolds, both find themselves approaching Babe Ruth's benchmark of 60 home runs. Facing mounting pressure from the media and the stands, they both know there's only room for one winner.
Drama / History / Sport
Billy Madison Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1995 | 90 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 07, 2011 | Michael Reuben
He's heir to the Madison Hotel millions, but the only subjects Billy has studied lately are babes and booze. When Brian Madison informs his goofball son that he plans to turn over his Fortune 500 company to a scheming vice president, Billy makes the bet of his life: He's going back to school--grades 1 through 12--in 24 weeks! Can this bona fide blockhead win his father's respect, the family fortune and the love of his beautiful teacher?
Comedy / Romance
- May 25, 2011
Elephant White Blu-ray Movie
Millennium Media | 2011 | 92 min | Rated R | May 17, 2011 | Martin Liebman
Church, an assassin, is contracted by a wealthy businessman to avenge the murder of his daughter by white slave traders in Bangkok. With the help of his weapons supplier, Church seeks out and annihilates the gangsters responsible, but in the process he inadvertently frees a young prostitute. Church reluctantly stashes the girl in his Temple hideout, setting in motion a series of strange and extremely dangerous circumstances.
Action / Crime / Thriller
My Own Love Song Blu-ray Movie
Inception Media Group | 2010 | 100 min | Rated PG-13 | May 03, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.
Comedy / Drama
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2011: The 3D Experience Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Sony Pictures | 2011 | 30 min | Not rated | Jun 07, 2011 | Martin Liebman
Girls...swimsuits...3D...any questions?
Documentary / Nature / Other / Erotic
Platoon Blu-ray Movie
25th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1986 | 120 min | Rated R | May 24, 2011 | Martin Liebman
A young soldier must choose between his two platoon leaders and confront the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Action / Drama / War / Melodrama
AC/DC: Let There Be Rock Blu-ray Movie
Limited Collector's Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Warner Bros. | 1980 | 98 min | Rated PG | Jun 07, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The only movie powered by AC/DC. This legendary concert film, covering a 1979 Paris concert during the Australian heavy metal band's "Highway To Hell" tour showcases the power and precision that the quintet bring to vicious rockers like "Whole Lotta Rosie" and "Let There Be Rock." Pixie-ish lead guitarist Angus Young, attired in his trademark school-boy's uniform, takes center stage with his energetic antics and frenetic solos, while the rest of the band crank out their minimalist boogie with quiet determination. Interview segments and humorous backstage footage show another side to the thuggish musicians, especially AC/DC's flamboyant lead singer Bon Scott, who died two months after this filmed concert.
Documentary / Music
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood: Part 4 Blu-ray Movie
FUNimation Entertainment | 2010 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Apr 05, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The origin of Hohenheim's alchemic power is exposed, as well as the history he shares with the first Homunculus. Edward suffers grave wounds fighting alongside former enemies. Alphonse struggles in battle against Pride, a monster vicious enough to destroy his own kind. Mustang's victory against Central seems certain until the military unleashes ravenous abominations created with human souls.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book / Foreign
Supercop Blu-ray Movie
Police Story III / Ging chat goo si 3: Chiu kup ging chat
Echo Bridge Entertainment | 1992 | 91 min | Rated R | May 10, 2011 | Martin Liebman
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
Action / Adventure / Crime / Martial arts / Foreign
Madagascar Blu-ray Movie
BBC
BBC | 2011 | 175 min | Not rated | Jun 07, 2011 | Kenneth Brown
Over 80% of Madagascar's animals and plants are found nowhere else on Earth. Discover what made Madagascar so different from the rest of the world, and how evolution ran wild there.
Documentary / Nature
- May 24, 2011
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Blu-ray Movie
Naxos | 2007 | 164 min | Not rated | Apr 26, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Hector Berlioz's infrequently performed opera is offered in a production from the 2007 Salzburg Festival.
Music
Verdi: La Traviata Blu-ray Movie
Opus Arte | 2009 | 154 min | Not rated | May 31, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Renée Fleming plays the ill fated courtesan Violetta in Richard Eyre’s classic Royal Opera House production of Verdi’s masterpiece.
Music
Jagged Edge Blu-ray Movie
Image Entertainment | 1985 | 109 min | Rated R | May 17, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
When a wealthy publishing magnate is accused of murdering his heiress wife, a high powered attorney is called in to defend him. She succeeds and the two fall in love. Then she grows suspicious that she helped acquit a guilty man.
Crime / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
The Thin Red Line Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 1998 | 171 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | May 16, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal.
Drama / War
True Grit Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2010 | 110 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 07, 2011 | Martin Liebman
A tough U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn young woman track down her father's murderer.
Adventure / Drama / Western / Period
Battle: Los Angeles Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Sony Pictures | 2011 | 116 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 14, 2011 | Martin Liebman
A squad of U.S. Marines becomes the last line of defense against a global invasion.
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Anton Chekhov's The Duel Blu-ray Movie
Music Box Films | 2009 | 95 min | Not rated | May 24, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Based on Chekhov's 1891 novella, about a young ne'er-do-well aristocrat vs. an arrogant man of science.
Drama