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Home- December 15, 2023
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Shout Factory | 2022 | 107 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 12, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
Explores every facet of Yankovic's life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like 'Eat It' and 'Like a Surgeon' to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle.
Biography / Comedy / Music
American Graffiti 4K Blu-ray Movie
50th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1973 | 112 min | Rated PG | Nov 07, 2023 | Martin Liebman
A group of teenagers in California's central valley spend one final night after their 1962 high school graduation cruising the strip with their buddies before they pursue their varying goals.
Comedy / Drama / Music / Romance / Teen / Period / Coming of age
Pollock Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2000 | 123 min | Rated R | Dec 12, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
Directed by and starring Academy Award® nominee (for Best Actor) Ed Harris (The Truman Show, The Rock), POLLOCK is a beautifully-crafted, stunning drama about the legendary American painter, Jackson Pollock. Fellow artists and lovers, Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner are at the center of New York's 1940s art scene, but as Krasner neglects her work to push Pollock's career forward, Pollock begins to unravel emotionally. Pollock and Krasner escape to the country and marry and, soon, Pollock creates work that makes him the first internationally-famous modern painter in America. But, with fame and fortune, comes a volatile temper and severe self-doubt before long, Pollock's life threatens to explode. Featuring exceptional performances by a stellar cast, including Academy Award® winner Marcia Gay Harden (Meet Joe Black, The First Wives Club), Amy Madigan (Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck), Val Kilmer (The Saint, Heat) and Jennifer Connelly (Requiem for a Dream).
Biography / Drama
Depeche Mode: Strange/Strange Too Blu-ray Movie
Rhino Music | 1988-1990 | 61 min | Not rated | Dec 08, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
The Collector Blu-ray Movie
Cinedigm | 2009 | 90 min | Not rated | May 16, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
Handyman and ex-con Arkin aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer's country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a far worse enemy has already laid claim to the property - and the family. As the seconds tick down to midnight, Arkin becomes a reluctant hero trapped by a masked "Collector" in a maze of lethal invention - the Inquisition as imagined by Rube Goldberg - while trying to rescue the very family he came to rob.
Crime / Horror / Thriller
- December 14, 2023
Shaun the Sheep: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2007-2021 | 1188 min | Rated TV-G | Dec 12, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
Join Shaun the Sheep and his barnyard buddies, Bitzer, Shirley, Timmy, and more as they deliver a flock-load of wacky shenanigans from the farm...from bath time to party time and everything in between!
Animation / Comedy / Family / Foreign
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie 4K Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Shout Factory | 1990 | 93 min | Rated R | Nov 28, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
Three chilling tales with a connecting story. In "Lot 249", a college student is menaced by a mummy. "Cat From Hell" finds the millionaire owner of the titular feline hiring a hitman to kill the pet. Finally, in "Lover's Vow" an artist suffers severe retribution after taking a vow of silence after witnessing the murder of a friend.
Fantasy / Horror / Supernatural
A Hen in the Wind Blu-ray Movie
風の中の牝鶏 / Kaze no naka no mendori
BFI Video | 1948 | 84 min | Rated BBFC: PG | No Release Date | Dr. Stephen Larson
Tokiko is a mother forced to turn to sex work in order to pay off her ill son's medical bills. When her husband returns home from the war, her suffering is compounded by his refusal to forgive her actions.
Drama / Foreign
Stella Maris Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
VCI | 1918 | 84 min | Not rated | Dec 12, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
Two young women - a paraplegic girl sheltered by her wealthy guardians and a more experienced orphan - fall in love with a man separated from his violent wife.
Drama
Horrors of the Black Museum Blu-ray Movie
Special Edition
VCI | 1959 | 93 min | Not rated | Dec 12, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
The promotion announced that this film was released in "Hypnovision," which gives an idea of the story. A frustrated thriller writer wants accurate crimes for his next book, so he hypnotises his assistant to make him commit the required crimes.
Horror
Crazy Rich Asians 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2018 | 121 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 20, 2018 | Neil Lumbard
American-born Chinese economics professor Rachel Chu accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend's wedding only to get thrust into the lives of Asia's rich and famous. She discovers that her boyfriend comes from a wealthy family with a dark past and that every woman wants him. Based on the novel by Kevin Kwan.
Comedy / Romance
Holiday Inn 4K Blu-ray Movie
80th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1942 | 101 min | Not rated | Nov 01, 2022 | Martin Liebman
A retiring show song and dancer leaves showbiz to start up a New England country inn with the unique idea of being open only on national holidays. Conflicts arise when his former partner shows up and they fall for the same woman, and sparks fly -as do their feet - in a variety of inventive, holiday themed song-and-dance productions.
Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance / Holiday
Clue 4K Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Shout Factory | 1985 | 1 Movie, 4 Cuts | 97 min | Rated PG | Dec 12, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
A group of oddball characters assemble at an old Victorian mansion to play a game of "whodunit."
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Dark humor
The Mandalorian: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie
Disney / Buena Vista | 2020 | 318 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 12, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The journeys of the Mandalorian through the Star Wars galaxy continue. Once a lone bounty hunter, Din Djarin has reunited with Grogu. Meanwhile, the New Republic struggles to lead the galaxy away from its dark history. The Mandalorian will cross paths with old allies and make new enemies as he and Grogu continue their journey together.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
The Mandalorian: The Complete Second Season 4K Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Disney / Buena Vista | 2020 | 319 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 12, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The journeys of the Mandalorian through the Star Wars galaxy continue. Once a lone bounty hunter, Din Djarin has reunited with Grogu. Meanwhile, the New Republic struggles to lead the galaxy away from its dark history. The Mandalorian will cross paths with old allies and make new enemies as he and Grogu continue their journey together.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
- December 13, 2023
The Conformist Blu-ray Movie
Il Conformista | 4K Restoration
RaroVideo U.S. | 1970 | 113 min | Not rated | Nov 28, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
Crime / Drama / Foreign
Strange Bedfellows Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1965 | 98 min | Not rated | Mar 15, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Carter Harrison is a high-powered company exec who needs to polish up his public image. When a P.R. expert tells him the answer lies in patching up his shaky marriage, Carter jets off to London to re-kindle the affections of his fiery Italian wife Toni - who is already planning her second marriage. But even as she begins to repeat the outrageously eccentric behaviors that split them up in the first place. Carter finds himself falling in love with the irresistible Toni all over again.
Comedy / Romance
The Mandalorian: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie
Disney / Buena Vista | 2019 | 303 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 12, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The journeys of the Mandalorian through the Star Wars galaxy continue. Once a lone bounty hunter, Din Djarin has reunited with Grogu. Meanwhile, the New Republic struggles to lead the galaxy away from its dark history. The Mandalorian will cross paths with old allies and make new enemies as he and Grogu continue their journey together.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
The Mandalorian: The Complete First Season 4K Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Disney / Buena Vista | 2019 | 303 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 12, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The journeys of the Mandalorian through the Star Wars galaxy continue. Once a lone bounty hunter, Din Djarin has reunited with Grogu. Meanwhile, the New Republic struggles to lead the galaxy away from its dark history. The Mandalorian will cross paths with old allies and make new enemies as he and Grogu continue their journey together.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
The Sound of Music - Super Deluxe Edition Box Set Soundtrack Blu-ray Movie
Atmos Blu-ray Audio / Blu-ray + CD
Craft Recordings | 1965 | 151 min | Not rated | Dec 01, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
This definitive edition of the one of the bestselling soundtracks of all time, expanded, remastered and remixed. Over 40 previously unreleased tracks, collecting every musical element from the film for the first time, along with instrumentals for every song, demos and rare outtakes from the cast. Audio Blu-ray features the full score in hi-res plus a new Dolby Atmos® mix of the original soundtrack. Housed in a 64-page hardbound book with in-depth liners from film preservationist Mike Matessino. Includes the Rodgers & Hammerstein classics “My Favorite Things,” “Edelweiss,” “Do-Re-Mi” and more.
Music