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Home- September 09, 2022
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1991 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 113 min | Unrated | Sep 06, 2022 | Martin Liebman
On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.
Action / Adventure / Mystery / Sci-Fi
Essential Fellini Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1950-1987 | 14 Movies | 1697 min | Rated R | Nov 24, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Fantasy / History / Romance / Foreign / Surreal
Variety Lights Blu-ray Movie
Luci del varietà
Criterion | 1950 | 98 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A beautiful ingenue joins a tawdry music hall troupe and quickly becomes its feature attraction.
Drama / Romance / Foreign
The White Sheik Blu-ray Movie
Lo sceicco bianco
Criterion | 1952 | 87 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Ivan Cavalli brings his new wife Wanda to Rome on the least romantic honeymoon in history, a rigid schedule of family meetings and audiences with the Pope. But Wanda, dreaming of the dashing hero of a photo-strip cartoon, drifts off in search of the White Sheik.
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Foreign
Nights of Cabiria Blu-ray Movie
Le notti di Cabiria
Criterion | 1957 | 119 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A naive prostitute searches for true love in the seediest sections of Rome.
Drama / Romance / Foreign
La Dolce Vita Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1960 | 176 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Marcello is a third-rate reporter who lives a playboy's life as he pursues a shabby career of scandal mongering. His increasingly amoral interest in the "sweet life" of high society takes him to hedonistic parties and orgies throughout modern day Rome, as days and nights blur into one another.
Drama / Foreign
8½ Blu-ray Movie
Otto e mezzo | Federico Fellini's 8½ | 4K restoration
Criterion | 1963 | 139 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Troubled Italian filmmaker Guido Anselmi struggles with creative stasis as he attempts to get a new movie off the ground. Overwhelmed by his work and personal life, the director retreats into his thoughts, which often focus on his loves, both past and present, and frequently wander into fantastical territory. As he tries to sort out his many entanglements, romantic and otherwise, Anselmi finds his production becoming more and more autobiographical.
Drama / Fantasy / Foreign / Surreal
Juliet of the Spirits Blu-ray Movie
Giulietta degli spiriti
Criterion | 1965 | 145 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A betrayed wife's inability to come to terms with reality leads her along a hallucinatory journey of self-discovery.
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Foreign / Surreal
Fellini Satyricon Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1969 | 130 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
The exploits of two pansexual young men—the handsome scholar Encolpius and his vulgar, insatiably lusty friend Ascyltus—as they move through a landscape of free-form pagan excess.
Drama / Fantasy / History / Foreign
Roma Blu-ray Movie
Fellini's Roma
Criterion | 1972 | 120 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
An urban fantasia interweaving recollections of Federico Fellini's young adulthood in the era of Mussolini with an impressionistic portrait of contemporary Rome, where he and his film crew are shooting footage of the bustling cityscape.
Comedy / Drama / Foreign / Surreal
And the Ship Sails On Blu-ray Movie
E la nave va
Criterion | 1983 | 129 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A motley crew of European aristocrats board a luxurious ocean liner on the eve of World War I to scatter the ashes of a beloved diva.
Comedy / Drama / Foreign
Intervista Blu-ray Movie
Fellini's Intervista
Criterion | 1987 | 108 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
As Rome's Cinecitta Studios celebrates its 50th anniversary, a Japanese television crew arrives to interview director Federico Fellini, who is preparing to shoot an adaptation of Franz Kafka's novel, "Amerika". Fellini recalls the early days of his career, including his initial visit to the sound stages as a young journalist in 1938, and spends time reminiscing with Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg, stars of his landmark film "La Dolce Vita".
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Foreign / Surreal
Frownland Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 2007 | 106 min | Not rated | Aug 16, 2022 | Randy Miller III
A salesman has a different kind of life, eating eggs and popcorn off the door of his portable oven.
Comedy / Drama
- September 08, 2022
The Devil's 8 Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1969 | 98 min | Not rated | Aug 31, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Federal Agent infiltrates a prison chain gang and helps six hardened convicts escape in order to build a team to take down villainous crime boss.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Real Genius 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 1985 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 105 min | Rated PG | Sep 13, 2022 | Martin Liebman
Teenage geniuses deal with their abilities while developing a laser.
Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi / Teen
Minions: The Rise of Gru Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2022 | 88 min | Rated PG | Sep 06, 2022 | Martin Liebman
The untold story of one 12-year-old's dream to become the world's greatest supervillain.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family
Minions: The Rise of Gru 4K Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2022 | 88 min | Rated PG | Sep 06, 2022 | Martin Liebman
The untold story of one 12-year-old's dream to become the world's greatest supervillain.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family
All About Evil Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + CD
Severin Films | 2010 | 98 min | Not rated | Aug 30, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Deborah Tennis inherits her father's beloved but failing old movie theatre. In order to save the family business she discovers her inner serial killer—and a legion of rabid gore fans!
Comedy / Horror
- September 07, 2022
Kill a Dragon Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1967 | 91 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 16, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When a dangerous load of TNT lands on a beach near Hong Kong, the islanders claim it as their own. The owner wants it back and threatens to blow up the island. To the rescue: Jack Palance and a group of martial arts experts!
Adventure / Crime / Romance
Drive 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
88 Films | 1997 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 118 min | Not rated | Sep 13, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Toby Wong (Mark Dacascos) is on a martial arts mission impossible. With a bio-energy module placed in his chest, Toby's awesome martial arts skills are tuned to a super-human level. The only problem is that Toby doesn't want the power. Now, only an army can stop him, and that's just what's hunting him down. As he makes his escape from an ammo-packing posse of hitmen, Toby needs a hostage, Malik (Kadeem Hardison), to drive him to freedom in Los Angeles, where they meet up with more trouble in the form of a quirky, young seductress (Brittany Murphy) who gets caught up in their action.
Action / Comedy / Thriller / Martial arts