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Home- September 22, 2021
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Blu-ray Movie
Remastered / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1984 | 105 min | Rated PG | Sep 07, 2021 | Martin Liebman
In the wake of Spock's ultimate act of sacrifice, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise returns to Earth from the newly formed Genesis planet. Upon arrival, the crew learns that life back home will not be easier: Scotty gets reassigned, Dr. McCoy appears to be going insane, and the Enterprise is to be decommissioned. It is only when Kirk is confronted by Spock's father that he learns his old friend may have another chance at life, if the crew can survive a Klingon attack and return to the Genesis planet.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1984 | 105 min | Rated PG | Sep 06, 2022 | Martin Liebman
In the wake of Spock's ultimate act of sacrifice, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise returns to Earth from the newly formed Genesis planet. Upon arrival, the crew learns that life back home will not be easier: Scotty gets reassigned, Dr. McCoy appears to be going insane, and the Enterprise is to be decommissioned. It is only when Kirk is confronted by Spock's father that he learns his old friend may have another chance at life, if the crew can survive a Klingon attack and return to the Genesis planet.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Blu-ray Movie
Remastered / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1986 | 119 min | Rated PG | Sep 07, 2021 | Martin Liebman
In the 23rd century a mysterious alien power threatens Earth by evaporating the oceans and destroying the atmosphere. In a frantic attempt to save mankind, Kirk, now a renegade, and his crew must travel back in time to save the Earth and its people from total destruction.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1986 | 119 min | Rated PG | Sep 06, 2022 | Martin Liebman
In the 23rd century a mysterious alien power threatens Earth by evaporating the oceans and destroying the atmosphere. In a frantic attempt to save mankind, Kirk, now a renegade, and his crew must travel back in time to save the Earth and its people from total destruction.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Star Trek: The Original 4-Movie Collection 4K Blu-ray Movie
Star Trek: The Motion Picture / The Wrath of Khan / The Search for Spock / The Voyage Home / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1979-1986 | 4 Movies, 5 Cuts | 585 min | Rated PG | Sep 07, 2021 | Martin Liebman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Adventure / Mystery / Sci-Fi
The Boss Baby: Family Business Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2021 | 107 min | Rated PG | Sep 14, 2021 | Martin Liebman
The Templeton brothers have become adults and drifted away from each other, but a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach is about to bring them together again - and inspire a new family business.
Animation / Comedy / Family
The Boss Baby: Family Business 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2021 | 107 min | Rated PG | Sep 14, 2021 | Martin Liebman
The Templeton brothers have become adults and drifted away from each other, but a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach is about to bring them together again - and inspire a new family business.
Animation / Comedy / Family
Thoroughly Modern Millie Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1967 | 152 min | Not rated | Aug 24, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Julie Andrews stars as Millie, an innocent country girl who comes to the big city in search of a husband. Along the way she becomes the secretary of the rich and famous Trevor Graydon (John Gavin), befriends the sweet Miss Dorothy (Mary Tyler Moore), fights off white slaver Mrs. Meers (Beatrice Lillie) and hooks up with a lively paper clip salesman, Jimmy (James Fox). In the end it takes a rich nutty jazz baby like Muzzy (Carol Channing) to unravel all these complications, give a great party, and match up lovers.
Comedy / Musical
Shadow in the Cloud 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Capelight Pictures | 2020 | 83 min | Rated FSK-16 | Apr 30, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
A female WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.
Action / Horror / War
- September 21, 2021
Days of Heaven Blu-ray Movie
Imprint #62
Imprint | 1978 | 94 min | Rated ACB: PG | Sep 15, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In 1910, a Chicago steelworker accidentally kills his supervisor, and he, his girlfriend, and his little sister flee to the Texas panhandle, where they find work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.
Drama / Romance / Period
Fitzwilly Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1967 | 102 min | Not rated | Aug 17, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When Miss Vicki's father dies, she becomes the world's greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately, she is flat broke! Her loyal butler, Claude Fitzwilliam, leads the household staff to rob from various businesses by charging goods to various wealthy people and misdirecting the shipments, all to keep Miss Vicki's standard of living. After Fitzwilly's mother died Miss Vicki helped raise him and he loves her like a mother and would do anything for her. With Fitzwilly's encouragement, Miss Vicki writes a "Dictionary for Dopes" which contains all possible phonetic spellings of a word, and gives the reader the correct one, and for that she needs a secretary. Juliet is the one who is hired, soon she is caught up in the intrigue and falls in love with Fitzwilly. They agree to carry out one more caper before they get married, to keep Miss Vicki comfortable for the rest of her days.
Comedy / Crime / Romance
The Princess Bride 4K Blu-ray Movie
Die Braut des Prinzen / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Turbine Medien | 1987 | 98 min | Rated FSK-6 | Nov 20, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
In the fairytale adventure 'The Princess Bride', a young boy falls ill and is read a bedtime story by his visiting grandfather. The story is a classic tale of love and adventure as the beautiful Buttercup is kidnapped and held against her will in order to marry the odious Prince Humperdinck. Her childhood beau Westley, now known as the Dread Pirate Roberts, attempts to save her. On the way he meets an accomplished swordsman, a super strong giant and a few bad guys to rescue Princess Buttercup.
Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Romance
From Up on Poppy Hill Blu-ray Movie
コクリコ坂から / Kokuriko-zaka Kara / Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 2011 | 91 min | Rated PG | Sep 21, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Umi Matsuzaka, the eldest sibling in a close-knit family of five, raises a pair of signal flags everyday at her seaside house in Yokohama Bay without fail in anticipation of the return of her father, who went missing in action during the Korean War. In school, Umi finds herself involved in a student movement seeking to prevent the demolition of an old club house. In the process, she falls in love with the newspaper club member Shun Kazama, only to find out that they might be related by blood.
Anime / Comedy / Drama / Family / Romance / Teen / Comic book / Foreign / Period
Porco Rosso Blu-ray Movie
紅の豚 / Kurenai no Buta / Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 1992 | 93 min | Rated PG | Sep 21, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
During the beginning years of the Great Depression, life in the Mediterranean has become difficult. Aerial pirate raids are gaining in frequency, thus requiring the need for capable "bodyguards". One of the best is a pig known as Porco Rosso. Once a human and an ace pilot during World War I, he now freelances his services to those in distress. The fascist regime that has taken over the Italian Air Force has grown tiresome of his exploits and places a bounty on his head. On top of that, a hotshot flyer from the United States arrives and not only wants to steal Porco Rosso's glory, but also the woman he loves so dearly.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / History / Romance / Foreign
Filmworker Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 2018 | 94 min | Not rated | Feb 16, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
It's a rare person who would give up fame and fortune to toil in obscurity for someone else's creative vision. Yet, that's exactly what Leon Vitali did after his acclaimed performance as Lord Bullingdon in Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon.
Documentary
This Is Francis X. Bushman Blu-ray Movie
Flicker Alley | 2021 | 60 min | Not rated | Sep 21, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
No synopsis for this title.
Documentary
Silo Blu-ray Movie
Oscilloscope Pictures | 2019 | 77 min | Not rated | Sep 07, 2021 | Randy Miller III
Disaster strikes in the small Iowa farm town of New Hope when asthmatic teenager Kody Rose becomes the victim of a grain entrapment accident. As corn becomes quicksand inside of a 50-foot tall silo, the town locals must put aside their differences to save Kody from drowning in the crop they harvest.
Drama / Thriller
Death Screams Blu-ray Movie
House of Death
Arrow | 1982 | 88 min | Not rated | Sep 14, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Locals are celebrating the last night of carnival, such as newly in-love couple Bob and Kathy, coach, Neil Marshall, waitresses, timid blonde Lily and comely, nubile Ramona, their boss Jackson and learning difficulties teenage peeping tom Casey who's dad Avery is the town sheriff. Several them decide to spend the night down at the river, where a unknown double homicide climaxed there some nights before. But among the fairgoers is the one responsible for the deaths and as he/she lurks in the shadow troubled over a tragic past (or just about one thing or another) deciding to take his/her frustrations out with a machete on those he/she blames for all the misfortunes in his/her life. Following the group back to his/her riverside stamping grounds he/she sets about ensuring no one leaves the area alive.
Horror
- September 20, 2021
Percy Blu-ray Movie
Code Red | 1971 | 101 min | Rated R | Aug 17, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
The ultimate organ transplant is out of control and in one man's pants. Its name is Percy. After a freak accident dismembers his member, Edwin Anthony (Hywel Bennett) becomes the first man to receive the world's first successful penis transplant which he names Percy. But when Edwin begins to experience identity problems, he decides to investigate the life and loves of Percy's former owner. Can a sincere young man find love among the world's most beautiful women when guided by an organ with a mind of its own? Britt Ekland, Elke Sommer and Denholm Elliot co-star in this 1971 British cult comedy that also features a classic soundtrack of original songs written by Ray Davies and performed by The Kinks, including the hit God's Children.
Comedy
Fool for Love Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1985 | 107 min | Rated R | Jun 22, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from.
Drama