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Home- August 20, 2021
A Place in the Sun Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Presents #22 / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1951 | 122 min | Not rated | Aug 10, 2021 | Martin Liebman
George Eastman is a poor young man determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of a beautiful socialite. But a factory girl with a dark secret threatens Eastman's professional and romantic prospects. Consumed with fear and desire, Eastman is ultimately driven to a desperate act of passion that unravels his world forever.
Drama / Romance
Ultraman Zero Collection Blu-ray Movie
2 Movies + Specials | Ultra Galaxy Legend Side Story: Ultraman Zero vs Darklops Zero / Ultraman Zero: The Movie - The Revenge of Belial / Ultraman Zero Side Story: Killer the Beatstar / Ultraman Saga
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2010-2012 | 4 Movies | 348 min | Not rated | Jun 15, 2021 | Martin Liebman
Ultraman Zero (Daigo) joins forces with a brave pilot to protect the last human survivors of a ravaged Earth.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Short / Foreign
The Chosen: Season One Blu-ray Movie
Vidangel Studios | 2019 | 379 min | Unrated | Jan 28, 2021 | Martin Liebman
For the first time ever, the greatest story ever told is being presented as a multi-season show. Digging deeper into the backstories and context of the people and events of the gospels, the #1 highest crowd-funded media project of all time introduces you to people such as Simon Peter, Nicodemus, Mary Magdalene, Matthew, and of course, Jesus in a way never before seen on film.
Drama / History / Period
The Hobbit: The Motion Picture Trilogy 4K Blu-ray Movie
Extended & Theatrical / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Warner Bros. | 2012-2014 | 3 Movies, 6 Cuts | 1006 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Nov 30, 2020 | Martin Liebman
See individual titles for their synopses
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Epic
The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy 4K Blu-ray Movie
Extended & Theatrical / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Warner Bros. | 2001-2003 | 3 Movies, 6 Cuts | 727 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Nov 30, 2020 | Martin Liebman
See individual titles for their synopses. With the help of a courageous fellowship of friends and allies, Frodo Baggins embarks on a perilous mission to destroy the legendary One Ring. Hunting Frodo are servants of the Dark Lord, Sauron, the Ring's evil creator. If Sauron reclaims the Ring, Middle-Earth is doomed.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Epic
- August 19, 2021
Quantez Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1957 | 80 min | Not rated | May 11, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Gang of robbers heads for Mexican border, meets unexpected opposition along the way.
Western
Looper 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Entertainment One | 2012 | 119 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jul 12, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
In 2042, a mob hitman assassinates targets that arrive from the future of 2072. For him, it's just a job... until he receives a new target: himself from the future.
Action / Crime / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Looper 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Entertainment One | 2012 | 119 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jul 12, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
In 2042, a mob hitman assassinates targets that arrive from the future of 2072. For him, it's just a job... until he receives a new target: himself from the future.
Action / Crime / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Prince of the City Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1981 | 167 min | Rated R | Aug 24, 2021 | Randy Miller III
A New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption. However, he soon discovers that he's in over his head, and nobody can be trusted.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Nashville Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Presents #24 / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1975 | 160 min | Rated R | Aug 10, 2021 | Martin Liebman
The lives of 24 major characters interweave during five days in the country music capital of the world.
Comedy / Drama / Music
- August 18, 2021
Coogan's Bluff Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1968 | 93 min | Rated R | Aug 03, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Coogan, an Arizona cop, is sent to New York to collect a prisoner. Everyone in New York assumes Coogan is from Texas, much to his annoyance. To add to Coogan's problems the prisoner isn't ready, so he decides to cut a few corners. In the process the prisoner escapes, and Coogan is ordered home. Too proud to return home empty handed, Coogan sets out into the big city to recapture his prisoner.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Western
Visiting Hours Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1982 | 105 min | Rated R | Feb 18, 2014 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A crazed, women-hating killer attacks journalist Deborah Ballin. When he discovers that his attack didn't kill Deborah, he comes to the hospital to finish what he started.
Horror / Thriller
Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman Blu-ray Movie
Journey to the Beginning of Time / Invention for Destruction / The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Criterion | 1955-1961 | 3 Movies, 4 Cuts | 256 min | Not rated | Feb 25, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
See individual titles for their synopses.
Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Romance / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Invention for Destruction Blu-ray Movie
Vynález zkázy / The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
Criterion | 1958 | 83 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
An eye-popping escapade revolving around a scientist and his doomsday machine—and the pirates who will stop at nothing to gain possession of it.
Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Journey to the Beginning of Time Blu-ray Movie
Cesta do pravěku / Theatrical and U.S. versions
Criterion | 1955 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 88 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
In an awe-inspiring expedition back through time, four schoolboys behold landscapes and creatures that have long since vanished from the earth.
Adventure / Family / Foreign
Angel of Death Blu-ray Movie
Full Moon Features | 1987 | 92 min | Not rated | Aug 10, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A Jewish commando unit hunting Nazi war criminals tracks down the infamous Dr. Josef Mengele in the jungle, and find that he is torturing nubile young virgins and performing horrible medical experiments on the locals. They prepare to battle their way past Mengele's hordes of fanatic Nazi bodyguards in order to get to him.
Action / Crime / Drama / Foreign
- August 17, 2021
Clay Pigeons Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1998 | 104 min | Rated R | Jul 27, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
He has a firm handshake, a ready smile, and some strange ideas about friendship. His name is Lester Long and when the bodies start piling up he generously decides to share the blame. Now the F.B.I. has got the whole town under observation, and Lester has put his new friend Clay over a barrel. The only way for Clay to set things straight is to beat one twisted individual at his own game of deceit and double-crossing.
Comedy / Crime
Golden Arm Blu-ray Movie
Utopia Distribution | 2020 | 91 min | Not rated | Jul 27, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
A tough lady trucker trains her wimpy best friend to compete in the National Ladies Arm Wrestling Championship.
Comedy / Sport
The Borrower Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1991 | 91 min | Rated R | Aug 17, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
Aliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent, and when the body he occupies is damaged, he is forced to find another.
Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi
Wonder Woman 1984 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2020 | 151 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 30, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Fast forward to the 1980s as Wonder Woman's next big screen adventure finds her facing two all-new foes: Max Lord and The Cheetah.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book / Period