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Home- September 22, 2021
Pushover Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series
Powerhouse Films | 1954 | 88 min | Rated BBFC: PG | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Paul Sheridan is one of the duty-bound cops who stake out the apartment of Lana McLane, the girlfriend of a murderous bank robber. Sheridan makes a move on the beautiful blonde in order to get the lowdown on the stolen cash. When she turns on the heat, he falls for her, leading to a double-cross with fatal results.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir
Peter Ibbetson Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1935 | 88 min | Not rated | Aug 10, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Architect Peter Ibbetson is hired by the Duke of Towers to design a building for him. Ibbetson discovers that the Duchess of Towers, Mary, is his now-grown childhood sweetheart.
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Surreal
No Time for Love Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1943 | 83 min | Not rated | Aug 03, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
One of Hollywood’s favorite screen duos of all time, Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, join together in the romantic comedy No Time for Love. A working class man (MacMurray) falls for a sophisticated fashion photographer (Colbert), but the picture is not pretty when he loses his job and she hires him to be her assistant. This heartwarming classic proves the old adage that opposites attract!
Comedy / Romance
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Blu-ray Movie
Remastered / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1979 | 132 min | Rated PG | Sep 07, 2021 | Martin Liebman
A massive alien presence of enormous power enters Federation Space, destroying three powerful Klingon cruisers and neutralising everything in its path. As it heads towards Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk returns to the helm of an updated Enterprise and sets course to meet the aggressor head on.
Adventure / Mystery / Sci-Fi
Star Trek: The Motion Picture 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1979 | 132 min | Rated G | No Release Date | Martin Liebman
A massive alien presence of enormous power enters Federation Space, destroying three powerful Klingon cruisers and neutralising everything in its path. As it heads towards Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk returns to the helm of an updated Enterprise and sets course to meet the aggressor head on.
Adventure / Mystery / Sci-Fi
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Blu-ray Movie
Remastered | Director's Cut / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1982 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 117 min | Rated PG | Sep 07, 2021 | Martin Liebman
As Admiral James T. Kirk and Captain Spock monitor trainees at Starfleet Academy, another vessel from the United Federation of Planets is about to try out the planet-creating Genesis Device in a seemingly deserted portion of space. In the process, two of Kirk's officers are captured by Khan, an enemy Kirk thought he'd never see again. Once more, Kirk takes the Enterprise's helm, where he meets Khan's ship in an intergalactic showdown.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1982 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 117 min | Rated PG | Sep 06, 2022 | Martin Liebman
As Admiral James T. Kirk and Captain Spock monitor trainees at Starfleet Academy, another vessel from the United Federation of Planets is about to try out the planet-creating Genesis Device in a seemingly deserted portion of space. In the process, two of Kirk's officers are captured by Khan, an enemy Kirk thought he'd never see again. Once more, Kirk takes the Enterprise's helm, where he meets Khan's ship in an intergalactic showdown.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
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