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Home- December 14, 2020
La Strada Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1954 | 109 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Gelsomina is sold by her mother into the employ of Zampanò, a brutal strongman in a traveling circus. When Zampanò encounters an old rival in highwire artist the Fool, his fury is provoked to its breaking point.
Drama / Foreign
Total Recall 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 1990 | 114 min | Rated R | Dec 08, 2020 | Randy Miller III
Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he’s off to Mars to find out who he is and who planted the chip.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Weathering with You 4K Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition | 天気の子 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + CD
Shout Factory | 2019 | 111 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 17, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
High school freshman Hodaka Morishima leaves his home on an isolated island and moves to Tokyo, but he quickly finds himself in financial trouble. Living his days in isolation, he eventually lands a job as a writer for a shady occult magazine. Then one day in an alley, Hodaka meets a young girl named Hina Amano, bright and strong-willed, who possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.
Anime / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Romance / Foreign
Girlfriends Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1978 | 88 min | Rated PG | Nov 10, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When her best friend and roommate abruptly moves out to get married, Susan, trying to be an artist while making ends meet as a bar mitzvah photographer on Manhattan's Upper West Side, finds herself adrift in both life and love.
Comedy / Drama
- December 13, 2020
Just Visiting Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 2001 | 88 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 14, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
It's 12th century France and Count Thibault of Malfete (Jean Reno) finds his beautiful bride-to-be (Christina Applegate) done in by malevolent magic. So he and his loyal servant Andre (Christian Clavier) request the help of a local wizard to right the wrong and bring his beloved back. But the wizardry goes awry and the pair is transported to 21st century Chicago where they meet Thibault's descendant Julia (Applegate) and her scheming fiancé. With their timeless values of honor and courage, they wreak havoc as they foil diabolical plots in modern-day Chicago and try to find their way back home.
Comedy / Fantasy
Sorry, Wrong Number Blu-ray Movie
Imprint #02
Imprint | 1948 | 89 min | Rated ACB: PG | May 27, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Whilst on the telephone, an invalid woman overhears what she thinks is a plot to murder her.
Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller
- December 12, 2020
Yellowstone: Season 3 Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2020 | 431 min | Not rated | Dec 08, 2020 | Martin Liebman
John Dutton (Kevin Costner) and his family deal with numerous issues involved with owning the largest ranch in the US including politicians, land/oil developers, an Indian reservation, and its neighbor, Yellowstone Park.
Drama / Western
The Barbarians Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1987 | 88 min | Not rated | Dec 01, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
The professional wrestling world's battling "Barbarian Brothers" are featured as the heroes in this sword-and-sorcery fantasy film. They're out to rescue their lovely queen and retrieve a magic ruby, stolen from them years before.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Foreign
The Whistle Blower Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1986 | 100 min | Rated PG | Oct 27, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable.
Thriller
The Winslow Boy Blu-ray Movie
Imprint #15
Imprint | 1999 | 104 min | Rated ACB: G | Oct 28, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
When a young boy claims he was expelled for something he didn't do, his father sacrifices everything to defend his family's honor.
Drama / Period
Toni Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1935 | 84 min | Not rated | Aug 25, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Italian immigrant Antonio Canova becomes entangled in relationships with his landlady and the young, hot-blooded Spaniard, Josefa. As Josefa's life disintegrates through rape and a necessitous marriage to a brutish foreman, Toni is caught up in a series of marriages gone sour and the psychological fragility of those he cares for.
Crime / Drama / Romance / Foreign
- December 11, 2020
The Good Die Young Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
BFI Video | 1954 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 98 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jul 20, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In London, three otherwise law-abiding good men and their unscrupulous leader are about to commit a serious crime, but for different reasons.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller
Ava Blu-ray Movie
Vertical Entertainment | 2020 | 97 min | Rated R | Nov 24, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Ava is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wrong she is forced to fight for her own survival.
Action / Crime / Drama
Tenet 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2020 | 150 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 15, 2020 | Randy Miller III
Set in “the afterlife” of a world of international espionage, “Tenet” follows Washington’s operative as he races against the clock to prevent World War III.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Tenet Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2020 | 150 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 15, 2020 | Randy Miller III
Set in “the afterlife” of a world of international espionage, “Tenet” follows Washington’s operative as he races against the clock to prevent World War III.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
- December 10, 2020
Road Games Blu-ray Movie
Roadgames | Indicator Series | Limited Edition
Powerhouse Films | 1981 | 100 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Dec 14, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer who uses a young female hitchhiker as bait to lure victims on a desolate Australian highway.
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
The Croods 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2013 | 98 min | Rated PG | Nov 17, 2020 | Martin Liebman
After their cave is destroyed, a caveman family must trek through an unfamiliar fantastical world with the help of an inventive boy.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Monster Dog Blu-ray Movie
Leviatán | Limited Mediabook Edition Cover A / Blu-ray + DVD
Camera Obscura | 1984 | 84 min | Not rated | Nov 15, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Alice Cooper plays a pop star who takes his band to his hometown to shoot his latest video. They are greeted by the sheriff (whom he's known since a kid) that warn him that there's been several murders in the area where the bodies were ripped to shreds. The police think it's a pack of wild dogs, but Alice knows differnt.
Horror
The Milagro Beanfield War Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1988 | 118 min | Rated R | Sep 29, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
When a local resort owner wants to expand, farmer Joe takes a stand. The eccentric locals divide on the issue, but organized action mixed with a little magic unites them to fight for their rights.
Drama / Supernatural
Ip Man: The Complete Collection 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Well Go USA | 2008-2019 | 4 Movies | 426 min | Not rated | Dec 15, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Biography / Drama / History / Martial arts / Foreign