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Home- September 25, 2020
California Dreaming Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1979 | 93 min | Rated R | Aug 19, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
T.T. (Dennis Christopher), a Midwesterner, has traveled to the beaches of California for a dose of the surfin' life. He believes that the people he finds there are glamorous and knowledgeable. They reject his Midwestern nerdiness, make fun of him, and generally give him a hard time for not fitting in and wanting to. However, eventually he figures out that they are no wiser than he is, and that their lives are surprisingly empty.
Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi
Bad Education Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 2019 | 109 min | Rated TV-MA | Sep 08, 2020 | Randy Miller III
The unfolding of the single largest public school embezzlement scandal in history.
Comedy / Drama
Vitalina Varela Blu-ray Movie
Second Run | 2019 | 125 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Aug 31, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A Cape Verdean woman navigates her way through Lisbon, following the scanty physical traces her deceased husband left behind and discovering his secret, illicit life.
Drama / Foreign
- September 24, 2020
Whiplash 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2014 | 107 min | Rated R | Sep 22, 2020 | Martin Liebman
A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by a vicious jazz band instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
Drama / Music / Psychological thriller
Whiplash 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2014 | 107 min | Rated R | Sep 22, 2020 | Martin Liebman
A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by a vicious jazz band instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
Drama / Music / Psychological thriller
To Your Last Death Blu-ray Movie
Quiver Films | 2019 | 92 min | Not rated | Oct 06, 2020 | Martin Liebman
In order to save her siblings, a young woman takes on her father and the powerful entity known as Gamemaster, who ensnares humans into diabolical plots while her species gambles on the outcome.
Action / Animation / Horror
Town Bloody Hall Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1979 | 86 min | Not rated | Aug 18, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus document a debate between Norman Mailer and four feminists.
Documentary
- September 23, 2020
B: The Beginning: Season One Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 2018 | 301 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 06, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
The tiny city-state of Cremona has been shocked by a string of gruesome murders. As only vicious killers are being targeted, and from an enigmatic mark left at each crime scene, people call this mysterious executioner, "Killer B". When former detective Keith Kazama Flick is called back on duty after an eight-year-long hiatus, a new team assembles at the Royal Investigation Service with the purpose of putting an end to the bloodshed. But Keith appears burdened by too many ghosts from his past. And as much greater and ominous scheme starts emerging, he will need to come to terms with them all.
Action / Anime / Crime / Foreign
Thomas and the Magic Railroad Blu-ray Movie
20th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 2000 | 86 min | Rated G | Sep 29, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
On her way to see her Grandpa Burnett, young Lily gets on the wrong train and ends up lost. Fortunately, she meets the tiny Mr. Conductor, who shows her a magical railway where the plucky little steam engine Thomas pulls the line from the enchanted town of Shining Time to the island of Sodor. Thomas' rival is the bigger (and meaner) Diesel Ten, who has already put one of Thomas' allied engines, The Lady, out of commission. Without The Lady, the Conductor has no source for the magic gold dust that allows him to travel from Sodor to Shining Time in the wink of an eye, so Lily and Thomas have to find a way to find more for him.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel Blu-ray Movie
Second Run | 2018 | 446 min | Rated Exempt | Jul 13, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
CzechMate - in Search of Jiri Menzel directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, is an in-depth exploration of the work of renowned Czech director Jiri Menzel and the Czech New Wave.
Documentary / Foreign
Killing Eve: Season 3 Blu-ray Movie
RLJ Entertainment | 2020 | 360 min | Not rated | Sep 15, 2020 | Randy Miller III
A security operative hunts for an assassin. Based on the Villanelle novellas by Luke Jennings.
Thriller / Dark humor
The Runner Stumbles Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1979 | 109 min | Rated PG | May 19, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
Father Rivard is a priest in a small coal mining town. Working on what he thinks is a controversial work, he lives with the brutal lives of his poor parishioners, the old, unfriendly nuns in the nearby convent, and his own self doubts. When Rita, an energetic and bright young Sister, arrives at the parish, he finds someone he can talk to, someone with whom he has much in common. This sets into motion a series of events that leads to Sister Rita's death - and the indictment of Father Rivard in that act.
Drama
Lucky Grandma Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 2019 | 100 min | Not rated | Aug 11, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
Set in New York City's Chinatown, an ornery, chain-smoking Chinese grandma goes all in at the casino, landing herself on the wrong side of luck - and in the middle of a gang war.
Comedy / Crime / Drama
The Tatami Galaxy: Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
四畳半神話大系 / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
FUNimation Entertainment | 2010 | 275 min | Rated TV-MA | Sep 03, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
College is full of opportunities to leave one's comfort zone. One third year student is constantly fantasizing about how his life might differ had he joined various campus circles—chasing, with mixed results, an idealistic rose-colored campus life where romance, friendships, and purpose fuse into a perfect university experience… at least until bad luck, questionable decisions, and dubious relationships enter the mix!
Anime / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Foreign / Surreal
- September 22, 2020
Clockwise Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1986 | 96 min | Rated PG | Sep 01, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A tightly wound, punctilious headmaster's well-organised life unravels in a series of disasters on his journey to a conference.
Comedy
Legend of the Lost Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1957 | 109 min | Not rated | Dec 12, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A wealthy treasure hunter employs a brawling, jailbird adventurer to help him find a hidden treasure in the Sahara, but eventually a young woman, along for the ride and looking to marry the wealthy man, comes between them.
Action / Adventure / Drama
Young Ahmed Blu-ray Movie
Le jeune Ahmed
Kino Lorber | 2019 | 84 min | Not rated | Jun 16, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.
Drama / Foreign
Stephen King 5-Movie Collection Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1983-2019 | 5 Movies | 756 min | Rated R | Sep 15, 2020 | Martin Liebman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Adventure / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural / Epic
The Dead Zone Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1983 | 104 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman
When Johnny Smith awakens from a coma caused by a car accident, he finds that years have passed, and he now has psychic abilities. Heartbroken that his girlfriend has moved on with her life, Johnny also must contend with his unsettling powers, which allow him to see a person's future with a mere touch.
Horror / Thriller / Supernatural
Silver Bullet Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1985 | 95 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman
The small town of Tarker's Mill was a place that was very peaceful, where nothing ever happened. Until one night, murders begin. The town people believe its some maniac killer on the loose and intend to hunt the man down. Marty, a young handicapped boy, believes that the killer is no man at all, but a werewolf.
Adventure / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller