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Home- September 17, 2020
Rick and Morty: Season 4 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2019-2020 | 223 min | Rated TV-MA | Sep 22, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Welcome to the world of Rick and Morty, a genius inventor grandfather and his less than genius grandson. Missing for nearly 20 years, Rick arrives at his daughter’s doorstep looking to move in, but her husband isn’t too thrilled. Rick converts the garage into his lab and involves Morty in his insane adventures.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Dark humor
- September 16, 2020
The Raging Moon Blu-ray Movie
Long Ago, Tomorrow
Kino Lorber | 1971 | 112 min | Not rated | Sep 01, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home. But this doesn't slow his lust for life. Then he meets Jill and has to think about the effects of disability.
Drama / Romance
My Hero Academia: Season Three, Part One Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
FUNimation Entertainment | 2018 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | May 07, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
Summer is here, and the heroes of Class 1-A and 1-B are in for the toughest training camp of their lives, when a student gets taken away by the League of Villains, it's time for All Might's most critical battle with the mastermind, All for One!
Action / Anime / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Teen / Comic book / Foreign
Hocus Pocus 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1993 | 96 min | Rated PG | Sep 15, 2020 | Martin Liebman
After three centuries, three witch sisters are resurrected in Salem, Massachusetts on Halloween night, and it is up to two teenagers, a young girl, and an immortal cat to put an end to their reign of terror once and for all.
Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Supernatural / Holiday
Hocus Pocus 4K Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1993 | 96 min | Rated PG | Sep 15, 2020 | Martin Liebman
After three centuries, three witch sisters are resurrected in Salem, Massachusetts on Halloween night, and it is up to two teenagers, a young girl, and an immortal cat to put an end to their reign of terror once and for all.
Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Supernatural / Holiday
Home Alone 4K Blu-ray Movie
30th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1990 | 103 min | Rated PG | Sep 15, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin’s house, the plucky kid stands ready to defend his territory. By planting booby traps galore, adorably mischievous Kevin stands his ground as his frantic mother attempts to race home before Christmas Day.
Comedy / Family / Holiday
Home Alone 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1990 | 103 min | Rated PG | Sep 15, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin’s house, the plucky kid stands ready to defend his territory. By planting booby traps galore, adorably mischievous Kevin stands his ground as his frantic mother attempts to race home before Christmas Day.
Comedy / Family / Holiday
My Hero Academia: Season Two, Part Two Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
FUNimation Entertainment | 2017 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 05, 2018 | Neil Lumbard
Our young heroes start their first internships with real pros, and just hearing the name of Deku's mentor leaves All Might shaking in his boots! Put on blast by some serious training, Deku will see how far he can push his new skills when a classmate gets cornered by Hero Killer: Stain. The fight leaves a lasting impression before Class 1-A goes back to the grind for final exams. It's time to set aside old rivalries as the students face their toughest opponents yet - their teachers.
Action / Anime / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Teen / Comic book / Foreign
InuYasha: Set 2 Blu-ray Movie
犬夜叉
Viz Media | 2001 | 644 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 11, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
Together with their friends Miroku, Shippo, Sango and Kirara, Inuyasha and Kagome continue their search for the shards of the Sacred Jewel. Their task, however, is not made any easier by Naraku, who continually seems to be inventing newer and more dangerous ways to thwart them.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Supernatural / Comic book / Foreign / Period
InuYasha: Set 1 Blu-ray Movie
犬夜叉
Viz Media | 2000-2001 | 621 min | Rated TV-14 | Jul 14, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
Kagome is a modern schoolgirl who doesn't believe in the old myths and legends surrounding her grandfather's shrine. That is, until the day she falls into the shrine's well and into another time! In Japan's ancient past, Kagome joins the half demon Inuyasha on a quest to find the scattered shards of the Shikon Jewel.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Supernatural / Comic book / Foreign / Period
Scorsese Shorts Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1963-1978 | 5 Movies | 136 min | Not rated | May 26, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Comedy / Crime / Documentary / Drama / Short
Italianamerican Blu-ray Movie
included with "Scorsese Shorts" release
Criterion | 1974 | 50 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese interviews his mother, Catherine, and father, Charles, in this short documentary filmed in the couple's Little Italy apartment. The Scorseses discuss their origins in Italy, life after the war, their ancestors and extended family, and their religious beliefs. They also explore their immigration to America, the poverty they endured, and the hardships they felt as expatriates, not to mention the recipe for Catherine's famous meatballs.
Documentary / Short
American Boy Blu-ray Movie
included with "Scorsese Shorts" release
Criterion | 1978 | 55 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Director Martin Scorsese talks to actor Steven Prince about his past. As the night goes on, Prince reveals some very amusing and moving stories of his experiences with drugs and violence.
Documentary
The Big Shave Blu-ray Movie
included with "Scorsese Shorts" release
Criterion | 1967 | 5 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
An anonymous young man enters a pristine white bathroom and begins shaving to the tune of Bunny Berigan's 1939 recording of "I Can't Get Started". The man shaves slowly and methodically, stoically piercing through his skin and bloodying his surroundings.
Drama / Short
It's Not Just You, Murray! Blu-ray Movie
included with "Scorsese Shorts" release
Criterion | 1964 | 16 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Now middle-aged, mobster Murray looks back at his humble beginnings as a bootlegger and his rise to becoming wealthy and highly influential.
Comedy / Crime / Short
What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? Blu-ray Movie
included with "Scorsese Shorts" release
Criterion | 1963 | 10 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A writer named Algernon (but called Harry by his friends) buys a picture of a boat on a lake, and his obsession with it renders normal life impossible.
Comedy / Drama / Short
A Nightmare on Elm Street Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1984 | 91 min | Rated R | Sep 15, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Nancy is having nightmares about a frightening, badly-scarred figure who wears a glove with razor-sharp "finger knives." She soon discovers that her friends are having similar dreams. When the kids begin to die, Nancy realizes that she must stay awake to survive. Uncovering the secret identity of the dream killer and his connection with the children of Elm Street, the girl plots to draw him out into the real world.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural / Surreal
Beau Travail Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1999 | 93 min | Not rated | Sep 15, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A military man finds his position of prominence questioned when a new recruit wins the commander's favor.
Drama / Foreign
- September 15, 2020
Ride Your Wave Blu-ray Movie
きみと、波にのれたら / Kimi to, nami ni noretara / Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 2019 | 96 min | Not rated | Aug 04, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
A surfer and firefighter meet and fall in love.
Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Foreign
The Incredible Hulk 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2008 | 112 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 08, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Scientist Bruce Banner desperately seeks a cure for the gamma radiation that contaminated his cells and turned him into The Hulk. Cut off from his true love Betty Ross and forced to hide from his nemesis, Gen. Thunderbolt Ross, Banner soon comes face-to-face with a new threat: a supremely powerful enemy known as The Abomination.
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic book