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Home- October 10, 2020
The Haunting Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Presents #10 / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1999 | 113 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 20, 2020 | Martin Liebman
When Eleanor, Theo, and Luke decide to take part in a sleep study at a huge mansion they get more than they bargained for when Dr. Marrow tells them of the house's ghostly past.
Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural
Vampire in Brooklyn Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1995 | 102 min | Rated R | Sep 15, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Maximillian is the only survivor from a race of vampires on a Caribbean Island, and as a vampire, he must find a mate to keep the line from ending.
Comedy / Horror
Adaptation. Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2002 | 115 min | Rated R | Oct 20, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is hired to adapt "The Orchid Thief," a nonfiction book by Susan Orlean about an eccentric orchid breeder, John Laroche, but he becomes completely blocked. Meanwhile, Charlie's happy-go-lucky twin brother, Donald, dashes off a potboiler thriller based on multiple personality disorder. As Charlie continues to struggle, we see Laroche and Orlean in flashbacks, but past and present converge, as Charlie "writes himself" into his screenplay, and he and Donald begin to collaborate.
Comedy / Drama / Dark humor / Surreal
The Wonderland Blu-ray Movie
Birthday Wonderland / バースデー・ワンダーランド
Shout Factory | 2019 | 115 min | Not rated | Oct 06, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
Akane is a girl with no self-confidence. On the day before her birthday, she meets a mysterious alchemist named Hippocrates, and his student Pipo. They tell her they're on a mission to save the world. Together, they set out from the basement for "Wonderland," and Akane finds herself labelled Wonderland's savior.
Adventure / Anime / Family / Fantasy / Foreign
- October 09, 2020
Star Trek: Picard - Season One Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2020 | 485 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 06, 2020 | Martin Liebman
14 years after Captain Jean-Luc Picard retired from Starfleet, Patrick Stewart is back to reprise his iconic role. After the destruction of the Planet Romulus, we follow Picard as he tracks down a series of mysteries about his past. From co-creators Alex Kurtzman, Kirsten Beyer, Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon, and Academy Award winner Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind), Picard sets out on a new adventure against a legion of dangerous foes, with the help from a few returning characters–Data, Riker, and Seven of Nine–and a whole new crew.
Adventure / Sci-Fi
Saving Private Ryan 4K Blu-ray Movie
Commemorative 20th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1998 | 169 min | Rated R | Oct 06, 2020 | Martin Liebman
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Action / Drama / History / War / Melodrama / Epic
Shivers Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Series / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 1975 | 88 min | Not rated | Sep 15, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are being infected by a strain of parasites that turn them into mindless, sex-crazed fiends out to infect others by the slightest sexual contact.
Horror / Sci-Fi
The Passenger Blu-ray Movie
Professione: reporter
Sony Pictures | 1975 | 126 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 22, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A melancholy, depressed and jaded television reporter assumes the identity of a dead man while at a hotel in a north African country, not knowing that the man was a renowned arms smuggler. The newsman sees this switch as a last desperate chance to escape his old life and start anew. However, as he begins to take on the characteristics of his new persona and understand his shady involvements, the decision becomes a risky one, which leads to an inevitable showdown.
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
Spellcaster Blu-ray Movie
Vinegar Syndrome Archive
Vinegar Syndrome | 1988 | 83 min | Rated R | Sep 29, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
A group of people are killed one by one while participating at a million dollar treasure hunt in a mysterious Italian castle.
Horror / Mystery
Killing Birds Blu-ray Movie
Zombie 5: Killing Birds
Vinegar Syndrome | 1987 | 92 min | Not rated | Oct 27, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
A group of students goes into the woods to study birds, and soon the dead begin to rise to devour the living.
Horror
- October 08, 2020
Batman: Death in the Family Blu-ray Movie
DC Showcase / Animated Shorts Collection / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2020 | 5 Movies, 11 Cuts | 86 min | Rated R | Oct 13, 2020 | Randy Miller III
In this very first interactive animated DC movie, you get to decide the direction Jason Todd's fate.
Action / Animation / Comic book
Uncommon Valor Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1983 | 105 min | Rated R | Sep 15, 2020 | Martin Liebman
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese. Supported by his father (a retired military man himself) and a rich businessman whose son was also a POW, the group engages in a dangerous and violent adventure trying to rescue the POWs and at the same time re-direct their lives.
Action / Drama / Thriller / War
The Two Jakes Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1990 | 138 min | Rated R | Sep 15, 2020 | Martin Liebman
The sequel to Chinatown finds Jake Gittes investigating adultery and murder... and the money that comes from oil.
Crime / Thriller
Roger Waters: Us + Them Blu-ray Movie
Sony Music | 2019 | 135 min | Not rated | Oct 02, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A concert film shot Amsterdam on the European leg of Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters' 2017 – 2018 Us + Them tour, which saw him perform to over two million people worldwide, the film features songs from his legendary Pink Floyd albums (The Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, Animals, Wish You Were Here) and from his last album, Is This The Life We Really Want?
Music
- October 07, 2020
Daughters of Darkness 4K Blu-ray Movie
Les lèvres rouges | 4K Restoration / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + CD
Blue Underground | 1971 | 100 min | Not rated | Oct 27, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Elizabeth Bathory is an ageless Countess with a beautiful young 'companion' and a legendary legacy of perversion. But when the two women seduce a troubled newlywed couple, they unleash a frenzy of sudden violence and depraved desire that shocked both art house audiences and grindhouse crowds worldwide.
Horror / Erotic
RWBY: Volume 7 Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 2019-2020 | 208 min | Not rated | Oct 13, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Team RWBY is reunited, and their first mission is one of grave importance: escorting the Relic of Knowledge to Atlas. With the world seemingly crumbling around them and Grimm lurking around every corner, traversing Remnant to reach their destination will be more dangerous than anyone could have imagined.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Supernatural
- October 06, 2020
The Art of Love Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1965 | 99 min | Not rated | Sep 22, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.
Comedy
Barefoot in the Park Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1967 | 106 min | Rated G | Sep 15, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Paul Bratter, a conservative young lawyer, marries a vivacious young woman, Corrie. Their highly passionate relationship descends into comical discord in a five-flight New York City walk-up apartment.
Comedy / Romance
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Blu-ray Movie
Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
Criterion | 2019 | 122 min | Rated R | Jun 23, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
On an isolated island in Bretagne at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Drama / History / Romance / Foreign
- October 05, 2020
The Longest Yard Blu-ray Movie
Umbrella Entertainment | 1974 | 121 min | Rated ACB: M | Jul 08, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards.
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Sport