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Home- April 06, 2020
Just Mercy Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2019 | 137 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 14, 2020 | Randy Miller III
Just Mercy shadows world-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson as he recounts his experiences and details the case of a condemned death row prisoner whom he fought to free.
Drama
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1980 | 127 min | Rated PG | Mar 31, 2020 | Martin Liebman
After the destruction of the Death Star, the Galactic Empire continues to pursue the Rebel Alliance. After the Rebellion's defeat on the ice planet of Hoth, Luke journeys to the planet Dagobah to train with Jedi Master Yoda, who has lived in hiding since the fall of the Republic. In an attempt to convert Luke to the dark side, Darth Vader lures young Skywalker into a trap in the Cloud City of Bespin.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Epic
- April 05, 2020
The Great Escape Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1963 | 172 min | Not rated | May 12, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
Adventure / Drama / History / War / Epic / Period
Their Finest Hour: 5 British WWII Classics Blu-ray Movie
Film Movement | 1942-1958 | 5 Movies | 572 min | Not rated | Mar 31, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Adventure / Drama / History / Thriller / War
Went the Day Well? Blu-ray Movie
48 Hours
Film Movement | 1942 | 92 min | Not rated | Mar 31, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The residents of a British village during WWII welcome a platoon of soldiers who are to be billeted with them. The trusting residents then discover that the soldiers are Germans who proceed to hold the village captive.
Thriller / War
The Colditz Story Blu-ray Movie
Film Movement | 1955 | 98 min | Not rated | Mar 10, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Colditz Castle, was the fortress to which the German High Command sent officers who had attempted to escape from conventional prison camps.
Drama / War
The Dam Busters Blu-ray Movie
Film Movement | 1955 | 124 min | Not rated | Mar 09, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The true story of Operation Chastise, when in 1943 the RAF's 617 Squadron attacked the Ruhr Dams.
Action / Drama / History / War
Dunkirk Blu-ray Movie
Film Movement | 1958 | 136 min | Not rated | Mar 09, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A dramatization of the true story of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the seaborne evacuation that saved it from destruction by Nazi Germany.
Drama / History / War
Ice Cold in Alex Blu-ray Movie
Film Movement | 1958 | 130 min | Not rated | Mar 09, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
1942: The Libyan war zone, North Africa. After a German invasion a British ambulance crew are forced to evacuate their base but become separated from the rest of their unit.
Adventure / Drama / War
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1977 | 125 min | Rated PG | Mar 31, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Nineteen years after the formation of the Galactic Empire, young Luke Skywalker is thrust into the struggle of the Rebel Alliance when he meets Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, who has lived for years in seclusion on the desert planet of Tatooine. Obi-Wan begins Luke's Jedi training as Luke joins him on a daring mission to rescue the beautiful Rebel leader Princess Leia from the clutches of the evil Galactic Empire.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Epic
- April 04, 2020
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray Movie
Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war / Two Merry Adventurers
Kino Lorber | 1937 | 111 min | Not rated | Feb 18, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
Hans Albers and Heinz Rühmann play two confidence tricksters. They manage to stop a night train for nefarious purposes, and impersonate Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Romantic involvement with two young British female travelers ensues, but the plot deepens into the disappearance of rare Mauritius postage stamps which they undertake to recover, in their role as Holmes and Watson.
Comedy / Crime / Romance / Foreign
Munchhausen Blu-ray Movie
Münchhausen
Kino Lorber | 1943 | 134 min | Not rated | Feb 18, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
A 1940's descendant (Hans Albers) of an eccentric German Baron recounts some of his ancestor's enhanced, exaggerated, and grandly unrealistic stories as he searches the world for the secret of eternal life.
Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Foreign
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2016 | 134 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 31, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Jyn Erso, a Rebellion soldier and criminal, is about to experience her biggest challenge yet when Mon Mothma sets her out on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star. With help from the Rebels, a master swordsman, and non-allied forces, Jyn will be in for something bigger than she thinks.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Blood and Sand Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1922 | 104 min | Not rated | Feb 11, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
Juan is the son of a poor widow in Seville. Against his mother's wishes he pursues a career as toreador. He rapidly gains national prominence, and takes his childhood sweetheart Carmen as his bride. He meets the Marquis' daughter Dona Sol, and finds himself in the awkward position of being in love with two women, which threatens the stability of his family and his position in society.
Drama / Romance
Dziga Vertov: The Man with the Movie Camera and Other Newly-Restored Works Blu-ray Movie
Flicker Alley | 1924-1934 | 279 min | Not rated | Jun 02, 2015 | Neil Lumbard
A cameraman travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.
Documentary / History / Short / Foreign
The Bolshevik Trilogy Blu-ray Movie
Mother / The End of St. Petersburg / Storm Over Asia | Мать / Конец Санкт-Петербурга / Потомок Чингиз-хана
Flicker Alley | 1926-1928 | 3 Movies | 291 min | Not rated | Mar 10, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
A collection of silent era films by director Vsevolod Pudovkin.
Drama / War
Storm Over Asia Blu-ray Movie
Flicker Alley | 1928 | 114 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
In 1918 a simple Mongolian herdsman escapes to the hills after brawling with a western capitalist fur trader who cheats him. In 1920 he helps the partisans fight for the Soviets against the occupying army. However he is captured when the army tries to requisition cattle from the herdsmen at the same time as the commandant meets with the reincarnated Grand Lama. After being shot, the army discovers an amulet that suggests he was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. They find him still alive, so the army restores his health and plans to use him as the head of a Mongolian puppet regime.
Drama / War / Foreign
The End of St. Petersburg Blu-ray Movie
Flicker Alley | 1927 | 85 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
A peasant comes to St. Petersburg to find work. He unwittingly helps in the arrest of an old village friend who is now a labor leader. The unemployed peasant is also arrested and sent to fight in World War I. After three years, he returns ready for revolution.
Drama / Foreign
Mother Blu-ray Movie
Flicker Alley | 1926 | 89 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
The Film Version of Gorki's Great Story of the 1905 Revolution.
Drama
- April 03, 2020
Highway Racer Blu-ray Movie
Poliziotto Sprint / IGCC No. 21
Camera Obscura | 1977 | 101 min | Not rated | Feb 17, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A hot-shot police driver has more guts than brains, often landing him in hot water with his middle-aged mentor, who was once a legendary police interceptor responsible for numerous large scale arrests. (IMDB)
Action / Crime / Foreign