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Home- March 29, 2020
The Fan Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1996 | 116 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman
When the San Francisco Giants pay centerfielder Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes) $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supportive than #1 fan Gil Renard (Robert De Niro). So when Rayburn becomes mired in the worst slump of his career, the obsessed Renard stops at nothing to help his idol regain his former glory... not even murder.
Drama / Sport / Thriller
The Contractor Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2007 | 98 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman
Retired marksman James Dial (Wesley Snipes) lives a secluded life on his ranch in Montana. Haunted by his failure to exterminate one of the world's most notorious terrorists, he is approached by his old employers to finish the job in London, where the terrorist leader has been captured and is under heavy protection. What would be a routine mission for the sniper turns into a nightmare as Dial is forced into hiding and relentlessly pursued by the British police and their lead investigator, Windsor (Charles Dance). But when Dial is framed for Windsor's murder, he begins to realize that he has been seriously double-crossed. His only hope is a 12-year-old girl whom Dial reluctantly befriends as he desperately searches to find the killer and the truth behind his betrayal.
Action / Drama / Thriller
The Contractor / The Fan Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1996-2007 | 2 Movies | 221 min | Rated R | Mar 17, 2020 | Martin Liebman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Drama / Sport / Thriller
- March 28, 2020
Trailer Trauma V: 70s Action Attack Blu-ray Movie
Garagehouse Pictures | 2020 | 183 min | Not rated | Mar 31, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
No synopsis for this title.
Spectre 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 2015 | 148 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 17, 2020 | Martin Liebman
A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Action / Adventure / Crime / Thriller
Spectre Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2015 | 148 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 09, 2016 | Martin Liebman
A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Action / Adventure / Crime / Thriller
VFW 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
RLJ Entertainment | 2019 | 92 min | Not rated | Mar 31, 2020 | Randy Miller III
A typical night for a group of war veterans at the local VFW turns into an all-out battle for survival when a teenage girl runs into the bar with a bag of stolen drugs. Suddenly under attack from a gang of punk mutants looking to get back what’s theirs – at any cost – the vets use every weapon they can put together to protect the girl, and their VFW, in the biggest fight of their lives.
Action / Horror
VFW Blu-ray Movie
RLJ Entertainment | 2019 | 91 min | Not rated | Apr 07, 2020 | Randy Miller III
A typical night for a group of war veterans at the local VFW turns into an all-out battle for survival when a teenage girl runs into the bar with a bag of stolen drugs. Suddenly under attack from a gang of punk mutants looking to get back what’s theirs – at any cost – the vets use every weapon they can put together to protect the girl, and their VFW, in the biggest fight of their lives.
Action / Horror
Corporate Animals Blu-ray Movie
Screen Media | 2019 | 86 min | Rated R | Nov 05, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
Lucy is the egotistical megalomaniac CEO of Incredible Edibles, America's premier provider of edible cutlery. In her infinite wisdom, Lucy leads her staff including her long-suffering assistants, Freddie and Jess, on a corporate team-building caving weekend to New Mexico. When disaster strikes, not even their useless guide, Brandon, can save them. Trapped underground by a cave-in, this mismatched and disgruntled group must pull together in order to survive.
Comedy / Horror
Record City Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1977 | 93 min | Rated PG | Mar 16, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
Lighthearted comedy chronicling the exploits of the employees at a record store.
Comedy
The Captain Blu-ray Movie
The Chinese Pilot / 中国机长 / Zhōng guó jī zhǎng
Well Go USA | 2019 | 111 min | Not rated | Mar 31, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Based on a real-life incident in May 2018, when the cockpit windshield of a Sichuan Airlines flight shattered while the plane was flying 30,000 feet above the Tibetan Plateau. The co-pilot was sucked halfway out of the cockpit and passengers started losing consciousness due to low pressure, but the captain managed to land the plane safely.
Drama / Thriller / Foreign
Unintended Blu-ray Movie
Special Edition
FilmRise | 2018 | 92 min | Not rated | Apr 14, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A young woman repressed the memory of having killed someone when she was twelve years old. Thirteen years later, that memory comes back.
Drama
- March 27, 2020
2020 CFP National Championship Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Team Marketing | 2020 | 158 min | Not rated | Mar 10, 2020 | Martin Liebman
The 2020 CFP National Championship Game includes the commercial-free game broadcast as well as the trophy presentation. It is a great addition to any fan's collection!
Sport
Count Dracula Blu-ray Movie
Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht / + Cuadecuc, Vampir
Severin Films | 1970-1971 | 2 Movies | 164 min | Not rated | Dec 15, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Infamous Spanish horror director Jesus Franco created this surprisingly low key and faithful adaptation of the Bram Stoker novel. Christopher Lee, who played the same role in Britain's Hammer Films, does a first rate job as the undead Transylvanian count with a thirst for blood. Frederick Williams is Harker, the young lawyer who travels to the count's castle and winds up a prisoner, while Dracula goes off of to London to seduce his wife, Mina (Maria Rohm). Soledad Miranda plays Lucy, Dracula's first victim, and Klaus Kinski is an unusually underplayed Renfield...
Documentary / Horror
1917 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2019 | 119 min | Rated R | Mar 24, 2020 | Martin Liebman
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake, are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers, with Blake’s own brother among them.
Drama / History / Thriller / War
The Cranes Are Flying Blu-ray Movie
Летят журавли / Letyat zhuravli
Criterion | 1957 | 96 min | Not rated | Mar 24, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Veronica and Boris are blissfully in love until World War II tears them apart. With Boris at the front, Veronica must try to ward off spiritual numbness and defend herself from the increasingly forceful advances of her beau's draft-dodging cousin.
Drama / Romance / War / Foreign
- March 26, 2020
Black Christmas Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2019 | 92 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 17, 2020 | Martin Liebman
A group of students are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. A remake of the 1974 horror film 'Black Christmas'.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Holiday
Cameraperson Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 2016 | 103 min | Not rated | Feb 07, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Cinematographer Kirsten Johnson exposes her many years behind the camera through a memoir made up of decades of footage shot all over the world.
Documentary
Future World Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2018 | 90 min | Rated R | Jul 10, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.
Sci-Fi
- March 25, 2020
Standing Up, Falling Down Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2019 | 91 min | Not rated | Mar 31, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
A comedy about the unlikely friendship that kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A., forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island with his tail between his legs, and a tragically flawed, but charming and charismatic, alcoholic dermatologist. Discovering to be kindred spirits, each helps the other find healing, in addition to the confidence to face the "failures" in their lives.
Comedy / Drama