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Home- March 20, 2020
Brothers Till We Die Blu-ray Movie
La banda del gobbo / The Italian Collection #57
88 Films | 1978 | 98 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Feb 24, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Vincenzo 'hunchback' plans a robbery on a armored police van with his gang. Once the job is done, his gang try to kill him and absconds with the loot. Vincenzo hides in the sewers before looking up his friend Monezza who the police later interrogate for his involvement with vincenzo. Meanwhile, Vincenzo is getting revenge on his gang by killing them off one at the time in his various brutal ways.
Action / Thriller / Foreign
Murder by Death Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1976 | 95 min | Rated PG | Dec 18, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson
The world's greatest detectives have been invited to dinner. But when murder is on the menu, who will make it to dessert?
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Thriller
Jumanji: The Next Level 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2019 | 123 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 17, 2020 | Martin Liebman
A team of friends return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own but discover that nothing is as they expect. The players need to brave parts unknown, from arid deserts to snowy mountains, in order to escape the world's most dangerous game.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family
Beauty and the Beast Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2017 | 129 min | Rated PG | Jun 06, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Belle (Emma Watson), a bright, beautiful and independent young woman, is taken prisoner by a beast (Dan Stevens) in its castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle's enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the beast's hideous exterior, allowing her to recognize the kind heart and soul of the true prince that hides on the inside.
Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance
Mysterious Object at Noon Blu-ray Movie
ดอกฟ้าในมือมาร / Dokfa nai meuman
Second Run | 2000 | 85 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Apr 25, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A film crew travels from the Thai countryside to Bangkok, asking the people they encounter along the way to continue a story about a handicapped boy and his teacher.
Documentary / Drama / Mystery / Foreign / Surreal
- March 19, 2020
A Fistful of Dynamite Blu-ray Movie
Giù la testa / Duck, You Sucker! | Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1971 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 157 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | May 11, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
At the beginning of the Mexican Revolution in 1913, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners — who are freed by the blast — Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.
Action / Adventure / War / Western / Foreign
Beauty and the Beast 4K Blu-ray Movie
The Signature Collection / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1991 | 85 min | Rated G | Mar 10, 2020 | Martin Liebman
In a quaint French village during the late 18th century, Belle, a bright and beautiful young woman, finds escape from her ordinary life, and the advances of a boorish suitor, Gaston, by reading books. Meanwhile, off in a castle in the distance, a cruel young prince is cast under the spell of an enchantress who turns him into a tormented beast, while transforming his servants into animated household objects. In order to remove the curse, the Beast must discover a true love who will return his affection before the last petal falls from an enchanted rose. When Belle’s inventor father stumbles upon the Beast’s castle and is taken prisoner, Belle comes to the rescue and agrees to take her father’s place. With the help of the castle’s enchanted staff, she sees beneath the Beast’s exterior and discovers the heart and soul of a human prince.
Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance
Beauty and the Beast 4K Blu-ray Movie
The Signature Collection / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1991 | 85 min | Rated G | Mar 10, 2020 | Martin Liebman
In a quaint French village during the late 18th century, Belle, a bright and beautiful young woman, finds escape from her ordinary life, and the advances of a boorish suitor, Gaston, by reading books. Meanwhile, off in a castle in the distance, a cruel young prince is cast under the spell of an enchantress who turns him into a tormented beast, while transforming his servants into animated household objects. In order to remove the curse, the Beast must discover a true love who will return his affection before the last petal falls from an enchanted rose. When Belle’s inventor father stumbles upon the Beast’s castle and is taken prisoner, Belle comes to the rescue and agrees to take her father’s place. With the help of the castle’s enchanted staff, she sees beneath the Beast’s exterior and discovers the heart and soul of a human prince.
Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance
War and Peace Blu-ray Movie
Война и мир / Voyna i mir
Criterion | 1965-1967 | 423 min | Not rated | Jun 25, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
The fates of three souls—the blundering, good-hearted Pierre; the heroically tragic Prince Andrei; and the radiant, tempestuous Natasha—collide amid the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars. Filmed in 70mm.
Drama / History / Romance / War / Foreign / Epic
Munster, Go Home! Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1966-1981 | 2 Movies | 96 min | Not rated | Mar 31, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
The laughs begin when Herman moves the family to an English estate he inherited.
Comedy / Family / Horror / Sci-Fi
Gemini Man 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Paramount Pictures | 2019 | 113 min | Rated FSK-12 | Feb 13, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
The story an older NSA agent who is trying to retire. He’s marked for death and learns that the man out to kill him is a younger cloned version of himself. Native 60fps (60Hz) movie with native 4K.
Action / Drama / Sci-Fi
Spider-Man: Far from Home 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Sony Pictures | 2019 | 129 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Nov 11, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
After the events of Avengers: Endgame, Peter Parker and his friends go on summer vacation to Europe and there Peter finds himself trying to save his friends against a villain known as Mysterio.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Universal Studios | 2019 | 136 min | Rated FSK-12 | Dec 12, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
Lawman Luke Hobbs and outcast Deckard Shaw form an unlikely alliance when a cyber-genetically enhanced villain threatens the future of humanity.
Action / Adventure / Thriller
A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman Blu-ray Movie
Through a Glass Darkly / Winter Light / The Silence
Criterion | 1961-1963 | 3 Movies | 268 min | Not rated | Jun 04, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
See individual titles for their synopses.
Drama / Foreign
Through a Glass Darkly Blu-ray Movie
Såsom i en spegel
Criterion | 1961 | 90 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
While vacationing on a remote island retreat, a family's fragile ties are tested when daughter Karin discovers her father has been using her schizophrenia for his own literary ends. As she drifts in and out of lucidity, Karin's father, her husband, and her younger brother are unable to prevent her descent into the abyss of mental illness.
Drama / Foreign
Winter Light Blu-ray Movie
Nattvardsgästerna
Criterion | 1963 | 82 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
Small-town pastor Tomas Ericsson performs his duties mechanically before a dwindling congregation, including his stubbornly devoted lover, Märta. When he is asked to assuage a troubled parishioner's debilitating fear of nuclear annihilation, Tomas is terrified to find that he can provide nothing but his own doubt.
Drama / Foreign
The Silence Blu-ray Movie
Tystnaden
Criterion | 1963 | 96 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
Two sisters—the sickly, intellectual Ester and the sensual, pragmatic Anna—travel by train with Anna's young son, Johan, to a foreign country that appears to be on the brink of war. Attempting to cope with their alien surroundings, each sister is left to her own vices while they vie for Johan's affection, and in so doing sabotage what little remains of their relationship.
Drama / Foreign
The Passion of Darkly Noon Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 1995 | 101 min | Not rated | Mar 24, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Brendan Fraser plays Darkley Noon, a disturbed young man who received a sheltered upbringing from his strict Christian parents. When the elder Noons pass on, Darkly wanders off aimlessly until he is picked up by a passing truck driver named Jude. Jude leaves the physically worn Darkly with Callie and Clay, a young married couple. As Callie cares for Darkly, he begins to develop romantic and sexual feelings for her, feelings that threaten to turn violent when Darkly is taunted by the love between Callie and Clay.
Drama / Thriller
- March 18, 2020
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2019 | 142 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 31, 2020 | Martin Liebman
When it's discovered that the evil Emperor Palpatine did not die at the hands of Darth Vader, the rebels must race against the clock to find out his whereabouts. Finn and Poe lead the Resistance to put a stop to the First Order's plans to form a new Empire, while Rey anticipates her inevitable confrontation with Kylo Ren.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Epic
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker 4K Blu-ray Movie
Ultimate Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2019 | 142 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 31, 2020 | Martin Liebman
When it's discovered that the evil Emperor Palpatine did not die at the hands of Darth Vader, the rebels must race against the clock to find out his whereabouts. Finn and Poe lead the Resistance to put a stop to the First Order's plans to form a new Empire, while Rey anticipates her inevitable confrontation with Kylo Ren.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Epic