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Home- March 19, 2020
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
Hitchcock: British International Pictures Collection Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1927-1931 | 5 Movies | 441 min | Not rated | Dec 10, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
See individual titles for their synopses.
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Thriller
The Skin Game Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1931 | 77 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other.
Drama
The Manxman Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1929 | 90 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
Poor fisherman Pete falls in love with Kate, the daughter of a landlord on the Isle of Man. Pete decides to leave on his ship to earn some money and then to marry the girl.
Drama
Champagne Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1928 | 86 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
In this silent film, a wealthy man pretends to be bankrupt to teach his daughter a lesson.
Comedy
The Farmer's Wife Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1928 | 129 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
Farmer Sweetland is a lonely old widower. He is determined to marry again and he enlists the help of his housekeeper Minta to pick a wife from the local single women.
Comedy / Romance
The Ring Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1927 | 116 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
Two boxers spar over the affections of one woman.
Drama / Romance / Thriller
The Stalking Moon Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1968 | 109 min | Rated G | Mar 17, 2020 | Randy Miller III
Veteran Army scout Sam Varner (Gregory Peck) agrees to escort a former Apache captive (Eva Marie Saint) and her half-Indian son to safety across a sprawling Southwest of desert wastelands and imposing mountains. But shadowing their path is a renegade killer dead set on getting the boy back.
Western
Escape Plan 2: Hades Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2018 | 94 min | Rated R | Jun 29, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Sequel to the 2013 film that featured a security expert named Ray Breslin, who used his skills to test out the reliability of maximum security prisons.
Action / Thriller
Der müde Tod Blu-ray Movie
Destiny / Masters of Cinema / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 1921 | 98 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jul 24, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. The woman finds a mystic entrance and is met by Death, who tells her three separate stories set in exotic locales, all involving circumstances similar to hers. In each story, a woman, trying to save her lover from his ultimate tragic fate, fails. The young lady realizes the meaning of the tales and takes the only step she can to reunite herself with her lover...
Fantasy / Mystery / Foreign / Surreal
All the Gods in the Sky Blu-ray Movie
Tous les dieux du ciel / Blu-ray + DVD
Extralucid Films | 2018 | 110 min | Not rated | Feb 18, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
30-year-old factory worker Simon lives a solitary existence on a decrepit farm in the remote French countryside. Devoting his time to caring for his sister Estelle, who was left severely disabled when a childhood game went horribly wrong, Simon is plagued by guilt and depression. But he sees a way out, looking to otherworldly forces as a means of liberating both himself and his sister from the corporeal prisons in which they are confined.
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Long Day's Journey Into Night Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 1962 | 170 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Mar 16, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Author Eugene O'Neill gives an autobiographical account of his explosive homelife, fused by a drug-addicted mother, a father who wallows in drink after realizing he is no longer a famous actor and an older brother who is emotionally unstable and a misfit. The family is reflected by the youngest son, who is a sensitive and aspiring writer.
Drama / Melodrama / Period