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Home- February 12, 2020
The Fly Collection Blu-ray Movie
The Fly / Return of the Fly / Curse of the Fly / The Fly / The Fly II
Shout Factory | 1958-1989 | 5 Movies | 480 min | Rated R | Dec 10, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Be Afraid ... Be Very Afraid ... Experience the ultimate in horror with The Fly Collection, featuring the chilling original trilogy, the eye-popping '80s remake and its terrifying sequel. Packed with hours of fascinating special features, this 5-disc set includes 1958's The Fly starring Vincent Price; The Return Of The Fly, in which the son of the original scientist continues his father's work; and The Curse Of The Fly, in which a woman finds she's married into the wrong family. David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of The Fly electrified audiences with its ground-breaking, gooey effects and the riveting performance by Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle, a scientist whose teleporting experiment takes a tragic toll. The hair-raising sequel to the remake stars Eric Stoltz as Seth Brundle's son, who is beginning to show the effects of his father's experiment. Get ready for hours of skin-crawling terror as you witness a transformation like no other – from man to fly.
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
The Fly II Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1989 | 105 min | Rated R | Dec 10, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Raised in the confines of a laboratory at the enigmatic Bartok Industries, young Martin Brundle discovers that he's inherited insect genes from his father, Seth Brundle, the scientist who first morphed into The Fly years before. Worse, Martin realizes that powerful CEO Anton Bartok has nefarious plans for him, and now, Martin must use his fly powers to stop the madman's schemes.
Horror
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2015-2019 | 4 Seasons | 1514 min | Rated TV-14 | Feb 18, 2020 | Martin Liebman
A woman escapes from a doomsday cult and starts life over again in New York City.
Comedy / Drama
Spider-Man: Far From Home / Spider-Man: Homecoming / Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse / Venom Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2017-2019 | 4 Movies | 491 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 03, 2019 | Martin Liebman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Teen / Comic book
Ford v Ferrari Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2019 | 155 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 11, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physics and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford and challenge Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
Action / Biography / Drama / Sport
- February 11, 2020
Endless Night Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series | Limited Edition
Powerhouse Films | 1972 | 100 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Feb 24, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Based on an Agatha Christie suspense novel; a newly-wed couple are threatened after building their dream home on cursed land.
Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Trial by Jury Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 1994 | 107 min | Rated R | Jan 28, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Valerie is a juror in the trial of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Here Comes Peter Cottontail Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Universal Studios | 1971 | 43 min | Not rated | Feb 04, 2020 | Martin Liebman
It's time to choose the next chief Easter Bunny, and Peter Cottontail really wants the job. Everyone in April Valley agrees he's the best bunny for it, but someone else wants the top spot too. When evil Irontail's terrible plans threaten to ruin the holiday for children everywhere, it's up to Peter to restore the true magic of Easter.
Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Holiday
The Breakfast Club Blu-ray Movie
35th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1985 | 97 min | Rated R | Feb 04, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover they have a lot more in common than they thought.
Comedy / Drama / Teen / Coming of age
The Peace Killers Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1971 | 86 min | Rated R | Nov 08, 2022 | Brian Orndorf
Bikers kidnap a young woman and disrupt a peaceful way of life in a quiet commune.
Action / Crime / Drama
Pet Sematary Two Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition
Shout Factory | 1992 | 100 min | Rated R | Feb 25, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
The "sematary" is up to its old zombie-raising tricks again. This time, the protagonists are Jeff Matthews, whose mother died in a Hollywood stage accident, and Drew Gilbert, a boy coping with an abusive stepfather
Horror / Thriller
Mon Mon Mon Monsters! Blu-ray Movie
Guai guai guai guaiwu!
RLJ Entertainment | 2017 | 112 min | Not rated | Feb 04, 2020 | Randy Miller III
A bullied boy and his tormentors discover a creature while doing school-mandated community service. Claiming her for their own, the group of kids keep the creature captive, revealing the monster within themselves as her ferocious sister scours the city in search of her missing sibling.
Horror / Dark humor / Foreign
The Point Blu-ray Movie
50th Anniversary Ultimate Edition | MVD Rewind Collection
MVD Visual | 1971 | 74 min | Not rated | Feb 18, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The creatures who live in the Land of Point all have pointy features, except Oblio, whose circular head is unusual. Singled out because of his appearance, Oblio is exiled to the Pointless Forest. In the process, he learns that it doesn't matter what you look like -- it's who you are on the inside that counts.
Adventure / Animation / Family
Return to Paradise Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1998 | 2 Movies | 111 min | Rated R | Jan 14, 2020 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Two friends must choose whether to help a third friend who was arrested in Malaysia for drug possession.
Drama
- February 10, 2020
Paranoia Blu-ray Movie
A Quiet Place to Kill / The Italian Collection #56
88 Films | 1970 | 94 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jan 27, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A race-car driver whose life, both personal and professional, is in a rapid downfall is invited by her ex-husband's new wife to stay at their plush estate. The two women form a bond, and it's not long before their mutual dislike for the husband culminates into a plan to kill him. As it turns out, though, they're not alone in plotting murder.
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign
Manon Blu-ray Movie
Arrow Academy
Arrow | 1949 | 100 min | Not rated | Feb 25, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An adaptation of Abbe Prevost's classic French novel 'Manon Lescaut', updated to post-World War II France, in which a former French Resistance activist rescues Manon from villagers who want to lynch her for collaborating with the Nazis. They move to Paris, but their relationship quickly turns stormy after they get involved in profiteering, prostitution and murder...
Crime / Drama / Foreign
- February 09, 2020
Until the End of the World Blu-ray Movie
Bis ans Ende der Welt | Director's Cut
Criterion | 1991 | 288 min | Not rated | Dec 10, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Claire, a young Frenchwoman who comes into contact with a large sum of money stolen during a bank heist; in her travels she picks up a mysterious American hitchhiker, who himself steals some of the money before parting from her company.
Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
- February 08, 2020
Diabolically Yours Blu-ray Movie
Diaboliquement vôtre
Kino Lorber | 1967 | 93 min | Not rated | Nov 19, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A wealthy amnesiac begins to suspect that his devoted wife is not really his wife, and that he may not be the man people keep telling him he is.
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign
A Thousand and One Erotic Nights 1 & 2 Blu-ray Movie
Standard Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Vinegar Syndrome | 1982-1988 | 2 Movies | 168 min | Rated X | Jan 28, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
A sheik's concubine, who has displeased him and has been ordered by him to be executed, strikes a deal with him: her execution will be postponed as long as she will relate one erotic tale to him each night.
Comedy / Fantasy / Erotic
The Nightingale Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2018 | 136 min | Rated R | Feb 04, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
Set in 1825 in the British penal colony of Van Diemen's Land (now the Australian state of Tasmania), the film follows a young convict woman seeking revenge on a soldier who murdered her family.
Adventure / Drama / Thriller / Period