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Home- January 30, 2020
Terminator: Dark Fate 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2019 | 128 min | Rated R | Jan 28, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Sarah Connor and a hybrid cyborg human must protect a young girl from a newly modified liquid Terminator from the future.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Doctor Sleep Blu-ray Movie
Includes Director's Cut / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2019 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 180 min | Rated R | Feb 04, 2020 | Randy Miller III
Years later following the events of "The Shining", now-adult Danny meets a young girl with similar powers as his and tries to protect her from a cult.
Horror / Mystery / Psychological thriller / Supernatural
The Wizard of Oz 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1939 | 102 min | Rated G | Oct 29, 2019 | Martin Liebman
Young girl and her dog are swept away by a tornado to the magical land of Oz. They embark on a quest to see the Wizard who can help them return home.
Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Musical
Shutter Island 4K Blu-ray Movie
10th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Paramount Pictures | 2010 | 138 min | Rated R | Feb 11, 2020 | Martin Liebman
A U.S. Marshal is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a murderer, who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane.
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Period
The National Health Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition | Indicator Series / Blu-ray + DVD
Powerhouse Films | 1973 | 95 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Aug 28, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A scattershot satire of the red tape and inconsistencies of England's National Health program, the film is set in the men's ward of an old, crumbling hospital.
Comedy
- January 29, 2020
Flesh Eating Mothers Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Vinegar Syndrome | 1988 | 90 min | Rated R | Feb 25, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
A venereal disease turns an entire town of two-timing mothers into cannibals!
Comedy / Horror
Summer Days with Coo Blu-ray Movie
Kappa no Coo to Natsuyasumi / Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 2007 | 138 min | Not rated | Jan 21, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
Kochi Uehara is a fourth grade student living in the suburb of Tokyo. One day he picks up a large stone which turns out to be a fossil of a baby "Kappa" (a mythical Japanese water creature) sleeping underground for the past 300 years, and names it "Coo". Koichi and Coo become good friends and starts living with his family. However, Coo could not adjust to life in Tokyo and starts to miss his family. On a hot summer day, Koichi and Coo decide to go on an adventurous road trip to find his own kind.
Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Foreign
You'll Never Be Alone Blu-ray Movie
Nunca Vas a Estar Solo
Altered Innocence | 2016 | 82 min | Not rated | Feb 11, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
When his cross-dressing teenage son suffers a brutally violent attack, a mannequin-factory manager desperately seeks help and, when none can be found, is forced to take matters into his own hands. Based on a true story.
Drama / Foreign
Ray Harryhausen Double Feature Blu-ray Movie
First Men In The Moon / 20 Million Miles To Earth
Umbrella Entertainment | 1957-1964 | 2 Movies | 186 min | Rated PG | Nov 06, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
This Ray Harryhausen Double Feature brings together First Men In The Moon and 20 Million Miles To Earth. <br><br> See individual titles for their synopsis.
Adventure / Horror / Sci-Fi
First Men in the Moon Blu-ray Movie
Umbrella Entertainment | 1964 | 103 min | Rated PG | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
H.G. Wells’ fantastic account of life on the moon is vividly brought to the screen by special effects master Ray Harryhausen in this amazing sci-fi epic featuring extraterrestrial creatures. The film begins with a team of United Nations astronauts planning an upcoming moon mission. The astronauts are both confused and intrigued by a man (Edward Judd) who claims he, his fiancée and a scientist journeyed to the moon 65 years ago and were attacked by "Selenites," grotesque, human-like ant forms that live in immense crystal caverns. Now it’s up to the U.N. team to attempt a lunar landing that could be more horrifying than ever believed possible. Directed by Nathan Juran (Attack of the 50-Foot Woman), First Men In The Moon also stars Martha Hyer and Lionel Jeffries.
Adventure / Sci-Fi
20 Million Miles to Earth Blu-ray Movie
Umbrella Entertainment | 1957 | 83 min | Rated PG | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
When an American spaceship crash-lands off the coast of Sicily, a rescue team discovers that the crew has brought back a gelatinous mass that soon hatches and evolves into a strange bi-ped creature which increases in size rapidly. Soon 20-feet tall, the creature rampages through Rome before being destroyed as it seeks refuge in the Colosseum.
Horror / Sci-Fi
Playing with Fire Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2019 | 96 min | Rated PG | Feb 04, 2020 | Martin Liebman
A crew of rugged fighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids.
Comedy
- January 28, 2020
Secret Friends Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series | Limited Edition
Powerhouse Films | 1991 | 97 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Feb 24, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John into an identity crisis. As his marital problems merge and blur into his fantasy life with prostitutes and call girls, a long-dormant secret friend of his childhood surfaces in his delusions.
Drama / Fantasy
Matewan Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1987 | 133 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 29, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.
Drama / History
Heist Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2001 | 109 min | Rated R | Dec 17, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A career thief and his team plan a complex robbery of a shipment of Swiss gold bullion from a cargo plane, but their fence insists that his cocky nephew join the team to keep an eye on the job—and possibly to steal the gold for his uncle.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Heist
- January 27, 2020
Orphans Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series | Limited Edition
Powerhouse Films | 1998 | 101 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jan 27, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Four grown up children come together the night before the funeral of their mother in Glasgow. While Thomas sings a tribute in the local pub, a fight breaks out and Michael is stabbed. John wants to avenge his brother, while Thomas goes to chapel with his sister Sheila for an all-night vigil. Even here, though, is not safe, as a storm tears the roof from the church. Each sibling must find their own way to come to terms with their grief during a turbulent long, dark night of mishaps and misunderstandings. After an emotional and traumatic night, the siblings eventually reunite in grief.
Comedy / Drama
Krypton: The Complete Second & Final Season Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2019 | 420 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 14, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet, Krypton follows Superman’s grandfather — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos.
Action / Drama / Comic book
The Immortal Story Blu-ray Movie
Une histoire immortelle / English and French versions
Criterion | 1968 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 58 min | Not rated | Aug 30, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A sailor bets he can seduce a wealthy man's wife, not knowing the man has hired a woman to play the role.
Drama / Romance / Foreign
- January 26, 2020
Museo Blu-ray Movie
Museum
Kino Lorber | 2018 | 126 min | Not rated | Jan 21, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In 1985, a group of criminals mock the security of the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City to extract 140 pre-Hispanic pieces from their showcases.
Crime / Drama / Foreign
Motherless Brooklyn Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2019 | 144 min | Rated R | Jan 28, 2020 | Randy Miller III
Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog, a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome, as he ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Period