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Men in Black: International 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2019 | 115 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 03, 2019 | Martin Liebman
A London-based team of Men in Black (MIB) secret agents become involved in a murder mystery that sends them traveling the globe.
Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Godzilla: King of the Monsters 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2019 | 132 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 27, 2019 | Martin Liebman
Members of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species-thought to be mere myths-rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Rocketman 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2019 | 121 min | Rated R | Aug 27, 2019 | Martin Liebman
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
Biography / Drama / Music / Musical
Hellboy 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 121 min | Rated R | Jul 23, 2019 | Martin Liebman
Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Merlin's consort and Nimue the Blood Queen. But their battle will bring about the end of the world, a fate he desperately tries to turn away.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
John Wick / John Wick Chapter 2 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2014-2017 | 2 Movies | 223 min | Rated R | Dec 05, 2017 | Martin Liebman
John Wick is forced to back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world’s deadliest killers.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Martial arts
War of the Worlds Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2005 | 117 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 07, 2014 | Martin Liebman
An alien invasion threatens the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Grace Quigley Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1985 | 87 min | Rated PG | Jul 16, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Grace Quigley is nearing the end of her life, living alone in her New York apartment. One day she witnesses a murder being committed by top hit-man, Seymour Flint. She decides to blackmail him into killing her, however, she has one or two friends he has to get rid of first.
Comedy
- September 03, 2019
Kind Hearts and Coronets Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1949 | 106 min | Not rated | Sep 03, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In the early twentieth century, young Louis Mazzini vows to take revenge on his family, the D'Ascoynes, when he learns how they disinherited his mother. Working his way into their trust, Louis begins to bump off his distant relatives one by one, but complications set in when Edith D'Ascoyne, the widow of his first victim, falls in love with him.
Comedy / Crime / Dark humor
Count Three and Pray Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 1955 | 102 min | Not rated | Sep 24, 2019 | Martin Liebman
A pastor with a shady past moves into a rural town just after the Civil War.
Drama / Western
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1969-1978 | 3 Seasons | 919 min | Rated TV-G | Sep 03, 2019 | Randy Miller III
A group of teenage friends and their Great Dane (Scooby-Doo) travel in a bright green van solving strange and hilarious mysteries, while returning from or going to a regular teenage function.
Animation / Comedy / Crime / Family / Mystery
- September 02, 2019
The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice Blu-ray Movie
お茶漬の味 / Ochazuke no aji / includes "What Did the Lady Forget?" (1937)
Criterion | 1952 | 116 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Secrets and deceptions strain the already tenuous relationship of a childless, middle-aged couple, as the wife's city-bred sophistication bumps up against the husband's small-town simplicity, and a generational sea change—in the form of her headstrong, modern niece—sweeps over their household.
Drama / Foreign
Aladdin Blu-ray Movie
The Signature Collection / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1992 | 91 min | Rated G | Sep 10, 2019 | Martin Liebman
In the heart of an enchanted city, a commoner named Aladdin and his mischievous monkey Abu battle to save the free-spirited Princess Jasmine from the schemes of the evil sorcerer Jafar. Aladdin's whole life changes with one rub of a magic lamp as a fun-loving, shape-shifting Genie appears and grants him three wishes, setting him on an incredible journey of discovery.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance
Aladdin 4K Blu-ray Movie
The Signature Collection | Ultimate Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1992 | 91 min | Rated G | Sep 10, 2019 | Martin Liebman
In the heart of an enchanted city, a commoner named Aladdin and his mischievous monkey Abu battle to save the free-spirited Princess Jasmine from the schemes of the evil sorcerer Jafar. Aladdin's whole life changes with one rub of a magic lamp as a fun-loving, shape-shifting Genie appears and grants him three wishes, setting him on an incredible journey of discovery.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance
The Landlord Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1970 | 112 min | Rated R | May 14, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson
At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert it into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind. He's grown fond of the black tenants and maybe has even fallen in love.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Two From Hell Blu-ray Movie
House of 1000 Corpses / The Devil's Rejects
Umbrella Entertainment | 2003-2005 | 2 Movies | 200 min | Rated MA15+ | May 01, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Crime / Horror / Thriller
House of 1000 Corpses Blu-ray Movie
Umbrella Entertainment | 2003 | 89 min | Rated MA15+ | Sep 07, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Two young couples take a misguided tour onto the back roads of America in search of a local legend known as Dr. Satan. Lost and stranded, they are set upon by a bizarre family of psychotics. Murder, cannibalism and satanic rituals are just a few of the 1000+ horrors that await.
Horror / Thriller / Dark humor
The Devil's Rejects Blu-ray Movie
Umbrella Entertainment | 2005 | 111 min | Rated MA15+ | Oct 04, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Ambushed at their homestead by Sheriff Wydell and a squad of armed men, the Firefly family awakens with guns blazing- yet only Otis and his sister, Baby, manage to escape unharmed. Taking refuge and hostages in a back-road motel, the wanted siblings rendezvous with their deranged partner in crime, Captain Spaulding, killing whoever happens to stand in their way. But as the body count mounts higher, Sheriff Wydell decides to "cross the line" and take the law into his own hands, paving the way for one of the most depraved and terrifying showdowns in cinematic history.
Crime / Horror / Thriller
The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew & Associates Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1960-1964 | 4 Movies, 5 Cuts | 170 min | Not rated | Apr 26, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Documentary / History
Primary Blu-ray Movie
Original and Shortened versions
Criterion | 1960 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 60 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
"A new kind of reporting, a new form of history," Robert Drew promised John F Kennedy. He was proposing that a revolutionary, small camera and sync sound recorder live with Kennedy day and night for nearly a week during the climax of his 1960 Wisconsin presidential primary run against Hubert Humphrey. The resulting film established a cinema verite template for films shot in the Kennedy White House.
Documentary / History
Adventures on the New Frontier Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1961 | 53 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A look at the daily business of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, with a focus on some of the political issues he faces six weeks into his term.
Documentary