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Home- September 21, 2019
Biloxi Blues Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1988 | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 17, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A group of young recruits go through boot camp during the Second World War in Biloxi Mississippi. From the play by Neil Simon.
Comedy / Drama
- September 20, 2019
The System Blu-ray Movie
The Girl-Getters | Indicator Series | Limited Edition
Powerhouse Films | 1964 | 90 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Sep 23, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The System is set in a British seaside village where the local young men mingle among the summer's tourists in search of sexual conquests. The group's leader, Tinker (Oliver Reed), aims to entrap a fashion model (Jane Merrow) from a well-to-do family, but he finds himself unexpectedly falling in love. With the tables turned, Tinker begins to see that maybe it's not the tourists who are being used in these sexual games.
Drama
Alps Blu-ray Movie
Alpeis
Kino Lorber | 2011 | 93 min | Not rated | Sep 03, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
A group of people start a business where they impersonate the recently deceased in order to help their clients through the grieving process.
Drama / Foreign
Reap the Wild Wind Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1942 | 123 min | Not rated | Sep 10, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
Clipper ships taking the shortest route between the Mississippi and the Atlantic often end up on the shoals of Key West in the 1840s. Salvaging the ships' cargos has become a lucrative business for two companies -- one headed by a feisty young woman. Then she falls in love with the captain of a wrecked ship while he recuperates at her home. She travels to Charleston and is charming to the man most likely to be head of the captain's company, thinking she will be able to get the captain the position he wants on the company's first steam ship.
Action / Adventure / Drama
- September 19, 2019
Polyester Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1981 | 86 min | Rated R | Sep 17, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A suburban housewife's world falls apart when her pornographer husband admits he's serially unfaithful to her, her daughter gets pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's feet.
Comedy / Dark humor
Yesterday Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2019 | 116 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 24, 2019 | Martin Liebman
A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles.
Comedy / Fantasy / Music
Yesterday 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2019 | 116 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 24, 2019 | Martin Liebman
A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles.
Comedy / Fantasy / Music
Country Music Blu-ray Movie
Ken Burns
PBS | 2019 | 941 min | Rated TV-PG | Sep 17, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
The story of the creation of modern Country music.
Documentary / Music
L' humanité Blu-ray Movie
Humanité
Criterion | 1999 | 147 min | Not rated | Jun 18, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
A profoundly alienated police detective, investigating the murder of a young girl, experiences jolting, epiphanous moments of emotional and physical connection.
Drama / Mystery / Foreign
- September 18, 2019
Batman 4-Film Collection 4K Blu-ray Movie
Batman / Batman Returns / Batman Forever / Batman & Robin / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1989-1997 | 4 Movies | 499 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 17, 2019 | Martin Liebman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Adventure / Crime / Fantasy / Thriller / Comic book / Holiday
La vie de Jésus Blu-ray Movie
The Life of Jesus
Criterion | 1997 | 97 min | Not rated | Jun 18, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
A group of bored, frustrated teenagers spend their time riding motorcycles around a drab city in northern France. They hurl insults at Arab immigrants, harass the weak and listlessly collect welfare. Gang leader Freddy has a crude sexual affair going with local girl Marie. When a young Arab named Kader expresses interest in Marie and she in turn responds to him, Freddy's gang is outraged, setting off a tragic chain of events.
Drama / Romance / Foreign
All Is True Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2018 | 101 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 13, 2019 | Martin Liebman
A look at the final days in the life of renown playwright William Shakespeare.
Biography / Drama / Period
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum 4K Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition of 35,000 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 131 min | Rated R | Sep 10, 2019 | Martin Liebman
John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the assassins' guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head, he is the target of hit men and women everywhere.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Martial arts
The Set-Up Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1949 | 73 min | Not rated | Sep 24, 2019 | Randy Miller III
Over-the-hill boxer Stoker Thompson thinks he can still win a bout despite doubts from his wife and his manager. He goes into his next fight determined to beat his opponent, not realizing his manager has taken money from a tough gambler to have Stoker take a dive.
Film-Noir / Sport
Washington Square Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1997 | 116 min | Rated PG | Jan 02, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Passionate tale of a young heiress who must choose between love or money. Based on the 1880 Henry James novel.
Drama / Romance
Blackmail Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1929 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 84 min | Not rated | Aug 13, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
A shopkeeper''s daughter fights off blackmail after she kills a young artist who had tried to rape her.
Crime / Thriller
The Wild Heart Blu-ray Movie
Gone to Earth
Kino Lorber | 1950 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 110 min | Not rated | Jun 25, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
A beautiful, superstitious, animal-loving Gypsy is hotly desired by a fox-hunting squire...even after she marries a clergyman.
Drama / Romance
Pasolini Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 2014 | 86 min | Not rated | Sep 17, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A dark, daring drama telling the story of the fateful final day of the controversial filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini. Having recently finished SALÓ, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM, Pasolini has enraged audiences, critics and politicians with his outspoken views, overt sexuality and the scandal that surrounds his films. Focusing on both his private and professional life, PASOLINI explores the inner world of the filmmaker in the hours leading up to his devastatingly brutal death.
Biography / Drama / Mystery
Aspen Extreme Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1993 | 118 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 27, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Two ski buddies, TJ Burke and Dexter Rutecki , move from Brighton, Michigan to Aspen to seek a better life. The two friends quickly become Aspen ski instructors, but women, drugs, and job troubles threaten to destroy their relationship. Along the way, TJ tries to realize his dream of becoming a professional writer, and the pair train for the upcoming Powder 8 ski competition.
Action / Drama / Sport
Avengers: Endgame 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Disney / Buena Vista | 2019 | 181 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Sep 02, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
Adrift in space with no food or water, Tony Stark sends a message to Pepper Potts as his oxygen supply starts to dwindle. Meanwhile, the remaining Avengers -- Thor, Black Widow, Captain America and Bruce Banner -- must figure out a way to bring back their vanquished allies for an epic showdown with Thanos -- the evil demigod who decimated the planet and the universe.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book