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Shazam! 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2019 | 132 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 16, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson's case, by shouting out one word - SHAZAM! - this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult superhero Shazam.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Waiting in the Summer: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
あの夏で待ってる
Sentai Filmworks | 2012-2014 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 20, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
When a group of friends decide to make a movie over a long summer holiday, they end up learning a little about filmmaking and a lot more about each other and themselves. What begins as a simple way to avoid the summer doldrums quickly turns into something much more complex, intimate, and downright revealing. As the summer heats up, so do the maturing relationships between the young cast members, taking some new, and sometimes unexpected, turns. Get ready for a whole new look at summer romance as hidden emotions get captured and secrets meant to be kept hidden inside young hearts instead spill off the screen for your viewing pleasure in WAITING IN THE SUMMER!
Anime / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Teen / Foreign
Death Takes a Holiday Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1934 | 79 min | Not rated | Jul 23, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
When the Grim Reaper goes on a three-day holiday, he takes the form of a visiting prince and falls for a woman both in love with life and infatuated with death.
Drama / Fantasy / Romance
The Milky Way Blu-ray Movie
La voie lactée
Kino Lorber | 1969 | 101 min | Rated PG | Jul 23, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
Jean and Pierre are drifters who travel from Paris to Spain on the Way of St. James pilgrimage route. On the journey, the two men encounter many strangers who debate aspects of Catholic faith as well as heresies that have been rejected by the religion. Their trek defies time as they meet historical figures such as Jesus and the Marquis de Sade.
Comedy / Drama / Foreign / Surreal
Dead of Night Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1945 | 104 min | Not rated | Jul 09, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
An architect senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality. The guests at the country house encourage him to stay as they take turns telling supernatural tales.
Horror / Thriller
- August 21, 2019
The Black Cannon Incident Blu-ray Movie
World Cinema Library #020 / WCL Exclusive / Limited to 700 sets / 黑炮事件 / Hēi Pào Shì Jiàn
Disk Kino | 1985 | 99 min | Not rated | May 08, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Engineer Zhao Shuxin likes playing chess a lot. Once during his business trip, he loses a black cannon chessman which leads to unexpected consequences for him.
Comedy / Drama / Foreign
The Champagne Murders Blu-ray Movie
Le scandale
Kino Lorber | 1967 | 105 min | Not rated | Jul 09, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
A champagne tycoon's partner suspects his partner's gigolo husband of murders he's been framed for.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign
Riverdale: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 2018-2019 | 929 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 13, 2019 | Michael Reuben
Riverdale's third season is dominated by a bizarre role-playing game, Griffons & Gargoyles, that is linked to a dark secret in the town's past. In the present, the game may, or may not, be connected to a mysterious cult known as "the Farm", where a charismatic leader named Edgar presides. An extended flashback with the youthful cast portraying their parents, a high-school musical production of "Heathers", and the quest for the identity of the fearsome "Gargoyle King" highlight the season.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Teen / Comic book
Rambo 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2008 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 99 min | Unrated | Sep 03, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Vietnam War veteran John Rambo leaves his job as a river boatman to accompany a group of mercenaries on a daring rescue mission.
Action / Thriller / War
Stand by Me 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Sony Pictures | 1986 | 89 min | Rated R | Aug 27, 2019 | Martin Liebman
After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.
Adventure / Drama / Teen / Coming of age
Brightburn 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2019 | 91 min | Rated R | Aug 20, 2019 | Martin Liebman
What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi
Last Year at Marienbad Blu-ray Movie
L'année dernière à Marienbad
Kino Lorber | 1961 | 95 min | Not rated | Aug 20, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In a huge, old-fashioned luxury hotel, a stranger tries to persuade a married woman to run away with him, but it seems she hardly remembers the affair they may have had (or not?) last year at Marienbad.
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Foreign / Surreal
The Witches Blu-ray Movie
The Devil's Own
Shout Factory | 1966 | 91 min | Not rated | Mar 19, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson
1960s British B-movie chiller featuring voodoo, the supernatural and general dark arts. A comely young British teacher takes up a remote posting in darkest Africa where the local juju man lays a hex on her. She has a breakdown and is forced to return to the UK. There, she takes up a post at a rural school where all appears well on the surface. It turns out, however, that the place is a hotbed of witchery and darkness and that a virgin sacrifice is planned for the near future. The film was directed by Cyril Frankel, who'd made Hammer's 1960 child abuse drama 'Never Take Sweets from a Stranger', and the script was by Quatermass author Nigel Kneale.
Horror / Thriller / Supernatural
- August 20, 2019
Mississippi Burning Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1988 | 128 min | Rated R | Jun 18, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Two FBI agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Roxanne Blu-ray Movie
Retro VHS Collection
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1987 | 107 min | Rated PG | Aug 13, 2019 | Martin Liebman
The large-nosed C.D. Bales is in love with the beautiful Roxanne; she falls for his personality but another man's looks.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
A Dog's Journey Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2019 | 109 min | Rated PG | Aug 20, 2019 | Martin Liebman
A dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets.
Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Family
Sweet Charity Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1969 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 130 min | Rated G | Aug 20, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Shirley Maclaine stars as dance hall hostess Charity Hope Valentine, a woman whose faith in the virtues of old-fashioned romance is knocked by a string of disastrous romances. Robbed of her earnings by her absconding boyfriend, she suffers further heartbreaks at the hands of an Italian movie star and a nervy insurance clerk. Bob Fosse's musical comedy features songs like 'Big Spender,' 'If My Friends Could See Me Now,' 'Rhythm of Life' and 'There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This'.
Comedy / Drama / Music / Musical / Romance
The Buster Keaton Collection: Volume 3 Blu-ray Movie
Battling Butler / Seven Chances
Cohen Media Group | 1925-1926 | 2 Movies | 136 min | Not rated | Aug 20, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Comedy / Family / Romance / Western
Seven Chances Blu-ray Movie
Cohen Film Collection
Cohen Media Group | 1925 | 56 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
To inherit a fortune, a man races to find a bride by 7 p.m.
Comedy / Family / Romance
Battling Butler Blu-ray Movie
Cohen Film Collection
Cohen Media Group | 1926 | 77 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Based on the popular stage musical, Battling Butler stars Keaton as a pampered socialite who pretends to be a famed prizefighter in order to impress his girlfriend's bullying brothers.
Comedy / Western