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Home- August 14, 2019
Escape Plan: The Extractors Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 88 min | Rated R | Jul 02, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
After security expert Ray Breslin is hired to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Hong Kong tech mogul from a formidable Latvian prison, Breslin's girlfriend is also captured. Now he and his team must pull off a deadly rescue mission to confront their sadistic foe and save the hostages before time runs out.
Action / Thriller
Radioland Murders Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1994 | 108 min | Rated PG | Aug 13, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
It's 1939 and WBN, a fourth radio network, is about to debut across America's airwaves. Unfortunately, one by one, the cast begins to die. Roger, a writer, must find the elusive killer while the survivors try to keep the radio station on air.
Comedy / Mystery
Disturbing Behavior Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1998 | 84 min | Rated R | Mar 22, 2016 | Martin Liebman
The new kid in town stumbles across something sinister about the town's method of transforming its unruly teens into upstanding citizens.
Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Teen
- August 13, 2019
V: The Original Miniseries Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1983 | 197 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
Fifty spaceships, each three miles across, hover ominously above Earth's major cities. The Visitors that emerge are humanlike in appearance and extend the hand of friendship. Our planet's resources are just what these aliens need to survive. And for its future survival, unsuspecting humankind will need...a miracle! Kenneth Johnson's science-fiction spectacular V mixes dynamic special effects with cliffhanger thrills. As fascist rule enslaves the globe, freedom fighters battle to save our species from reptilian invaders who hide behind sleek uniforms and benevolent behavior.
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Avengers: 4-Movie Collection 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2012-2019 | 4 Movies | 614 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 13, 2019 | Martin Liebman
See individual films.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Cruising Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 1980 | 102 min | Rated R | Aug 20, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A police detective goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Erotic
The Witches Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1990 | 92 min | Rated PG | Aug 20, 2019 | Randy Miller III
While holidaying at a seaside resort, a young boy stumbles upon a witch convention.
Family / Fantasy / Horror
Bruckner: The Symphonies Blu-ray Movie
Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker / Blu-ray Audio / Blu-ray + CD
Deutsche Grammophon | 1975-1981 | 577 min | Not rated | Jul 12, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
The Fate of Lee Khan Blu-ray Movie
迎春閣之風波 / Yíng chūn gé zhī fēng bō
Film Movement | 1973 | 105 min | Not rated | Jul 23, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
Lee Khan, a high official under Mongolian Emperor Yuan of the Yuan dynasty (year 1366) procures the battle map of the Chinese rebel Chu Yuan-chang's army. Rebel spies, aided by treachery within Khan's ranks, strive to corner him in an inn.
Action / Drama / Martial arts / Foreign / Period
- August 12, 2019
Avengers: Endgame 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2019 | 181 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 13, 2019 | Martin Liebman
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
Alien: Covenant 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2017 | 122 min | Rated R | Aug 15, 2017 | Martin Liebman
The crew of a colony ship uncovers a threat beyond their imagination and must attempt a harrowing escape.
Adventure / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2017 | 129 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 03, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Captain Jack Sparrow searches for the trident of Poseidon.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
The Haunting of Sharon Tate Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 94 min | Rated R | Jun 04, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
Pregnant with director Roman Polanski's child and awaiting his return from Europe, 26-year-old Hollywood actress Sharon Tate becomes plagued by visions of her imminent death.
Crime / Horror
The Harder They Come Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition
Shout Factory | 1972 | 2 Movies | 103 min | Rated R | Aug 20, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
Wishing to become a successful Reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds himself tied to corrupt record producers and drug pushers.
Crime / Drama / Music
The Revolt of the Slaves Blu-ray Movie
La rivolta degli schiavi
Kino Lorber | 1960 | 102 min | Not rated | Dec 04, 2018 | Neil Lumbard
In this biblical drama, set during the waning years of the Roman Empire, the trouble begins as the Christians continue to be persecuted. The daughter of a wealthy patrician whips the stuffing out of a newly purchased Christian slave who stubbornly refuses to wrestle in the ring. Later the girl and the slave fall in love, and she comes to understand their plight. She then learns that some of her closest friends and relatives are closet Christians.
Adventure / Foreign / Epic
Alice, Sweet Alice Blu-ray Movie
Communion / Holy Terror
Arrow | 1976 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 107 min | Rated R | Aug 06, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Who is the murderer behind the mask? Is sweet, 12-year-old Alice capable of killing her young sister minutes before she will receive her first holy communion? Or is it someone else with a vicious plan that is haunting her family? Watch in terror and suspense as Brooke Shields makes her film debut in this shocking thriller directed by Alfred Sole. Says Roger Ebert, "...Director Alfred Sole has a nice touch for the macabre, and there are some splendidly chilling scenes."
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Brightburn Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + 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
High Life Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2018 | 113 min | Rated R | Jul 09, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Takes place beyond the solar system in a future that seems like the present. About a group of criminals who accept a mission in space to become the subjects of a human reproduction experiment. They find themselves in the most unimaginable situation after a storm of cosmic rays hit the ship.
Adventure / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Psychological thriller
- August 11, 2019
Le Doulos Blu-ray Movie
The Finger Man
Kino Lorber | 1962 | 109 min | Not rated | Jul 02, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
French new wave icon Jean-Paul Belmondo stars as Silien, a poker-faced crook who may or may not have squealed on newly sprung gangster Maurice Faugel (Serge Reggiani) in this ice-cool noir from the great Jean-Pierre Melville.
Crime / Thriller / Foreign
The Poison Rose Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 97 min | Rated R | Jun 25, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
John Travolta stars as Carson Phillips, an ex-football star turned PI, who's got a soft spot for a lady in distress. Like the classic tales spun by the masters, he takes on a routine missing persons case which slowly reveals itself to be a complex interwoven web of crimes, suspects and dead bodies. When he discovers his long lost daughter is the number one suspect, he races a ticking clock to save her, solve the murders, and uncover the town's dirty secrets.
Crime / Thriller