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Home- March 08, 2019
GameChangers: Dreams of BlizzCon Blu-ray Movie
Special Edition
FilmRise | 2018 | 91 min | Not rated | Dec 11, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In 1998 a single video game forever changed the world. The game was StarCraft. It would go on to become the foundation of esports (electronic sports) and the force behind the online streaming medium Twitch. This global phenomenon began in the modest South Korean internet cafés known as PC bangs. It was from these humble beginnings that our characters "MC" and "MMA" would begin their dreams. Dreams that eventually lifted them out of poverty and placed them on the world stage as champions. But a life in esports comes at a cost and as we follow these players throughout a year of their lives we find out just what it takes to compete at the highest level and achieve ones Dreams of Blizzcon.
Documentary
Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s, Volume 1 Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Technicolor cartoons
Warner Bros. | 1942-1957 | 99 min | Not rated | Dec 11, 2018 | Randy Miller III
122 cartoons starring Popeye the Sailor were produced by Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios (later known as Paramount Cartoon Studios) from 1942 to 1957, after Paramount took ownership of Fleischer Studios, which originated the Popeye cartoon series in 1933. All cartoons were one-reel in length (6 to 10 minutes). The first 14 shorts (You're a Sap, Mr. Jap through Cartoons Ain't Human) were in black-and-white. All remaining cartoons, beginning with Her Honor the Mare, were in color.
Animation / Comedy / Short / Comic book
- March 07, 2019
NFL Super Bowl LIII Champions: New England Patriots Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
NFL Productions | 2019 | 74 min | Not rated | Mar 05, 2019 | Martin Liebman
Winning never gets old, it just gets better and better and better. For the Sixth time in franchise history the New England Patriots are Super Bowl Champions - capping off a triumphant 2018 season with a victory over the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII. Re-live the excitement of the 2018 New England Patriots thrilling season as NFL Films takes you through each game from opening night in phoenix, through a 11-win regular season. Super Bowl LIII Champions New England Patriots is a must-have for any fan of one of the greatest dynasties in NFL history.
Sport
Captain America: The First Avenger 4K Blu-ray Movie
Cinematic Universe Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2011 | 124 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 26, 2019 | Martin Liebman
Steve Rogers volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America. As Captain America, Rogers joins forces with Bucky Barnes and Peggy Carter to wage war on the evil HYDRA organization, led by the villainous Red Skull.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic book / Period
Captain America: The First Avenger 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2011 | 124 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 26, 2019 | Martin Liebman
Steve Rogers volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America. As Captain America, Rogers joins forces with Bucky Barnes and Peggy Carter to wage war on the evil HYDRA organization, led by the villainous Red Skull.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic book / Period
Irma la Douce Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1963 | 143 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Mar 18, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In Paris, an ex-cop falls in love with a prostitute, and tries to get her out of that life by paying for all of her time.
Comedy / Romance
Stand-In Blu-ray Movie
ClassicFlix | 1937 | 91 min | Not rated | Feb 26, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A New York bank accountant goes to Hollywood to investigate a movie studio before his firm sells it at a loss. When he discovers chicanery, he learns the ways of Hollywood, finds romance, and tries to save a movie and the studio with some help.
Comedy / Romance
- March 06, 2019
The Clovehitch Killer Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2018 | 110 min | Not rated | Mar 05, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A picture-perfect family is shattered when the work of a serial killer hits too close to home.
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Nightflyers: Season One Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2018 | 459 min | Not rated | Feb 12, 2019 | Martin Liebman
A crew of space explorers embark on a mission to find a mysterious alien ship.
Horror / Sci-Fi
Instant Family Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2018 | 118 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 05, 2019 | Martin Liebman
A couple find themselves in over their heads when they adopt three children.
Comedy
Losin' It Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1983 | 100 min | Rated R | Mar 19, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
Teen sex comedy set in 1965 which follows four Los Angeles school friends, Woody, Dave, Spider, Wendell and the series of misadventures they get into when they travel south of the border to Tijuana, Mexico for a night of cruisin', causing trouble, and to settle a pact to lose their virginity before the night is over, while a young woman, named Kathy, accompanies them for different reasons: to arrange a quick divorce from her husband.
Action / Comedy / Drama
The Return of the Vampire Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1943 | 69 min | Not rated | Feb 19, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
In 1918, Armand Tesla (Bela Lugosi), a 200-year-old Hungarian vampire, prowls the English countryside, feeding from the jugulars of the villagers. But Tesla's reign of terror is interrupted when a pair of scientists, Lady Jane (Frieda Inescort) and Sir John Ainsley (Roland Varno), drive a railroad spike through his heart. The "un-dead" Tesla remains safely entombed for two decades until the impact from a stray Nazi bomb accidentally releases him. Along with his werewolf servant Andreas Obry (Matt Willis), the resurrected vampire now plots vengeance on the family that put a halt to his nocturnal feasting...
Drama / Horror
Fright Night Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 1985 | 107 min | Rated R | Feb 12, 2019 | Martin Liebman
A horror-obsessed teenager discovers that his next-door neighbor is a murderous vampire.
Comedy / Horror / Thriller / Teen / Dark humor
The Deuce: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
HBO | 2018 | 536 min | Rated TV-MA | Feb 05, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A look at life in New York City during the 1970s and '80s when porn and prostitution were rampant in Manhattan.
Crime / Drama / Period
- March 05, 2019
Doctor Who: Resolution Blu-ray Movie
BBC | 2019 | 62 min | Rated TV-PG | Feb 19, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Searching Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2018 | 102 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 27, 2018 | Martin Liebman
David Kim becomes desperate when his 16-year-old daughter, Margot, disappears and an immediate police investigation leads nowhere. He soon decides to search the one place that no one else has: Margot's laptop. Hoping to trace her digital footprints, David contacts her friends and looks at photos and videos for any possible clues to her whereabouts.
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
The Possession of Hannah Grace Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2018 | 86 min | Rated R | Feb 26, 2019 | Martin Liebman
When a cop who is just out of rehab takes the graveyard shift in a city hospital morgue, she faces a series of bizarre, violent events caused by an evil entity in one of the corpses.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Jivaro 3D Blu-ray Movie
Lost Treasure of the Amazon / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Kino Lorber | 1954 | 92 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2019 | Martin Liebman
A gorgeous American arrives in Brazilian headhunter country, seeking her scape-grace fiancé.
Adventure / Romance
- March 04, 2019
The Black Windmill Blu-ray Movie
Special Edition
Kino Lorber | 1974 | 106 min | Rated PG | Dec 04, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.
Action / Crime / Thriller
Purgatory Road Blu-ray Movie
Unearthed Films | 2017 | 98 min | Not rated | Feb 12, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
On the highways of Mississippi, a psychotic priest and his brother are on a crusade to absolve sinners with their own brand of murder.
Crime / Horror