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Home- March 19, 2018
Scorched Earth Blu-ray Movie
Cinedigm | 2017 | 94 min | Rated R | Mar 06, 2018 | Martin Liebman
The planet has suffered an environmental collapse; the air became dangerous to breathe, the water became toxic, and billions of people died. Generations later, mankind has finally re-established a rudimentary society, in an attempt to pick up the pieces that continue to blister in the sun. Gage (Gina Carano) is a bounty hunter and she has a chance at the bounty of a lifetime. She infiltrates a gang of outlaws in order to bring in their leader, and everything is going to plan until she meets a slave girl that reminds her of her dead sister. With her loyalty to only herself now tested, Gage learns that there might be more to life than just survival.
Action / Sci-Fi / Western
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2001 | 100 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 27, 2018 | Martin Liebman
Born into wealth and provided with the best education, Lara Croft travels the world in search of rare, lost crypts and long-forgotten empires. After discovering an ancient clock left by her late father, she will face her greatest challenge - to find two halves of an ancient artifact buried at two ends of the earth. To possess the two halves means ultimate power for its possessor and a rival of Lara's is keen on getting his hands on that power. To get to the relic, Lara must take on a powerful and dangerous society. The film is based on the popular video game of the same name.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Thriller
The Church Blu-ray Movie
La chiesa
Scorpion Releasing | 1989 | 102 min | Rated R | Mar 20, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A church is built during medieval times on top of a pile of dead bodies that were considered possessed. Hundreds of years later, a young librarian unleashes the evil within by removing a rock in the catacombs. A series of events occur meanwhile; everybody seems different. Father Gus, the only one not possessed, must save the city from becoming a pandemonium. He must find the ancient secret of the church so it can crumble to pieces...
Horror / Supernatural / Foreign
Children of the Corn: Runaway Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2018 | 82 min | Not rated | Mar 13, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Children of the Corn: Runaway tells the story of young, pregnant Ruth, who escapes a murderous child cult in a small Midwestern town. She spends the next decade living anonymously in an attempt to spare her son the horrors that she experienced as a child. Ruth and her son end up in a small Oklahoma town, but something is following her. Now, she must confront this evil or lose her child.
Horror
- March 18, 2018
Strangled Blu-ray Movie
A martfűi rém / Montage Pictures / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 2016 | 121 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Feb 05, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A psychotic killer is on the prowl, who continues to slaughter young women while an innocent man is wrongly accused and sentenced for crimes he could never have committed. A determined detective arrives on the scene and soon becomes obsessed with the case while under pressure from the prosecutor to see a man hang.
Crime / Thriller / Foreign
Police Academy 3: Back in Training Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1986 | 84 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Nov 11, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When police funding is cut, the Governor announces he must close one of the academies. To make it fair, the two police academies must compete against each other to stay in operation. Mauser persuades two officers in Lassard's academy to better his odds, but things don't quite turn out as expected...
Comedy / Crime
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2017 | 119 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 20, 2018 | Martin Liebman
In a brand new Jumanji adventure, four high school kids discover an old video game console and are drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming the adult avatars they chose. What they discover is that you don't just play Jumanji - you must survive it. To beat the game and return to the real world, they'll have to go on the most dangerous adventure of their lives, discover what Alan Parrish left 20 years ago, and change the way they think about themselves - or they'll be stuck in the game forever.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2017 | 119 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 20, 2018 | Martin Liebman
In a brand new Jumanji adventure, four high school kids discover an old video game console and are drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming the adult avatars they chose. What they discover is that you don't just play Jumanji - you must survive it. To beat the game and return to the real world, they'll have to go on the most dangerous adventure of their lives, discover what Alan Parrish left 20 years ago, and change the way they think about themselves - or they'll be stuck in the game forever.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
The Dark Crystal Blu-ray Movie
Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 1982 | 93 min | Rated PG | Mar 06, 2018 | Martin Liebman
The last of the Gelfings, Jen and Kira join forces and embark on a dangerous journey to "heal" a precious Dark Crystal and restore order to their planet.
Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy
The Dark Crystal 4K Blu-ray Movie
Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 1982 | 93 min | Rated PG | Mar 06, 2018 | Martin Liebman
The last of the Gelfings, Jen and Kira join forces and embark on a dangerous journey to "heal" a precious Dark Crystal and restore order to their planet.
Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy
Those Redheads from Seattle 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Kino Lorber | 1953 | 91 min | Not rated | May 23, 2017 | Martin Liebman
A woman takes her four beautiful daughters to Alaska during the Gold Rush to find their fortune.
Musical / Western
- March 17, 2018
Quai des Orfèvres Blu-ray Movie
Jenny Lamour / Vintage World Cinema
Studio Canal | 1947 | 106 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Mar 05, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When the sleazy movie financier who has been pursuing nightclub performer Jenny Lamour turns up dead, her jealous husband is the prime suspect in Inspector Antoine's investigation for the Quai des Orfèvres, France's Scotland Yard.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Foreign
Birdman of Alcatraz Blu-ray Movie
Der Gefangene von Alcatraz
Concorde Video | 1962 | 149 min | Rated FSK-16 | May 24, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In 1912, the notorious and violent prisoner Robert Franklin Stroud is transferred to the Leavenworth Prison convicted for murdering a man. When a guard cancels the visit of his mother Elizabeth Stroud due to a violation of the internal rules, he stabs and kills the guard and goes to trial three times. He is sentenced to be executed by the gallows, but his mother appeals to President Woodrow Wilson that commutes his sentence to life imprisonment. However, the warden Harvey Shoemaker decides to keep Stroud in the solitary for the rest of his life. One day, Stroud finds a sparrow that has fallen from the nest on the yard and he raises the bird until it is strong enough to fly.
Biography / Drama
Gate II Blu-ray Movie
Gate II: The Trespassers / Gate II: Return to the Nightmare
Shout Factory | 1992 | 93 min | Rated R | Feb 27, 2018 | Brian Orndorf
It's been five years since Terry's friend Glen discovered The Gate to hell in his backyard. Glen has now moved away and Terry begins practicing rituals in Glen's old house and eventually bringing back demons through The Gate and leading to demoniac possession and near world domination.
Fantasy / Horror / Teen / Supernatural
Star Time Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Vinegar Syndrome | 1991 | 85 min | Not rated | Mar 27, 2018 | Brian Orndorf
A confused misfit becomes suicidal when his favorite TV show is cancelled. An agent promises to make him a TV star if he kills certain people, so he becomes "The Baby Mask Killer."
Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
The Drowning Pool Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1975 | 108 min | Rated PG | Feb 27, 2018 | Michael Reuben
Private eye Lew Harper is in deep this time. Hired by an old flame to unravel a seemingly routine blackmail case, he's so far down he may never come up for air.
Mystery / Thriller
Harper Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1966 | 121 min | Not rated | Feb 27, 2018 | Michael Reuben
Lewis Harper, a cool private investigator, is hired by a wealthy California matron to locate her kidnapped husband.
Crime / Drama / Mystery
- March 16, 2018
The Battle of Algiers Blu-ray Movie
4K Restoration | La battaglia di Algeri | Collector's Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Cult Films | 1966 | 122 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Mar 19, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to 1950s Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
Drama / History / War / Foreign
Kickboxer: Retaliation Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Well Go USA | 2017 | 111 min | Rated R | Mar 13, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
One year after the events of "Kickboxer: Vengeance", Kurt Sloan has vowed never to return to Thailand. However, while gearing up for a MMA title shot, he finds himself sedated and forced back into Thailand, this time in prison. He is there because the ones responsible want him to face a 6'8" 400 lbs. beast named Mongkut and in return for the fight, Kurt will get two million dollars and his freedom back. Kurt at first refuses, in which a bounty is placed on his head as a way to force him to face Mongkut. Kurt soon learns he will have no other choice and will undergo his most rigorous training yet under some unexpected mentors in order to face Mongkut in hopes to regain his freedom.
Action / Drama / Martial arts
- March 15, 2018
The Awful Truth Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1937 | 91 min | Not rated | Apr 17, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Jerry and Lucy are a married couple who doubt each other's fidelity: Jerry suspects Lucy and her music teacher of spending an evening together, and Lucy is convinced Jerry lied about a business trip. When the jealous pair file for divorce, both rush into new relationships, but quickly realize their love never died. The soon-to-be-divorced husband and wife then both scramble to spoil each other's chances for newfound romance.
Comedy / Romance