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Home- June 23, 2017
Justice League Unlimited: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 2004-2006 | 2 Seasons | 898 min | Not rated | Nov 10, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Germany Year Zero Blu-ray Movie
Germania anno zero
Criterion | 1948 | 73 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In the devastated remains of post-war Germany, 12-year-old Edmund lives with his family and five other families in a battered apartment. His brother, a former Nazi, evades the police hiding there, while his sister walks the streets. As his father remains too ill to help them, it falls to Edmund to provide for the family by dealing with the black market. Growing desperate, Edmund allows a former schoolteacher to offer his help and some unusual advice.
Drama / War / Foreign
Midsomer Murders, Series 19 Part 1 Blu-ray Movie
Acorn Media | 2016-2017 | 370 min | Not rated | Jun 27, 2017 | Michael Reuben
Homicide, blackmail, greed, and betrayal: just a taste of what goes on behind the well-trimmed hedges of Midsomer County. Inspired by the novels of Caroline Graham.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Foreign
- June 22, 2017
Brannigan Blu-ray Movie
Ein Mann aus Stahl
Concorde Video | 1975 | 111 min | Rated FSK-16 | Jun 08, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A Chicago cop is sent to England to pick up a bail-jumping thug for extradition. But to the chagrin of Scotland Yard, the mobster is abruptly kidnapped from under their noses, and Brannigan has to join forces with a whole different breed of cops — including a fetching if no-nonsense Detective-Sergeant — to track him down in 1970s-era London.
Action / Comedy / Crime
The Rockford Files: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1974-1980 | 6 Seasons | 6120 min | Not rated | Jun 27, 2017 | Martin Liebman
The cases of Jim Rockford, ex con turned private investigator.
Crime / Drama
Despicable Me 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2010 | 95 min | Rated PG | Jun 06, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Trying to outdo his main rival Vector, serial villain Gru hatches a plan to steal the moon, aided by his army of minions. About to set his dastardly plan in motion, and bristling with his arsenal of freeze-rays and sci-fi gadgetry, all goes according to plan until the arrival at his door of three little orphan girls, Margo, Agnes and Edith, in search of a father figure.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Despicable Me 2 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2013 | 98 min | Rated PG | Jun 06, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
The LEGO Batman Movie 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2017 | 104 min | Rated PG | Jun 13, 2017 | Michael Reuben
A cooler-than-ever Bruce Wayne must deal with his usual suspects as they plan to rule Gotham City, while discovering that he has accidentally adopted a teenage orphan who wishes to become his sidekick.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Tango Under the Stars Blu-ray Movie
Naxos | 2016 | 102 min | Not rated | Mar 24, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
Joe Versus the Volcano Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1990 | 102 min | Rated PG | Jun 20, 2017 | Michael Reuben
When a hypochondriac in a dead-end job learns that he is dying, he accepts an offer to throw himself in a volcano in exchange for a fleeting taste of the good life.
Adventure / Comedy / Romance
- June 21, 2017
The Last Kingdom: Season Two Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2016 | 480 min | Not rated | May 30, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Anglo-Saxons are attacked by Viking forces. Uhtred, born a Saxon but raised by Vikings, finds his loyalties tested as he tries to claim his birthright and help create a new nation.
Action / Drama / History
Wilson Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2017 | 94 min | Rated R | Jun 20, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A lonely, neurotic and hilariously honest middle-aged man reunites with his estranged wife and meets his teenage daughter for the first time.
Comedy / Comic book
8 Million Ways to Die Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1986 | 115 min | Rated R | Jun 20, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage. During his recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous, he meets a mysterious stranger who draws him back into a world of vice. In trying to help this beautiful woman, he must enter a crime-world of prostitution and drugs to solve a murder, while resisting the temptation to return to his alcohol abuse.
Action / Adventure / Crime
The Son of Joseph Blu-ray Movie
Le fils de Joseph
Kino Lorber | 2016 | 113 min | Not rated | Jun 13, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
US-born expatriate filmmaker Eugène Green exists in his own special artistic orbit. His latest movie, The Son of Joseph, is perhaps his most buoyant. A nativity story reboot that gently skewers French cultural pretensions, it features newcomer Victor Ezenfis as a discontented Parisian teenager in search of a father with Mathieu Amalric and Fabrizio Rongione as his, respectively, callous and gentle alternative paternal options, and Natacha Régnier as his single mother.
Foreign
- June 20, 2017
Kika Blu-ray Movie
Studio Canal | 1993 | 114 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Feb 20, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Kika, a young cosmetologist, is called to the mansion of Nicolas, an American writer to make-up the corpse of his stepson, Ramon. Ramon, who is not dead, is revived by Kika's attentions and she then moves in with him.
Comedy / Drama / Foreign
The Vampire Diaries: The Eighth and Final Season Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2016-2017 | 704 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 13, 2017 | Martin Liebman
In Season Eight, we find Damon and Enzo continuing on their killing spree, both following the commands of a sinister and unnatural force. While Bonnie, Stefan and Caroline are grieving their loss, they team up to investigate who or what may be the cause of their disappearance at the end of season seven. Alaric joins the search and continues to look for clues on how they escaped the Armory vault, and Matt's family history will reveal a deeper connection to Mystic Falls and how he may be able to save the town from destruction.
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Romance / Thriller / Teen / Supernatural
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage Blu-ray Movie
L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo | Remastered | Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1970 | 97 min | Not rated | Jun 20, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An American expatriate in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder - and is now hunting him and his girlfriend.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Foreign
Altitude Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2017 | 88 min | Rated R | Jun 20, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A female FBI agent is offered millions to help a thief escape from a hijacked airplane.
Action / Crime / Thriller
Trespass Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1992 | 101 min | Rated R | Jun 27, 2017 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis.
Action / Crime / Thriller
A Midsummer Night's Dream Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 2014 | 145 min | Unrated | Jun 20, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
Filmed version of Julie Taymor's live theatrical adaptation of Shakespeare's romantic comedy about young lovers and magical sprites.
Comedy / Drama