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The Flash: Barry Allen/The Flash uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to save his family creates a world without super heroes, forcing him to race for his life in order to save the future. (DVD, Blu-ray release: August 29)
Hidden Blade: During World War II, at the height of China’s war of resistance against Japan, a group of courageous citizens develops a top-secret underground espionage network right under the nose of the newly established puppet regime. (Digital only)
What the Waters Left Behind: Scars: An Anglo-American indie rock band ends up stranded in the desolate city of Epecuén. Their conflicts between themselves and their bad luck are quickly forgotten when they begin to discover the bloody hell that awaits them. (DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
The Island: When his brother is killed, LAPD officer Mark (Michael J. White) leaves the city to return to the island he grew up on. Seeking answers and ultimately vengeance, he soon finds himself in a bloody battle with the corrupt tycoon who's taken over the island paradise. (Digital, VOD only)
Mad Heidi: Swiss mountain girl Heidi is abducted by brutal government troops and must defend herself and fight a war against a cheese-fueled machinery of hate. (Blu-ray release: Day & date)
Mother, May I?: Emmett and Anya unexpectedly inherit his estranged mother’s house after her passing. As they sift through her estate, Anya begins acting more and more like Emmett’s mother – forcing him to question if she’s pushing him to confront his traumatic past or if she’s actually been possessed by his mother’s spirit. (Digital, VOD only)
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
(2021 -- China) Eddie Peng, Sylvia Chang, Yanhui Wang, Peiyao Jiang. On a dark night, Xueming hits a pedestrian with his car and flees the scene. Desperate to escape his feelings of guilt,
Breathless 4K UHD
(1960) There was before "Breathless," and there was after "Breathless." Jean-Luc Godard burst onto the film scene in 1960 with this jazzy, free-form, and sexy homage to the American film genres that inspired him as a writer for Cahiers du cinéma. With its lack of polish, surplus of attitude, anything-goes crime narrative, and effervescent young stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, "Breathless" helped launch the French New Wave and ensured that cinema would never be the same. 4K restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Formats: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features. Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).
Fool’s Paradise
(2023) Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jason Bateman, Kate Beckinsale, John Malkovich, Edie Falco, Adrien Brody, Ray Liotta, Ken Jeong. Comedy follows an ordinary guy (Day) who happens to be a dead ringer for a hot-headed movie star. When he replaces the movie star in a major film, he becomes an accidental celebrity thrown into a fever dream of Hollywood fame brought to life by a stellar cast. One of Ray Liotta's last films.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. (Lionsgate).
Love Again
(2023) Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sam Heughan, Celine Dion. What if a random text message led to the love of your life? In this romantic comedy, dealing with the loss of her fiancé, Mira Ray sends a series of romantic texts to his old cell phone number ... not realizing the number was reassigned to Rob Burns’ new work phone. A journalist, Rob is captivated by the honesty in the beautifully confessional texts. When he’s assigned to write a profile of megastar Celine Dion (playing herself in her first film role), he enlists her help in figuring out how to meet Mira in person ... and win her heart. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray. (Sony).
South Park: Seasons 21 To 25 Collection
(2017-22) Eight-disc set. Over 35 episodes from Seasons 21 through 25 of "South Park" have been packed into this one kick-ass Collector’s Edition. The residents of everyone’s favorite little mountain town contend with the vaping epidemic, the Underbelly of Social Media, and the return of ManBearPig! So join Cartman, Kyle, Stan and Kenny as they take on COVID-19, tackle the consequences of immigration, and correct a long-held misconception about one of their classmates. For them, it’s all part of growing up in South Park.Formats: DVD, Blu-ray + Digital Code, Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Code, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: Audio commentaries from creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone; deleted scenes; concept art. (Paramount).
What the Waters Left Behind: Scars
(2022 -- Argentina) David Michigan, Mario Alarcon, Magui Bravi, German Baudino. "What The Waters Left Behind" (2017) sequel tells the story of an Anglo-American indie rock band that ends up stranded in the desolate city of Epecuén. Their internal conflicts and the bad luck of their tour quickly fade, when they begin to discover the bloody hell that awaits them.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Cleopatra Entertainment). Read more here
Your Honor Season 2
(2020) Three-disc set with all 10 episodes. Disbarred, disgraced, and all but destroyed, ex-judge Michael Desiato (Bryan Cranston) is offered a ray of hope when a federal agent recruits him to take down the empire of corruption and vengeance that runs New Orleans. Features guest appearances from Rosie Perez and Margo Martindale. Formats: DVD. Extras:"Behind the Episode: The Prison Rodeo"; "Bryan Cranston’s Day on Set"; "Rosie Perez as Olivia"; "After the Episodes"; deleted scenes. (Paramount).
Kandahar
(2023) Tom Harris (Gerard Butler), an undercover CIA operative, is stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out to an extraction point in Kandahar, all while protecting his Afghan translator, avoiding elite enemy forces and relentless foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Vitals: Director: Ric Roman Waugh. Stars: Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Bahador Foladi, Nina Toussaint-White, Vassilis Koukalani, Mark Arnold, Corey Johnson, Ravi Aujla.
CC, MPAA rating: R, 120 min., Action, North American box office gross: $4.813 million, worldwide $7.269 million, Paramount.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Code, VOD, Digital.
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Amor Bandido
(2021 -- Argentina) Romina Ricci, Renato Quattordio, Rafael Ferro. This erotic thriller follows an illicit love affair gone violently wrong. Joan (Quattordio) is a naïve 16-year-old who has fallen madly in love with his older but sultry art teacher Luciana (Ricci). She is also smitten, and together they decide to run away for a love nest weekend in a country house. But what begins as a schoolboy’s dream turns sinister when he finds himself kidnapped by a mysterious older man who seeks ransom money from his rich parents. And is his teacher/lover involved in the crime? Violence soon erupts as the boy fights for his life. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray + Digital Code, Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Code, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: "Director Daniel Werner and the Making of Amor Bandido." (Cinephobia Releasing). 
he decides to approach the dead man's wife, Mrs Liang. Meanwhile, the body is discovered - riddled with bullets. Chen, the detective in charge of the investigation, becomes obsessed with the case. Years later, all three remain caught in a tangled web of memories and lies, desperately searching for a truth that refuses to be revealed. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. (Film Movement). 
Cracked
(2022 -- Thailand) Ruja (actress/model Chayanit Chansangavej) returns to Thailand from New York with her young daughter Rachel to settle her late father's estate. Included in her inheritance are two mysterious portraits of a bewitching woman that she is told are worth a fortune, if only they weren't damaged. Desperate to sell the paintings, Ruja hires Tim (K-pop star Nichkhun), an art restorer, to prepare the canvases for sale. But the cracks in the paint have begun to reveal long-hidden secrets, and as strange phenomena begin to emerge around them, Ruja and Rachel quickly realize their lives are in grave danger. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital.(Film Movement).
Hugo [4K Ultra HD Limited Edition] and [Blu-ray Limited Edition]
(2011) Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese directs this audacious adaptation of Brian Selznick's award winning novel, a magical, mysterious adventure and an exhilarating ode to cinema itself. Hugo Cabret is an orphan, living secretly in the walls of a Paris train station, tending to the many clocks, stealing what he needs to survive and hiding from the ruthless station inspector. But his clandestine life and precious secrets are threatened when he is caught thieving by the bitter old man who runs a toy booth at the station, and Hugo's world becomes enmeshed with that of the shop owner and his bookish granddaughter. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father are all connected to a place where dreams are made. A heartfelt love letter to the magic of moving pictures, Hugo is a triumph of imaginative movie making and a gift for film-lovers everywhere. This epic Arrow Video edition marks the film's debut on stunning 4K UHD and comes packed with a bounty of new extras. Stars Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Christopher Lee, Ray Winstone, Sacha Baron Cohen, Emily Mortimer, Jude Law. Formats: Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD. Extras: Read more here. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment).
The Iron Prefect
(1977 -- Italy) Based on the true story of Cesare Mori, the Iron Prefect who was sent to Sicily for an Eliot Ness-in-The Untouchables style clean up of the Mafia. Mori approaches organized crime on the island with uncompromising force even in the face of mass murders designed to scare him off. Pasquale Squitieri directs this stunning period piece which won the David di Donatello award for best film and features spaghetti western icon Giuliano Gemma brilliantly playing against type as the titular hero, winning him an award for his performance at the prestigious Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Alongside Gemma are the cream of international film from the period with co-stars Claudia Cardinale and Francisco Rabal, the key surveyor of Italy's civic cinema screenwriter Ugo Pirro and legendary composer Ennio Morricone. 2K restoration of the film from the original negative presented with Italian and English audio options.
Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Archival interview with director Pasquale Squitieri and star Giuliano Gemma; new interview with Squitieri biographer Domenico Monetti; new appreciation of Giuliano Gemma and the film by filmmaker Alex Cox; original trailer; reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters; limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Italian cinema expert Guido Bonsaver and an original article on the real-life Cesare Mori and his Mafia raid as depicted in the film. (Radiance).
Kandahar
(2023) Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Bahador Foladi, Nina Toussaint-White, Vassilis Koukalani, Mark Arnold, Corey Johnson, Ravi Aujla. A CIA operative and his translator flee from special forces in Afghanistan after exposing a covert mission.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. (Paramount).
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Mad Heidi
(2022 -- Switzerland) Casper Van Dien, Alice Lucy, David Schofield, Kel Matsena. This wicked odyssey of blood and cheese puts a new spin on the classic tale of “Heidi,” finding our heroine (Lucy) all grown-up and living an idyllic life in the Swiss Alps with her beloved grandfather (Schofield) far above an increasingly-dystopian landscape presided over by Our Very Swiss Leader (Van Dien) - a ruthless dictator bent on world domination through dairy. But when her goat-herding lover (Matsena) is brutally murdered by government thugs for distributing illegal cheese, Heidi embarks on a wild quest for vengeance that will bring her toe-to-toe against fierce female prison inmates, cheese-fueled Swiss super-soldiers, ninja nuns, and more, as she fights to take down the tyrannical regime and restore freedom to Switzerland.
Formats: Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: Audio commentary with co-directors Johannes Hartmann and Sandro Klopfstein; stunt reel; "The Making of Mad Heidi" featurette. Limited Edition Extra Cheese Edition Blu-ray adds CD Soundtrack; 28-page booklet; limited edition trading cards; O-Card by artist Peter Ricq. (Raven Banner Releasing and Swissploitation Films). Due July 21. Read more here
Harry Joe Brown and Scott’s production company) and colorfully scripted by Burt Kennedy and Charles Lang, these films seem to unfold in a world unto themselves, staking a claim between traditional westerns and the subversive genre revisionism of the 1960s -- and representing the crowning achievement of the underappreciated auteur Boetticher. "The Tall T" (1957), "Decision at Sundown" (1957), "Buchanan Rides Alone" (1958), "Ride Lonesome" (1959),"
Comanche Station" (1960). Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray combo with new 4K digital restorations by Sony Pictures Entertainment, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks. Three 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and three Blu-rays with the films and special features. Extras: Introductions to the films by filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Taylor Hackford; new introduction by film critic Farran Smith Nehme on actor Randolph Scott; three audio commentaries, featuring film scholar Jeanine Basinger on "The Tall T," film critic Jeremy Arnold on "Ride Lonesome" and Hackford on "Comanche Station"; archival programs featuring interviews with Boetticher; audio conversation with Boetticher and film scholar Jim Kitses; Super 8 home-movie version of "Comanche Station"; trailers; an essay by film scholar Tom Gunning. Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).
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