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About My Father: Sebastian Maniscalco is encouraged by his fiancée to bring his Italian hairdresser father Salvo (Robert De Niro) to a weekend get-together to meet her wealthy and eccentric family. As the weekend turns into an outrageous clash of cultures, Sebastian and Salvo discover that the great thing about family is everything about family. (DVD, VOD release date: August 1)
Justice League: Warworld: When they are swept away to Warworld, a place of unending brutal gladiatorial combat, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the others must somehow unite to form an unbeatable resistance able to lead an entire planet to freedom. (Blu-ray release: Day & date)
The Little Mermaid: A young mermaid makes a deal with a sea witch to trade her beautiful voice for human legs so she can discover the world above water and impress a prince. (DVD, Blu-ray release: September 19)
Ouija Shark 2: When the Ouija Shark emerges from Hell to cause havoc once more on earth, a sorcerer with a history of fighting the ghostly great white must follow it into a multiverse hellscape for one final battle. But this time he is bringing along some friends to help send the shark into oblivion. (Blu-ray release: August 15)
Sparkle: A Unicorn Tale: Fifteen-year-old Annabelle runs away from an orphanage with two other kids to rescue the animals on her family's farm before they're taken by a greedy neighbor. The orphans discover a magical unicorn has taken up residence, and they try to determine the mythical beast's purpose. (Digital, VOD only)
Ancient Aliens Season 17
(2023) This season analyzes new areas of ancient technology, engineering, and communications from over 10,000 crop circles in over 50 countries, complex ancient temples and towering obelisks in Turkey and Egypt, over five decades worth of extensive data collected by MUFON, and much more. Ancient Astronaut Theorist Giorgio A. Tsoukalos joins other UFO experts and investigators to examine the mounting evidence of extraterrestrial encounters that continue to shape modern civilization and humankind. Formats: DVD. (Lionsgate).
The Broadway Melody
(1929) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer made every effort to impress with its first talking motion picture, setting a new standard for big-budget films and establishing an archetype for decades of movie musicals to follow. The Great White Way truly becomes the Street of Broken Dreams when sisters Queenie and Hank Mahoney (Anita Page and Bessie Love) follow Hank's boyfriend, Eddie Kearns (Charles King), to Manhattan with visions of stardom. In New York, Eddie and Queenie are attracted to each other, but unwilling to betray her sister, Queenie dates a feckless cad. Now, Hank must sort out the tangle of aspirations and emotions that form this tragic love triangle. Filled with a memorable score of unforgettable songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, this was the first sound film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture (1929-30). New 4K Restoration from the best preservation elements. Formats: Blu-ray. (Warner Archive).
Cimarron
(1931) 1898. The Oklahoma Land Rush. As thousands of would-be settlers race across a barren desert to be the first to stake their claim to a plot of land, Yancey Cravat (Richard Dix) is cheated out of his property by Dixie Lee (Estelle Taylor). Without the farm they had hoped to start, Yancey and his wife, Sabra (Irene Dunne), take over the local newspaper after the editor is assassinated. But as the newspaper helps bring order to a lawless land, Yancey feels the wanderlust to find new frontiers and new adventures, and Sabra stays to build a publishing empire. Always in love, frequently apart and destined for greatness, Yancey and Sabra lead lives as tempestuous as the land they have chosen for their home in this epic Western classic. New 4K restoration from the best preservation elements. Formats: Blu-ray. (Warner Archive).
Du Barry Was a Lady
(1943) Hapless nightclub hatcheck boy Red Skelton loves glamorous chanteuse Lucille Ball. Handsome hoofer Gene Kelly loves her too. And Lucy? Lucy loves money. Then Red mistakenly gulps down a Mickey Finn and dreams he's in 18th-century France. Before you can powder your wig, a throng of suitors -- Red, Gene, King Louis XV, a dashing rebel, a sinister duke and just about everybody -- loves Lucy! This glittery, tune-filled bonbon features a supporting cast of wags and wits (including the inimitable Zero Mostel) and three Cole Porter songs from the original Broadway smash: "Friendship," "Katie Went to Haiti" and "Do I Love You?" Cherchez la Lucy for comedy, music and star power from Hollywood's golden era. New 4K restoration from the original Technicolor camera negatives. Formats: Blu-ray. (Warner Archive).
Helen of Troy
(1956) 1100 BCE. King Priam (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) of Troy sends his son, Paris (Jack Sernas), to Sparta to negotiate a treaty to ensure peace between the two Greek city-states. But Paris falls in love with Spartan King Menelaus' (Niall MacGinnis) wife, Helen (Rossana Podesta). Paris kidnaps the willing Helen and her servant (Brigitte Bardot), starting a war that will kill thousands of brave warriors and spell the end of the city of Troy. Homer's Iliad provides the basis for this epic from the '50s heyday of big-screen blockbusters. Robert Wise ("West Side Story," "The Sound of Music") directs this lavish epic capturing more than 30,000 people on screen at a then-huge production cost of $6 million. New 4K restoration from the original camera negative. Formats: Blu-ray. (Warner Archive).
It Ain't Over
(2022) An intimate and revealing portrait of a largely misunderstood American icon, this emotional and engaging documentary about Yogi Berra takes us beyond the caricatures and "Yogisms," and into the heart of a sports legend whose unparalleled accomplishments on the baseball diamond were often overshadowed by his off-the-field persona.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Sony). Read more here
Justice League: Warworld
(2023) Until now, DC’s Justice League has been a loose association of super-powered individuals. But when they are swept away to Warworld, a place of unending brutal gladiatorial combat, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the others must somehow unite to form an unbeatable resistance able to lead an entire planet to freedom. Formats: Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: "Illusions on Warworld" featurette; "The Heroic, the Horrible and the Hideous" featurette. (Warner). Read more here
The Last Time I Saw Paris
(1954) Academy Award winners Elizabeth Taylor and Donna Reed star with Van Johnson in this sweeping romance loosely based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited," a story of love and dreams found and lost in The City of Lights. When reporter Charles Wills (Johnson) travels to Paris to cover the Allies' victory in World War II, he falls in love with and marries the stunningly beautiful Helen Ellswirth (Taylor). The young newlyweds choose to stay in Paris, where Charles tries to make his way as a writer. But years of struggle, rejection and poverty take their toll on the Wills' marriage, and the two drift into affairs with others as their love and dreams fade. Now, after years of disillusion and tragedy, Charles returns to Paris. But can he rediscover the passion and dreams that once came so easily? New 4K restoration from the original Technicolor camera negatives. Formats: Blu-ray. (Warner Archive).
Robot Monster - The 70th Anniversary Restored Edition
(1953) George Nader, Gregory Moffett, Claudia Barrett, George Barrows. At long last, "can" and "must" meet on the graph, as "Robot Monster", billed as the most demented, delirious, and delightful 3-D film of the Golden Age, arrives in a showcase edition loaded with out-of-this-world extras. A cosmic catastrophe has wiped out humanity, and now the last six survivors must outwit that strangely iconic alien menace, Ro-Man. Taking orders from the pitiless Great Guidance, Ro-Man wavers in his pursuit of human annihilation when he falls in love with a girl (Barrett). Can dashing young Roy (Nader) save her? Independently photographed in less than a week on location in Bronson Canyon, in the Hollywood Hills, the True-Stereo photography is
Swamp Thing
(1982) Director: Wes Craven. Stars Ray Wise, Adrienne Barbeau, Louis Jourdan, David Hess, Nicholas Worth, Dick Durock. A brilliant scientist, Dr. Alec Holland (Wise) and a government agent, Alice Cable (Barbeau), have developed a secret formula that could end world hunger and
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
(2023) The Venture Bros. are back in this all-new original animated movie picking up right after the events from the shocking season 7 finale. Doc’s latest invention will either bankrupt Team Venture or launch them to new heights, as Hank searches for himself, Dean searches for Hank, The Monarch searches for answers, and a mysterious woman from their pasts threatens to bring their entire world crashing down on them. Formats: Blu-ray + Digital Code, VOD, Digital. Extras: Commentary by co-creators Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer; "Jackson and Doc Answer Fan Questions" (commentary); "Hodgman and Friends" featurette. (Adult Swim/Warner).
Paint
(2023) Carl Nargle, Vermont's #1 public TV painter who is convinced he has it all: a signature perm, custom van, and fans hanging on his every stroke ... until a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) Carl loves. Vitals: Director: Brit McAdams. Stars: Owen Wilson, Elisabeth Henry, Paul Kosopod, Sonia Darmei Lopes, Ryan Czerwonko, Aidan T.K. Baker, Lucy Freyer, Lusia Strus, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Stephen Root.
CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 96 min., Comedy, North American box office gross: $.570 million, worldwide $.811 million, IFC Films.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital.
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Blood Money: Four Western Classics Vol. 2 [Limited Edition]
In the mid-1960s, the success of Sergio Leone's "Dollars" trilogy gave rise to an explosion of similar productions. Filmmakers sought to capitalize on this new, uniquely Italian take on the western, characterized by their deeply cynical outlook, morally compromised antiheroes and savage violence. This specially curated selection gathers four outstanding examples of the genre, all centered around the theme of blood money. In Romolo Guerrieri's "$10,000 Blood Money" (1967), Gianni Garko - best known for his portrayal of supernatural gunslinger Sartana - takes on the part of another beloved western antihero, Django, who is on the trail of bandit Manuel Vasquez (Claudio Camaso). But what started as a job for hire soon turns personal, with Django swearing vengeance against the unscrupulous outlaw. Then, in the film's spiritual successor, Giovanni Fago's "Vengeance is Mine "(1967; a.k.a. "$100,000 for a Killing"), Garko and Camaso once again star as estranged half-brothers - one a Confederate soldier now riding with renegade outlaws, the other a bounty hunter tasked with bringing him in alive. Next, in Giuliano Carnimeo's "Find a Place to Die" (1968), Jeffrey Hunter plays Joe Collins, a disgraced former soldier who assembles a ragtag band of scoundrels. They are lured into helping a woman to rescue her prospector husband, who is trapped at their gold mine cave-in - though in reality, they have designs on the gold strike themselves. Finally, in Cesare Canevari's psychedelic :"Matalo! (Kill Him)" (1970), a band of outlaws, having holed up in a ghost town, set about terrorizing travelers Ray and Bridget - only to get more than they bargained for when Ray fights back, armed only with a bag full of boomerangs. Featuring a wealth of key Euro-cult talent both behind and in front of the camera, Arrow Films presents these four classic westerns in sparkling High Definition restorations produced specially for this release, alongside a plethora of brand new bonus materials. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Read more here. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment).
One False Move
(1992) A small-town police chief (Bill Paxton) concealing an explosive secret. A pair of ruthless drug dealers (co-screenwriter Billy Bob Thornton and Michael Beach) who leave a bloody trail in their wake as they make their way from Los Angeles to Arkansas. And an enigmatic woman (Cynda Williams) caught in the middle. The way these desperate lives converge becomes a masterclass in slow-burn tension thanks to the nuanced direction of Carl Franklin, whose haunting debut feature travels a crooked road across America’s most fraught divisions -- urban and rural, Black and white -- while imbuing noir conventions with a wrenching emotional depth.
Formats: 4K UHD + Blu-ray combo, with new 4K digital restoration, approved by director Carl Franklin, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features. Extras: Audio commentary from 1999 featuring Franklin; new conversation between Franklin and co-writer-actor Billy Bob Thornton; trailer; an essay by author William Boyle. Read more here. (The Criterion Collection).
Paint
(2023) Owen Wilson, Elisabeth Henry, Paul Kosopod, Sonia Darmei Lopes, Ryan Czerwonko, Aidan T.K. Baker, Lucy Freyer, Lusia Strus, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Stephen Root. Carl Nargle, Vermont's #1 public TV painter who is convinced he has it all: a signature perm, custom van, and fans hanging on his every stroke ... until a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) Carl loves. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (IFC Films).
comparable to the major studio 3-D productions of the time. And to mark the milestone 70th anniversary of this sci-fi classic, the 3-D version of "Robot Monster" has been painstakingly and masterfully restored from complete 35mm archival 3-D elements by the talented archivists at the 3-D Film Archive, the leading experts in vintage stereoscopic film restoration. The "Robot Monster" Blu-ray restoration is presented in both BD3D (for those with the necessary equipment) and compatible anaglyphic 3-D which will play on any system or monitor, plus in standard 2-D as well. In addition, one pair of red/cyan anaglyphic glasses is included. Formats: DVD can be viewed in compatible anaglyphic 3-D (one pair of glasses included) or 2-D; Blu-ray can be viewed in Blu-ray 3-D format, compatible anaglyphic 3-D (one pair of glasses included), or 2-D. 3D bonus features include: "Stardust In Your Eyes" (1953), "Robot Monster's" original prologue starring Slick Slaven aka Trustin Howard; "Memories of A Pooped-Out Pinwheel" (2022): Greg Moffett shares his personal recollections of filming on location over a period of four days in March 1953; "Travels Through Time & Space" (2023)newly curated vintage slide presentation from Stereoscopic Anthropologist Hillary Hess; "Adventures In 3-D" (1953) newly restored Golden Age 3-D Comic Book, presented in association with Carl Scheckel at Carl's Comix; additional trailers, vintage shorts, and a restoration demo. 2-D bonus features include: "Saving Slick" (2023), Sean Thrunk's new documentary short that explains how 1950's nightclub comedian Slick Slaven is reminded of his long-forgotten act and identity when his lost 3-D film is revived in 2003; "Joe Dante, Trailers From Hell" (2013) 1956 "Monster From Mars" reissue trailer hosted by Joe Dante, courtesy of Trailers from Hell; "Mistakes & Innovations" (2023): Bob Furmanek describes the original day-for-night footage and director Phil Tucker's innovative use of "Double Film" aka "3-D Blinkey"; "Rescuing Ro-Man" (2023) documentary short by filmmaker Sean Thrunk tells how an accidental discovery of two forgotten 35mm prints in 1990 saved the only complete 3-D footage; feature commentary tracK (2022) with Greg Moffett, Mike Ballew, Eric Kurland and Lawrence Kaufman; "Was I A Man" (2022) new song by The Other Favorites, aka Josh Turner and Carson McKee, played during the post-feature restoration credits and memorabilia gallery; memorabilia gallery with original newspaper ads, posters, lobbycards and publicity photographs; "Bela Lugosi - You Asked For It" (July 27, 1953) appearance on live television, newly restored. (Bayview Entertainment).
change civilization forever. Little do they know, however, that their arch nemesis, Arcane (Jourdan) is plotting to steal the serum for his own selfish schemes. Looting the lab and kidnapping Cable, Arcane douses Holland with the chemicals and leaves him for dead in the swamp. Mutated by his own formula, Holland becomes “Swamp Thing” -- a half human/half plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue the beautiful Cable and defeat the evil Arcane ... even if it costs him his life. The release includes both the original PG-rated theatrical cut, and for the first time in North America, the unrated international cut. Formats: Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo. Extras: audio commentary with writer-director Wes Craven, moderated by Sean Clark ; audio commentary with makeup effects artist William Munns moderated by Michael Felsher; "Tales From the Swamp" with actress Adrienne Barbeau; "Hey Jude" with actor Reggie Batts; "That Swamp Thing" with Len Wein, creator of Swamp Thing; "Swamp Screen: Designing DC's Main Monster" featurette; "From Krug to Comics: How the Mainstream Shaped a Radical Genre Voice" featurette; posters & lobby cards - photo gallery; photos from the film - photo gallery; William Munns’ behind the scenes pictures photo gallery; behind the scenes photos by geoffrey rayle – photo gallery; theatrical trailer; two-sided artwork; collectible mvd rewind collection mini-poster; limited edition slipcover (first pressing only). (MVD Rewind Collection). Read more here.
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