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August 31:
Reprisal: A bank manager (Frank Grillo) haunted by a violent heist as he teams up with his ex-cop neighbor (Bruce Willis) to bring down the assailant (Streaming only)
September 1:
Double Lover: French erotic thriller about a fragile young woman who falls in love with her psychoanalyst and eventually moves in with him only to discover he is concealing a part of his identity -- or does he just have a look-alike roaming the city? (Streaming only)
September 3:
Dead Envy: Thriller follows an aging rocker who finds himself in over his head when he thinks he has meet the perfect protege to re-establish his long-lost career. (Digital, VOD only)
September 4:
Beast: A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders. (DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
The Big Take: Comedic thriller caper about a blackmailed movie star and an aspiring screenwriter looking for his big break whose lives become intertwined following a deadly case of mistaken identity. (DVD release: Day & date)
Brothers: The close relationship between two brothers is ripped apart during the 1936 Chinese civil war when they end up on opposite sides of the conflict. (DVD release: Day & date)
The Gospel According to André: André Leon Talley has been a fixture in the world of fashion and this documentary takes viewers on an emotional journey from André’s roots growing up in the segregated Jim Crow South to becoming one of the most influential tastemakers and fashion curators of our times. (Digital only)
Hereditary: When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry and, the more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited. (DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom: It's been three years since theme park and luxury resort Jurassic World was destroyed by dinosaurs out of containment. Isla Nublar now sits abandoned by humans while the surviving dinosaurs fend for themselves in the jungles. When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event. (DVD, Blu-ray release: September 18)
Beast
(2017) Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Trystan Gravelle, Geraldine James. A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: “The Making of Beast” featurette, “A Look at Beast” photo gallery. (Lionsgate).
The Big Take
(2018) Robert Forster, James McCaffrey, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Zoë Bell, Bill Sage, Dan Hedaya. Comedic, suspenseful caper about a blackmailed movie star and an aspiring screenwriter looking for his big break whose lives become intertwined following a deadly case of mistaken identity. The reclusive movie star hires a private detective after he’s blackmailed, but things turn violent when the screenwriter is fingered for the crime in a dangerous case of mistaken identity.Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. (Sony).
Bull: Season Two
(2017-18) Six-disc set with all 22 episodes of the courtroom drama inspired by the early career of talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw. The series follows the brilliant, brash and charming Dr. Bull, the ultimate puppet master as he combines psychology, human intuition and high-tech data to learn what makes jurors, attorneys, witnesses and the accused tick. Bull employs an enviable team of experts at Trial Analysis LV Corporation to shape successful narratives down to the very last
Deep Red
(1975 -- Italy) David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia. From Dario Argento, maestro of the macabre and the man behind some of the greatest excursions in Italian horror ("Suspiria," "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage"), comes the ultimate giallo movie. One night, musician Marcus Daly (Hemmings), looking up from the street below, witnesses the brutal axe murder of a woman in her apartment. Racing to the scene, Marcus just manages to miss the perpetrator ... or does he? As he takes on the role of amateur sleuth, Marcus finds himself ensnared in a bizarre web of murder and mystery where nothing is what it seems. Aided by a throbbing score from regular Argento-collaborators Goblin, Deep Red (aka Profondo Rosso and The Hatchet Murders) is a hallucinatory fever dream of a giallo punctuated by some of the most astonishing set-pieces the sub-genre has to offer. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Commentary by filmmaker and Argento expert Thomas Rostock; introduction to the film by Claudio Simonetti of Goblin; "Profondo Giallo," a new visual essay by Michael Mackenzie featuring an in-depth appreciation of "Deep Red," its themes and its legacy; "Rosso Recollections: Dario Argento’s Deep Genius" on the creation of a giallo masterpiece; "The Lady in Red": "Daria Nicolodi Remembers Profondo Rosso
Music to Murder For! Claudio Simonetti on Deep Red"; "Profondo Rosso: From Celluloid to Shop" tour of the Profondo Rosso shop in Rome with long time Argento collaborator Luigi Cozzi; Italian theatrical trailer; reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranck. (The English audio track has some portions of English audio missing. English audio for these sections was either never recorded or has been lost. As such, these sequences are presented with Italian audio, subtitled in English.) (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment).
Ghost Stories
(2017) Andy Nyman, Paul Whitehouse, Alex Lawther, Martin Freeman. A debunker of all things paranormal, Professor Goodman has devoted his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism is tested, however, when he receives a case file on three chilling and inexplicable incidents: a night watchman haunted by disturbing visions as he patrols an abandoned asylum; an edgy young man involved in a hellish car accident deep in the woods; and a wealthy former banker visited by the spirit of his unborn child. Even more disturbing is that each of these macabre stories seems to have a sinister connection to Professor Goodman’s own life. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray. (IFC Midnight/Scream Factory).
Godard Mon Amour
(2017 -- French) Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin, Bérénice Bejo, Micha Lescot, Grégory Gadebois, Romain Goupil. Paris, 1967. Jean-Luc Godard, the maker of "A bout de souffle", "Le Mépris" and "Pierrot le fou", idolized by critics and intellectuals, is shifting from revolutionizing cinema to becoming a revolutionary tout court. Isn't he shooting "La Chinoise", more a political tract in favor of Maoism than an actual movie? His female star is Anne Wiazemsky, writer François Mauriac's granddaughter, sixteen years his junior. Anne and Jean-Luc have been dating since 1966 and they marry this very year. She admires Jean-Luc's originality, intelligence, wit and boldness while he loves Anne's freshness and - admiration of him. But May 1968 puts their marriage to the test. Godard, who is more and more involved in the revolution, indeed becomes less and less available to his young wife, which does not prevent him from acting jealous. It also looks as if the genius is losing his sense of humor. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray.
(Cohen Media Group).
The Goldbergs: Season 5
(2017-18) Three-disc set with all 22 episodes. Season 5 continues to focus on the Goldberg family dynamic while also drawing on popular pop culture from the iconic decade. With camera in hand, young Adam continues to capture all of the craziness with hilarious homages to ‘80s favorites like "Flashdance," "Weird Science," “The Golden Girls” and QVC. Formats: DVD. Extras: gag reel, deleted scenes. (Sony).
Lake Placid: Legacy
(2018) Katherine Barrell, Tim Rozon, Joe Pantoliano, Sai Bennett. Sixth installment of the popular franchise. When a group of young explorers venture to a mysterious lake, they discover an island harboring an abandoned lab facility with a horrific legacy: the island is home to a deadly predator. Before they can turn back, the crew gets dragged into a battle for their lives -- former enemies will quickly need to put their egos aside and work together if there is any hope for survival. Formats: DVD, Digital. (Sony).
Sid Caesar: The Works
Without Sid Caesar, comedy would have been a lot less funny. In 1949, television was an infant technology. No one knew how long or whether it was going to last at all. A 27-year-old Broadway star, along with a team of writers and performers who would become legendary, including Imogene Coca, Nanette Fabray, Mel Brooks, Carl
Silicon Valley: The Complete Fifth Season
(2018) Single-disc set with all eight episodes. Finally on the brink of success, Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch) and the Pied Piper team return from the fourth season’s chaos. But with more money, inevitably, comes more problems. While Richard struggles to be a leader and play with the big dogs, the rest of the team adjusts to new faces, new digs and new anxieties. Always looming is Hooli rival Gavin Belson, who has returned to power but finds the threat of Pied Piper, and its boldness, hard to shake. Continuing to mine the over-the-top world of Silicon Valley for humor and poignancy, this season sees Pied Piper facing higher stakes, greater competition and even more opportunities to screw it all up. Formats: DVD, Digital. Extras: Season Four recap. (HBO).
Supernatural: The Complete Thirteenth Season
(2017-18) Four-disc set with all 23 episodes. Last season, the Winchesters were reunited with their resurrected mother, Mary, who joined forces with the British Men of Letters. But things turned from bad to worse, with the return of Lucifer and the surprising revelation that the Devil was expecting a child with a human mother. In Season Thirteen, Sam and Dean find themselves facing Lucifer’s offspring, a creature of almost unimaginable power - one that could save the world... or destroy it. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray. Extras: "Mystery Mash-Up: The Making of Scoobynatural," "Into The Apocalypse: A World Without the Winchesters," "The Winchester Mythology: Rise of the Nephilim," "Kansas – Carry On Wayward Son" performance at 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, Supernatural: 2017 Comic-Con Panel, audio commentaries, deleted scenes, gag reel.
(Warner).
This Is Our Land
(2017 -- France) Émilie Dequenne, André Dussollier, Guillaume Gouix, Catherine Jacob. Marine Le Pen was defeated in the French election that brought Emmanuel Macron to power, but her far right-wing party, with its nationalist, anti-immigrant platform, lives on to feed the fear and resentment that begot Donald Trump’s election. This is a fictionalized story of an attractive working-class single mother in the North of France who naively agrees to run for mayor, representing the Patriotic Bloc. With the help of the charming town’s esteemed physician and the blonde-bobbed leader who never met an angry crowd she couldn’t make angrier, the Populists’ rhetoric seizes control of the minds of the electorate. Formats: DVD. (Icarus Films).
Trench 11
(2017) Rossif Sutherland, Robert Stadlober, Charlie Carrick. A highly contagious biological weapon, created by German forces in WWI, is discovered by Allied troops as they explore an abandoned underground bunker. Realizing they need to contain and destroy the threat, their mission becomes a fight for survival when one of their own is infected by the deadly parasite and begins to violently attack them. The soldiers now need to not only save themselves, but must stop the outbreak before it spreads to the rest of the world. Formats: DVD, Digital. (RLJE Films).
Hereditary
When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited. Making his feature debut, writer-director Ari Aster unleashes a nightmare vision of a domestic breakdown that exhibits the craft and precision of a nascent auteur, transforming a familial tragedy into something ominous and deeply disquieting, and pushing the horror movie into chilling new terrain with its shattering portrait of heritage gone to hell.
Vitals: Director: Ari Aster. Stars: Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: R, 127 min., Horror, Box office gross: $43.170 million, Lionsgate.
Extras: Deleted scenes, “Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary” featurette, “Evil in Miniature” photo gallery.
Adrift
Based on the true story of survival, a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime. As the two avid sailors set out on a journey across the ocean, Tami Oldham (Woodley) and Richard Sharp (Claflin) couldn't anticipate they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. In the aftermath of the storm, Tami awakens to find Richard badly injured and their boat in ruins. With no hope for rescue, Tami must find the strength and determination to save herself and the only man she has ever loved.
Vitals: Director: Baltasar Kormakur. Stars: Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Jeffrey Thomas, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Grace Palmer.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 96 min., Drama, Box office gross: $30.124
million, Universal.
Extras: Deleted scenes; "Survival at Sea" interview with the cast and filmmakers; "Braving the Elements" behind-the-scenes look at filming in the open waters; "Journey" in which Shailene Woodley takes viewers on a journey into "Adrift"; theatrical trailers; commentary with director Baltasar Kormákur and Woodley.
Adrift
(2018) Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Jeffrey Thomas, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Grace Palmer. A true story of survival, as a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: Deleted scenes; "Survival at Sea" interview with the cast and filmmakers; "Braving the Elements" behind-the-scenes look at filming in the open waters; "Journey" in which Shailene Woodley takes viewers on a journey into "Adrift"; theatrical trailers; commentary with director Baltasar Kormákur and Woodley. (Universal).
Bloody Spear At Mount Fuji
(1955 -- Japan) Chiezô Kataoka, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Chizuru Kitagawa. Praised by Japanese film critics and much admired by his contemporaries Akira Kurosawa and Yasujirô Ozu, Tomu Uchida nonetheless remains little-known in the west. His 1955 masterpiece "Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji" is an excellent entry point for the newcomer. Set during the Edo period, the film is a tragicomic road movie of sorts, following a samurai, his two servants -- including spear-carrier Genpachi -- and the various people they meet on their journey, including a policeman in pursuit of a thief, a young child and a woman who is to be sold into prostitution. Winner of a prestigious Blue Ribbon Award for supporting actor -- and Kurosawa regular --Daisuke Katô, "Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji" is a film deserving of much wider international recognition. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: New audio commentary by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp, recorded exclusively for this release; reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Corey Brickley; FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic and filmmaker James Oliver. (Arrow Academy/MVD Entertainment).
Brothers
(2016 -- China) Ethan Li, Peter Ho, Xia Zitong. Once a poor vagrant, Chen Tiejin has risen through the ranks of the Red Army and is now a brave and experienced company commander. During a dangerous rescue mission, Commander Tiejin and his Red Army troop are locked in heated battle with the Kuomintang soldiers. Raising his weapon to deliver the final blow, he stops dead – the solder is none other than his brother he lost five years before, now working alongside the enemy. In a time of hardship and war, can brotherly love bridge the divide to find peace? Formats: DVD, Digital. (Well Go USA).
detail. In high-stakes trials, Bull's combination of remarkable insight into human nature, three Ph.D.'s and a topnotch staff creates winning strategies that tip the scales of justice in his clients' favor. Formats: DVD. Extras: "Bull Pen" in which cast and producers discuss the major story arcs of the latest season; "20 Questions With Michael Weatherly"; "Bull by the Horns" featurette; deleted scenes; gag reel. (CBS/Paramount).
Hawaii Five-0: The Eighth Season
(2017-18) Six-disc set with all 25 episodes. A contemporary take on the classic series about an elite federalized task force whose mission is to wipe out the crime that washes up on the islands' sun-drenched beaches. Returning to Hawaii to head up the new team after some persuasion -- from Hawaii's former governor is Detective Steve McGarrett (Alex -O'Loughlin), a decorated Naval officer turned cop. His rules: no red tape and full blanket authority to hunt down the biggest "game" in town. Formats: DVD. Extras: "Shoreline: Season 8" look back at the highlights with the cast, writers, producers and crew; "Directing With Alex O'Loughlin"; "Meet the Rookies"; "Animated Cargument" unused animated sequence created for the series premeire; deleted and extended scenes; gag reel. (CBS/Paramount).
Hereditary
(2018) Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd. After the family matriarch passes away, a grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences, and begin to unravel dark secrets. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: Deleted scenes, “Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary” featurette, “Evil in Miniature” photo gallery. (Lionsgate).
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: The Complete Sixth Season
(1972-73) Six-disc set with 24 episodes of the final season. By the time "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" signed off the air on March 12, 1973 with 140 trailblazing episodes across six seasons, the show had become a cultural touchstone without peer. Broadcast from beautiful downtown Burbank, "Laugh-In" was hosted by straight man Dan Rowan and wisecracking co-host Dick Martin, who led a gaggle of goofballs through a rapid-fire assault of one-liners, skits, bits and non sequiturs that left viewers in hysterics and disbelief. Anything and anyone in the public eye was a target. Political correctness? Forget it! The series received a makeover in its final season with new cast members including comedian Patti Deutsch, folksy singer-comedian Jud Strunk, ventriloquist act Willie Tyler & Lester and giddy Goldie Hawn look-alike Sarah Kennedy, a new set, a bevy of new Downtown Beauties, and the show's musical director Ian Bernard and His Band playing live during some of the party scenes. Guests included Steve Allen, Jack Benny, Carol Burnett, James Caan, Johnny Carson, William Conrad, Howard Cosell, Sammy Davis Jr., Dom DeLuise, Angie Dickinson, Phyllis Diller, Sandy Duncan, Nanette Fabray, James Farentino, Robert Goulet, Jack Klugman, Michael Landon, Steve Lawrence, Rich Little, Don Rickles, Vin Scully, Mark Spitz, Sally Struthers, John Wayne and Henny Youngman.
Formats: DVD. (Time Life).
intimate close-ups by cinematographer Sven Nykvist and featuring flawless performances by Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson, Bergman's emotional X-ray reveals the deep joys and pains of a complex bond. High-definition digital transfers of both the television version and the U.S. theatrical version of the film, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks.
Extras: Interview with director Ingmar Bergman from 1986; interviews from 2003 with actors Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson; interview from 2003 with Bergman scholar Peter Cowie comparing the two versions of "Scenes from a Marriage"; an essay by author Phillip Lopate. (The Criterion Collection).
Reiner, Larry Gelbart, Neil Simon, and Woody Allen, revolutionized sketch comedy by telling stories rooted in the human condition. They redefined television sketch comedy, and paved the way for generations to follow; Caesar's influence reverberating throughout "Saturday Night Live" (he hosted the show in 1983 and was named an honorary cast member), Reiner’s inspiration for "The Dick Van Dyke Show," Brooksfilms’ "My Favorite Year" and Neal Simon’s Broadway hit "Laughter on the 23rd Floor," to name a few examples. The five-DVD set, spanning 1950 to 2014, contains over 11 hours of fan favorites and previously unreleased material, as well as a 20-page book of history, rare photos, and notes, and many interviews and extras, including the 2014 Paley Center for Media Tribute Program with Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and Billy Crystal. The set begins with "The Admiral Broadway Review," through "Your Shows of Shows" and "Caesar’s Hour." It contains the first-time DVD release of the feature film "Ten From Your Show of Shows," the Emmy-winning 1967 "CBS Reunion Special," the "Chevy Show" and a rare 1983 episode of "A&E’s Nightcap," featuring Studs Terkel and Calvin Trillin in conversation with Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner. Formats: DVD. (Shout! Factory).
Truth or Dare
(2017) Cassie Scerbo, Brytni Sarpy, Mason Dye, Harvey Guillen, Luke Baines, Ricardo Hoyos, Heather Langenkamp. Eight college friends head to a "Haunted Rental" in a remote town for Halloween weekend where they play the game rumored to have caused the deaths of seven teenagers decades earlier -- Truth or Dare. And what starts out as vodka-induced fun quickly turns serious when the dares become sickeningly dangerous and the truths threaten to tear the group apart. When players attempt to refuse the increasingly challenging tasks, they're met with deadly consequences. Formats: DVD. (Cinedigm).
Young Sheldon: The Complete First Season
(2017-18) Two-disc set with all 22 episodes of the "Big Bang Theory" prequel.
Formats: DVD, Digital. Extras: "Young Sheldon: An Origin Story," "Sibling Revelry." (Warner).
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