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Aliens: 30th Anniversary Edition
(1986) Dir.: James Cameron; Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Jenette Goldstein. This Aliens 30th Anniversary Limited-Edition Set features both the Theatrical and Special Edition versions
Back In Time
(2015) Documentary takes a look at the very real impact the "Back to the Future" movies have had on our culture. Includes must-see interviews with Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, James Tolkan, Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox. Formats: DVD. (Filmrise).
Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants
(2016) Latest original animated adventure. The Dark Knight is back doing what he does best -- protecting the citizens of Gotham City – in the third installment of the Batman Unlimited series. When evil scientist Mr. Freeze activates his latest invention on two of Gotham City's most formidable criminals -- Killer Croc and Bane -- things go from bad to worse. Turning them into super-sized mutant monsters, the Super-Villains start bashing through the streets of Gotham City with no end in sight. It's up to the Caped Crusader and his Super Hero team to save the day by putting the giant robot mechs in their place – but it will be an uphill battle as they face off against enormous foes. Formats: DVD, Digital. (Warner).
Be Somebody
(2016) Matthew Espinosa, Sarah Jeffery, Tava Smiley, Caitlin Keats. Social media star Matthew Espinosa (with 18 million followers) stars as teen pop star Jordan Jaye, who just wants to live like a regular teenager. When he’s chased down by some excited female fans, he finds a perfect hideout and a reluctant new friend in a small town high school art student named Emily Lowe (Sarah Jeffery, Descendants). Formats: DVD. Extras: Behind-the-scenes footage, gag reel. (Paramount).
The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Ninth Season
(2015-16) All 24 episodes of the hit series that follows the saga of Leonard and Sheldon, two genius roommates who are brilliant in the lab, but socially challenged outside of it.
Formats: Three-disc DVD, two-disc Blu-ray, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: "The Big Bang Theory Gives Back," "BBT: The Big 200!", "Love IS Rocket Science," "Just Ask BBT: If I Had To Go To Mars …," "Just Ask BBT: Who Will Get The Couch?", 2015 Comic-Con Panel, gag reel. (Warner).
Captain America: Civil War
(2016) Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Sam Wilson, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp, Tom Holland. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, 3D Blu-ray/Blu-ray Combo, VOD, Digital, Disney Movies Anywhere (cloud). Blu-ray extras: "United We Stand, Divided We Fall – The Making of Captain America: Civil War Part 1 & Part 2," "Captain America: The Road to Civil War," "Iron Man: The Road to Civil War," gag reel, deleted and extended scenes, commentary by directors Anthony and Joe Russo and screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. (Disney).
The Conjuring 2
(2016) Dir.: James Wan. Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Frances O’Connor, Madison Wolfe, Lauren Esposito, Patrick McAuley, Benjamin Haigh. Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by a malicious spirit. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, VOD, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: "The Enfield Poltergeist: Living the Horror." "The Conjuring 2: Hollywood’s Haunted Stage," "Creating Crooked," "Crafting The Conjuring 2," "Sounds of Scary," deleted scenes. (Warner).
De Palma
(2016) One of the most talented, influential, and iconoclastic filmmakers of all time, Brian De Palma's career started in the 60s and has included such acclaimed and diverse films as "Carrie," "Dressed to Kill," "Blow Out," "Scarface," "The Untouchables," "Carlito's Way" and "Mission: Impossible." In this lively, illuminating and unexpectedly moving documentary, directors Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow engage in a personal and candid discussion with De Palma, exploring not only his life and work but also his singular approach to the craft of filmmaking and his remarkable experiences navigating the film business, from his early days as the bad boy of New Hollywood to his more recent years as a respected veteran of the field. In the end, what emerges is a funny, honest, and incisive portrait of a truly one-of-a-kind artist, and an exhilarating behind-the-scenes look at the last 50 years of the film industry through the eyes of someone who has truly seen it all. Formats: Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). (Lionsgate).
Hawaii Five-0
(2015-16) Six-disc set with all 25 episodes. The heat's on as the Hawaii Five-0 team takes on some of the Aloha State's most notorious and baffling criminal cases involving murder, the Mob, espionage, and kidnapping. With McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) and Danny (Scott Caan) at the helm, the team interrogates members of a renegade stunt-bikers gang, pursues a rogue Russian spy with access to NSA secrets, and partners with an autistic child in a murder investigation. Formats: DVD. Extras: Gag reel, deleted and extended scenes, audio commentaries on select episodes, "Behind the Scenes With Alex O'Loughlin" set tour, "Aloha Action!" stunts featurette, "One More Day" music video by Shawn Mokuahi Garnett (Cousin Flippa), "Casting Five-0," more. (Universal).
King Jack
(2015) Charlie Plummer, Cory Nichols, Christian Madse, Danny Flaherty. A critically
The Last Reef: Cities Beneath The Sea
(2016) IMAX and Giant Screen film released in 4K and 3D. Shot on location in Palau, Vancouver Island, French Polynesia, Mexico, and The Bahamas, "The Last Reef" takes viewers on a global journey to explore the human connection with the ocean's complex, parallel worlds. New underwater 3D technology takes us into the heart of the reef, revealing a habitat more diverse and more colorful than one ever imagined.
Formats:4K Ultra HD/3D Blu-reay/Blu-ray Combo, Blu-ray Disc, Digital. (Shout! Factory).
Little House on the Prairie: Legacy Movie Collection
The story of the Ingalls family concludes with these three newly restored and uncut movie adventures:" Look Back to Yesterday," "Bless All the Dear Children," and "The Last Farewell." Formats: DVD, Digital. (Lionsgate).
Longmire: The Complete Fourth Season
(2015) Three-disc set with all 10 episodes of the Netflix contemporary Western series. The new season finds unflappable Sheriff Walt Longmire (Robert Taylor) and his deputies trying to put the troubling events of the past behind them. The mysterious White Warrior who tormented Branch Connally (Bailey Chase) is dead, Walt's best friend Henry Standing Bear (Lou Diamond Phillips) is a free man, Longmire's right-hand deputy Victoria "Vic" Moretti (Katee Sackhoff) is newly divorced, and the mystery of Walt's wife's murder is seemingly resolved. However, just as it looks like a second chance is truly possible for everyone; the opening of the new casino on the Reservation brings dark new problems to Walt's corner of Wyoming. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital. (Warner).
Marauders
(2016) Bruce Willis, Christopher Meloni, Dave Bautista, Adrian Grenier When a bank is hit by a brutal heist, all evidence points to the owner (Bruce Willis) and his high-powered clients. But as a group of FBI agents (Christopher Meloni, Dave Bautista and Adrian Grenier) dig deeper into the case — and the deadly heists continue — it becomes clear that a larger conspiracy is at play. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, VOD, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). (Lionsgate).
The Neon Dead
(2015) Marie Barker, Mark Ashworth, Greg Garrison, Dylan Schettina, Nathan DeRussy, Candace Mabry. An unemployed college graduate hires two paranormal exterminators to combat a monster infestation in her new home. But their out-of-their-depth prodding into an evil unleashes an ancient demon and his army of monsters who quickly overrun the home, intent on possessing every human they make contact with. Formats: DVD, Digital. Extras: Commentary with director Torey Haas, bonus scenes, two monster shorts ("First Date," "Troll Picnic") by Haas, creature profile. (Wild Eye Releasing).
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
(2016) Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer, Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows, Maya Rudolph, Joan Cusack, Imogeen Poots, Chris Redd. When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything in his power to maintain his celebrity status. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, VOD, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: Deleted scenes, gag reel, interview outtakes, bonus footage, six music videos, "How to Donkey Roll," "Big Boy Freestyle," "Shooting Hoops," "Turn Up the Beef" backstory, "Fun at CMZ!" more. (Universal).
Raising Cain [Collector's Edition] BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1992) John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen, Gregg Henry, Tom Bower, Mel Harris, Teri Austin. From master of terror Brian De Palma comes this stylish psychological thriller. Carter Nix (Lithgow) is a respected psychologist, loving husband and devoted father who decides to take a year off to help raise his daughter. Carter's wife Jenny is pleased to have her attentive husband home -- at first. When Carter shows obsessive behavior toward their daughter,
Scorpion: Season Two
(2015-16) Six-disc set with all 24 epiosdes. Elyes Gabel stars as the leader of Scorpion, a team of prodigies who use their intellect to solve the world's deadliest problems. Also starring Robert Patrick as tough-as-nails Homeland Security
The Silent Storm
(2014 - UK) Andrea Riseborough, Damian Lewis, Ross Anderson. A wild Scottish island provides the backdrop for this tense drama of a stormy marriage between an authoritarian minister and his mysterious wife whose lives are shaken by the unexpected arrival of a delinquent into their home. Formats: DVD, Digital. (Sony).
Standing Tall
(2015 -- France) Rod Paradot, Benoît Magimel, Sara Forestier, Catherine Deneuve, Diane Rouxel. Abandoned by his mother (Forestier) at the age of 6, Malony (Paradot) is constantly in and out of juvenile court. An adoptive family grows around this young delinquent: Florence (Deneuve), a children's magistrate nearing retirement, and Yann (Magimel), a caseworker and himself the survivor of a very difficult childhood. Together they follow the boy's journey and try unfailingly to save him. Then Malony is sent to a stricter educational center, where he meets Tess (Rouxel), a very special young girl who shows him that there are reasons for hope. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Cohen Media Group).
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
(1939 - Japan) This heartrending masterpiece by Kenji Mizoguchi about the give-and-take between life and art marked the director’s first use of the hypnotic long takes and eloquent
Tales of Halloween
(2015) Limited collector's edition of the horror anthology film that weaves together 10 chilling tales from horror's top directors: Ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and the devil
When Justice Isn't Just
(2015) Filmed in cities across the country, this documentary explores why so many unarmed black people have been targeted and killed by law enforcement officers, an issue that has taken center stage in the national consciousness. The filmmakers talk to legal experts, activists and law enforcement officials who speak to the inequality within our criminal justice system. The film asks the crucial question of how to prevent more violence in this country, including Black on Black deaths. Activists, law enforcement officials, legal scholars, and the family members of victims offer a range of responses.
Formats: DVD, Digital. (First Run Features).
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman BLU-RAY DEBUT
The colossally popular Zatoichi films (1962-1973) make up the longest-running action series in Japanese history and created one of the screen's great heroes: an itinerant blind masseur
Captain America: Civil War
Marvel's "Captain America: Civil War" finds Steve Rogers (Captain America) leading the newly formed team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. But after another incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability, headed by a governing body to oversee and direct the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers, resulting in two camps -- one led by Steve Rogers and his desire for the Avengers to remain free to defend humanity without government interference, and the other following Tony Stark's (Iron Man) surprising decision to support government oversight and accountability. Rogers and Stark are joined by a star-studded lineup of Marvel Super Heroes, including Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Bucky Barnes aka Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), Sam Wilson aka Falcon (Anthony Mackie) Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes aka War Machine (Don Cheadle), Clint Barton aka Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Vision (Paul Bettany) and Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), along with new recruit Scott Lang aka Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) and joined by two new additions: T'Challa aka Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) and Peter Parker aka Spider-Man (Tom Holland).
Vitals: Director: Anthony and Joe Russo. Stars: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Sam Wilson, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp, Tom Holland.
2016, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 147 min., Action Adventure, Box office gross: $380.230 million, Disney.
Blu-ray extras: "United We Stand, Divided We Fall – The Making of Captain America: Civil War Part 1 & Part 2," "Captain America: The Road to Civil War," "Iron Man: The Road to Civil War," gag reel, deleted and extended scenes, commentary by directors Anthony and Joe Russo and screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.
The Conjuring 2
Brings to the screen another real case from the files of renowned demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. Reprising their roles, Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson star as the Warrens, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Vitals: Director: James Wan. Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Frances O’Connor, Madison Wolfe, Lauren Esposito, Patrick McAuley, Benjamin Haigh.
2016, CC, MPAA rating: R, 134 min., Horror, Box office gross: $102.216 million, Warner.
Extras: "The Enfield Poltergeist: Living the Horror." "The Conjuring 2: Hollywood’s Haunted Stage," "Creating Crooked," "Crafting The Conjuring 2," "Sounds of Scary," deleted scenes.
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Rock comedy goes behind the scenes as music sensation Conner4Real (Andy Samberg) finds his popularity plummeting after a disastrous album release, leaving his fans, sycophants and rivals all wondering what to do when he’s no longer the dopest star of all.
Vitals: Director: Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone. Stars: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer, Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows, Maya Rudolph, Joan Cusack, Imogeen Poots, Chris Redd.
2016, CC, MPAA rating: R, 87 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $9.393 million, Universal.
Extras: Deleted scenes, gag reel, interview outtakes, bonus footage, six music videos, "How to Donkey Roll," "Big Boy Freestyle," "Shooting Hoops," "Turn Up the Beef" backstory, "Fun at CMZ!" more.
Aliens: 30th Anniversary Edition
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (DVD release: September 27)
The Shallows (DVD, Blu-ray release, VOD: September 27)
Warcraft(DVD, Blu-ray release, VOD: September 27)
Finding Altamira (DVD release: September 27)
of the film on Blu-ray, and includes collectible art cards and a book featuring art from the Dark Horse Comics "Aliens" series with an all-new cover created exclusively for this edition. The Blu-ray and Digital HD release will include an all-new documentary titled "The Inspiration and Design of Aliens," which delves into the origins of the film. James Cameron directed this critically acclaimed sequel starring Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien. After drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years, Ripley returns to Earth, haunted by nightmares of the past. Although her story is initially met with disbelief, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426 ... and this time it’s war as the marines encounter a deserted planet overrun with Aliens. Formats: Blu-ray Disc, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: " The Inspiration and Design of Aliens featurette, deleted and extended scenes, "Superior Firepower: Making Aliens," "Superior Firepower: Making Aliens Enhancement," pre-production galleries ("The Art of Aliens": "Gateway Station and Colony," "Vehicles and Weapons," "Aliens"; "Casting": Cast portrait gallery); deleted scene montage. (Fox).
All Things Must Pass
(2015) Established in 1960, Tower Records was once a retail powerhouse with 200 stores, in 30 countries, on five continents. From humble beginnings in a small-town drugstore, Tower Records eventually became the heart and soul of the music world, and a powerful force in the music industry. In 1999, Tower Records made an astounding $1 billion. In 2006, the company filed for bankruptcy. What went wrong? Everyone thinks they know what killed Tower Records: The Internet. But that's not the story. Directed by Colin Hanks, and featuring music icons like Dave Grohl, Elton John and Bruce Springsteen, "All Things Must Pass" examines the iconic company's explosive trajectory, tragic demise, and legacy forged by its rebellious founder, Russ Solomon. For seven years, Hanks took on the documentary that lamented and celebrated the Sacramento-based record store that grew from his hometown into an American retail powerhouse. Formats: DVD. (Filmrise/MVD Entertainment).
Chicago P.D.: Season Three
(2015-16) Six-disc set with all 23 episodes. Return to ground zero in the fight against Chicago crime with this critically acclaimed drama from Primetime Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf ("Law & Order"). In Season Three, Hank Voight's (Jason Beghe) intelligence unit is in the final stretch of taking down a powerful kingpin when one of his detectives is severely beaten and kidnapped. In a race against time, Voight makes the difficult decision to bring back one of the disgraced former members of his unit. Formats: DVD. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette, "Chicago Fire," "Chicago Med" and "Law & Order: SVU" crossover episodes. (Universal).
Extras: Behind-the-scenes USO tour, unfiltered studio sessions, more musical performances. (Fox).
acclaimed coming-of-age story about friendship and finding happiness in rough surroundings, the stylish film follows a scrappy 15-year-old (Plummer) who bonds with his introverted cousin (Nichols) while facing off against a bully (Flaherty), set over a hazy summer weekend. Formats: DVD. (Well Go USA).
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1983) Dir.: Charles Band; Mike Preston, Kelly Preston, Jeffrey Byron, Tim Thomerson, Richard Moll. On a desert planet, warlord Jared-Syn is trying to convince a tribe of mutants that he's their messiah and gain unlimited power hidden in a crystal. Only the galactic peacekeeping Ranger Dogen and explorer Dhyana, who's father was murdered by Syn, can stop him. Originally released in 3D during the early 1980s 3D revival. Formats: 3D Blu-ray/Blu-ray Combo. Extras: New "High Noon at the End of the Universe" featuring interviews with director-producer Charles Band, actors Jeffrey Byron, Richard Moll and Tim Thomerson, screenwriter-producer Alan J. Adler, special effects artist Allan Apone, make-up artist Kenny Myers and composer Richard Band;
promotional and behind-the-scenes still gallery; radio spot; original theatrical trailer. (Scream Factory).
Presenting Princess Shaw
(2015) A documentary on the collaborative relationship between New Orleans based songwriter/YouTube star Samantha Montgomery and Israeli composer/video artist Ophir Kutiel. By day, Samantha Montgomery cares for the elderly in one of New Orleans's toughest neighborhoods. By night, she writes and sings her own songs as Princess Shaw on her confessional YouTube channel. Raw and vulnerable, her voice is a diamond in the rough. Across the globe, Ophir Kutiel creates video mash ups of amateur YouTube performers. Known as Kutiman, he is a composer, a musician, and a pioneering video artist embraced by the world of fine art. Kutiman "transforms sampling into a multimedia art," whether at his home on a kibbutz in Israel or at a live performance at the Guggenheim in New York. Two strangers, almost 7,000 miles apart, begin to build a song. Formats: DVD, Digital. Extras: Deleted scenes, interview with Princess Shaw, trailer. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
The Purging Hour
(2015) Paul Cross, Tom Mclaren, Art Roberts. With the hopes of a new life for his family, Bruce Diaz leaves the harsh city for the serene and majestic mountains of California. The Diaz family's first day in their new house would go down as one of the most violent 24 hours any family could ever imagine. With no serviceable evidence being retrieved and no witnesses, the case was eventually dismissed. Several years later, the family's personal home movie footage was released by an anonymous source. This "home video" is the family's story, through their eyes. Formats: DVD. (MVD Visual).
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Jenny becomes concerned, and to complicate matters, Jenny's old flame re-enters her life. But nothing can prepare her for the emergence of Carter's multiple personalities, and a fiendish plot to recreate the infamous experiments of his deranged father. Formats: Two-disc Blu-ray. Extras: New interviews with actors John Lithgow, Steven Bauer, Gregg Henry, Tom Bower, Mel Harris and editor Paul Hirsch; original theatrical trailer; director's cut of the film featuring scenes reordered as originally intended; new "Changing Cain: Brian De Palma's Cult Classic Restored" featurette; new "Raising Cain Re-Cut – A Video Essay" by Peet Gelderblom. (Scream Factory Select).
agent Cabe Gallo, and Katherine McPhee as Paige, a former waitress who interprets the "normal" world for the team, while they help her understand her withdrawn, genius son.
Formats: DVD. Extras: "Unlikely Heroes: Scorpion Season 2" featurette, "Creating Reality: Visual Effects" featurette, "Geeky Gadgets" featurette, "Scorpion: The Comic Book," gag reel, audio commentaries. (CBS/Paramount).
camera movements that would come to define his films. The adopted son of legendary kabuki actor Kikunosuke (Shotaro Hanayagi), who is striving to achieve stardom by mastering female roles, turns to his infant brother’s wet nurse (Kakuko Mori) for support and affection—and she soon gives up everything for her beloved’s creative glory. Featuring fascinating glimpses behind the scenes of kabuki theater in the late nineteenth century, The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum is a critique of the oppression of women and the sacrifices required of them, and the pinnacle of Mizoguchi’s early career. New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: New interview with critic Phillip Lopate about the evolution of director Kenji Mizoguchi’s style, an essay by film scholar Dudley Andrew. (The Criterion Collection).
delight in terrorizing unsuspecting residents of a suburban neighborhood on Halloween night. The all-star directorial lineup includes Neil Marshall, Darren Lynn Bousman, Lucky McKee and Mike Mendez. Cameos by horror heavyweights such as Barry Bostwick, Lin Shaye, John Savage, Adrienne Barbeau, John Landis, Joe Dante, Barbara Crampton, Booboo Stewart, Keir Gilchrist, Grace Phipps, Pat Healy, Kristina Klebe, Greg Grunberg, Alex Essoe, Pollyanna McIntosh and more. In addition to the feature film, the limited-edition collector's set will also contain a DVD chock-full of bonus features and a CD of the film's soundtrack featuring original tracks by Lalo Schifrin, Jimmy Psycho, Christopher Drake and Christian Henson. Among the highlights of the bonus features are exclusive, never-before-seen short films from "Tales of Halloween" directors, including "Brain Death," an early student film from director Neil Marshall that was previously unreleased. Other highlights include video diaries for each segment of the anthology, featuring interviews with the directors, cast, and crew, and sneak peeks behind-the-scenes on set. Additional bonus materials include deleted scenes, director commentaries and photo galleries. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Epic Pictures Group).
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The Transformers: The Movie [30th Anniversary Edition]
(1986) Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Orson Welles, Susan Blu, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Idle, Robert Stack. Remastered from a new 4k transfer of the original film elements. For millennia, the heroic Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, have been at war with the evil Megatron and his Decepticons over control of their home planet of Cybertron. However, an even greater threat: Unicron, a colossal converting planet that devours everything in its path and is heading right for Cybertron. The only hope is the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. Will the Autobots be able to save themselves and their home world in time?
Formats: Limited Edition Seelbook two-disc Blu-ray, two-disc Blu-ray, DVD, Digital. Extras: New "'Til All Are One" comprehensive documentary looking back at "The Transformers: The Movie" with members of the cast and crew, including story consultant Flint Dille, cast members Gregg Berger, Susan Blu, Neil Ross, Dan Gilvezan, singer-songwriter Stan Bush, composer Vince DiCola and others; new "Transformers: The Restoration" featurette; new "Rolling Out The New Cover" featurette; audio commentary with director Nelson Shin, story consultant Flint Dille and star Susan Blu; archival featurettes "The Death of Optimus Prime," "The Cast & Characters," "Transformers Q&A"; animated storyboards; original theatrical trailers; TV spots. (Shout! Factory.
Wonders of the Arctic
(2016) IMAX and Giant Screen film released in 4K and 3D. The Arctic has always been a place of mystery, myth and fascination. The Inuit and their predecessors adapted and thrived for thousands of years in what is arguably the harshest environment on Earth. Today, the Arctic is the focus of intense research. Instead of seeking to conquer the north, scientist pioneers are searching for answers to some troubling questions about the impacts of human activities around the world on this fragile and largely uninhabited frontier. "Wonders of the Arctic" centers on the ongoing mission to explore and come to terms with the Arctic, and the compelling stories of the many forays into this captivating world. Formats:4K Ultra HD/3D Blu-reay/Blu-ray Combo, Blu-ray Disc, Digital. (Shout! Factory).
who also happens to be a lightning-fast swordsman. As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy Shintaro Katsu became an instant superstar, lending a larger-than-life presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who lives staunchly by a code of honor and delivers justice in every town and village he enters. The films that feature him are variously pulse-pounding, hilarious, stirring, and completely off-the-wall. This deluxe set features the string of 25 Zatoichi films made between 1962 and 1973, collected in one package for the first time. New digital restorations, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks. Standalone Blu-ray version of the November 2013 Criterion DVD set, $159.96. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: "The Blind Swordsman," a 1978 documentary about Zatoichi portrayer and filmmaker Shintaro Katsu, along with a new interview with its director, John Nathan; interview with Asian-film critic Tony Rayns; trailers for all 25 films; book featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien, synopses of the films by critic, novelist, and musician Chris D., "The Tale of Zatoichi," the original short story by Kan Shimozawa; and 25 new illustrations inspired by the films, by 25 different artists. (The Criterion Collection).
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