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OnVideo's Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases
All American Bikini Car Wash
(2015) Kayla Collins, Jack Cullison, Mindy Robinson. An enterprising college student agrees to run his professor's Las Vegas car wash to avoid flunking out of school. But it's "Vegas gone wild" when he decides to staff it with gorgeous bikini-clad girls .Formats: DVD. (Monarch Home Entertainment).
Anesthesia
(2015) Sam Waterston, Kristen Stewart, Gretchen Mol, K. Todd Freeman, Tim Blake Nelson, Glenn Close, Gloria Reuben. Multiple lives intersect surrounding the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor. While on his way home one evening, Walter Zarrow (Sam Waterston), a popular Columbia University philosophy professor, is violently attacked on the street. Flashing back one week to the beginning of a domino effect of events that led up to this seemingly senseless assault, actor-director Tim Blake Nelson traces hidden connections between an apparently disparate group of people including a self-destructive student (Stewart), a hard-drinking suburban housewife (Mol), and a desperate junkie (Freeman) forming a complex, engrossing mosaic of lost souls united by tragedy.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (IFC Films).
The Black Jacket
(2016) Documentary follows Aquil Basheer, a former Black Panther, as he leads ex-gang members and community outreach workers through a 16-week curriculum recently adopted by the Los Angeles City Council. The mission: Peace. The method: Changing the violent mindsets of gang members one person at a time. The result: Hundreds fewer murders per year and scores of warring neighborhoods communicating and negotiating peace agreements to stop the bloodshed before it starts. Formats: DVD, Digital. (Virgil Films).
The Brothers Grimsby
(2016) Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson, Isla Fisher, Penelope Cruz, Ian McShane, Scott Adkins, Gabourey Sidibe. Nobby (Sacha Baron Cohen), a sweet but dimwitted English football hooligan, reunites with his long-lost brother Sebastian (Mark Strong), a deadly MI6 agent, to prevent a massive global terror attack and prove that behind every great spy is an embarrassing sibling. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, VOD, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: "The Making of The Brothers Grimsby," "Line-O-Rama: Hilarious Outtakes." Blu-ray adds "The Elephant in the Room" featurette, blooper reel, deleted & extended scenes. (Sony).
Crackerjack
(2013) Wes Murphy, Bethany Ann Lind, L. Warren Young, Aaron Beelner, Phillip DeVona. When his girlfriend becomes pregnant, a lovable loser must choose to either repeat his family history, in which the men become absent as soon as a baby becomes present,change his lifestyle, ... or just go play softball. Formats: DVD. (Monarch Home Video).
The Crush BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1993) Cary Elwes, Alicia Silverstone, Kurtwood Smith, Jennifer Rubin. Romantic obsession has harrowing consequences in this ‘90s cult-classic, suspense thriller finally arriving on Blu-ray. A captivating tale of obsession and revenge, the film stars Cary Elwes and Alicia Silverstone in her breakthrough role. When Nick (Elwes) moves into a garage apartment in a picturesque suburb, his landlady's daughter (Silverstone) takes more than a passing interest in him. Her infatuation turns violent when he rejects her, and she sets out to ruin him, his work and his girlfriend. If she can't have him, no one will. Extras: New audio commentary with writer-director Alan Shapiro, new "The Doting Father" interview with Kurtwood Smith, new "Stung By Love" interview with actress Jennifer Rubin, theatrical trailer, TV spot. (Scream Factory).
Going Away
(2015 -- France) Pierre Rochefort, Louise Bourgoin, Mathias Brezot. Baptiste, a loner, is a gifted primary teacher living in the south of France who never remains in the same job for more than a term. His unremarkable appearance masks cracks, even violence. When he's left unwittingly in charge of Mathias one weekend by the child's negligent father, the boy takes Baptiste to his mother Sandra, a dazzling but fragile woman who works on the beach near Montpellier. For one enchanted day, a powerful spell unites them. But it doesn't last. Sandra owes money and her creditors are moving in, and she's forced to flee again. To help her, Baptiste must return to the roots of his life, and to the darkest, most painful secrets within him. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. (Cohen Media Group).
I, Anna
(2015) Charlotte Rampling, Gabriel Byrne, Eddie Marsan, Hayley Atwell. The lives of a beautiful divorcee and a troubled detective intersect during the investigation of a vicious murder on the grimy, rain-soaked streets of London, sparking a tangled web of passion, intrigue and deceit. The modern film noir is told from the perspective of the intriguing woman, a key suspect in the murder case, who becomes an obsession for the detective in charge of the investigation. Formats: DVD. (Icarus Films).
Janet King, Series 1: The Enemy Within
(2016) Marta Dusseldorp stars in this new eight-part Australian legal drama as Janet King, a senior crown prosecutor. Determined to prove she still has her edge, Janet returns from maternity leave to find her workplace even more demanding than when she left. She quickly becomes involved in high-profile and controversial cases, and, as she makes connections between seemingly unrelated crimes, she unearths a scandal that could damn both the police and the judiciary -- along the way creating enemies that will threaten her career, family, and ultimately her life. Formats: Two-disc DVD. (Acorn Media).
Knight of Cups
(2016) Dir.: Terrence Malick; stars Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Brian Dennehy, Antonio Banderas, Wes Bentley, Isabel Lucas, Teresa Palme, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Freida Pinto, Cherry Jones. A writer indulging in all that Los Angeles and Las Vegas has to offer undertakes a search for love and self via a series of adventures with six different women. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Broad Green Pictures).
The Midnight After
(2014 -- Hong Kong) Simon Yam, Wong You Nam, Janice Man, Kara Hui, Chui Tien You, Lam Suet. In Hong Kong, a group of 16 people on a city bus emerge from a tunnel to find the entire population of the city has vanished. Based on a cult internet novel by "Mr. Pizza," the film follows the eclectic group as they seek refuge in a deserted café and discuss what they should do. Then they make a horrific discovery. An end-of-the-world satire that blends a variety of genres -- including mystery, thriller, sci-fi and comedy. Formats: DVD, Digital. (Well Go USA).
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
(2016) Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Andrea Martin, Elena Kampouris, Alex Wolff, Rita Wilson, Andrea Martin, Gia Carides, Joey Fatone. A Portokalos family secret brings the characters from the first film back together for an even bigger and Greek wedding. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: "My Big Fat Greek Dinner" making-of featurette, "Making the Greekquel" behind-the-scenes featurette, gag reel. (Universal).
Rollercoaster BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1977) George Segal, Timothy Bottoms, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino, Susan Strasberg, Helen Hunt. Suspense yarn has a determined terrorist (Bottoms) turning America's amusement parks into battlefields. The tension mounts as affable safety inspector Harry Calder (Segal) attempts to track down the saboteur who has targeted the country's most popular rollercoasters and its riders for senseless destruction. Extras: Includes the original SENSURROUND soundtrack, new interview with associate producer-writer Tommy Cook, still gallery, radio spots, theatrical trailer. (Shout! Factory).
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
(2016) New animated feature has everyone's favorite cat and mouse return to the captivating Land of Oz for another exciting adventure with Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Lion and their companions. When the Gnome King and his army surface from beneath Oz
and capture the Good Witch, the wizard turns to Tom, Jerry and Dorothy for help. He brings them back to Oz to help stop the evil monarch, who has threatened to take control of Emerald City. Formats: DVD: $19.98. (Warner).
Transformers Rescue Bots: Heroes of Tech
(2016) Chase, Heatwave, Blades and Boulder return for five brand-new adventures with their Griffin Rock friends, the Burns family. This time, they learn the valuable lesson that new technology can definitely be awesome ... but it can also be… dangerous. Formats: DVD.(Shout! Kids).
The Wave
(2015 -- Norway) Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Edith Haagenrud-Sande. Nestled in Norway's Sunnmřre region, Geiranger is one of the most spectacular tourist draws on the planet. With the mountain Akerneset overlooking the village -- and constantly threatening to collapse into the fjord -- it is also a place where cataclysm could strike at any moment. After putting in several years at Geiranger's warning center, geologist Kristian (Joner) is moving on to a prestigious gig with an oil company. But the very day he's about to drive his family to their new life in the city, Kristian senses something isn't right. The substrata are shifting. No one wants to believe that this could be the big one, especially with tourist season at its peak, but when that mountain begins to crumble, every soul in Geiranger has 10 minutes to get to high ground before a tsunami hits, consuming everything in its path. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
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