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July 17:
Baja: Four 22 year-olds on a Mexican road trip seem bound for disaster until they, and their trip, are unexpectedly redeemed by a series of comedic events. (Digital, VOD only)
1/1: The film submerges the audience into the mind of Lissa, a 21-old girl trapped in rural Pennsylvania, who grapples with sex, drugs, love and loss.
Overboard: A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee. Remake of the 1987 Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell vehicle. (DVD, Blu-ray release: July 31)
Tully: A mother of three including a newborn is gifted a night nanny by her brother and comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully. (DVD, Blu-ray release: July 31)
July 23:
Westworld Season 2: This season, the puppet show is over and the newly liberated “hosts” are coming for humankind. Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) takes charge, Maeve (Thandie Newton) is on a mission and the Man in Black (Ed Harris) is back. (DVD, Blu-ray release: Dec. 4)
Across the River
(2018 -- UK) Elizabeth Healey, Keir Charles, Liz Richardson. A "slice of life" story about one couple's second-chance at goodbye. It's the emotionally resonant tale of first lovers reunited by accident as both, thwarted by the challenges of a public transportation strike, seek to get home on a busy London afternoon -- but to opposite sides of the river. As they reminisce, laugh and cry, the reality of their current lives pulls them apart, but the memory of what they had -- and could have had -- tempts them. Formats: DVD VOD, Digital. (Random Media).
The Associate
(1996) Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Eli Wallach, Bebe Neuwirth, Tim Daly, Austin Pendleton, Lainie Kazan. Goldberg plays a fast-track executive who starts her own company after a backstabbing co-worker nabs her promotion. But when she's locked out of the stuffy corporate world, she invents a dazzling male business partner to sell her ideas. Her wacky plan soon spins wildly out of control, however, and when her bogus "associate" becomes Wall Street's hottest financial whiz, she must now impersonate him.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray.
(Kino Lorber Studio Classics).
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
(1971) One of the major consequences of Western Europe's post-war Economic Miracle was the proliferation of international travel. Eager to tap into audiences' desire to experience the glamor of the jet set lifestyle, the popular filmmakers of the day rushed to make the most of the exotic locales at their disposal. Arguably no other giallo captured this trend as vividly as "The Case of the Scorpion's Tail." The film begins in London, where Lisa Baumer (Evelyn Stewart) learns that her husband has died in a freak plane accident. Summoned to Athens to collect his generous life insurance policy, she soon discovers that others besides herself are keen to get their hands on the money -- and are willing to kill for it. Meanwhile, private detective Peter Lynch (George Hilton) arrives to investigate irregularities in the insurance claim. Teaming up with a beautiful reporter, Cléo Dupont (Anita Strindberg), Lynch resolves to unearth the truth ... before he too ends up on the wrong end of the murderer's straight razor. The second giallo by genre master Sergio Martino, "The Case of the Scorpion's Tail" combines stunning views of Athens and the Greek coastline with brutal bursts of violence, a typically tangled script by Ernesto Gastaldi ("Death Walks on High Heels"), and a cast overflowing with Euro cult talent. Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Commentary with writer Ernesto Gastaldi, moderated by filmmaker Federico Caddeo (in Italian with English subtitles); interview with star George Hilton; new interview with director Sergio Martino; new analysis of Sergio Martino’s films by Mikel J. Koven, author of "La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film"; new video essay by Troy Howarth, author of "So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films"; theatrical trailer' reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon; FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Rachael Nisbet and Howard Hughes, and a biography of star Anita Strindberg by Peter Jilmstad. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment).
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
(2002) Dave Sheridan, Dolly Parton, Randy Quaid, Tracy Morgan, Kevin Pollak, Cameron Richardson, Andy Richter, Kevin Farley, George Lopez, Adam Carolla, Molly Sims, Lou Ferrigno, R. Lee Ermey, Chad Everett, Scott Baio, Gary Coleman, Emmanuel Lewis. In the tradition of the Inspector Clouseau films – comedian Dave Sheridan stars as a clumsy insurance claims investigator who goes undercover to expose a conspiracy. Frank McKlusky (Sheridan) is a risk-avoiding adult who lives with his parents and always wears protective gear. After an insurance fraud wipes out the family finances and he suspiciously loses his partner on the job, Frank becomes a master of disguise and takes on a sexy new partner to bust up the biggest insurance scam going.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray. Extras:
(Kino Lorber Studio Classics).
I Feel Pretty
(2018) Amy Schumer, Michelle Williams, Emily Ratajkowski, Busy Philipps, Tom Hopper, Lauren Hutton, Aidy Bryant, Naomi Campbell. A woman struggling with insecurity wakes from a fall believing she is the most beautiful and capable woman on the planet. Her new confidence empowers her to live fearlessly, but what happens when she realizes her appearance never changed?
Irma La Douce
(1963) Dir.: Billy Wilder; Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi, Herschel Bernardi, Hope Holiday, Tura Satana, Bill Bixby. The stars and director of "The Apartment" reunite in the bawdy, charming and romantic farce about a French policeman (Lemmon) who falls in love with a prostitute. To keep his beloved, the proud and profitable lady of the streets Irma la Douce (MacLaine), off the streets, he disguises himself as Lord X, who immediately becomes Irma's sole client and means of support. But what's a jealous boyfriend to do when the illustrious Irma claims that the man she's really in love with is not the smitten Nestor, but the dotty old Lord himself? The wonderful character actors Lou Jacobi and Herschel Bernardi co-star in this classic comedy co-written and directed by the great Billy Wilder. André Previn won an Oscar for his rousing score. The film also received Oscar nominations for Best Actress in a leading role (MacLaine) and Best Cinematography, Color (Joseph LaShelle). Brand new HD master from a 4K scan of the original camera negative.
Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Commentary by film historian Joseph McBride, commentary by film historian Kat Ellinger, original theatrical trailer.
(Kino Lorber Studio Classics).
Modus Season 1
(2015) Single-disc set with all eight episodes. A smart and brooding Swedish detective series that follows psychologist and ex-FBI profiler Inger Johanne Vik (Melinda Kinnaman) as she finds herself and her autistic daughter drawn into an investigation of a series of disturbing and brutal deaths in Stockholm. The case leads her to team up with local detective Ingvar Nymann (Henrik Norle´n) and together they set about uncovering the clues to these shocking crimes. As the number of mysterious murders starts to increase, Inger Johanne is driven by her need to protect her daughter and starts noticing a pattern. But her discovery of the killer's weakness and the connection to a ruthless international network unintentionally turns the entire threat towards herself and her family.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray.
(Kino Lorber).
Sneaky Pete: Season 1
(2017) Single disc with 10 episodes. A con man (Giovanni Ribisi) on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete. “Reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group, threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he’s trying to escape -- and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he’s never had. Formats: DVD. (Sony).
Terminator 2: Judgment Day Limited Collector’s Edition
(1991) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick. Director James Cameron’s iconic sci-fi action classic returns when "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" arrives in a Limited Collector’s Edition EndoArm box set including a 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital HD). Still lauded by critics today as one of the greatest action films of all time, only 6,000 of the Limited Collector’s Edition EndoArm box sets will be released in the U.S., allowing fans to own a life-sized replica of the T-800
The Tunnel: Vengeance Season 3
(2018) The final season of the critically acclaimed bilingual crime thriller reunites Stephen Dillane in his International Emmy Award-winning role as Karl Roebuck with Clémence Poésy as Elise Wassermann for their last outing as the unlikely Anglo-French police duo. This season, the investigative pair takes on a toxic and terrifying folie à deux whose mutual defining quality is an existential death wish. When the question posed by the couple -- what is a life worth? -- is directed straight back at Karl, he is forced to confront an utterly impossible choice that will haunt the audience long after the closing credits. Set amidst mid-Brexit hysteria, “The Tunnel: Vengeance” tackles an escalating refugee crisis and examines the increasing threat of terror occasioned by disenfranchised, exiled souls on whom society has turned its back. Formats: DVD, Digital. (PBS Distribution).
You Were Never Really Here
(2018) Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alessandro Nivola, Judith Roberts. A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Lionsgate).
Rampage
Primatologist Davis Okoye (Dwayne Johnson), a man who keeps people at a distance, shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it's soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.
Vitals: Director: Brad Peyton. Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Joe Manganiello, Naomie Harris, Marley Shelton, Jake Lacy.
2018 CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 107 min., Sci Fi Action Adventure, Box office gross: $94.406 million, Warner.
Extras: "Not Just a Game Anymore," "Rampage: Actors in Action," "Trio of Destruction," "Attack on Chicago," "Bringing George to Life," gag reel, deleted scenes. 
Isle of Dogs
Animnated story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to vast Trash Island, Atari sets off in search of his bodyguard dog, Spots. With the assistance of his newfound mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.
Vitals: Director: Wes Anderson. Stars: Voices of Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Jeff Goldblum, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 101 min., Adventure, Box office gross: $31.738 million, Fox.
Blu-ray extras: Six featurettes: "Animators," "Isle of Dogs Cast Interviews," "Puppets," "An Ode to Dogs," "Magasaki City and Trash Island," "Weather and Elements"; image gallery; theatrical trailer.
Super Troopers 2
Sequel to the original "Super Troopers" movie by the Broken Lizard team. When a border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the Super Troopers are tasked with establishing a new Highway Patrol station in the disputed area.
Vitals: Director: Jay Chandrasekhar. Stars: Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Erik Solhanske, Paul Soter, Brian Cox, Rob Lowe, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Lynda Carter.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: R, 99 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $30.566 million, Fox.
Extras: "(making) Super Troopers 2," extended & deleted scenes, "Kevin Heffernan: Method Actor," theatrical trailers.
I Feel Pretty
A woman who struggles with feelings of deep insecurity and low self-esteem, that hold her back everyday, wakes from a brutal fall in an exercise class believing she is suddenly a supermodel. With this newfound confidence she is empowered to live her life fearlessly and flawlessly, but what will happen when she realizes her appearance never changed?
Vitals: Director: Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein. Stars: Amy Schumer, Michelle Williams, Emily Ratajkowski, Busy Philipps, Tom Hopper, Lauren Hutton, Aidy Bryant, Naomi Campbell.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 110 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $47.072
million, Universal.
Extras: Deleted scenes, gag reel, "Being Pretty."
Blumhouse's Truth or Dare
A harmless game of "Truth or Dare" among friends turns deadly when someone - or something - begins to punish those who tell a lie -- or refuse the dare. Unrated director's cut.
Vitals: Director: Jeff Wadlow. Stars: Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey, Violett Beane, Nolan Gerard Funk, Hayden Szeto, Sophia Taylor Ali.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 100 min., Horror, Box office gross: $40.372
million, Universal.
Extras: "Game On: The Making of Truth or Dare," "Directing the Deaths," commentary with co-Writer/director Jeff Wadlow and actress Lucy Hale.
Blumhouse's Truth or Dare
(2018) Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey, Violett Beane, Nolan Gerard Funk, Hayden Szeto, Sophia Taylor Ali. A harmless game of Truth or Dare among friends turns deadly when someone -- or something -- begins to punish those who tell a lie or refuse the dare. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras:
(Universal).
Doom Asylum
(1987) If you thought "Sex and the City 2" was a stomach-churner, you ain't seen nothing yet. Long before playing one of Carrie Bradshaw's best gal pals, actress Kristen Davis found herself up against an altogether different kind of horror in 1987's" Doom Asylum": a riotous mix of gore, gags and goth girl groups galore. When a group of horny teens wind up on the grounds of a creepy abandoned asylum, they think they've found the perfect place to party. Little do they know that inside the building's crumbling walls lurks a freakishly deformed maniac, driven to madness by the tragic loss of his fiancée in a car accident. With an array of grisly surgical tools at his disposal, it's only a matter of time before the youngsters begin meeting various splattery ends at the hands of the ghoulish Coroner. Brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: New audio commentary with screenwriter Rick Marx; new audio commentary with The Hysteria Continues; "Tina's Terror" new interview with actress Ruth Collins; "Movie Madhouse" new interview with director of photography Larry Revene; "Morgues & Mayhem" new interview with special make-up effects creator Vincent J. Guastini; archival interviews with producer Alexander W. Kogan, Jr., director Richard Friedman and production manager Bill Tasgal; still gallery; reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Justin Osbourne; FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Fully-illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by Amanda Reye. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment).
The Good Place: The Complete Second Season
(2017-18) Two-disc set with all 13 episodes. When Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell) finds herself in the afterlife, she's both relieved and surprised that she's made it into the Good Place. But it doesn't take long for Eleanor to realize she's there by mistake. Co-stars Jameela Jamil, Manny Jacinto, Ted Danson, D'Arcy Carden. Formats: DVD. Extras: Extended episodes; audio commentaries with creator Michael Schur, executive producer Drew Goddard, producer Megan Amram and actor Ted Danson; gag reel; visual effects reel. (Shout! Factory).
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: Deleted scenes, gag reel, "Being Pretty."
(Universal).
Isle of Dogs
(2018) Dir.: Wes Anderson; voices of Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Jeff Goldblum, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand. An outbreak of canine flu in Japan leads all dogs to be quarantined on an island. A boy journeys there to rescue his dog Spots, and gets help from a pack of misfit canines who have also been exiled. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital. Blu-ray extras: Six featurettes: "Animators," "Isle of Dogs Cast Interviews," "Puppets," "An Ode to Dogs," "Magasaki City and Trash Island," "Weather and Elements"; image gallery; theatrical trailer. (Fox).
Rampage
(2018) Dwayne Johnson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Joe Manganiello, Naomie Harris, Marley Shelton, Jake Lacy. When three different gigantic animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a primatologist and a geneticist team up to stop them from destroying Chicago. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: "Not Just a Game Anymore," "Rampage: Actors in Action," "Trio of Destruction," "Attack on Chicago," "Bringing George to Life," gag reel, deleted scenes. (Warner).
Housewife Ann (Andie MacDowell) feels distant from her lawyer husband, John (Peter Gallagher), who is sleeping with her sister (Laura San Giacomo). When John’s old friend Graham (a magnetic, Cannes-award-winning James Spader) comes to town, Ann is drawn to the soft-spoken outsider, eventually uncovering his startling private obsession: videotaping women as they confess their deepest desires. A piercingly intelligent and flawlessly performed chamber piece, in which the video camera becomes a charged metaphor for the characters’ isolation, the Palme d’Or–winning "sex, lies, and videotape" changed the landscape of American film, helping pave the way for the thriving independent scene of the 1990s.
On DVD and Blu-ray, with new, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director Steven Soderbergh, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray.
Extras: Audio commentary from 1998 featuring Soderbergh in conversation with filmmaker Neil LaBute; new program by Soderbergh, featuring responses to questions sent in by fans; interviews with Soderbergh from 1990 and 1992; new documentary about the making of the film featuring actors Gallagher, MacDowell, and San Giacomo; new conversation with composer Cliff Martinez and supervising sound editor Larry Blake; deleted scene with commentary by Soderbergh; trailers; an essay by critic Amy Taubin and, in the Blu-ray release, excerpts from Soderbergh’s diaries written at the time of the film’s production.
(The Criterion Collection).
Super Troopers 2
(2018) Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Erik Solhanske, Paul Soter, Brian Cox, Rob Lowe, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Lynda Carter. When an international border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the fun-loving Vermont Highway Patrolmen -- Mac, Thorny, Foster, Rabbit and Farva -- are called in to resolve the situation. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: "(making) Super Troopers 2," extended & deleted scenes, "Kevin Heffernan: Method Actor," theatrical trailers. (Fox).
EndoArm mounted on a uniquely numbered stand with James Cameron’s signature. Say “hasta la vista, baby” to SD and relive each quintessential moment in four times the resolution with Full HD and High Dynamic Range on the film’s first-ever 4K scan. "The Terminator 2: Judgment Day" EndoArm Limited Collector’s Edition 4K Combo Pack box set is loaded with bonus content, including an all-new, never-before-seen documentary featuring commentary from the cast and crew (including James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Edward Furlong), and will be available for the suggested retail price of $174.99. The groundbreaking masterpiece will also be available as a standalone 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital HD for the suggested retail price of $22.99. Extras: new “T2: Reprogramming the Terminator” 55 Minute Documentary including exclusive interviews with Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Cameron, Edward Furlong and more; two feature commentaries including 23 members of the cast and crew, including Cameron and co-author William Wisher; “The Making of T2” 30 minute featurette; seamless branching to view three different versions of the movie; two deleted scenes with audio commentary; trailers. (Lionsgate).
Woman Is the Future of Man/Tale of Cinema: Two Films By Hong Sangsoo
(2004/2005)This collection brings together "Woman is the Future of Man" and "Tale of Cinema," the fifth and sixth films by Hong Sangsoo, the masterful South Korean filmmaker who has been favorably compared to that great French observer of human foibles, Eric Rohmer. "Woman is the Future of Man" tells of two long-time friends, a filmmaker (Kim Taewoo) and a teacher (Yoo Jitae), who have had an affair with the same woman (Sung Hyunah). The friends decide to meet the girl one more time and see what happens. "Tale of Cinema" uses the trope of a film within a film to tell two stories, that of a depressive young man (Lee Kiwoo) who forms a suicide pact with a friend (Uhm Jiwon); and the tale of a filmmaker (Kim Sangkyung) who sees a film that he believes was based on his life, and who meets the actress from the film with a view to turning their onscreen relationship into reality. With these critically acclaimed films, presented here in high definition for the first time with a wealth of extras, Hong Sangsoo employs his idiosyncratic, measured style to create two compelling and truthful tapestries of human emotion and behavior. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Newly filmed introductions to both films by Asian cinema expert Tony Rayns; interviews with Kim Sangkyung, Lee Kiwoo and Uhm Jiwon, the stars of "Tale of Cinema"; introduction to" Woman is the Future of Man" by director Martin Scorsese; "The Making of Woman is the Future of Man," a featurette on the film’s production; interviews with the actors of "Woman is the Future of Man"; stills gallery; original trailers; reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Scott Saslow; FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the films by Michael Sicinski. (Arrow Academy/MVD Entertainment).
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