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July 27:
The Row: A college freshman trying to get into a sorority discovers a dark secret about the house she's pledging for after a series of murders terrorize the campus. (VOD only)
July 31:
Anything: Grief-stricken over the recent death of his wife, Early Landry leaves Mississippi for L.A. and, despite the objections of his overprotective sister, moves into a run-down Hollywood apartment complex. (Digital only)
Avengers: Infinity War: The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe. (DVD, Blu-ray release: August 14)
Dark Crimes: Based on The New Yorker article, “True Crimes: A Postmodern Murder Mystery,” the film tells the tale of an officer’s pursuit of a murderer whose killings eerily resemble those found in a novel. (DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
Final Portrait: The story of famed artist Alberto Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush) who asks the American writer and art-lover James Lord (Armie Hammer) to sit for a portrait which takes much longer than either of them anticipate. (DVD release: Day & date)
The Miracle Season: After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline "Line" Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hopes of winning the state championship. (DVD: Day & date)
August 3:
Bad Samaritan: A pair of burglars stumble upon a woman being held captive in a home they intended to rob. (DVD, Blu-ray release: August 14)
Gay Hollywood Dad: Originally developed as a web series, the latest film from Quentin Lee ("White Frog," "The People I've Slept With") follows Lee's journey to fatherhood in the City of Angels. (VOD only)
Pickings: A single mother and neighborhood bar owner who spent years trying to escape her violent past is forced to embrace her inner demons and confront her deadly history when a local mobster and his gang of thugs come knocking on her door. (DVD, Blu-ray release: August 10)
RBG: At the age of 85, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But, without a definitive memoir, the unique personal journey of this diminutive, quiet warrior's rise to the nation's highest court has been largely unknown. "RBG" is a revelatory documentary exploring Ginsburg's exceptional life and career. (DVD, Blu-ray release: August 28)
Final Portrait
(2017) Dir.: Stanley Tucci; Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer, Tony Shalhoub. In 1964, while on a short trip to Paris, the American writer and art-lover James Lord, is asked by his friend, the world-renowned artist Alberto Giacometti, to sit for a portrait. The process, Giacometti assures Lord, will take only a few days. Flattered and intrigued, Lord agrees. So begins not only the story of a touching and offbeat friendship, but, seen through the eyes of Lord, a uniquely revealing insight into the beauty, frustration, profundity and, at times, downright chaos of the artistic process. Adapted from Lord’s memoir "A Giacometti Portrait." Formats: DVD, Digital. Extras:Interview clips from the cast and filmmakers, behind-the-scenes footage from the set. (Sony).
Kings
(2017) Halle Berry, Daniel Craig, Lamar Johnson, Kaalan “KR” Walker, Rachel Hilson. In South Central LA in 1992, Millie (Berry) is the foster mother of a dozen children. Jesse, her eldest, is fighting with newcomer William over a beautiful runaway they meet at school. On television, the Rodney King trial is in full swing and has captured the attention of the nation. Desperate to keep her family safe as riots erupt around the city, Millie seeks help from her eccentric neighbor (Daniel Craig). Formats: DVD. (Lionsgate).
Lou Andreas-Salome, The Audacity to be Free
(2018) Katharina Lorenz, Liv Lisa Fries, Alexander Scheer, Harold Schrott. The award-winning film is based on the life of Lou Andreas-Salome, the world’s first female psychoanalyst, author, and contemporary of Freud, Nietzsche, Rilke and Reé. While the greatest minds of the 18th and 19th centuries treated her as an equal, society and history did not. Andreas-Salomé enraptured 19th century Europe’s greatest minds. In her youth, she scandalized society by pursuing an education and living a life free from convention. She befriended philosophers Paul Rée and Friedrich Nietzsche, denying them both an intimate relationship so as to remain their equal. As a published author and lecturer, she met the poet Rainer Maria Rilke who became one of her lovers, while she maintained a platonic marriage with another man. In her maturity, she gained another admirer in Sigmund Freud and, with him, helped to develop psychoanalysis becoming its first female practitioner. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Cinema Libre Studio).
The Miracle Season
(2018) Helen Hunt, Tiera Skovbye, Erin Moriarty, Danika Yarosh, Nesta Cooper, William Hurt. After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline "Line" Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hopes of winning the state championship.
Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. Extras: "Star Player" featurette, gallery.
(Fox).
Piranha II: The Spawning BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1981) Tricia O’Neil, Lance Henriksen, Steve Marachuk, Ricky Paull Goldin. While investigating the mysterious death of a diver, scuba instructor Anne Kimbrough makes a horrific discovery: Piranha-like fish, with wings that enable them to fly, are responsible for the death. As the body count rises, Anne desperately tries to convince the manager of the Club Elysium resort to call off the annual fish fry on the beach, but he’s determined to give his guests the ultimate feeding frenzy. Sequel to Joe Dante’s original "Piranha." James Cameron’s directorial debut in a brand new 2K scan of the original camera negative. Extras: New interview with actor Ricky Paull Goldin, new interview with special effects artist Brian Wade, theatrical trailer. (Scream Factory).
Tully
A new comedy from Academy Award-nominated director Jason Reitman ("Up in the Air") and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody ("Juno"). Marlo (Charlize Theron)is a New York suburbanite who's about to give birth to her third child. Her husband, Ron, is loving and works hard, but remains clueless about the demands that motherhood puts on his wife. When the baby is born, Marlo's wealthy brother (Mark Duplass) hires a nighttime nanny named Tully (Mackenzie Davis) to help his sister handle the workload. Hesitant at first, Marlo soon learns to appreciate all that Tully does -- forming a special bond with her new, lifesaving friend. Vitals: Director: Jason Reitman. Stars: Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Mark Duplass, Ron Livingston, Emily Haine, Elaine Tan, Kitty Crystal.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: R, 96 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $9.0444
million, Universal.
Extras: "The Relationships of Tully."
Overboard
Reimagining of 1987's "Overboard," which reverses the roles of the lead characters of the original. "Leonardo" (Eugenio Derbez) is a selfish, spoiled, rich playboy from Mexico's richest family and "Kate" (Anna Faris) is a working-class single mom of three hired to clean Leonardo's luxury yacht. After unjustly firing Kate and refusing to pay her, Leonardo falls overboard when partying too hard and wakes up on the Oregon coast with amnesia. Kate shows up at the hospital and, to get payback, convinces Leonardo he is her husband and puts him to work -- for the first time in his life. At first miserable and inept, Leonardo slowly settles in. Eventually, he earns the respect of his new "family" and co-workers. But, with Leonardo's billionaire family hot on their trail and the possibility of his memory returning at any moment, will their new family last or will Leonardo finally put the clues together and leave them for good? Remake of the 1987 Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell vehicle.
Vitals: Director: Rob Greenberg, Bob Fisher. Stars: Anna Faris, Eva Longoria, Eugenio Derbez, John Hannah, Emily Maddison, Swoosie Kurtz.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 112 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $48.388
million, Lionsgate.
Extras: “Chemistry Is Comedy” featurette, “Culture Clash” featurette, “Captains of the Ship: Bob & Rob” featurette, audio commentary with writer-director Rob Greenberg, writer-producer Bob Fisher, and producer Benjamin Odell.
The Miracle Season
Based on the inspiring true story of the West High School girl's volleyball team. After the tragic loss of star player Caroline "Line" Found in an accident, the remaining team players must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach, Kathy Bresnahan, and Caroline’s iron-willed father in hopes of winning the state championship. Together they regain their strength and spirit in order to “Live Like Line!” Vitals: Director: Sean McNamara. Stars: Helen Hunt, Tiera Skovbye, Erin Moriarty, Danika Yarosh, Nesta Cooper, William Hurt.
2017, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 101 min., Sports Drama, Box office gross: $10.195
million, Fox.
Extras: "Star Player" featurette, gallery.
Dark Crimes
(2017) Jim Carrey, Marton Csokas, Charlotte Gainsbourg. When police officer Tadek (Carrey) finds similarities between an unsolved murder and a crime outlined in a book by famed writer Krystof Kozlov, Tadek begins to track Kozlov and his girlfriend, a mysterious sex-club worker (Gainsbourg). As his obsession with Kozlov grows, Tadek descends into a deadly underworld of sex, lies, and corruption to find the shocking, deadly truth. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: “The Making of Dark Crimes” featurette. (Lionsgate).
ensure the future of his ocean realm. Under attack from Atrocitus and the Red Lanterns, Aquaman realizes he must relinquish his sovereignty and go on a journey to regain his confidence before returning to his rightful throne. Along the way, Aquaman reunites with the Justice League -- including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and newest member Jessica Cruz/Green Lantern – to conquer Atlantis’ latest enemy and reemerge as the ruler of the Seven Seas.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital, Movies Anywheree.
UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: Exclusive LEGO mini-figurine of Jessica Cruz/Green Lantern (while supplies last).
(Warner).
Overboard
(2018) Anna Faris, Eva Longoria, Eugenio Derbez, John Hannah, Emily Maddison, Swoosie Kurtz. 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. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: “Chemistry Is Comedy” featurette, “Culture Clash” featurette, “Captains of the Ship: Bob & Rob” featurette, audio commentary with writer-director Rob Greenberg, writer-producer Bob Fisher, and producer Benjamin Odell. (Lionsgate).
Tully
(2018) Dir.: Jason Reitman; Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Mark Duplass, Ron Livingston, Emily Haine, Elaine Tan, Kitty Crystal. Marlo (Theron), a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother (Duplass). Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully (Davis).
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: "The Relationships of Tully."
(Universal).
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