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August 17:
Down a Dark Hall: A new student at the exclusive Blackwood Boarding School confronts the institution's supernatural occurrences and the dark powers of its headmistress. (VOD only)
August 21:
Adrift: 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. (DVD, Blu-ray release: September 4)
Bleeding Steel: Jackie Chan plays Hong Kong police inspector Lin Dong, who learns that a biochemical invention has been surgically implanted into his missing daughter. With help from a hacker, Lin tries to connect the dots between the device, a sinister army, and a strange phenomenon called “Bleeding Steel.” (DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
Boom For Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat: Follows Basquiat's life pre-fame and how New York City, the times, the people and the movements surrounding him formed the artist he became. (Digital only)
First Reformed: A priest of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past. (DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
Ocean's 8: Danny Ocean's estranged sister Debbie attempts to pull off the heist of the century at New York City's star-studded annual Met Gala. (DVD, Blu-ray release: September 11)
The Walking Dead: The Complete Eighth Season:
Together with the Hilltop and the Kingdom, Rick and the Alexandrians bring “All Out War” to Negan and his forces. The Saviors are larger, better equipped, and ruthless, but Rick and the unified communities are fighting for the promise of a brighter future. (DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
Action Point
(2018) Johnny Knoxville, Chris Pontius, Eleanor Worthington-Cox. D.C. (Knoxville) is the proud proprietor of Action Point, an out-of-control amusement park where the rides are designed with minimum safety for maximum fun. When a slimy developer schemes to shut down the park, D.C. and his loony crew of misfits must risk everything and pull out all the stops to save Action Point. Packed with jaw-dropping gags and bone-crushing stunts. Formats: Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: "Benny and the Sh*tbirds," "Anarchy in the Amusement Park," "Old School, Bone-Crunching Stunts," "Drinking Beer with Grizzly Bears," deleted & extended scenes, bloopers. (Paramount).
Black Water
(2018) Action-movie icons Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren deliver a double shot of adrenaline-fueled excitement in this undersea thriller. After a failed mission, deep-cover operative Wheeler (Van Damme) is imprisoned in a CIA black site on a submarine. The CIA agents will to go to any lengths to get information from Wheeler -- but nothing can prepare them for the storm of violence that erupts when he joins forces with a fellow prisoner (Lundgren) as deadly as he is mysterious. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Lionsgate).
Bleeding Steel
(2017 -- China) Jackie Chan, Show Lo, Nana Ou-Yang, Callan Mulvey, Tess Haubrich. Jackie Chan stars as Lin, a police inspector in modern Hong Kong. While tracking down a deranged, mech-enhanced villain, Lin discovers that a geneticist’s lost biochemical invention has been surgically implanted into his missing daughter. With the help of a young hacker, Lin connects the dots between the device that haunts his daughter, his enemy’s sinister army, and a strange cultural phenomenon called “Bleeding Steel.” Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Lionsgate).
Blindspot: The Complete Third Season
(2017-18) Four-disc set with 22 episodes. Blindspot tells the story of a mysterious woman (Jaimie Alexander) who is found in Times Square with her body completely covered in intricate, coded tattoos. With no memories of her past, she is clueless about her own identity. Dubbed Jane Doe, she is investigated by the FBI when they learn one of her mysterious tattoos bears the name of agent Kurt Weller (Sullivan Stapleton). As the FBI investigates the complex treasure map of her body, an ever-widening web of conspiracy and corruption is revealed. Following the shocking second season finale, which revealed a new set of bioluminescent tattoos that mysteriously appeared on Jane Doe’s body, season three jumps forward two years as FBI Agent Kurt Weller finally tracks down Jane, who has been on the run. After the two discover her new hidden tattoos, Jane is forced to return to the FBI, where Weller, Jane and the rest of the team set out to solve these new puzzles and stop the dangerous conspiracies they reveal. The tattoos however, reveal the team’s darkest secrets.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: "Surveillance On Set: Agent Zapata," deleted scenes, gag reel.
(Warner).
Hostages Season 2
(2016) Three-disc set with all 12 episodes. In Season Two of the Israeli thriller, a SWAT officer has abducted the Prime Minister in order to save his wife's life. Now he is under siege by the police force, including some of his best friends. He's stuck with the Prime Minister in an abandoned Yeshiva building on the outskirts of Jerusalem. His wife's medical condition is deteriorating, and he has to get out of there to save her life, but he has no plan of action, and every passing moment sinks him deeper into quicksand. Even if he manages to extricate them from the trouble they're in, the real troubles await him outside.
Formats: DVD. (Kino Lorber).
How to Get Rid of a Body and Still Be Friends
(2018) Kristin Dattilo, Nicole Burch, Robert Gossett. Maddie Harmon is running for office and it’s the weekend before the vote. She invites her two best friends over for a simple weekend getaway to help her relax. Instead, when an incompetent hitman shows up, they accidentally kill him, and now they have to figure out how to get rid of a body. Formats: DVD. (Indican Pictures).
The Ninth Passenger
(2018) Alexia Fast, Jesse Metcalfe, Veronica Dunne, Tom Maden. A gang of lusty, partying college kids hijacks a billionaire’s yacht for a midnight cruise. Onboard, sensible Jess meets hunky Brady, a corporate spy posing as a mechanic. Near a mysterious island, an evil “ninth passenger” slips aboard and starts slaughtering the party crowd.
Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital.
(Lionsgate).
Strait-Jacket
(1964) Film legend Joan Crawford gives a terrific performance in this chiller from pioneer horror movie producer William Castle. Crawford plays Lucy Harbin, a woman who goes berserk when she finds her husband in bed with another woman. With her 3-year-old daughter accidentally witnessing the grisly act, Lucy axes the couple to death. She spends 20 years in a mental institution for the double murder. After she's released, she moves in with her brother, Bill (Leif Erickson), his wife, Emily (Rochelle Hudson) and Carol (Diane Baker), her own daughter who is now 23. Her nightmare is over ... or is it? When a spate of ax murders start occurring suddenly in the neighborhood, police think Lucy has reverted to her old ways. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: New "Joan Had Me Fired" interview with actress Anne Helm; new "On the Road with Joan Crawford" interview with publicist Richard Kahn; new audio commentary with authors/film historians Steve Haberman and David J. Schow and film historian Constantine Nasr; "Battle-Ax: The Making of Strait-Jacket"; Joan Crawford costume and make up tests; ax swinging screen test; theatrical trailers; still gallery. (Scream Factory).
The Terror: The Complete First Season
(2018) Three-disc set with all 10 episodes. Inspired by the true story of Captain Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition in the late 1800s as he ventured into uncharted territory in an attempt to discover the Northwest Passage. A desperate game of survival begins when the Royal Naval expedition faces starvation, mutiny, cannibalism, and a monstrous predator, a cunning and vicious Gothic horror that stalks the ships in a desperate game of survival, the consequences of which could endanger the region and its native people forever. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray. Extras: “A Look at the Characters” featurette, “A Look at the Series” featurette, "Producer Ridley Scott on The Terror” featurette. (Lionsgate).
The Tingler
(1959) Vincent Price stars as an obsessed doctor who discovers a parasitic creature which grows on the spinal cords of terrified people. If they scream, the Tingler can be destroyed. If they don't, it will sever the spinal column and kill them. He successfully isolates and removes the Tingler from a deaf mute (Judith Evelyn) who has been scared to death by her devious husband. Once captured, the Tingler escapes and runs amok in a crowded movie theater. Terror is loose, but can it be stopped? "The Tingler" is legendary horror director William Castle's magnum opus. After the success of "House on Haunted Hill," Castle devised a new gimmick called "Percepto." Participating theaters would wire seats so that random moviegoers would get a tangible electric shock during climactic moments in the film. Another novelty used to maximum effect is the short color sequence depicting blood pouring from a faucet and filling a bathtub. Castle went on to direct more cult classics like "Homicidal" and "13 Ghosts" and later produced the mainstream hit "Rosemary's Baby." Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: New audio commentary by author/historian Steve Haberman; new "I Survived The Tingler" interview with Pamela Lincoln; new "Unleashing 'Percepto'" interview with publicist Barry Lorie; "Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and The Tingler” vintage featurette; "William Castle’s Drive-In Scream!” audio; original “Scream” scene; the original 1959 theatre lobby recording; theatrical trailer; still gallery. (Scream Factory).
Watch the Sky
(2018) J. Nicole Brooks, Luke Albright, Christopher Corbin, Amie Farrell, Miracle Laurie, Carol Mansell. Family sci-fi adventure, based on the graphic novel "Watch the Skies." In an effort to capture amateur video of outer space, two young brothers unexpectedly find themselves in harm's way, when an innocent science experiment becomes a day filled with unearthly events threatening their sleepy coastal town -- when they find themselves in the middle of an alien sighting.
Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital.
(Breaking Glass Pictures).
Deadpool 2
Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (AKA Deadpool) brings together a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with supernatural abilities from the brutal, time-traveling cyborg, Cable. After losing the love of his life, 4th wall-breaking mercenary Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) must protect Russel (Julian Dennison), must assemble a team of mutants and protect Russel from Cable (Josh Brolin), a no-nonsense, dangerous cyborg from the future and Deadpool must learn the most important lesson of all, to be part of a family again. Vitals: Director: David Leitch. Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Josh Brolin, Brianna Hildebrand, T.J. Miller, Hayley Sales, Zazie Beetz, Eddie Marsan.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: R, 119 min., Action-Adventure, Box office gross: $317.668 million, Fox.
Extras: Commentary by Ryan Reynolds, David Leitch, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick; Deleted/Extended Scenes; "Until Your Face Hurts: Alt Takes"; "Deadpool’s Lips are Sealed: Secrets and Easter Eggs"; "The Most Important X-Force Member"; :"Deadpool Family Values: Cast of Characters"; "David Leitch Not Lynch: Directing DP2"; "Roll with the Punches: Action and Stunts"; "The Deadpool Prison Experiment"; "Chess with Omega Red"; "Swole and Sexy"; “3-Minute Monologue”; "Deadpool’s Fun Sack 2"; stills.
First Reformed
Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a solitary, middle-aged parish pastor at a small Dutch Reform church in upstate New York on the cusp of celebrating its 250th anniversary. Once a stop on the Underground Railroad, the church is now a tourist attraction catering to a dwindling congregation, eclipsed by its nearby parent church, Abundant Life, with its state-of-the-art facilities and 5,000-strong flock. When a pregnant parishioner (Amanda Seyfried) asks Reverend Toller to counsel her husband, a radical environmentalist, the clergyman finds himself plunged into his own tormented past, and equally despairing future, until he finds redemption in an act of grandiose violence. From writer-director Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver," "American Gigolo," "Affliction") comes a gripping drama about a crisis of faith that is at once personal, political, and planetary
Vitals: Director: Paul Schrader. Stars: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Michael Gaston, Cedric the Entertainer, Van Hansis, Victoria Hill, Philip Ettinger.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: R, 108 min., Drama, Box office gross: $3.122
million,Lionsgate.
Extras: Audio commentary with director Paul Schrader, “Discernment: Contemplating First Reformed” featurette.
Show Dogs
After a failed attempt to recover a stolen baby panda, police dog Max reluctantly teams up with a human FBI agent named Frank. A hot tip leads Max and Frank to Las Vegas for the world's most exclusive dog show. To find the panda, Max goes under cover as a contestant to get the lowdown from his fellow canines. With help from their new friends, the crime-fighting duo must now foil another kidnapping plot and rescue other valuable animals from a gang of greedy smugglers. Vitals: Director: Raja Gosnell. Stars: Will Arnett, Stanley Tucci, Natasha Lyonne, Alan Cumming, Gabriel Iglesias, Ludacris, Shaquille O'Neal.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 91 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $17.681
million, Universal.
Ash vs Evil Dead: Season 3
(2018) Single disc with 10 episodes. Legendary horror icon Bruce Campbell stars in the truly insane, awe-inspiring, and gruesome final season of the hilarious, critically acclaimed, Starz series that follows-up the classic horror film "The Evil Dead." Also stars Lucy Lawless , Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo and newcomer Arielle Carver-O’Neill. Ash, who -- having gone from urban legend to hometown hero -- discovers that he has a daughter. And, when Kelly witnesses a massacre with Ruby’s fingerprints all over it, she returns to warn Ash and Pablo. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: Commentary. (Lionsgate).
Blue Bloods: The Eighth Season
(2017) Six-disc set with all 22 episodes. With an all-star cast including Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan and Will Estes, the Reagan family drama -- about a multigenerational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement -- continues. This season follows the Reagan family as they continue to follow every lead and work to overcome personal challenges within and outside of the work force. New York Police Commissioner Frank Reagan clashes with the new interim mayor and must defend the NYPD from a series of public scandals, while eldest son and seasoned detective Danny deals with the aftermath of a tragic accident and New York Assistant D.A. Erin Reagan reopens old cases and faces off with her ex-husband. The latest season includes guest appearances by Whoopi Goldberg, Ernie Hudson, Mimi Rogers and Lorraine Bracco. Formats: DVD. Extras: "The Story of the Reagans: Season 8," "Blending In: The Visual Effects of Blue Bloods," deleted scenes,
gag reel. (CBS/Paramount).
Deadpool 2 Super Duper Cut
(2018) Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Josh Brolin, Brianna Hildebrand, T.J. Miller, Hayley Sales, Zazie Beetz, Eddie Marsan. Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (AKA Deadpool) brings together a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with supernatural abilities from the brutal, time-traveling cyborg, Cable. Blu-ray includes extended cut and theatrical cut. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: Commentary by Ryan Reynolds, David Leitch, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick; Deleted/Extended Scenes; "Until Your Face Hurts: Alt Takes"; "Deadpool’s Lips are Sealed: Secrets and Easter Eggs"; "The Most Important X-Force Member"; :"Deadpool Family Values: Cast of Characters"; "David Leitch Not Lynch: Directing DP2"; "Roll with the Punches: Action and Stunts"; "The Deadpool Prison Experiment"; "Chess with Omega Red"; "Swole and Sexy"; “3-Minute Monologue”; "Deadpool’s Fun Sack 2"; stills.
(Fox).
First Reformed
(2018) Dir.: Paul Schrader; Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Michael Gaston, Cedric the Entertainer, Van Hansis, Victoria Hill, Philip Ettinger. A priest of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: Audio commentary with director Paul Schrader, “Discernment: Contemplating First Reformed” featurette.
(Lionsgate).
Heaven Can Wait
(1943) Deceased turn-of-the-century playboy Henry Van Cleve (Don Ameche) presents himself to the outer offices of Hades, where he asks a bemused Satan for permission to enter through the gates of hell. Though the devil doubts that Henry's sins qualify him for eternal damnation, Henry proceeds to recount a lifetime of wooing and pursuing women, his long, happy marriage to Martha (Gene Tierney) notwithstanding. Ernst Lubitsch's "Heaven Can Wait," nominated for Academy Awards for best picture and director, is an enduring classic that showcases his trademark blend of wit, urbanity, and grace. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc with new 4K digital restoration by Twentieth Century Fox and the Academy Film Archive in collaboration with The Film Foundation, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Extras: Conversation from 2005 between film critics Molly Haskell and Andrew Sarris; "Creativity with Bill Moyers: A Portrait of Samson Raphaelson" (1982), a 30-minute program exploring the screenwriter's life and career; audio seminar with Raphaelson and film critic Richard Corliss recorded at the Museum of Modern Art in 1977; home recordings of director Ernst Lubitsch playing the piano; trailer; an essay by film scholar William Paul. (The Criterion Collection).
NCIS: The Fifteenth Season
(2017-18) Six-disc set with all 24 episode. NCIS Special Agent Leroy Gibbs (Mark Harmon), a former Marine gunnery sergeant whose skills as an investigator are unmatched, leads the NCIS troupe. In this season, they continue to search the jungles of Paraguay for NCIS Special Agents Gibbs and McGee, while confronting cold cases, running secretive stings and chasing down kidnappers. Formats: DVD. Extras: "Inside Season 15," in which the cast and producers discuss the major story arcs of the latest season; "A Conversation With Mark Harmon and Joe Spano"; "Friends and Enemies" behind-the-scenes of a four-part story arc involving a case gone wrong; "Make It Rain" behind-the-scenes look at the creation of an on-stage hurricane for "Skeleton Crew"; "NCIS at 15"; Commentaries on select episodes. (CBS/Paramount).
Show Dogs
(2018) Will Arnett, Stanley Tucci, Natasha Lyonne, Alan Cumming, Gabriel Iglesias, Ludacris, Shaquille O'Neal. Family comedy about the unlikely pairing of a human detective (Will Arnett) and his canine partner (voice of Chris "Ludacris" Bridges), who has to go undercover at the world's most exclusive dog show to solve his biggest case yet. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital. (Universal).
Smithereens
(2012) Susan Seidelman established her distinctive vision of 1980s New York with this debut feature, the lo-fi original for her vibrant portraits of women reinventing themselves. After escaping New Jersey, the quintessentially punk Wren (Susan Berman) -- a sparkplug in fishnets who lives dangerously downtown -- moves to the city with the mission of becoming famous. When not pasting up flyers for herself or hanging at the Peppermint Lounge, she's getting involved with Paul (Brad Rijn), the nicest guy to ever live in a van next to the highway, and Eric (Richard Hell), an aloof rocker. Shot on 16 mm film that captures the grit and glam of the setting, with an alternately moody and frenetic soundtrack by the Feelies and others, "Smithereens" -- the first independent American film to compete for the Palme d'Or -- is an unfaded snapshot of a bygone era. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc with New 2K digital restoration, approved by director Susan Seidelman, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray. Extras: Audio commentary from 2004 featuring Seidelman; new interviews with Seidelman and actor Susan Berman; "And You Act Like One Too" (1976) and "Yours Truly, Andrea G. Stern" (1979), two early shorts by Seidelman, with new introductions by the director; an essay by critic Rebecca Bengal. (The Criterion Collection).
Tideland
(2005) For his 10th feature, Terry Gilliam adapted Mitch Cullin's celebrated cult novel "Tideland", a work he once described as "Alice in Wonderland meets Psycho through the eyes of Amélie." To escape her unhappy life in a remote part of Texas, 9-year-old Jeliza-Rose dreams up an elaborate fantasy world. But the reality of having junkie parents -- played by Jeff Bridges and Jennifer Tilly -- and the influence of her eccentric neighbors begins to encroach, turning her daydreams ever darker. A rich slice of Southern Gothic blurring whimsical fantasy with unsettling reality, "Tideland" is among Gilliam's most personal works -- indeed, with its shifts between the amusing and the macabre, expressive camerawork and striking special effects, the film could be the very definition of Gilliamesque. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Commentary by writer-director Terry Gilliam and co-writer Tony Grisoni; introduction by Terry Gilliam; "Getting Gilliam," a 45-minute documentary on the making of "Tideland" by Vincenzo Natali ("Cube," "Splice"); "The Making of Tideland" featurette; "Filming Green Screen" featurette with commentary by Gilliam; interviews with Gilliam, producer Jeremy Thomas and actors Jeff Bridges, Jodelle Ferland and Jennifer Tilly; deleted scenes with commentary by Gilliam; B-roll footage; gallery; theatrical trailer; reversible sleeve featuring two choices of original artwork; FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Neil Mitchell. (Arrow Video).
The Walking Dead: The Complete Eighth Season
(2017-18) Five-disc set with all 16 episodes. Together with the Hilltop and the Kingdom, Rick and the Alexandrians bring “All Out War” to Negan and his forces. The Saviors are larger, better equipped, and ruthless, but Rick and the unified communities are fighting for the promise of a brighter future. The battle lines are drawn as they launch into a kinetic, action-packed offensive. The eighth season bridges the stories between “The Walking Dead” and its spinoff, “Fear the Walking Dead.” Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, Digital. Extras: Commentary on three episodes, “Carl Grimes: Leaving a Legacy” featurette, “In Memoriam” featurette, “The Price of War” featurette. (Lionsgate).
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