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August 28:
The Padre: A small-time con man posing as a priest in Columbia goes on the run from his dogged pursuers. (DVD: October 30)
Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost : Scooby-Doo and the gang of teen sleuths go on an adventure to New England, where they investigate the haunting of a historic colonial inn that’s been turned into a state-of-the-art, culinary resort. (DVD: September 11)
Superfly: Re-imagining of the 1972 classic about a successful young drug dealer who sets up one last big job in order to retire, while dealing with trigger-happy colleagues and corrupt police officers. (DVD, Blu-ray release: September 11)
Tag: Comedy about a small group of former classmates who organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires then to travel all over the country. (DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
Woman Walks Ahead: Catherine Weldon, a portrait painter from 1890s Brooklyn, travels to Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull and becomes embroiled in the Lakota peoples' struggle over the rights to their land. (DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
September 3:
Dead Envy: Thriller follows an aging rocker who finds himself in over his head when he thinks he has meet the perfect protege to re-establish his long-lost career. (Digital, VOD only)
American Animals
(2018) Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Jared Abrahamson, Blake Jenner, Udo Kier, Ann Dowd. The unbelievable but entirely true story of four young men who attempt one of the most audacious art heists in U.S. history. Determined to escape their predictable suburban lives, Spencer and Warren decide to do something extraordinary: steal some of the world’s most valuable books from a college library. Enlisting two other friends, Spencer and Warren meticulously plot the theft -- but their caper takes on a wild life of its own. Listed on the F.B.I.’s all-time most significant art theft cases. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: Deleted scene, featurettes, still gallery, director and cast commentary. (Lionsgate).
Boss
(1975) Boss (Fred Williamson) has "decided to hunt white folks for a change," by becoming a bounty hunter to click the hammer on fugitive outlaws. He and his comic sidekick Amos (D'Urville Martin) ride into the town of San Miguel, find it has no
Brainscan BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1994) Edward Furlong, Frank Langella, T. Ryder Smith. When Michael, a lonely teenager (Furlong), orders the latest interactive video game, the new high-tech wizardry penetrates his subconscious, where his darkest impulses lead him through
Crazy Six
(1997) The Eastern Bloc has fallen and Communism is dead. In its place has come new opportunity -- but not without a deadly price. Powerful Mafia families have emerged from the anarchy to vie for control of the lucrative underground weapons
Freedom Fighters: The Ray
(2018) DC Animated feature film based on the popular CW Seed series features the first openly gay character to headline a DC Super Hero Movie. All his life, Ray Terrill has fought injustice, dreaming of making a real difference like his older brother, a Marine who was killed in Afghanistan. One day, he stumbles upon a dying Super Hero from another Earth and is stunned to find that this Super Hero looks just like him — because it is. The dying Ray Terrill of Earth-X transfers photokinetic energy to this Earth’s Ray, making him a Super Hero – The Ray. However, Ray quickly learns being a Super Hero isn’t all hanging muggers from streetlamps and fighting giant robots. As the evil Nazi New Reichsman of Earth-X, led by Overgirl, close in, The Ray must learn to harness his powers by coming to terms with his true self, even if that means also finally coming out of the closet to his parents.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital. (Warner).
The Horror of Party Beach
(1964) John Scott, Alice Lyon, Allan Laurel. In 1964, 20th Century Fox released an independent shocker -- shot in two weeks for $50,000 outside Stamford, Connecticut by local producer-director Del Tenney -- advertised as “The First Horror-Monster Musical.” When nuclear waste dumped into the ocean mutates a shipwreck full of corpses, it unleashes an onslaught of bikini teens, surprising gore, dubious science, an intrepid maid, The Del-Aires, and arguably the greatest, worst monsters in horror movie history. Features a new 2K scan from the original negative. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray. Extras: "Return to Party Beach" retrospective documentary; "It's the Living End" encounter with The Del-Aires, interview with band members Bobby Osborne and Ronnie Linares; "Shock & Roll": Filmmaker Tim Sullivan on Rock & Roll horror movies; archival interview with director Del Tenney; trailer. (Severin Films).
The Little Vampire
(2017 -- Netherlands) Animated story of Rudolph, a 13-year-old vampire, whose clan is threatened by a notorious vampire hunter. He meets Tony, a mortal of the same age, who is fascinated by old castles, graveyards and -- vampires, and Tony comes to Rudolph's aid. Formats: DVD, Digital. (Universal).
Lucifer: The Complete Third Season
(2017-18) Five-disc set with all 26 episodes. Entering its third season, the story of the original fallen angel continues. As Season Two came to a close, Lucifer (Tom Ellis) took care of a little problem called Mom, aka Charlotte (Tricia Helfer). But now he’s facing an even greater challenge -- finding out who kidnapped him, and why his angel wings are back.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, Digital. Extras: Lucifer: 2017 Comic-Con Panel, "Lucifer Returns! Bringing the Hit Show to L.A.," "Off Script with Tom & Tom."
(Warner).
Paterno
(2018) Al Pacino, Riley Keough. After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Joe Paterno is embroiled in the famous Jerry Sandusky sexual-abuse scandal, forcing his ouster at the same time he learned he had cancer. The story focuses not only on Paterno and his family, but on Sara Gamin, the 23-year-old reporter and Penn State grad who broke the story in The Patriot-News, a local newspaper. Paterno’s legacy is challenged over the course of one explosive week, as he is forced to face questions of institutional failure in regard to Sandusky’s young victims. Formats: DVD, Digital. Extras: Two featurettes: "About Paterno" and "Joe Paterno’s Impact." (HBO).
Straight to Hell
(1986) Dir.: Alex Cox; Joe Strummer, Courtney Love, Sy Richardson, Dick Rude, Jim Jarmusch, Shane MacGowan, Xander Berkeley, Elvis Costello, Grace Jones, Dennis Hopper, Kathy Burke, The Pogues. From Alex Cox, the director of "Repo Man," "Highway Patrolman" and "Sid and Nancy." In this director's cut of the 1987 cult classic, four hapless bank robbers bury their loot and attempt to hide out in a deserted desert town, but very soon find out that the town is not really deserted. Norwood (Sy Richardson), Simms (Joe Strummer) and Willy (Dick Rude) are three black-suited killers-for-hire. After missing their intended target and trying to escape the wrath of their employer (Jim Jarmusch), they head for the desert and rob a bank en-route. As their car dies in a ravine, the trio bury their money and head for a lonely town to hide out till the heat blows over. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray. Extras: Commentary by director Alex Cox and star Dick Rude; "Back to Hell" making-of doc; "Black Hills" short tour of the film's locations, shot by Alex Cox back in 1977; KLSC Trailers. (Kino Lorber Studio Classics).
S.W.A.T.: Season 1
(2017-18) Five-disc set with all 22 episodes of the dramatic action series that takes a realistic and sensitive look at the brave men and women who form the elite
Tag
(2018) Ed Helms, Hannibal Buress, Jeremy Renner, Annabelle Wallis, Jon Hamm, Leslie Bibb, Rashida Jones, Isla Fisher, Jake Johnson, Brian Dennehy. A small group of former classmates organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires then to travel all over the country. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: "Meet the Real Tag Brothers," deleted scenes, gag reel.
(Warner).
Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection
Includes all Universal Pictures’ legendary monsters from the studio that pioneered the horror genre with imaginative and technically groundbreaking tales of terror in unforgettable films from the 1930s to late-1950s -- on Blu-ray for the first
Book Club
Four lifelong friends' lives are turned upside down to hilarious ends when their book club attempts to shake things up by tackling the infamous "Fifty Shades of Grey." From discovering new romance to rekindling old flames, they inspire each other to make their next chapter the best chapter.
Vitals: Director: Bill Holderman. Stars: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Andy Garcia, Don Johnson, Craig T. Nelson, Richard Dreyfuss, Ed Begley Jr.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 104 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $67.961 million, Paramount.
Extras: Deleted & extended scenes; "It All Started with a Book": The journey from script to screen; "Casting Book Club": Working with Hollywood icons; "Location, Location, Location": Visit the set with filmmakers; "A New Chapter": The cast discuss themes of friendship and romance Living in the Moment; "Creating the Film’s Theme Song."
Tag
For one month every year, five highly competitive friends hit the ground running in a no-holds-barred game of tag they've been playing since the first grade -- risking their necks, their jobs and their relationships to take each other down with the battle cry: "You're It!" This year, the game coincides with the wedding of their only undefeated player, which should finally make him an easy target. But he knows they're coming ... and he's ready.
Vitals: Director: Jeff Tomsic. Stars: Ed Helms, Hannibal Buress, Jeremy Renner, Annabelle Wallis, Jon Hamm, Leslie Bibb, Rashida Jones, Isla Fisher, Jake Johnson, Brian Dennehy.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: R, 100 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $53.552
million, Warner.
Extras: "Meet the Real Tag Brothers,"
deleted scenes, gag reel.
RBG
Documentary follows the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg from her childhood to her career as a groundbreaking attorney, to her current role as a Supreme Court Justice. The 85-year-old’s legacy thrives as she continues her role as one of the most prominent Supreme Court Justices of our time. Taking a stand for an array of voiceless minorities and respectfully dissenting on their behalf, Ginsburg continues to redefine the American way by fighting for change. Affectionately nicknamed “Notorious RBG,” she is known to many as a pop culture icon, but very few are aware of her personal journey toward becoming the phenomenon she is today. Featuring interviews with Ginsburg and those closest to her, RBG highlights the Supreme Court Justice’s untold story and the battles she’s faced in and outside of courtroom.
Vitals: Director: Betsy West and Julie Cohen. Stars:.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 98 min., Documentary, Box office gross: $13.259
million, Magnolia Home Entertainment.
Extras: Deleted and extended scenes, additional interviews.
Blast
(1997) Rutger Hauer, Linden Ashby, Andrew Divoff, Tim Thomerson, Shannon Elizabeth. Terrorists disrupt the Atlanta Olympics by kidnapping the U.S. women's swim team and wire each competition venue with deadly fission explosives. If their demands aren't met, the team will be executed. Unknown to them, a janitor (Ashby) -- a former Olympic gymnast champion of Tae Kwon Do whose life has been altered by injuries and alcoholism -- is also trapped within the sprawling compound. Totally unprepared for an assault of this magnitude, the president and the FBI enlists a brilliant Interpol counter-terrorism expert "Leo" (Hauer) -- who coordinates his efforts with the trapped janitor -- to contain the volatile situation. Formats: Blu-ray. (MVD Marquee Collection).
Book Club
(2018) Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Andy Garcia, Don Johnson, Craig T. Nelson, Richard Dreyfuss, Ed Begley Jr. Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading 50 Shades of Grey in their monthly book club. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital. Blu-ray extras: Deleted & extended scenes; "It All Started with a Book": The journey from script to screen; "Casting Book Club": Working with Hollywood icons; "Location, Location, Location": Visit the set with filmmakers; "A New Chapter": The cast discuss themes of friendship and romance Living in the Moment; "Creating the Film’s Theme Song." (Paramount).
sheriff, and takes the job himself, much to the displeasure of the racial epithet-hurling townsfolk who must pay $20 each time they use the "n-word." Those $20 fines add up faster than a Texas tornado, as does the posterior kicking of those who try to keep the duo from instituting "black man's law in white man's town." Blaxploitation from famed sci-fi and 'B' director Jack Arnold ("It Came From Outer Space," "Creature From the Black Lagoon," "The Incredible Shrinking Man"). Formats: Blu-ray/DVD Combo. Extras: Original theatrical trailers; "Video Specials: A Conversation With Fred, The Hammer, Williamson With Joel Blumberg"; "Video Specials: A Boss Memory With Producer Myrl Schreibman"; "Video Specials: A Jack Arnold Tribute to Producer by Myrl Schreibman." (Kit Parker Films/MVD Visual).
a deadly maze of murder, deception and desire. Pursued by homicide detective (Langella) and prodded by "The Trickster" (Smith) who materializes into his room, Michael is torn between the worlds of good and evil, of reality and fantasy and, ultimately, life and death. Extras: New audio commentary with assistant to the director Tara Georges Flynn; new "A Virtual Debut" interview with screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker; new "Talking With Trickster" interview with actor T. Ryder Smith; new "Merging Realities" interviews with special make-up effects supervisor Steve Johnson and special make-up effects artists Andy Schoneberg and Mike Smithson; new "Musical Virtuosity" interview with composer George S. Clinton; "Trickin’ With Trickster: Vintage behind-the-scenes fun on "Brainscan"; deleted scene; behind-the-scenes footage; teaser trailer; theatrical trailer; TV spot; still galleries. (Shout! Factory).
Bram Stoker's Shadowbuilder (Special Edition)
(1998) Michael Rooker, Leslie Hope, Tony Todd, Charlotte Sullivan, Kevin Zegers. A demon is summoned to take the soul of a young boy who has the potential to become a saint. If the demon succeeds, it will open a doorway to Hell, blazing a terrifying trail of destruction, possession and mayhem -- and destroying humanity. The fate of the world hinges on the final outcome of a renegade priest's battle with the soul eating Shadowbuilder. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Commentary from director Jamie Dixon; new "Making of Shadowbuilder" featurette; new "Shadowbuilder: Visual Effects" featurette; new "Shadowbuilder: Kevin Zegers" featurette; reversible, two-sided artwork; original theatrical trailer; collectible poster. (MVD Rewind).
and technology trade. Crazy Six (Rob Lowe) and Dirty Mao (Mario Van Peebles) are the leaders of two rivaling mob families who agree to form an uneasy alliance in order to overthrow Raul (Ice-T), the head of one of the largest crime cartels in Europe. But when the mission goes awry, the place turns into a deadly battleground with three world class gangsters fighting each other to the death. Also stars Burt Reynolds and Thom Matthews. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Theatrical trailer. (MVD Marquee Collection).
Memories of Underdevelopment
(1968 -- Cuba) This film by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea is the most widely renowned work in the history of Cuban cinema. After his wife and family flee in the wake of the Bay of Pigs invasion, the bourgeois intellectual Sergio (Sergio Corrieri) passes his days wandering Havana in idle reflection, his amorous entanglements and political ambivalence gradually giving way to a mounting sense of alienation. With this adaptation of an innovative novel by Edmundo Desnoes, Gutiérrez Alea developed a cinematic style as radical as the times he was chronicling, creating a collage of vivid impressions through the use of experimental editing techniques, archival material, and spontaneously shot street scenes. Intimate and densely layered, "Memories of Underdevelopment" provides a biting indictment of its protagonist's disengagement and an extraordinary glimpse of life in postrevolutionary Cuba.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc with new 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray. Extras: New interviews with film critics B. Ruby Rich and José Antonio Évora; new interview with novelist and screenwriter Edmundo Desnoes; "Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera," a 2008 feature-length documentary on director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea's life and career; segment from a 1989 audio interview with Gutiérrez Alea; segments from 2017 interviews with actor Daisy Granados and editor Nelson Rodríguez from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Visual History Collection archives; trailer; an essay by author Joshua Jelly-Schapiro. (The Criterion Collection).
Mind Game
(2004 -- Japan) Anime auteur Masaaki Yuasa’s first feature film is a boundary-pushing tale that embodies the 1960s and 70s acid animation. The rarely seen film comes to the US for the first time with this release. Buckle in and prepare to surrender yourself to an exhilarating and wildly entertaining ride in this gloriously colorful and unconstrained cult classic. Loser Nishi, too wimpy to try to save his childhood sweetheart from gangsters, is shot in the butt by a soccer-playing psychopath, projecting Nishi into the afterlife. In this limbo, God -- shown as a series of rapidly changing characters – tells him to walk toward the light. But Nishi runs like hell in the other direction and returns to Earth a changed man, driven to live each moment to the fullest. Formats: Blu-ray/DVD Combo. Extras: Gallery: background designs, gallery: character designs, gallery: mechanics and props, film animatic, scenes with director’s commentary, trailer. (GKIDS/Shout! Factory).
Mohsen Makhmalbaf: The Poetic Trilogy
One of the preeminent figures of Iranian cinema, Mohsen Makhmalbaf has written and directed an impressive array of acclaimed films, winning accolades at international film festivals and the admiration of world cinema audiences. This collection presents three of Makhmalbaf's most lyrical films that the director has termed his Poetic Trilogy. "Gabbeh" (1996) tells of an elderly couple who stop by a stream to wash a vividly woven traditional Persian rug ("Gabbeh"). A beautiful woman, depicted in the rug's elaborate design, suddenly appears and tells a heart-rending story of love and loss. A film imbued with the ideas of Sufism, "The Silence" (1998) tells of Khorshid, a young blind boy from Tajikistan who earns rent money for his family by tuning rare instruments but becomes enraptured by the sonorous music he hears on his way to work each day. "The Gardener" (2012) is an imaginative documentary that follows Makhmalbaf, and his son Maysam, to Israel to investigate the Bahá'í Faith, a religion with 7 million followers, which originated in Iran 170 years ago. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Commentary on "Gabbeh" by critic Godfrey Cheshire; "Poetry in Motion: An Interview With Mohsen Makhmalbaf," an in-depth conversation between the Iranian auteur and film critic Jonathan Romney, newly produced for this edition; "Mohsen With Closed Eyes," an imaginatively filmed archival interview with Makhmalbaf on "The Silence"; original trailers; stills and collections gallery; reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Scott Saslow; FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated booklet featuring new writing by film academic Negar Mottahedeh and Mohsen Makhmalbaf. (Arrow Academy/MVD Entertainment).
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 9
(2017-18) Six-disc set with all 24 episodes of LA's most elite squad that navigates humanity's deadliest threats. "NCIS: Los Angeles" is the high-stakes world of a division of NCIS that is charged with apprehending dangerous and elusive criminals who pose a threat to the nation's security. By assuming false identities and using the most advanced technology, this team of highly trained agents go deep undercover putting their lives on the line in the field to bring down their targets. Special Agent "G" Callen (Chris O'Donnell) is a chameleon who transforms himself into whomever he needs to be to infiltrate the criminal underworld. His partner is Special Agent Sam Hanna (LL Cool J), a former U.S. Navy SEAL who has
seen action in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Formats: DVD. Extras: "Nine Lives: A Look at the Ninth Season" behind-the scenes interviews with the cast and producers; "Celebrating 200" in which the cast and crew celebrate the show's 200th episode; "Sam Hanna: Incognito" look at LL/Sam Hanna's art of disguise; deleted/extended scenes.
(CBS/Paramount).
RBG
(2018) 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, even to some of her biggest fans – until now. RBG is a revelatory documentary exploring Ginsburg's exceptional life and career. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: Deleted and extended scenes, additional interviews.
(Magnolia Home Entertainment).
unit of Metro Special Weapons and Tactics of the L.A.P.D. Formats: DVD. Extras: Gag reel, deleted scenes.(Sony).
time. Includes: Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), The Mummy (1932), The Invisible Man (1933), The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Werewolf of London (1935), Dracula's Daughter (1936), Son of Frankenstein (1939), The Invisible Man Returns (1940), The Invisible Woman (1940), The Mummy's Hand (1940), The Wolf Man (1941), The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), The Mummy's Ghost (1942), The Mummy's Tomb (1942), Invisible Agent (1942), Phantom of the Opera (1943), Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943), Son of Dracula (1943), House of Frankenstein (1944), The Mummy's Curse (1944), The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944), House of Dracula (1945), She-Wolf of London (1946), Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954, and includes a 3D version), Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955), Revenge of the Creature (1955 and includes a 3D version) and The Creature Walks Among Us (1956). Formats:Blu-ray. Extras: Behind-the-scenes documentaries; 3D versions of Creature from the Black Lagoon and Revenge of the Creature; 1931 Spanish Version of Dracula; featurettes on Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., and Jack Pierce; 13 expert feature commentaries; archival footage; production photographs; theatrical trailers.
(Universal).
Upgrade
(2018 -- Australia) Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, Leigh Whannell. A thrilling and hyper violent vision of the future. Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. After his wife is killed during a brutal mugging that also leaves him paralyzed, Grey Trace is approached by a billionaire inventor with an experimental cure that will "upgrade" his body. The cure -- an artificial intelligence implant called STEM -- gives Grey -- a self-identified technophobe -- physical abilities beyond anything experienced, and the ability to relenlessly claim vengeance against those who murdered his wife and left him for dead. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Universal).
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