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October 29:
Insecure: The Complete Third Season: Follows creator, writer and star Issa Rae as Issa, and her best friend Molly (Yvonne Orji), who are on their quest to “have it all.” (Digital only)
October 30:
Alpha: An epic adventure set in the last Ice Age. Tells a fascinating, visually stunning story that shines light on the origins of man’s best friend. While on his first hunt with his tribe’s most elite group, a young man is injured and must learn to survive alone in the wilderness, reluctantly taming a lone wolf abandoned by its pack, to become unlikely allies. (DVD, Blu-ray release: November 13)
Believer: A low-level drug dealer facing prosecution conspires with a dangerously ambitious cop to bring down a major cartel’s psychotic kingpin in this electric crime thriller, based on Johnnie To’s critically-acclaimed Drug War. (DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
The Darkest Minds: Tale of teens who mysteriously develop new abilities and are declared a threat by the government. (DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
Les Parents Terribles: In this heartbreaking 1948 drama based on Cocteau’s highly successful stage play, a mother smothers her grown son with boyish love. When the son meets a girl and leaves the family circle, the mother flies into a rage. But when the young man tells his father, it sets off another drama -- she is none other than the girl the father has been secretly seeing. (DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
Mile 22: An elite American intelligence officer, aided by a top-secret tactical command unit, tries to smuggle a mysterious police officer with sensitive information out of the country. (DVD, Blu-ray release: November 13)
Retro Africa Collection: From light-hearted comedies, high-octane action films and provocative race dramas that were met with opposition from the apartheid government, the forgotten and discarded classics of African cinema are about to have a new life with The Retro Afrika Collection from IndiePix Films. The First three releases include "Umbango", one of the first Zulu Westerns, and two lo-fi crime capers, "Fishy Stones" and "Gone Crazy." (DVD: Day & date)
A Whale of a Tale: This documentary delves into the lives of local whalers, global activists and an American journalist in the "whale and dolphin killing town" of Taiji, Japan ("The Cove"), revealing not everything is as black and white as it seems. (VOD)
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling: HBO documentary: director and executive producer Judd Apatow’s remarkable portrait of the exceptionally complex, deeply spiritual and endlessly funny comedy icon Garry Shandling. (DVD: Day & date)
November 5:
Ballers: The Complete Fourth Season: Spencer (Dwayne Johnson) and Joe Krutel (Rob Corddry) are back at it, and this time the unstoppable duo are bringing the hustle to Los Angeles to expand their empire. (Digital only)
Batman: The Complete Animated Series Deluxe Limited Edition
(1992-95) Ten-disc set with all 109 episodes, plus two bonus disks containing the recently-remastered, fan favorite animated films "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" and "Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero." Includes an exclusive ensemble of collectibles highlighted by three Funko mini-figurines (Batman, Joker, Harley Quinn) and seven beautifully-designed lenticular art cards. The entire box set is housed in a stunning layflat-book with a dazzling slipcase. This ultimate collectors Blu-ray box set will be individually numbered for a Limited Edition release of 30,000. More than 2,000 copies were pre-ordered within the first 24 hours of availability on Amazon. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: 25 featurettes -- led by an all-new, 60+ minute definitive "Batman: The Animated Series" making-of documentary “The Heart of Batman”; introductions to five episodes by producer Bruce Timm; commentary on 11 episodes.
(Warner).
The Darkest Minds
(2018) Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore, Bradley Whitford, Harris Dickinson. Tale of teens who mysteriously develop new abilities and are declared a threat by the government. Ruby, one of the most powerful young people anyone has encountered, escapes and joins a group of runaway teens seeking safe haven. Soon, this newfound family realizes that collective power is needed to take back control of their fate and save future generations. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: "Remember – A Look Beyond Ruby and Liam’s Last Kiss" (original animatic by director Jennifer Yuh Nelson), deleted scene, gag reel, "Jennifer Yuh Nelson: Heroine at the Helm," character profiles, storyboard to screen comparison, commentary, gallery, theatrical trailer. (Fox).
Love, Cecil
(2017) Cecil Beaton was a dazzling chronicler of his time. A photographer, writer, painter, and Oscar-winning set and costume designer who captured both the front lines of war and the Queen's official portrait, Beaton embodied the cultural and political changes of the 20th century. In this documentary, director Lisa Immordino Vreeland ("Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel," "Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict") blends archival footage and photographs with voice-over of Beaton's famed diaries to capture his legacy as a complex and unique creative force. Narrated by Rupert Everett. Formats: DVD. Extras: Deleted Scenes with David Hockney, Leslie Caron, Manolo Blahnik and many more; trailers. (Zeitgeist Films).
Never Goin’ Back
(2018) Maia Mitchell, Camila Morrone. Follows lifelong best friends Angela and Jessie, who dream of escaping their waitressing jobs at a low-rent Texas diner. Taking place over the course of just a few days, the film follows their unpredictable misadventures on the streets of suburban Dallas as they attempt increasingly madcap and wild schemes to try and raise some cash. Formats: DVD. Extras: Deleted scene; audio commentary with writer-director Augustine Frizzell, producers Liz Cardenas and Toby Halbrooks, and actors Maia Mitchell and Camila Morrone; “Art Imitates Life: Never Goin’ Back” featurette; blooper reel. (Lionsgate).
Torso
(1973) Suzy Kendall, Tina Aumont, Luc Merenda. A talented and versatile journeyman, director Sergio Martino has lent his talents to multiple genres across his long and varied career, but it is undoubtedly his giallo thrillers from the early 70s for which he is best known. Among the most highly acclaimed of these, 1973's "Torso" revels in the genre's time-honored traditions while simultaneously laying the groundwork for the modern slasher movie. A sex maniac is prowling the
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
(2018) Executive producer Judd Apatow’s remarkable portrait of the exceptionally complex, deeply spiritual and endlessly funny comedy icon Garry Shandling. The documentary spans the decades from Shandling’s early childhood in the 1950s in Arizona up to his untimely death in 2016, taking viewers on an intimate journey through a collage of personal testimonials, archival footage and most importantly Shandling’s own handwritten words on life, loss, love, meditation and more, captured in an extensive library of personal notebooks. From a 10-year-old Garry losing his big brother Barry to cystic fibrosis at age 13 in 1960, to a chance encounter with comic legend George Carlin and an impulsive, post-college move to Los Angeles in 1976, Shandling’s unlikely path toward commercial success consistently remained at odds with his own personal search for inner peace. It also offers an extensive examination of Shandling’s stand-up career and landmark HBO comedy series “The Larry Sanders Show,” revealing a fascinating dichotomy between comedic brilliance and personal demons, which Shandling harnessed to create some of the greatest television comedy ever made. Formats: DVD, Digital. (HBO).
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Audrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon), two 30-year-old best friends in Los Angeles, are thrust unexpectedly into an international conspiracy when Audrey’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail. Surprising even themselves, the duo jump into action, on the run throughout Europe from assassins and a suspicious-but-charming British agent, as they hatch a plan to save the world.
Vitals: Director: Susanna Fogel. Stars: Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux, Sam Heughan, Hasan Minhaj.
2018, CC, MPAA rating: R, 116 min., Action Comedy, Box office gross: $33.541 million, Lionsgate.
Extras: “Covert Operations: The Making of The Spy Who Dumped Me” featurette, “Gary Powell: The King of Action” featurette, “Makin’ Friends with Hasan Minhaj” featurette, Deleted Scenes, Outtakes, “Off Script” featurette.
Believer
(2018 -- South Korea) Cho Jin-woong, Ryu Jun-yeol, Kim Joo-hyuck, Kim Sung-ryoung. A low-level drug dealer facing prosecution conspires with a dangerously ambitious cop to bring down a major cartel’s psychotic kingpin in this crime thriller based on Johnnie To’s critically-acclaimed "Drug War." Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital. (Well Go USA).
Dragnet: Collector's Edition
(1987) Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Harry Morgan, Dabney Coleman, Christopher Plummer, Alexandra Paul. Aykroyd is at his comedic best as the namesake nephew of Detective Sgt. Joe Friday (originally played by Joe Webb). Like his no-nonsense uncle, he's a blue-suited, by-the-rules Los Angeles cop who's forced to reluctantly team up with the footloose, wisecracking Pep Streebek (Hanks). Ordered to investigate a seemingly unrelated series of bizarre ritual killings and robberies, they eventually uncover a dastardly plot by an underground pagan group to undermine all authority in Los Angeles. Can this mistmatched duo rescue the City of Angels from the machinations of a power-mad Reverend and corrupt Police Commissioners before it's too late? Harry Morgan ("M.A.S.H.") reprises his original TV series role as Bill Gannon.New 4K scan. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: New "A Quiet Evening in the Company of Connie Swail" interview with co-star Alexandra Paul, new audio commentary with pop culture historian Russell Dyball, "Just the Facts!" promotional look at "Dragnet" with Aykroyd and Hanks, original theatrical trailers and promos, photo gallery. (Shout! Factory Select).
The Princess Bride
(1987) A high-spirited adventure that pits true love against inconceivable odds, "The Princess Bride" has charmed legions of fans with its irreverent gags, eccentric ensemble, and dazzling swordplay. A kid (Fred Savage), home sick from school, grudgingly allows his grandfather (Peter Falk) to read him a dusty storybook -- which is how we meet the innocent Buttercup (Robin Wright, in her breakout role), about to marry the nefarious Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon) though her heart belongs to Westley (Cary Elwes). The wedding plans are interrupted, however, by a mysterious pirate, a vengeful Spaniard, and a good-natured giant, in a tale full of swashbuckling, romance, and outrageously hilarious spoofery. Directed by Rob Reiner from an endlessly quotable script by Oscar winner William Goldman, "The Princess Bride" reigns as a fairy-tale classic.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc with new 4K digital transfer, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray. Extras: Audio commentary from 1996 featuring director Rob Reiner, screenwriter William Goldman, producer Andrew Scheinman, and actors Billy Crystal and Peter Falk; edited 1987 audiobook reading of Goldman's novel "The Princess Bride" by Reiner; new program about Goldman's screenplay; new program about Goldman's tapestry based on the film; archival interviews with Reiner, Goldman, and actors Crystal, Cary Elwes, Christopher Guest, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Fred Savage, and Robin Wright; new interview with art director Richard Holland; programs about makeup, fencing, and fairy tales; on-set video diary filmed and narrated by Elwes; five behind-the-scenes videos with commentaries from 1996 by Reiner, Scheinman, and Crystal; trailer; an essay by author Sloane Crosley and, for the Blu-ray edition, Goldman's introduction to his Princess Bride script from the 1995 collection "Four Screenplays," in a lavishly illustrated, clothbound book. (The Criterion Collection).
The Retro Afrika Collection
New series Featuring digitally-restored, apartheid-era classics rarely seen outside the borders of South Africa. From light-hearted comedies, high-octane action films and provocative race dramas that were met with opposition from the apartheid government, the forgotten and discarded classics of African cinema are about to have a new life with The Retro Afrika Collection from IndiePix Films. Through a partnership with Retro Afrika Bioscope, an independent label of Gravel Road Entertainment dedicated to locating, acquiring, restoring and re-releasing retro South African films from the '70s, '80s and '90s, IndiePix will begin to release these digitally-remastered classics. These Apartheid-era films, produced by and starring native South Africans, pay homage to Hollywood action in groundbreaking B-movie style, a precursor to today's burgeoning Nollywood industry. Featuring numerous local dialects with English subtitles, the small budget vintage features have all undergone a highly-specialized digital restoration process for optimal viewing. The first three remastered classics include "Umbango" (1986), one of the first Zulu Westerns and an Official Selection at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival, and "FISHY STONES" (1990) and "Gone crazy" (1980), two outsized, humorous crime capers representative of the genre. Read more here.
Formats: DVD. (IndiePix).
The Spy Who Dumped Me
(2018) Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux, Sam Heughan, Hasan Minhaj. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: “Covert Operations: The Making of The Spy Who Dumped Me” featurette, “Gary Powell: The King of Action” featurette, “Makin’ Friends with Hasan Minhaj” featurette, Deleted Scenes, Outtakes, “Off Script” featurette. (Lionsgate).
streets of Perugia, targeting the picturesque university town's female students. Alarmed at the plummeting life expectancy of the student body, Jane (Suzy Kendall) and her three friends elope to a secluded country villa -- only to discover that, far from having left the terror behind, they've brought it with them. Also known as "Carnal Violence," "Torso" was released in Italy towards the end of the giallo boom before enjoying a second life on the American grindhouse circuit. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: New audio commentary by Kat Ellinger, author of "All the Colours of Sergio Martino"; new video interview with co-writer/director Sergio Martino; new video interview with actor Luc Merenda; new video interview with co-writer Ernesto Gastaldi; new video interview with filmmaker Federica Martino, daughter of Sergio Martino; new video interview with Mikel J. Koven, author of "La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film"; 2017 Abertoir International Horror Festival Q&A with Sergio Martino; Italian and English theatrical trailers; reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabalais. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment).
Twelve Monkeys
(1985) Dir.: Terry Gilliam; Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt. Following the commercial and critical success of "The Fisher King," Terry Gilliam's next feature would turn to science fiction and a screenplay by Janet and David Peoples ("Blade Runner," "Unforgiven") inspired by Chris Marker's classic short film La "Jetée." In 1996, a deadly virus is unleashed by a group calling themselves the Army of the Twelve Monkeys, destroying much of the world's population and forcing survivors underground. In 2035, prisoner James Cole (Bruce Willis) is chosen to go back in time and help scientists in their search for a cure. Featuring an Oscar-nominated turn by Brad Pitt as mental patient Jeffrey Goines, "Twelve Monkeys" would become Gilliam's most successful film and is now widely regarded as a sci-fi classic. Brand new restoration from a 4k scan of the original negative by Arrow Films, approved by director Terry Gilliam. Formats: Blu-ray. Extras: Audio commentary by Terry Gilliam and producer Charles Roven; "The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys", feature-length making-of documentary by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe; extensive image galley; theatrical trailer; reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin. FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Nathan Rabin and archive materials. (Arrow Video/MVD Entertainment).
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