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May 5
Accommodations: A Manhattan wife and mother, with an enviably luxurious lifestyle, disrupts her family’s status quo when she decides to quit “accommodating” those around her and embarks on a self-styled creative journey to find fulfillment. (VOD only)
Arde Madrid: Burn Madrid Burn: Eight-episode limited series, based loosely on actress and Hollywood star Ava Gardner’s (Debi Mazar) move to Madrid, to flee her husband Frank Sinatra, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, and the paparazzi that followed her everywhere and made her life impossible. In Madrid, Gardner’s only goal was to have as much fun as possible. (VOD only)
Arkansas: Kyle and Swin live by the orders of an Arkansas-based drug kingpin named Frog, whom they've never met. But when a deal goes horribly wrong, the consequences are deadly. Ensemble cast includes Liam Hemsworth, Clark Duke, Vivica A. Fox, John Malkovich and Vince Vaughn. (Digital, VOD only)
Better Days: A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, all while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations. In Chinese with English subtitles. (Blu-ray release: Day & date)
Cry for the Bad Man: While a small-town widow grieves in isolation, she receives a deadly ultimatum from the privileged sons of a local land developer to sell her beloved property. With 24 hours to decide and her pleas to the town's corrupt sheriff falling on deaf ears, she realizes she must take matters into her own hands. (DVD release: Day & date)
Cry Havoc: An ambitious young reporter is granted an interview with one of the FBI’s most wanted. While entering his compound she finds one of his prized possessions, a serial killer who murders at call, called HAVOC. Her only hope is a rogue police man searching for his daughter. (VOD only)
Greed: The story of self-made British billionaire Sir Richard McCreadie (Steve Coogan), whose retail empire is in crisis. For 30 years he has ruled the world of retail fashion, but after a damaging public government investigation, his image is tarnished. To save his reputation, he decides to bounce back with a highly publicized and extravagant party celebrating his 60th birthday on the Greek island of Mykonos. A satire on the grotesque inequality of wealth in the fashion industry. (DVD, Blu-ray release: Day & date)
Human Zoo: The internet watches live as reality-show contestants struggle against time to see who will stay in solitary confinement the longest and take home the one million dollar prize. (DVD: Day & date)
Intrigo Trilogy: Three intense thrillers about good friends, evil deeds and secrets that won’t stay buried. (VOD only)
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War: The world’s greatest super heroes square off once-and-for-all against the despotic Darkseid – with the fate of all humanity hanging in the balance – in the next entry in the popular series of DC Universe Movies. (DVD, Blu-ray release: May 19)
The Plagiartists: A barbed satire on authenticity and white privilege. A young couple is shaken by a seemingly fraudulent yet unprovable act that strikes to the core of their cultural pretensions. (VOD only)
Saint Francis: After an accidental pregnancy turned abortion, a deadbeat nanny finds an unlikely friendship with the six-year old she's charged with protecting. (VOD only)
May 8
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find: A recently widowed young mother in Northern Ireland will go to any lengths to protect her children as she seeks the truth behind her husband's murder. (Digital, VOD only)
Intrigo: Dear Agnes: The second film in the Intrigo trilogy based on best-selling author Håkan Nesser’s novels of the same names. In this intense thriller about good friends and evil deeds, Agnes, who is desperate for money, runs into her old friend Henny, who is enraged at her unfaithful spouse, Peter, and makes Agnes a shocking offer: enough cash to live a better life, if she will murder Peter. (VOD only)
Walkaway Joe: An unlikely friendship grows between a young boy searching for his father in pool halls across the country, and a wandering loner hiding from his past. (Digital, VOD only)
May 10
Angelfish: A coming-of-age love story between Eva (Destiny Frasqueri), a young Puerto Rican woman torn between her responsibilities to her family and her dreams, and Brendan (Jimi Stanton), an Irish-American man dealing with family problems of his own. (VOD only)
Arkansas
(2020) Liam Hemsworth, Clark Duke, Michael Kenneth Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Eden Brolin, Chandler Duke, John Malkovich, Vince Vaughn. Kyle (Hemsworth) and Swin (Duke) live by the orders of an Arkansas-based drug kingpin named Frog (Vaughn), whom they’ve never met. Posing as junior park rangers by day, they operate as low-level drug couriers by night under the watchful eye of Frog’s proxies (Malkovich and Fox). Swin then settles into his day job by taking up a relationship with Johnna (Brolin) against orders to blend in while Kyle continues to question his night job by trying to figure out who Frog really is. Their world is then upended after one too many inept decisions, and Kyle, Swin, and Johnna find themselves directly in Frog’s crosshairs. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: Audio commentary with writer-director Clark Duke, “Making Arkansas” featurette, “He Stopped Loving Her Today” performed by The Flaming Lips, deleted scenes. (Lionsgate).
Bloodshot
(2020) Vin Diesel, Eiza Gonzalez, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell, Guy Pearce. Ray Garrison (Diesel), an elite soldier who was killed in battle, is brought back to life by an advanced technology that gives him the ability of super human strength and fast healing. With his new abilities, he
Cry for the Bad Man
(2019) Camille Keaton, Karen Konzen, Scott Peeler. While a small-town widow grieves in isolation, she receives a deadly ultimatum from the privileged sons of a local land developer to sell her beloved property. With 24 hours to decide and her pleas to the town's corrupt sheriff falling on deaf ears, she realizes she must take matters into her own hands. Her quest for justice turns into an all-out battle and grisly confrontation. Formats: DVD, Digital. (Uncork’d Entertainment).
A Dog’s Courage (aka The Underdog
(2018 -- South Korea) Jacob, a feisty, playful dog abandoned by his owners joins a pack of strays and comes to terms with his unwanted and abrupt freedom. With his new friends in tow, Ralph heads north and finds the perfect place of safety and peace -- the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. Animated family adventure, in Korean and with an all-new English dub. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, Digital. (Well Go USA).
Greed
(2019) Dir.: Michael Winterbottom; Steve Coogan, David Mitchell, Asa Butterfield, Dinita Gohil, Sophie Cookson, Jonny Sweet, Asim Chaudhry, Shirley Henderson, Isla Fisher. The story of self-made British billionaire Sir Richard McCreadie (Coogan), whose retail empire is in crisis. For 30 years he has ruled the world of retail fashion, but after a damaging public government investigation, his image is tarnished. To save his reputation, he decides to bounce back with a highly publicized and extravagant party celebrating his 60th birthday on the Greek island of Mykonos. A satire on the grotesque inequality of wealth in the fashion industry. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette, deleted scene. (Sony).
Humans: Complete Collection
(2015-18) Six-disc set with all 24 episodes. Uncut UK edition Blu-ray collection debut of the AMC sci-fi series that explores the intersection of man and machine with emotional depth and pulse-pounding tension. In Series 1, when Joe Hawkins buys synth Anita, he hopes it will relieve the pressure on his lawyer wife, Laura. Although Anita is a hit with Joe’s young children, Laura feels uneasy about sharing her home with a synth. Meanwhile, retired synth engineer George refuses to dispose of his beloved but malfunctioning synth, Odi. And mysterious Leo hides secrets that could transform the future of synth technology. Then in Series 2, synths become an inextricable part of society, obediently serving and protecting the human population. But what happens when these Synths are given the right to consciousness and their own free will? Series 3 is one year after the dawn of consciousness. A decimated and oppressed Synth population fights to survive in a world that hates and fears them. Based on the award-winning Swedish sci-fi drama "Real Humans." Formats: Blu-ray. (Acorn Media).
Human Zoo
(2020) Robert Carradine, Trista Robinso, Rachel Amanda Bryant, Jose Rosete, Jessica Cameron, Heather Dorff. The internet watches live, as reality-show contestants struggle against time to see who will stay in solitary confinement the longest and take home the one million dollar prize. Formats: DVD, Digital. (Wild Eye Releasing).
The Lodge
(2020) Richard Armitage, Riley Keough, Alicia Silverstone, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh. A soon-to-be-stepmom is snowed in with her fiance's two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations finally begin to thaw between the trio, strange and frightening events threaten to summon psychological demons from her strict religious childhood. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital. (Universal).
Red vs. Blue: Singularity
(2019) In 2003, the first episode of a little web series called "Red vs. Blue" began streaming on Rooster Teeth and took the internet by storm. Based on the popular Halo video game franchise, this sci-fi comedy was unlike anything people had ever seen before…and still is. Now, all 12 episodes of Season 17 will be released stitched together as a single movie. The flow of time is in disarray now that Chrovos has been freed from their old prison, and the Reds and Blues are unwittingly trapped, and forced to relive their past memories. Fortunately, there is still one person in the universe who can do something about it: Donut. Thanks to his quick thinking, Donut manages to trap Chrovos in a temporary cell ... but it won’t hold for long. Formats: DVD, Digital. Extras: "Red vs. Blue: Singularity: Behind the Scenes," "Delete the Blues," "Red vs. Blue: Singularity Blooper Reel," trailers. (Warner).
Tea With the Dames BLU-RAY DEBUT
(2018) What happens when four legends of British stage and screen get together? Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins and Joan Plowright are among the most celebrated actresses of our time, with scores of iconic performances, decades of wisdom, and innumerable Oscars, Tonys, Emmys and BAFTAs between them. They are also longtime friends who here invite you to join them for a weekend in the country as they catch up with one another, reminisce, and share their candid, delightfully irreverent thoughts on everything from art to aging to love to a life lived in the spotlight. (IFC Films).
Gretel & Hansel
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search for food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
Vitals: Director: Osgood Perkins. Stars: Sophia Lillis, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw, Charles Babalola, Ian Kenny, Samuel Leakey, Abdul Alshareef, Manuel Pombo, Beatrix Perkins.
2020, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 87 min., Horror-Thriller, Box office gross: $15.347 million, Warner.
Extras: "Storybook."
Bloodshot
Based on the bestselling comic book. Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel), a soldier recently killed in action and brought back to life as the super hero Bloodshot by the RST corporation, with an army of nanotechnology in his veins; he’s an unstoppable force, stronger than ever and able to heal instantly. But in controlling his body, the company has sway over his mind and memories, too. Now, Ray doesn’t know what’s real and what’s not -- but he’s on a mission to find out. Vitals: Director: David S.F. Wilson. Stars: Vin Diesel, Eiza Gonzalez, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell, Guy Pearce.
2020, CC, MPAA rating: 109, PG-13 min., Sci-Fi Action, Box office gross: $10.021 million, Sony.
I Still Believe
The uplifting true-life story of Christian music megastar Jeremy Camp. This inspiring tale follows Jeremy’s search for his artistic voice, leading him to his wildest professional dreams, as well as the love of his life. But Jeremy’s hope and faith are put to the test when tragedy strikes.
Vitals: Director: Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin. Stars: Britt Robertson, Melissa Roxburgh, Nathan Dean, Shania Twain, Gary Sinise.
2019, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 116 min., Drama, Box office gross: $9.868 million, Lionsgate.
Extras: Audio commentary with director Andy Erwin & writer-director Jon Erwin, “Origin” featurette, “Casting” featurette, “Music” featurette, “Bart & Jeremy” featurette, deleted scenes.
Better Days
(2019 --China) Zhou Dongyu, (C-pop superstar) Jackson Yee. Nian finds her life at a standstill when facing relentless bullying from her peers as she prepares for her college entrance exam. Fate brings her together with small-time criminal Bei, but before they can retreat into a world of their own, both are dragged into the middle of a murder investigation that will change their lives forever. Director Derek Kwok-Cheung Tsang ("Soulmate") paints a bleak picture of an oppressive society, in the guise of a gripping fairy-tale love story, exposing the dark world of bullying and societal pressures of achievement facing today’s youth. Formats: Blu-ray, Digital. Extras: "Making-of” featurette. (Well Go USA).
goes after the man who killed his wife, or at least, who he believes killed his wife. He soon comes to learn that not everything he learns can be trusted. The true question is: Can he even trust himself? Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo, VOD, Digital. (Sony).
Gunsmoke: Complete Series
(1955-1975) At long last, "Gunsmoke: The Complete Series," celebrating one of the most enduring and acclaimed television programs of all time! All 625 episodes from all 20 seasons of this legendary, multiple award-winning Western are available together for the first time, remastered and restored, along with great bonus features like episodic previews, original cast sponsor spots, audio commentaries, featurettes and more. Relive the timeless tales and exciting adventures of Dodge City's leading residents: Chester (Dennis Weaver), Doc (Milburn Stone), Kitty (Amanda Blake), Quint (Burt Reynolds), Festus (Ken Curtis), Sam (Glenn Strange) and the first citizen of Dodge himself, U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness). This is the definitive complete collection that no "Gunsmoke" enthusiast can do without. Formats: DVD. (CBS/Paramount).
Gunsmoke: The Final Season
(1974-75) Six-disc set with all 24 episodes. A classic concludes, remastered and restored, from 35mm film elements. Even on the wide expanse of the frontier, all things must end. Savor these gems and more from "Gunsmoke's" 20th season. With location filming at Old Tucson, Matt (James Arness), Festus (Ken Curtis) and Newly (Buck Taylor) pose as outlaws to outwit bandits who've captured Doc (Milburn Stone). Matt enlists an ex-lawman, now an alcoholic, to help clean up a lawless town. Someone is killing men in Dodge; Matt and Newly realize all were involved in a trial years earlier, and Doc is the next victim. And in a multiple award-winning*, poignant episode, "Thirty a Month and Found," three itinerant cattle drovers take desperate measures when they sense their cowboy way of life is vanishing. Formats: DVD. (CBS/Paramount).
I Still Believe
(2020) Britt Robertson, Melissa Roxburgh, Nathan Dean, Shania Twain, Gary Sinise. The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss. Formats: DVD Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital. Extras: Audio commentary with director Andy Erwin & writer-director Jon Erwin, “Origin” featurette, “Casting” featurette, “Music” featurette, “Bart & Jeremy” featurette, deleted scenes. (Lionsgate).
Ray Donovan: Season Seven
(2019-20) Four-disc set with all 10 episodes. Ray Donovan (Liev Schreiber), a clever man with questionable skills, is a South Boston thug turned Hollywood fixer. His duties include absolving athletes, celebrities, and tycoons of their problems. Donovan's father, Mickey, is also a man with a dubious past, spending much of his life behind bars. Once released from prison, Mickey attempts to make amends and repair his shattered family, but Donovan is wary of his father's motives and goes to great lengths to protect himself and his family. Season seven finds Ray working to be the man his family needs him to be. While he makes progress with Dr. Amiot (Alan Alda), there are dangers from the past that require the Ray Donovan of old. Between NYC mayor Ed Feratti (Zach Grenier), an unrelenting NYPD officer hunting for the truth and clients old and new, Ray struggles to find the balance between fixing for clients and fixing himself. Co-stars Jon Voight and Eddie Marsan. Formats: DVD. Extras: "Dash Directs," "Deconstructing Ray." (Showtime/Paramount).
Six Moral Tales Blu-ray Debut
The multifaceted, deeply personal work of Eric Rohmer has had an effect on cinema unlike any other. One of the founding critics of the history-making Cahiers du cinéma, Rohmer began translating his written manifestos to film in the 1960s, standing apart from his New Wave contemporaries with his patented brand of gently existential, hyperarticulate character studies set against vivid seasonal landscapes. This near genre unto itself was established with the audacious and wildly influential series "Six Moral Tales." A succession of encounters between fragile men and the women who tempt them, "Six Moral Tales "unleashed on the film world a new voice, one that was at once sexy, philosophical, modern, daring, nonjudgmental, and liberating. Three-disc special edition with new 2K digital restorations, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks. The films: "The Bakery Girl Of Monceau" (1963), "Suzanne's Career" (1963), "My Night at Maud's" (1969), "La Collectionneuse" (1967), "Claire's Knee" (1970) and "Love In The Afternoon" (1972). Extras: Conversation between director Eric Rohmer and filmmaker Barbet Schroeder from 2006; four short films by Rohmer: "Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak" (shot in 1951 and completed in 1961), "Véronique and Her Dunce" (1958), "Nadja in Paris"(1964) and "A Modern Coed" (1966) -- and one on which he advised, "The Curve" (1999); "On Pascal," a 1965 episode of the educational TV series En profil dans le texte directed by Rohmer, on the French philosopher Blaise Pascal, the subject of debate in "My Night at Maud's"; archival interviews with Rohmer, actors Jean-Claude Brialy, Béatrice Romand, Laurence de Monaghan, and Jean-Louis Trintignant, film critic Jean Douchet and producer Pierre Cottrell; video afterword from 2006 by filmmaker and writer Neil LaBute; trailers; a booklet featuring essays by critics Geoff Andrew, Ginette Vincendeau, Phillip Lopate, Kent Jones, Molly Haskell, and Armond White; excerpts from cinematographer Nestor Almendros's 1980 autobiography; and Rohmer's landmark 1948 essay "For a Talking Cinema"; along with an English translation of Six Moral Tales, the book of stories by Rohmer on which the films are based. (The Criterion Collection).
A Thousand Clowns
(1965) The great Jason Robards recreates his Broadway role as the iconoclastic Murray Burns in this big-screen adaptation of "A Thousand Clowns." Murray is funny, feisty, compassionate and very determined to have nothing to do with the lemming-like rush-hour world. But his resolve is tested when social workers Sandra (Barbara Harris) and Albert (William Daniels) tell him that he must shape up ... or his 12-year-old nephew Nick (Barry Gordon) will be shipped out to a foster home. Released when workday lifestyles went largely unchallenged, this inventive comedy-drama gleefully speaks to the nonconformist in us all. Martin Balsam, Gene Saks and John McMartin co-star in this classic film directed by Fred Coe with a screenplay by Herb Gardner based on his own play. "A Thousand Clowns" won the 1966 Oscar for Actor in a Supporting Role (Balsam) and was nominated for three more Oscars: Picture (Coe), Adapted Screenplay (Gardner) and Score (Don Walker). In a new 2K master. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray. Extras: "Diary of a Middle-Aged Kid" new interview with co-star Barry Gordon, theatrical trailer. (Kino Lorber Studio Classics).
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