Blu-ray Catalog
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Jesus Christ Superstar
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 05/07/2013 Rating Production Year: 1973 Run Time: 107 mins Released By: Universal Home Video Cast: Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen, Bob Bingham An innovative example of modern techniques in moviemaking, this famous rock opera depicts the last week of Christ's life. Norman Jewison (MOONSTRUCK; IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT) directed this thrilling adaptation of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, starring Ted Neeley as Jesus and Carl Anderson as Judas Iscariot. Among the classic songs in the film are "I Don't Know How to Love Him," "Hosanna," and "King Herod's Song (Try It and See)." The song score was nominated for an Academy Award. … more less -
Sin Nombre, The
Genre: Foreign Films Release Date: 05/07/2013 Rating R Production Year: 1999 Run Time: 101 mins Released By: Miramax Echo Bridge Cast: Emma Vilarasua, Tristan Ulloa, Karra Elejalde Based on a novel by Ramsey Campbell, LOS SIN NOMBRE (THE NAMELESS) is a stylish and atmospheric horror film from director Jaume Balaguero (DARKNESS). After she goes missing, the body of Claudia's daughter Angela is discovered by the police. Five years later, Claudia is still distraught over the senseless murder when she receives a phone call from a young woman claiming to be her daughter. Bruno, a now-retired cop who was in charge of the original investigation, takes pity on Claudia and decides to help her track down the caller. What they find, however, is shadowy organization known only as "the Nameless" who may have some sort of supernatural power. … more less -
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Live Architecture & Morality and More
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 05/07/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 1981 Run Time: 135 mins Released By: Universal Music & Video Distribution The third album by British electropop band Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark is one of the most successful releases in the band's career. In 2007 OMD reunited and undertook a tour in which they played ARCHITECTURE AND MORALITY in full. This show was recorded at he Hammersmith Apollo is London and features the entire album plus a selection of the band's biggest hits to date. … more less -
Pillow Talk
Genre: Comedies Release Date: 05/07/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 1959 Run Time: 103 mins Released By: Universal Studios Home Video Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams The first Rock Hudson/Doris Day movie tells the story of an odd couple who share a party line, eventually falling in love in spite of themselves. He's a womanizing cad, and she's a perky career gal with uncompromising moral standards and fine home furnishings. Academy Award Nominations: 5, including Best Actress--Doris Day. Academy Awards: Best Screenplay. … more less -
Shanghai Noon/Shanghai Knights
Genre: Comedies Release Date: 05/07/2013 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2000 Run Time: 224 mins Released By: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Cast: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Roger Yuan, Rafael Baez An action-comedy double feature with a decidedly Western twist, SHANGHAI NOON and its follow-up SHANGHAI KNIGHTS offer high-flying acrobatics from superstar Jackie Chan and delightfully dry humor from co-star Owen Wilson. SHANGHAI NOON stars Jackie Chan as an Imperial Guard assigned to track down a kidnapped Chinese princess in the confusing American West. In SHANGHAI KNIGHTS, Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) and Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson) are reunited on an adventure that leads them to Great Britain, and into a murder investigation that goes all the way to the royal family. See individual titles for complete synopsis information. … more less -
Sparkle
Genre: Dramas Release Date: 05/07/2013 Rating PG Production Year: 1976 Run Time: 98 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, Dwan Smith, Mary Alice, Dorian Harewood Irene Cara (of FLASHDANCE soundtrack fame) and Lonette McKee star in this dramatic story of a musical trio's rise to stardom. Three sisters, who are raised in an impoverished neighborhood, have dreams of become pop singers. After a dark period which includes entering several dinky talent shows, they are finally discovered, and enter a world of glamour and fame. Like many though, they soon learn that there is a dangerous side to success, and they must find ways to combat the threat of self-destruction. A score by the infamous Curtis Mayfield adds soul to the drama, and the three women's tour-de-force performances are riveting. … more less -
Superman: Unbound
Genre: Action/Adventure Release Date: 05/07/2013 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2013 Cast: Diedrich Bader, Stephen Root, Frances Conroy, Alexander Gould, Wade Williams The Man of Steel fights to protect Metropolis against the same destructive force that obliterated Krypton in this animated adventure based on Geoff Johns and Gary Frank's 2008 comic book story arc SUPERMAN: BRAINIAC. Superman (voice of Matt Bomer) is preoccupied with Lois Lane (voice of Stana Katic) and training Supergirl (voice of Molly Quinn) when he learns that Brainiac (voice of John Noble) has set his sights on Metropolis. An unstoppable juggernaut whose power grows with each new city ne collects, Brainiac will put The Man of Steel's true strength to the ultimate test. Directed by James Tucker, SUPERMAN: UNBOUND also features voice work by Stephen Root, Alexander Gould, Diedrich Bader, and Frances Conroy. … more less -
True Grit
Genre: Westerns Release Date: 05/07/2013 Rating G Production Year: 1969 Run Time: 127 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Jeremy Slate A pure western in which a lawmen tracks a criminal, TRUE GRIT, based on Charles Portis' novel, reunited John Wayne with director Henry Hathaway (THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER). Wayne is crotchety U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, who would rather stay home than chase criminals. He heeds the call, though, when fourteen year-old Mattie Ross (Kim Darby) calls on him to avenge her father's death at the hands of a man who has escaped into Indian territory. Glen Campbell is a Texas ranger who accompanies them for his own reasons. Wayne reprised the role six years later in ROOSTER COGBURN. … more less -
Ultimate Comic Book 5-Movie Collection, The
Genre: Action/Adventure Release Date: 05/07/2013 Rating Production Year: 2013 Run Time: 561 mins Released By: Miramax Lionsgate This five-pack of films based on comic-books includes THE CROW, KICK-ASS, THE PUNISHER, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, and THE SPIRIT. … more less -
WWII from Space
Genre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 05/07/2013 Rating Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Lionsgate This two-hour special uses CGI to recreate a satellite view of the events of World War II. The unique context provides history buffs further insight into the conflict and the process that led a nation that was once ranked 19th in the world's militaries to emerge as the planet's only atomic superpower. … more less -
Details, The
Genre: Dramas Release Date: 04/30/2013 Rating R Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 101 mins Released By: Anchor Bay/Starz Cast: Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney, Ray Liotta, Kerry Washington A suburban family man inadvertently opens up a Pandora's box of dysfunction, treachery, and murder while attempting to grow the perfect lawn, and run a family of raccoons off his property. Jeff (Tobey Maguire) and Nealy Lang (Elizabeth Banks) have an ideal marriage; they've just celebrated their 10th anniversary, they've got a spacious house in a nice neighborhood, and a newborn son to make their family complete. But Jeff has lost the ability to love his wife, and he's desperate to regain the spark that's made their marriage work for the past decade. His inner malaise growing deeper by the day, Jeff diverts his attention to nurturing a lawn that will be the envy of all his neighbors. One problem leads to another, however, when Jeff begins an obsessive mission to rid his yard of some unusually persistent raccoons, and has an unsettling encounter with his reclusive, feline-hoarding neighbor. Before Jeff knows it, a simple pest-control problem has snowballed into a full-blown existential crisis involving bows and arrows, extortion, and multiple extramarital affairs. … more less -
Not Fade Away
Genre: Dramas Release Date: 04/30/2013 Rating R Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 112 mins Released By: Paramount Home Entertainment Cast: John Magaro, Will Brill, Jack Huston, Bella Heathcote, James Gandolfini SOPRANOS mastermind David Chase's autobiopgraphically-tinged drama NOT FADE AWAY stars John Magaro as Douglas, a music-obsessed New Jersey high-school senior who quickly abandons his thoughts of joining the military when he hears the British Invasion, especially the raw blues swagger of the young Rolling Stones. He begins drumming in local bands with his buddies and, over the course of summer and winter breaks home from college, fights with his gruff dad (James Gandolfini), tries to win the heart of a girl he's been crushing on since forever, and keeps his dreams of being a rock star alive. As the sixties unfold, Douglas' band finally catches the break they've been looking for, but internal fighting threatens to sink the group. … more less -
Strictly Ballroom
Genre: Comedies Release Date: 04/30/2013 Rating Production Year: 1992 Cast: Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson, Gia Carides A top ballroom dancer pairs with a plain, left-footed local girl when his maverick style earns him the disdain of his more conventionally-minded colleagues. Together, the team gives it their all and makes dreams of the National Championship title come true. Directed in a delicious high-key style by director Luhrmann (WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO + JULIET) in his madcap debut. … more less -
Star Trek: Nemesis
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 04/30/2013 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2002 Run Time: 116 mins Released By: Paramount Home Entertainment Cast: Patrick Stewart, Tom Hardy, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton In STAR TREK: NEMESIS, based on the STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION television series, the USS Enterprise is gearing up for a challenging mission. While responding to a call from the Romulan neutral zone, the crew comes across a signal on the nearby planet Remus. It turns out to be Data's (Brent Spiner) less advanced brother, B-4 (also played by Spiner). Soon thereafter, Picard is confronted by Shinzon (Tom Hardy), who makes an offer of peace on behalf of the Romulans. As Starfleet enters into negotiations, they realize this treaty may have a twist. Shinzon presents himself as a clone of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), and as a simultaneous friend and foe. Though the baby faced Shinzon wears an intimidating shiny black metallic suit of armor, and spits his words through a nasty sneer, he is clearly no match for Picard. Meanwhile Data has a nifty side project debugging his clone, whose intentions are not as innocent as they may seem. As tension mounts between the crew of the Starship Enterprise and Shinzon's Reman minions, resulting in riveting high-tech deep-space battle, a vital sacrifice must be made to save the day. STAR TREK: NEMESIS's shocking ending will leave viewers hanging, anxiously awaiting the next installment in the series. … more less -
Hall Pass
Genre: Comedies Release Date: 04/30/2013 Rating R Production Year: 2011 Cast: Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer, Christina Applegate, Nicky Whelan This buddy comedy from the Farrelly brothers stars Jason Sudeikis and Owen Wilson as a couple of married guys who persuade their wives to give them the ultimate "get out of jail free" card: a marriage "hall pass." The agreement gives them free reign to behave like bachelors -- free from the rules and confines of fidelity, responsibility, and married life -- for one week. But soon the guys find that the small town where everybody knows them -- and their wives -- isn't very conducive to chasing tail. And making matters worse, it turns out to be harder than they thought to accept the idea of their wives (Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate) taking off for vacation on a hall pass of their own. … more less -
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 04/30/2013 Rating PG Production Year: 1989 Run Time: 106 mins Released By: Paramount Home Entertainment Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig Stardate 8454.1: In the windswept desert of Nimbus III, the Planet of Galactic Peace, a lone settler witnesses a man materializing out of the dusty horizon, offering to share and bear the settler's pain. With a laugh, the two join forces and plan to steal a starship. Cutting to the rock and scrub of another desert, the jeans-clad Captain Kirk is climbing bare-handed in Yosemite. After a near-accident followed by a night of beans and whiskey and campfire songs, Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and McCoy (DeForest Kelley) are called back from shore leave to the new Enterprise for an emergency mission. Counting on Scotty (James Doohan) to bring the new ship up to specs, they travel to Paradise City on Nimbus III, where delegates from the Romulan, Klingon, and Human races have been kidnapped. The crew soon find themselves joining kidnapper Sybok (Laurence Luckenbill), a renegade Vulcan desperate to discover the secret that lies beyond the Great Barrier at the center of the galaxy. A thrilling and thought-provoking directorial debut from William Shatner, the journey becomes a metaphysical quest for the meaning of life, as the crew of the Starship Enterprise comes face to face with "God." … more less -
Project X
Genre: Comedies Release Date: 04/30/2013 Rating R Production Year: 2012 Cast: Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Dax Flame, Kirby Bliss Blanton THE HANGOVER's Todd Phillips produces this outrageous comedy from writers Matt Drake and Michael Bacall (SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD), which follows three undistinguished high-school students who attempt to achieve popularity by throwing the ultimate party. … more less -
Road Trip
Genre: Comedies Release Date: 04/30/2013 Rating Production Year: 2000 Run Time: 93 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Tom Green, Amy Smart, Paulo Costanzo University of Ithaca College freshman Josh (Breckin Meyer) misses his childhood sweetheart, Tiffany (Rachel Blanchard), who is going to school in Austin, Texas. Josh makes a tape proclaiming his love for her, but one of his friends accidentally mails the wrong tape; he instead sends the tape of Josh having sex with the beautiful Beth (Amy Smart). Josh had slept with Beth only after assuming that Tiffany had found someone else. So Josh, E.L. (Seann William Scott), Rubin (Paulo Costanzo), and Kyle (DJ Qualls), the geek with a car, set off in a powder blue Ford Taurus to intercept the tape before Tiffany can see it. They leave behind the insane Barry (Tom Green), who is on the multiyear graduating plan and would rather stay in the dorm and feed a live mouse to Mitch the snake. The group's 1,800-mile trip will feature encounters with exploding cars, crazy motel clerks, too-hip grandparents, stealing from the blind, the wrong fraternity, and that old stand-by, chef's revenge. The story is told in flashback, as the always frightening Tom Green leads a group of prospective students and their parents through an absurdly hilarious tour of the Ithaca campus, selling Josh's story as a reason to attend the school. ROAD TRIP is good raunchy fun, starring a likable cast of characters, told by director Todd Phillips with a charm that places it above the standard teen exploitation flick. … more less -
Old School
Genre: Comedies Release Date: 04/30/2013 Rating Production Year: 2003 Cast: Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Jeremy Piven, Ellen Pompeo In Todd Phillips' OLD SCHOOL, Mitch (Luke Wilson), a thirtysomething businessman, has found himself living a boring, mundane lifestyle. Unfortunately for him, his girlfriend, Heidi (Juliette Lewis), has been getting more adventurous on her own, by throwing wild sex parties while he's away. When Mitch catches her in the act, he moves out and takes up residence in a house close to the local university. This prompts his buddies--the newly married Frank (Will Ferrell) and Beanie (Vince Vaughn), a jaded husband, father, and stereo-store tycoon--to throw Mitch a huge party in honor of his renewed single status. Antics at the party lead to the formation of a makeshift fraternity where age and academics don't matter, and Mitch is the reluctant "godfather." But when the university's scheming dean (Jeremy Piven) catches wind of the new fraternity, he becomes determined to stop their fun. Will the boys overcome the dean's sinister plans? Will Mitch find love again? Will Frank please stop running around naked? And, hey, isn't that the cute girl who plays Jack Bauer's daughter on the TV series 24? These questions--and many more--are answered in the giddily fun and unabashedly immature OLD SCHOOL. … more less -
Star Trek: Generations
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Release Date: 04/30/2013 Rating PG Production Year: 1994 Run Time: 117 mins Released By: Paramount Home Entertainment Cast: Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton The first feature film starring the cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" finds Captain Picard and crew battling a sinister scientist whose plot is a century old. Picard's only hope lies in forging an alliance with a legendary Star Fleet captain from the past. … more less










