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Thursday, July 27, 2017

New on DVD and Blu-ray: July 25, 2017

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The new DVD and Blu-ray releases for the week of July 25th, 2017 include the cyberpunk remake "Ghost in the Shell" starring Scarlett Johansson, the drama "Gifted" starring Chris Evans, the animated film "The Boss Baby" and the thriller "Black Butterfly" starring Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

Also out now on home video are the first season of the fantasy series "Emerald City" and the final season of HBO's comedy show "Girls".

Among the classic films released on Blu-ray, we have the 1954 mystery drama "Night People" starring Gregory Peck, the biopic "Silkwood" starring Meryl Streep, the 1985 comedy "Lost in America" starring Albert Brooks and the "Warlock Collection" featuring all three films from the horror series.

Check out all the new movies and TV shows released on DVD and Blu-ray after the jump.





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MOVIES


GHOST IN THE SHELL (2017)


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Product Description: In the near future, Major (Scarlett Johansson) is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world’s most dangerous criminals. When terrorism reaches a new level that includes the ability to hack into people’s minds and control them, Major is uniquely qualified to stop it. As she prepares to face a new enemy, Major discovers that she has been lied to: her life was not saved, it was stolen. She will stop at nothing to recover her past, find out who did this to her and stop them before they do it to others. Based on the internationally acclaimed Japanese Manga, “The Ghost in the Shell.”

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, Amazon Instant Video

Director: Rupert Sanders

Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Carmen Pitt, Juliette Binoche

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Runtime: 107 min

Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence, suggestive content and some disturbing images

Language: English

Studio: Paramount

Special Features:
  • Featurettes




GIFTED (2017)


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Product Description: Frank Adler (Chris Evans) is a single man raising a child prodigy - his spirited young niece Mary (Mckenna Grace) in a coastal town in Florida. Frank's plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when the seven-year-old's mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank's formidable mother Evelyn (Lindsay Duncan) whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary. Octavia Spencer plays Roberta, Frank and Mary's landlady and best friend. Jenny Slate is Mary's teacher, Bonnie, a young woman whose concern for her student develops into a connection with her uncle as well.

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray, Amazon Instant Video

Director: Marc Webb

Starring: Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate, Octavia Spencer

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 101 min

Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, language and some suggestive material

Language: English

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Special Features:
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurettes
  • On Location: Gifted
  • Gallery




BLACK BUTTERFLY (2017)


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Product Description: Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Piper Perabo headline this chilling tale of a writer who takes in a mysterious drifter at his remote cabin and soon finds himself in a dangerous situation spiraling out of control.

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray, Amazon Instant Video

Director: Brian Goodman

Starring: Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Piper Perabo

Genre: Thriller

Runtime: 93 min

Rating: R for language

Language: English

Studio: Lionsgate

Special Features:
  • Commentary with Director Brian Goodman and Co-Writer Marc Frydman
  • Black Butterfly: Backstage




THE BOSS BABY (2017)


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Product Description: A new baby's arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator -- a wildly imaginative 7-year-old named Tim. The most unusual Boss Baby (Alec Baldwin) arrives at Tim's home in a taxi, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase. The instant sibling rivalry must soon be put aside when Tim discovers that Boss Baby is actually a spy on a secret mission, and only he can help thwart a dastardly plot that involves an epic battle between puppies and babies.

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, Amazon Instant Video

Director: Tom McGrath, Hendel Butoy

Starring: Alec Baldwin, ViviAnn Yee, Eric Bell Jr., Steve Buscemi, Lisa Kudrow, Jimmy Kimmel

Genre: Animation, Comedy

Runtime: 97 min

Rating: PG for some mild rude humor

Language: English

Studio: DreamWorks

Special Features:
  • NEW Mini Adventure: The Boss Baby and Tim's Treasure Hunt Through Time – Narrated by Wizzie, the magical wizard, join Boss Baby and Tim on their adventure!
  • The Forever Puppy Infomercial – Always playful, always snuggly, and everlastingly cute; The Forever Puppy is destined to win the cuteness competition with babies once and for all.
  • BabyCorp and You – Helpful advice and more for new infants on the job at BabyCorp.
  • Babies vs. Puppies: Who Do YOU Love? – Who has won the hearts of familes once and for all? This "scientific" experiment compares and contrasts factors such as "cuddliness," "adorability," and "attention grabbing techniques" used by both demanding competitors.
  • The Boss Baby's Undercover Team – From Staci, the note taker who can't read, to Jimbo the huge baby who'll take a suction cup arrow for the Boss, to the triple-threat of the Triplets, Boss Baby dives deeper into this team of cute corporate board members.
  • Cookies are for Closers: Inside BabyCorp – Go behind the scenes with Director Tom McGrath as he introduces us to BabyCorp, a secret organization of infants united for a common goal in THE BOSS BABY.
  • The Great Sibling Competition – A fun, kid-friendly and humorous look at the competition among siblings to win the affection of their parents. Explore conversations with the cast and crew on their competitive sibling relationships and get very special insights from Boss Baby himself: Alec Baldwin.




THE FINAL MASTER (2015)


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Product Description: In 1930s China, unrest rules the nation. Chen, the last Wing Chun master, arrives in Tianjin to expand his kung fu but his ambition gets him entangled in a power struggle between Tianjins martial arts Grandmaster, a dominant underworld Madam, and the towns military leaders. Can he protect his family from the dangers of the martial arts world, or will it consume everything he loves?

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray, Amazon Instant Video

Director: Haofeng Zu

Starring: Liao Fan, Jia Song, Wenli Jiang

Genre: Action, Drama

Runtime: 109 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: Mandarin Chinese

Studio: Well Go USA Inc

Special Features:
  • The Weapons featurette
  • Director featurette




UNFORGETTABLE (2017)


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Product Description: Katherine Heigl stars as Tessa Connover, who is barely coping with the end of her marriage when her ex-husband, David (Stults), becomes happily engaged to Julia Banks (Dawson)-not only bringing Julia into the home they once shared but also into the life of their daughter, Lilly (Isabella Rice). Trying to settle into her new role as a wife and a stepmother, Julia believes she has finally met the man of her dreams, the man who can help her put her own troubled past behind her. But Tessa's jealousy soon takes a pathological turn until she will stop at nothing to turn Julia's dream into her ultimate nightmare.

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray, Amazon Instant Video

Director: Denise Di Novi

Starring: Katherine Heigl, Rosario Dawson, Whitney Cummings, Cheryl Ladd, Geoff Stults

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Runtime: 100 min

Rating: R for sexual content, violence, some language, and brief partial nudity

Language: English

Studio: Warner Brothers

Special Features:
  • Reclaiming What's Yours: Making Unforgettable Featurette
  • Director's Commentary
  • Deleted Scene with Commentary




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TELEVISION


EMERALD CITY: Season 1


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Product Description: Swept up into the eye of a tornado, 20-year-old Dorothy Gale (Adria Arjona) is transported to another world - a mystical land where an all-powerful ruler (Vincent D'Onofrio) governs over one kingdom, has outlawed magic, and faces not only the wrath of a growing cauldron of witches but a looming disaster brought on by a mythical force. As Dorothy navigates this dangerous world and uncovers her true destiny, we'll see that there's no place like...Oz.

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray

Directors: Tarsem Singh

Starring: Adria Arjona, Vincent D'Onofrio, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Isabel Lucas, Florence Kasumba

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Runtime: 423 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment

Special Features:
  • Oz Reimagined: The Making of Emerald City
  • Deleted Scenes




GIRLS: The Final Season


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Product Description: In the sixth and final season of Girls, HBO's hit comedy continues to follow the assorted humiliations and triumphs of a group of 20-something friends in NYC. Season 6 picks up six months after the end of Season 5, with Hannah (Dunham), enjoying new success as a writer while her roommate and bestie Elijah (Andrew Rannells) considers getting serious about his acting career. Marnie (Allison Williams), now in a relationship with Ray (Alex Karpovsky), seeks to maintain her independence post-divorce from Desi (Ebon Moss-Bachrach). Now also a couple, Jessa (Jemima Kirke) and Adam (Adam Driver) decide to embark on a creative project to channel their passions, which could become a source of contention. And Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) finds herself professionally on the right path, though personally she realizes that her friendships may be holding her back. A time for closing chapters and new beginnings, Girls follows our four familiar friends as they attempt to get closer to becoming the women they always envisioned – even as life sometimes gets in the way.

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray

Creator: Lena Dunham

Starring: Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Adam Driver, Zosia Mamet

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Runtime: 280 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: HBO

Special Features:
  • Features include exclusive new bonus content, including an extended version of 'A Goodbye to Girls' featuring never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage, 'Inside the Episodes' featurettes and more.




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CLASSIC FILMS


NIGHT PEOPLE (1954)


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Product Description: Brand New 4K Restoration in 2.55:1 Cinemascope! In this post-WWII suspense thriller, an American GI is abducted by the Soviets in West Berlin. Screen legend Gregory Peck (The Big Country, Duel in the Sun) plays Col. Van Dyke, a CIA officer stationed in Berlin who is put in charge of the case. The GI is the son of an influential industrialist (Broderick Crawford, Big House, U.S.A.) who demands that something is done immediately. But this is not a simple exchange; the Soviets in return are asking for the Americans to turn over an elderly anti-Nazi activist couple to the East Germans, who ll most likely execute the couple. Writing great Nunnally Johnson (The Dirty Dozen, Three Faces of Eve) wrote, produced and directed this exciting espionage adventure featuring Anita Björk (Miss Julie), Buddy Ebsen (Barnaby Jones), Peter van Eyck (Shalako) and Marianne Koch (A Fistful of Dollars).

Purchasing Links: Blu-ray

Director: Nunnally Johnson

Starring: Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Björk, Buddy Ebsen, Peter van Eyck

Genre: Adventure, Crime, Mystery

Runtime: 93 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Kino Lorber

Special Features:
  • Interviews with Cecilia Peck, Carey Peck and Tony Peck
  • Audio Commentary by Film Historian Jeremy Arnold
  • Original Theatrical Trailer




SILKWOOD (1983)


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Product Description: The controversial true story that inflamed a nation! Meryl Streep (Still of the Night) stars in this stunning, provocative and daring drama about one woman s struggle against a huge corporation. Karen Silkwood (Streep) lives a free-spirited existence with two friends, Drew Stephens (Kurt Russell, Death Proof) and Dolly Pelliker (Cher, Moonstruck), who work with her at an Oklahoma nuclear facility. It's only when she discovers she's been exposed to radiation that Karen's conscience awakens, and soon she is digging for evidence of wrongdoing at her company. But her sudden zeal for safer working conditions may come at a high price as she alienates friends and possibly even puts her own life in peril. Excellent direction by Mike Nichols (The Graduate) with a screenplay by Nora Ephron (Sleepless in Seattle) and Alice Arlen (Alamo Bay) and a stellar supporting cast that includes Craig T. Nelson (Poltergeist), Diana Scarwid (Mommie Dearest), Fred Ward (Tremors), Ron Silver (Blue Steel), Charles Hallahan (The Thing), Josef Sommer (Witness), David Strathairn (Limbo), M. Emmet Walsh (Blood Simple), Tess Harper (Tender Mercies) and Will Patton (No Way Out). Nominated for 5 Academy Awards: Actress (Streep), Supporting Actress (Cher), Director (Nichols), Original Screenplay (Ephron, Arlen) and Editing (Sam O Steen).

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray

Director: Mike Nichols

Starring: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Fred Ward

Genre: Biography, Drama, History

Runtime: 131 min

Rating: R

Language: English

Studio: Kino Lorber

Special Features:
  • Interview with Producer Michael Hausman
  • Trailers & TV Spots
  • Reversible Blu-ray Art




THE STENDHAL SYNDROME (1996)


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Product Description: When beautiful police detective Anna Manni follows the bloody trail of a sophisticated serial murderer/rapist through the streets of Italy, the young woman falls victim to the bizarre "Stendhal Syndrome" a hallucinatory phenomenon which causes her to lose her mind and memory in the presence of powerful works of art. Trapped in this twilight realm, Anna plunges deeper and deeper into sexual psychosis, until she comes to know the killer's madness more intimately than she ever imagined.

Horror maestro Dario Argento (SUSPIRIA, OPERA) reaches new heights of florid fantasy and Grand Guignol with this warped work of art starring Maxim Magazine's "Sexiest Woman in the World" Asia Argento (LAND OF THE DEAD, XXX), Thomas Kretschmann (DRACULA 3D, KING KONG) and Marco Leonardi (FROM DUSK TILL DAWN 3, CINEMA PARADISO). Previously edited outside of Italy, Blue Underground proudly presents THE STENDHAL SYNDROME in a gorgeous new 2K restoration from the original camera negative and bursting with brand-new Extras exclusive to this release!

Purchasing Links: 3-Disc Limited Edition Combo

Director: Dario Argento

Starring: Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi, Luigi Diberti, Paolo Bonacelli

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Runtime: 120 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Blue Underground

Special Features:
  • NEW Audio Commentary with Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse
  • Three Shades Of Asia NEW Interview with Star Asia Argento
  • Prisoner Of Art NEW Interview with Co-Writer Franco Ferrini
  • Sharp As A Razor NEW Interview with Special Makeup Artist Franco Casagni
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Poster & Still Galler
  • Director: Dario Argento
  • Inspiration: Psychological Consultant Graziella Magherini
  • Special Effects: Sergio Stivaletti
  • Assistant Director: Luigi Cozzi
  • Production Designer: Massimo Antonello Geleng
  • BONUS Collectable Booklet with new essay by author Michael Gingold




WARLOCK COLLECTION (1989)


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Product Description: NEW Vestron Video Collectors Edition packaging. 2-disc, 3-film set! All WARLOCK films in one package! Restored and remastered never before on Blu-ray. Packed with amazing special features for ALL THREE FILMS including audio commentaries, isolated score selections, interviews, TV spots, still galleries, making-of featurettes, and more!!!!

Purchasing Links: Warlock Collection Blu-ray

Director: Steve Miner, Anthony Hickox, Eric Freiser

Starring: Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Chris Young, Bruce Payne

Genre: Horror, Fantasy

Runtime: 296 min

Rating: R

Language: English

Studio: Lionsgate

Special Features:
  • Behind-the-Scenes Footage
  • Vintage Interviews
  • Vintage Featurettes
  • Still Galleries
  • Trailers & TV Spots
  • Video Sales Promo
  • NEW Audio Commentary with Director Steve Miner
  • NEW Isolated Score Selections/Audio Interview with Author Jeff Bond
  • NEW Interviews ("Satan's Son" with Actor Julian Sands; "The Devil's Work" with Director Steve Miner; and "Effects of Evil" with Make-up Effects Creators Carl Fullerton and Neal Martz)
  • NEW Audio Commentary with Director Anthony Hickox




YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (1937)


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Product Description: Three-time loser Eddie Taylor (Henry Fonda) has had enough of life behind bars. Determined to make good after an early parole from prison, Eddie finds devoted sweetheart Joan (Sylvia Sidney) waiting for him as he is released back into society. They soon marry and hope for a bright future together, but Eddie’s past confronts him at every turn making it difficult for them to survive. Fate then deals the young couple a cruel blow when Eddie’s convicted of bank robbery and murder all the while proclaiming his innocence. Desperate to escape from prison before he’s executed, Eddie gets hold of a gun and makes it past the prison gates, but not without tragic consequences. A haunting masterpiece, You Only Live Once was director Fritz Lang’s second American effort (after Fury) and a forerunner to numerous “criminal lovers on the run” films like Gun Crazy and Bonnie and Clyde. Made in the midst of the Great Depression, this unforgettable tale illuminates the cynical underbelly of American life that was otherwise lacking in late 30s cinema and delivers just as potent a narrative today as it did eighty years ago. BONUS FEATURES:Feature length audio commentary by author and film historian Jeremy Arnold. Restoration Comparison.

Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray

Director: Fritz Lang

Starring: Henry Fonda, Sylvia Sidney, Barton Maclane

Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Runtime: 86 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Classicflix

Special Features:
  • Feature length audio commentary by author and film historian Jeremy Arnold (author of TCM's The Essentials: 52 Must-See Movies and Why They Matter)
  • Before and after restoration comparison




LOST IN AMERICA (1985)


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Product Description: In this hysterical satire of Reagan-era values, written and directed by Albert Brooks, a successful Los Angeles advertising executive (Brooks) and his wife (Julie Hagerty) decide to quit their jobs, buy a Winnebago, and follow their Easy Rider fantasies of freedom and the open road. When a stop in Las Vegas nearly derails their plans, they’re forced to come to terms with their own limitations and those of the American dream. Brooks’s barbed wit and confident direction drive Lost in America, a high point in the string of restless comedies about insecure characters searching for satisfaction in the modern world that established his unique comic voice and transformed the art of observational humor.

Purchasing Links: Blu-ray

Director: Albert Brooks

Starring: Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Garry Marshall

Genre: Comedy

Runtime: 91 min

Rating: R

Language: English

Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Special Features:
  • New conversation with director Albert Brooks and filmmaker Robert Weide
  • New interviews with actor Julie Hagerty, executive producer Herb Nanas, and comic writer and director James L. Brooks
  • Trailer
  • PLUS: An essay by critic Scott Tobias




BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM (1993)


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Product Description: When the city’s most feared gangsters are systematically eliminated, the Caped Crusader is blamed. But prowling the Gotham night is a shadowy new villain, the Phantasm, a sinister figure with some link to Batman’s past. Can the Dark Knight elude the police, capture the Phantasm and clear his own name?

Purchasing Links: Blu-ray

Director: Eric Radomski, Bruce Timm, Boyd Kirkland, Frank Paur, Dan Riba, Kevin Altieri

Starring: Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Stacy Keach, Abe Vigoda, Dick Miller

Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure

Runtime: 76 min

Rating: PG for animated violence

Language: English

Studio: Warner Archive Collection

Special Features:
  • Trailer




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