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New Digital, Blu-ray, & DVD Highlights August 19-25, 2024

Aug 21, 2024

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 Digital


Inside Out 2 (2024) [Disney]



Synopsis: Disney and Pixar's "Inside Out 2" returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who've long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren't sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she's not alone. She's brought along Embarrassment, Envy and Ennui.

 

Art of Eight Limbs (2024) [Paramount Pictures]



Synopsis: In this action-packed thriller from a producer of ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, Ludi Lin (MORTAL KOMBAT) stars as a CIA data analyst and part-time kickboxer. Sent on a mission to Myanmar, he must infiltrate a martial arts tournament that serves as a cover for an arms dealer auctioning VX Nerve Gas. His objective: deliver a critical detection device to allies. However, as the mission spirals out of control, he is forced to confront the world's most ruthless fighters, standing as the last line of defense against a time-ticking global threat.

 

Catching Dust (2023) [Vertical Entertainment]



Synopsis: Geena finally decides to leave her criminal husband, Clyde, and their isolated Texas hideout when a couple from New York suddenly arrives, in search of respite from the city. Ignoring the risks their presence may bring, Geena convinces Clyde to let them stay, a decision with dangerous consequences.

 

The Clean Up Crew (2024) [Sony Pictures]



Synopsis: When a crime scene clean up crew (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Melissa Leo) discovers a briefcase full of money, they must out smart a criminal kingpin (Antonio Banderas) and corrupt FBI agents who want it back.

 

Crumb Catcher (2023) [Music Box Films]



Synopsis: At a remote estate in upstate New York, newlyweds Leah (Ella Rae Peck) and Shane (Rigo Garay) celebrate their honeymoon, but a pall hangs over their union. She works for the publisher who will be releasing his debut novel, a lightly autobiographical examination of family trauma, alcoholism, and the immigrant experience. Barely suppressed tensions over family trauma would be enough kindling for a blowup, but Leah and Shane’s marriage is truly tested by the appearance of two weirdos with entrepreneurial zeal and a half-baked blackmail plot: John (John Speredakos) and Rose (Lorraine Farris). They’re looking for investors for John’s latest invention, a culinary breakthrough called the Crumb Catcher — and they won’t take no for an answer. A gonzo home invasion thriller from Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix that pummels the American Dream into just desserts, Crumb Catcher is a striking directorial debut from Chris Skotchdopole.

 

Evil Does Not Exist (2023) [Criterion]



Synopsis: In the rural alpine hamlet of Mizubiki, not far from Tokyo, Takumi and his daughter, Hana, lead a modest life gathering water, wood, and wild wasabi for the local udon restaurant. Increasingly, the townsfolk become aware of a talent agency’s plan to build an opulent glamping site nearby, offering city residents a comfortable “escape” to the snowy wilderness. When two company representatives arrive and ask for local guidance, Takumi becomes conflicted in his involvement, as it becomes clear that the project will have a pernicious impact on the community. Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s follow up to his Academy Award®-winning DRIVE MY CAR is a foreboding fable on humanity's mysterious, mystical relationship with nature. As sinister gunshots echo from the forest, both the locals and representatives confront their life choices and the haunting consequences they have.

 

Green Boarder (2023) [Kino Lorber]



Synopsis: In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so-called “green border” between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa are lured by government propaganda promising easy passage to the European Union. Unable to cross into Europe and unable to turn back, they find themselves trapped in a rapidly escalating geopolitical stand-off. An unflinching depiction of the migrant crisis captured in stark black-and-white, this riveting film explores the intractable issue from multiple perspectives: a Syrian family fleeing ISIS caught between cruel border guards in both countries; young guards instructed to brutalize and reject the migrants; and activists who aid the refugees at great personal risk.

 

The Mountain Within Me (2024) [Universal Studios]



Synopsis: After suffering a catastrophic and almost fatal spinal cord injury, professional rugby player Ed Jackson's world changed forever. THE MOUNTAIN WITHIN ME follows Ed's journey on his recovery as he achieves the mental and physical heights of Snowdonia, the Alps and Himalayas to the life-altering challenges closer to home. From multi-award-winning director, Polly Steele and BAFTA and EMMY nominated producer, George Chignell, THE MOUNTAIN WITHIN ME is an inspiring, thought-provoking documentary about unexpected change, hope and finding renewed purpose in life.


Oddity (2024) [RLJ Entertainment]



Synopsis: After Dani is brutally murdered, her blind occultist twin sister Darcy, goes after those responsible using inherited haunted items as her tools of revenge.


Place of Bones (2024) [The Avenue]


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Synopsis: On a remote ranch, a mother (Heather Graham) and her daughter fight for survival when a wounded outlaw seeking refuge brings a notorious bank robber and his ruthless gang, all desperate to reclaim a stolen fortune, right to their doorstep in this action-packed horror Western.


Tomorrow Before After (2023) [Gravitas Ventures]



Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic world, a young woman, with the help of an abandoned dog, searches for other survivors while trying to cope with an unborn child growing inside of her.


Blu-ray & DVD

 

Halo: Season Two (2024) 4K UHD [Paramount Pictures]



Synopsis: Master Chief John-117 leads his team of elite Spartans against the alien threat known as the Covenant. As humanity’s best hope for winning the war, John-117 discovers his deep connection to a mysterious alien structure that holds the key to humankind’s salvation, or its destruction — the Halo.

 

You’ll Never Find Me (2023) [RLJ Entertainment]



Synopsis: A thunderstorm brings a mysterious woman to Patrick's isolated mobile home. As the night unfolds, secrets and realities blur. Will she be able to leave? Or is something darker keeping her there?

 

Let Him Go (2020) 4K UHD [Universal Studios]


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Synopsis: Following the loss of their son, retired sheriff George Blackledge (Kevin Costner) and his wife Margaret (Diane Lane) leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from a dangerous family living off the grid. They soon discover that the Weboy family has no intention of letting the child go, forcing George and Margaret to fight for their family.






 


Can’t Hardly Wait (1998) 4K UHD [Sony Pictures]


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Synopsis: It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High-- a time for Pomp and Circumstance, tassels and mortarboards, and serious introspection about the future. But tonight, the seniors will leave all that behind for the things that really matter; romance, revenge and rock 'n' roll. Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Seth Green and Jennifer Love Hewitt star in one raucous comedy about the ultimate teen party, a once-in-a-lifetime alternate universe where class nerds become class studs, super-jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance.

 

Death to Smoochy (2002) [Shout! Factory]


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Synopsis: Kids love him. TV execs adore him. Sheesh, it's enough to make out-of-work kiddie-show host Rainbow Randolph puke purple. Ever since that plush, fuchsia-hued, platitude-spouting Smoochy the Rhino started Jiggy-Ziggy-dancing in Randolph's time slot, he has just one mad goal: turn the rhino into a dead duck. Danny DeVito (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Twins, Matilda) takes the rhino by the horn to direct and co-star in this gleefully twisted skewering of children's TV. Robin Williams (Insomnia, Jumanji, Mrs. Doubtfire, Good Will Hunting), his famed wit set at warp, plays ranting Randolph. Edward Norton (Fight Club, Glass Onion) is the high-minded goodnik whose righteous-rhino creation becomes a sensation, and Catherine Keener (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Get Out) portrays a jaded exec who likes kid-show hosts in, let's say, a grown-up way. Say nite-nite, rhino!


Evil Dead (2013) 4K UHD Collector’s Edition Steelbook [Shout! Factory]


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Synopsis: Mia (Jane Levy), a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David (Shiloh Fernandez), his girlfriend, Natalie (Elizabeth Blackmore) and their friends Olivia (Jessica Lucas) and Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci) to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, awakening an ancient demon. All hell breaks loose when the malevolent entity possesses Mia.

 





The Last Unicorn (1982) [Shout! Factory]


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Synopsis: Upon hearing that she may be the very last of her kind on Earth, a Unicorn (Mia Farrow) goes in search of others like her. Her quest won't be easy, as it leads her straight to the evil King Haggard (Christopher Lee) and his infamous Red Bull! And the journey is made even more complicated when, to protect her from the envious wrath of Haggard, a spell is cast to turn the Unicorn into the Lady Amalthea, a beautiful, young human woman. But with this new body comes new thoughts and feelings, such as love for Haggard's son, Prince Lir (Jeff Bridges). Will Amalthea get lost inside this new body? Will she meet the fate of the other Unicorns? Or will she be able to defeat Haggard and his Red Bull with the aid of her friends, Schmendrick the bumbling magician (Alan Arkin) and Molly Grue (Tammy Grimes)?


Not a Pretty Picture (1976) [Criterion]


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Synopsis: Trailblazing filmmaker Martha Coolidge made her feature debut with this unflinchingly personal hybrid of documentary and fiction. Centered on an intense reenactment of Coolidge’s experience of rape in her adolescence, the film casts Michele Manenti (also a survivor) as the director’s younger self, and observes the actor and her castmates as they engage in a profound dialogue about what it means to recreate these traumatic memories, and about their attitudes concerning consent and self-blame. A high-stakes experiment in metacinema that broke new ground with its uncompromising examination of date rape, Not a Pretty Picture brings a stunning immediacy to questions about the on-screen representation of sexual violence and the limits of artistic catharsis.


Peril & Distress: And Soon the Darkness (1970) Sudden Terror (1970) 4K UHD [Kino Lorber]

 

AND SOON THE DARKNESS – Two young British nurses (Pamela Franklin, Michele Dotrice) bicycling through the desolate French countryside. A mysterious stranger on a lonely stretch of road. The women become separated and soon after, one of them disappears. Now the remaining girl, alone and frightened, begins an increasingly desperate search for answers among the strangely uncooperative locals. Where is her friend? Was there a murder? And as the darkness approaches, is the killer now stalking her? Directed by Robert Fuest (The Abominable Dr. Phibes), And Soon the Darkness remains a favorite of thriller fans for its sexual menace, sinister style and one of the most quietly chilling final twists in ’70s British cinema.


SUDDEN TERROR – When a young boy (Mark Lester) with an overactive imagination witnesses an assassination attmept, the hired killers hunt the boy and his sister (Susan George) who escape numerous attempts on their lives while aided by their grandfather (Lionel Jeffries) and under the spectre of martial law. Ace filmmaker John Hough (Dirty Mary Crazy Larry) packs Sudden Terror aka Eyewitness with plenty of tense style, stunning locations and startling violence. Jeremy Kemp and Peter Vaughn co-star in this shocking and terrifying suspence thriller featuring music by legendary British art-rock bands Fairfield Parlour and Van der Graaf Generator.


Red Eye (2005) 4K UHD [Paramount Pictures]


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Synopsis: Rachel McAdams is Lisa, a hotel manager catching a red-eye flight back to Miami. Her seemingly charming seat-mate Jackson (Cillian Murphy) turns out to be a terrorist agent, revealing his sinister intentions just after departure. If Lisa doesn’t cooperate with his evil plan, her father will be assassinated with one call into a sniper.

 









Tremors: 7-Movie Collection (1990-2020) [Universal Pictures]


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Synopsis: Prepare yourself for a terrifying onslaught of monstrous man-eating Graboids, flying Ass-Blasters, and heat seeking Shriekers in this complete collection of all seven movies in the Tremors franchise. Throughout the years and many international locations, the Graboids have evolved and become ever more menacing and deadly. Only the gonzo survivalist Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) can stop them all. The Tremors 7-Movie Collection includes: Tremors, Tremors 2: Aftershocks, Tremors 3: Back to Perfection, Tremors 4: The Legend Begins, Tremors 5: Bloodlines, Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell, and the all-new movie, Tremors: Shrieker Island! Also starring Kevin Bacon, Reba McEntire, Jamie Kennedy, and Jon Heder, this cult classic horror-comedy collection is packed with eye-popping special effects and tense action sequences!

 

 

 

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