I’ve been thinking of going back to my daily TV listings thread that was short lived on here last year. Thing is, I don’t want to do both.
Which would you prefer, keeping this thread alive or a daily/weekly TV thread?
Dan's DVD Picks for January 7, 2014
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The Act of Killing (2013)
dirs. Christine Cynn, Joshua Oppenheimer, ???
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This chilling and inventive documentary, executive-produced by Errol Morris (The Fog of War) and Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), examines a country where death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes, and are challenged to reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of the American movies they love. The hallucinatory result is a cinematic fever dream, an unsettling journey deep into the imaginations of mass murderers and the shockingly banal regime of corruption and impunity they inhabit. THE ACT OF KILLING is an unprecedented film that, according to The Los Angeles Times, could well change how you view the documentary form.
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Runner Runner (2013)
dir. Brad Furman
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Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck star in this high-stakes crime thriller where the lure of easy money is the riskiest bet of all. When Princeton grad student Richie Furst (Timberlake) believes he's been swindled by an online poker site, he heads to Costa Rica to confront gambling tycoon Ivan Block (Affleck), the man he thinks is responsible. But Richie will soon face the ultimate power play as he finds himself caught between Block's promises of unlimited wealth and the zealous FBI agent (Anthony Mackie) trying to bring him down.
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Throne of Blood (The Criterion Collection) (1957)
dir. Akira Kurosawa
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A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, Throne of Blood, directed by Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai), sets Shakespeare's definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded landscape in feudal Japan. As a tough warrior who rises savagely to power, Toshiro Mifune (Yojimbo) gives a remarkable, animalistic performance, as does Isuzu Yamada (Black River) as his ruthless wife. Throne of Blood fuses classical Western tragedy with formal elements taken from Noh theater to create an unforgettable cinematic experience. DUAL-FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New, restored 2K digital film transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Audio commentary featuring Japanese-film expert Michael Jeck Documentary on the making of Throne of Blood, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create Two alternate subtitle translations, by Japanese-film translator Linda Hoaglund and Kurosawa expert Donald Richie Trailer One Blu-ray and one DVD, with all content available in both formats PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film historian Stephen Prince and notes on the subtitling by Hoaglund and Richie.
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Eclipse Series 40 - Late Ray (The Criterion Collection)
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The films directed by the great Satyajit Ray (Charulata) in the last ten years of his life have a unique dignity and drama. Three of them are collected here: the fervent Rabindranath Tagore adaptation The Home and the World; the vital Henrik Ibsen-inspired An Enemy of the People; and the filmmaker's final film, the poignant and philosophical family story The Stranger. Each is a complex, political, and humane portrait of a world both corrupt and indescribably beautiful, constructed with Ray's characteristic elegance and imbued with autumnal profundity. These late-career features are the meditative works of a master. THREE-DVD BOX SET INCLUDES: THE HOME AND THE WORLD Both a romantic triangle tale and a philosophical take on violence in times of revolution, The Home and the World, set in early twentieth-century Bengal, concerns an aristocratic but progressive man who, in insisting on broadening his more traditional wife's political horizons, drives her into the arms of his more radical school chum. Satyajit Ray had wanted to adapt Rabindranath Tagore's classic novel to the screen for decades. When he finally did, in 1984, he fashioned a personal, exquisite film that stands as a testament to his lifelong love for the great writer. AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE In Satyajit Ray's absorbing contemporary adaptation of a play by Henrik Ibsen, a good-hearted doctor discovers that the serious illness befalling the citizens of his small Bengali town may be due to a contamination of the water at the local temple. His findings are met not with public gratitude but with rancor, along with opposition from local authorities, who are afraid the news will keep visitors away. Stately in style but with a fiery debate at its heart, An Enemy of the People gets at the tension between religion and science in everyday Indian life. THE STRANGER Satyajit Ray's valedictory film is a multifaceted character study that contains both light humor and melancholy rumination. Written by the filmmaker, The Stranger involves a bourgeois couple who are bemused by the news that a man claiming to be the wife's long-lost uncle will be coming to stay with them after years of travel. Though they fear he's an impostor, they tentatively let the man into their home, commencing an eye-opening emotional journey for the family. A humanist exploration of class, faith, and tradition versus progress, The Stranger is a bittersweet goodbye from one of the world's most important filmmakers.
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Closed Circuit (2013)
dir. John Crowley
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From the producers of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy comes a riveting and suspenseful mystery starring Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall. A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly brings two exceptional lawyers (Bana and Hall) with a romantic past together on the defense team. They soon realize they've stepped into a dangerous web of cover-ups and lies, and their knowledge of the government's top-secret classified evidence has put their reputations and lives at stake.
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Thanks for Sharing (2013)
dir. Stuart Blumberg
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Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Josh Gad and Alecia "Pink" Moore shine in an unconventional romantic comedy that follows the topsy-turvy lives and loves of three obsessive characters: an overachieving environmental consultant (Ruffalo), a stubborn small- business owner (Robbins) and a wisecracking ER doctor (Gad). They meet in a support group- and set into motion a life-changing journey filled with laughter and surprises.
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We Are What We Are (2013)
dir. Jim Mickle
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The Parkers, a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, keep to themselves, and for good reason. As they struggle to keep their ancestral customs intact, local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to the secret that they have held closely for so many years. Bonus Features: An Acquired Taste: The Making-of We Are What We Are. Interviews with Director Jim Mickle, Bill Sage and Julia Garner, Audio Commentary with Cast & Crew.
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Big Ass Spider! (2013)
dir. Mike Mendez
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An exterminator (Greg Grunberg) and his Hispanic sidekick (Lombardo Boyar) are caught in an epic battle when a military assault fails to contain a giant alien spider rampaging through the city of Los Angeles.
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Badges of Fury (2013)
dir. Wong Tsz ming
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When a series of eerie murders erupt across Hong Kong, two trouble making cops are assigned to the case. Young maverick WANG (Zhang Wen) is a reckless risk-taker, and grizzled vet HUANG (Jet Li) is fed up with cleaning up his rookie's messes. After discovering all the victims were former boyfriends of aspiring starlet LIU, the detectives (one now posing as her lover) are caught in a deadly game to lure the killer out.
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Key of Life (2013)
dir. Kenji Uchida
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Unemployed 35 year old Sakurai aspired to become an actor, but failed miserably. He decides to end his own life, but first he goes to purify himself at a public bathhouse. At the bathhouse, he meets the very prosperous Kondo who subsequently suffers a fall, erasing his memory. On a whim, Sakurai switches locker keys, steals the man's belongings and decides to pass himself off as Kondo. What Sakurai does not know is that Kondo runs an illegal business which brings him into contact with ornery yakuza members. Meanwhile, Kondo has been convinced that he is actually the failed actor Sakurai and he faces the dismal reality of that life with increasing bewilderment. Fortunately, at the hospital, he meets the lovely Kanae who, while yearning for marriage, goes out of her way to help Sakurai pull himself together. Eventually Kondo regains his memory, but before he can make a new life with Kanae, he has to solve the many problems caused by his identity theft.
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Wedding Palace (2013)
dir. Christine Yoo
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In Los Angeles, advertising executive Jason (Brian Tee) suddenly finds himself abandoned at the altar by his beautiful fiancée. His family is sent into a panic and there is good reason there is an ancient family curse that mandates if he isn't married by age 30, which is only months away, he'll surely die. With a Shaman's (Margaret Cho) blessing and his best friend (Bobby Lee) advising him to find a bride in Korea, Jason travels to Seoul, Korea on a business trip where he meets Na Young (Kang Hye-jung), the girl of his dreams. After a video chat fueled online relationship, Jason proposes to Na Young and the two are set to marry in LA. But once the bride-to-be arrives in LA, Jason discovers that Na Young doesn't quite match how she appeared to be online. Will Jason stand up to family pressure and accept the girl of his dreams for all her shortcomings, at the risk of losing his own life?
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Gone Dark (2013)
dir. Pascal Cooper
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Five years ago Jack faked his death. Now his little sister is hunting down his ex-partners who she thinks killed him. On top of that, the company sends in the cleaners... and everything gets bloody.
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Dream World (2012)
dir. Ryan Darst
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Oliver, an aspiring animator whose confidence and career prospects are at an all-time low, meets the beautiful and free-spirited Lily on the same night that his world is turned upside down with devastating family news. Coping with the recent turn of events, he impulsively abandons his day job and leaves that night for San Francisco with Lily. In a passionate haze, the couple begins to fall in love, but as the trip continues, Oliver discovers troubling things about Lily. As her behavior grows more erratic, and his comforting romantic fantasy begins to fall apart, Oliver must decide if he wants to face reality or stay in the dream world that he's fled to.
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The Happy House (2013)
dir. D.W. Young
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Their relationship on the rocks, a young Brooklyn couple heads to a remote bed & breakfast to work things out. But from the moment they arrive at The Happy House it s one disaster after another, and they soon begin to suspect they’ve wandered into a real life horror movie. Events escalate from weird to terrifying as they contend with the house’s batty owner, her imposing son, a moody Swedish lepidopterist, a pedantic English professor, an extraordinarily rare butterfly, the world’s best blueberry muffins, a .44 Magnum, a demented serial killer, and one very strict rulebook.
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The Amityville Asylum (2013)
dir. Andrew Jones
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Thirty years after the infamous DeFeo murders in Amityville, New York, the long-since demolished, legendary haunted house has been replaced with the High Hopes Psychiatric Hospital. But all is not well with this Amityville Asylum, as newly hired staffer Lisa Templeton begins to experience supernatural encounters. Her reports to the hospital administrators are unheeded, and the dark forces affecting the site grow stronger. Nothing seems to stop the evil spirits, and Lisa is soon fighting for her life. Can anyone escape the horror that controls the Amityville Asylum?
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Dead of the Nite (2013)
dir. S.J. Evans
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When a group of Internet sensation ghost hunters investigate the infamous Jericho Manor, they soon realize it's not just ghosts that go bump in the night! As each member of the team gets slaughtered, the remaining survivors need to discover who...or what is killing them before it is too late.
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The Woodsman (2013)
dir. Christian Cisneros
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What happened to Mauro in the forest during that three day period has remained a mystery until the recent discovery of this footage footage that was likely stolen from a government office in Belize. This is the terrifying story of a man searching for a dream, only to find a living, breathing nightmare. This is the story of Mr. Bosque’s ill-fated, final adventure. Some things should remain a mystery.
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Vikingdom (2013)
dir. Yusry Abdul Halim
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Based on Viking mythology, Eirick (Dominic Purcell) battles from hell and beyond to retrieve the mystical artifact, Odin's Horn, before Thor and his army can unleash its powers to conquer the world.
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American Joyride (2011)
dirs. Katherine Randolph, Alex Petrovitch
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Danger junkie Ty Jennings and his devoted girlfriend Crystal are on the run. In debt to a deadly tattooed loan shark, and armed only with a handheld video camera that has Ty convinced they’ll become reality stars, Ty and Crystal burn rubber to Mississippi in their beat up Camaro to earn a quick buck with Crystal s smooth talking, drug dealing brother Dwight. The risk becomes very real when their misguided trafficking plans collide with a deadly revenge plot that puts their lives on the line. In over their heads with no easy way out, Ty and Crystal are forced to make tough decisions, leading to a shocking conclusion you will never see coming.
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Angry Planet (2008)
dir. Andrew Bellware
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A convict arrives on a prison planet where the guards and prisoners all have brain implants which control them. This prisoner isn't who he says he is, but is bent on exacting revenge for crimes committed long ago.
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Linsanity (2013)
dir. Evan Leong
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In February 2012, an entire nation of basketball fans unexpectedly went `Linsane.' Stuck in the mire of a disappointing season, the New York Knicks did what no other NBA team had thought about doing. They gave backup point guard Jeremy Lin an opportunity to prove himself. He took full advantage, scoring more points in his first five NBA starts than any other player in the modern era, and created a legitimate public frenzy in the process. Linsanity is a moving and inspirational portrait of Jeremy Lin. It chronicles his path to international stardom, the adversities he faced along the way, his struggles to overcome stereotypes and how he drew strength from his faith, family and culture.
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Birth of the Living Dead (2013)
dir. Rob Kuhns
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In 1968 a young college drop-out named George A. Romero directed Night of the Living Dead, a low budget horror film that shocked the world, became an icon of the counterculture, and spawned a zombie industry worth billions of dollars that continues to this day.
Birth of the Living Dead shows how Romero gathered an unlikely team of Pittsburghers policemen, iron workers, teachers, ad-men, housewives and a roller-rink owner to shoot a revolutionary guerrilla style film that went on to become a cinematic landmark, offering a profound insight into how our society worked in a singular time in American history.
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Inequality for All (2013)
dir. Jacob Kornbluth
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A passionate argument on behalf of the middle class, Inequality for All features Robert Reich–professor, best-selling author, and Clinton cabinet member–as he demonstrates how the widening income gap has a devastating impact on the American economy. The film is an intimate portrait of a man whose lifelong goal remains protecting those who are unable to protect themselves. Through his singular perspective, Reich explains how the massive consolidation of wealth by a precious few threatens the viability of the American workforce and the foundation of democracy itself. In this Inconvenient Truth for the economy, Reich uses humor and a wide array of facts to explain how the issue of economic inequality affects each and every one of us.
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Uomini Contro aka Many Wars Ago (1970)
dir. Francesco Rosi
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In Northern Italy, WWI has turned into a bloody stalemate. Bogged down in their trenches on a barren highland, the men of an Italian infantry division have been given one objective: retake a commanding height from the enemy. Unfortunately, the tactical ingenuity of general Leone, the unpopular division commander, consists of supplementing frontal attacks against machine-guns with medieval fighting schemes. His dispirited troops must be prodded with ever harsher measures into storming the Austrian positions. As casualties mount, indignation spreads amongst the rank and file. Disturbed by the decisions of his superiors, lieutenant Sassu is progressively led to question the purpose of the war and to reconsider where his real duties lie. Italian with English subtitles.
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Brutalization (1973)
dir. Fons Rademakers
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Sylvia Kristel, of Emmanuelle fame, stars in this revenge thriller in which a gang of wealthy bastards break into peaceful homes and torture the women while forcing their husbands to watch in pain. Inspector van der Walk (Bryan Marshall) a strong-willed police cop, is determined to make them pay for their awful crimes but the members of the gang are bounded by an oath that is linked in some unpredictable ways to some high ranking people in the upper echelon of the Dutch society. Thus begins a painstaking quest for truth and to make sure that the ruthless gang is put behind bars. But van der Walk has to play against all odds…
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For Ever Mozart (1996)
dir. Jean-Luc Godard
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Jean-Luc Godard s densely packed rumination on the need to create order and beauty in a world ruled by chaos is divided into four distinct but tangentially related stories, including the attempts by a young group of idealists to stage a play in war-torn Sarajevo and an elderly director's efforts to complete his film. Bonus Features: Four featurettes previously not available in the U.S. Feature-length audio commentary by Senior Programmer for TIFF, Cinematheque and film critic James Quandt. Booklet essay by critic/author Fergus Daly and Hal Hartley, interview with Jean-Luc Godard, 2013 Re-release trailer.
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Hail Mary (1985)
dir. Jean-Luc Godard
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One of the most controversial films of all time by one of the world’s most provocative directors. Hail Mary is Jean-Luc Godard’s retelling of the story of the virgin birth, transposed to modern day and filled with the mundane aspects of any teenage girl’s life. Punctuated by beautiful cinematography and a lush score, it is a surprisingly heartfelt and reverential film by a master filmmaker. The short; The Book of Mary was originally released with the feature as a companion piece. Directed by long-time Godard collaborator Anne-Marie Miéville, it tells the story of the break-up of a marriage as seen through the eyes of the couple’s young daughter. Bonus Features: Three featurettes previously not available in the US Short film; The Book of Mary. Notes on Hail Mary, Jean-Luc Godard’s video notebook. Feature-length audio commentary by director Hal Hartley and Museum of the Moving Image Chief Curator David Schwartz, Booklet essay by film critic David Sterritt and Boston University Lecturer Charles Warren, Trailers.
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Paper Mask (1991)
dir. Christopher Morahan
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Paul McGann (WITHNAIL & I), Amanda Donohoe (L.A. LAW) and Academy Award Nominee Tom Wilkinson (THE FULL MONTY, RUSH HOUR) star in this nail-biting suspense melodrama that takes a cynical look at the medical profession. Matthew Harris (McGann) is an unhappy intern at a London hospital who envies the staff doctors and their calling. When a physician who resembles Matthew is killed in an auto accident, Matthew decides to assume his identity so that he can attend an interview the dead man had scheduled for a post at a Bristol hospital. Matthew gets the job and is now Dr. Simon Hennessey, working in the hospital emergency room. He is assisted by friendly nurse Christine Taylor (Donohoe), who ends up falling in love with him, and whom slowly figures out his secret. She helps him maintain his charade, even after he makes a fatal mistake and a patient dies, all leading to a chilling conclusion.
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Erotic Blackmail (1974)
dir. Eddy Naka
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From the darkest underbelly of European erotic cinema comes this seedy tale of a couple whose pleasures involves swinging with other couples, money and blackmail. When Hugo and Valerie invite Max and Dauphine over for a short vacation in the country, they do not realize that they are being played by the couple. But there are more people that want to join in the fun. Etienne and his friend Julien do not accept any longer to just watch as silent bystanders from the outside in: they want to be in the midst of the action. Therefore, once alone in the villa, they take advantage of the situation and attack Valerie and Dauphine while both their husbands are absent. But who's the real victim and who's playing who?
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Evil Come, Evil Go / Oh! You Beautiful Doll / Widow Blue
dir. Walt Davis
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Few filmmakers were as bold, daring and bizarre as Walt Davis, the enigmatic auteur behind some of the wildest films to come out of Hollywood.
EVIL COME, EVIL GO (1972), traveling Evangelist preacher, Sister Sarah Jane (Cleo O'Hara), is hellbent on ridding the world of evil, sex-obsessed men. Taking to the streets of Los Angeles, she quickly befriends a gullible young woman and the two embark on a mad killing spree.
Cleo O'Hara returns in OH! YOU BEAUTIFUL DOLL (1974), an almost surreal blend of madcap improvisation and low-rent thrills as over-the-hill film starlet Gaye Ramon lounges around her cluttered Hollywood home, conning innocent men into taking her acting courses. Meanwhile, a con-artist photographer manipulates beautiful hippies into revealing poses.
WIDOW BLUE (1970), Featuring an all-star cast, among them John Holmes and Sandy Dempsey, as well as gore effects straight out of H.G. Lewis playbook, WIDOW BLUE is a demented masterpiece which is coming to home video fully uncut for the very first time!
Vinegar Syndrome presents all three of these mind-numbing classics newly transferred and restored in 2K from their original negatives.
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Abduction of an American Playgirl / Winter Heat
dir. Claude Goddard
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ABDUCTION OF AN AMERICAN PLAYGIRL (1975), two lonely men kidnap a beautiful woman, but much to their surprise, she loves every minute of it!
WINTER HEAT (1976). In this notorious roughy, a group of ex-cons terrorize and abuse a trio of helpless young women who are held hostage in a snowbound cabin.
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Drive-In Collection: Judy! / The Night Hustlers
dirs. David W. Hanson, Bobby O'Donald
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JUDY (1969), a killer is on the loose, terrorizing working girls in Boston's seedy 'combat zone.' Will a rogue ex-detective solve the mystery before more buxom beauties meet an unfortunate demise?
THE NIGHT HUSTLERS (1968). In this Florida lensed oddity, a group of vice cops trade stories of their sleazy busts.
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Top of the Lake (2013)
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Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) and Holly Hunter (Saving Grace) star in this gripping drama from Academy Award-winning writer/director Jane Campion (The Piano). Top of the Lake begins with a mystery - Tui a 12 year-old girl walks chest deep into the freezing waters of a South Island lake in New Zealand. She is five months pregnant and won't say who the father is. Then she disappears. Robin Griffin (Elizabeth Moss Mad Men) is a gutsy but inexperienced detective called in to investigate. But as Robin becomes more and more obsessed with the search for her she slowly begins to realize that finding Tui is tantamount to finding herself - a self she has kept well-hidden. Set against one of the most amazing and untouched landscapes left on the planet Top of the Lake is a powerful and haunting story about our search for happiness where the dream of paradise attracts its dark twin the fall.
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Archer: The Complete Fourth Season (2013)
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Swing back into action with Sterling Archer - the world's greatest spy - and the agents of ISIS for another hilarious season of cocktails, carousing and animated awesomeness! Follow the team around the globe, from the mysterious Bermuda Triangle all the way to the Vatican, as they bicker, backstab and bumble their way through assassination plots, an ill-advised marriage, an unexpected pregnancy, and a venomous snake bite in a very, very bad place! Packed with terrorist threats, sexual shenanigans, and all things inappropriate, Archer Season Four comes fully loaded with outrageous top-secret extras!
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The Following: The Complete First Season (2013)
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Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Kevin Bacon and UK's James Purefoy (Rome) star in this terrifying new thriller from Kevin Williamson (The Vampire Diaries, Scream). When notorious serial killer Joe Carroll (Purefoy) escapes from death row and embarks on a new killing spree, the FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy (Bacon), a psychologically scarred veteran who captured Carroll nine years earlier, after Carroll murdered 14 female students on a college campus where he taught literature. Knowing Carroll better than anyone and close with Carroll's ex-wife, Claire, Hardy works closely with an FBI team, which includes no-nonsense agent Jennifer Mason and sharp upstart Mike Weston, and soon discovers that Carroll was not only communicating with a network of killers in the outside world, but has much more planned than just a prison escape-and there's no telling how many additional killers are out there.
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House of Lies: The Second Season (2013)
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HOUSE OF LIES is a scathing, Corporate America-skewering comedy about a self-loathing management consultant (Academy Award nominee Don Cheadle) from a top tier firm who is never above using any means (or anyone) necessary to get his way with and for his clients.
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Duck Dynasty: Season 4 (2013)
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Hold on to your hunting hats! The Robertsons are back in Season 4 of Duck Dynasty and they’ve have never had so much Southern charm.
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Copper: Season Two (2013)
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Created by three-time Emmy Award-winner Tom Fontana, Academy Award-nominee Will Rokos, and executive produced by Barry Levinson, BBC AMERICA’s highest-rated original drama series returns for a second season. Veteran actor Donal Logue (Sons of Anarchy, Max Payne) joins the COPPER cast this season as a General who has recently returned from the battlefields of the Civil War to his station in Five Points. The political boss of the Sixth Ward is reasserting himself as one of the most influential and powerful men in the city's political machine. Meanwhile, Detective Kevin Corcoran struggles to keep the untamed, post-war city in line while dealing with the horrible truth about what happened to his wife and child – and his best friend’s betrayal. As he attempts to rebuild his life, those around him strive to find their place in the American saga – be it for good or evil.
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Being Human: The Complete Third Season (2013)
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BEING HUMAN is not getting any easier for four twenty-something, supernatural roommates vampire Aidan (Sam Witwer), ghost Sally (Meaghan Rath) and werewolves Josh (Sam Huntington) and Nora (Kristen Hager). Together, they struggle to keep their dark secrets hidden from the world, while helping each other navigate the complexities of their double lives. Bonus Features: Behind-the-Scenes Featurette, Being Human Panel from San Diego Comic-Con 2013, The Cast on Cliffhangers.
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China Beach: Season 2 (1988)
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CHINA BEACH: SEASON 2 welcomes journalist wannabe Wayloo Marie Holmes (Megan Gallagher), who embarrassingly quickly finds her derriŠre dotted with shrapnel, and Private Frankie Bunsen (Nancy Giles), who, just like all the other characters, has to discover the surreal China Beach reality, and deal with the loss of one of their own.
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Barney Miller: The Complete Fourth Season (1978)
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Airing on ABC primetime from 1974-1982 and seen by millions, Barney Miller is a situation comedy television series set in a NYC police station in Greenwich Village. Captain Barney Miller (Hal Linden) is the kind of cop we'd all like to meet. He somehow manages to maintain order over a group of inner-city detectives who gamble for a hobby, get hit on by anything in skirts, go to renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and would really prefer to be writing. These colorful characters worked together to make one of the funniest sitcoms ever and is cemented in classic TV status.
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Lagrange - The Flower of Rin-ne: Season 2 (2012)
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Several months have passed since the last battle took place in Kamogawa City.Madoka Kyono is now in her final year of high school and has yet to decide what she will do with her life. Across the galaxy, Lan now takes part in research that involves the Vox Rympha. During an experiment, their research facility comes under attack by De Metrio forces, led by Muginami's Vox Ignis. Will Madoka, Lan, and Muginami be able to reunite once again as the Jersey Club? And what is the mystery behind the Rin-ne and the Vox?
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Uta no Prince Sama: Complete Collection (2011)
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When Haruka gets the chance to take the entrance exam for Saotome Academy for the Performing Arts, it seems as though she's one step closer to her dream of composing songs for her favorite singer, Hayato. However, this is no gleeful high school musical experience, and Haruka's hiding a dreadful secret that may silence her musical ambitions forever. And even if she does get into Saotome, the competition will be more brutal than going on Japan's Top Idol! That's because, as a writer, Haruka could be paired with any one of six radically different male singers. Will it be upbeat Otoya, serious Masato, flirtatious Ren, split-personality Natsuki, optimistic Syo, or the unapproachable Tokiya, who's rumored to be Hayato's brother? And just to make things more complicated and awkward, writers and singers are expressly NOT allowed to get romantically involved! Can one girl and six handsome young men learn to make beautiful music together in a strictly platonic sense? They can if the oddball staff of Saotome, most of whom are current and former idols themselves have anything to say about it in Uta no Prince Sama 1000%!
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Aria the Natural: Part 1 (2006)
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Akari, Aika and Alice are three girls who share a single dream: to become the most talented gondoliers in all of Neo-Venezia! Every day they train toward their goal, exploring all the wondrous sights that the water-covered planet Aqua has to offer. Whether it's spending a wild day at Carnevale, sharing a beautiful sunset, or even crossing paths with the mysterious spirits that dwell in Aqua's shadows, for these three friends, each day is a new adventure!
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Patlabor: Collection 4 (1990)
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The war on crime and the battle for superior technology collide as Shinohara industries unleashes a rash of new Labor designs and SV2 finds itself stuck in the middle of product evaluation trials. That would be trying enough at any time, but when the department's already being overwhelmed with handling security for the upcoming Babylon Project Conference, fighting terrorists, insurance investigators and even tracking down monsters in the sewers, it may be the final straw that breaks the Ingram's back. And if all that wasn't enough pressure, SV2's rivalry with Division One escalates to all out warfare when SV1 gets the first of the latest production models. The gloves are off and there's a heavy metal smackdown on the horizon as Noa must strap herself into the cockpit once again to prove that her Alphonse is still the undisputed king of robotic law enforcement! The girl in the iron mech and the heavy hitters of the SV2 take on the jobs no one else is big enough to handle in MOBILE POLICE PATLABOR TV - COLLECTION 4!
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Anything You Can Do...I Can Do Better!
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Battle of the busts! Yusuke has a problem - the kind of problem any guy would love to have! You see, there's a girl named Reina, who wants him to be her private tutor, and she just happens to have gigantic breasts -huge, massive, watermelon-sized gazongas that taste sweet and are as soft as marshmallows! So what could Yusuke's problem possibly be? Well, when he goes to Reina's house to give her lessons, he has a run-in with Reina's mom. And boy, is her mom ever stacked! Those triple-F-cup beauties are even bigger than Reina's! Plus, she has the whole ''sexual mid-life crisis'' going on... she pours it on hot and heavy, and really wants Yusuke to take her for a ride. Still not seeing the problem? Well, each of these lovely ladies wants Yusuke for her own. So when mom catches Yusuke and Reina in the act, the fight is on! Yusuke's trapped in the middle! They may be mother and daughter, but when it comes to winning Yusuke, they'll go to any length to prove their sexual skill! Good luck ladies, and may the best boobs win!
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Maid Service
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Momoko is having major money trouble. After the untimely death of her parents, she finds herself strapped for cash to pay for her college tuition. Desperate, Momoko even considers selling her most precious possession, her mother's ring. But everything changes when Takaaki, a charming young man in her class, generously offers to pay her tuition if she simply agrees to work off her debt by serving as his personal live-in maid. The offer sounded generous at first... Now completely under Takaaki's control, Momoko has no choice but to satisfy his every twisted sexual fantasy. But Momoko isn't the only one he's drafting into this new maid service. Using blackmail and bribery, Takaaki's staff continues to grow with gorgeous young maids who are willing to serve him on their hands and knees. But even with all of this beauty surrounding him, for some inexplicable reason, Momoko still remains the target for his ever growing sadistic experiments. Could his unhealthy fixation lead to disaster?
Also known as ''Maid no Yakata - Zetsubo-hen''. Audio: English, Japanese. Subtitles: English subtitles and on-screen translations. Special Features: Animated art gallery, original U.S. trailer and Critical Mass Video trailers. Adults only!
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1976: Hunt vs. Lauda (2013)
dir. Matthew Whiteman
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James Hunt may have had the glamour and good looks but it was Niki Lauda’s tale that punched hardest in BBC Two’s fine documentary about the great Formula 1 rivals, Hunt vs Lauda. As his Ferrari manager, Daniele Audetto, recalled how the Austrian driver returned to racing just five weeks after his horrendous crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix had melted large amounts of the skin off his face as well as most of an ear, it was hard to feel anything but admiration for the man colloquially known as the Rat because of his rodent-like features. As Lauda prepared for his comeback race Audetto spoke of how, when Lauda removed his balaclava, his face was a mask of blood my God, how can he race? But race he did, coming fourth, which meant he and Hunt were neck and neck by the time they got to the final Grand Prix of the season, in Japan. Hunt may have won the championship in the end but the fact that Lauda dropped out of that last dangerous race because he d seen what death looked like and didn t want to get close to it again looked a far nobler thing than Hunt s driving in it so recklessly he gave himself two flat tires. Still, there’s no doubt Hunt was funnier. Niki, you’re the only person I know who could have been in a fire and come out better looking, he is reported to have told Lauda after his accident, apparently with affection.
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UFC: Ronda Rousey - Breaking Ground
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Ronda Rousey: Breaking Ground examines the remarkable rise of the first female champion in UFC history. Using Ronda's lifelong desire to be a superhero as a theme throughout, the program details the childhood trauma and the complicated relationship with her mother that has fueled her athletic endeavors. Featuring interviews with Ronda, her mother, her friends and coaches and UFC President Dana White, it's the first comprehensive analysis of one of professional sports true pioneers.
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Dump the DVD
Notable releases finally on Blu-ray.
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Back on Blu
Blu-ray releases that are being reissued and/or repackaged.
