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Release: November 15, 2022

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After years of human civil war and growing political unrest, mankind's very future is threatened when our outermost colonies intrude upon the sacred worlds of the Covenant – a fanatical powerful alliance of alien species. As the Covenant destroys world after human world – only one soldier slows their advance –a cybernetically enhanced “Spartan” supersoldier, the Master Chief. But as the incredible mystery of the Covenant's true ambition, and the secrets of his own enigmatic past converge, then he will have to decide if humanity is a cause worth saving.

Release: November 15, 2022

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After years of human civil war and growing political unrest, mankind's very future is threatened when our outermost colonies intrude upon the sacred worlds of the Covenant – a fanatical powerful alliance of alien species. As the Covenant destroys world after human world – only one soldier slows their advance –a cybernetically enhanced “Spartan” supersoldier, the Master Chief. But as the incredible mystery of the Covenant's true ambition, and the secrets of his own enigmatic past converge, then he will have to decide if humanity is a cause worth saving.

Release: March 6, 2018

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Maniac (1963) - B&W - Not Rated - Starring: Kerwin Mathews, Nadia Gray, Donald Houston, Liliane Brousse While vacationing in France, an American artist becomes romantically involved with an older woman, Eve, while also attracted to her teenage stepdaughter, Annette. Pulled between them, a plot is hatched to free Eve's husband from jail but Eve has a different plan in mind. Die! Die! My Darling! - (1965) - Color - Not Rated - Starring: Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan, Donald Sutherland Young Pat Carroll (Powers) goes to the home of her dead fiancé to meet his beloved mother, Mrs. Trefoile (Tallulah Bankhead). There, she discovers that Mrs. Trefoile is not the loving mother she had anticipated, but rather a grieving psychopath who blames Pat for the death of her son.

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A Viking prince undertakes a harsh journey through enemy territory to find his exiled brother and save his kingdom.

Release: September 19, 2017

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Product Description **Beautifully restored in HD, this classic film is now released for the first time in North America on Blu Ray.** **Winner of 19 awards, including the prestigious Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Int'l Film Festival.** Former police officer Nishi feels responsible for the shattered lives of his loved ones. His partner Horibe has been crippled in a disastrous stakeout, a colleague is shot dead by the same villain, and his own wife has a terminal illness. In debt to a yakuza loanshark, Nishi conceives a bank robbery to provide for his partner, help the dead cop's widow, and take one last holiday throughout Japan with his wife and share a final taste of happiness. A highly original crime drama written, directed and starring Takeshi Kitano. Bonus Features, include: Commentary by film writer for Rolling Stone magazine, David Fear; Making-of featurette. Package, includes: Collector's Booklet, featuring essay by film writer, Jasper Sharp; cast and crew credits; chapter breaks; stills. Review OFFICIAL SELECTION - Venice Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Toronto Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - New York Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Pusan Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Tokyo Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Fantasporto Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Singapore Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Helsinki Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Locarno Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Moscow Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Tallinn International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Camerimage Film Festival --- ...meticulously handsome, imaginatively edited...Hana-Bi shows off both [Kitano's] fierce and gentle talents. --Janet Maslin, The New York Times Hana-Bi announces not only a new kind of 'cop movie' but a template for a new kind of Kitano film. - Jaime N. Christley, Slant Magazine (4 out of 4 Stars) Glimmers of Kitano s deadpan humor peek through this rich and visually beautiful work that, for all its stylized violence, manages to convey stillness, sweetness, and affecting emotional depth. --Entertainment Weekly

Release: October 10, 2017

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A manipulative nanny infiltrates a family's home to exact revenge on the mother who replaced her.

Release: April 28, 2009

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Product Description David McVicar's production of Giulio Cesare manages to combine serious insight with entertainment, bringing Handel's masterpiece to life in a powerful, convincing and highly intelligent way. In every line of the complex narrative the subtle nuances are apparent, reflecting perfectly the transparent and exquisite nature of Handel's musical expression. Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true surround sound, the outstanding singing of the all-star cast, led by a superb Sarah Connolly, and the vivid playing of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under the energising baton of William Christie reveal the colour and dramatic character of Handel's music in a most delightful manner. Press Reviews "...a lively and imaginative production, directed by the ever resourceful David McVicar, enchanted and amused..there was so much good acting, often whilst singing difficult and controlled coloratura." (Musical Opinion) "Christie conducts Handel beguilingly - in fact, I’d go so far as to suggest that nobody does Handel better. Christie drew brisk playing from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, crisp and punchy, yet he also carried the slow tempos with magical stillness. But the performance was about much more than sound alone: underneath the OAE's sheen there was an internalized musical depth to each of the numbers." (Opera) "Extravagantly laid out on three DVDs, the Opus Arte version is important in offering a fine period performance of this most popular of the Handel operas. William Christie conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and an outstanding cast in an account at once scholarly, lively and refreshing, a live recording of the 2005 production at Glyndebourne." (The Penguin Guide) "...the irrepressible Danielle de Niese (who is accorded a delightful 22-minute narrative on her Glyndebourne experience among the extras here). Her vocal command and stage presence are spectacular in every sense..." (Gramophone) Cast Sarah Connolly (Cesare) Angelika Kirchschlager (Sesto) Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra) Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo) Patricia Bardon (Cornelia) Christopher Maltman (Achilla) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; William Christie Production Company: Glyndebourne Festival Opera Stage Director: David McVicar Disc Information Catalogue Number: OABD7024D Date of Performance: 2005 Running Time: 305 minutes Sound: 5.0 DTS Surround; PCM Stereo Aspect Ratio: 1080i High Definition / 16:9 Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES, IT Label: Opus Arte Amazon.com There's a chance that purists will be very unhappy with director David McVicar's production of this Baroque masterpiece; there's also an equal chance that they'll be so vastly entertained that all criticisms will be beside the point. Updated to the years before World War I, Caesar's troops are British soldiers come to colonize Egypt, the latter being a place filled with exoticisms in the form of acres of billowing silk, flashy costumes, and full-blown song and dance numbers a la Bollywood (featuring sex-kitten Cleopatra and her minions). It's not only funny/campy, it also makes a certain internal sense. The razzle-dazzle is laid aside for the personal tragedy of Cornelia and Sesto (Patricia Bardon and Angelika Kirchschlager, respectively)--here portrayed as a beaten-down woman in a pathetic rage and a son on the verge of insanity--and for Caesar's and Cleopatra's more introspective moments. Caesar is mezzo Sarah Connelly, in firm voice and with the bearing of an emperor. Cleopatra is the 25-year-old American Daniele de Niese, ravishing in person and voice, with charisma, nerve, and talent in equal proportions. Countertenor Christopher Dumaux' bitchy-queen Tolomeo is remarkable, and the Achilles of bass Christopher Maltman is menacing. William Christie leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with great spirit and dramatic thrust, and the production values---subtitles in major European languages and English, stereo and surround sound, and picture---are ideal. Extras include interviews with the director and singers and an up-close look at Danielle de Niese. This is a fascinating, grand entertainment that may just make new friends for Baroque opera. --Robert Levine

Release: April 6, 2021

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Three-disc set includes: Hands Across The Table (1935)Snappy screwball comedy starring Carole Lombard as Regi Allen, a manicurist about to wed a wealthy ex-pilot (Ralph Bellamy) for his fortune when penniless playboy Theodore "Ted" Drew III (Fred MacMurray) walks into her life. Will Regi and Ted, who's also about to marry for money, ditch their prospective spouses for true love? With Astrid Allwyn, Marie Prevost, and William Demarest. 80 min. BW/Rtg: NR Love Before Breakfast (1935)Kay Colby (Carole Lombard) was saddened when her boyfriend (Cesar Romero) got a two-year stint in Japan to go along with his promotion. The tears turned to anger when she learned the whole thing was engineered by his covetous boss (Preston Foster), who's used to getting what he wants... and what he wants is Kay! She proves to have some dirty tricks of her own in this crisp comedy; Janet Beecher, Joyce Compton also star. 70 min. BW/Rtg: NR The Princess Comes Across (1935)Wacky romantic comedy showcases Carole Lombard as Wanda Nash, a wannabe actress from New York posing as a Swedish socialite while on a transatlantic cruise. After falling for bandleader King Mantell (Fred MacMurray) (who performs "My Concertina"), Wanda and her new flame become prime suspects in a passenger's murder. Douglass Dumbrille, William Frawley, Sig Rumann co-star. 77 min. BW/Rtg: NR Standard; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.

Release: February 27, 2018

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Product Description A homicide detective brings his partner out of retirement to help catch a serial killer whose crimes are based on the children's game Hangman. Review Special Features: Al Pacino: Insight from a Hollywood Legend HANGMAN: In Their Own Words --Lionsgate

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Following the assassination of a Nazi official, Czech resistance fighters and civilians face brutal reprisals and betrayal.

Release: November 21, 2017

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Brand New 4K Restoration! From the star and director of The Lodger - The great Laird Cregar (I Wake Up Screaming) gives a staggering nightmarish performance as an amnesiac London composer George Harvey Bone, who learns that a murder occurred during one of his blackouts and starts to worry that he himself may be the murderer. Although a Scotland Yard report proves his innocence, Bone's murderous streak reveals itself when a pub singer with ulterior motives betrays him. Featuring glorious black-and-white photography by Oscar-winner Joseph LaShelle (Laura) and startling direction by Hollywood veteran John Brahm (The Undying Monster). Also starring Linda Darnell (The Mark of Zorro), George Sanders (Witness to Murder), Glenn Langan (Dragonwyck), Faye Marlowe (The Spider) and Alan Napier (Driftwood), Hangover Square is a psychological chiller you won't soon forget.

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Profiler Will Graham begins working with brilliant psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter while hunting serial killers, unaware of Lecter's monstrous secret.

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Profiler Will Graham begins working with brilliant psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter while hunting serial killers, unaware of Lecter's monstrous secret.

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Profiler Will Graham begins working with brilliant psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter while hunting serial killers, unaware of Lecter's monstrous secret.

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Interlocking stories about infidelity, anxiety, and reinvention unfold around a writer whose life is quietly unraveling.

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A hotheaded Hong Kong cop and an undercover officer join forces in a balletic war against ruthless gun traffickers.

Release: December 7, 2021

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The legendary “Muscles from Brussels” Jean-Claude Van Damme (No Retreat, No Surrender, Kickboxer) teams up with world-famous action director John Woo (The Killer, Hard Boiled, Face/Off) and executive producer Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Spider-Man) for this electrifying thriller. Chance Boudreaux (Van Damme) is the target of an evil mercenary (Lance Henriksen, Aliens) who recruits combat veterans for the “amusement” of his clients—bored tycoons who will pay a half a million dollars to stalk and kill the most challenging prey of them all: Man. So when beautiful Natasha Binder (Yancy Butler, TV’s Witchblade) hires Chance in search of her missing father, she gets more than she bargained for. Screenwriter Chuck Pfarrer (Darkman) takes “The Most Dangerous Game” and laces it with dark humor and slam-bang action for the hard-hitting Hard Target, featuring Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy), Kasi Lemmons (The Silence of the Lambs) and Wilford Brimley (The Thing). Special Features: • Brand New 4K Restoration of the Unrated International Cut – From a 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative! • NEW Interview with Director John Woo • NEW Interview with Actor Lance Henriksen • NEW Interview with Actress Yancy Butler • NEW Interview with Stunt Coordinator Billy Burton • NEW Audio Commentary by Action Film Historians Brandon Bentley and Mike Leeder • Theatrical Trailer (Newly Restored in HD) • 5.1 Surround & 2.0 Lossless Stereo • Optional English Subtitles

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On a brutal medieval-like planet, an observer from a more advanced society becomes consumed by the world's barbarity.

Release: February 23, 2021

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From Larry Peerce, the acclaimed director The Incident, Ash Wednesday, The Other Side of the Mountain and Two-Minute Warning, comes this rock ’n’ roll drama starring Grammy-winning superstar Rick Springfield (“Jessie’s Girl”) that heats up the screen with rousing music and romance. An incredible soundtrack featuring seven Springfield songs, including the hit, “Love Somebody,” as well as music by Peter Gabriel, Graham Parker and Nona Hendryx. Jamie Roberts (Springfield) is a rock star living the highlife when he falls for an intellectual child psychologist (Janet Eilber, Romantic Comedy) who only has ears for classical music. Opposites attract, but his jealous ex-girlfriend (Patti Hansen, They All Laughed) isn’t ready to give up so easily. Love is hard to find when the whole world is watching. Special Features: -NEW Audio Commentary by Entertainment Journalist and Author Bryan Reesman -NEW Interview with Director Larry Peerce -11 Radio Spots -Theatrical Trailer -Dual-Layered BD50 Disc -Optional English Subtitles

Release: August 26, 2025

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Director Vincent Sherman helmed this dark drama about a woman (Ida Lupino) who will do almost anything to keep her younger sister from becoming trapped in a small-town life of marriage and drudgery as she has been. Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie and Jack Carson co-star, in this underrated classic which earned Lupino a Best Actress award from the New York Film Critics for her tour-de-force performance. Newly remastered from 4K scans of the original nitrate negative, THE HARD WAY is an unforgettable, powerful and timeless work ready for rediscovery.

Release: November 22, 2016

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Dutch immigrant Harry deLeyer journeyed to the United States after World War II and developed a transformative relationship with a broken down Amish plow horse he rescued off a slaughter truck bound for the glue factory. Harry paid eighty dollars for the horse and named him Snowman. In less than two years, Harry and Snowman went on to win the triple crown of show jumping, beating the nation's top pedigree horses and wealthiest socialites. They became famous and traveled around the world together. Their chance meeting at a Pennsylvania horse auction saved them both and crafted a friendship that lasted a lifetime. Eighty-six year old Harry tells their Cinderella love story firsthand, as he continues to train on today's show jumping circuit. This Blu-ray features surround sound, the official "Harry and Snowman" trailer and extras including interview with Olympian George Morris, interview with the legendary horseman Rodney Jenkins, interview with Harry deLeyer, exclusive interview with director Ron Davis and Harriet deLeyer, and "The Story of Olympic Jumper Sinjon" along with English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired.

Release: June 14, 2011

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Steve McQueen brings his cool fire to the role of the Cincinnati Kid, a small-timer eager to take his chances in high-stakes poker. He gets his chance. Regal, ruthless Lancey Howard (Edward G. Robinson), the elite gambler called the Man, accepts the Kid's challenge. Norman Jewison (In the Heat of the Night, Moonstruck) directs this taut exploration of back-room gaming, building suspense with each turn of a card. And Ann-Margret, Karl Malden, Rip Torn, National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress Award winner Joan Blondell and many more comprise a full house of talent. Grab a chair and ante up.

Release: December 10, 2019

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Product Description South Africa, Free State region, isolated stronghold to the Afrikaans white ethnic minority culture. In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity, Janno is different, secretive, emotionally frail. One day his mother, fiercely religious, brings home Pieter, a hardened street orphan she wants to save, and asks Janno to makes this stranger into his brother. The two boys start a fight for power, heritage and parental love. An official selection of Cannes Un Certain Regard, Etienne Kallos' debut feature film explores teenage angst and family dynamics set against a harsh yet stunning South African backdrop. Cast & Crew Actors: Brent Vermeulen Alex van Dyk Morné Visser Juliana Venter Erika Wessels Director: Etienne Kallos Producers: Michael Auret Producers: Thembisa Cochrane Producers: Sophie Erbs Producers: Etienne Kallos Review Interweaves coming-of-age tropes and latent homosexual desire in a remote and largely unforgiving world where toxic masculinity is the standard… one of this year's major acting discoveries. --The Hollywood Reporter There's brute beauty to spare in South African filmmaker Etienne Kallos' impressive debut… a low-key queer undercurrent courses through the conflict. --Variety Young actors Vermeulen and Van Dyk are a revelation in this film. --City Press Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews The Harvesters

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A seasoned animal-catching team in East Africa is thrown off balance when a spirited photographer joins the safari.

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Eight dangerous strangers take shelter in a Wyoming cabin during a blizzard, where deception and violence erupt.

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This miniseries dramatizes the legendary Appalachian family feud that escalates into generations of violence.

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This miniseries dramatizes the legendary Appalachian feud between the Hatfield and McCoy families after the Civil War.

Release: February 8, 2022

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Lucy embarks on a game of one-upmanship against her ruthless coworker Joshua, a rivalry that is complicated by her growing attraction to him.

Release: February 12, 2019

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Before plumbing the depths of horror and despair with such films as Nosferatu (1922) and Faust (1926), Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau crafted a moody drama of a storm-bound manor and the grim mystery that Lurks within: The Haunted Castle (1921). A hunting party is interrupted by the arrival of a notorious Count (Lothar Mehnert), who is believed to have murdered his brother. The uninvited guest sets in motion an elaborate plot to resurrect the ghosts of the past and bring to light the dark secret that lies at the center of his brother's death. Breaking away from the dark, foreboding dramas for which he was becoming known, Murnau explored the realm of light comedy in a playful espionage thriller reminisent of Ernst Lubitsch: The Finances of the Grand Duke. Harry Liedtke stars as a "benevolent dictator" who must preserve the tiny nation of Abacco by fending off creditors, wooing a wealthy Russian princess (Mady Christians), and evading a band of demonic conspirators (including Nosferatu himself, Max Schreck).

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A researcher invites guests to spend time in a notoriously haunted mansion, where one woman becomes terrifyingly susceptible to its influence.

Release: October 12, 2021

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Dead doesn't mean gone. An au pair plunges into an abyss of chilling secrets in this gothic romance from the creator of "The Haunting of Hill House.“

Release: October 12, 2021

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Dead doesn't mean gone. An au pair plunges into an abyss of chilling secrets in this gothic romance from the creator of "The Haunting of Hill House.“

Release: October 12, 2021

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Dead doesn't mean gone. An au pair plunges into an abyss of chilling secrets in this gothic romance from the creator of "The Haunting of Hill House.“

Release: October 15, 2019

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The Haunting of Hill House is the critically acclaimed, modern reimagining of Shirley Jackson's legendary novel about five siblings who grew up in the most famous haunted house in America. Now adults, they're reunited by the suicide of their youngest sister, which forces them to finally confront the ghosts of their pasts... some of which lurk in their minds... and some of which may really be lurking in the shadows of the iconic Hill House. For the first time, experience even more thrills with three extended Director's Cut episodes featuring never-before-seen footage and go deeper inside Hill House with four exclusive commentaries from Creator and Director Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep).

Release: October 15, 2019

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The Haunting of Hill House is the critically acclaimed, modern reimagining of Shirley Jackson's legendary novel about five siblings who grew up in the most famous haunted house in America. Now adults, they're reunited by the suicide of their youngest sister, which forces them to finally confront the ghosts of their pasts... some of which lurk in their minds... and some of which may really be lurking in the shadows of the iconic Hill House. For the first time, experience even more thrills with three extended Director's Cut episodes featuring never-before-seen footage and go deeper inside Hill House with four exclusive commentaries from Creator and Director Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep).

Release: October 15, 2019

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The Haunting of Hill House is the critically acclaimed, modern reimagining of Shirley Jackson's legendary novel about five siblings who grew up in the most famous haunted house in America. Now adults, they're reunited by the suicide of their youngest sister, which forces them to finally confront the ghosts of their pasts... some of which lurk in their minds... and some of which may really be lurking in the shadows of the iconic Hill House. For the first time, experience even more thrills with three extended Director's Cut episodes featuring never-before-seen footage and go deeper inside Hill House with four exclusive commentaries from Creator and Director Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep).

Release: December 4, 2018

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"Making Of Elizabeth Harvest" Featurette Theatrical Trailer

Release: September 29, 2020

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A gambler who trusted no one… A woman who risked everything… And a passion that brought them together in the most dangerous city in the world! From Sydney Pollack, the outstanding director of They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, The Yakuza, Three Days of the Condor, Absence of Malice, Tootsie and The Firm, comes this epic drama set in pre-Castro Cuba. High-rolling poker player Jack Weil (Robert Redford, The Natural) is trying to make one big score in 1958 Havana, a pleasure-seeker’s paradise on the verge of revolution. But his plan doesn’t include falling for Roberta (Lena Olin, Romeo Is Bleeding), the beautiful, enigmatic wife of revolutionary Arturo Duran (Raul Julia, The Addams Family). After Arturo is removed by the police, Jack is drawn closer to Roberta, who ignites a passion that threatens his last chance for the big score. The top-notch cast includes Alan Arkin (The In-Laws), Tomas Milian (The Big Gundown), Richard Farnsworth (The Grey Fox), Tony Plana (¡Three Amigos!), Mark Rydell (The Long Goodbye) and Dennis Farina (Manhunter). Havana received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Score by the great Dave Grusin (Fuzz, The Milagro Beanfield War). Special Features: -NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian and Critic Sergio Mims -Theatrical Trailer -Optional English Subtitles -Dual-Layered BD50 Disc

Release: July 19, 2016

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Help the Free French? Not world-weary Harry Morgan (Humphrey Bogart). But he changes his mind when a sultry siren named Marie asks, "Anybody got a match?" That red-hot match is Bogart and 19-year-old Lauren Bacall in her acting debut. Full of intrigue and racy banter (certain whistling instructions), this thriller excites further interest for what it has and has not. Cannily directed by Howard Hawks and smartly written by William Faulkner and Jules Furthman, it doesn't have much similarity to Ernest Hemingway's novel. And it strongly resembles Casablanca: French resistance fighters, a bluesy piano man (Hoagy Carmichael) and a Martinique bar like Rick's Cafe America in. But foremost, it has Bogart and Bacall, carrying on with a passion that smolders from the tips of their cigarettes clear through to their souls.

Release: May 1, 2012

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Product Description Note: The Digital Copy code on the product would have expired, however the code will still continue to work. Directed by Oscar winner* Steven Soderbergh (Contagion), this dynamic action-thriller introduces mixed martial arts (MMA) superstar Gina Carano as Mallory Kane, a black-ops agent for a government security contractor. After freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, Mallory is double-crossed and left for dead – by someone in her own agency. Suddenly the target of assassins who know her every move, Mallory unleashes the fury of her fighting skills to uncover the truth and turn the tables on her ruthless adversary. Featuring Carano performing her own high-adrenaline stunts and an all-star cast including Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Bill Paxton, Channing Tatum, Antonio Banderas and Michael Douglas, HAYWIRE is explosive movie entertainment. Amazon.com Gentleman filmmaker Steven Soderbergh leads a pretty charmed professional life exploring themes, genres, and intensely personal subjects that capture his fancy any time the spirit moves him. Thanks largely to the huge success of the Ocean's series, he's earned A-list clout and pretty much carte blanche to follow the combination of whimsy or serious interest that has become his M.O. in alternating projects that are either for "them" (Hollywood capitalists) or strictly for him. Hot on the heels of Contagion, his deadly serious and terrifyingly authentic thriller from late 2011, Haywire is a different kind of exercise in genre and formal technique, but cut from the same Soderbergh cloth of enthusiasm and impeccable craftsmanship. Both movies also seem to bring together the for-me and for-them elements of his career, letting him follow a highbrow personal style while also creating terrific pieces of entertainment that are easily accessible to the wants of cinema sophisticates and lovers of thrills, action, and dramatic ingenuity alike. Haywire is certainly more fun than Contagion as an out-and-out action extravaganza, with a silly and largely superfluous plot thread wound around private covert intelligence operatives, the shadowy government entities that employ them, and the double-crosses that ensue when operations go wrong. Using a back-and-forth narrative structure that shifts time and scrambles events as they unfold, Haywire is primarily a showcase for Gina Carano, a superstar in the world of mixed martial arts. Carano makes her screen debut as Mallory Kane with understated hotness and a constant barrage of fighting stunt work that reduces almost every high-profile costar into a mass of broken bones. The series of operations she instigates or participates in take her on a stylishly globetrotting adventure to Spain, Ireland, New Mexico, rural New York State, and points in between. She stumbles into and wriggles out of danger everywhere she goes with aplomb, kicks, punches, strangulations, and gunshots that are spectacularly choreographed and do not rely on flash cuts or the kind of utterly confusing shifts in spatial relationships that mark most run-of-the-mill action sequences. Though the substance is largely beside the point--motivations and resolutions are not nearly as important as the polished, methodical, or frenzied bouts of kinetic energy--there is some semblance of comprehension conveyed in the spare script by Soderbergh's screenwriter collaborator Lem Dobbs. Carano is only able to strike a few notes in her acting ability between kicks, leg strangulations, and other acrobatic acts of violence. Fortunately the rest of the ensemble cast make the most of their supporting roles by lending winking humor and reliable nuance to parts that might otherwise seem like stock caricatures. Ewan McGregor is charmingly devious as the private black-ops chief who is Mallory's boss and also her ex-boyfriend. Michael Fassbender plays an MI6 agent who proves no match for Mallory's Special Forces training; ditto Channing Tatum, who also underestimates Mallory's prowess as a lover and a fighter. Antonio Banderas is a mysterious go-between who plays a crucial role in the fiasco that comes to be known simply as "Barcelona," and Michael Douglas stands tall as an exasperated government pencil pusher who resents yet can't operate without the help of private-sector security and intelligence operatives. In spite of her inexperience, Carano holds the screen with her smoldering charisma as Soderbergh pours on the tense or languorous action with wit and skill. Haywire may be a trifle in the continuing experimental career of Steven Soderbergh, but it is a delicious confection nonetheless. --Ted Fry

Release: May 18, 2021

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Now you see him. Now you don't. The face of a killer appears out of the darkness and just as quickly disappears. A young woman has an eerie feeling someone is stalking her. Another beauty steps into a shower…and a bathroom door handle slowly turns. We're in slasher-flick territory—and also in a rare realm of film history, because screen icon Tom Hanks makes his movie debut in this shocker. The up-and-coming legend plays the brief supporting role of Elliot, a psych major whose musings about the nature of fear reinforce the tone of this twisted tale about a sicko who targets brides-to-be…and a detective who scrambles to stop the carnage. Wedded bliss can be very short-lived when He Knows You're Alone. Bonus Content: 2K Scan of the Interpositive It Came from Staten Island – An Interview with Director Armand Mastroianni Shooting in My Own Backyard – An Interview with Producer Robert Di Milia Godspells and Blood Weddings – An Interview with Actor Don Scardino Violence Is Implied – An Interview with Writer Scott Parker Audio Commentary with Director Armand Mastroianni and Writer Scott Parker Original Theatrical Trailer Original TV Spots

Release: August 4, 2015

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A payroll robber meets a woman at a public pool and uses her family's home as a hide-out.

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Police hunt a cold-blooded killer through Los Angeles in this influential semi-documentary noir.

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A successful corporate recruiter who moonlights as an art thief steals from the wrong man.

Release: January 11, 2022

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In the late '90s, the seniors on an Ivy League rowing team were coming off the embarrassment of a last-place finish in the nationals. It took the installation of ex-military Jack Murphy (Michael Shannon) as their new head coach to break down their destructive petty rivalries and get them to function as an actual crew. Fact-inspired rouser also stars Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Alex MacNicoll, Ash Santos, and David James Elliott. AKA: "Swing." 119 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.

Release: December 9, 2025

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Hearts of Darkness chronicles the chaos and turbulence from disastrous inclement weather to actors' health crises to local political upheaval that plagued the marathon production of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. Filmed by filmmaker-screenwriter Eleanor Coppola, this extraordinary documentary features behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with cast and crew, and secretly taped conversations with the tormented Coppola as he grappled with every imaginable (and unimaginable) obstacle.

Release: April 27, 2021

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Sometimes, a documentary filmmaker is present at precisely the right moment to capture lightning in a bottle. It happened with Bob Dylan in Don't Look Back, Chet Baker in Let's Get Lost, and it happened with 1976 s Heartworn Highways. This iconic outlaw country documentary saw filmmaker James Szalapski travel to Texas and Tennessee to capture the radical artists reclaiming the genre by rejecting the mainstream Nashville machine. Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Steve Young, David Allan Coe, Steve Earle and many others provide musical highlights including Clark s brilliant 'Desperados Waiting For a Train', Young s stirring 'Alabama Highways' and Van Zandt s emotional 'Waiting Around To Die.' The hard living and hard partying lifestyles of outlaw country s figureheads are played out on screen as we visit Van Zandt s Austin trailer, see Coe play in Tennessee State Prison, join the gang in Nashville s notorious Wig Wam Tavern and witness a liquor-fueled Christmas at Clark s house. No wonder the film s original tagline read: 'The best music and the best whiskey come from the same part of the country'. Outside of a couple festival screenings, the movie remained unreleased for five years after it's completion, finally hitting screens in 1981. It has been building a cult audience ever since. - Light in the Attic Records

Release: April 27, 2021

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2021 marks the 45th anniversary of the seminal music documentary Heartworn Highways, a film that captured the nascent roots of the Outlaw Country movement in the mid-70s. Today, Heartworn Highways Revisited explores and celebrates the authenticity and spirit of that legendary film via a community of contemporary musicians creating music in Nashville, Tennessee. In Heartworn Highways Revisited, the filmmakers reunite with Heartworn originals Guy Clark, Steve Young and David Allan Coe while focusing on the next generation of outlaws includingJohn McCauley, Jonny Fritz, Josh Hedley, Justin Townes Earle, Shovels & Rope, Langhorne Slim, Robert Ellis, Andrew Combs, Shelly Colvin, Phil Hummer and others who honor the traditions of their predecessors while forging a highway all their own.

Release: April 25, 2023

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Ex-mercenary Nick Escalante isn’t a violent man by nature. He’s just good at it. And when things get very, very bad, he’s naturally at his best. Las Vegas is the backdrop for all the torrid action of Heat, as screen legend Burt Reynolds (Hustle, Stick) plays the softhearted bodyguard who’s out to protect his friends. When a gangster’s son brutally beats an old flame, it ignites a tightly wound thriller that pits Burt against the mob and culminates in a vicious cat-and-mouse climax. Written by Hollywood’s master craftsman, William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Marathon Man, Misery), directed by Dick Richards (Farewell, My Lovely) and co-starring Karen Young (Criminal Law), Peter MacNicol (Ghostbusters II), Neill Barry (O.C. and Stiggs), Howard Hesseman (Honky Tonk Freeway) and Diana Scarwid (Inside Moves). Special Features: • NEW Audio Commentary by Action Film Historians Brandon Bentley and Mike Leeder • Alternate Ending • Theatrical Trailer • Optional English Subtitles Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Heat (Special Edition) [Blu-ray]

Release: May 9, 2017

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An L.A. cop (Al Pacino) becomes fixated on a deadly thief (Robert Dinero) and his crew ( Val Kilmer & Jon Voight) who are taking Los Angeles to the cleaners. This movie includes one of the most spectacular shoot outs in film history as Dinero and Kilmer rip through downtown Los Angeles with both guns blazing.