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A curious girl discovers a secret world that seems perfect until she learns its other mother has sinister plans.

Release: March 14, 2023

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Gripping sci-fi actioner follows the global catastrophes that occur when a government project to create earthquakes causes the Earth's molten core to stop spinning. The only chance to save the planet rests with the six-person crew of an experimental drilling ship that must bore down thousands of miles and set off nuclear explosions to restart the rotation. Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Bruce Greenwood, Delroy Lindo, and Stanley Tucci star. 134 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, French.

Release: March 22, 2022

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Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry, Million Dollar Baby) leads an all-star cast in an electrifying and spectacular adventure. Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart, The Dark Knight) has made a terrifying discovery: the Earth's inner core has stopped rotating. The planet's electromagnetic field is subsequently deteriorating, and within months, Earth will be destroyed. One hope remains: to send Keyes and an elite team of scientists in a subterranean craft to the center of the Earth. With mankind's fate hanging in the balance, they must do the unthinkable—detonate a nuclear device to reactivate the Earth's core. Co-starring Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods), Alfre Woodard (Luke Cage), DJ Qualls (Road Trip), and Stanley Tucci (Spotlight), The Core is a pulse-pounding thrill ride that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Bonus Content: 4K Scan from the Original Camera Negative Audio Commentary with Director Jon Amiel To the Core and Back: The Making of The Core Deleted/Extended Scenes with Director Commentary Deconstruction of the Special Effects Trailer & TV Spot Image Gallery

Release: March 29, 2012

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Caius Martius 'Coriolanus', a revered and feared Roman General is at odds with the city of Rome and his fellow citizens.

Release: June 21, 2016

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Set against the gritty urban sprawl of Chicago, director Joseph Manduke's (Vengeance) coming-of-age drama Cornbread, Earl and Me stars Laurence Fishburne (Fled), Tierre Turner (The Crow) and Jamaal Wilkes in a story of adolescent friends who are forced to face adulthood when tragedy strikes. Cornbread, Earl and Me features supporting performances from an ensemble that includes Moses Gunn (Ragtime), Rosalind Cash (The Omega Man), Madge Sinclair (Coming to America) and Antonio Fargas (Foxy Brown) in a film written for the screen by Leonard Lamensdorf based on the Ronald L. Fair novel Hog Butcher.

Release: November 5, 2019

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Self-absorbed CEO Lucy takes her staff on an underground team-building retreat in New Mexico, only to get trapped in a cave-in and discover that survival brings out the worst in everyone.

Release: September 23, 2025

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In a 19th-century village, Victor (Johnny Depp) is whisked to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride, while his true love, Victoria, waits above. In this stop-motion fantasy, Victor discovers the Land of the Dead is more vibrant than his strict life, but learns that nothing—not even death—can keep him from his one true love.

Release: November 26, 2024

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* Vinegar Syndrome specializes in the masterful restoration and distribution of cult, horror, and erotic films from the 1960s-90s. After a defiled corpse is discovered in an abandoned building, Inspector Zhang recognizes the scene as being similar to other mutilated bodies that have been turning up in the area. Realizing that there is a deranged serial killer at large, Zhang's investigation soon leads him to a local brothel run by the headstrong Madame Lan, which appears to be the killer’s hunting ground. While public suspicion soon falls on a recently released-from-prison necrophile, Zhang is unconvinced, believing that the killer and their motive are hiding in plain sight. Directed by horror maestro Chih-Hung Kwei (Hex, The Boxer's Omen), CORPSE MANIA masterfully fuses Shaw Brothers’ well-regarded dramatic period pieces with the structure and style of the Italian giallo, offering foggy streets, gelled lighting, and grisly murders perpetrated by a black-clad killer. Moving from twist to twist and sure to leave viewers squirming in horror all the way to the end, Vinegar Syndrome is proud to present this essential Hong Kong horror on UHD, newly restored in 4k from its original camera negative, packed with extras, and featuring all the maggot-covered corpses one could ask for. Bonus Features: 1. 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray 2. 4K UHD presented in High-Dynamic-Range 3. Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative 4. Commentary with Ming Beaver Kwei, son of director Chih-Hung Kwei and filmmaker Alan Chu 5. Commentary with film historian Samm Deighan 6. "Statistics with the Producer" - an interview with producer Lawrence Wong 7. Video interview with Lee San Yip, cinematographer on Corpse Mania 8. Video interview with Ming Beaver Kwei, son of director Chih-Hung Kwei 9. "Chih-Hung Kwei: Shaw Brothers’ Master of Horror" - a video essay by film historian and author Grady Hendrix 10. Reversible sleeve artwork 11. Newly translated English subtitles Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Corpse Mania [4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Set]

Release: April 13, 2017

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With THE CORPSE VANISHES (1942 ), Monogram Pictures might have, possibly, hit its finest hour. The film, which definitely falls within the realm of horror, owes much, if not everything, to the Weird Menace pulp magazines of the time. The movie is, at its very heart, a lurid dime novel come to life, complete with demented henchmen, evil dwarfs and a bevy of wilting Brides collapsing at the altar. Bela Lugosi packs a lot of unrepentant evil into his role of Dr. Lorenz, equally matched by the untamed wickedness of his own bride, played expertly by CAT PEOPLE's Elizabeth Russell. Angelo Rossitto adds to his Lugosi legacy as he is once more is literally kicked to the curb. BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT (1942) compliments CORPSE perfectly, taking its own cue from even more trashy pulp goodness. Featuring a very good cast that included Tom Neal (DETOUR), Wanda McKay (VOODOO MAN) and David O'Brien (THE DEVIL BAT)... and a cellar full of Zombies! Now in HD from a 2K Film Transfer. Includes a 6 Minute HD film interview with Lugosi as he returns from England after making VAMPIRE OVER LONDON.

Release: October 19, 2021

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Newly Restored! Eric Portman (A CANTERBURY TALE) plays an artist obsessed with the past. He surrounds himself with Renaissance artwork, infatuated with the notion that he and his lover (Edana Romney) are reincarnations of the lovers in a centuries-old painting. Portman’s delusions have deadly consequences. One of the most unusual British films of the 1940s, CORRIDOR OF MIRRORS incorporates aspects of gothic horror, film noir, melodrama, fantasy, romance and thrillers. The first feature by director Terence Young (DR. NO., WAIT UNTIL DARK), it was heavily influenced by Jean Cocteau’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and David Lean’s BRIEF ENCOUNTER, and includes the feature film debut of Christopher Lee (THE LORD OF THE RINGS). Special Features: - Trailers

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An idealistic young cop partners with a seasoned Chinatown detective and learns how deeply corruption runs.

Release: July 11, 2023

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In 1877, Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary (Vicky Krieps) turned 40-and was saddled with the growing indifference of her husband Franz Joseph (Florian Teichtmeister) and the courtiers' snickers behind her back for having passed her prime. Her defiant coping responses to them over the following year inform this compelling speculation from writer/director Marie Kreutzer; Colin Morgan, Finnegan Oldfield, Tamás Lengyel, Aaron Friesz also star. 112 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: German; Subtitles: English. In German with English subtitles.

Release: June 18, 2019

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A cherry Corvette Stingray. A gorgeous girl. And a summer in glittery Las Vegas. What more does a guy need for the wildest, weirdest, funniest, freakiest time of his life? Mark Hamill (Star Wars) and Annie Potts (Designing Women) make comedic and romantic sparks fly in a revved-up tale of car-brained Kenny (Hamill), who trails a Corvette that's mysteriously boosted after his high-school shop class restores it to perfection. The trail leads to Fun Capital, USA, and a ditzy diversion (Potts) whose dream is to become a hooker? This damsel in distress needs a white knight on a candy-apple, metal-flake, superior-mags, mercury-tubes steed right, Kenny? Both are in for a summer they'll never forget.

Release: February 15, 2022

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After witnessing the alien abduction of her mother as a child, Aurora (Camille Rowe) joins the UFO cult “The Cosmic Dawn.” At the cult’s remote compound Aurora experiences miraculous revelations and consciousness-expanding flowers, but all isn’t as it seems with the cult’s leader, Elyse (Antonia Zegers). Now moved on from the cult, Aurora is forced to confront her past and pursue the ultimate truth about The Cosmic Dawn. Special Features: -Trailers

Release: May 18, 2021

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Bruce Willis and Frank Grillo star in the new epic sci-fi adventure set in the year 2524, four hundred years after humans started colonizing the outer planets. Retired Military General James Ford (Willis) is called back into service after soldiers on a remote planet are attacked by a hostile alien fleet. The threat against the human race escalates into an inevitable interstellar war. General Ford teams up with General Eron Ryle (Grillo) and a team of elite soldiers in a race to stop the imminent attack before it is too late.

Release: March 23, 2021

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Product Description COSMOBALL, directed by Dzhanik Fayziev (The Turkish Gambit, August Eighth), takes place after an intergalactic battle that destroys Earth s moon and causes worldwide devastation, leaving the human race desolate and clinging to survival. The film follows four athletes with the rare ability to teleport, which makes them the only humans capable of playing cosmoball, a dangerous sport requiring unimaginable speed, reflexes, and courage. While the rest of the world religiously scans the sky to catch the high-flying tournaments, no one suspects that with each match, they are actually witnessing four young humans fighting furiously to ensure the survival of humankind. About the Director Graduated from Actor faculty of; All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography; (1983 Chirkov's masterclass). Since 1986 studied in Director faculty of; All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography; (Ozerov's masterclass, then joined Kvirikadze). Worked as director's assistant of news-reel. Worked as a Stage manager in theater, dealing with advertisements, worked as a TV director. Since 2001 has been manager of Film Production ORT Service.

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A billionaire asset manager crosses Manhattan in his limousine while his world, finances and sanity unravel.

Release: January 7, 2020

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Professional space scientists by day, amateur astronomers by night, three friends park their car on a lone hilltop for another night of stargazing. But while scanning the airwaves they uncover a coded message hiding in the static - what they believe is an alien signal. Unable to authenticate their discovery with other astronomers, the friends realise they are the sole witness to Mankind's greatest discovery. With their limited gear and sheer willpower, they now race to record, prove and share their breakthrough before it is lost. But the truth they uncover will change our world forever. Inspired by 80s and 90s era adventure and set over one night, Cosmos is a contemporary sci-fi exploring the thrilling first hours of first contact - offering spectacle and thrills, not against the backdrop of national government organisations, but through the eyes of three ordinary men who learn as much about each other as they do about our place in the Universe.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson guides viewers through the history of the universe, science, and humanity's place in the cosmos.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson guides viewers through the history of the universe, science, and humanity's place in the cosmos.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson guides viewers through the history of the universe, science, and humanity's place in the cosmos.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson guides viewers through the history of the universe, science, and humanity's place in the cosmos.

Release: September 13, 2022

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The free-spirited Badri family escapes the toxic pollution and social unrest of Beirut by seeking refuge in a utopic mountain home they’ve devoted years to building for themselves. Unexpectedly, the government begins construction on a garbage landfill right outside their fence, bringing the trash and corruption of a whole country to their doorstep. As the landfill rises, so do family tensions, and the Badris are left with a choice: stay off the grid and stay true to their ideals, or leave their idyllic home and face the reality they fled. Special Features: -Mounia Akl Featurette -Behind-the-Scenes Footage -Deleted Scenes -Q&A -Theatrical trailer

Release: December 10, 2019

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In this "glorious celebration" ( Los Angeles Times ) of song, dance and gangsters, Francis Ford Coppola directs a "whirling, fiery pinwheel of a movie" ( New York ) set in Harlem's legendary 1930s jazz club.

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Two Harlem detectives pursue stolen bale-money, crooked preachers, and neighborhood chaos in this lively blaxploitation caper.

Release: March 10, 2026

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Oklahoma Territory, 1895. Betrayed by his best man and branded an outlaw, cowhand Ed Dantes (Martin Sensmeier) rots in a brutal prison until he learns the way of the outlaw and rides for bloody vengeance.

Release: August 18, 2015

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Dan Aykroyd (The Blues Brothers) is running the asylum - and ruling the airwaves - as a mental patient turned talk-radio shrink in this comedy of loony proportions co-starring Charles Grodin (Midnight Run), Donna Dixon (Spies Like Us), Walter Matthau (The Odd Couple) and Chevy Chase (Fletch). When asylum inmate John Burns (Aykroyd) intercepts a call to his psychiatrist, he brashly impersonates the good doctor. And he does such a good job that he's given an offer to fill in for a stressed-out Beverly Hills celebrity psychologist (Grodin) as the host of a call-in radio advice show. Escaping the hospital, Burns is soon gleefully crossing swords with his predecessor's beautiful colleague (Dixon), crossing paths with a crafty crackpot (Matthau) and crossing the line into complete hilarity as his offbeat psychobabble takes ultra-trendy La-La Land by storm! Directed by Michael Ritchie (Diggs...

Release: March 28, 2023

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Directed by the illustrious William Wyler (The Good Fairy, Detective Story, The Big Country, Ben-Hur), the briskly paced Counsellor at Law is often cited as the best film to ever tackle the intricacies and pitfalls of the legal profession. George Simon (Hollywood legend John Barrymore, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) is a successful attorney, climbing from a Jewish ghetto to elegant Art Deco offices in the Empire State Building. After allowing one of his former clients to commit perjury to win a case, George realizes he could be disbarred. The scandal convinces his wife to run away to Europe with another man, leaving George shattered and desperate to find out who his true friends really are. Flavored with social commentary and wry humor, Counsellor at Law is an exceptional example of the hard-boiled dramas that defined the Pre-Code cinema of the early 1930s. Co-starring Melvyn Douglas (Angel). Special Features: • Brand New 2K Master • NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian/Filmmaker Daniel Kremer and Catherine Wyler • Trailer • Optional English Subtitles

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A lawyer seeking quick money enters the drug trade and discovers how little control he actually has.

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Christopher Lee gives a closer-to-the-novel performance as Dracula in this atmospheric Euro-horror adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic.

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This double feature pairs The Count of Monte Cristo with Man Friday, two adventurous literary adaptations.

Release: March 4, 2025

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Epic and crowd-pleasing take on the Dumas adventure classic stars Pierre Niney as early-19th-century seaman Edmond Dantès, unjustly imprisoned as a Bonapartist for 14 years. Making a miraculous escape-and pointed toward a fabulous treasure-he executes a calculated and exacting revenge against the conspirators who betrayed him. Bastien Bouillon, Laurent Lafitte, Anaïs Demoustier, Anamaria Vartolomei, Pierfrancesco Favino also star. 178 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: French; Subtitles: English. In French with English subtitles.

Release: November 7, 2025

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After escaping from an island prison where he spent 14 years for being wrongly accused of state treason, Edmond Dantès returns as the Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on the men who betrayed him.

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An urbane Los Angeles nobleman reveals his true nature as a modern vampire preying on the city's counterculture elite.

Release: January 21, 2020

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When a young nurse (Elizabeth Lail) downloads an app that claims to predict exactly when a person is going to die, it tells her she only has three days to live. With time ticking away and death closing in, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out. Bonus Content: Includes Blu-ray, DVD and a digital copy Countdown (Digital Copy redemption code subject to expiration. See product insert for details.)

Release: April 5, 2016

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A madman captures a young boy and rigs him with explosives. Ray Fitzpatrick, still haunted by the loss of his own son, will defy orders to stop the clock and save a life

Release: December 13, 2016

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A scientist testing a time machine ends up reliving events out of order and trying to solve a murder before reality collapses around him.

Release: October 25, 2022

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The stakes were never higher or more dangerous for Eric Erickson, an American businessman turned Swedish oil-trader, brilliantly portrayed by screen great William Holden (Stalag 17) in The Counterfeit Traitor. Erickson finds his life and fortunes held hostage when he’s blackmailed by British agents and forced into the perilous arena of World War II espionage. Spectacularly filmed in Berlin, Hamburg, Stockholm and Copenhagen, this taut, real-life spy thriller transports you to the center of one of the world’s greatest conflicts. Directed by the versatile George Seaton (Miracle on 34th Street, 36 Hours) with an incredible international cast that includes Lilli Palmer (Body and Soul), Hugh Griffith (The Wild Heart), Carl Raddatz (The Great Sacrifice), Ernst Schröder (The Man Between), Wolfgang Preiss (The Train), Klaus Kinski (For a Few Dollars More) and Eva Dahlbeck (Smiles of a Summer...

Release: July 31, 2018

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Howard Silk (J.K. Simmons) is a lowly cog in the bureaucratic machinery of a Berlin-based United Nations spy agency. When Howard discovers that his organization safeguards the secret of a crossing into a parallel dimension, he is thrust into a shadow world of intrigue, danger, and double cross . . . where the only man he can trust is his near-identical counterpart from this parallel world. The show explores themes of identity, fate, and lost love, posing the eternal question, What if our lives could have been different? Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Counterpart; The Complete First Season [Blu-ray]

Release: July 31, 2018

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Howard Silk (J.K. Simmons) is a lowly cog in the bureaucratic machinery of a Berlin-based United Nations spy agency. When Howard discovers that his organization safeguards the secret of a crossing into a parallel dimension, he is thrust into a shadow world of intrigue, danger, and double cross . . . where the only man he can trust is his near-identical counterpart from this parallel world. The show explores themes of identity, fate, and lost love, posing the eternal question, What if our lives could have been different?

Release: July 31, 2018

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Howard Silk (J.K. Simmons) is a lowly cog in the bureaucratic machinery of a Berlin-based United Nations spy agency. When Howard discovers that his organization safeguards the secret of a crossing into a parallel dimension, he is thrust into a shadow world of intrigue, danger, and double cross . . . where the only man he can trust is his near-identical counterpart from this parallel world. The show explores themes of identity, fate, and lost love, posing the eternal question, What if our lives could have been different? Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Counterpart; The Complete First Season [Blu-ray]

Release: November 2, 2021

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From Ralph Nelson, the acclaimed director of Lilies of the Field, Duel at Diablo, Charly, Soldier Blue and The Wilby Conspiracy, comes the gripping drama Counterpoint, combining the splendor of classical music along with the brutality of the Second World War. Charlton Heston (The War Lord), Maximilian Schell (Judgment at Nuremberg), Kathryn Hays (Ladybug Ladybug) and Leslie Nielsen (Dark Intruder) star in this story of a symphony orchestra on a USO tour of Europe in December of 1944. Hitler’s soldiers attack, capture the musicians and their conductor, Lionel Evans (Heston), and imprison them in a Belgian castle. However, they escape immediate execution because the commanding officer, General Schiller (Schell), has a passion for music. He orders them to prepare a concert for his Nazi comrades, but Evans dreads what will happen when the recital is over. The incomparable Los Angeles Philharmonic performs works by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Brahms, Wagner and Schubert in this compelling war film. Special Features: -NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Combat Films: American Realism Author Steven Jay Rubin -Theatrical Trailer -Optional English Subtitles

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An aging countess discovers that bathing in the blood of young women appears to restore her youth.

Release: February 5, 2019

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Charlie Chaplin's final film is a delightful romantic comedy, filled with clever touches for which he's famous. Written, directed and composed by Chaplin, it revolves around Russian emigre countess Natascha (Sophia Loren), forced into prostitution in Hong Kong, who stows away in wealthy American Ogden's (Marlon Brando's) stateroom to blackmail her way to the States. Since Ogden has a mind of his own, and can even resist Natascha's charms, what follows is one of the funniest tugs of war ever devised!A wealth of talent supports the stars. There's Chaplin's Son, Sydney, as Brando's cruise companion, Tippi Hedren as his icy wife, Patrick Cargill as the ultimate gentleman's gentleman, and Margaret Rutherford as a dotty old dame. Chaplin himself tops it off with a cameo as the ship's steward! The gags are pure Charlie and his actors make the most of them, sailing in and out of slamming doors - and outrageous situations - with ease.

Release: August 30, 2011

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Counting Crows debut album August and Everything After was an instant success on its release in late 1993 and went on to sell over 7 million copies in America. In the UK it charted at No.16 and has sold over 400,000 copies. On September 18, 2007, the band performed the complete album live for the first time at Town Hall in New York City. The gig was filmed in high definition and is now presented here as the first ever Counting Crows live concert Blu-ray release. The band has maintained a hugely successful career with global album sales now in excess of 20 million but they have always saved their finest moments for the live arena. Now for the first time a Counting Crows live concert film is available to own. TRACK LISTING 1) Round Here / Raining In Baltimore 2) Omaha 3) Mr. Jones 4) Perfect Blue Buildings 5) Anna Begins 6) Time And Time Again 7) Rain King 8) Sullivan Street 9) Ghost Tr...

Release: August 28, 2018

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In this gritty, gut-wrenching account of rural America, Jessica Lange (A Thousand Acres) and Sam Shepard (Thunderheart) are Jewell and Gil Ivy. They work the land in America’s heartland, on a farm that has bound their family together for generations. For Jewel and Gil, the land has always been their life, so when government bureaucrats decide to take it all away, the Ivy’s decide to stay on their land and fight the greedy land grabbers. The great character actors Wilford Brimley (Cocoon) and Matt Clark (White Lightning) co-star in this classic drama written by William D. Wittliff (Raggedy Man) and directed by Richard Pearce (Heartland). Academy Award® Nominee for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Lange). Special Features: -Audio Commentary by Film Historian Lee Gambin -Theatrical Trailer

Release: July 9, 2024

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Three legendary performers at the peak of their screen careers joined forces in this riveting film adaptation of Clifford Odets’ acclaimed play. Bing Crosby (Going My Way, Road to Utopia) is Frank Elgin, an alcoholic, guilt-ridden former music star desperate to make a comeback. William Holden (Stalag 17, Sunset Boulevard) is the hotshot Broadway director in need of a “name” star for his new stage production. And Grace Kelly (High Noon, Rear Window) is The Country Girl—Frank’s long-suffering wife, who’s both weary of her husband’s weaknesses and wary of the director’s motives. Nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Actor (Crosby) and Best Picture of 1954, this sterling melodrama from writer-director George Seaton (Miracle on 34th Street, The Proud and Profane) earned Kelly an Oscar (Best Actress, 1954) for her strong and passionate performance as well as one for Seaton’s spellbinding screenplay. Special Features: • 2023 HD Masters by Paramount Pictures – From 4K Scans • Audio Commentary by Professor and Film Scholar Jason A. Ney • Theatrical Trailer • Optional English Subtitles

Release: May 21, 2024

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Fanny (Lou de Laâge) and Jean (Melvil Poupaud) look like the ideal married couple – they’re both professionally accomplished, they live in a gorgeous apartment in an exclusive neighborhood of Paris, and they seem to be in love just as much as they were when they first met. But when Fanny accidentally bumps into Alain (Niels Schneider), a former high school classmate, she’s swept off her feet. They soon see each other again and get closer and closer…​

Release: August 11, 2026

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With this existential crime thriller, legend of French cinema Bertrand Tavernier transforms Jim Thompson’s hard-boiled novel Pop. 1280 into a darkly comic, philosophically provocative exploration of the brutality and absurdity of colonialism. Moving the story’s setting from the American South to 1930s French West Africa, Coup de torchon features a frighteningly enigmatic performance from Philippe Noiret as a police chief whose seeming ineptitude masks a cold-blooded pursuit of revenge and control that draws his opportunistic mistress (a fiery Isabelle Huppert) into an escalating spiral of violence. With each chilling revelation, Tavernier plunges us ever deeper into an abyss of madness and corruption, laying bare the decaying soul of empire. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Interview from 2001 with director Bertrand Tavernier New interview with critic and poet Robert Polito about source-novel author Jim Thompson Making-of program featuring on-set footage and interviews with members of the cast and crew Alternate ending Trailers New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by scholar Lynn Anthony Higgins

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Four couples take a tropical vacation only to discover that mandatory therapy sessions will force them to confront the faults in their relationships.