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The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
BD - The phenomenal team of
special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen, composer Bernard
Herrmann, and director Jack Sher bring their gifts to bear on
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960), a spritely adaptation of
Jonathan Swift’s acerbic satire, Gulliver’s Travels. Satire
gives way here, however, to the fantastical tale of a doctor (Kerwin
Mathews) and his stowaway fiancée (June Thorburn) who adventure
first to Lilliput – a land populated by four-inch-tall schemers
– and then to Brobdingnag, where giants prove no more politic.
Blu-ray Release date: December,
2016
The Bullet Train
BD - A terrific central
concept: a bomb is planted on one of Japan's 200 mph Shinkansen
expresses, primed to explode as soon as the train slows to a
certain speed. Savour it, because it's virtually all there is;
the clumsy plotting, low-octane direction and muffled
performances certainly don't add up to much of a movie. All
that's required from Ken Takakura (as the chief bomber) is his
presence, which he delivers adequately.
Blu-ray Release Date: December,
2016
Metropolis (2001)
BD - In the industrial,
tri-level world of Metropolis, Duke Red is a powerful leader
with plans to unveil a highly advanced robot named Tima. But
Duke Reds violent son Rock distrusts robots and intends to find
and destroy Tima. Lost in the confusing labyrinth beneath
Metropolis, Tima is beginning a friendship with the young nephew
of a Japanese detective. But when Duke Red separates the two
innocents, Timas life and the fate of the universe is
dangerously at stake. Blu-ray
Release date: January 16th, 2017
Rabid
BD - After undergoing radical
emergency surgery, Rose (former adult film star Marilyn Chambers
in her first leading role in a mainstream film) develops an
insatiable desire for blood. She searches out victims to satisfy
her incurable craving, infecting them with an unknown disease
which in turn swiftly drives them insane... and makes them
equally bloodthirsty. Follow the lovely but deadly Rose through
her terrifying ordeal as victim by victim, the spreading circle
of casualties grows... until no one can escape their grisly fate
of becoming... Rabid. Blu-ray
Release date: November 22nd, 2016
The House That Screamed
BD - This stylishly and very
eerie thriller stars Lili Palmer as Senora Fourneau, the severe
headmistress of a French boarding school for wayward young
women. The rigid constraints of 19th-century social conditioning
have turned the school into a hotbed of uncontrolled sexual
urges. Soon it is discovered that one by one, the young girls
are vanishing. It is assumed they are sneaking away at night, so
the school is securely locked down at night. But the young women
continue to go missing, as it appears a mysterious assassin is
stalking the dark hallways of the ghostly manor. Quite intense
for its time, this film represented a new boldness in gothic
style among European thrillers which would reach its zenith
during the 1970s. Blu-ray
Release date: December 27th, 2016
Children of Divorce
BD - The film begins in an
American "divorce colony" in Paris after the First World War,
where parents would leave their children for months at a time.
Jean, Kitty, and Ted meet there as children and become fast
friends. Years later, in America, when wealthy Ted (Gary Cooper)
reconnects with Jean (Esther Ralston), the two fall deeply in
love, vowing to fulfill a childhood promise to one day marry
each other. But true love and the most innocent of plans are no
match for the scheming Kitty - played by the original Hollywood
"It" girl, Clara Bow - who targets Ted for his fortune.
Blu-ray Release date: December
13th, 2016
Night of a Thousand Desires
BD - In the 1980s, after the
death of the Spanish dictator, Jess Franco returned to his
native country and made a series of films in which he was given
almost total freedom. Night Has A Thousand Desires is one of the
most artistically successful of these films. It's filled with
familiar Franco touches - artful cinematography, atmospheric
locations, naked women, an avant-garde soundtrack - and it
features one of Lina Romay's most committed performances.
Blu-ray Release date: December
13th, 2016
The Glass Shield
BD - The first black recruit in
his squad, rookie cop J J Johnson (Michael Boatman) struggles to
adapt to life on the force when confronted by the inherent
prejudices and corruption of his precinct. Immediately
positioned as an outsider, along with fellow novice cop Deborah
(Lori Petty), J J witnesses first-hand the brutality and
implicit racism of his Caucasian colleagues. When an unlawful
search results in the arrest of Teddy Woods, (Ice Cube) on
dubious murder charges, J J risks his job and his life to reveal
the truth. Blu-ray Release date:
January 23rd, 2017
Concrete Night
BD - A stunning, dream-like
odyssey through a beautiful and otherworldly Helsinki over the
course of one evening, CONCRETE NIGHT follows the
impressionable 14-year-old Simo as he keeps his soon-to-be
incarcerated brother company. The official Finnish submission to
the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film captures the
pain and joy of youth through exquisite, eye-popping
black-and-white cinematography. Blu-ray
Release date: January 17th, 2017
El Sur
BD - Estrella Arenas (Icíar
Bollaín), a rural Spanish teenager with a rich imagination,
dreams of her mysterious father Agustín (Omero Antonutti), a man
who in recent years has drifted away from her. Estrella
struggles to piece together Agustín's secret history and recalls
her family's sudden unexplained move from Seville, Spain, to the
northern countryside in her youth. Estrella decides to return
alone to the South, a place warped by years of her father's hazy
and nostalgic recollections. Blu-ray
Release date: January 23rd, 2017
Cameraperson
BD - A boxing match in
Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily
routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home
with the director: Kirsten Johnson weaves these scenes and
others into her film Cameraperson, a tapestry of footage
captured over her twenty-five-year career as a documentary
cinematographer. Through a series of episodic juxtapositions,
Johnson explores the relationships between image makers and
their subjects, the tension between the objectivity and
intervention of the camera, and the complex interaction of
unfiltered reality with crafted narrative. A work that combines
documentary, autobiography, and ethical inquiry, Cameraperson is
a moving glimpse into one filmmaker’s personal journey and a
thoughtful examination of what it means to train a camera on the
world. Blu-ray Release date:
February 7th, 2017
Happy Birthday to Me
BD - Popular high school
senior, Virginia Wainwright (Melissa Sue Anderson), survives a
freak accident but suffers from memory loss and traumatic
blackouts. As she attempts to resume a normal life, something
terrible is happening - her friends are being ruthlessly
murdered one by one. But will she be the next victim or is she
the killer? Blu-ray Release
Date: December 12th, 2016
Neither Heaven Nor Earth -
French Army Captain Antares Bonassieu and his squad are assigned
to monitor a remote valley of Wakhan, Afghanistan on the border
of Pakistan. Negotiating control of the region between local
shepherds and possible Taliban sympathizers grows more and more
tenuous for them as men from all sides start mysteriously
disappearing. Unable to explain this eerie phenomenon, the
soldiers find themselves embroiled in an existential nightmare,
desperate for their own safety. DVD Release Date: December
6th, 2016
Viktoria - Maya Vitkova's
stunning debut feature VIKTORIA follows three generations
of women in the final years of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
and the early years of the new government, focusing on reluctant
mother Boryana and her daughter, Viktoria, who in one of the
film's surreal, magical touches is born without an umbilical
cord. Though unwanted by her mother, Viktoria is named the
country's Baby of the Decade, and is showered with gifts and
attention until the disintegration of the East Bloc. Despite
throwing their worlds off balance, the resulting political
changes also allow for the possibility of reconciliation. DVD
Release Date: November 8th, 2016
Summertime - Sensual and
elegant, Catherine Corsini's SUMMERTIME follows Carole
and Delphine as they fall in love against the backdrop of early
feminist activism in 1971 France. After living in the city,
Delphine is called home to help with her family farm in the
countryside and is forced to choose between her responsibility
to them and the life of love she had in Paris with Carole. An
enlightening tale about the infatuation of first love and its
universal themes. DVD Release Date: November 15th, 2016
I Didn't Know You Cared -
All four series' of the British television comedy about the
feuding Brandon family. Uncle Mort (Robin Bailey) constantly
argues with his sister Annie (Liz Smith), who in turn can't
stand her husband Les (John Comer). The only thing that unites
them is their determination to turn their laid-back son Carter
(Stephen Rea) into a go-getting executive before he marries his
fiancée Pat (Anita Carey). DVD Release Date: November 28th,
2016
Esteros - Matias and
Jeronimo have known each other since childhood. During the
holiday before they begin high school, their friendship takes a
new turn when they both experience their sexual awakening.
However, Matias's father forces them apart when he takes a new
job far away. Distance and family contempt for homosexuality
leads Matias to deny his friend, and ultimately, himself. More
than ten years later, Matias returns to his old town for
Carnival with his girlfriend, where he unexpectedly runs into
Jeronimo. Feelings between the two men slowly reappear, leading
to a long-repressed awakening. But at what cost? DVD Release
Date: November 29th, 2016
Me, Myself and Her - Stars
two popular award-winning Italian actresses in a romantic comedy
about sexuality, relationships and temptation. Marina and
Federica have lived together as a couple for five years in their
gorgeous Rome apartment. Beautiful and funny, Marina runs a
successful health food restaurant. As a former popular actress,
she is independent and self-confident, with no doubts about her
sexuality and her love for Federica. Federica is a busy,
respected architect with a marriage behind her and a grown son.
Marina is the first and only woman of her life, but Federica has
never declared herself to be a lesbian, and is very discrete
about the relationship. When Federica runs into a man she once
had a crush on, she starts asking herself what she really wants
from life and love, throwing her relationship with Marina into
question. Will the couple survive Federica s identity crisis?
DVD Release Date: December 6th, 2016
Lazy Eye - When Dean, a
graphic designer in Los Angeles, notices a sudden change in his
vision, an ex-love from 15 years earlier contacts him
unexpectedly in hopes of rekindling their relationship. When the
two meet at a vacation house in the desert near Joshua Tree,
secrets are revealed and passions rekindled that threaten to
upend both of their lives. Forty-eight hours later, neither will
ever be the same. DVD Release Date: November 15th, 2016
Kiss Me, Kill Me - While
confronting his unfaithful boyfriend, Dusty blacks-out. When he
comes to, his boyfriend has been murdered and he's the prime
suspect. DVD Release Date: November 15th, 2016 |
