That Time of The Week: New DVD & Blu-ray Releases 10/20 (Part 2)

Look for two more columns this week, catching us up.  In here there’s some must haves like the Back to The Future trilogy, Jurassic World, and a Larry Fessenden collection plus TV series like The Mike Tyson Mysteries and My Favorite Martian.

Fire up that queue and prep that shopping cart, it’s that time of the week.

Toy Story That Time Forgot

Disney/ Released 11/3/15

Disney-Pixar proudly present a hilarious new animated Toy Story adventure. During one of Bonnie’s post-Christmas playdates, the Toy Story crew find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerously delusional. It’s all up to Trixie the triceratops if the gang hopes to ever return to Bonnie’s room. Extras include featurettes, and animated Battlesaurs credits.

Last Word: Long before Toy Story That Time Forgot writer/director Steve Purcell went to work at Pixar, he was the creator of what I consider the funniest comic book of all time, Sam & Max Freelance Police, about an anthropomorphic rabbit and dog that fight crime. Suffice to say, this addition to the Toy Story universe lacks any of the charm of his previous work. But, I can’t blame Purcell.

With the exception of a handful of their films, I’m not much of a Pixar fan. The voice casts are always tremendous and they’re visually stunning, but there’s an artifice to them that borders on calculating and emotionally manipulative. They’re hollow with no heart, dazzling younger viewers with their crass marketing and commercialization, but targeting the older viewer or parent with an attempt to pull the heartstrings, which they in turn, pass on to their children with the understanding of how special the films are.

Take Toy Story 3. When Andy moves on, leaving his toys behind, where is the emotional connection to young viewers? There isn’t. Children don’t have nostalgia yet. But somehow, every adult I know claims the film moved them to tears. Bah.

With this “holiday special” we get more of the same, a little reminder to treasure what we have, but not without introducing a whole new series of intellectual properties to exploit.  It’s a mere 22 minutes long, but feels even shorter, as plot is set aside for the continued marketing of the Toy Story brand.

The Gallows

Warner Bros./ Released 10/13/15

1993, and accident results in the death of an actor during a high school play. Twenty years later, a theater group at the same school resurrects the production to mark the tragedy. In an attempt to sabotage the play, three students break into the school at night, only to discover that the horrors of the past don’t always stay buried, as their own cameras capture a series of chilling and inexplicable incidents that leads to a shocking climax. Extras include original independent version of the film, featurettes, deleted scenes and gag reel.

Last Word:  For whatever reason, the producers who acquired the indie version of the film felt the need to remake it.  They shouldn’t have.  The Gallows is not only a bad film, it’s a bad film without any measure of self awareness.  The film opens with a real hanging during a high school play called “The Gallows”.  Flash forward twenty something years and the very same school is staging the play again.  What kind of school board runs this town.  Is the superintendent a drug addict?  Of course, there’s found footage, hauntings and a resolution so disarmingly ridiculous that it’s stupidity is only rivaled by the think tank assembled to put together this atroicity.  Avoid it, skip it and never send your kid to a high school where they are recreating a murder scene for credit towards graduation.  Oh by the way…

Boo.

I’m officially scarier than this film.

The Stranger

Shout! Factory / Released 10/20/15

Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Hostel, The Green Inferno) presents a riveting masterpiece from writer/director Guillermo Amoedo (Aftershock, The Green Inferno, Knock Knock) with this macabre and gruesome tale set in a small town.

A mysterious stranger, Martin (Cristóbal Tapia-Montt), arrives seeking to kill his wife Ana (Lorenza Izzo, The Green Inferno, Aftershock) who suffers from a very dangerous disease that makes her as addicted to human blood as he is. But when he discovers that Ana has been dead for a couple of years, Martin decides to commit suicide to definitively eradicate this peculiar disease which imbues his blood with healing powers. Before he can do it, however, Martin is brutally attacked by three local thugs, lead by Caleb, the son of a corrupt police lieutenant. The incident suddenly initiates a chain-reaction that plunges the community into a bloodbath. Extras include short film, featurette, trailers and gallery.

Hungry Hearts

MPI Home Video/ Released 10/20/15

New York City newlyweds Jude (Girls’ Adam Driver) and Mina (I Am Love‘s Alba Rohrwacher) have a seemingly perfect relationship. But things take an unsettling turn with the birth of their son. Convinced that the baby must be kept free of all contaminants, Mina develops fanatical obsessions with veganism, cleanliness, and purity that may kill the child unless Jude can stop her. With stunning performances from Driver and Rohrwacher, this intense psychological drama suggests that sometimes a parent s love can be the scariest thing of all.

I Spit on Your Grave 3: Vengeance is Mine 

Starz/Anchor Bay / Released 10/20/15

Jennifer Hills (Sarah Butler) is still tormented by the brutal sexual assault she endured years ago (I Spit On Your Grave 2010). She’s changed identities and cites, reluctantly joining a support group where she beings to piece together a new life. But when her new friend’s murderer goes free and the tales of serial rapists haunt her, Jennifer will hunt down the men responsible and do what the system won’t – make them pay for their crimes in the most horrific ways imaginable. Only this time, no jury may be able to save her. Jennifer Landon (The Young and the Restless), Doug McKeon (On the Golden Pond) and Gabriel Hogan (Heartland) co-star in this unforgiving unmerciful and uncut new chapter of one of the most notorious franchises in movie history.

Jurassic World

Universal / Released 10/20/15

The Jurassic World theme park lets guests experience the thrill of witnessing actual dinosaurs, but something ferocious lurks behind the park’s attractions – a genetically modified dinosaur with savage capabilities. When the massive creature escapes, chaos erupts across the island. Now it’s up to Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) to save the park’s tourists from an all-out prehistoric assault. Extras include deleted scenes, featurettes, and Q & A with Colin Trevorrow and Chris Pratt.

Last Word: Time once again for the Dino DNA to shine! Jurassic World is produced by Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Legendary Pictures to splice 2015 CGI with Crichton and Spielberg’s original vision for the story. New director Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) directs the picture starring Chris Pratt (Parks & Recreation, Guardians of the Galaxy) alongside Bryce Dallas Howard (Spider-Man 3, Terminator Salvation) and familiar faces Vincent D’Onofrio, Omar Sy, B. D. Wong (as Dr. Henry Wu), Judy Greer and Jake Johnson.

To be considered a sequel to the previous films, and not a reboot, Jurassic World brings the fantasy of bringing dinosaurs back to life to a brand new generation. The excitement, danger, humor and thrill of the original Jurassic Park is all there; Jurassic World is a wild ride worth the price of admission to Isla Nublar. Set twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, the island is under management by the Masrani Corporation to fulfill the original vision of John Hammond. Claire (Howard) is the Operations Manager, struggling to balance the books of the gigantic Jurassic World Park — as public reactions to real live dinosaurs has declined on her line charts. Dr. Wu (Wong) invents a new attraction to save the park — Indominus rex — a hybrid predator sure to sell tickets.

It doesn’t take long for the action to start off on this movie. Claire’s nephews Gray (Ty Simpkins) and Zach (Nick Robinson) are given golden tickets to the park over Christmas break while their parents (Greer and Andy Buckley) start divorce proceedings back home. The new halls of Jurassic World pay tribute to the original trilogy with a floating Mr. DNA as well as Dilophosaurus and Brachiosaurus holograms alongside interactive displays for the kids. The Disney World metaphor cannot be denied here, on the main concourse are all manner of restaurants from Starbucks to Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville stuffed with kids and parents spending money on dinosaur crap they don’t need like plush dino-masks and balloons. There is even a ‘Gentle Giants’ petting zoo for the tamest of the bunch. A monorail takes you to the various sections of the park where you can pop into a gyroscope ‘car’ that of course replaces the original Ford Explorers for guests to go on dino-safari.

Owen (Pratt) is a trainer, and has convinced a team of four velociraptors to cooperate with him. Using clicker training and treats, the raptors mostly obey. It is not too long before we hear of his colleague Hoskins’ (D’Onofrio) plan to weaponize the trained creatures for military applications. Claire enlists Owen to help her train and coax the Indominus rex. Upon discovering the creature is no longer trackable in Paddock 11, the people eating beings. Our two young teenagers are out on a ride in a gyrocar and go off path — choosing to ignore the warning to return to home base and that a monster is loose on the island. Claire and Owen’s mission is simpler now, save the boys. Owen’s Navy training and Claire’s instinct to save her family (or fear the wrath of Judy Greer!) tracks the kids from clues left behind from their grocer gyrocar — now smashed to pieces and chewed on line a toy by the Indominus rex.

From here on out, the rest of the movie is nonstop action and worth the experience so we’ll avoid any major spoilers and focus on some of the fun tributes to the original as well as new and exciting elements in Jurassic World. Trevorrow (also screenwriter for the movie alongside Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver and Derek Connolly) weaves in key moments of drama from the original Jurassic Park without forcing in easter eggs for superfans to discover. When Gray and Zach come across a ’92 Jeep Utility vehicle emblazoned with the Chip Kidd Jurassic Park logo, they are able to (somewhat unbelievably) get the thing running because they worked on their grandpa’s car. That exposition was unnecessary but seeing the old vehicles in the old part of the park grown over was great fun. As was the nod in the same scene with Owen and his flashlight.

Obviously, Indominus rex (now with new camouflaging powers courtesy of tree frog DNA) takes the place of T. Rex as the big bad in this film, with heart-pumping moments such as ‘the eye scene’, Indominus picking up and throwing Jeeps and Mercedes-Benz SUV’s all over the place. Also, lots of people are getting chomped up in attempts to subdue the super beast. Even the paramilitary team brought in by Hoskin’s InGen company, with lots of firepower has trouble containing the island. Simon Masrani (Irrfan Khan), the owner of the park gets his due by personally taking on the Aviary (Read: the place where flying Pterodactyl and Pteranodons are kept!). In a particularly “Shamu” type scene, we’re also introduced to dinos of the depths, the marine Mosasaurs, being fed Jaws-sized sharks by Park vets. Along with the requisite Sea-World audience ‘SPLASH’ soaking everyone on descent, the audience gets to watch the Mosasaurs finish it’s meal through the side of a glass tank. The Mosasaur (or Mossie, as I call him) played a key roll in the immersive experience of Jurassic World as a movie. It made me feel like a kid again. ( – Clay N Ferno)

The Larry Fessenden Collection 

Shout! Factory / Released 10/20/15

Four tales of terror from multi-talented filmmaker Larry Fessenden – he’s a writer, a producer, a director and an actor. In this box set, he brings together four of his films, in HD for the first time, along with both brand-new and vintage bonus features including short films and music videos.

Includes 24-Page Booklet With Liner Notes By Fangoria’s Michael Gingold And Never-Before-Seen Photos, Storyboards, And Sketches.

Titles Include:

No Telling (1991): Geoffrey (Stephen Ramsey) and Lillian (Miriam Healy-Louie) are a couple spending the summer in the country in hopes of smoothing over some rough patches in their relationship. However, Geoffrey, who is a research scientist, has brought his work with him, which hardly helps, since Lillian’s biggest problem with him is that he doesn’t spend any time with her, and he seems more concerned with his career than his marriage. This is all the more galling for Lillian because she has given up her career as an artist in order to be more supportive of Geoffrey’s work. Geoffrey is also upset because he’s only been able to use mice for his lab experiments with new medications, and he is eager to begin working with larger animals; in his impatience, he begins trapping dogs, and he eventually catches the pet of a little girl named Frances (Ashley Arcemont). Meanwhile, Alex Vine (David Van Tiegham) is a scientist and an expert in organic farming who is trying to convince growers in the area to give up chemical pesticides while he studies their impact on the ecosystem; however, most of the farmers are not interested, since the marginal amount of insect damage that would result from organic growing techniques would still make their crops unsuitable for many produce buyers. David Van Tiegham, who plays Alex, is also a well respected percussionist who has worked with Talking Heads and Brian Eno, and as a member of Laurie Anderson’s group, he appeared in her concert film Home of the Brave. Extras include commentary, making of, archival footage, Glass Eye sizzle reel, and short film White Trash.

Habit (1995): Sam (Larry Fessenden), a down-and-out New Yorker who is grieving over his father’s death and has just broken up with his girlfriend, is lost in an alcoholic haze. When he meets the seductive Anna (Meredith Snaider) at a party, he immediately falls under her spell. Soon, Sam is pulled into a sporadic relationship with the mysterious woman, and their trysts increasingly involve blood being shed, slowly affirming his suspicion that he may be dating an actual vampire. Extras include commentary, making of, short films Habit and N Is For Nexus, short film making ofs, music videos, and trailer.

Wendigo (2001): George (Jake Weber) is a high-strung professional photographer who is starting to unravel from the stress of his work with a Manhattan advertising agency. Needing some time away from the city, Jake, his wife Kim (Patricia Clarkson), and their son Miles (Erik Per Sullivan) head to upstate New York to take in the winter sights, though the drive up is hardly relaxing for any of them. George accidentally hits and severely injures a deer that ran onto the icy road; after George stops to inspect the damage, he’s confronted by an angry local named Otis (John Speredakos) who flies into a rage, telling George that he and his fellow hunters had been tracking the deer for some time. An argument breaks out, which leaves George feeling deeply shaken. When George and Kim arrive at their cabin, they discover that it’s next door to Otis’ property, and they soon find that a dark and intimidating presence seems to have taken over the cottage. Since, when they stopped at a store en route to the cabin, a shopkeeper told Miles about the legend of the Wendigo, a beast from Indian folklore who is half-man, half-deer, and can change itself at will, the child begins to wonder if the creature might have something to do with his family’s sudden misfortune. Extras include commentaries, featurette, interviews, trailers, short film Santa Claws and Glass Eye sizzle reel.

The Last Winter (2006): As preparation gets under way for the construction of an environmentally devastating oil well in a remote Alaskan base just outside the Arctic Circle, a series of unexplainable occurrences leads a team of adventurers to believe that something supernatural may be afoot in director Larry Fessenden’s chilly snowbound thriller. Pollack (Ron Perlman) is the ultra-macho leader of a team of adventurers that includes his former lover Abby (Connie Britton), pot-smoking mechanic Motor (Kevin Corrigan), and inexperienced newcomer-cum-fortunate son Maxwell (Zach Gilford). When research scientists Hoffman (James LeGros) and Elliot (Jamie Harrold) arrive to assess the environmental impact of the proposed project, Pollack’s unmasked contempt for the pair’s stalling of the project immediately creates dissent among the group. As emotions boil to the breaking point and cabin fever begins to take hold, Maxwell’s increasingly strange behavior is initially attributed to the blinding white barrenness of the region, which has been known to quickly wear thin the fortitude of even experienced men. There’s more to Maxwell’s midnight wanderings and incoherent mumblings than meets the eye, though, because as the outside temperature begins to rise during the dead of winter and the team members begin to experience fleeting visions out of the corner of their eyes, it starts to seem as if mother nature may be voicing her opposition to the proposed pillaging of her luminous white landscape. Extras include commentary, full length documentary, archival footage, Short films Jebediah, Origins and Mister, music video, interview and Glass Eye Pix Sizzle Reel.

The Making of the Mob 

Starz/Anchor Bay / Released 10/20/15

Narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Ray Liotta, The Making of The Mob: New York is an eight-part series that begins in 1905 and spans over 50 years to trace the rise of Charles “Lucky” Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, and other notorious New York gangsters. From their beginnings as a neighborhood gang of teenagers to murderous entrepreneurs and bootleggers who organized the criminal underworld, these men turned the Mafia into an American institution. Utilizing an immersive blend of dramatic scenes, archival footage, and groundbreaking VFX, The Making of The Mob: New York is AMC’s first-ever docudrama, featuring exclusive interviews with notable names including former NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Meyer Lansky II, Chazz Palminteri, Drea de Matteo, Joe Mantegna, Vincent Pastore, Frankie Valli, Frank Vincent, Mob attorney and former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, and noted author and historian David Pietrusza, among many others. Extras include additional scenes and featurettes.

Episodes include:

• The Education of Lucky Luciano: Charles “Lucky” Luciano arrives in New York, teaming with Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel. During Prohibition, Luciano’s crew makes a fortune.

• Equal Opportunity Gangster: During Prohibition, Charles “Lucky” Luciano gains power in the New York underworld. Two Bosses start a mob war, and Luciano plans to kill them both.

• King of New York: Charles “Lucky” Luciano takes over the New York mob, organizing The Five Families. As Luciano’s power increases, so does the heat from the Feds.

• A Rising Threat: Charles “Lucky” Luciano’s decision to go into the prostitution business gives Thomas Dewey the opportunity to arrest him and put him on trial.

• Exit Strategy: Charles “Lucky” Luciano is found guilty of running a prostitution ring and goes to prison. Vito Genovese becomes acting boss, but not for long…

• The Mob At War: World War II begins, and the military asks Charles “Lucky” Luciano to aid in the war effort. Thomas Dewey considers letting him go.

• New Frontiers: Charles “Lucky” Luciano takes over Vito Genovese’s heroin ring in Italy while Genovese and Carlo Gambino plot against the mob leadership.

• End Game: Vito Genovese and Carlo Gambino finally make their move. When Genovese becomes a liability, Luciano must choose an heir to lead the mob.

Hidden

Warner Bros. / Released 10/6/15

In the film, Ray (Alexander Skarsgård), Claire (Andrea Riseborough) and their seven-year-old daughter, Zoe, are an average American family in Kingsville, North Carolina – except they have existed in a bomb shelter since escaping a day of devastation that changed everything.

For 301 days, they have transformed their cement prison into a home, holding on to memories of the past and hope for a normal life someday. And for 301 days, the family has eluded what looms above the surface – the heavy breathing and booming footsteps that punctuate the night, threatening their fragile existence. All the while, the family has managed to stay hidden. Until now. Now their safe haven has been breached… and something is coming for them.

Last Word: If for some reason you only had 24 hours to live, throw in Hidden and it will feel like the longest day of your life.  Slow and dull, the film’s cinematography is a detriment to the experience (understand that you can only really make out what’s happening on screen for about 10 minutes).  Add to it characters you can’t connect with and a threat that is insinuated rather than shown and you’ve got a dud that only comes alive in the finale.  There’s a rumored longer cut that seems to have gotten a unanimously favorable response and might be worth checking out.

Bram Stroker’s Dracula Cinema Series

Sony Pictures / Released 10/6/15

Based on Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel, this film from Francis Ford Coppola and screenwriter James Victor Hart offers a full-blooded portrait of the immortal Transylvanian vampire. The major departure from Stoker is one of motivation as Count Dracula (Gary Oldman) is motivated more by romance than by bloodlust. He punctures the necks as a means of avenging the death of his wife in the 15th century, and when he comes to London, it is specifically to meet heroine Mina Harker (Winona Ryder), the living image of his late wife (Ryder plays a dual role, as do several of her costars). Anthony Hopkins is obsessed vampire hunter Van Helsing, while Keanu Reeves takes on the role of Jonathan Harker, and Tom Waits plays bug-eating Renfield. Extras include commentaries, introduction by Coppola, featurettes, deleted & extended scenes and trailers.

Last Word:  There’s a campy charm and theatricality to Bram Stoker’s Dracula that I absolutely adore and this release, the first in their new Cinema Series line does not disappoint with incredible picture and sound.  Over the years this film has received a certain amount of undeserved criticism (much of it aimed at Keanu Reeves), but I can’t imagine another actor in the role.  Anchored by a tour-de-force performance from Gary Oldman and an ensemble of some amazing actors (including not only Hopkins, Ryder, Waits, but also Billy Campbell,  Richard E. Grant, Cary Elwes and Sadie Frost), Coppola constructed the film utilizing in camera effects and cinematic trickery.  With an amazing score and production design and Oscar winning effects by Greg Cannom and Oscar winning costume design by Eiko Ishioka, Dracula is a film to be savored and studied.  The supplemental material included in this edition are beyond comprehensive and a must have for any beginning or seasoned filmmaker.  Highest recommendation.

Mike Tyson Mysteries: Season 1

Cartoon Network / Released 10/20/15

The gloves are off! Legendary former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson takes the fight from the ring to the streets in this new animated adult comedy. Knocking out other people’s problems is the crack Mastery Team, including Iron Mike himself; his best friend, an alcoholic pigeon name Pigeon (Norm MacDonald); his adopted daughter Yung Hee (Rachel Ramras); and the ghost of the Marquess of Queensberry (Jim Rash). No battle is too big or too small for Mighty Mike and his crew, who take on chupacabras, megalomaniacal computers, government plots and pop culture while delivering a power punch to unsolved mysteries the world over. All 10 uncensored Season One episodes are chockablock full of biting humor, epic mispronunciations and seriously sidesplitting adventures, plus a live-action cameo by the man himself. To the Mystery Mobile!

Includes the episodes:

• The End:  Cormac McCarthy’s latest novel is unfinished and he turns to Mike Tyson to help find the ending. But just as Mike settles in to tackle that McCarthy prose, a Chupacabra attacks!

• Ultimate Judgement Day: Someone at a well-known computer company needs Mike Tyson’s help, but a highly publicized chess match between one of their supercomputers and Garry Kasparov complicates matters.

• Heavyweight Champion of the Moon: After a series of accidents, Mike believes he’s part of a secret government plot to kill astronauts, because of something they saw on the moon. So he blasts off for answers.”

• Is Magic Real?: When an old wizard seems to have lost faith in the existence of magic, Mike thinks he can prove him wrong – if he can just find a leprechaun he met years ago, one night at a bar.

• Mite Tyson: When Mike learns that the itchy bites all over his body are likely from “bird mites,” he reluctantly tells Pigeon he has to move out. Pigeon doesn’t take it well.

• A River Runs Through It Into A Heart Of Darkness: A businessman is attempting to dig the world’s largest canal and needs Mike’s help to win the hearts and minds of the jungle dwellers who are against the project.

• Kidnapped!: When Pigeon can’t pay off a gambling debt, a gangster takes Mike’s daughter, Yung Hee, as collateral. Can Pigeon and Marquess get her back before Mike finds out she is missing?

• House Haunters: Mike and the gang are plunged into the scary world of real estate to help a couple choose a new home. Will they choose the ranch-style home … or the one where murders took place?

• Night Movers: When Mike and the gang try to solve the mystery of why a likeable guy can never get a second date, Yung Hee discovers the hard way that it’s probably because he’s a werewolf.

• Ty-Stunned: The gang takes on a murder mystery! But this is no “Who killed Dr. Ensler in the study?” kind of mystery (although it does concern a Dr. Ensler who was killed in the study).

Modern Girls 

Kino Lorber / Released 10/20/15

Never Stand in Line! Never Buy Your Own Drinks! Never Stand Next to a Dweeb! Kelly (Virginia Madsen, Slam Dance), Margo (Daphne Zuniga, The Sure Thing) and CeCe (Cynthia Gibb, Malone) have three things in common: they’re roommates, they’re gorgeous and they’re hooked on the glamour and excitement of L.A.’s rock and roll nightlife. These daring Modern Girls are in for a night of their lives, because tonight, their usual fun and games get hilariously funny and seriously dangerous when they get mixed up with a rock star; an arrogant ex-boyfriend; a pseudo-sadist and the nicest nerd in the City of Angels. Directed by music video specialist Jerry Kramer (Moonwalker) with an incredible soundtrack featuring the music of Depeche Mode, Chris Isaak, Club Nouveau, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Toni Basil, The Call, T.K.A., Icehouse and many more. Co-starring Clayton Rohner (April Fool’s Day) in the dual role of Clifford and Bruno X. Extras include interview with
co-star Clayton Rohner.

Lilies of the Field

Kino Lorber / Released 10/27/15

Nominated for 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture and winner of the Best Actor Oscar (Sidney Poitier, In the Heat of the Night). Homer Smith (Poitier), an itinerant handyman, is driving through the Arizona desert when he meets five impoverished nuns. Stopping to fix their leaky farmhouse roof, Homer discovers that not only will the Mother Superior not pay him for the job, but she also wants him to build their chapel – for free! Hesitant at fist, Homer soon finds himself single-handedly raising the chapel and the financing. But although he will not receive a monetary reward, Homer knows that when his work is done, he’ll leave that dusty desert town a much better place than when he found it. Ralph Nelson (Duel at Diablo) wonderfully directed this gem of a motion picture featuring stunning black-and-white cinematography by the great Ernest Haller (Gone With the Wind, Mildred Pierce).

My Favorite Martian: The Complete Series

MPI/ Released 10/20/15

My Favorite Martian marked the beginning of television’s fascination with fantasy themed comedy series, originally airing on CBS-TV from 1963-1966, The series centered around Tim O’Hara (Bill Bixby), who worked as a reporter for The Los Angeles Sun. Tim stumbled across a space-ship that crashed and discovered a Martian (Ray Walston). Tim became friends with the Martian and began passing him off as his Uncle Martin. After all it wasn’t that hard to pass him off, he could speak English and looked human. The only thing physically odd about him was that on occasions he would reveal a retractable antennae that would come out of the top of his head. Martin made it clear that he wasn’t going to reveal himself to anyone other than Tim and he worked on his space ship while staying with Tim in the apartment above Mrs. Lorelei Brown’s garage and when he wanted to, he would display his abilities that included, telepathy, moving objects just by pointing and he could make himself invisible.

Lorelei Brown (Pamela Britton) was your typical busybody who was always snooping around and Martin constantly always found himself almost being discovered by her. Guest stars include Alan Reed, Madge Blake, Butch Patrick, Bernie Kopell, Dub Taylor, Henry Corden, Allan Melvin, Henry Gibson, Marlo Thomas, Tom Skerritt, Alan Hale Jr., David White, Stafford Repp, Pat Priest, Michael Constantine, Len Lesser, Les Tremayne, Linda Evans, Harvey Lembeck, Jill Ireland, Jamie Farr, Victor French, Gavin MacLeod, James Sikking, Nicholas Colasanto, Michael Conrad, Conrad Janis, Shelley Morrison, James Frawley, Richard Deacon, and Madge Redmond.  Extras include home movies, original cast and sponsor commercials, special effects test footage, Ray Walson promotional game show & talk show appearances, Lucille Ball radio show interviews with Bixby and Walston, galleries and comic strips, soundtrack album, animation and effects reel, sponsor billboards & closing credits, lost pilots The Man in the Square Suit and The Reluctant Eye.

Includes the episodes:

Season One

• My Favorite Martian: In the pilot episode, Martin’s spacecraft crash lands on earth. He meets and moves in with Tim O’Hara.

• The Matchmakers: Tim and Martin find a dog that needs their help. It turns out that the dog is love-struck.

• There Is No Cure for the Common Martian: A boy genius and Martin work together to devise a means of accelerating electronic particles.

• Russians “R” in Season: Martin finds out about the Government space strategy. He knows from experience that the plans are doomed to failure. But he finds no audience when he attempts to warn them.

• Man or Amoeba: Martin helps Mrs. Brown’s daughter, Angela, with a school assignment about Mars.

• The Man on the Couch: Martin is believed to be attempting suicide. He is forced into psychiatric therapy.

• A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine and Peaches: For the first time in his life, Martin experiences the emotion of love.

• The Awful Truth: To give Tim a chance to feel like a martian, Martin grants Tim the ability to read minds for one day.

• Rocket to Mars: The trash collector mistakes Martin’s spaceship for trash. Now, Martin and Tim must find where it wound up.

• Raffles No. 2: Martin finds himself in trouble when his finger prints match those of a jewel thief.

• The Atom Misers: A boy genius and Martin work together to devise a means of accelerating electronic particles. 

• That Little Old Matchmaker, Martin: Martin wants to know what type of man Cynthia would be interested in. So he reads her mind to find out.

• How to Be a Hero Without Really Trying: Martin wants to know what type of man Cynthia would be interested in. So he reads her mind to find out.

• Blood is Thicker than the Martian: Harvey, Tim’s cousin, comes to visit. He is bewildered, for he doesn’t know who Uncle Martin is.

•  Poor Little Rich Cat: Martin disapproves of news that a cat has received a large inheritance.

• Rx for Martian: It’s time for Martin to return to Mars. The planning begins.

• Going, Going, Gone: Martin’s metabolism is bothered on account of sun spots.

• Now You See It, Now You Don’t: A museum is about to lay off its curator, until Martin intervenes.

• My Nephew the Artist: Martin’s art work is praised, but Tim gets all the credit.

• Hitchhike to Mars: A local business finances a trip to Mars. Martin is interested in going along.

• Uncle Martin’s Broadcast: Tim’s reporter career branches out to crime stories. Martin’s antennae prove useful.

• An Old, Old Friend of the Family: When an Asian Head of State visits the area, Martin intervenes to get Tim an exclusive.

• Super-Duper Snooper: Martin finds himself as the target of snooping when Mrs. Brown takes up detective work as a hobby.

• The Sinkable Mrs. Brown: Tim might find himself without a house when Mrs. Brown decides to sell.

• Martin and the Eternal Triangle: Martin finds himself sharing the attentions of Mrs. Brown with a Frenchman, Andre Dupre.

• Danger! High Voltage!: Martin absorbs an electrical charge, but the whole town’s power supply is affected.

• If You Can’t Lick Them: Martin’s antennae attracts a new playmate in a young child.

• Unidentified Flying Uncle Martin: Martin is seen when he tests the flight worthiness of his space ship.

• How Are You Gonna Keep Them Down on the Pharmacy?: Martin is seen when he tests the flight worthiness of his space ship.

• Miss Jekyll and Hyde: Martin’s identity is threatened when Mrs. Brown’s niece, Paula, starts asking too many questions.

• Who’s Got the Power?: Martin’s powers become impaired during an electrical storm.

• Oh, My Aching Antenna: Martin starts to feel old, and he blames Earth’s stronger gravitational force.

• The Disastro-nauts: A wealthy man builds a space ship. Martin steps forward to take it to Mars.

• Shake Well and Don’t Use: Martin makes a stew, and Mr. Burns has an unusual reaction.

• A Nose for News: Martin fills in for Tim at work. During that time, Martin gains a high profile interview.

• Uncle Martin’s Wisdom Tooth: Martin discovers that a toothache’s symptoms include impaired eyesight.

Season Two

• Dreaming Can Make It So: Tim catches Martin dreaming, and learns that he can actually observe a martian’s dreams.

• The Memory Pill: Martin gives Tim a machine that promises to perfect his memory.

• Three to Make Ready: Martin considers that perhaps it would be nice to remain on Earth permanently.

• Nothing But the Truth: Martin must return the space ship to the garage. But Mrs. Brown would be sure to notice.

• Dial M for Martian: Martin comes in contact with a falling telephone wire. Now, he himself receives all the calls.

• Extra! Extra! Sensory Perception!: Martin pleads with Tim not to invite a psychic into the house. 

• My Uncle the Folk Singer: Martin rocks the music world with his folk singing. 

• The Great Brain Robbery: To help Tim meet expenses, Martin tutors an obnoxious child.

• Double Trouble: Martin’s duplicating machine creates another Mrs. Brown.

• Has Anybody Seen My Electro-Magnetic Neutron Converting Gravitator?: A young boy hijacks Uncle Martin’s spaceship.

• Don’t Rain on My Parade: A rainmaker offers his services during a dry spell.

• Night Life of Uncle Martin: While Uncle Martin is asleep, his alter ego appears – a lookalike swinger named Pierre.

• To Make a Rabbit Stew- First Catch a Martian: A rabbit eats a Martian vitamin pill – and becomes 6 feet tall.

• Won’t You Come Home, Uncle Martin, Won’t You Come Home?: Tim’s enemies increase rapidly after he basks in Martin’s benevolence bulb.

• The Case of the Missing Sleuth: Detective Brennan (Alan Hewitt) dissolves himself with Martin’s molecular separator.

• How’re Things in Glocca Martin?: Tim’s great-uncle demands to know where Martin fits on the family tree.

• Gesundheit, Uncle Martin: Martin suffers from temporary amnesia attacks, brought on by Martian hay fever.

• Martin Report #1: To prove that childhood is unnecessary, Martin adopts an orphan girl.
  

• Uncle Martin and the Identified Flying Object: Martin loses control of his power to move large objects.

• A Martian Fiddles Around: Martin burns (and becomes transparent) each time Mrs. Brown plays her violin.

• Humbug, Mrs. Brown: Martin’s thrift lessons turn Mrs. Brown into a miser.

• Crash Diet: Tim tinkers with Martin’s ship, shrinking it to the size of a toy.

• Gone But Not Forgotten: Martin’s invisibility mechanism goes haywire – everything he touches disappears.

• Stop or I’ll Steam: Color Martin green when he sees Brennan flirt with Mrs. Brown.

• The Magnetic Personality and Who Needs It: An experiment goes haywire, turning Martin into a walking magnet.

• We Love You, Miss Pringle: Tim is placed on the Teacher of the Year selection committee.

• Uncle Baby: Martin feels that his youth is fading and asks Tim to help him rejuvenate himself with the aid of Black Light. However, things go awry when Tim screws up the process and Martin gets turned into an infant.

• Once Upon a Martian Mother’s Day: On Martian Mother’s Day, Martin spots his mother’s lookalike.

• Uncle Martin’s Bedtime Story: Mrs. Brown’s electronic bed receives brain waves from Martin.

• 006 3/4: Tim accidentally gets mixed up with a fleeing secret government agent who is involved with a deadly organization called CRUSH. This leads Tim to go undercover with Uncle Martin by his side helping him stay out of trouble.

• Never Trust a Naked Martian: Despite warnings, Tim touches Martin’s antennae – and disappears.
  

• Martin’s Favorite Martian: In the desert, a gun-wielding camper spots Tim and Martin working on the spaceship.

• The Martian’s Fair Hobo: Uncle Martin mistakes a hobo, Shorty Smith for a Martian Scout and brings him home. Shorty quickly becomes accustomed to the comforts of life and when Martin learns the truth, Martin and Tim have a hard time getting rid of him.
  
  
• A Martian’s Sonata in Mrs. B’s Flat: A Martian drug turns Mrs. Brown into a piano virtuoso.
  

• The Green Eyed Martian: Mrs. Brown is deluged with suitors after dousing herself with Martian “irresistible spray.”

• El Senor from Mars: In Mexico, Tim and Martin witness the opening of an ancient box.

• Time Out for Martin: The time machine takes Tim and Martin back to 13th-century England.

• Portrait in Brown: One of Martin’s odd gadgets makes Mrs. Brown two-dimensional.

Season 3

• Go West, Young Martian (Part 1): A time machine plummets Tim and Martin back to the Gold Rush Days.

• Go West, Young Martian (Part 2): Tim and Martin search for their time machine.

• Martin of the Movies: Martin helps Mrs. Brown’s brother build a robot that does household chores.

• Keep Me From the Church on Time: Uncle Martin takes a photo of Tim with his future telling camera. They are both shocked by the resulting photo showing Tim at the altar with an unidentified woman who’s back is to the camera.

• I’d Rather Fight Than Switch: A human-looking extraterrestrial in a one-man spaceship crash-lands near Los Angeles.

• Tim, the Mastermind: Tim’s I.Q. soars when he downs Martin’s brain-power pills.

• Martin Goldfinger: A mineral deficiency gives Martin the Midas touch and everything he touches turns to gold.

• Bottled Martin: Uncle Martin, packed in a tiny bottle, is bound for the Middle East.

• Hate Me a Little: Martin’s benevolence-inducing light has an unusual effect on Brennan.

• Girl in the Flying Machine: Martin accidentally pulls an alien spaceship out of the sky.

• The Time Machine is Waking Up That Old Gang of Mine: The time machine brings Tim, Martin and Mrs. Brown face to face with Jesse and Frank James.

• Avenue C Mob: Disguised as a 70-year-old, Martin becomes a night watchman.

• Tim and Tim Again: Double trouble – Martin’s duplicating machine creates two Tims.

• Lorelei Brown vs. Everybody: A Martian pill turns Mrs. Brown into a crusading crime-fighter.

• The O’Hara Caper: Tim is arrested for theft when he’s forced to help two jewel robbers.
  

• Who’s Got a Secret?: Rumors spread that Martin is working on a secret Government project.

• Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow: The unexplained presence of “Uncle” Martin jeopardizes Tim’s claim to an inheritance.

• Martin’s Revoltin’ Development: An invisible Martin is photographed capturing an escaped criminal.

• TV or Not TV: Martin helps Mrs. Brown’s brother build a robot that does household chores.

• Man From Uncle Martin: Martin helps Mrs. Brown’s brother build a robot that does household chores.

• Martin the Mannequin: In a department store, Martin is frozen into a mannequin-like pose.

• Butterball: A criminal escapes. Tim and Martin become involved (as always).

• When a Martian Makes His Violin Cry: A gypsy curse causes Mrs. Brown to drop anything she picks up.

• When You Get Back Home to Mars, Are You Going to Get It: Trouble begins when Martin’s Martian nephew lands on Earth – and tells everyone where he’s from.

• Doggone Martin: Martin turns himself into a liquid – and is lapped up by Tim’s dog.

• Virus M for Martin: A human-looking extraterrestrial in a one-man spaceship crash-lands near Los Angeles.
  

• Our Notorious Landlady: Martin’s personality alternator turns Mrs. Brown into a thief.

• Martin Meets His Match: Martin summons Leonardo da Vinci for help in fixing his spaceship.

• Horse and Buggy Martin: A mosquito bite causes Martin to act like a race horse.
  

• Stop the Presses, I Want to Get Off: A beam from Martin’s regenerator gives Mrs. Brown power to foresee the future.

• My Nut Cup Runneth Over: Martin’s molecular reassembler turns a squirrel into a human.

• Pay the Man the $24: Tim tampers with history when he goes back in time – and talks the Indians out of selling Manhattan.

Northern Limit Line 

Well Go USA / Released 10/20/15

June 29th, 2002. As the citizens of South Korea celebrate the FIFA World Cup, the North Korean navy sends two patrol boats to a disputed border in the Yellow Sea. The surprise attack on Battleship 357, now remembered as the Battle of Yeonpyeong, honors the men who bravely fought for freedom – on the Northern Limit Line. Extras include trailer.

Olympus: Season 1

Shout! Factory / Released 10/20/15

Witness a young man’s mythical quest to solve the riddle of the Gods, unlock the doors to Olympus and become an immortal. The epic journey of Hero (Tom York, Tyrant) leads him through the darkest realms of ancient Greece accompanied by the beautiful, but twisted Oracle of Gaia (Sonya Cassidy, The Tudors), the powerful sorceress Medea (Sonita Henry, Doctor Who) and genius inventor Daedalus (Matt Frewer, Orphan Black). Hero battles trickster gods, vicious monsters, seductive nymphs, kings and despots, as he transforms from a fresh-faced youth into a ruthless, cold-hearted killer, and a match for the gods themselves. Extras include featurette.

• The Temple of Gaia: Hero risks his life to rescue the Oracle of Gaia from the Cyclops… she’s the only person who can answer questions about his mysterious past. What she reveals is shocking, and changes Hero’s life forever. In Athens, the siege­torn city is mired in political turmoil and someone inside the royal court is planning a coup, starting with killing King Aegeus.

• Daedalus: Hero, Oracle and the genius inventor Daedalus form an unlikely alliance to find Hero’s birthright – the Ring of the Magi. Meanwhile, Queen Medea finds out that Hero is the King’s illegitimate firstborn son and she dispatches ruthless warrior priests to track him down and bring him to Athens.

• Ring of the Magi: Hero, Oracle and Daedalus narrowly escape capture and dismemberment by the warrior priests as they make their way to the forest of Troezen in search of the ring. In Athens, Medea agrees to take part in a tribute to Apollo, unaware that she’s walking into a trap that could cost the Queen her life.

• Minos: Hero, Oracle and Daedalus are captured by the Minoan troops and brought before King Minos and his daughter, Ariadne who subject them to sadistic torture. As life in Athens grows more dire, Medea arranges for a Dorian mercenary to go on a mission: sneak into the Minoan camp and against all odds, kidnap Hero.

• Blood Brothers: Hero slips way into Athens to confront his father the King, only to be arrested and turned over to Prince Lykos. Once Lykos discovers Hero’s identity, he realizes that his place in the court, and in his father’s heart, is threatened. Back at the Minoan camp, Daedalus unveils his plans for the ultimate war machine that will bring Athens to its knees.

• The Lexicon: Medea and Aegeus try to convince Hero of the importance of solving the riddle of the Lexicon with the hope that he’ll use his power to save Athens. Hero is not easily persuaded and must decide whether the Lexicon is a gift or a curse that he should rid himself of forever.

• Love and Time: Hero and Medea travel to the Temple of Aphrodite where Hero must complete a critical task: to kill love. However, when he arrives he is stunned by what he finds there. Outside the temple, Medea is confronted by her sister, Chalciope: a Magi warrior and cold blooded killer who has come to reclaim her sacred ring and will do anything to get it back.

• Danger and Desire: The Minoans take over Athens, and King Minos is about to put Aegeus and the rest of the royal family to death when Hero comes to their rescue, striking a bargain with Minos – the Lexicon in return for sparing their lives. Minos agrees, unaware that Hero has plan which will either set him on the road to Olympus, or lead to the death of everyone he holds dear.

• Pandora’s Tomb: En route to the door of Olympus, Hero and Princess Ariadne unexpectedly fall in love. They hurry through the country side, eager to reach Olympus, not realizing that their destination may not turn out to be what they expect. In Athens, Lykos and Aegeus are being held in the dank prison caves where they must hide their identities, or suffer the terrifying rage of the other prisoners.

• Heritage: Medea risks her life to find Hero before he can accidently open Pandora’s tomb, but when she gets to him she realizes she’s too late – Ariadne’s dead. A thick fog rolls out of the tomb, quickly spreading its freezing breath throughout the land. Hero and Medea barely get back to the safety of the palace, where Hero faces his second task – taking on his father in a fight to the death.

• The Speed of Time: Hero and Medea are trapped in the frozen palace where Hero has a vision of Gaia who tells him if he tries to enter Olympus, he will die. Hero realizes that if he is to survive, he’ll need Medea’s faith in the Gods, Daedalus’ scientific genius and Oracle’s visionary gifts. However, Oracle is with Minos on Mount Ida, snowbound and slowly freezing to death with King Minos.

• Door to Olympus: Medea trades her body and soul to the demon goddess Circe in exchange for leading her, Hero, Daedalus and Oracle to the door of Olympus. Medea has only 24 hours before Circe claims her prize and Medea’s life is forfeit. On their dangerous trek, they are attacked by the deadly Fates, as well as the trickster God Hermes. When they arrive at the door to Olympus, they are stunned by what they find.

• Truth: Hero, Oracle, Daedalus and Medea have made it inside the doors to Olympus – and now their real journey begins. Along the way, they are tested, judged, enlightened and bitterly disappointed. Nothing in the world of the gods turns out quite as they expected or hoped for. In the end, Hero and Oracle are faced with the most incredible and daunting task ever asked of Mortal Man.

Peaky Blinders

BBC / Released 10/20/15

There are those who steer clear of the Peaky Blinders gang, and those who wish they had. In early 1920s Birmingham, the gang and their dangerous leader Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy, The Dark Knight Rises) rule the streets. But that’s not enough for Shelby. He knows crime pays, but business makes you rich. In the searing first season of the acclaimed drama, the Blinders have the full attention of Inspector Campbell (Sam Neill, Jurassic Park), who has the monumental task of taking back the bloody streets of Birmingham. Brilliant performances and neck-snapping surprises fill the screen as Shelby battles to keep a stronghold on his evil underworld. Meet the Peaky Blinders. Just be careful when they remove their caps.

Includes episodes:

• Episode 1: As the 1920s begin to roar, business is booming for the Peaky Blinders gang. Tommy Shelby starts to expand his legal and illegal operations, with an eye on the racetracks of the south. Meanwhile, an enemy from Tommy’s past returns to Birmingham.

• Episode 2: Tommy offers to help Polly by searching for her children, who long ago were taken from her. In London, Tommy risks his life by meeting enigmatic leader Alfie Solomons. Meanwhile Arthur continues to feel the devastating effects of the Great War.

• Episode 3: Tommy hatches a plan to take control of the southern racecourses. He also meets the aristocratic May Carleton and sees an opportunity to move up in the world. Meanwhile both Major Campbell and London gangster Darby Sabini plan Tommy’s downfall.

• Episode 4: Tommy finds out exactly what mission Major Campbell is forcing him to undertake. Arthur spearheads a ferocious takeover of London’s Eden Club. Meanwhile, Polly’s son Michael is welcomed into the business and quickly experiences the dark side of the Peaky Blinders.

• Episode 5: Tommy is caught by surprise when his powerbase in London is obliterated. As Tommy struggles to save his family and regain the upper hand, May expresses her feelings for him, and he is paid a visit by an old friend.

• Episode 6: As derby day arrives, Tommy is faced with impossible decisions as he plans to strike back at his enemies and take the family business to another level. Meanwhile, Major Campbell has one final card to play – one that he is certain will bring about Tommy’s demise.

Tales From The Crypt Presents: Bordello Of Blood 

Shout! Factory / Released 10/20/15

Wisecracking private eye Rafe Guttman (Dennis Miller) investigates some strange happenings at a titillating bordello on the edge of town. It seems owner Madam Lilith (Angie Everhart) and her luscious cohorts want more than money… they want blood!

Soon Rafe finds himself up to his neck in a den of hungry vampiresses and battling the Reverend Jimmy Current (Chris Sarandon), a slick televangelist with an unstoppable talisman.

Directed by film producer Gilbert Adler, co-starring Erika Eleniak, Corey Feldman, Aubrey Morris and Phil Fondacaro, and brimming with blood, lust and wicked laughs, this is one brothel you’ll visit again and again. Extras include commentary, making of, video promo, still gallery and trailer.

Back to the Future Trilogy

Universal / Released 10/20/15

Great Scott! In 1985 Director Robert Zemeckis, Executive Producer Steven Spielberg and Producer/Screenwriter Bob Gale embarked on a three-part journey through time that broke box-office records worldwide and catapulted Back to the Future into one of the most beloved trilogies in motion picture history. These timeless films celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the first film and includes new restorations for enhanced picture and sound plus hours of exciting bonus features. Extras include new original shorts starring Christopher Lloyd, documentary OUTATIME: Restoring the DeLorean, 9 part retrospective documentary, 2 episodes of Back to the Future: The Animated Series, Tales from the Future 6-Part documentary, featurettes, deleted scenes, Michael J. Fox Q&A, behind the scenes footage, music videos, and commentaries.

Includes the films:

Back To The Future: Contemporary high schooler Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) doesn’t have the most pleasant of lives. Browbeaten by his principal at school, Marty must also endure the acrimonious relationship between his nerdy father (Crispin Glover) and his lovely mother (Lea Thompson), who in turn suffer the bullying of middle-aged jerk Biff (Thomas F. Wilson), Marty’s dad’s supervisor. The one balm in Marty’s life is his friendship with eccentric scientist Doc (Christopher Lloyd), who at present is working on a time machine. Accidentally zapped back into the 1950s, Marty inadvertently interferes with the budding romance of his now-teenaged parents. Our hero must now reunite his parents-to-be, lest he cease to exist in the 1980s. It won’t be easy, especially with the loutish Biff, now also a teenager, complicating matters. Beyond its dazzling special effects, the best element of Back to the Future is the performance of Michael J. Fox, who finds himself in the quagmire of surviving the white-bread 1950s with a hip 1980s mindset.

Back To The Future Part II: Things have barely settled from the excitement and resolve of the original Back to the Future, when in pops that crazy inventor Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) with news that in order to prevent a series of events that could ruin the McFly name for posterity, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox ) and his girlfriend are whisked into the future to the year 2015, where Marty must tangle with a teen rogue named Griff, who’s obviously the descendant of Biff, the first Future film’s bully. Marty foils Griff and his group when he jumps on an air-foil skateboard that flies him through town at rakish speeds with the loser bullies beaten again. Marty gets a money-making brainstorm before hopping in the time-traveling DeLorean, and he purchases a sports almanac. He figures that back in 1985 he’ll be able to place sure-fire bets using the published sports scores of the games that are yet to happen. Unfortunately for Marty, Dr. Brown disapproves of his betting scheme — he feels too much messing with time is very dangerous — and he tosses the almanac. A hidden Biff overhears the discussion about the almanac, sees it get tossed out, and grabs it. Thus begins a time-traveling swirl to make the head spin. Biff swipes the DeLorean, heads back to 1955, and with the help of the unerring almanac, bets his way to power. The now-altered “Biff world” has turned into a nightmarish scene with Biff the mogul, residing in a Vegas-styled pleasure palace and running everything. It’s all our hero Marty can do to pull the pieces together this time, as he must jump between three generations of intertwined time travel. The end of Back to the Future, Part II introduces its sequel as the zany professor has already time-dashed away to the Wild West of the late 1800s and invites Marty into a new adventure

Back To The Future Part III: The final installment in the Back to the Future trilogy picks up where the second film left off, but it casts off the dizzying time travel of the first two films for mostly routine comedy set in the Old West. Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) receives a 70-year-old letter from his inventor friend, Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), who tells Marty that he has retreated a century in time to live out a relatively quiet life in the Old West. Doc Brown reveals that he hid his DeLorean car/time machine in an abandoned mine outside town, and when Marty does some research and discovers that the Doc died shortly after writing the letter, he decides to find the car, travel back in time, and warn the Doc about his demise. Meanwhile, the Doc, who has fallen in love with a local woman (Mary Steenburgen), realizes he can’t hide in the past from the problems he has caused to the time flow in the previous two adventures. He reluctantly decides to return to the present with Marty, but first, they have to find a way to get the DeLorean up to time-travel velocity with a broken fuel line and no gasoline.

Tales From The Crypt Presents: Demon Knight

Shout! Factory / Released 10/20/15

A mysterious drifter known as Brayker (William Sadler) possesses the last of seven ancient keys that hold the power to stop the forces of darkness and protect all humanity from ultimate evil. But the human race is safe only so long as Brayker can evade the demonic Collector (Billy Zane) who has gathered the other six keys.

In his obsessive quest for the key, the Collector rallies an army of ghastly cadavers against Brayker and the inhabitants of a run-down hotel. Armed with automatic weapons, sacred blood and sadistic humor, Brayker and the strong-willed Jeryline (Jada Pinkett-Smith) must lead the other guests in a gruesome battle against the Collector and his evil horde of ghouls.

Infested with a talented cast, thrilling special effects and the Crypt Keeper’s deadpan delights, Demon Knight is directed by genre vet Ernest Dickerson and features a strong supporting cast featuring Thomas Haden Church, CCH Pounder, Brenda Bakke, Dick Miller and Charles Fleischer.  Extras include commentaries, making of, panel discussion from The American Cinematheque featuring Director Ernest Dickerson, Actor Dick Miller and special effects maestro Rick Baker, still gallery and trailer.

The Vatican Tapes 

Lionsgate/ Released 10/20/15

The Vatican Tapes follows the ultimate battle between good and evil- God versus Satan. Angela Holmes is ordinary 27-year- old until she begins to have a devastating effect on anyone close, causing serious injury and death. Holmes is examined and possession is suspected, but when the Vatican is called upon to exorcise the demon, the possession proves to be an ancient satanic force more powerful than ever imagined. It’s all up to Father Lozano (Michael Pena) to wage war for more than just Angela’s soul, but for the world as we know it. Extras include commentary, featurette, deleted and extended scenes.

The Widower 

PBS / Released 10/20/15

The Widower is the 3-part true story of Malcolm Webster (Reece Shearsmith) — an infamous wife-killer who marries, and then attempts to kill, a succession of woman to mask his debts and cash in on their life insurance policies. Webster, a nurse by profession, is on the surface, a perfect gentleman. Well-­spoken, personable and oozing with charm, he marries first wife, Claire Morris (Sheridan Smith), in 1993. However, a year after her dream wedding, Claire is dead — the apparent victim of a tragic road accident. What no one knows at the time is that Webster has spent the entire marriage plying his unsuspecting wife with sedatives. He aims to keep her in a constant state of fatigue and drowsiness to prevent her from questioning his wild spending habits or mounting debts. But with his debtors closing in on him, he decides to silence his wife once and for all by killing her in a staged car accident that will pay him a life insurance policy that will resolve his financial difficulties.

Four years later, completely broke, Malcolm starts anew in New Zealand with his second wife Felicity (Kate Fleetwood). However, on their wedding night, Felicity feels unusually groggy and for the next year suffers from unexplained blackouts. Soon, she pieces together small clues and realizes the death of Malcolm’s first wife may not have been an accident after all. When Malcolm disappears and resurfaces in Scotland, Felicity begins a desperate race against time to convince a Scottish detective (John Hannah) that her husband is in fact a cold-blooded killer – lining up wife number three.

• Part 1: When Claire Morris (Smith) confronts her new husband, Malcolm Webster (Shearsmith) over his wild spending, he tries to control her with sedatives. Afraid he’ll soon be caught, he silences her once and for all. Three years on, he has a new bride … and history appears to be repeating itself.

• Part 2: After two failed attempts on Felicity’s (Fleetwood) life, Malcolm (Shearsmith) returns to Scotland and reinvents himself — this time as a perfect boyfriend to Simone (Archie Panjabi). However, DS Henry (Hannah) is hot on his heels and will stop at nothing to prevent the next murder.

• Part 3: As Malcolm continues to evade capture and plots to bigamously marry Simone, DS Henry is being thwarted at every step of his investigation. Time is running out when he stumbles across a legal ruling that could ultimately lead to Malcolm’s downfall.

The Wolfpack

Magnolia / Released 10/20/15

The Angulo brothers have spent their entire lives locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Nicknamed “The Wolfpack,” they’re home-schooled, exceedingly bright, have no acquaintances outside of their own family, and have practically never left the confines of their apartment. What they know of the outside world is gleaned from films they watch obsessively, which they meticulously recreate using elaborate homemade props and costumes. For years this has served as a productive, creative outlet to stave off loneliness, but after one of the brothers escapes the apartment (wearing a Michael Meyers mask for protection), their lives are transformed, and the boys begin to dream of exploring. Armed with unprecedented access into the subjects’ world and a vast archive of home movies, first-time director Crystal Moselle crafts a fascinating portrait of an extraordinary family, capturing the thrill of the Wolfpack’s discoveries without skirting the darker questions of abuse and confinement that weigh upon all of them. The Wolfpack charts a fascinating coming-of-age story that serves as a true example of the power of movies to transform and save lives.  Extras include interviews, featurettes, short films, and trailer.

Z for Zachariah 

Lionsgate / Released 10/20/15

Based on Robert C. O’Brien’s sci-fi novel from 1974, Z for Zachariah follows the life of Ann Burden (Margot Robbie) in the wake of a nuclear apocalypse that has devastated life on earth. In her mysterious countryside dwelling, crops continue to grow and she has built a sustainable, albeit lonely, lifestyle. Her new reality is disturbed when a mysterious, radiation-suit-clad scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor) stumbles upon her peaceful property. Believing she was the only person left on earth, Ann is hesitant to welcome him in, but the two eventual begin an intimate relationship. Their newfound life together is challenged with the appearance of another man, Caleb (Chris Pine), creating a deadly love triangle in this post-apocalyptic tale of human relationship.  Extras include making of, deleted scenes, extended interviews and trailer gallery.

Army Of Darkness 

Shout! Factory/ Released 10/27/15

Bound in human flesh and inked in blood, the ancient “Necronomicon” – the Book of the Dead – unleashes unspeakable evil upon mankind in director Sam Raimi’s (Darkman, Drag Me to Hell) outrageously hilarious third chapter in his Evil Dead Trilogy.

Back to do battle with the hideous “Deadites,” Bruce Campbell returns to the role of Ash, the handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk from S-Mart’s housewares division. Demonic forces time warp him – and his ’73 Oldsmobile – into England’s Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty (Embeth Davidtz, The Amazing Spider-Man) and faces legions of the undead. Can Ash save the living from the evil dead, rescue his girlfriend, and get back to his own time?

Bonus Features:

DISC ONE (Theatrical Version, 81 min.) – 1080p High-Definition Widescreen (1.78:1), DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0

• NEW Medieval Times: The Making Of “Army Of Darkness” Featuring Interviews With Star & Co-Producer Bruce Campbell, Actors Marcus Gilbert, Ted Raimi, Timothy Quill, Richard Grove, Bill Moseley, Patricia Tallman And Angela Featherstone, Director Of Photography Bill Pope, Editor Bob Murawski, Production Designer Anthony Tremblay, Composer Joseph Lo Duca, Costume Designer Ida Gearon, Special Make-Up Effects Artists Howard Berger, Tony Gardner, Robert Kurtzman, And Greg Nicotero, “Pit Bitch” Performer And Effects Artist William Bryan, Mechanical Effects Artist Gary Jones, First Assistant Director John Cameron, Visual Effects Supervisor William Mesa And Stunt Coordinator Christopher Doyle (96 min.)
• Original Ending
• Original Opening With Optional Commentary By Sam Raimi And Bruce Campbell
• Deleted Scenes With Optional Commentary By Sam Raimi And Bruce Campbell
• Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spots
• Home Video Promo

DISC TWO (Director’s Cut, 96 min.) – 1080p High-Definition Widescreen (1.78:1), DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0

• Audio Commentary With Director Sam Raimi, Actor Bruce Campbell And Co-Writer Ivan Raimi
• NEW Additional Behind-The-Scenes Footage From KNB Effects (55 min.)
• Vintage Creating The Deadites Featurette (21 min.)
• Vintage “Making Of” Featurette
• Extended Interview Clips With Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell And Robert Tapert

DISC THREE (International Cut, 88 min.) – 1080p High-Definition Widescreen (1.78:1), DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0

• NEW 4K Scan Of The International Inter-positive
• Television Version With Additional Footage (90 min., Standard Definition (1.33:1), DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0)
• Theatrical Trailer
• NEW Still Galleries With Rare Behind-The-Scenes Photos From Production Designer Anthony Tremblay, Visual Effects Supervisor William Mesa And Special Make-Up Effects Artists Tony Gardner And KNB EFX, Inc. (Over 200 Stills)
• NEW Still Gallery Of Props And Rare Photos From The Collection Of Super Fan Dennis Carter Jr.
• NEW Storyboards For Deleted Or Alternate Scenes
• Vintage The Men Behind The Army Featurette (19 min.)