Forces of Geek 2019 Holiday Gift Guide: DVDs and Blu-rays

 

The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Series (Limited Edition Blu-ray + Digital)

 

Leonard and Sheldon are brilliant physicists – geniuses in the laboratory, but socially challenged everywhere else. Enter beautiful, street-smart neighbor, Penny, who aims to teach them a thing or two about life. Despite their on-again, off-again relationship in the past, Leonard believes he’s found true love with Penny. Even Sheldon has found a female companion, entering into a “Relationship Agreement” with neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler. In their free time, Leonard and Sheldon continue to enjoy frequent trips to the comic book store and fantasy role-playing games with their ever-expanding universe of friends, including fellow scientists Koothrappali, Wolowitz and Wolowitz’s adorable microbiologist wife, Bernadette.

Starring Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Melissa Rauch, Mayim Bialik, and Kevin Sussman, this box set features all 12 Seasons containing 279 original broadcast episodes. Among the notable guest stars are Wil Wheaton, Stephen Hawking, Bob Newhart, Christine Baranski, Brian Posehn, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, Dean Norris, Regina King, Keith Carradine, LeVar Burton, Stephen Merchant, Kathy Bates, Riki Lindhome, Teller, Sean Astin, James Hong, Kal Penn, Jerry O’Connell, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, and Judd Hirsch. Also included is a bonus disc packed with exclusive featurettes, an episode guide and a digital copy of the entire series.

 

 

The Cotton Club Encore

 

In this lavish, 1930s-era drama, Harlem’s legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide. Now, Francis Ford Coppola’s extraordinary film is brought to vivid new life in The Cotton Club Encore. Featuring never-before-seen scenes and musical sequences that deepen the story lines, this remastered and beautifully restored version represents Coppola’s fully realized vision of The Cotton Club.

The all-star cast including Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee, Bob Hoskins, James Remar, Nicolas Cage, Laurence Fishburne, Allen Garfield and Fred Gwynne, this release includes an introduction by co-writer/director Francis Ford Coppola and a Q & A.

 

 

Game of Thrones: The Complete Eighth Season

 

Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plots, lusts and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; and all the way to the frozen north, where an 800-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom from the dark forces that lie beyond. Kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars, lords, and honest men…all will play the “Game of Thrones.”  The final season ensemble includes Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Liam Cunningham, Nathalie Emmanuel, Alfie Allen, John Bradley, Isaac Hempstead Wright Gwendoline Christie, Rory McCann, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson and Kristofer Hivju.

Bonus content includes all-new deleted and extended scenes, animated histories and lore pieces, fascinating behind-the-scene featurettes, audio commentaries and the documentary featured on DVD in two parts, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, by filmmaker Jeanie Finlay.

 

 

Ida Lupino: Filmmaker Collection

 

Four Newly Restored Classics Directed by Ida Lupino.  This box set is packed with special

Not Wanted (1949): In Ida Lupino’s directorial debut Not Wanted, young and naive “unwed mother” Sally Forrest’s life spirals out of control after her musician beau (Leo Penn) ditches her for an out-of-town gig, despite the presence of another man (Keefe Brasselle) determined to win her heart.

In 1948, screen actress Ida Lupino left Warner Bros. to co-found The Filmmakers, an independent production company conceived as an alternative to the dominant aesthetics of Hollywood. With the low-key, intimate Not Wanted, Lupino tackled the “taboo” topic of out-of-wedlock pregnancy, immediately venturing into terrain where big-budget mainstream films feared to tread.

In many ways this first directorial effort, while uncredited, already bears the stamp of Lupino’s unique vision: the empathy felt for the lead character (Sally Forrest as the dazed, traumatized young waitress thrust into the world of unwed motherhood), the hallucinatory moments (note the subjective camerawork of the childbirth sequence), and the deft location shooting (as Forrest wanders through the bus stations and boarding houses of small-town America).

Never Fear (1949): Carol Williams (Sally Forrest, Not Wanted) is a beautiful young dancer whose body, and promising career, is suddenly crippled by polio. Carol’s dance partner and fiancé, Guy Richards (Keefe Brasselle, A Place in the Sun), wants to see her through her illness, but the angry, self-pitying Carol prefers to go it alone. Her father (Herb Butterfield, Shield for Murder) takes her to the Kabat-Kaiser Institute for rehabilitation, where she meets fellow patients like Len Randall (Hugh O’Brian, Ambush Bay) on her tough road to recovery. The second feature directed by Ida Lupino (The Hitch-Hiker), who herself had been stricken with polio as an adolescent, Never Fear is a psychologically probing look at coping with chronic illness. Co-written and co-produced by Lupino and her partner Collier Young (The Bigamist) and  C

The Hitch-Hiker (1953): Beyond its obvious cultural significance as the only classic film noir directed by a woman (actress Ida Lupino), The Hitch-Hiker is perhaps better remembered as simply one of the most nightmarish motion pictures of the 1950s. Inspired by the true-life murder spree of Billy Cook, The Hitch-Hiker is the tension-laden saga of two men on a camping trip (Edmond O’Brien and Frank Lovejoy) who are held captive by a homicidal drifter (William Talman). He forces them, at gunpoint, to embark on a grim joyride across the Mexican desert.

Renegade filmmaking at its finest, The Hitch-Hiker  was independently produced, which allowed Lupino and ex-husband/producer Collier Young to work from a treatment by blacklisted writer Daniel Mainwaring, and tackle an incident that was too brutal for the major studios to even consider.

The Bigamist (1953): The Bigamist is an sympathetic portrait of a figure historically given very short shrift: the title character is not only a two-timer—he’s a traveling salesman as well. But, as embodied by that perpetually pressured everyman of the 1950s, Edmond O’Brien, the bigamist comes across as a victim of his own sensitivity. Caught between two complementary spouses, O’Brien’s dazed indecisiveness dominates the narrative. As always in Ida Lupino’s directorial efforts, a strong social consciousness informs all choices: Joan Fontaine is an upper-crust “lady,” reverently attached to her dying father, while Lupino herself plays a tough-talking working woman, waitressing in a cheap Chinese restaurant. But no on-screen triangle could beat the one behind the camera—The Bigamist was produced and written by Collier Young, Lupino’s longtime collaborator and recently divorced husband, whose new wife was none other than Joan Fontaine. The cast includes Edmund Gwenn, Kenneth Tobey and Jane Darwell.

 

Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark

 

It’s 1968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind…but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley, where for generations the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It is in their mansion on the edge of town that Sarah, a young girl with horrible secrets, turned her tortured life into a series of scary stories, written in a book that has transcended time. For a group of teenagers who discover Sarah’s terrifying home, the stories become all too real in this spine-tingling film.

 

 

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series

 

For 50 years, the Mystery Inc. gang has entertained Scooby-Doo fans with zany hijinks, action-packed adventures and engaging mysteries that have captivated viewers of all ages. What started as a Saturday morning cartoon, exploded into an enormously successful franchise encompassing multiple spin-off series, original animated and live action films, consumer products and much more. This set allows fans to have the opportunity to enjoy the original series which launched Scooby-Doo into worldwide stardom.

Scooby-Doo follows the adventures of four teens, Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and his lovable, but cowardly Great Dane, Scooby-Doo, as they travel far and wide in their stylish van, the Mystery Machine, to solve mysteries involving ghosts, monsters and other supernatural forces. Their entertaining adventures are always filled with hilarious hijinks and sometimes even catchy musical moments. Through teamwork and clever investigation, the teen sleuths solve case after case, while unmasking the villains who are usually behind each of the mysteries they encounter.

Packed in a limited edition collectible mystery mansion giftset, the set contains all-new HD content and Scooby-Doo collectibles including an exclusive Scooby-Doo Funko keychain, and a mini Scooby-Doo Encyclopedia.

 

 

Space: 1999: The Complete Series

 

From Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, the legendary masterminds behind Thunderbirds, comes the epic sci-fi series, Space: 1999!

September 1999: A nuclear waste dump on the lunar surface unexpectedly detonates, blasting the Moon out of Earth’s orbit and taking the inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha on an unbelievable voyage of discovery and adventure. Under the command of John Koenig (Martin Landau), the Alphans hurtle through the stars, encountering fantastic worlds and beings in a universe where peril awaits at every turn. Together, Koenig and the Alphans face the ultimate challenge in the farthest reaches of space: survive … and find home.

Also starring Barbara Bain as Dr. Helena Russell, Barry Morse as Victor Bergman, and Catherine Schell as Maya, Space: 1999 is a true classic of science fiction television, presented here in a deluxe box set with a galaxy’s worth of special features that fans and newcomers alike will treasure. Strap yourselves in — the journey of a lifetime is about to begin!

 

 

Big Trouble In Little China [Collector’s Edition]

 

 

 

The Omen Collection

 

Remember … You Have Been Warned!

Experience the ultimate in horror with The Omen Collection, featuring all four original films as well as the 2006 remake that kept audiences glued to the screen with white-knuckled terror. Packed with hours of chilling special features, this five-disc set includes 1976’s The Omen (new 4K remaster); Damien: Omen II, in which Damien discovers his destiny; The Final Conflict, in which he realizes his full power; and Omen IV: The Awakening, in which a demonic force returns in the form of a wicked young girl. The haunting legacy comes full circle with the riveting 2006 version. Including stirring performances from Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, William Holden, Lee Grant, Rossano Brazzi, Sam Neill, Mia Farrow, Liev Schreiber and more, The Omen Collection presents the height of sheer terror. Get ready for hours of the ultimate evil.  Extras include commentaries, interviews,featurettes, trailers & tv spots, isolated score, deleted scenes, galleries, documentaries, extended scenes and more.

 

 

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Best 200 Episodes Ever!

 

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Best 200 Episodes Ever!  If you’ve got 75 hours to spend in Bikini Bottom, then this is the set for you.  This collection contains SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes & SpongeBob SquarePants: The Next 100 Episodes and features every deep-sea adventure from the first 200 episodes of the series. Get lost in the zany and wonderful world of Bikini Bottom and relive every “F.U.N.” episode from the first nine seasons including classic episodes such as “SpongeBob You’re Fired,” “It Came from Goo Lagoon,” and “Mermaidman Begins.”  Also included is special-edition 20th anniversary SpongeBob SquarePants poster, which was created specifically for Nickelodeon San Diego Comic-Con and features all 760 characters and creatures that have ever appeared on the show.

 

 

Apocalypse Now Final Cut 4K

 

Apocalypse Now follows Army Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), a troubled man sent on a dangerous and mesmerizing odyssey into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade American colonel named Kurtz (Marlon Brando), who has succumbed to the horrors of war and barricaded himself in a remote outpost.

Restored from the original negative for the first time ever, Apocalypse Now Final Cut is Coppola’s most complete version of his multi-awarded classic. This is the first time the original negative has ever been scanned and over 11 months and 2,700 hours were spent on cleaning and restoring the film’s 300,173 frames. Brought to life through ultra-vivid picture quality with Dolby Vision, delivering spectacular colours never before seen on a screen, with highlights that are up to 40 times brighter and blacks that are 10 times darker. It has also been mixed in Dolby Atmos to offer a truly immersive sound experience and it has been enhanced Meyer Sound Laboratories’ newly developed Sensual Sound, a technology engineered to output audio below the limits of human hearing.

The restored 4-disc Apocalypse Now Final Cut anniversary set also includes the film’s Theatrical Cut and Extended Cut (Redux), as well as the acclaimed Hearts of Darkness documentary. Loaded with hours of in-depth special features, the set will also feature the fascinating 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Q&A with Coppola and the prolific Steven Soderbergh (Sex, Lies, and Videotape), which has not been seen or heard outside of the festival until now, and newly discovered behind-the-scenes footage. The Apocalypse Now Final Cut 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack features new, collectable Mondo artwork.

 

 

The Fly Collection

 

Be Afraid … Be Very Afraid …

Experience the ultimate in horror with The Fly Collection, featuring the chilling original trilogy, the eye-popping ’80s remake and its terrifying sequel. Packed with hours of fascinating special features, this 5-disc set includes 1958’s The Fly starring Vincent Price; The Return Of The Fly, in which the son of the original scientist continues his father’s work; and The Curse Of The Fly, in which a woman finds she’s married into the wrong family. David Cronenberg’s 1986 remake of The Fly electrified audiences with its ground-breaking, gooey effects and the riveting performance by Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle, a scientist whose teleporting experiment takes a tragic toll. The hair-raising sequel to the remake stars Eric Stoltz as Seth Brundle’s son, who is beginning to show the effects of his father’s experiment.

Get ready for hours of skin-crawling terror as you witness a transformation like no other – from man to fly.  Packed with a plethora of extras, the Fly Collection is must have for fans of both classic and modern horror!

 

 

RoboCop Limited Edition Steelbook

 

Part Man, Part Machine, All Cop. RoboCop, from Orion Pictures, marked director Paul Verhoeven’s (Flesh + Blood) Hollywood debut and instantly became an enduring sci-fi/action classic when it landed in theaters in the summer of 1987.

Verhoeven’s peerlessly exciting and kinetic visuals were matched by a sharp script, iconic cast and exceptional special effects by Rob Bottin (The Thing) and Phil Tippett (The Empire Strikes Back). The film takes place in Detroit in the not-too-distant future. Heroic cop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai) is gunned down in the line of duty, only to be resurrected as RoboCop – a cybernetic mix of spare human parts and Motor City steel, and the latest defense against crime designed by the all-powerful OCP Corporation. As RoboCop’s memories of his former life as Murphy resurface, only his ex-partner (Nancy Allen, Dressed To Kill) stands beside him to fight against the vicious thugs responsible for his death, as well as a nefarious top-level OCP executive orchestrating the chaos from above.

Unsurpassably thrilling, unexpectedly moving and unforgettably hilarious in equal measure, the future of law enforcement is back in a definitive Blu-ray presentation packed with hours of brand new bonus features.

 

 

Scarface: The World is Yours Limited Edition 4K Gift Set

 

In the spring of 1980, the port at Mariel Harbor was opened, and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American Dream. One of them found it on the sun-washed avenues of Miami… wealth, power and passion beyond his wildest dreams. He was Tony Montana. The world will remember him by another name… Scarface.

Starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana along with Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Robert Loggia, Scarface has become a cultural phenomenon brilliantly directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone.

The ultimate Scarface experience includes: 1983 version of Scarface on 4K UHD, remastered Blu-ray and Digital 1932 version of Scarface on Blu-ray for the first time ever (newly restored with 2 versions of the film – Original uncensored version and Alternate version with different ending) and a collectible “The World is Yours” statue replica.

 

The Wizard of Oz 4K

 

Directed by Victor Fleming (Gone With the Wind) and starring Judy Garland as Dorothy Gayle, The Wizard of Oz is widely considered to be one of the most influential films in cinematic history.

Adapted from L. Frank Baum’s timeless children’s tale about a Kansas girl’s journey over the rainbow, The Wizard of Oz officially premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theater on August 15, 1939. The film was directed by Victor Fleming (who that same year directed Gone With the Wind), produced by Mervyn LeRoy, and scored by Herbert Stothart, with music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg. Ray Bolger appeared as the Scarecrow; Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, Jack Haley as the Tin Woodman. Frank Morgan was seen in six different roles, including that of the “wonderful Wizard” himself. Dorothy was portrayed by a 4’11” sixteen year old girl who quickly earned her reputation as “the world’s greatest entertainer”– the incomparable Judy Garland.

The Wizard of Oz received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and captured two Oscars — Best Song (“Over the Rainbow”) and Best Original Score — plus a special award for Outstanding Juvenile Performance by Judy Garland. The film was an overwhelmingly popular and critical success upon its initial release and repeated its ability to captivate audiences when MGM reissued the film in 1949 and 1955.

Using state of the art technology, a new 8K 16bit scan of the original Technicolor camera negative became the basis for the 4K UHD scan.  The process was overseen by MPI colorist Janet Wilson, who has overseen every remaster of The Wizard of Oz for the past 20 years.  Packed with dozens of special features, this 80th anniversary edition is a must have for every cinegeek.

 

 

Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns

 

Directed and produced by noted documentarian, Ken Burns, Country Music is an epic series that explores the roots of “America’s music.” Focusing on biographies of country music royalty and its original trailblazers: the Carter Family, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, and more, the documentary also features over 100 interviews with country music stars, 40 of which are members of the Country Music Hall of Fame. These include Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Naomi and Wynonna Judd, among many others.

The documentary traces the history of the genre from its early years in the 1920s when country music was called “hillbilly” music, to when Hollywood B movies started the fad of singing cowboys, to the rise of Juke Joints after WWII, which changed the style of the music completely. Throughout, the documentary focuses on the constant struggle between the desire to make country music as mainstream as possible and the periodic reflexes to bring it back to its roots.

At the documentary’s heart are the stories of unforgettable songs and the artists who created them.

Country Music also features over 3 hours of extra bonus footage not aired during broadcast.

 

 

Charlie’s Angels: The Complete Series

Once upon a time… there were three girls who went to work for Charles Townsend, a mysterious man they never got to see (only hear as voiced by John Forsythe, at his Beverly Hills detective agency. And they became the sexiest private eyes to ever grace TV.

Enjoy every episode of high-kicking action, glamour, guns, bikinis, and hair. Each is packed with dangerous intrigue in the Angels’ world of money, mystery, and murder.

Starring: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, Shelley Hack, Tanya Roberts, and David Doyle as John Bosley.  This love letter to Seventies nostalgia includes such guest stars as Richard Mulligan, Richard Anderson, Tom Selleck, Lyle Waggoner, Barbara Stanwyck, Vic Morrow, Dirk Benedict, Casey Kasem, Phil Silvers, Dean Martin, Marion Ross, Sonny Bono, Cesar Romero, Robert Loggia, Barry Bostwick, Sammy Davis, Jr., Kim Basinger. Tommy Lee Jones. Louis Jourdan, Bernie Kopell, Christopher Lee, Jim Backus, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Scatman Crothers, Robert Reed, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Lee. Gavin MacLeod, Barbi Benton and Robert Urich.  Also includes the complete series of Charlie’s Angels 2011.

 

Line of Duty, Series 1-5 Collection

Written and created by Jed Mercurio (Bodyguard), Line of Duty is a cat-and-mouse thriller that takes a probing look into modern police corruption. Each season features a new guest lead(s), including  Lennie James (The Walking Dead), Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard), Daniel Mays (Ashes to Ashes), 2018 Emmy-award winner Thandie Newton (Westworld), Stephen Graham (Boardwalk Empire’s Al Capone, Save Me, Peaky Blinders) and Rochenda Sandall (Black Mirror) alongside series regulars – Martin Compston (The Great Train Robbery) as DS Steve Arnott, Vicky McClure (Broadchurch) as DS Kate Fleming, and 2018 BAFTA Award Nominee Adrian Dunbar (Blood) as Supt. Ted Hastings.

Line of Duty follows anti-corruption unit 12 (AC-12) as they investigate fellow police officers accused of corruption.

This fantastic collection includes all five seasons with bonus interviews with the cast and crew, behind-the-scenes footage, deleted and extended scenes, and a behind-the-scenes featurette.

 

 

Teen Titans: The Complete Series

It’s a full plate of crime-fighting and chaos as Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, Raven and Beast Boy go up against killer villains such as Brother Blood, Mad Mod and their archenemy Slade. Get ready for all the big battles and unbreakable bonds that make these friends the unstoppable Teen Titans!

Developed by producer Glen Murakami and executive producer Sam Register, and based on DC Comics’ young super hero team, Teen Titans: The Complete Series stars Greg Cipes as Beast Boy, Scott Menville as Robin, Khary Payton as Cyborg, Tara Strong as Raven, Hynden Walch as Starfire, and Kevin Michael Richardson as Trigon/Hexagon.

Cast also includes Golden Globe Award winner Ron Perlman as Slade, Ashley Johnson as Terra, Lauren Tom as Gizmo, Wil Wheaton as Aqualad, Dee Bradley Baker as Cinderblock, T’Keyeh Crystal Keymah as Bumblebee, three-time Emmy Award winner Keith David as Atlas, John DiMaggio as Brother Blood, Michael Rosenbaum as Kid Flash, Hollywood Walk of Fame honoree Malcolm McDowell as Mad Mod, actor/author/spoken word artist Henry Rollins as Johnny Rancid, Clancy Brown as Trident, Judge Reinhold as Negative Man, Dave Coulier as Captain, Billie Hayes as Mother Mae-Eye, and Academy Award nominees Virginia Madsen, Thomas Haden Church and Michael Clarke Duncan as Arella, Killer Moth and Hayden, respectively.

This Warner Archive release includes featurettes, a bonus episode and the feature film, Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo.

 

 

Young Justice: Outsiders: The Complete Third Season

From Warner Archive, Young Justice is a deep dive into the DC Universe and the perfect gift for the super-fan on your list. They survived the schemes of The Light and saved the Earth from the Reach invasion. But this season on Young Justice: Outsiders, the team will face its greatest challenge yet.

Kidnapped teens are being transformed into superpowered weapons! Metahuman trafficking is a terrifying threat to a society caught in the crossfire of a genetic arms race spanning the globe and the galaxy. Now, Nightwing, Superboy, Miss Martian, Tigress, Aqualad and Black Lightning will need help from a new generation of heroes to save the world from the war games of Super-Villains controlling the system from the inside. What’s needed is a team of Outsiders.

 

 

The Man From Atlantis

Shortly before ascending to the status of true TV icon thanks to his portrayal of good guy Bobby Ewing on the landmark TV series Dallas, Patrick Duffy played another sort of good guy in a series of Sci Fi action epics that spawned a short-lived TV series.

Storm-tossed and washed ashore, an amnesiac man (Duffy) is rescued from certain death thanks to the insights of Navy doc Elizabeth Merrill (Belinda Montgomery), who realizes that her patient has a most amphibious nature. Dubbed Mark Harris, the man exhibits a host of extraordinary aquatic abilities – gills, strength, speed, webbed hands and feet, enhanced vision and more.

While Dr. Merrill and Mark attempt to uncover the mystery of his origins, a new menace arises in the form of genial genius (and quite mad) scientist Dr. Shubert (Victor Buono), a marine eco-terrorist with world conquering aims. Produced by Star Trek veterans Robert Justman and Herbert Solow under the auspices of Hanna-Barbera’s live action wing, the Man from Atlantis TV movies successfully blended thoughtful, Eco-aware Science Fiction and Superheroic Action/Adventure for a concoction as wild and woolly as the deep blue sea.

Seldom seen in the US after its initial run, Mark Harris’ adventures proved an overseas syndication smash. This gorgeous remaster comes from the Warner Archive, where they are hopefully working on a remaster of the complete series.

 

 

Ad Astra

 

Thirty years ago, Clifford McBride led a voyage into deep space, but the ship and crew were never heard from again. Now his son — a fearless astronaut — must embark on a daring mission to Neptune to uncover the truth about his missing father and a mysterious power surge that threatens the stability of the universe.  Starring Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland, extras include deleted scenes, commentary and featurettes.

 

 

Hell Comes To Frogtown

In a post-nuclear holocaust wasteland, Sam Hell (“Rowdy” Roddy Piper) is like most other survivors; a nomadic scavenger roaming the bombed out remnants of the world for food and survival gear. But Sam is also harboring a major secret that even he isn’t aware of: he’s the last fertile man on Earth. As unexpected pregnancies are discovered, the remnants of the government decide to capture him and, with the aid of scientist Spangle, fit him with a secure chastity belt to ensure his virility is used only when needed. After learning of a group of supposed virgins who are being held captive by frog-mutant savages, Sam is sent on a rescue mission to free the women and then, of course, impregnate them. Is he up for the job? You bet…

An ‘only in the 80s’ hybrid of post apocalyptic sci-fi weirdness, cynical humor, and horror touches, director Donald G. Jackson’s Hell Comes To Frogtown is every bit as crazy as its title implies. Co-starring Sandahl Bergman (Conan the Barbarian), Rory Calhoun (Angel), and featuring a supporting performance from Nicholas Worth (Don’t Answer the Phone), Vinegar Syndrome presents Hell Comes To FrogtownN on Blu-ray in North America for the first time, in a brand new, 4k restoration.  Extras include commentary, interviews, trailer and an extended scene.

 

 

Castlevania Season 2

 

Dracula’s war against humanity rages on! After gathering his generals from around the world, a growing unrest in the world of vampires has become clear and it may be Dracula’s human allies, Hector and Isaac, that tip the balance of power amongst the undead. But Trevor, Sypha and Alucard are taking dangerous steps to counter the coming war. The question is, can they survive their gambit…

The animated series is from Frederator Studios, a Wow! Unlimited Media company, written by best-selling author and comic book icon Warren Ellis and executive produced by Warren Ellis, Kevin Kolde, Fred Seibert and Adi Shankar. Voice cast includes Richard Armitage, James Callis,Graham McTavish, Alejandra Reynoso, Tony Amendola, Matt Frewer, Emily Swallow, Theo James,Adetokumboh M’Cormack, Jaime Murray, and Peter Stormare.

 

 

Titans: The Complete First Season

 

Titans follows a group of young soon-to-be Super Heroes from across the world of DC as they come of age and find belonging in a gritty take on the classic Teen Titans franchise. Former Gotham City vigilante Dick Grayson and Rachel Roth, a special young girl possessed by a strange darkness, get embroiled in a conspiracy that could unleash Hell on Earth. Joining them in their quest are the mysterious Starfire and loveable Beast Boy. Together they become a surrogate family and team of heroes while battling villains, demonic forces … and encountering familiar faces from across DC’s legendary canon.

Titans: The Complete First Season takes viewers back to each character’s origin story as Dick Grayson emerges as the leader of the core team of DC Super Heroes. The series stars Brenton Thwaites as Dick Grayson/Robin, Anna Diop as Koriand’r/Starfire, Teagan Croft as Rachel Roth/Raven, and Ryan Potter as Gar Logan/Beast Boy. Also featured in the series’ first season are Minka Kelly as Dawn Granger/Dove, Alan Ritchson as Hank Hall/Hawk, Seamus Dever as Trigon, Curran Walters as Jason Todd/Robin, Conor Leslie as Donna Troy, and Rachel Nichols as Angela Roth. Extras include featurettes.

 

 

The Best of The Carol Burnett Show: 50th Anniversary Edition

 

The Carol Burnett Show ran for an incredible 11 seasons and featured some of the most talented entertainers in the history of show business.

Now to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the show, this collection includes the best of the best, from all 11 seasons, together for the very first time. Hilarious episodes that haven’t been seen since they originally aired, plus some of the most beloved classics.

The Best of The Carol Burnett Show features 60 episodes on 21 DVDs including exclusive new bonus features, all housed in a deluxe collector’s box.  Includes such fan favorite sketches as “Mrs. Wiggins,” “Carol and Sis,” “The Oldest Man,” “The Family,” As the Stomach Turns, “Stella Toddler,” and “The Old Folks”; Elaborate production numbers, mini-musicals, and movie parody presentations including Slippery When Wet, The African Queen, and Went with the Wind.

The set also features such guest stars Bob Newhart, Don Rickles, Sammy Davis Jr., Lily Tomlin, Phyllis Diller, Flip Wilson, Burt Reynolds, Bernadette Peters, and many more.  Also including a backstage tour, cast reunion, new featurettes, never-before-seen outtakes, and interviews with Carol, Vicki, Tim, Alan Alda, Julie Andrews, Don Rickles; as well as a collectible memory book looking back at each season of the show’s amazing 11 year run

 

 

Star Trek Picard Movie & TV Collection

 

Following the adventures of Captain Kirk, Star Trek: The Next Generation sees Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) helm the U.S.S. Enterprise as one of the franchise’s most prominent and beloved captains. With his crew, Captain Picard strives against foes of all kinds, from dangerous alien races to cyborgs to even himself. His thrilling adventures in space and time are presented in Blu-ray high definition to bring you four films—Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis—as well as 2 feature-length episodes— “The Best of Both Worlds” and “Chain of Command”—seamlessly edited together and fully restored.

 

 

The Jetsons: The Complete Original Series

 

“Meet George Jetson … Jane, his wife … daughter Judy … his boy Elroy …” The catchy tune of The Jetsons ideally captures the lighthearted essence of the show, a futuristic counterpoint to The Flintstones that reflected the space-age optimism of the times.

The Jetsons were the very first family, animated or not, to have a big-screen home entertainment system decades before it became a reality. They also had flying cars, floating cities and androids, all commonplace scenery of today’s most popular sci-fi blockbusters. Now this beloved series teletransports in High Definition, meticulously remastered for Blu-ray. This 3-disc set contains all 24 hilarious original episodes as first broadcast in prime-time on the ABC television network during the 1962-63 season.  Extras include featurettes and commentaries.

 

 

Doom Patrol: The Complete First Season

 

Following the mysterious disappearance of their leader, Dr. Niles Caulder (“The Chief”), these reluctant heroes will find themselves in a place they never expected to be, called to action by none other than Cyborg, who comes to them with a mission hard to refuse. Part support group, part Super Hero team, the Doom Patrol is a band of superpowered freaks who fight for a world that wants nothing to do with them.
Doom Patrol stars Diane Guerrero, April Bowlby, Joivan Wade and Alan Tudyk with Matt Bomer, and Brendan Fraser, and a special appearance by Timothy Dalton.  Extras include gag reel and deleted scenes.

 

 

The Anne Bancroft Collection

 

Celebrate the extraordinary film career of Anne Bancroft in this first-ever collection of some of her most iconic performances. From Annie Sullivan to Mrs. Robinson, and from Helen Hanff to Anna Bronski, this Oscar-winning (1962: Best Actress in a Leading Role, The Miracle Worker) and profoundly versatile actress delivered some of the most poignant and sharply comic characters in modern film. The Anne Bancroft Collection pays homage to one of the greatest talents of her generation.

Includes:

Don’t Bother to Knock: Marilyn Monroe stars in an early dramatic role, eerily playing a demented baby sitter drawn to a man (Richard Widmark) she ultimately becomes convinced is her dead lover. Anne Bancroft is also on hand, making her screen debut as Widmark’s chanteuse girlfriend, hoping against hope that he’ll prove himself worthy.

The Miracle Worker: Teacher Anne Sullivan (Bancroft) leads deaf and blind Helen Keller (Patty Duke) out of darkness.

The Pumpkin Eater: Bancroft plays Jo Armitage a woman with an ambiguous number of children from three marriages, who becomes negative and withdrawn after discovering that her third (and current) husband, Jake (Peter Finch), has been unfaithful to her.

The Graduate: Shy Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) returns home from college with an uncertain future. Then the wife of his father’s business partner, the sexy Mrs. Robinson (Bancroft), seduces him, and the affair only deepens his confusion. That is, until he meets the girl of his dreams (Katharine Ross). But there’s one problem: she’s Mrs. Robinson’s daughter!

Fatso: A portly compulsive eater finds nothing can dampen his desire for food until he falls in love.  Directed by Bancroft.

To Be or Not To Be: At the onset of WWII, a Polish actor’s family and the Polish Resistance help the troupe of a theatre escape Poland and the invading Nazis.

Agnes of God: When a naive novice nun is discovered with a dead newborn in her convent quarters, a court-appointed psychiatrist investigates her case.

84 Charing Cross Road: True story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books that developed into a close friendship.

Extras include isolated musical score, featurettes, trailers, interviews, screen tests, and a 20-Page booklet with essays And liner notes.

 

 

Jonny Quest: The Complete Original Series

TV’s first animated action-adventure series is about to take you on a breathless ride.

All 26 episodes charting the fantastic exploits of brave and brainy 11-year-old Jonathan Quest are yours in a 3-disc set from the Warner Archive. Unlike the outrageous fantasy plots of cartoons that preceded it, Jonny Quest drew on science and detective-style logic to solve mysteries and apprehend sophisticated villains. Viewers were transported to exotic locales as Jonny s dad, Dr. Benton Quest, tackled each new government assignment, aided by ex-agent Race Bannon, Indian boy Hadji, family bulldog Bandit… and, of course, his fearless son Jonny.

 

 

Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

 

Quentin Tarantino’s ninth feature film is a story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood. The two lead characters are Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), former star of a western TV series, and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). Both are struggling to make it in a Hollywood they don’t recognize anymore.

But Rick has a new next-door neighbor, who may be a rising star…Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie).

Tarantino’s all-star cast also includes Julia Butters, Margaret Qualley, Timothy Olyphant, Luke Perry, Austin Butler, Dakota Fanning, Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern and Al Pacino.  Extras include over twenty additional minutes of footage that delves deeper into world of Rick Dalton’s Hollywood.

 

 

Deadline: The Complete 39 Episode Series

“A free, independent and professionally-trained press is irrefutably both the backbone of a democracy and the foundation upon which a free civil society is built; without which a democratic nation simply cannot exist.” – Sir Howard Ding

Lost and forgotten in a garage in New Jersey for over 50 years, the Deadline TV series (1959-61), which dramatized stories drawn from actual newspaper headlines of the 1950’s, has been rediscovered to remind us of a time when newspaper reporters were revered as heroes and the guardians of truth and justice. Reporters are the first line of defense of the principles rooted in our Constitution and protected under the first amendment. They uphold everything that our civil society stands for. At a time when print news media is rapidly disappearing and news reporters are being vilified as “enemies of the people,” Deadline has emerged from hibernation and is making its home video debut. Starring Peter Falk, Diane Ladd, George Maharis, Robert Lansing, and many more, this anthology series is available for the first time since it aired on prime-time TV nearly 60 years ago.

 

 

Jake Speed

 

More than a myth, less than a legend…and a bit too big for his boots.

When her sister is taken by a gang of white slavers, Margaret (Karen Kopins, Troop Beverly Hills) knows she needs a hero with a difference to bring her home. Enter Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford, Barracuda), leaping from the pages of pulp thriller novels and into the real world. With Margaret and his trusty sidekick Desmond Floyd (Dennis Christopher, Chariots of Fire), Jake arrives hot on the heels of the kidnappers in a southern African country gripped by civil war.

But it soon turns out Jake got more than he bargained for when he discovers that the ringleader of the slavers is none other than his own arch-nemesis: the wicked, criminally insane Sid (John Hurt, Alien, The Osterman Weekend)… A ripe slice of 80s action cheese in the tradition of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Romancing the Stone, Jake Speed has it all: romance, death-defying stunts, spellbinding scenery shot on location in Zimbabwe… and best of all, a wickedly off-the-wall performance by the late John Hurt, proving the old adage that a hero is nothing without a worthy foe.  This new 2K restoration of the film from the original 35mm interpositive, includes new interviews.