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| APRIL 24TH, 2018 |
MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE (2018)
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Official Synopsis: In the epic finale to the Maze Runner saga, Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.
| TV SPOTLIGHT |
SHAMELESS: SEASON EIGHT (2017-2018)
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Official Synopsis: Season 8 of this comedy series finds the Gallagher family on an upswing. Frank (William H. Macy) comes out of a drug-induced haze and decides it’s finally time to be a contributing member of society, while Fiona (Emmy Rossum) faces hard decisions when she discovers her success as a landlord may mean someone else’s misfortune. Lip (Jeremy Allen White) struggles with unexpected sacrifices he must make to stay sober, while Ian (Cameron Monaghan) takes up a cause in hopes of getting back with Trevor (Elliot Fletcher).
| CRITERION CORNER |
DEAD MAN (1995)
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Official Synopsis: With Dead Man, his first period piece, Jim Jarmusch imagined the nineteenth-century American West as an existential wasteland, delivering a surreal reckoning with the ravages of industrialization, the country’s legacy of violence and prejudice, and the natural cycle of life and death. Accountant William Blake (Johnny Depp) has hardly arrived in the godforsaken outpost of Machine before he’s caught in the middle of a fatal lovers’ quarrel. Wounded and on the lam, Blake falls under the watch of the outcast Nobody (Gary Farmer), who guides his companion on a spiritual journey, teaching him to dispense poetic justice along the way. Featuring austerely beautiful black-and-white photography by Robby Müller and a live-wire score by Neil Young, Dead Man is a profound and unique revision of the western genre.
Disc features include:
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Jim Jarmusch, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New Q&A in which Jarmusch responds to questions sent in by fans
- Rarely seen footage of Neil Young composing and performing the film’s score
- New interview with actor Gary Farmer
- New readings of William Blake poems by members of the cast, including Mili Avital, Alfred Molina, and Iggy Pop
- New selected-scene audio commentary by production designer Bob Ziembicki and sound mixer Drew Kunin
- Deleted scenes
- Jarmusch’s location scouting photos
- PLUS: Essays by film critic Amy Taubin and music journalist Ben Ratliff
THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999)
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Official Synopsis: With this debut feature, Sofia Coppola announced her singular vision, exploring the aesthetics of femininity while illuminating the interior lives of young women. An adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides’s popular first novel, The Virgin Suicides conjures the ineffable melancholy of teenage longing and ennui in its story of the suicides of the five Lisbon sisters, stifled by the rules of their overprotective religious parents—as told through the collective memory of a group of men who were boys at the time and still yearn to understand what happened. Evoking its 1970s suburban setting through ethereal cinematography by Ed Lachman and an atmospheric score by Air, the film secured a place for its director in the landscape of American independent cinema and has become a coming-of-age touchstone.
Disc features include:
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised by cinematographer Ed Lachman and approved by director Sofia Coppola, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New interviews with Coppola, Lachman, actors Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett, author Jeffrey Eugenides, and writer Tavi Gevinson
- Making of “The Virgin Suicides,” a 1998 documentary directed by Eleanor Coppola and featuring Sofia Coppola; Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola; actors Dunst, Hartnett, Scott Glenn, Kathleen Turner, and James Woods; Eugenides; and more
- Lick the Star, a 1998 short film by Coppola
- Music video for Air’s soundtrack song “Playground Love,” directed by Coppola and her brother Roman Coppola
- Trailers
- PLUS: An essay by novelist Megan Abbott
| HIGHLIGHT RELEASES OF THE WEEK |
DEN OF THIEVES (2018)
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Official Synopsis: Every day, $120mm in cash is taken out of circulation and destroyed by the Los Angeles Branch of the Federal Reserve – unless a notorious, elite crew of bank robbers can pull off the ultimate heist and get to the money first… right under the noses of LA’s most feared division in law enforcement.
FOREVER MY GIRL (2018)
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Official Synopsis: Forever My Girl tells the story of country music super-star Liam Page (Alex Roe) who left his bride, Josie (Jessica Rothe), at the altar choosing fame and fortune instead. However, Liam never got over Josie, his one true love, nor did he ever forget his Southern roots in the small community where he was born and raised. When he unexpectedly returns to his hometown for the funeral of his high school best friend, Liam is suddenly faced with the consequences of all that he left behind.
HOSTILES (2017)
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Official Synopsis: Set in 1892, Hostiles tells the story of a legendary Army Captain (Christian Bale), who after stern resistance, reluctantly agrees to escort a dying Cheyenne war chief (Wes Studi) and his family back to tribal lands. Making the harrowing and perilous journey from Fort Berringer, an isolated Army outpost in New Mexico, to the grasslands of Montana, the former rivals encounter a young widow (Rosamund Pike), whose family was murdered on the plains. Together, they must join forces to overcome the punishing landscape, hostile Comanche and vicious outliers that they encounter along the way.
PADDINGTON 2
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Official Synopsis: PADDINGTON 2 finds Paddington happily settled with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens, where he has become a popular member of the community, spreading joy and marmalade wherever he goes. While searching for the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy’s hundredth birthday, Paddington spots a unique pop-up book in Mr. Gruber’s antique shop, and embarks upon a series of odd jobs to buy it. But when the book is stolen, it’s up to Paddington and the Browns to unmask the thief… Helmed by twice BAFTA nominated director Paul King, PADDINGTON 2 is co-produced by multi award-winning David Heyman / Heyday Films (producer of all eight of the HARRY POTTER films, GRAVITY, THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS, FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM) and StudioCanal, who will also distribute in the UK, France, Germany, Australia and New Zealand. PADDINGTON is based on the best-selling and internationally adored series of children’s stories by British author Michael Bond, which have sold more than 35 million copies worldwide, been translated into over 40 languages and captured the imagination of children and adults around the globe.
TV BOX SETS |
UNFORGOTTEN: SEASON ONE
Official Synopsis: A stone-cold case of murder tests the wits of a crime-solving duo.
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| Static Shock: Season Four (Warner Archive Collection) |
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SPECIAL EDITIONS / OTHER RELEASES
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FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL
Official Synopsis: Based on Peter Turner’s memoir, the film follows the playful but passionate relationship between Turner (Bell) and the eccentric Academy Award (R)-winning actress Gloria Grahame (Bening) in 1978 Liverpool. What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme fatale and her young lover quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort. Their passion and lust for life is tested to the limits by events beyond their control.
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| 1864 (2014) |
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| And Then I Was French (2017) |
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| Anunnaki (2018) |
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| Atlantic Rim: Resurrection (2017) |
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| Backstabbing For Beginners (2018) |
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| Bad Blood (2017) |
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| Bill Nye: Science Guy (2017) |
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| Blood And Glory (2018) |
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| Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017) |
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| Condemned (2018) |
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| Cyborg (1989) (Collector’s Edition) |
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| Dare To Be Wild (2018) |
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| Daughters Of Satan (1972) |
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| Dead Justice (2016) |
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| Deadpool (2016) (Anniversary Edition) |
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| Dear Dictator (2018) |
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| The Devil & Father Amorth (2018) |
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| The Devil To Pay (1930) (Warner Archive Collection) |
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| Digimon Adventure Tri: Loss (2017) |
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| Disney Zombies (2018) |
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| Doctor Detroit (1983) |
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| The Dogfather (1974) (Kino Classics) |
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| Do Not Resist (2016) |
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| Down Three Dark Streets (1954) |
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| Equal Means Equal (2016) |
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| Fantomas (1964) |
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| Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool (2017) |
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| The Final Year (2017) |
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| Five Steps To Danger (1957) |
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| Golden Exits (2017) |
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| Gray Lady Down (1977) |
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| The Grease Collection (40th Anniversary Edition) |
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| Have A Nice Day (2017) |
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| Him (2016) |
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| The Holy Mountain (1926) (Kino Classics) |
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| Joe (1970) |
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| Last Seen In Idaho (2018) |
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| Liquid Sky (1982) |
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| The Maze (3D) (1953) |
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| Mermaids (1990) |
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| Missing (Saknad) (2017) |
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| Misterjaw: The DePatie-Freleng Collection (1976) |
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| Moon Child (1989) |
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| Patagonia Treasure Trail (2016) |
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| Savannah Smiles (1982) (Collector’s Edition) |
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| Sinister Minister (2017) |
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| Strings (2018) |
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| The Strange Ones (2017) |
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| Tonight She Comes (2016) |
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| Troll & Troll 2 (1985) |
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| Vazante (2018) |
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| A Violent Life (2017) |
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| Wanderland (2018) |
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| War Of The Planets (1977) |
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| Went To Coney Island On A Mission From God… (1998) |
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| West Virginia (2016) |
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| Woman Chases Man (1937) (Warner Archive Collection) |
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