Best DVD & Blu-rays Released August 2016
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Monster Hunt
In a mythical ancient world, monsters rule the land while humans keep to their own kingdom. But when adorable baby monster Wuba is born to a human father and monster queen, mortals and creatures alike set out to capture the newborn, and Wuba’s epic adventure begins.
Raman Hui, Baihe Bai, Wu Jiang, Bai Baihe, Jing Boran, Jiang Wu, Elaine Jin, Wallace Chung
Carter High
The true story of the powerhouse 1988 Carter High School Football Team from Dallas, Texas. Carter has to overcome tremendous difficulties to reach their ultimate goal of winning a state championship. As parents and community leaders come together to support the youth through their hardships, the team becomes the hero of the community.
Vivica A. Fox, Kelly Gray, Charles S. Dutton, Pooch Hall, Arthur Muhammad, Ty Walker, David Banner
Reality
Jason (Alain Chabat), a quiet cameraman, dreams of directing his first horror movie. Bob Marshal (Jonathan Lambert), a wealthy producer, accepts to finance his movie on one condition: Jason has 48 hours to find the perfect scream in the history of film. During his search, Jason gradually gets lost in a nightmare.
Quentin Dupieux, Alain Chabat, Elodie Bouchez, Jonathan Lambert
Mother's Day
An ensemble comedy about Moms.
Kate Hudson, Kevin Frakes, Garry Marshall, Anya Kochoff-Romano, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Timothy Olyphant, Jared D. Underwood
Viral
A virus that wipes out half of the population, a woman begins to record what happens while they are in quarantine and protect her sister who is infected by the disease.
Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost, Jason Blum, Christopher G. Landon, Barbara Marshall, Analeigh Tipton, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Michael Kelly
Meet the Blacks
When the Black family inherits one million dollars, they leave Detroit and all their debts and problems behind for a better life in Beverly Hills. But what they don't know is that it's the annual purge night in Beverly Hills, where all crime is legal for twelve hours.
Bresha Webb, Deon Taylor, Mike Epps, Mike Tyson, Zulay Henao, Andrew Bachelor, George Lopez, Gary Owen
The Lobster
A love story set in the near future where single people, according to the rules of The City, are arrested and transferred to The Hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal of their choosing and released into The Woods. A desperate Man escapes from The Hotel to The Woods where The Loners live and falls in love, although it is against their rules.
Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman, Yorgos Lanthimos, Colin Farrell, John C. Reilly, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw
High Strung
Follows the artistically charged lives of a hip-hop violinist, a classical dancer and an innovative hip-hop crew in New York City.
Nicholas Galitzine, Sonoya Mizuno, Michael Damian, Keenan Kampa, Ian Eastwood, Comfort Fedoke, Jane Seymour
The Bronze
Rauch plays a foul-mouthed former gymnastics bronze medalist who must fight for her local celebrity status when a young athlete’s star rises in town.
Sebastian Stan, Thomas Middleditch, Gary Cole, Mark Duplass, Bryan Buckley, Stephanie Langhoff, Melissa Rauch, Winston Rauch
Marguerite
1921, the beginning of the Golden Twenties. Not far from Paris. It is party day at Marguerite Dumont’s castle. Like every year, an array of music lovers gathers around a great cause at the owner’s place. Nobody knows much about this woman except that she is rich and that her whole life is devoted to her passion: music. Marguerite sings. She sings wholeheartedly, but she sings terribly out of tune. In ways quite similar to the Castafiore, Marguerite has been living her passion in her own bubble, and the hypocrite audience, always coming in for a good laugh, acts as if she was the diva she believes she is. When a young, provocative journalist decides to write a rave article on her latest performance, Marguerite starts to believe even further in her talent. This gives her the courage she needs to follow her dream. Despite her husband’s reluctance, and with the help of a has-been divo, both funny and mean, she decides to train for her first recital in front of a crowd of complete strangers.
Xavier Giannoli, André Marcon, Catherine Frot, Aubert Fenoy, Christa Theret, Denis Mpunga, Michel Fau, Sylvain Dieuaide
Manhattan Night
Follows a Manhattan tabloid writer (Adrien Brody), who is a dedicated husband and father. He meets a seductive stranger, who asks him to dig into the unsolved murder of her filmmaker husband. He accepts the assignment and finds himself sucked into a world of sexual obsession and blackmail.
Adrien Brody, Steven Berkoff, Brian DeCubellis, Yvonne Strahovski, Campbell Scott, Jennifer Beals, Linda Lavin
Louder Than Bombs
Follows Gene (Gabriel Byrne) and his two sons (Jesse Eisenberg and Devin Makenzie Druid) three years after the death of their wife and mother.
Isabelle Huppert, Jesse Eisenberg, Ruby Jerins, Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt, Rachel Brosnahan, Gabriel Byrne, Devin Druid
Puerto Ricans in Paris
Detectives Luis Lopez and Eddie Garcia are childhood best friends, brother-in-laws, and partners in the New York Police Department Luxury Goods Recovery Unit tasked with hunting down Canal Street's infamous bootleggers. With Luis as the slick, self-styled "brains" of the operation and Eddie as the shy, quiet "muscle," they've been running through the streets of the Lower East side in search of fake Louis Vuitton for 20 years - long enough for them to be the best in the business. While their work mostly keeps them below 14th Street, a random visit from a celebrated French designer and her business partner set in motion a sequence of events that take them on a wild goose chase through the streets of Paris - from fashion parties to hipster nightclubs - in search of a stolen handbag (and delicious French macarons).
As the investigation deepens with no sign of the bag, our two best friends start to grow suspicious of everyone around them - including each other.
Luis Guzman, Edgar Garcia, Rosario Dawson, Ian Edelman, Neel Shah, Alice Taglioni, Rosie Perez
Lazer Team
Four small-town losers stumble across an alien crash site containing an incredible battle suit. One round of bickering and a quick scuffle later, they each find themselves wearing a piece of the suit, which has genetically bound itself to them. Now, they must to work together as one to save humanity. With the government chasing after them and desperate to remove their new equipment at ANY cost, the foursome must learn to use a strange alien device meant for only one person, train for a battle against an omnipotent enemy, and not kill each other in the process. They may not be strong, smart, or talented... but they’re Lazer Team.
Alan Ritchson, Matt Hullum, Josh Flanagan, Burnie Burns, Michael Jones, Colton Dunn, Gavin Free, Allie DeBerry
Bite
While on her bachelorette party getaway, Casey, the bride to be, gets a seemingly harmless bite from an unknown insect. After returning home with cold feet, Casey tries to call off her wedding but before she's able to, she starts exhibiting insect like traits. Between her physical transformation and her wedding anxiety, Casey succumbs to her new instincts and begins creating a hive that not only houses her translucent eggs, but feeds on the flesh of others. As her transformation becomes complete, Casey discovers that everything can change with a single bite.
Lawrene Denkers, Chad Archibald, Jayme Laforest, Elma Begovic, Annette Wozniak, Jordan Gray, Denise Yuen, Tianna Nori
High Rise
Set in an elegant forty-story tower block, affluent tenants are hell-bent on destruction. Cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on other floors and the once-luxurious amenities become an arena for mayhem.
Jeremy Thomas, Elisabeth Moss, Ben Wheatley, Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Luke Evans, James Purefoy, Keeley Hawes
Fathers and Daughters
A love story between a father and daughter living in New York City 25 years apart. Russell Crowe will portray a famous novelist and widower struggling with mental illness as he tries to raise his 5-year-old daughter; the story will also focus on the 30-year-old daughter’s life in present-day Manhattan where she battles the aftermath of her troubled childhood.
Amanda Seyfried, Russell Crowe, Gabriele Muccino, Brad Desch, Aaron Paul, Diane Kruger, Quvenzhane Wallis, Bruce Greenwood
Addicted to Fresno
Shannon is fresh out of sex rehab when her younger, overly optimistic lesbian sister Martha lands her a job as a maid at Fresno Suites, the local hotel. When Shannon jeopardizes her fresh start by accidentally killing a hotel guest after a post-rehab relapse, Martha goes to great lengths to help her sister cover up the crime. Shannon finally learns to take responsibility for her actions, and the sisters begin to resolve their tortured relationship.
Jamie Babbit, Natasha Lyonne, Judy Greer, Aubrey Plaza, Clea DuVall, Molly Shannon
Baskin
A five-man unit of cops on night patrol get more than they bargain for when they arrive at a creepy backwater town in the middle of nowhere after a call comes over the radio for backup. Entering a derelict building, the seasoned tough guys and their rookie junior, who’s still haunted by a traumatic childhood dream, do the one thing you should never do in this kind of movie: they split up. They soon realize they’ve stumbled into a monstrous charnel house and descend into an ever-more nightmarish netherworld where grotesque, mind-wrenching horrors await them at every turn.
Mehmet Cerrahoglu, Can Evrenol, Gorkem Kasal, Ergun Kuyucu, Sabahattin Yakut, Mehmet Fatih Dokgoz, Muharrem Bayrak
Last Days in the Desert
Follows Jesus in an imagined chapter from his 40 days of fasting and praying in the desert, including a battle with the Devil over the fate of an ordinary family in crisis.
Ciaran Hinds, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Rodrigo Garcia, Tye Sheridan
A Hologram For The King
After failing in America, a struggling businessman heads to a rising Saudi Arabian city for a last ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and do something memorable.
Sidse Babett Knudsen, Gary Goetzman, Sarita Choudhury, Tom Tykwer, Tom Hanks, Tom Skerritt, Jay Abdo
A Monster with a Thousand Heads
In a desperate attempt to save her husband’s life by accessing the medical treatment that he needs to survive, Sonia embarks on a chase against her corrupt and negligent insurance company and its complicit representatives — leading her son and herself into a vertiginous spiral of violence.
Rodrigo Plá, Jana Raluy, Hugo Albores, Sebastián Aguirre
Sweet Bean
Sentaro runs a small bakery that serves dorayakis—pastries filled with sweet red bean paste. When an old lady, Tokue, offers to help in the kitchen, he reluctantly accepts. But Tokue proves to have magic in her hands when it comes to making sweet bean paste. Thanks to her secret recipe, the little business soon flourishes. And with time, Sentaro and Tokue will open their hearts to reveal old wounds.
Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Miyoko Asada, Naomi Kawase, Kirin Kiki, Etsuko Ichihara
The First Monday in May
The First Monday in May follows the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's most attended fashion exhibition in history, "China: Through The Looking Glass," an exploration of Chinese-inspired Western fashions by Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton.
Andrew Rossi
JeruZalem
Two American girls on vacation follow a mysterious and handsome anthropology student on a trip to Jerusalem. The party is cut short when the trio are caught in the middle of a biblical apocalypse. Trapped between the ancient walls of the holy city, the three travelers must survive long enough to find a way out as the fury of hell is unleashed upon them.
Doron Paz, Yoav Paz, Tom Graziani, Yael Grobglas
Backgammon
When Andrew invites Lucian and his girlfriend Elizabeth for a weekend vacation, they don’t expect Andrew’s sister Miranda and her Baudelaire-obsessed boyfriend Gerald to show up as well. Overwhelmed by Gerald’s antics and the constant irritating horseplay with Miranda, Andrew and Elizabeth split. Lucian, however, decides to stay, as a simmering, sexual tension develops between him and the flighty, flirtatious Miranda. When Gerald explodes after losing everything during an alcohol-fueled poker game with Lucian, Miranda finally gives him the boot. But as she and Lucian begin to dance around each other, their surroundings show threatening signs that Gerald may never have left.
Francisco Orvañanos, Brittany Allen, Noah Silver, Alex Beh, Olivia Crocicchia, Christian Alexander
Angry Birds
A feature-length movie based on the popular downloadable game in which birds try to attack pigs who stole their eggs.
Maya Rudolph, Ike Barinholtz, Jon Vitti, Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny R. McBride, Kate McKinnon, Danielle Brooks
God's Not Dead 2
No plot details have been announced.
Ray Wise, Cary Solomon, Chuck Konzelman, Robin Givens, Harold Cronk, David AR White, Ernie Hudson, Eamonn McCrystal
Backgammon
When Andrew invites Lucian and his girlfriend Elizabeth for a weekend vacation, they don’t expect Andrew’s sister Miranda and her Baudelaire-obsessed boyfriend Gerald to show up as well. Overwhelmed by Gerald’s antics and the constant irritating horseplay with Miranda, Andrew and Elizabeth split. Lucian, however, decides to stay, as a simmering, sexual tension develops between him and the flighty, flirtatious Miranda. When Gerald explodes after losing everything during an alcohol-fueled poker game with Lucian, Miranda finally gives him the boot. But as she and Lucian begin to dance around each other, their surroundings show threatening signs that Gerald may never have left.
Francisco Orvañanos, Brittany Allen, Noah Silver, Alex Beh, Olivia Crocicchia, Christian Alexander
Sundown
The romantic comedy tracks two high school seniors as they embark on an epic and priapic Spring Break in Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta.
Teri Hatcher, John Michael Higgins, Jordi Molla, Devon Werkheiser, Fernando Lebrija, Camilla Belle, Karla Souza, Sean Marquette
Almost Holy
Tells the story of Gennadiy Mohknenko, a Ukrainian pastor who has taken up the fight against child homelessness by forcibly abducting street kids and bringing them to his private rehabilitation center. Gennadiy’s ongoing efforts and unabashedly tough love approach to his city’s problems has made him a folk hero to some, and a lawless vigilante to others.
Steve Hoover, Terence Malick
Our Last Tango
Our Last Tango tells the life and love story of Argentina’s most famous tango dancers, Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes, who met as teenagers and danced together for nearly fifty years until a painful separation tore them apart. Relaying their story to a group of young tango dancers and choreographers from Buenos Aires, their story of love, hatred and passion is transformed into unforgettable tango choreographies.
German Kral, Johana Copes, Juan Carlos Copes, Alejandra Gutty
The Brainwashing of My Dad
Filmmaker Jen Senko explores the transformation of her father from a non-political life-long Democrat to a radicalized Right-Wing fanatic, she discovers that this is a widespread phenomenon, especially among older white men. She uncovers the forces behind the media that changed him completely: a plan by Roger Ailes under Nixon to create a media run by the GOP, The Powell Memo and the dismantling of the Fairness Doctrine, all of which would ultimately result in a media which would misinform millions, divide families and even the country itself.
Matthew Modine, Jen Senko, Adam Rackoff
The Nice Guys
In The Nice Guys, a private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, Ty Simpkins, Shane Black, Alex Walton, Joel Silver, Yvonne Zima, Anthony Bagarozzi
The Huntsman: Winter's War
A sequel to 2012's Snow White and the Huntsman. The film will likely focus on The Huntsman character.
Jessica Chastain, Emily Blunt, Nick Frost, Joe Roth, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin, David Koepp
Ratchet & Clank
Ratchet is the last of his kind, a foolhardy "lombax" who has grown up alone on a backwater planet with no family of his own, while Clank is a pint-sized robot with more brains than brawn. The two unlikely heroes struggle to stop a vile alien named Chairman Drek from destroying every planet in the Solana Galaxy.
Bella Thorne, Sylvester Stallone, Paul Giamatti, Rosario Dawson, Michael Hefferon, Kevin Munroe, Kim Dent Wilder, T.J. Fixman
Maggie's Plan
Story of a young woman and the joys and pitfalls of trying to make your own way in New York City.
Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Maya Rudolph, Greta Gerwig, Rebecca Miller, Bill Hader
Clown
A loving father dons a clown outfit, wig, bulbous nose and pancake makeup to entertain at his son's sixth birthday after the clown-for-hire is a no-show. He and his family race to break the curse of the evil outfit before he undergoes a complete transformation into a homicidal killer with over-sized shoes.
Christopher D. Ford, Eli Roth, Jon Watts, Brian Oliver, Steven Chester Prince, Peter Stormare, Laura Allen, Elizabeth Whitmere
The Duel
When dead bodies wash ashore a river in an idyllic small, southern town called Helena, Texas Ranger David Kingston and his Mexican bride are sent to investigate.
Liam Hemsworth, Todd LIeberman, Kieran Darcy-Smith, David Hoberman, Matt Cook, Woody Harrelson, Alice Braga, Emory Cohen
Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
In this sparkling romance, Ruby (Jamie Chung), a Chinese American toy designer from LA, visits Hong Kong for the first time on business. Finding herself stranded, she meets Josh (Bryan Greenberg), an American expat who shows her the city. Meandering through nighttime streets pulsing with energy and possibility, they fall into a winding and carefree conversation, buoyed by an undeniable attraction.
Emily Ting, Jamie Chung, Bryan Greenberg
Tab Hunter Confidential
In the 1950s, Tab Hunter is America’s Boy Next Door. Nothing, it seems, can damage his skyrocketing career. Nothing, that is, except for the fact that Tab Hunter is secretly gay. Now, Tab Hunter’s secret is out. In Tab Hunter Confidential we will meet, for the first time, the real Tab Hunter as he shares with us the whole story of a happy, healthy survivor of Hollywood’s roller coaster.
Jeffrey Schwarz
Wiener-Dog
People -- including Dawn Wiener, who as a child was mercilessly teased as "Weiner Dog" -- find their lives inspired or changed by one particular dachshund, who seems to be spreading comfort and joy.
Megan Ellison, Greta Gerwig, Danny DeVito, Tracy Letts, Todd Solondz, Julie Delpy, Kieran Culkin, Brie Larson
They Will Have To Kill Us First
Music is the beating heart of Malian culture, but when Islamic jihadists took control of northern Mali in 2012, they enforced one of the harshest interpretations of sharia law by banning all forms of music. Radio stations were destroyed, instruments burned, and Mali’s musicians faced torture, even death. Overnight, the country’s revered musicians were forced into hiding or exile, where most remain -- even now. But rather than laying down their instruments, these courageous artists fought back, standing up for their freedoms and using music as a weapon against the ongoing violence that has ravaged their homeland.
Johanna Schwartz
Dark Horse
Set in a former mining village in Wales, DARK HORSE is the inspirational true story of a group of friends from a working men's club who decide to take on the elite 'sport of kings' and breed themselves a racehorse. Raised on a slagheap allotment, their foal grows into an unlikely champion, beating the finest thoroughbreds in the land, before suffering a near fatal accident. Nursed back to health by the love of his owners - for whom he's become a source of inspiration and hope - he makes a remarkable recovery, returning to the track for a heart-stopping comeback.
Louise Osmond
Sunset Song
An epic of hope, tragedy and love at the dawning of the Great War.
Terence Davies, Peter Mullan, Agyness Deyn
The Jungle Book
Mowgli, a young boy, is raised by wolves whose friends include a bear named Baloo and a panther by the name of Bagheera. The boy also faces adversaries and has to fight Shere Khan, a mean tiger.
Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong'o, Jon Favreau, Brigham Taylor, Justin Marks, Idris Elba, Bill Murray, Neel Sethi
Me Before You
A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But,the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.
Vanessa Kirby, Karen Rosenfelt, Scott Neustadter, Sam Claflin, Thea Sharrock, Michael M. Weber, Emilia Clarke, Charles Dance
The Phenom
the story of a rookie major-league pitcher (Johnny Simmons) who is sent down to the minors and enlists the help of an unorthodox sport psychologist (Paul Giamatti).
Ethan Hawke, Paul Giamatti, Johnny Simmons, Noah Buschel