Hope everyone had a great long weekend. Now it’s New Release Tuesday!

BLU = Also available to rent on Blu-ray disc

3D BLU = Available for rent on lovely 3D Blu-ray, though you must have a 3D TV to experience the full glory

@ = Available for sale in the store (but we can special order anything, see us for details)

SALE = Click this link to purchase select titles from our online store.

 

First up, the Heroes at the Criterion Collection have released a great blu-ray upgrade of both Richard Siodmak’s 1946 and Don Siegel’s 1964 versions of THE KILLERS (@ BLU SALE). Both are based on the Ernest Hemingway story, and of course both are fantastic hard boiled adaptations. You could do a lot worse than two great noirs in the same Criterion package!

Then, after years of being available only on a long-out-of-print VHS, the original French spy spoof classic THE TALL BLOND MAN WITH ONE BLACK SHOE (@ BLU SALE) is finally out on DVD and Blu-ray.

And we’d be fools to not mention one of our favorite unheralded gems. TRUCK TURNER (@ BLU SALE) is one of the best blaxploitation movies ever made, starring Isaac Hayes (who also did the score, of course) as a bounty hunter who crosses paths with a vicious lady gangster (the amazing Nichelle Nichols). A heavy inspiration for Tarantino’s JACKIE BROWN, we promise it’s one of the coolest little movies you’ve never seen.

 

 

As for the rest, don’t forget to check out the following: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s daughter MAGGIE (BLU) is turning into a zombie. J-Lo literally enters the mind of a killer in THE CELL (@ BLU SALE). SLOW WEST (BLU) is another in the trend of hypnotic revisionist westerns. Robot gladiators settle international scores in ROBOT JOX (@ BLU SALE). Simon Pegg is a hitman in KILL ME THREE TIMES (BLU). THE CRIMSON CULT (@ BLU SALE) features the irresistible team of Christopher Lee and Boris Karloff. That stolen artwork belongs to Helen Mirren in WOMAN IN GOLD (BLU). Your choice of serial killer madness: Italian style in SPASMO (@ BLU SALE), or good old American nastiness in DERANGED (@ BLU SALE). Lovecraft’s THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE (@ BLU SALE) gets a cool indie adaptation. Arrow has Italian Pod-people extravaganza CONTAMINATION (@ BLU SALE). For doc fans, THE MERCHANTS OF DOUBT (BLU) looks at so-called “experts” who manipulate the facts for some shady purposes. And on the TV front, we’ve got the new season of HOUSE OF CARDS (BLU), and the first run of the new version of POLDARK.

 

Here’s the full rental list:

 

5 Flights Up (2014)

’71 (2014)

Absolution (2015)

Alex of Venice (2014)

Contamination (1980) @ BLU SALE

Dark Summer (2014)

Deli Man (2014)

For the Emperor (2014)

Gerontophilia (2013)

Human Capital (2013)

Kill Me Three Times (2014) BLU

Killers (1946) / Killers (1964) (Criterion Collection) @ BLU SALE

Lovers (2015)

Maggie (2014) BLU

No Way Jose (2015)

Road Within (2014)

Slow West (2013) BLU

Spasmo (1974) @ BLU SALE

Street Dance (2010) (2D/3D) (PAL/Region 2)

Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe (1972) @ BLU SALE

Tiger Orange (2014)

Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)

Trophy Heads (2014)

Truck Turner (1974) @ BLU SALE

Woman In Gold (2015) BLU

 

NEW DOCUMENTARIES

Dick Cavett’s Vietnam

Gesar Bard’s Tale (2015)

Merchants of Doubt (2014) BLU

Nature: Mystery Monkeys of Shangri-La (2015)

 

NEW BLU-RAY

Cell (2000) @ BLU SALE

Color Out of Space (2010) @ BLU SALE

Deranged (1974) @ BLU SALE

Girlhood (2014)

King of the Streets (2013)

Mean Season (1985)

No Good Deed (2003)

Robot Jox (1990) @ BLU SALE

Time Lapse (2014)

Tracers (2014)

 

NEW TV ON DVD

Bitten: Season 2

Brokenwood Mysteries: Series 1

House of Cards: Season 3 BLU 

Poldark: Season 1

 

That’ll about do it for this week’s New Releases! We’ll be back as always next week with another fresh batch. Until then, happy browsing, renting, and buying. Remember, Scarecrow Video can’t survive without You!