TALES OF TERROR Director: Roger Corman
Starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone
Blu-ray and DVD Street Date: 4/14/2015
Blu-ray SRP: $29.95
DVD SRP: $19.95
1962/Color/89 minutes/2.35:1/1920x1080p/Not Rated
Synopsis: This triple threat of terror is a three-episode, blood-dripping package that includes murder, necrophilia, dementia, live burials, exhumation, resurrection, zombies, and feline vengeance, resulting in nothing less than juicy entertainment and spine-chilling cinema. Mix in three horror legends, Vincent Price (The Oblong Box), Peter Lorre (The Raven), and Basil Rathbone (Queen of Blood), and you've got a shocker you dare not to watch alone! Mr. Price stars in all three Edgar Allan Poe (Premature Burial) episodes:Morella, The Black Cat, and The Case of M. Valdemar. Produced and directed by cult great Roger Corman (X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes) with a great supporting cast that includes Leona Gage, Joyce Jameson, Debra Paget, and David Frankham.
Special Features:
On-Camera Interview with Producer & Director Roger Corman
Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas
Audio Commentary by Vincent Price Historian David Del Valle and Actor David Frankham
"Trailers From Hell" with Roger Corman
BUONA SERA, MRS. CAMPBELL 
Director: Melvin Frank
Starring Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Phil Silvers, Peter Lawford, Telly Savalas
Blu-ray and DVD Street Date: 4/14/2015
Blu-ray SRP: $29.95
DVD SRP: $19.95
1968/Color/108 minutes/1.85:1/1920x1080p/Rated PG
Synopsis: Ravishing and resourceful Carla "Campbell" (Gina Lollobrigida, Woman of Straw) sure knows how to make the best of things. Once a frightened young girl, she's transformed herself into one of San Forino, Italy's leading citizens. And thanks to generous support checks from three American GIs she met during WWII — each of whom thinks he's the father of her daughter Gia (Janet Margolin, Last Embrace). But now the 23rd Regiment is hosting a 20-year reunion in San Forino and all three "fathers" are on their way to town and much to Mrs. Campbell's frantic dismay, her daughter can't wait to meet her real dad! With its excellent cast that includes Telly Savalas, Phil Silvers, Peter Lawford, Shelley Winters, and Lee Grant, Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell is a fun, friendly, and very entertaining that without a doubt was an inspiration for the hit musical Mamma Mia! Expertly directed by the great Melvin Frank (The Court Jester).
WOMAN OF STRAW Director: Basil Dearden
Starring Gina Lollobrigida, Sean Connery, Ralph Richardson
Blu-ray and DVD Street Date: 4/14/2015
Blu-ray SRP: $29.95
DVD SRP: $24.95
1964/Color/122 minutes/1.66:1/1920x1080p/Not Rated
Synopsis: Tyrannical but ailing tycoon Charles Richmond (Ralph Richardson, The Fallen Idol) becomes obsessed with his attractive nurse (Gina Lollobrigida, Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell). The nurse, in turn, falls in love with Charles' money-hungry nephew Anthony (Sean Connery, The Offence), who plots ways to gain control of his uncle's fortune. This stylish and suspenseful thriller was beautifully shot by the legendary Otto Heller (Peeping Tom) and wonderfully directed by the great Basil Dearen (The League of Gentlemen). Co-starring Alexander Knox (Wilson) as Detective Inspector Lomer.
LATE FOR DINNER 
Director: W.D. Richter
Starring Brian Wimmer, Peter Berg, Marcia Gay Harden, Peter Gallagher
Blu-ray Street Date: 4/14/2015
Blu-ray SRP: $29.95
1991/Color/99 minutes/1.85:1/1920x1080p/Rated PG
Synopsis: Late For Dinner is a charming, critically acclaimed old-fashioned romantic comedy that leaps through time into your heart. In the innocent days of 1962, Willie (Brian Wimmer, TV's China Beach) married Joy (Marcia Gay Harden, Pollock), the girl of his dreams. But the young lovers' hopes are shattered when a sleazy land developer (Peter Gallagher, The Idolmaker) frames Willie and his best friend Frank (Peter Berg, The Last Seduction). On the run from a crime they didn't commit, the two buddies end up caught in the biggest chill ever: guinea pigs in a dangerous cryonics experiment. Frozen Alive! And they don't thaw out until 1991! Willie and Frank haven't aged a day but everything has changed. Even Willie's only love, who's now in her fifties. But if love does indeed conquer all, Willie and Joy will have the chance to share their once-in-a-lifetime romance…twice. The second and final film directed by writer W.D. Richter, the first was the cult classic The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
THE WICKED LADY Director: Michael Winner
Starring Faye Dunaway, Alan Bates, John Gielgud
Blu-ray and DVD Street Date: 4/21/2015
Blu-ray SRP: $29.95
DVD SRP: $24.95
Color/1983/98 minutes/Rated R/DTS Master Audio Mono/1080p High Definition Widescreen (1.85:1)/Optional English subtitles
Synopsis: Legendary actress Faye Dunaway (Network, Bonnie & Clyde), looking delectable in her 17th century wardrobe, stars as Lady Barbara Skelton, a beautiful English socialite who finds her life extremely dull in spite of being married to a rich man (Denholm Elliott, Trading Places). In order to escape her banal existence, Barbara begins an affair with a miscreant criminal, Jackson (Alan Bates,Women in Love), and together they enter into a life of crime…specifically, highway robbery. As Barbara masquerades as a bandit by day, she must uphold her duties in the social hierarchy by night. A remake of the 1945 classic, The Wicked Lady is a bold foray into deviance. Director Michael Winner (Firepower, Death Wish I, II and III)_ has even gone so far as to include an erotic whipping scene between Dunaway and Marina Sirtis (Commander Denna Troi of Star Trek: The Next Generation). The wonderful supporting cast includes Sir John Gielgud (Arthur), Prunella Scales (Howard's End), Oliver Tobias (The Stud), and Glynis Barber (Edge of Sanity).
Special Features:
Original Trailer
CONVOY 
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring Kris Kristofferson, Ali McGraw, Burt Young, Ernest Borgnine
Blu-ray and DVD Street Date: 4/28/2015
Blu-ray SRP: $29.95
DVD SRP: $19.95
1978/Color/110 minutes/2.35:1/1920x1080p/Rated PG
Synopsis: When the Western film, for many decades the staple of the American cinema, suffered a decline in the Seventies, a new sub-species helped fill the void: the trucking epic. The great Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch) directed this action classic based on the runaway hit song, Convoy. Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald (Kris Kristofferson,Vigilante Force) who, in pursuance of a feud with Sheriff Lyle (Ernest Borgnine, Marty) unites scores of his fellow truck-drivers via Citizens Band radio into a gigantic mile-long convoy which, powered by pent-up frustrations and resentments as much as by diesel-fuel, rolls irresistibly along the Arizona highways toward the freedom of the Mexican border. The stellar cast includes Ali McGraw (The Getaway), Seymour Cassel (Opening Night), and Burt Young (The Killer Elite) as Bobby "Love Machine" "Pig Pen".
Special Features:
Audio Commentary by Film Historians Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons, and Nick Redman
Passion & Poetry – Sam's Trucker Movie (73 minutes)
US Radio Spots (Animated with C/B&W photos)
US TV Spot & Theatrical Trailer
"Promoting Convoy" Featurette
Three Deleted Scenes
Injokes, Friends & Cameos
Trucker Notes from Norway
More Production Stills
THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT Director: Michael Cimino
Starring Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy
DVD Street Date: 4/28/2015
DVD SRP: $19.95
1974/Color/115 minutes/Anamorphic (2.35:1)/English subtitles/Rated R
Synopsis: Screen legends Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges star as a pair of modern-day outlaws in this bold, witty, and tough action-packed crime thriller. Thunderbolt (Eastwood) is a former thief whose razor-sharp wits and steely nerves made him a master of his profession, but he's about to reenter the criminal world with a new partner: Lightfoot (Bridges), a brash young drifter whose energy and exuberance give the veteran a new outlook on life. Their target: the seemingly impenetrable Montana Armored Depository. After forming an uneasy alliance with Thunderbolt's former partners in crime, Red Leary (George Kennedy, Cool Hand Luke) and Eddie Goody (Geoffrey Lewis, High Plains Drifter), they launch an amazing scheme that will test the limits of their endurance, and the power of their friendship. Fueled by explosive action, fascinating characters and a powerfully moving climax, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is an adventure of the highest caliber and the directorial debut of the great Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter).
WILD AT HEART 
Director: David Lynch
Starring Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Crispin Glover, Diane Ladd, Isabella Rossellini, Harry Dean Stanton
DVD Street Date: 4/28/2015
DVD SRP: $19.95
1990/Color/125 minutes/Anamorphic (2.35:1)/English subtitles
Synopsis: David Lynch (Lost Highway) delivers a stunning piece of work with this flamboyantly violent and erotic tale of love on the run. Winner of the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival, Wild At Heart is a twisted roller-coaster ride to redemption through an American gothic heart of darkness. If Lula (Laura Dern, Blue Velvet) knows one thing in this world, it's that she's destined to be with her ex-con boyfriend Sailor (Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas) — no matter how many times her mama (Diane Ladd, Rumbling Rose) tries to kill him. But when she and Sailor finally hit the road in a desperate bid to find happiness, their journey plunges them into a disturbing underworld filled with sexual secrets and dangerous desires that form a terrifying tapestry of human extremity. The amazing supporting cast includes Willem Dafoe, Harry Dean Stanton, Isabella Rossellini, and Crispin Glover, just to name a few.
Special Features:
Making-of Documentary
Director David Lynch on the DVD process
Original Making-of Featurette
"Dell's Lunch Counter" Extended Interviews
David Lynch Profile
TV spots and original trailer
BARQUERO Director: Gordon Douglas
Starring Lee Van Cleef, Warren Oates, Kerwin Matthews
Blu-ray Street Date: 4/28/2015
Blu-ray SRP: $29.95
1970/Color/115m inutes/1.85:1/1920x1080p/Rated R
Synopsis: A group of Mexican bandits, led by the great Warren Oates (Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia), head for the town of Lonely Dell in order to cross the Paria River. Leaving a trail of death and destruction along the way, they arrive at Lonely Dell not expecting any resistance from the town's citizen. After decimating the local town, the gang of bandits demand that bargeman Travis (Lee Van Cleef,Sabata) transport the crooks and their booty across the river. But they get more than they bargained for when Travis turns the table on the vicious gang. The great Gordon Douglas (Between Midnight and Dawn) directs action packed adventure influenced by the ultra-violent "Spaghetti Westerns" that made Van Cleef an international superstar. The top-notch supporting cast includes Forrest Tucker (TV's F Troop), Kerwin Matthews (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) and Mariette Harley (Ride the High Country).
THE WHITE BUFFALO 
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Starring Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson, Clint Walker, Slim Pickens, Stuart Whitman, Kim Novak
Blu-ray Street Date: 4/28/2015
Blu-ray SRP: $29.95
1977/Color/97 minutes/1.85:1/1920x1080p/English subtitles/Rated PG
Synopsis: Two of the West's most legendary figures search for the demon buffalo that haunts them both! They called him Wild Bill Hickok (Charles Bronson, Breakheart Pass), the prince of pistoleers, a frontier adventurer and a killer of men — now, in his last years, he is an old gunfighter plagued by fears and driven by a need to make peace with himself. The White Buffalo is his contant nightmare; he must find the fabled beast and destroy it…before it destroys him. He was Crazy Horse (Will Sampson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), the greatest of all Sioux chiefs. A warrior of dignity and pride — now a father who searches for the legendary albino buffalo so that the spirit of his dead child can go to heaven and he will stop at nothing to obtain the sacred white pelt. J. Lee Thompson (The Guns of Navarone) directs this one-of-a-kind western that features a brilliant cast including Jack Warden (Billy Two Hats), Kim Novak (Picnic), Stuart Whitman (Shadows in an Empty Room), Slim Pickens (Blazing Saddles), John Carradine (The Sentinel), and western legend Clint Walker (More Dead Than Alive).
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