New DVDs and Blu-Rays
May 2025
 
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Blockbusters
Captain America: Brave New World

As he takes on the mantle of Captain America, Sam Wilson soon finds himself in the middle of an international incident. In a race against time, Sam must unravel a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.
Mickey 17

Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job... to die, for a living.
Mufasa

An orphaned Mufasa is lost and alone until he meets Taka, heir to a royal bloodline. This launches an epic journey that tests the pair's bonds as they evade a deadly foe.
International Cinema
Art College 1994

Students at the Chinese Academy of Arts begin a new life, where love and friendship confront great ideals and personal ambition. A freshman is taken to the security department after a conflict with his roommate, and something unexpected happens.
Elephant

Bartek runs a small horse farm in the mountains of Poland. He had to become head of the family when his father left, and his mother fell apart. One day their neighbor dies, and his son Dawid comes back to the village for the funeral. Bartek becomes fascinated by Dawid and his care-free approach to life. This new romance will force him to decide if he's ready to risk it all and choose his freedom above family obligations.
Mountain Onion

11-year-old Jabai, sells mountain onions with his sister on the border highway of Kazakhstan. One day he catches his mom having an affair with a trucker. But soon he discovers the powers of Viagra, and goes on a misadventure to get some for his dad.
The Other Widow

Ella is a 34 year old theater costume designer and mistress of a playwright who dies unexpectedly. While the preparations for the premiere are in full swing, Ella insists on attending his Shiva and dives into a world once forbidden to her. Things get complicated when she becomes too close to his loved ones, especially his wife.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

An investigating judge struggles with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran caused by the death of a young woman. When his gun goes missing, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing harsh measures that fray family ties.
TV Shows & Miniseries
Dalgliesh: Series Three

Set in 1979, the third installment of Dalgliesh sees Commander Adam Dalgliesh take on three highly charged and highly sensitive cases. In Death In Holy Orders, he investigates the bloody murder of a senior churchman, in a seminary in West Sussex--an institution already engulfed in scandal. In Cover Her Face, a murder in the house of a wealthy and influential family brings him to the heart of Essex. Finally, Devices And Desires sees him investigate a string of killings in Kent, suspected to be the work of anti-nuclear campaigners.
Doctor Who: Seasons One-Four & Specials Collection

This volume kicks off the New Who era with every Ninth and Tenth Doctor episode including the specials, now newly upscaled to high definition. From facing down an army of Autons in central London to preventing the end of time, the Doctors and their companions find themselves with no shortage of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey adventures.
Miss Austen

In 1830, several years after Jane Austen has died, her sister Cassandra races to see her friend Isabella, who is about to lose her home following her father's death. Cassandra is ostensibly there to help, but her real motive is to find a stash of private letters which, in the wrong hands, could destroy Jane's reputation.
Outlander: Season Seven

In order to protect what they've built, the Frasers have to navigate the Revolutionary War. They learn that sometimes to defend what you love, you have to leave it behind.
Wolf Hall: The Mirror & the Light

May, 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead. As the axe drops, Thomas Cromwell emerges from the bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master Henry VIII settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour. Now, with no great family to back him, no private army, and only his wits to rely on, Cromwell must navigate the dangerous court of a most unpredictable king.
Yellowstone: Season Five, Part Two

In the explosive conclusion of Season 5, the fight for the Dutton legacy intensifies, with Beth, Rip, and Jamie caught in a dangerous power struggle. As betrayals and shifting alliances threaten to tear them apart, the family faces devastating decisions that could determine the future of their empire.
Spotlight: Dear Mama
Baba

62-year-old chiropractor Stojanka is struggling to make ends meet for her and her grandkids, when she ends up finding a wanted war criminal wounded in the woods. And there's a reward.
Birthing Justice

Captures the experiences and challenges of pregnant Black women and their disparate mortality rate in the US healthcare system.
I'm Still Here

While Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship, Eunice Paiva, a mother of five, is forced to reinvent herself and her family, resisting the oppression that hangs over the country.
Mambar Pierrette

Pierrette is a gifted & beloved neighborhood seamstress who works to support her young children and mother. As a rainstorm threatens to flood her workshop--one of many misfortunes--Pierrette will have to stay afloat.
Mothers' Instinct

Best friends Alice and Celine both live an idyllic traditional lifestyle, but life's perfect harmony is suddenly shattered after a tragic accident. Guilt, suspicion and paranoia unravel their sisterly bond and a psychological battle begins.
More Can't Miss Movies
Black Bag

Follows legendary intelligence agents George Woodhouse and his beloved wife Kathryn. When she is suspected of betraying the nation, George faces the ultimate test--loyalty to his marriage or his country.
Flight Risk

A pilot transports an air marshal accompanying a fugitive to trial. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem.
My Dead Friend Zoe

Follows the journey of Merit, a U.S. Army Afghanistan veteran who is at odds with her family thanks to the presence of Zoe, her dead best friend from the Army. Despite the persistence of her VA group counselor, the tough love of her mother, and the levity of an unexpected love interest, Merit's cozy-dysfunctional friendship with Zoe keeps the duo insulated from the world. That is until Merit's estranged grandfather--holed up at the family's ancestral lake house--begins to lose his way and is in need of the one thing he refuses...help.
One of Them Days

Best friends and roommates Dreux and Alyssa are about to have one of them days. When they discover Alyssa's boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a comical race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact.
Presence

It's there before the family even moves in. It witnesses the family's most intimate uncomfortable moments. It navigates the family's new house at supernatural speed. It wants--no, it needs--something.
Queer

Lee, a solitary American in Mexico City, falls for a beautiful, elusive former soldier. Journeying together into the jungle, Lee sees, for the first time, the possibility of an intimate and infinite love.
Biopics & Documentaries
The Alto Knights

Follows two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, and how their separate paths to power place them on a deadly collision course.
Better Man

Explores the life and career of English musician Robbie Williams.
Maddy the Model

Madeline's journey to becoming the world's first professional supermodel with Down syndrome challenges our perception of identity, beauty, and disability.
The Reformist: A Female Imam

Sherin Khankan dreams of being imam and to open the first women's mosque in Europe in Copenhagen. Sherin is challenged from two fronts, a growing islamophobia in Danish society, while she meets a wall of resistance from the established Muslim groups.
Women of World War II

American women were the secret weapon that won World War II- and in the process, changed the world. Hear directly from the women who made the planes, and flew them; who fought on the warfront, and the home front; who broke codes and broke barriers.
For the Whole Family
Ben 10 (Classic): The Complete Series

While on a seemingly endless summer vacation with his Grandpa Max and Cousin Gwen, Ben Tennyson discovers a watch called the Omnitrix. This amazing device gives Ben the ability to transform into any one of ten spectacular and powerful aliens. During the Tennyson's epic summer RV trip, Ben and Gwen explore the country and take in the sights while keeping bad guys in check.
Cinco de Mayo Dance 3

Brooklyn the lion cub, Peanut the giraffe, and Beezbee the tiny bee dance and have fun with their friends in celebration of Cinco de Mayo.
The Day the Earth Blew up: A Looney Tunes Movie

Porky Pig and Daffy Duck are Earth's only hope when facing the threat of alien invasion.
Dot: Season Two

Dot is an animated preschool series about an 8-year-old girl who uses technology during her adventures in the natural world.
Paddington in Peru

Paddington, the marmalade-loving bear gets lost in the jungle on an exciting, high-stakes adventure when he returns to visit his Aunt Lucy. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling journey ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected escapade through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.
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