"Kicks" Jumps in on DVD/BD on December 6

A boy and his two friends venture into the tough streets of East Oakland to retrieve a pair of stolen sneakers in the edgy drama Kicks.  The gritty tale from Focus World, available now on Digital HD and On Demand, comes to Blu-ray and DVD on December 6, 2016 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The Blu-ray and DVD feature bonus content, including interviews with the cast as well as an official photo gallery that gives viewers an in-depth look inside the film's unique style – which earned it the Best Cinematography award at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival – and a deeper understanding of the story.

15-year-old Brandon (Jahking Guillory) longs for a pair of the freshest sneakers that money can buy – to help him escape the reality of being poor and picked on by everyone. Working hard to finally get the Kicks shoes, he finds they have made him a target after they are promptly snatched by a local hood. Brandon and his two best friends embark on a dangerous and exciting journey where nothing is as simple as it seems in this unique and memorable coming-of-age story. The cast includes Mahershala Ali (Marvel's Luke Cage).        
        

The film will be available on Blu-ray and Digital HD with UltraViolet and DVD.

• BLU-RAY unleashes the power of your HDTV and is the best way to watch movies at home, featuring 6x the picture resolution of DVD, exclusive extras and theater-quality surround sound. 
• DVD offers the flexibility and convenience of playing movies in more places, both at home and away.
• DIGITAL HD with UltraViolet lets you watch movies anywhere, on any device. Users can instantly stream or download movies to watch on iPad, iPhone, Android, smart TVs, connected Blu-ray players, game consoles and more.

BONUS FEATURES ON BLU-RAY, DVD AND DIGITAL HD

• Kicks: One-on-One – The cast discusses the story at the core of Kicks.
• Photo Gallery

TECHNICAL INFORMATION BLU-RAY:Street Date: December 6, 2016
Copyright: 2016 Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 62174463
Layers: BD-50
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.40:1
Rating: Rated R for violence, drug/alcohol use and language throughout, and sexual content-involving teens
Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish and French Subtitles 
Sound: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1/Dolby Digital 2.0
Run Time: 1 Hour 27 Minutes

TECHNICAL INFORMATION DVD:Street Date: December 6, 2016
Copyright: 2016 Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 62174468
Layers: Dual
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Rating: Rated R for violence, drug/alcohol use and language throughout, and sexual content – involving teens
Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish and French Subtitles 
Sound: English Dolby Digital 5.1/Dolby Digital 2.0
Run Time: 1 Hour 27 Minutes

Eye in the Sky Lands on June 28

The moral implications of modern warfare are confronted in Bleecker Street's powerful drama, Eye in the Sky, coming to Blu-ray and DVD on June 28, 2016, from Universal Pictures Home

Directed by Academy Award Winner Gavin Hood (Tsotsi, Ender's Game) and written by Guy Hibbert ("Complicit," Five Minutes of Heaven), Eye in the Sky follows Colonel Katherine Powell (Helen Mirren), a UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Using remote surveillance and on-the-ground intelligence, Powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from "capture" to "kill." But as American pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) is about to engage, a nine-year-old girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute, reaching the highest levels of American and British government, over the moral, political and personal implications of modern military operations.
Entertainment.  Note, Uni will release the DVD/BD for Libraries, day  & date with the "retail" release!

Tackling an ethical dilemma in a thought-provoking suspenseful story, the gritty film stars Academy Award Winner, Helen Mirren (Trumbo, The Queen), Aaron Paul ("Breaking Bad," Need for Speed), Academy Award® Nominee Barkhad Abdi (Captain Philips), Iain Glen ("Game of Thrones," Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) and the late Alan Rickman (Die Hard, Harry Potter) in his final on-screen performance. Eye in the Sky "holds us in a vise and keeps squeezing" according to Peter Travers of Rolling Stone.

Nicole Kidman Starrer, GRACE of MONACO, from Anchor Bay in December

Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company are proud to announce the home entertainment release of the enthralling biographical drama GRACE OF MONACO. The 2015 Emmy Award nominated film (Best Television Movie) stars Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman (Paddington, The Paperboy, The Hour), Tim Roth (Selma, Pulp Fiction), Frank Langella (“The Americans,” Frost/Nixon, Robot & Frank, Good Night, and Good Luck) and Paz Vega (Spanglish, Talk to Her). GRACE OF MONACO, directed by Olivier Dahan (La Vie En Rose, Ghost River) and written by Arash Amel (Erased), opened the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and will be available on DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment on December 1, 2015.

Grace Kelly (Nicole Kidman) is a huge movie star with the promise of a glittering career when she marries Prince Rainer (Tim Roth) of Monaco in 1956. Six years later, with her marriage in serious difficulty, Alfred Hitchcock offers her the chance to return to Hollywood to play the role of Marnie in his next film. But France is also threatening to annex Monaco, the tiny principality where she became the princess. Grace is torn and forced to choose between the creative flame that still burns within her and her role as Her Serene Highness, Princess of Monaco.

End of the Tour Checks in This November

Jason Segel “is a revelation” (Entertainment Weekly) in his transformation into best-selling author

David Foster Wallace in The End of the Tour, arriving on Blu-ray and DVD on November 3 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Directed by James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now), written for the screen by Donald Margulies (Play “Dinner with Friends”), and based on the book Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace by David Lipsky, the “intimate and insightful” (Los Angeles Times) film co-stars Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg (Best Actor, The Social Network, 2010) as reporter and aspiring author David Lipsky.

Winner of Best Narrative Feature at the Sarasota Film Festival, the film was released theatrically by A24 and is Certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes.  The End of the Tour will be available on Blu-ray and DVD for the suggested retail prices of $24.99 and $19.98, respectively. 

Robin Williams Leads Stellar Cast in "Boulevard"

Starz Robin Williams leads a superb cast with a “brilliant performance” (WOR) including Kathy Baker (The Age of Adaline, Take Shelter), Bob Odenkirk (“Breaking Bad”, “Better Call Saul”), Roberto Aguire (Struck by Lightning) and Giles Matthey (“True Blood”). BOULEVARD was directed by Dito Montiel (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, The Son of No One) and written by Douglas Soesbe (The Wrong Woman).

Digital and Anchor Bay Entertainment today announced the home entertainment release of the “gripping and original” (Screen Picks) BOULEVARD  DVD and Blu-ray  September 1, 2015. Academy Award winner

BOULEVARD follows married but closeted 60 year-old bank employee Nolan (Williams) whose spontaneous turn down an unknown street upends his monotonous life and crumbling marriage. After forming an uncommon friendship with a young, charismatic hustler, Nolan finds himself on a journey of self-discovery and must comfort the secrets he has kept hidden from his wife and himself. Nolan’s dramatic decision to rethink his own identity holds with it the promise of happiness and salvation for both he and his wife in this touching and inspiring film.

Blackbird Flies Home from RJL

BLACKBIRD tells the story of seventeen-year-old Randy (Julian Walker), a devout Christian who is hiding a secret inner struggle - the denial of being gay. Since his father (Isaiah Washington) left,

Randy takes care of his emotionally disturbed mother (Mo'Nique) and is the kind of friend all of his classmates can depend on. It is not until he opens himself up to love that he discovers that becoming a man means accepting who you really are. 

Based on the same title novel by Larry Duplechan, the film, which was released in theaters on April 24, is directed by Patrik-Ian Polk (Noah's Arc, The Skinny). The film stars Academy Award winning actress and comedian Mo'Nique (Precious), Isaiah Washington (Grey's Anatomy, Blue Caprice, The 100), Terrell Tilford (Single Ladies, Guiding Light), D. Woods (MTV's Danity Kane), Gary L. Gray ( Bring It On: All Or Nothing), Torrey Laamar, Kevin Allesee, Nikki Jane and introduces breakthrough actor Julian Walker.

Russel Crowe Directed and Starrer, "The Water Diviner" Arrives on July 28

Academy Award winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator) makes his directorial debut on The Water Diviner, an epic and inspiring tale of one man’s life-changing journey of discovery that arrives on DVD/Blu-ray from Warner Bros Home Entertainment on July 28, 2015.  Crowe also stars in the film as Australian farmer Joshua Connor, who, in 1919, goes in search of his three missing sons, last known to have fought against the Turks in the bloody Battle of Gallipoli.

Arriving in Istanbul, he is thrust into a vastly different world, where he encounters others who have suffered their own losses in the conflict: Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), a strikingly beautiful but guarded hotelier raising a child alone; her young, spirited son, Orhan (Dylan Georgiades), who finds a friend in Connor; and Major Hasan (Yilmaz Erdoğan), a Turkish officer who fought against Connor’s boys and who may be this father’s only hope. With seemingly insurmountable obstacles in his path, Connor must travel across the battle-scarred Turkish landscape to find the truth… and his own peace.

Crowe directed The Water Diviner from a screenplay by Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios, who were also executive producers on the film. The film was produced by Andrew Mason, Keith Rodger and Troy Lum, with James Packer, Brett Ratner, Kerry Stokes, Tim Worner, Angus Ross and John Collee also serving as executive producers.

Every Secret Thing Arrives on DVD in August

Anchor Bay Entertainment has announced the home video release of Academy Award Nominee Amy Berg’s (West of Memphis, An Open Secret) narrative feature debut, EVERY SECRET THING. Written by Nicole Holofcener (Enough Said) and produced by Academy Award winning actress Frances McDormand (Fargo), the film features an all-star cast that includes Diane Lane, Elizabeth Banks, Dakota Fanning, Nate Parker, Common and newcomer Danielle Macdonald. The suspenseful drama was released in theaters on  May 15th and will arrive on DVD on August 4, 2015.
From the producer of Foxcatcher and based on the novel by New York Times best-selling author Laura Lippman, EVERY SECRET THING is a gripping psychological thriller about the chilling consequences of the secrets we keep.  Detective Nancy Porter (Banks) is still haunted by her failure to save the life of a missing child from the hands of two young girls.