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Five Element Ninjas Blu-ray Movie
Ren zhe wu di / Wu dun ren shu / 仁者無敵 / 五遁忍術
Shout Factory | 1982 | 108 min | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
A Chinese martial arts school is infiltrated and destroyed by ninjas. Tian Hao survives the massacre and seeks to uncover the trickery of ninjutsu in order to beat the Five Element Ninjas and avenge his family.
Action / Adventure / Martial arts / Foreign / Period
The Sword Stained with Royal Blood Blu-ray Movie
Bik Huet kim / Bi Xue jian / 碧血劍
Shout Factory | 1981 | 109 min | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
Yuan completes training, receives assignment from master. Discovers cave with skeleton, treasure chest, and manual on Golden Snake style. Embarks on fulfilling cave occupant's final wish based on findings.
Action / Martial arts / Foreign
Masked Avengers Blu-ray Movie
Cha shou / Cha sau / 叉手
Shout Factory | 1981 | 91 min | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
The leader of a trio searching for a crime syndicate discovers that one of his men may be a syndicate spy.
Action / Drama / Foreign
House of Traps Blu-ray Movie
Chong xiao lou / Chung siu lau / 沖霄樓
Shout Factory | 1982 | 95 min | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
From the creator of the popular Deadly Venoms martial arts series comes the most diabolical adventure of them all! The incredible Venoms, a team of skilled fighters, unleash their fury in a bloody frenzy when they infiltrate a mysterious, treasure-filled house designed to entrap and destroy all those who enter it - as fiendishly and creatively as possible!
Action / Martial arts / Foreign
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 2023 | 98 min | Not rated | Dec 31, 2024 | Martin Liebman
Monk steps out of retirement as his stepdaughter's wedding turns tragic when her fiancé dies in a bungee jumping accident.
Comedy / Crime
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Blu-ray Movie
Imprint #247
Imprint | 1994 | 127 min | Rated ACB: M | Aug 30, 2023 | Justin Dekker
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and despair.
Drama
The Little Rascals: The Restored Silents - Volume One Blu-ray Movie
ClassicFlix | 1922-1938 | 161 min | Not rated | Jan 21, 2025 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Although aired on television in the 1950s under the popular Little Rascals brand, these comedy classics are presented in their original uncut "Our Gang" theatrical editions.
Comedy / Family
Murdoch Mysteries: Season 17 Blu-ray Movie
The Artful Detective
Acorn Media | 2023-2024 | 1080 min | Rated TV-14 | Nov 05, 2024 | Kenneth Brown
No synopsis for this title.
Action / Crime / Mystery / Period
- January 15, 2025
Monte Walsh Blu-ray Movie
Special Edition
Kino Lorber | 1970 | 106 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options. New work opportunities are available to them, but the freedom of the open prairie is what they long for. Eventually, they all must say goodbye to the lives they knew, and try to make a new start.
Western
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock Blu-ray Movie
Cohen Media Group | 2022 | 120 min | Not rated | Jan 14, 2025 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Directed by Mark Cousins, My Name is Alfred Hitchcock re-examines the vast filmography and legacy of one of the 20th century’s greatest filmmakers, Alfred Hitchcock, through a new lens: through the auteur’s own voice.
Documentary
Hellboy: The Crooked Man 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Icon Film Distribution | 2024 | 99 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Dec 09, 2024 | Randy Miller III
Hellboy and a rookie B.P.R.D. agent in the 1950s are sent to the Appalachians, where they discover a remote community dominated by witches and led by the sinister local demon, the Crooked Man.
Action / Horror / Comic book
Cherry 2000 Blu-ray Movie
4K Restoration | Special Edition
Kino Lorber | 1987 | 99 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
The Lords of Flatbush Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 1974 | 84 min | Rated PG | Dec 31, 2024 | Kenneth Brown
Clad in blue jeans, black leather jackets and bad attitudes, Stanley, Butchey, Chico and Wimpy are a 1950s Brooklyn "gang" of four cool, sexy rebels. Despite their tough appearance, these boys just want to have fun, but reality - a.k.a. adulthood - rears its ugly head.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
- January 14, 2025
The Wolf Man 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1941 | 2 Movies | 70 min | Not rated | Jan 07, 2025 | Justin Dekker
A British nobleman undergoes a startling transformation when he's bitten by a gypsy werewolf.
Drama / Horror
Haunted: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 2002 | 461 min | Not rated | May 29, 2018 | Randy Miller III
Once happily married and the rising star of the Seattle police force, Frank Taylor's guilt over the kidnapping of his son destroyed his marriage and cost him his job. Two years later, now a private investigator specializing in finding missing persons, Frank is shot by a suspect whom he in turn kills. On the operating table Frank is declared dead, but then is miraculously revived. Afterwards, however, Frank begins to have strange episodes. He hears unusual noises and sees people who aren't there, including the suspect he killed, and realizes that he's still connected to the world of the dead. Frank is desperately frightened, until he comes to realize that his hauntings can help him solve cases and save lives, and may ultimately help him solve the mystery of what happened to his son.
Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2022 | 108 min | Rated R | Jan 10, 2023 | Justin Dekker
Decades after Tanya Tucker slipped from the spotlight, music star Brandi Carlile takes it upon herself to write an entire album for her hero based on Tanya's extraordinary life, spurring the greatest comeback in country music history.
Documentary / Music
Anselm 3D Blu-ray Movie
Anselm - Das Rauschen der Zeit / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Criterion | 2023 | 93 min | Not rated | Jul 23, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Anselm Kiefer is one of the greatest contemporary artists. His past and present diffuse the line between film and painting, thus giving a unique cinematic experience that dives deep into an artist's work and reveals his life path.
Documentary / Foreign
Coming 2 America Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2021 | 110 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 08, 2022 | Kenneth Brown
Akeem learns he has a long-lost son in the United States and must return to America to meet the unlikely heir to the throne of Zamunda. A sequel to the 1988 comedy 'Coming to America'.
Comedy
A Prayer for the Dying Blu-ray Movie
Sandpiper Pictures | 1987 | 108 min | Rated R | Jun 20, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
Martin Fallon is an IRA bomber who tries to blow up a transport of British troops, but instead murders a busload of school children. Afterwards, he loses heart, quits the movement, and goes to London to start a new life. The IRA, however, will not let him go because he knows too much, and the local crime boss will only help him if he performs one last hit. When Martin almost performs the hit and hesitates, he is witnessed by a Catholic priest, Father Da Costa. He refuses to murder an innocent again and must find a way to escape the police without harming the priest who can identify him.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Body and Soul Blu-ray Movie
4K Restoration
Kino Lorber | 1947 | 106 min | Not rated | Oct 01, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Charley Davis wins an amateur boxing match and is taken on by promoter Quinn. Charley's mother doesn't want him to fight, but when Charley's father is accidentally killed, Charley sets up a fight for money. His career blooms as he wins fight after fight, but soon an unethical promoter named Roberts begins to show an interest in Charley, and Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
Drama / Film-Noir / Sport