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Home- August 24, 2024
Terror Firma Blu-ray Movie
Dark Arts Entertainment | 2023 | 82 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Lola is trapped. She is trapped in life, work, and now in her older brother, Lou's, house with his unbalanced roommate, Cage. When the city of Los Angeles shuts down for mysterious reasons, a packet of seeds show up on their doorstep, giving birth to an alien plant.
Thriller
- August 23, 2024
World Noir Vol. 2 Blu-ray Movie
Black Gravel / Symphony for a Massacre / Cruel Gun Story | Limited Edition
Radiance Films | 1961-1964 | 3 Movies | 313 min | Not rated | Aug 26, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Foreign / Heist
Black Gravel Blu-ray Movie
Schwarzer Kies | Limited Edition
Radiance Films | 1961 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 115 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
In this gripping Cold War noir, tensions simmer between residents of a small German village and the soldiers of a U.S. military base. Postwar economic hardship has turned the town of Sohnen into a vice district. The women serve as entertainment for the GIs, while the men struggle for survival in the black market.
Crime / Drama / Foreign
Symphony for a Massacre Blu-ray Movie
Symphonie pour un massacre | Limited Edition
Radiance Films | 1963 | 110 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Five men collaborate to buy drugs, but one steals the money and all the rest are killed as they make mistakes.
Crime / Film-Noir / Foreign
Cruel Gun Story Blu-ray Movie
拳銃残酷物語 / Kenjū zankoku monogatari | Limited Edition
Radiance Films | 1964 | 86 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A convict fresh out of prison, with a handicapped sister, is coerced by a wealthy mob boss into organizing an armored racetrack car heist.
Action / Crime / Film-Noir / Foreign / Heist
The Orphanage Blu-ray Movie
El orfanato / Imprint #256
Imprint | 2007 | 105 min | Rated ACB: MA15+ | Oct 25, 2023 | Justin Dekker
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign
Viva la muerte Blu-ray Movie
Long Live Death | Limited Edition
Radiance Films | 1971 | 90 min | Not rated | Sep 10, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
During Spanish Civil War, young Fando navigates parents' clashing ideologies after father's arrest. Explores his imagination, friendships, views on sex and death amid family upheaval. Questions mother, seeks father's fate.
Drama / Surreal
The Long Good Friday 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Criterion | 1980 | 114 min | Not rated | Sep 17, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Entrepreneurial mob boss Harold Shand runs an underworld empire but his dreams are much bigger. He and his sophisticated wife aspire to partner with American mobsters to turn the barren docklands of London into a development for the upcoming Olympics. But their perfect plan begins to unravel when a string of deadly bombings leads Shand to the stunning realization that he is being targeted by the IRA.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
The Long Good Friday Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1980 | 114 min | Not rated | Sep 17, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Entrepreneurial mob boss Harold Shand runs an underworld empire but his dreams are much bigger. He and his sophisticated wife aspire to partner with American mobsters to turn the barren docklands of London into a development for the upcoming Olympics. But their perfect plan begins to unravel when a string of deadly bombings leads Shand to the stunning realization that he is being targeted by the IRA.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
The Sonny Chiba Collection: Volume 2 Blu-ray Movie
The Defensive Power of Aikido / 13 Steps of Maki / Karate Warriors / Great Okinawa Yakuza War / Karate for Life / Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon / The Okinawa War of Ten Years
Shout Factory | 1975-1978 | 7 Movies | 631 min | Not rated | Nov 14, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
No synopsis for this title.
Action / Biography / Crime / Drama / History / Sport / Thriller / Martial arts / Comic book / Foreign / Coming of age
The Okinawa War of Ten Years Blu-ray Movie
沖縄10年戦争 / Okinawa jû-nen sensô
Shout Factory | 1978 | 102 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
After World War II when Okinawa was under control of the US, the local Yakuza prospered. But when the island was returned to Japan, the mainland Yakuza tries to take over and the locals tries to compete.
Crime / Foreign
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon Blu-ray Movie
ゴルゴ13：九竜の首 / Gorugo 13: Kûron no kubi
Shout Factory | 1977 | 93 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
Blood for Money! Sonny Chiba is "Golgo 13", a cold, calculating, ruthless assassin, working for the U.S. drug syndicate. His assignment: "take-out" Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. His only obstacle: a relentless cop, determined to stop him - no matter what the cost. The result is an explosive adventure through the seamy, violent streets of Hong Kong.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Comic book / Foreign
Karate for Life Blu-ray Movie
空手バカ一代 / Karate baka ichidai
Shout Factory | 1977 | 91 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
This movie is based on the true life story of a Korean fighter named Choi Bae-dal (who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin Karate in Japan.
Action / Biography / Drama / History / Sport / Foreign
- August 22, 2024
The Hairdresser's Husband Blu-ray Movie
Le mari de la coiffeuse
Kino Lorber | 1990 | 82 min | Not rated | Jul 09, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Twelve-year-old Antoine falls profoundly in love with a voluptuous but suicidal hairdresser, a formative experience he never forgets. Much later in life, he seeks to repeat his romance by marrying Mathilde - also voluptuous and also a hairdresser - with whom he forms an intimate and consuming relationship in an attempt to blot out the miseries of this world from their lives.
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Foreign
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days Blu-ray Movie
Sophie Scholl: Die letzten Tage | 4K Restoration
Zeitgeist Films | 2005 | 121 min | Not rated | Feb 27, 2024 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the members of the German anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.
Drama / War / Foreign
The Silence of the Lambs Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition
Arrow | 1991 | 118 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Aug 26, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An FBI trainee enlists the help of an infamous Serial killer, to gain insight into the mind of another killer.
Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Psychological thriller
The Silence of the Lambs 4K Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Arrow | 1991 | 118 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Aug 26, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An FBI trainee enlists the help of an infamous Serial killer, to gain insight into the mind of another killer.
Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Psychological thriller
Ride Blu-ray Movie
Well Go USA | 2024 | 114 min | Rated R | Aug 27, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Three generations of bull riders fight to raise money to transfer the family's young daughter to a better cancer hospital. Set in Stephenville TX, Ride explores rodeo, addiction in the Heartland, and the cowboy's place in modern America.
Crime / Drama
The Prisoner: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
+ Danger Man / Imprint Television #06
Imprint | 1960-1968 | 2 Seasons | 850 min | Rated ACB: PG | Jun 19, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Though it ran for a mere 17 episodes, the sci-fi spy drama THE PRISONER is one of television's biggest cult hits. The brainchild of star Patrick McGoohan, the series followed the adventures of No. 6 (McGoohan), a former secret agent who is being held captive in a highly secured village, the location of which remains a mystery throughout the series. This groundbreaking and innovative show reached an unfortunate end as TV bosses got cold feet following low ratings and increasingly strange story lines. But McGoohan himself took control and steered the show to an ending that continues to cause great debate among THE PRISONER's faithful fans. This release includes the entire series of the show, digitally restored.
Action / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Surreal
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations: Set 18 Blu-ray Movie
Farewell / Episodes 274-293
Viz Media | 2022-2023 | 480 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 13, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
When Naruto suddenly falls mysteriously ill, it’s up to Sasuke and Sakura to find a cure to save him! Then, the last remaining member of the Kara emerges from the shadows…Code! In his quest for vengeance against Boruto and Kawaki, Code vindictively pushes the entire village into absolute desperation. The fierce battle that ensues drives Boruto to his limits, forcing him to make one final decision to protect the ones he loves! But even if his plan succeeds, the fateful moment that will take everything from Boruto looms ominously on the horizon…
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Comic book / Foreign