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Home- July 16, 2024
Oshi no Ko: Season 1 Collection Blu-ray Movie
【推しの子】
Sentai Filmworks | 2023 | 350 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 25, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
Dr. Goro is reborn as the son of the young starlet Ai Hoshino after her delusional stalker murders him. Now, he wants to help his new mother rise to the top, but what can a child do about the dark underbelly of the entertainment industry?
Anime / Drama / Music / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural / Comic book / Foreign
Oshi no Ko: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition | 【推しの子】
Sentai Filmworks | 2023 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Jul 23, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
When a pregnant young starlet appears in Gorou Amemiya’s countryside medical clinic, the doctor takes it upon himself to safely (and secretly) deliver Ai Hoshino’s children so she can make a scandal-free return to the stage. But no good deed goes unpunished, and on the eve of her delivery, he finds himself slain at the hands of a mysterious killer — and subsequently reborn as Aquamarine Hoshino, one of Ai’s twin children! Alas, the glitz and glamor of showbiz hide the dark underbelly of the entertainment industry, threatening to dull the shine of his favorite star. Can he help his new mother rise to the top of the charts? And what will he do when an unthinkable disaster strikes?
Anime / Drama / Music / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural / Comic book / Foreign
The Last Stop in Yuma County Blu-ray Movie
Well Go USA | 2023 | 90 min | Rated R | Jul 16, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A traveling knife salesman is stranded and forced to wait at a rural rest stop and suddenly finds himself in the middle of a violent hostage situation upon the arrival of two bank robbers who are on the run after a recent heist.
Crime / Thriller
Dawn of the Dead 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Second Sight | 1978 | 1 Movie, 3 Cuts | 139 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Mar 22, 2021 | Randy Miller III
As modern society is consumed by zombie carnage, four desperate survivors barricade themselves inside a shopping mall to battle the flesh-eating hordes of the undead.
Action / Drama / Horror
UHF 4K Blu-ray Movie
35th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Shout Factory | 1989 | 97 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 02, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
George Newman is a daydreamer whose hyperactive imagination keeps him from holding a steady job...until his uncle hires him as manager of Channel 62, a TV station that's losing money and viewers fast. But when George replaces the station's reruns with bizarre programs like "Wheel of Fish," "The Wonderful World Of Phlegm" and "Raul's Wild Kingdom" (where poodles fly from third-story windows), ratings begin to soar! But as the ratings rise, so does the wrath of TV mogul R.J. Fletcher, who wants to turn the station into a parking lot. Can George find the money he needs to stay on the air? Stay tuned!
Comedy
- July 15, 2024
Victims of Sin Blu-ray Movie
Víctimas del pecado
Criterion | 1951 | 85 min | Not rated | Jun 18, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Violeta, a cabaret performer, adopts the abandoned child of Rita and Rodolfo, her murderous pimp. Motherhood forces Violeta to give up her career, but the kindhearted club owner Santiago saves her from a life of poverty and prostitution—until Rodolfo, freed from prison, seeks to reclaim his son.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Musical / Foreign
Come Back, Little Sheba Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1952 | 99 min | Not rated | Jul 09, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.
Drama
Boy Kills World Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2023 | 111 min | Rated R | Jul 09, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A dystopian fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
Action / Thriller
Boy Kills World 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2023 | 111 min | Rated R | Jul 09, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A dystopian fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
Action / Thriller
Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2022 | 264 min | Not rated | Jul 02, 2024 | Martin Liebman
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson are household names around the world thanks to the longest-running scripted primetime television series of all time—"The Simpsons." "Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons" highlights who and what has kept this beloved series rolling for so long, unpacking backstage stories, legal and creative disputes, production changes, and the continual comedy gold that has made this series the ultimate in animation.
Documentary
Garfield: The Movie Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2004 | 80 min | Rated PG | Oct 11, 2011 | Martin Liebman
Lazy fat cat Garfield finds his domain intruded when his owner, Jon Arbuckle, brings home a dog named Odie. When Odie runs away and is abducted by a mean animal trainer, Garfield feels responsible and sets out to find and rescue him.
Comedy / Family / Comic book
- July 14, 2024
Stigmata Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Capelight Pictures | 1999 | 102 min | Rated R | Apr 02, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Father Andrew Kiernan, a researcher of miracles on behalf of the Vatican, must discover the truth behind hairdresser Frankie Paige, who exhibits the Stigmata, the physical wounds Christ received from his crucifixion.
Horror
The Last Emperor 4K Blu-ray Movie
Theatrical (4K/BD) and Television (BD) Versions / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Criterion | 1987 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 163 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 13, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The life of Emperor Pu Yi, who took the throne at age three, in 1908, before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval, within and without the walls of the Forbidden City.
Biography / Drama / History / Epic / Period
Roadkill Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover in Original Pressing
Canadian International Pictures | 1989 | 85 min | Not rated | Jul 30, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
A music promoter sends a young woman on a road trip in search of a band who hasn't been showing up for their gigs.
Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Music
Dark Angel 4K Blu-ray Movie
I Come in Peace / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Shout Factory | 1990 | 92 min | Rated R | Jul 09, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
Houston cop Jack Caine is a not-by-the books police officer investigating the death of several people, including his partner, by a gang called the "White Boys." All the victims seemed to have died of drug overdoses, but Jack thinks that there is something more sinister afoot. His investigation reveals a plot by aliens who use the bodies to extract a chemical that is sold to addicts on their home planet.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Footprints Blu-ray Movie
Le orme / Primal Impulse / Footprints on the Moon
Shameless | 1975 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 96 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Apr 29, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A woman is tormented by strange dreams of astronauts on the moon. She visits a deserted seaside town whose inhabitants know her even though she does not know them.
Mystery / Thriller
The Guyver Blu-ray Movie
4K Restoration
Unearthed Films | 1991 | 88 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 02, 2024 | Kenneth Brown
Based on the Japanese comic-book character created by Toshiki Takaya, this hyper-kinetic science fiction fantasy plays like a live-action cartoon. The title initially refers to a mysterious piece of technology capable of generating a powerful bio-mechanical exoskeleton around the body of its operator. After scientist Tetsu Segawa (Greg Paik) is murdered while trying to deliver it to CIA agent Max Reed (Mark Hamill), the device is stumbled upon by Sean Barker (Jack Armstrong), a friend of the scientist's daughter Mizki (Vivian Wu). Sean discovers the object's power when it encases him with protective power-armor during a fight -- armor which comes in handy when the similarly-clad minions of the diabolical Chronos Corporation come after him to reclaim it. The technology they employ is revealed to be from another planet, which has enabled the head of Chronos (David Gale) to transform his henchmen into reptilian creatures known as Zoanoids (whose ranks include Jimmie Walker from the '70s TV sitcom Good Times!). In the ensuing battle, Sean's consciousness becomes merged with the power of the Guyver, bestowing him with remarkable strength and agility, as well as the convenient ability to regenerate himself when damaged. Helmed by Kung Fu Rascals creator Steve Wang and special-effects wizard Screaming Mad George, The Guyver is a colorful but ultimately clumsy comic-book adventure, bogged down by a pedestrian "Hollywood" script that seems out-of-lace amid the exotic premise and fanciful creature designs. Apparently targeted at younger audiences -- who may enjoy the broad comedy and wild monster effects -- this is relatively safe sci-fi fare compared to its ultra-violent source material. Look for "Scream Queen" Linnea Quigley in a brief cameo.
Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Martial arts / Comic book
- July 13, 2024
Finger Man Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1955 | 82 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Treasury agents, desperate to get evidence on syndicate kingpin Dutch Becker, give ex-con hood Casey Martin a choice...life in prison or courting sudden death as a government 'finger man.'
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller
- July 12, 2024
Saigon Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1947 | 94 min | Not rated | Jun 04, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
After WW2, two army buddies, one of them terminally-ill, embark on a series of adventures in South-East Asia and run across a dangerous criminal and his pretty secretary.
Adventure / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller
Clean Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
RLJ Entertainment | 2020 | 94 min | Not rated | Nov 14, 2023 | Randy Miller III
Tormented by his past, a garbage man named Clean attempts a quiet life of redemption. But, soon finds himself forced to reconcile with the violence of his past.
Crime / Drama