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The Dragon Lives Again Blu-ray Movie
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu / Lee sam geuk wai jan dei yuk moon / Li san jiao wei zhen di yu men / 李三腳威震地獄門
Severin Films | 1977 | 91 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
It's one of the "Bruceploitation" films that were made to cash in on Bruce Lee after his death. The story follows Bruce Lee after he dies and ends up in Hell. Once there, he does the logical thing and opens a gym. After fending off the advances of the King Of Hell's naked wives, he discovers that the most evil people in Hell are attempting a takeover, so Bruce sets out to stop it. As if it wasn't weird enough, the evil people are: Zatoichi (the blind swordsman hero of Japanese film), James Bond, The Godfather, The Exorcist, Emmanuelle (the "heroine" of many European softcore porn films), Dracula, and, of course, Clint Eastwood (played by a Chinese guy). Aiding Bruce is The One-Armed Swordsman (hero of kung-fu films), Kain from the U.S. tv series, Kung-Fu (actually played by a Chinese guy this time), and Popeye the Sailor Man! Yes, Popeye the Sailor Man. He eats spinach and helps Bruce fight some mummies.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Dark humor / Supernatural / Martial arts / Foreign / Surreal / Epic
Bruce and the Iron Finger Blu-ray Movie
Bruce Against Iron Hand / Dai gau tau yue siu leung ji / Da jiao tou yu sao niang zi / 大教頭與騷娘子
Severin Films | 1979 | 89 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Tough cop Bruce Li arrives back in town in time to investigate a series of odd murders. Victims have two pierce marks on their necks. The killer is an expert in the Iron Finger strike. The fights are fantastic with the two Bruce's and Ku Feng going at it and all are excellent.
Action / Crime / Drama / Martial arts / Foreign
Challenge of the Tiger Blu-ray Movie
San lung mang tam / Shen long meng tan / Mie jue qi qi / 神龍猛探 / 滅絕七七
Severin Films | 1980 | 89 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Two CIA agents - a kung fu master (Bruce Le) and a suave womanizer (Richard Harrison) - track the stolen formula for a super-sterility drug from Spain to Hong Kong, battling Neo-Nazi terrorists and a Vietnamese spy ring for its possession.
Action / Thriller / Martial arts
Cameroon Connection Blu-ray Movie
Cameroun Connection
Severin Films | 1985 | 91 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Police inspector Baïko is investigating the murder of a young woman.
Action / Crime
Super Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Blu-ray Movie
Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story / Yi dai meng long / 一代猛龍
Severin Films | 1974 | 93 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
The film opens with a pre-fame Bruce Lee delivering newspapers in Seattle, Washington. We then see Lee competing in various martial arts tournaments and eventually landing a role on the television show The Green Hornet. He also gets married, and has to fight a whole lot of challengers.
Action / Adventure / Martial arts
The Dragon Lives Blu-ray Movie
He's a Legend, He's a Hero / Yong chun da xiong / 詠春大兄
Severin Films | 1976 | 87 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A highly fictionalized biography of the famous Bruce Lee, this movie traces his college life, his marriage to Linda Lee, his relationship with his master, and his untimely death.
Action / Biography / Drama / Martial arts
The Dragon, the Hero Blu-ray Movie
Za jia gao shou / 雜家高手
Severin Films | 1979 | 87 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
John Liu, the legendary Northern Kick expert and master of the strike rock fist is sent to investigate an antiques smuggling gang working out of Canton. Meanwhile another descendant of the stike rock fist also seeks John to face him in a death duel.
Action / Martial arts / Foreign
Rage of the Dragon Blu-ray Movie
Mission for the Dragon / Ying quan / Maegwon / 鷹拳
Severin Films | 1979 | 90 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Two of Asia's biggest martial arts stars team up in this excellent offering from Korea. Two sons swear to avenge their father's murder. They set off in search of the last man to see him alive.
Action / Drama / Martial arts / Foreign
The Black Dragon vs. the Yellow Tiger Blu-ray Movie
The Growling Tiger / Tang shan hu wei jian sha shou / Tong san foo wai chim sai sau / 唐山虎威殲殺手
Severin Films | 1974 | 88 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
The members of an illicit organization called The Black Hand placed a lot of money on Bruce to throw a fight. When Bruce, however, costs them a million dollars they are not happy and plot revenge. They send an army of top martial artists from around the globe to bring him down.
Action / Drama / Martial arts / Foreign
The Big Boss Part II Blu-ray Movie
Fists of Fury 2 / Tang san yi hing / Tang shan di zi / Tang shan da xiong xu ji / 唐山二兄 / 唐山弟子 / 唐山大兄續集
Severin Films | 1976 | 91 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
In the last Big Boss (A.K.A.:Fists Of Fury), Cheng Chao-On was arrested after killing Hsiao Mi, "The Big Boss". In this sequel, his brother, Cheng Chao-Chun (Lo Lieh), visits his brother in Thailand. He then finds a job as an ice factory worker at the same ice factory that his brother worked at. While the previous film never explained why Chao An promised never to fight again, it was actually due to the fact that their father was killed in a fight. However, the villain in this film is the man who was responsible for their father's death to begin with.
Action / Drama / Martial arts / Foreign
Cry-Baby Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1990 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 92 min | Rated PG-13 | May 28, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
"Drape" (or Greaser) Wade Walker, also known as Cry-Baby for his ability to shed a single tear, falls head over heels for square Allison Vernon-Williams who, incidentally, is tired of being good.
Comedy / Musical / Romance
Cry-Baby 4K Blu-ray Movie
Director's Cut on BD / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kino Lorber | 1990 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 85 min | Rated PG-13 | May 28, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
"Drape" (or Greaser) Wade Walker, also known as Cry-Baby for his ability to shed a single tear, falls head over heels for square Allison Vernon-Williams who, incidentally, is tired of being good.
Comedy / Musical / Romance
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes Blu-ray Movie
Natsu e no tunnel, Sayonara no deguchi / 夏へのトンネル、さよならの出口
Sentai Filmworks | 2022 | 85 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 09, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
Urashima Tunnel - Once you enter that tunnel, you can get whatever you want, but at a price. Kaoru Tohno, who seems to have an elusive personality and traumatic past, and Anzu Hanashiro, who is struggling to reconcile her ideal image and true-to-heart attitude, team up to investigate the Urashima Tunnel and get what they want. This is an unforgettable summer story of nostalgia and sprinting in a remote countryside.
Anime / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Sci-Fi / Teen / Foreign
Tsurune: The Movie - The First Shot Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2022 | 100 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 09, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
Protagonist Minato Narumiya reignites his passion for kyudo, the Japanese martial art of archery. Along with his friends in the school kyudo club, he returns for this feature-length film of Kyoto Animation’s beloved Tsurune.
Anime / Drama / Sport / Foreign
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RoboCop 2 4K Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Shout Factory | 1990 | 116 min | Rated R | Jun 18, 2024 | Dr. Stephen Larson
When Detroit's decent into chaos is further compounded by a police department strike and a new designer drug called "Nuke," only RoboCop can stop the mayhem. But in his way are an evil corporation that profits from Motor City crime and a bigger and tougher cyborg with a deadly directive: Take out RoboCop. Containing the latest gadgetry and weaponry as well as the brain of the madman who designed "Nuke," this new cyborg isn't just more sophisticated than his predecessor...he's psychotic and out of control! And it's going to take everything RoboCop has - maybe even his life - to save Detroit from complete and utter anarchy.
Action / Crime / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
The Old Ones Blu-ray Movie
H. P. Lovecraft's the Old Ones / Slipcover in Original Pressing
Dark Star Pictures | 2024 | 85 min | Unrated | Jun 25, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
In 1930, sea captain Russel Marsh saw the light, and for 93 years his body was not his own. Inhabited by a Great Old One, he committed unspeakable acts in the name of the Esoteric Order of Dagon. Now free, he is in search of a way to go back in time to reverse the horrors wrought upon the world. But the cult has other plans and will stop at nothing to destroy him.
Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
RoboCop 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Shout Factory | 2014 | 117 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 18, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
A grievously wounded cop becomes the test subject for an experimental program designed to help Omnicorp sell America on the idea of using robots to replace the police force.
Action / Crime / Sci-Fi / Thriller
All That Breathes Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 2022 | 98 min | Not rated | May 28, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
For more than a year, Shaunak Sen followed New Delhi brothers Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad as they rescued birds of prey from the increasingly destructive effects of urban pollution. While charting the siblings’ daily struggles and successes, he also documented their poetic reflections on humankind’s relationship to the environment, the interaction of wildlife with the city, and India’s explosions of anti-Muslim violence.
Documentary / Foreign
The Looters Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1955 | 88 min | Not rated | Apr 09, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An expert mountain climber and his partner find a plane wreck in the Rockies, but the partner conspires with one of the plane's survivors to stop at nothing to steal a large amount of cash found on board.
Adventure
My Home Hero: The Complete Season Blu-ray Movie
Crunchyroll, LLC | 2023 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | May 28, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
To protect his daughter, Tetsuo kills her abusive boyfriend, Nobuto, and covers it up. But when it turns out Nobuto is the son of a yakuza leader, Tetsuo is given two choices: admit guilt or help the gang solve the “mystery” of his disappearance.
Action / Anime / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Comic book / Foreign