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Bodyguard Kiba 2 Blu-ray Movie    

ボディガード牙　必殺三角飛び / Bodigâdo kiba: Hissatsu sankaku tobi / Karate Killer | Eureka Classics

Eureka Entertainment | 1973 | 89 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins working as a bodyguard in a club that is crawling with gangsters.

Action / Crime / Drama / Martial arts / Foreign

Bushman Blu-ray Movie  

Milestone | 1971 | 73 min | Not rated | May 21, 2024 | Randy Miller III

In 1968's tumult, a Nigerian student in San Francisco experiences clashing cultures and elucidates society's ineptitude at living humanely.

Documentary / Drama / Coming of age

Trenque Lauquen Blu-ray Movie    

Limited Edition

Radiance Films | 2022 | 273 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | May 27, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

With the strange disappearance of Laura, two colleagues, her older boyfriend, Rafael, and Ezequiel, learn of their recent discoveries, which may help them locate her. However, the story is bigger and stranger than they could imagine.

Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign

The Eight Mountains Blu-ray Movie  

Le otto montagne

Criterion | 2022 | 147 min | Not rated | Nov 21, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the breathtaking Italian Alps, The Eight Mountains follows over four decades the profound, complex relationship between Pietro and Bruno.

Adventure / Drama / Foreign

Bodyguard Kiba Blu-ray Movie    

ボディガード牙 / Bodigâdo kiba / The Bodyguard | Eureka Classics

Eureka Entertainment | 1973 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 88 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Kiba returns to his home in Japan, where he aims to wipe out the nation's drug industry.

Action / Crime / Drama / Martial arts / Foreign

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker Blu-ray Movie  

4K Restoraton / Night Warning

Severin Films | 1982 | 96 min | Not rated | May 28, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An orphaned teenager finds himself being dominated by his aunt who's hell-bent on keeping him with her...at all costs.

Horror

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Night Warning / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Severin Films | 1982 | 93 min | Not rated | May 28, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An orphaned teenager finds himself being dominated by his aunt who's hell-bent on keeping him with her...at all costs.

Horror

Camera Obscura Blu-ray Movie  

Uncork'd Entertainment | 2017 | 95 min | Rated R | Nov 09, 2017 | Kenneth Brown

A veteran war photographer with PTSD sees imminent deaths in his developed photos, questioning his already fragile sanity and putting the lives of those he loves in danger.

Horror

Shinobi Blu-ray Movie  

Band of Assassins / Revenge / Resurrection | Limited Edition

Radiance Films | 1962-1963 | 3 Movies | 283 min | Not rated | May 28, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

It’s the 16th century and Japan is in chaos. Samurai clans engage each other in battle over who gets to rule the nation, while warlords call upon the ninja to spy on and assassinate their rivals. Goemon, an ambitious young member of a ninja family, is thrown into the turmoil of Japanese history when his village is wiped out by the forces of leading warlord Oda Nobunaga, who has sworn to eradicate the ninja in his quest for absolute power. Fueled by vengeance, Goemon uses every weapon in his arsenal to bring down Oda and to prove that a ninja is an army of one.

Action / Drama / Foreign

Band of Assassins Blu-ray Movie  

忍びの者 / Shinobi no mono / Ninja, A Band of Assassins

Radiance Films | 1962 | 104 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Ishikawa Goemon (Ichikawa Raizo), a talented young ninja, becomes ensnared in a twisted scheme to assassinate Oda Nobunaga, an evil warlord bent on ruling feudal Japan with an iron fist. Deceit, treachery, and entire gangs of enemy ninja lurk around every corner as Goemon travels the countryside to complete his task, win back his honor, and save his skin!

Action / Drama / Foreign

Revenge Blu-ray Movie  

続・忍びの者’ / Zoku shinobi no mono / Shinobi No Mono 2: Vengeance

Radiance Films | 1963 | 93 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Confident that he has destroyed the Iga Ninja, the evil Oda Nobunaga continues his quest to conquer Japan. Meanwhile, Ishikawa Goemon (Ichikawa Raizo) has settled down with his wife and child, and wishes only to live in peace -- a wish that will not be granted. As mighty warlords battle and connive, Goemon must once again try to assassinate Nobunaga, in order to save the Bhuddist religious community that has come to mean so much to him. But the path to success is once again a twisted one, full of scheming samurai and nefarious traps!

Action / Drama / Foreign

Resurrection Blu-ray Movie  

新・忍びの者 / Shin shinobi no mono

Radiance Films | 1963 | 86 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

When we last saw the intrepid ninja Ishikawa Goemon (Raizo Ichikawa), he was about to be boiled alive. But a good ninja is both hard to find, and even harder to kill. With the help of the enigmatic Hattori Hanzo, Goemon lives to skulk another day, and sets his sights on bringing down the warlord who tried to turn him into soup -- Toyotomi Hideyoshi. And as always, in the background, the suble hand of Tokugawa Ieyasu is pulling strings as he plots to rule all of Japan!

Action / Drama / Foreign

The House Where Death Lives Blu-ray Movie  

Delusion / Slipcover in Original Pressing

Vinegar Syndrome | 1981 | 91 min | Not rated | May 28, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

A nurse goes to a house to care for a crippled old man. Then people in the house start being murdered. Also known as 'The House Where Death Lives'.

Horror

One Life Blu-ray Movie  

Decal Releasing | 2023 | 109 min | Rated PG | May 14, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

Biography / Drama / History / War

Bettie Page Triple Feature Blu-ray Movie  

Varietease / Teaserama / Kino Cult #7

Kino Lorber | 1954-1956 | 5 Movies | 342 min | Not rated | Jun 25, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A collection of numerous burlesque acts from the 1950s, including strippers, and cult character Bettie Page introducing the acts.

Documentary / Music / Erotic

Joni Mitchell: The Asylum Albums Blu-ray Movie  

1972-1975 / Quadio Blu-ray Audio

Rhino Music | 1972-1975 | 4 Movies | 198 min | Not rated | Apr 19, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music

All About Lily Chou-Chou Blu-ray Movie  

リリイ・シュシュのすべて

Film Movement | 2001 | 146 min | Not rated | May 28, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Life isn't easy for a group of high school kids growing up absurd in Japan's pervasive pop/cyber culture. As they negotiate teen badlands- school bullies, parents from another planet, lurid snapshots of sex and death- these everyday rebels without a cause seek sanctuary, even salvation, through pop star savior Lily Chou-Chou, embracing her sad, dreamy songs and sharing their fears and secrets in Lilyholic chat rooms. Immersed in the speed of everyday troubles, their lives inevitably climax in a fatal collision between real and virtual identities, a final logging-off from innocence.

Crime / Drama / Music / Romance / Foreign / Coming of age

The Body Stealers Blu-ray Movie    

Tigon Collection

88 Films | 1969 | 92 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | May 20, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A British military paratrooper disappears in mid-air during a jump from an army plane. Two investigators, Patrick Allen and Neil Connery, try to unravel how this happened. What they uncover is an alien plot to steal the bodies of earthlings by snatching them out of the air.

Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi

Air: Moon Safari Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray Audio | Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + CD

Rhino Music | 1998 | 61 min | Not rated | May 17, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music

The American Society of Magical Negroes Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2024 | 104 min | Rated PG-13 | May 14, 2024 | Justin Dekker

Aren is an idealistic young black man who’s recruited by veteran agent Roger into the American Society of Magical Negroes. Aren finds that working for the Society, an ancient, secret, and magical organization dedicated to making white people’s lives easier, is the most challenging and unexpected journey of his life.

Comedy / Fantasy