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Kull the Conqueror Blu-ray Movie
Retro VHS Collection
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1997 | 95 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 19, 2021 | Martin Liebman
A barbarian named Kull unexpectedly becomes a king after an old king (whom Kull has just killed in a battle) gives his crown to him. But direct heirs of a killed king, trying to topple Kull and regain the throne, bring an old witch-queen Akivasha back to life. Their plan backfires, however, as Akivasha is going to allow their lords - demons - to rule the kingdom. The only thing that can stop her now is a breath of the god Volka.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy
The Room Blu-ray Movie
Wiseau-Films | 2003 | 100 min | Rated R | Dec 28, 2012 | Martin Liebman
A happy-go-lucky banker sees his world fall apart when his friends begin to betray him one-by-one.
Drama / Romance
Black Cat I & II Blu-ray Movie
黑貓 & 黑貓II刺殺葉利欽
Vinegar Syndrome | 1991-1992 | 2 Movies | 187 min | Not rated | Jan 30, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
Explosive action, bloody gunfights and bone-breaking martial arts all collide in this "girls with guns" double feature of BLACK CAT and BLACK CAT 2. Vinegar Syndrome Archive is proud to present this deadly duo for the first time on Blu-ray in the US, newly restored from archival film elements.
Action / Crime / Drama / Foreign
Black Cat 2 Blu-ray Movie
黑貓II：刺殺葉利欽
Vinegar Syndrome | 1992 | 91 min | Not rated | Jan 30, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
Scientists install a micro chip, called Black Cat, inside the brain of a violence prone girl named Catherine in an attempt to refine and control her fits of rage. Their plan is to turn her into the perfect government secret agent "killing machine".
Action / Foreign
Black Cat Blu-ray Movie
黑貓
Vinegar Syndrome | 1991 | 96 min | Not rated | Jan 30, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
Catherine is a violent and disturbed young lady who is shot down by the government in one of her escapades. She wakes up in a training facility and is taught to use weapons, combat, and is put through heavy endurance training. When she is done, she is given the code name "Black Cat". Catherine is now an assassin for the government and is very good at it but she soon finds a boyfriend and is caught between her love for him and her deal with the government.
Action / Crime / Drama / Foreign
Kung Fu Panda 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2008 | 93 min | Rated PG | Mar 12, 2024 | Justin Dekker
Kung Fu Panda features Po the Panda, a lowly waiter in a noodle restaurant, who is a kung fu fanatic but whose shape doesn't exactly lend itself to kung fu fighting. That's a problem because powerful enemies are at the gates, and all hopes have been pinned on a prophesy naming Po as the "Chosen One" to save the day. A group of martial arts masters are going to need a black belt in patience if they are going to turn this slacker panda into a kung fu fighter before it's too late.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Martial arts
No Bears Blu-ray Movie
خرس نیست / Khers nist
Criterion | 2022 | 107 min | Not rated | Oct 17, 2023 | Randy Miller III
No Bears portrays two parallel love stories. In both, the lovers are troubled by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition and the mechanics of power.
Drama / Romance
Akiba Maid War: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Akiba meido sensô
Sentai Filmworks | 2022 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Mar 12, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
In an alternate past, the otaku paradise of Akihabara was an unsavory hive of scum and villainy. One thing, however, is sort of the same: Maid Cafés! Except maids are the enforcers and assassins for corporate corruption… which is unfortunate for new maid Nagomi, who was too blinded by the cutesy uniforms and clever waitressing tricks to understand the darker reality of the maid business until she’d already joined the seemingly sweet Oinky Doink Café with Ranko Mannen. Now that’s not ketchup on table 5 as the carnage erupts in Akiba Maid War!
Anime / Comedy / Drama / Foreign
Urusei Yatsura: Seasons 1 & 2 Collection Blu-ray Movie
うる星やつら
Sentai Filmworks | 2022-2023 | 2 Seasons | 575 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 19, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
Ataru Moroboshi is known for his incredibly bad luck, so when alien invaders challenge a random human to battle for the future of the Earth, guess who they pick? But to everyone’s shock, unlucky Ataru inexplicably manages to defeat his beautiful, electrically charged, and bikini-clad opponent, Lum — and in the process, he mistakenly convinces her he wants her hand in marriage! Given that Ataru’s still chasing after his old girlfriend (and just about any other attractive girl he meets), this means a new war of the worlds is just beginning in the complete collection of the all-new Urusei Yatsura!
Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Teen / Comic book / Foreign
Rozen Maiden: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Season 1 / Season 2: Träumend / Ouvertüre / Zurückspulen
Sentai Filmworks | 2004-2013 | 4 Seasons | 975 min | Rated TV-14 | Apr 16, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
Remember those nightmares you had as a child, where your toys came to life? That's the reality that Jun Sakurada suddenly finds himself living in when Shinku arrives in a box. She's the first of several magical Rozen Maidens to invade the secluded life he has made for himself since refusing to attend school anymore and living the life of a hermit. Worse, he finds himself magically bound to Shinku, his life force powering hers, and she's not too crazy about the way he's been living his life.
Action / Anime / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Comic book / Foreign
Space Sheriff Sharivan: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Discotek Media | 1983-1984 | 1200 min | Unrated | Feb 27, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
Fresh off of swooping in to help Gavan bust the Makuu, rookie space sheriff Den Iga has been given a mission of his own: protect the Earth from the nefarious Demon King Psycho and his secret space syndicate, Madou! With the support of his trusty partner Lily and the fiercest arsenal this side of the Milky Way, Den fights to thwart Madou’s psychedelic schemes as Space Sheriff Sharivan!
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Kind Hearts and Coronets 4K Blu-ray Movie
Vintage Classics / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Studio Canal | 1949 | 106 min | Rated BBFC: U | Apr 22, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In the early twentieth century, young Louis Mazzini vows to take revenge on his family, the D'Ascoynes, when he learns how they disinherited his mother. Working his way into their trust, Louis begins to bump off his distant relatives one by one, but complications set in when Edith D'Ascoyne, the widow of his first victim, falls in love with him.
Comedy / Crime / Dark humor
K-19: The Widowmaker 4K Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Shout Factory | 2002 | 138 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 19, 2024 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must avoid core meltdown that will certainly kill all aboard.
Drama / History / Thriller
- March 21, 2024
Changing Lanes 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kino Lorber | 2002 | 98 min | Rated R | Mar 19, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Modern society draws lines between right and wrong, good and evil, rage and redemption. A moment of self absorption and a spark of anger will cause the two men to cross them. As the battle of wills escalates, both lives are changed forever.
Drama / Thriller
Monk: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 2005-2006 | 689 min | Not rated | Feb 27, 2024 | Martin Liebman
Return to the scene of the crime with Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub in all 16 fourth-season episodes of the quirky and amusing series Monk. Private detective Adrian Monk has brains, instincts, a photographic memory and more than a few obsessive-compulsive disorders. These traits, his ever-present handy wipes and his devoted assistant, Natalie Teeger (Traylor Howard), help him as he solves cases involving amnesia, betrayal, first loves, true loves and of course, murder. Along with Capt. Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine) and Lt. Disher (Jason Gray-Stanford), Monk is on the case and more germaphobic than ever in this fresh and funny fourth season of “the best detective show to come along in decades” (New York Post). Guest starring Jason Alexander, Jeffrey Donovan, Jon Favreau, Wings Hauser, Glenne Headly, Malcolm McDowell, Laurie Metcalf and many more—including the return of John Turturro as Adrian’s (also phobic) bro, Ambrose!
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery
The Bionic Woman: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition
Shout Factory | 1976-1994 | 3 Seasons | 3300 min | Not rated | Aug 30, 2022 | Kenneth Brown
Spin-off from the Six Million Dollar Man. Jaime Sommers, a tennis pro, is hurt in a parachuting accident and has improved legs, an arm and an ear to aid her as a secret agent.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Rabbit Hole: Season One Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2023 | 374 min | Not rated | Oct 17, 2023 | Martin Liebman
A private espionage operative battles over the preservation of democracy in a world at odds with misinformation, behavioral manipulation, the surveillance state, and the interests that control these extraordinary powers.
Action / Drama / Thriller
Tori and Lokita Blu-ray Movie
Tori et Lokita
Criterion | 2022 | 88 min | Not rated | Nov 21, 2023 | Randy Miller III
In Belgium today, a young boy and an adolescent girl who have travelled alone from Africa pit their invincible friendship against the cruel conditions of their exile.
Drama / Foreign
The Manchurian Candidate 4K Blu-ray Movie
20th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kino Lorber | 2004 | 130 min | Rated R | Mar 19, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
As the entire nation watches the presidential campaign hurtle towards Election Day, one soldier races to uncover the conspiracy behind it—a conspiracy that seeks to destroy democracy itself.
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / War / Psychological thriller
One Piece: Collection 33 Blu-ray Movie
Episodes 795-818 / Blu-ray + DVD
Crunchyroll, LLC | 2017 | 600 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 12, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
Chopper and Carrot get trapped in Brulee’s maze of mirrors while Luffy’s battle against Cracker forces him to take on a new Gear Four form. After a close call, Luffy finally catches up to Sanji, who turns their reunion into a shocking duel. Elsewhere on the island, Brook squares up for a nearly impossible battle against Big Mom, and Sanji accidentally uncovers a not-so-sweet secret about Pudding.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Teen / Comic book / Foreign