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Home- February 13, 2024
Columbia Classics Collection: Volume 4 4K Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition | His Girl Friday 4K / Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 4K / Kramer vs. Kramer 4K / Starman 4K / Starman The Series HD / Sleepless in Seattle 4K / Punch-Drunk Love 4K / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 1940-2002 | 7 Movies | 1669 min | Rated R | Feb 13, 2024 | Kenneth Brown
See individual titles for their synopsis.
Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Dark humor
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie 4K Blu-ray Movie
ストリートファイターII MOVIE | Includes PG-13 & Unrated Versions / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Discotek Media | 1994 | 106 min | Unrated | Nov 28, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
M.Bison's plan to crush those who would oppose his evil Shadaloo organization is simple: brainwash the strongest martial artists around the world with his dreaded psycho power and turn them into living weapons! And now, he's found his newest target: Ryu, a traveling vagabond said to be the strongest man in the world. In order to stop the dictator's evil plot, Interpol agent Chun-Li forms a rocky partnership with Major Guile of the United States Air Force. But they'll have to put aside their differences and learn how to work together if they want to stop M.Bison; while the wandering Ryu is a hard man to find, M.Bison is closing in on Ryu's eternal rival Ken in a bid to lure out his real target! Will Shadaloo succeed, or will the World Warriors beat M.Bison to the punch?
Action / Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Martial arts / Foreign
The Black Room Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover in Original Pressing
Vinegar Syndrome | 1983 | 88 min | Not rated | Nov 24, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
A room gets put up for rent following the mysterious murder of its previous tenant. When an apartment-hunting man sees the deal the brother and sister landlords are offering, he immediately puts down the first month's rent and starts spending his days there, even though he has a home to spend his nights at with his wife. When he comes home, he tells his wife about the fantasies he has of having sex with various women each day in his new apartment. His wife goes along with it for a while, but when she discovers that her husband's stories are much more than just fantasies, she starts to do some investigating.
Horror / Thriller
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock 4K Blu-ray Movie
L'orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock / Slipcover in Original Pressing / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Vinegar Syndrome | 1962 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 88 min | Not rated | Jan 30, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
In 19th century London, a woman weds a doctor with necrophiliac tendencies whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances—and might be coming back from the grave to torment her successor.
Horror / Foreign
Chargeman Ken!: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
チャージマン研!
Discotek Media | 1974 | 449 min | Unrated | Nov 28, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
It is the year 2074. In a world threatened by aliens... an unlikely hero emerges! Ken Izumi may look like an ordinary 10-year-old boy, but he secretly possesses weapons, armor, and accessories that transform him into the superheroic Chargeman Ken. Ken protects his mom, dad, little sister Caron, robot pal Barican, and the rest of mankind from the diabolical Juralians, shape-shifting alien invaders bent on terrorizing the Earth with flesh-eating butterflies, booby-trapped scientists, an evil doll, a prison break, alien mummies, a kid that sets stuff on fire, a song that makes you die... basically, they have about 65 plans for world domination, and the only thing standing between the fragile human race and conquest by the Juralians is Chargeman Ken and his unquenchable thirst for fiery, atomic justice!
Action / Adventure / Anime / Sci-Fi / Foreign
- February 12, 2024
Circus Angel Blu-ray Movie
Fifi la plume
Criterion | 1965 | 78 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A burglar becomes a circus trapeze flier to escape the police, but still can't resist an occasional burglary. When one last caper turns him into an angel, he gets involved in the dreams and adventures of the people he meets.
Comedy / Fantasy / Foreign
Zombie Holocaust 4K Blu-ray Movie
Zombi Holocaust / Doctor Butcher M.D. / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Severin Films | 1980 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 89 min | Not rated | Nov 28, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Dr. Peter Chandler and a reporter named Lori discover a rash of cannibalism in New York. Soon the two have traced the cannibalistic activity to a remote island where they encounter a tribe of cannibals and a mad scientist who appears to be experimenting with reanimating dead corpses. The result of this work is four bloodthirsty zombies who roam the island and, along with the cannibals, wreak havoc on Lori and Dr. Peter's expedition.
Horror / Foreign
The Shaolin Plot Blu-ray Movie
Sì dà mén pài | 四大門派 | Limited Edition
Arrow | 1977 | 110 min | Not rated | Feb 13, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A sinister martial arts master moves violently through Hong Kong. The only person standing in his way is his best student.
Action / Drama / Foreign
- February 11, 2024
Yakuza Wolf Blu-ray Movie
狼やくざ 殺しは俺がやる / Ôkami yakuza: Koroshi wa ore ga yaru / I Perform Murder | Eureka Classics
Eureka Entertainment | 1972 | 87 min | Not rated | Feb 19, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The son of a murder crime boss exacts his revenge by pitting two rival clans against each other.
Action / Crime / Foreign
Goodbye & Amen Blu-ray Movie
L'uomo della CIA | Limited Edition
Radiance Films | 1977 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 110 min | Not rated | Feb 13, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
John Dannahay, a CIA agent stationed in Rome, is planning to overthrow an African government. But his plan goes wrong when a corrupt colleague starts shooting people from the roof of a hotel, taking an innocent couple hostage.
Thriller / Foreign
King of Killers Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2023 | 92 min | Rated R | Oct 31, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
Garan is a part of a group of international hitmen who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world, only to find out that they're the ones being hunted.
Action / Thriller
- February 10, 2024
To Die For 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Criterion | 1995 | 106 min | Rated R | Mar 26, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Suzanne Stone wants to be on television and she is willing to do whatever it takes to get what she wants. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she refuses to let anything or anyone stand in her way.
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Dark humor
To Die For Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1995 | 106 min | Rated R | Mar 26, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Suzanne Stone wants to be on television and she is willing to do whatever it takes to get what she wants. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she refuses to let anything or anyone stand in her way.
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Dark humor
Sex and Broadcasting: A Film About WFMU Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover in Original Pressing
Factory25 | 2014 | 78 min | Not rated | Feb 27, 2024 | Kenneth Brown
A feature-length documentary about New Jersey's WFMU, the world's strangest and most unique radio station, and one man's attempt to keep it alive in the face of recession, the persistent threat of commercial media, and the challenges that come with keeping a rebellious group of outsiders together.
Biography / Comedy / Documentary
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2006 | 94 min | Rated R | Feb 13, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
A pair of slacker musicians decide that to achieve superstardom, they must find a fabled guitar pick with supernatural powers.
Adventure / Comedy / Music
Fear Is the Key Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition
Arrow | 1972 | 105 min | Rated PG | Feb 13, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Following the death of his family in an aeroplane crash, a man plots an elaborate revenge scheme on those responsible.
Action / Crime / Drama
Serpico Blu-ray Movie
Imprint | 1973 | 130 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An honest New York cop blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Biography / Crime / Drama
Peacock Blu-ray Movie
Pou
IndiePix Films | 2022 | 89 min | Not rated | Feb 06, 2024 | Kenneth Brown
The psychosexual journey of a young woman into the dark recesses of the Afrikaner psyche and its compromised past.
Horror / Romance / Psychological thriller / Supernatural
Spun Blu-ray Movie
Samuel Goldwyn Films | 2002 | 101 min | Unrated | Feb 26, 2019 | Kenneth Brown
Three days of epic drug binging become a meth-induced odyssey for college drop out Ross when he becomes the local Crystal Meth cook's personal driver in exchange for free drugs. Bouncing from one bizarre situation to another, Ross slowly slips deeper and deeper into the crazy anonymous world of speed freaks in which there exists no boundaries or morality. With an all star cast including Brittany Murphy, Jason Schwartzman, John Leguizamo, Patrick Fugit, Mena Suvari, and an unfortunate green dog, get ready to see the city through eyes that can't sleep. It's Spun.
Comedy / Crime / Drama
- February 09, 2024
Circle of Danger Blu-ray Movie
Vintage Classics
Studio Canal | 1951 | 86 min | Rated BBFC: U | Feb 05, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In the 1950s, an American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid in Nazi-occupied France.
Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery