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Home- January 21, 2024
Diary of a Hitman Blu-ray Movie
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1991 | 90 min | Rated R | Jun 20, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Hitman Dekker is on his last job, out to kill the wife of his client, but he starts to waver. The longer he takes to do the job, the more difficult it becomes.
Crime / Drama
The Legend of Tarzan 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2016 | 110 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 11, 2016 | Randy Miller III
Years after the man once known as Tarzan left behind the jungles of Africa for a gentrified life in London as Lord Greystoke with his beloved wife, Jane Porter, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the corrupt Belgian Captain Léon Rom.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Wolf Pack Blu-ray Movie
Lang qun / 狼群
Well Go USA | 2022 | 105 min | Not rated | Jan 23, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
During one of the missions, of the Wolf Pack squad led by Lao Diao who are engaged in overseas security work for a long time discovers that foreign terrorist forces have extended their reach into China's energy lifeline.
Action / Thriller / War / Foreign
In/Spectre Blu-ray Movie
Viz Media | 2020 | 288 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 07, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Meet the cute, smug, cane-wielding 17-year old Iwanaga Kotoko as she (very) aggressively tries to woo the older Sakuragawa Kurou and act as a mediator/problem-solver for the supernatural world.
Action / Anime / Comedy / Foreign
Tsurune: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2018-2019 | 350 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 28, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
Becoming a great archer requires more than just a steady hand and a good eye. It takes focus; the ability to find exactly the right moment to release the bowstring and send your arrow streaking to its target. As a child, Minato Narumiya became entranced with kyudo, the Japanese art of archery, but after years of study, he suddenly quit after an incident during a middle school tournament. Now, his high school’s Kyudo Club has approached him, and between the encouragement of the coach and several classmates he used to practice with, Minato is reluctantly convinced to pick up the bow again. But is the timing right? Is Minato really ready for competition, or is he destined to miss the bullseye again? It’s time to take aim and meet the challenge of becoming the best in TSURUNE!
Anime / Drama / Sport / Foreign
The Demon Girl Next Door: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
まちかドまぞく / Machikado Mazoku
Sentai Filmworks | 2019 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 01, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
When Yuko Yoshida wakes up one morning to discover that she’s sprouted horns and a tail, she learns something that her mother has been meaning to tell her. You know that battle between the Light and Dark that’s been going on since the dawn of time? Well, Yuko’s family are the bad guys. So now, Yuko has to defeat a local magical girl to win back some of her family’s vanquished power so they can afford to go to the all-you-can-eat pancake restaurant. And, of course, it turns out that the Magical Girl goes to Yuko’s school, but Momo’s really nice and keeps rescuing Yuko, which is pretty embarrassing and leaves Yuko rather conflicted… but… all you can eat pancakes? Sometimes you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t when you’re THE DEMON GIRL NEXT DOOR!
Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Supernatural / Comic book / Foreign
Bloom Into You: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
やがて君になる
Sentai Filmworks | 2018 | 325 min | Rated TV-PG | Dec 17, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
Yuu Koito thought love would be something amazing and magical, but when a male friend asks her to date, she feels nothing. She doesn't even know how to respond until she overhears the student council president of her new high school, Touko Nanami, turning down a similar request. With Touko's help, Yuu manages to let her friend down gracefully, but then Touko confesses that she, herself, is starting to have feelings for Yuu, leaving Yuu in a quandary. Yuu doesn't think that she's in love with Touko, but she does feel something. As Yuu joins the Student Council, and she and Touko become closer, her confusion about her feelings only continues to grow. Because you can't control who you love, or who falls in love with you. You can only be true to yourself in BLOOM INTO YOU.
Anime / Drama / Romance / Comic book / Foreign
- January 20, 2024
Private Crimes Blu-ray Movie
Delitti privati
Severin Films | 1993 | 351 min | Not rated | Sep 26, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The discovery of murdered businessman Marco Pierboni sends shock waves through the small Italian town of Lucca. At first journalist Nicole Venturi sees the crime and the mystery surrounding it as an opportunity to make her name. But then, her own daughter disappears.
Mystery
35 Shots of Rum Blu-ray Movie
35 rhums
Cinema Guild | 2008 | 100 min | Not rated | Dec 19, 2023 | Dr. Stephen Larson
The relationship between a father and daughter is complicated by the arrival of a handsome young man.
Drama
Lost in the 80s: The Joe Zaso Collection Blu-ray Movie
Terror Vision | 1984-1989 | 4 Movies, 5 Cuts | 352 min | Unrated | Dec 19, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
Between the ages of 13 and 18 filmmaker Joe Zaso made four movies with his family and friends. On foot, by mail, and by phone the young director marketed his creations to area video stores, earning shelf space among commercial studio tapes. Once rental stores fell by the wayside, Zaso’s movies were relegated to tape trading and bootleg circles where their legend continued to grow… After more than 30 years in relative obscurity, Terror Vision is thrilled to deliver the official release of Screambook, Screambook II, Maligno, and It’s Only A Movie for their worldwide physical media debut.
Horror
The Sword of Swords Blu-ray Movie
Shen dao / San do / 神刀
Shout Factory | 1968 | 111 min | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
A young master swordsman is entrusted by his master with protecting a powerful sword from falling into the wrong hands, but his treacherous former colleague will stop at absolutely nothing to retrieve the sword for himself.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Foreign
The Bells of Death Blu-ray Movie
Duo hun ling / Duet wan ling / 奪魂鈴
Shout Factory | 1968 | 88 min | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
Wei Fu is a seemingly unremarkable woodcutter but when his family is wiped out by psychotic marauders, Wei undertakes extensive martial arts training at the hands of an expert swordsman and sets out to exact revenge on the evildoers.
Action / Drama / Foreign
The Jade Raksha Blu-ray Movie
Yu luo cha / Yuk law chaat / 玉羅刹
Shout Factory | 1968 | 96 min | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
A fearsome swordswoman known as The Jade Raksha begins mercilessly killing people who belong to the Yan clan as revenge for her family's killing. Matters get complicated when she meets a master swordsman who's on his own revenge journey.
Action / Drama / Foreign
American Gigolo: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2022 | 403 min | Not rated | Feb 14, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
Julian Kaye, 15 years after being arrested for murder and struggling to find his footing in the modern-day Los Angeles sex industry, seeks the truth about the frame that sent him to prison all those years ago and also hoping to reconnect with his one true love, Michelle.
Drama
- January 19, 2024
Lone Star Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1996 | 135 min | Rated R | Jan 16, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A modern-day sheriff of a Texas border county investigates a murder dating from his father's time as sheriff that no one wants to talk about.
Drama / Mystery / Western
Lone Star 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Criterion | 1996 | 135 min | Rated R | Jan 16, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A modern-day sheriff of a Texas border county investigates a murder dating from his father's time as sheriff that no one wants to talk about.
Drama / Mystery / Western
The Expanse: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2015-2022 | 6 Seasons | 2828 min | Not rated | Nov 21, 2023 | Justin Dekker
200 years in the future, Earth, Mars, and the Asteroid Belt are on the edge of war. Welcome to The Expanse, the thrilling sci-fi series that begins with an investigation into one woman's disappearance, but becomes a star-spanning saga where an alien bioweapon could alter the evolution of humanity. Experience all six seasons of incredible action and interplanetary suspense in the acclaimed, Hugo Award-winning show as the Rocinante and its crew race across a colonized Solar System to combat the greatest conspiracy in human history.
Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi
The Expanse: Season Six Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2021-2022 | 292 min | Not rated | Nov 21, 2023 | Justin Dekker
Holden and the crew of the Rocinante fight alongside the Combined Fleet of Earth and Mars to protect the Inner Planets from Marco Inaros and his Free Navy’s campaign of death and destruction. Meanwhile, on a distant planet beyond the Rings, a new power rises.
Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi
The Expanse: Season Five Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2020 | 511 min | Not rated | Nov 21, 2023 | Justin Dekker
In different parts of the Solar System, the crew of the Rocinante and their allies confront the sins of their past, while Marco Inaros unleashes an attack that will alter the future of Earth, Mars, the Belt, and the worlds beyond the Ring.
Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi
The Expanse: Season Four Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2019 | 469 min | Not rated | Dec 15, 2020 | Justin Dekker
With the Ring Gates now open to thousands of new planets, a blood-soaked gold rush begins, igniting new conflicts between Earth, Mars and the Belt. Meanwhile, on one unexplored planet, the Rocinante crew gets caught in a violent clash between an Earth mining corporation and desperate Belter settlers as deadly new threats from the protomolecule emerge.
Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi