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Home- February 22, 2024
Afire Blu-ray Movie
Roter Himmel
Criterion | 2023 | 103 min | Not rated | Feb 20, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
While vacationing by the Baltic Sea, writer Leon and photographer Felix are surprised to encounter Nadja, a mysterious young woman staying as a guest at the holiday home of Felix’s family. Nadja soon distracts Leon from finishing his latest novel, not only because of her passionate liaison with lifeguard Devid but also because her brutal honesty forces Leon to confront his artistic inadequacies. As Nadja and Leon grow closer, an encroaching forest fire threatens the group and pushes the writer to discover whether he can truly care for anything beyond himself.
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Foreign / Epic
Monk: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 2004 | 689 min | Not rated | Jan 30, 2024 | Martin Liebman
TV’s most brilliant sleuth is back, and he’s ready to battle any crime…as long as it doesn’t involve germs, heights or other people! Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub returns to 16 third-season episodes of the fresh, funny and quirky series Monk. Rejoin Adrian Monk, the defective detective, who must overcome his obsessive-compulsive disorder and investigate the death of his wife, Trudy. Still hoping to be reinstated in the San Francisco Police Department, Monk continues to use his intelligence, photographic memory and ever-present hand wipes to take on some daunting opponents, including the Mafia, the FBI and a possibly murderous chimpanzee. Monk’s back on the case and better than ever in this hilarious third season that features Traylor Howard as Monk’s new assistant, Natalie Teeger, along with guest stars Brooke Adams, James Brolin, Carmen Electra, Rosemary Forsyth, Philip Baker Hall, Glenne Headly, Mako, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Niecy Nash, Nick Offerman, Judge Reinhold, Mykelti Williamson, rockers Korn and many more.
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery
The Retaliators Blu-ray Movie
Quiver Films | 2021 | 97 min | Not rated | Feb 21, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
An upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder.
Horror / Thriller
Wolfman's Got Nards Blu-ray Movie
Gravitas Ventures | 2018 | 88 min | Not rated | Oct 27, 2020 | Martin Liebman
This heartfelt documentary explores the power of cult film told through the lens of the 1987 classic The Monster Squad and the impact it has on fans, cast and crew, and the industry.
Documentary / Horror
Casino Blu-ray Movie
Remastered Edition
Universal Studios | 1995 | 178 min | Rated R | Dec 12, 2023 | Justin Dekker
In early 1970s Las Vegas, low-level mobster Sam “Ace” Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he’s a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con artist ex Lester Diamond, and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.
Crime / Drama / Melodrama / Epic / Period
I, the Executioner Blu-ray Movie
みな殺しの霊歌 / Minagoroshi no reika | Limited Edition
Radiance Films | 1968 | 91 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jan 29, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a young man who committed suicide under murky circumstances.
Drama / Foreign
Lasse Thoresen: Lyden av Arktis Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray Audio / Blu-ray + SACD + Digital Copy
2L | 2022 | 65 min | Not rated | Sep 13, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The Sound of the Arctic is an acoustic atlas: a musical expedition that reaches as far into the Earth’s interior as it does into our minds and souls. It stands both as a multi-dimensional cultural and historical fable and as an environmental statement — with a breadth that envelops hope, beauty and nature’s untamed forces, beginning with the Arctic wind’s warning whisper, and ending with humankind’s inevitable apocalypse. This work makes one hopeful, anxious, fascinated, frightened and humble, and grateful for the Earth — irrespective of where one might live or be.
Music
Beverly Hills Cop III 4K Blu-ray Movie
30th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1994 | 104 min | Rated R | Feb 20, 2024 | Martin Liebman
Axel Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than that: the same men who shot his boss are running a counterfeit money ring out of a theme park in Los Angeles.
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller
Gremlin Blu-ray Movie
Uncork'd Entertainment | 2017 | 89 min | Not rated | Nov 21, 2017 | Kenneth Brown
A man receives a mysterious box containing a terrible secret, a creature that will kill everyone else in his family unless he passes it on to someone he loves to continue its never-ending circulation.
Horror
The Great Ziegfeld Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1936 | 186 min | Not rated | Dec 12, 2023 | Randy Miller III
In a biopic "suggested by romances and incidents in the life of America's greatest showman, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.", the film follows Ziegfeld's career from small-time sideshow barker to creator of the famous Ziegfeld Follies, the collection of singing, dancing, and comedy vaudeville acts that launched the careers of such luminaries as Fanny Brice, Ray Bolger and Harriet Hoctor--all of whom play themselves in the film.
Biography / Drama / Musical
The Laughing Woman Blu-ray Movie
The Frightened Woman | Femina ridens | Standard Edition
Mondo Macabro | 1969 | 90 min | Not rated | Feb 08, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A rich and sadistic man, who enjoys degrading women as part of elaborate S&M games, abducts a female journalist. She is subjected to his unpleasant games but soon begins subverting him.
Thriller / Foreign
Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2023 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Feb 20, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
Some people stand out in a crowd, but Junta Shiraishi can't get noticed even when he's standing in front of his teachers for attendance! He's invisible to his classmates as well, who consider him to be almost as mythical as Bigfoot. However, there is one glaring exception: Nagisa Kubo, who sits next to him in class. Not only can she see him, but it's like she also has Shiraishi -dar! And she's fixated on getting him to do things that might get other people's attention! Why? Shiraishi has no idea. But for some reason he keeps letting her have her way, even when the results could be totally mortifying in KUBO WON'T LET ME BE INVISIBLE!
Anime / Romance / Comic book / Foreign
Farming Life in Another World: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2023 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 19, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
Becoming a farmer in a fantasy world was supposed to make up for Hiraku Machio's terrible previous life. However, his new life gets off to a rocky start when his reincarnation begins in a place called the Forest of Death. Although he has a new, stronger body and an all-powerful farming tool, his attempts at living an idyllic farm life are constantly interrupted by nuisances like lizardmen, dragons, and alcoholic slimes. And did we mention the beautiful vampire and angel who move in with him, or the elven refugees who just made Hiraku's forest their new home? Okay, it may not be what Hiraku's always dreamed of, but at least he's a farmer, and that's all just part of his new Farming Life in Another World!
Anime / Fantasy / Romance / Foreign
Mazinger Z: TV Series Vol. 2 Blu-ray Movie
Discotek Media | 1972-1974 | 1150 min | Unrated | Dec 26, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
Koji and Company are back, along with Dr. Yumi and the staff of the Photon Light Institute to keep Dr. Hell from taking over Japan. However, things won’t be so easy now that Dr. Hell has a new alliance with the terrifying Duke Gorgon and an upgraded series of Mecha Monsters to throw their way. Can Mazinger Z keep up with the growing threat? Or will the glory go to Sayaka’s shiny new Diana A or even - in the worst possible case - Boss Borot? Will Sayaka allow the new Most Dangerous Maid, Misato, to work at the Institute without being overcome by jealousy? Or will evil prevail as Dr. Hell’s ambitions grow? One thing is for certain: there is no escaping tragedy and triumph in the second half of Mazinger Z!
Anime / Foreign
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Backlash Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1956 | 84 min | Not rated | Aug 18, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Backlash tells the story of one man's journey in search of his estranged father and one woman's attempt to discover the truth behind the disappearance of her husband, both of whom were possibly the victims of a brutal Apache massacre. But the Arizona desert is a harsh, merciless and unforgiving landscape filled with deadly secrets and few survivors.
Mystery / Romance / Western
Possession 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Umbrella Entertainment | 1981 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 124 min | Rated ACB: R18+ | Oct 25, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
With their marriage in pieces, Anna and Mark’s tense relationship has become a psychotic descent into screaming matches, violence and self-mutilation. Believing his wife’s only lover is the sinister Heinrich, Mark is unaware of the demonic, tentacled creature that Anna has hidden away for liaisons in a deserted apartment and will stop at nothing to protect.
Drama / Horror / Psychological thriller / Supernatural / Foreign / Surreal
Farscape: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
25th Anniversary Edition / Includes The Peacekeeper Wars Miniseries
Shout Factory | 1999-2004 | 6075 min | Rated TV-14 | Nov 21, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
John Crichton. Astronaut. Flung through a wormhole and lost in a galaxy far from home. He finds himself in the middle of a prison break, surrounded by hostile aliens, soaring through space inside a glorious living spaceship called Moya. Hunted by the relentless Peacekeepers, he allies himself with his unimaginably alien fellow refugees and searches for a way home. So begins the epic sci-fi classic Farscape. A fusion of live-action, state-of-the-art puppetry, prosthetics and CGI, Farscape features mind-boggling alien lifeforms, dazzling special effects, edge-of-your-seat thrills, irreverent humor and unforgettable characters — all brought to life by the creative minds at Jim Henson's Creature Shop™. No wonder it's been called the most imaginative sci-fi series in television history.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Josie and the Pussycats Blu-ray Movie
20th Anniversary Edition
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2001 | 99 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 16, 2021 | Martin Liebman
A satirical adaptation of the popular '70s animated series, a three-member girl group find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy to deliver subliminal messages through popular music in this sendup of the music industry and pop culture.
Comedy / Music / Teen / Comic book
Dream Scenario Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2023 | 101 min | Rated R | Feb 27, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A schlubby professor who never made it becomes an overnight celebrity after appearing in the dreams of every person on Earth.
Comedy / Horror
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1964-1969 | 3786 min | Not rated | Feb 13, 2024 | Martin Liebman
The misadventures of a bumbling Marine named Gomer Pyle.
Comedy / War