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Home- January 22, 2024
It Came from Outer Space 4K + 3D Blu-ray Movie
Universal Essentials Collection / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1953 | 80 min | Rated G | Oct 03, 2023 | Justin Dekker
A spaceship crashes in the Arizona desert and aliens pretend to be nearby townspeople to repair their craft undiscovered.
Horror / Sci-Fi
It Came from Outer Space 4K + 3D Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1953 | 80 min | Rated G | Oct 03, 2023 | Justin Dekker
A spaceship crashes in the Arizona desert and aliens pretend to be nearby townspeople to repair their craft undiscovered.
Horror / Sci-Fi
Special Ops: Lioness: Season One Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2023 | 352 min | Not rated | Jan 23, 2024 | Martin Liebman
A young Marine is recruited by the CIA to befriend the daughter of a terrorist group in order to bring down the organization from within.
Action / Drama / Thriller
Monk: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 2003-2004 | 700 min | Not rated | Dec 19, 2023 | Martin Liebman
Television’s favorite defective detective returns to solve a new batch of baffling mysteries with his trademark wit, wisdom…and hand wipes. Join the outstanding Tony Shalhoub as the quirky obsessive-compulsive detective in all 16 brilliantly funny second-season episodes of the widely acclaimed series Monk. Accompanied by his loyal (and infinitely patient) assistant (Bitty Schram) and the San Francisco police force (Ted Levine and Jason Gray-Stanford), Adrian Monk and his unconventional methods may just be what’s needed to crack some of the city’s most puzzling and unusual cases. Join “TV’s most original sleuth ever” (Los Angeles Times) along with guest stars Kathy Baker, Rosalind Chao, Gary Cole, Tim Curry, Lolita Davidovich, Rachel Dratch, Glenne Headly, Leslie Jordan, Jane Lynch, Andrew McCarthy, Tony Plana, Sarah Silverman, Danny Trejo, Rainn Wilson and many more—including John Turturro as Monk’s estranged, agoraphobic brother!
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac Blu-ray Movie
Le journal intime d'une nymphomane / Kino Cult #4
Kino Lorber | 1973 | 87 min | Not rated | Dec 19, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Linda Vargas picks up Ortiz in a bar where she works in a lesbian show with María Toledano. She seduces him, phones the police and kills herself. Ortiz is held on suspicion of her murder. Ortiz's wife, Rosa, visits a friend of Linda's, the Countess Anna de Monterey, who tells her how Linda went into a spiral of sex and drugs after being assaulted by Ortiz as a young girl at a fairground. Linda became the Countess's lover, then had a disastrous love affair with Alberto, the Countess' boyfriend. Rosa also meets María, who holds Linda's diary, where she relates how a fake doctor turned her away from drugs and into a nymphomaniac.
Drama / Erotic / Foreign
The Invincible Fist Blu-ray Movie
Tie shou wu qing / 鐵手無情
Shout Factory | 1969 | 99 min | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
A heroic bounty hunter, his partner and their men are desperately searching for a band of brutal robbers operating around the area, oblivious to the fact the gang is operating right under their noses.
Action / Drama / Foreign
Killer Darts Blu-ray Movie
Zhui hun biao / Chui wan biu / 追魂鏢
Shout Factory | 1968 | 88 min | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
Liu Wen-lung's home is attacked by bandits led by Chou Chao. Liu's wife was killed, but his son Yu-long was saved by a faithful servant by hiding in a well.
Action / Drama / Martial arts / Foreign
- 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