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Home- January 13, 2024
Trainspotting Blu-ray Movie
Uncut Version
Criterion | 1996 | 94 min | Rated R | Jan 30, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Crime / Drama / Dark humor
The Devil's Partner Blu-ray Movie
with Creature from the Haunted Sea
Film Masters | 1961 | 2 Movies, 3 Cuts | 149 min | Not rated | Jan 16, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An old hermit makes a pact with the devil and is resurrected as a young man. He poses as Nick Richards and begins practicing black magic in the hermit's shack. In sinister ceremonies involving sacrificial goats, Nick is able to transform into demonic animals and wreak havoc in a small town. The village sheriff and doctor begin to get suspicious after a series of deaths and are shocked as their horrifying fears are confirmed. Ed Nelson gives an eerie performance as the Devil's partner in this ghastly tale...
Horror / Dark humor
The Devil's Partner Blu-ray Movie
Film Masters | 1961 | 74 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
An old hermit makes a pact with the devil and is resurrected as a young man. He poses as Nick Richards and begins practicing black magic in the hermit's shack. In sinister ceremonies involving sacrificial goats, Nick is able to transform into demonic animals and wreak havoc in a small town. The village sheriff and doctor begin to get suspicious after a series of deaths and are shocked as their horrifying fears are confirmed. Ed Nelson gives an eerie performance as the Devil's partner in this ghastly tale...
Horror
Creature from the Haunted Sea Blu-ray Movie
Film Masters | 1961 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 75 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
American crook Renzo Capetto sees a chance to make a bundle when a Caribbean island has a revolution. He plans to help loyalists (and the national treasury) escape on his boat, then kill the men and blame their deaths on a mythical sea monster. Trouble ensues when the real monster shows up...!
Horror / Dark humor
Forced Vengeance Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1982 | 90 min | Rated R | Jan 02, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
In this martial-arts actioner, a pugnacious, taciturn Vietnam vet begins working for an honest casino owner to help keep the evil gangsters at bay.
Action / Adventure / Martial arts
Sons of Steel Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover in Original Pressing / Blu-ray + CD
Umbrella Entertainment | 1988 | 97 min | Unrated | Jan 30, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
The heavy metal futuristic action-packed adventure Sons of Steel is set in 21st century Sydney, Australia. Black Alice, rock star and man of peace, is trapped by the fascist government and accidentally transported into the future to witness the results of nuclear devastation. His grim discovery that he is directly responsible leads him to travel back from the future to save mankind from destruction.
Musical / Sci-Fi
The Terror: Infamy Blu-ray Movie
The Complete Second Season
Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 420 min | Rated TV-MA | Aug 18, 2020 | Kenneth Brown
No synopsis for this title.
Adventure / Drama / History
Anna Christie Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection / Includes German-Language Alternate Version
Warner Bros. | 1930 | 2 Movies | 89 min | Not rated | Dec 12, 2023 | Randy Miller III
An embittered prostitute returns home to her father, a barge captain. She finds sympathy in the gruff, but kindly Marthy, but when a sailor falls in love with Anna, she is forced to reveal her tarnished past to both him and her father.
Drama / Romance
- January 12, 2024
Split Image Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1982 | 111 min | Rated R | Jan 09, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Young man is sucked into an unnamed religious cult by beautiful girl and gets increasingly under the mind control of the cult leader. After his parents fail in their efforts to talk him out of it, they hire a guy who kidnaps and then de-programs him.
Drama
Lonely Castle in the Mirror Blu-ray Movie
Kagami no Kojo / かがみの孤城
Shout Factory | 2022 | 116 min | Not rated | Sep 26, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
In a tranquil neighbourhood of Tokyo, seven teenagers wake to find their bedroom mirrors are shining. At a single touch, they are pulled from their lonely lives to a wondrous castle filled with winding stairways, watchful portraits and twinkling chandeliers. In this new sanctuary, they are confronted with a set of clues leading to a hidden room where one of them will be granted a wish. But there's a catch: if they don't leave the castle by five o'clock, they will be punished. As time passes, a devastating truth emerges: only those brave enough to share their stories will be saved.
Anime / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Teen / Foreign
The Man in the Iron Mask 4K Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition | Shout Select / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Shout Factory | 1998 | 132 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 26, 2023 | Dr. Stephen Larson
It is a time of both splendor and despair. France's self-serving King Louis XIV enjoys the riches of the world while his people die of starvation. Believing that he is all-powerful, Louis fears no one--except the one person who could bring his reign to an end: the man in he imprisoned for eternity behind a mask of iron. And when Louis' selfish excesses go too far, retired Musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis vow to free the mysterious prisoner who may be France's only hope for survival. Only one question remains: will their old comrade, the legendary D'Artagnan, help them--or destroy them?
Action / Adventure / Drama / History
The Great: Season Two Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2021 | 544 min | Not rated | Jan 31, 2023 | Justin Dekker
A royal woman living in rural Austria during the 18th century is forced to choose between her own personal happiness and the future of Russia, when she marries an Emperor.
Biography / Comedy / Drama / History
The Great: Season One Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2020 | 520 min | Not rated | Jan 31, 2023 | Justin Dekker
A royal woman living in rural Austria during the 18th century is forced to choose between her own personal happiness and the future of Russia, when she marries an Emperor.
Biography / Comedy / Drama / History
The Time Tunnel: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Revelation Films Ltd. | 1966-1967 | 2 Seasons | 1399 min | Not rated | Nov 05, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Complete collection of the 1960s sci-fi adventure show, about two scientists, Doug Phillips and Tony Newman, who become trapped in time after testing a new invention. The episodes comprise: 'Rendezvous with Yesterday', 'One Way to the Moon', 'End of the World', 'The Day the Sky Fell in', 'The Last Patrol', 'The Crack of Doom', 'Revenge of the Gods', 'Massacre', 'Devil's Island', 'Reign of Terror', 'Secret Weapon', 'The Death Trap', 'The Alamo', 'Night of the Long Knives', 'Invasion', 'The Revenge of Robin Hood', 'Kill Two By Two', 'Visitors from Beyond the Stars', 'The Ghost of Nero', 'The Walls of Jericho', 'Idol of Death', 'Billy the Kid', 'Pirates of Deadman's Island', 'Chase Through Time', 'The Death Merchant', 'Attack of the Barbarians', 'Merlin the Magician', 'The Kidnappers', 'Raiders from Outer Space' and 'Town of Terror'.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
- January 11, 2024
The Hell with Heroes Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1968 | 102 min | Not rated | Jan 09, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In 1946 North Africa, two former US Air Force pilots are forced to work for an international smuggler to get money needed for their return to civilian life after fighting in World War II.
Drama
Doc Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1971 | 96 min | Rated R | Mar 23, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Revisionist retelling of the familiar Wyatt Earp/Doc Holliday story in Tombstone with fascinating character development, stressing such details as Wyatt's campaign for the Sheriff's seat, the romance between Doc Holliday and Kate Elder, their addiction to gambling, the conflict with local cowboys and concluding with a blistering depiction of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Western
My Hero Academia: Season Six, Part One Blu-ray Movie
僕のヒーローアカデミア / Boku no Hero Academia / Blu-ray + DVD
Crunchyroll, LLC | 2020-2022 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 19, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
An infiltration mission goes awry when the pros accidentally awaken Shigaraki’s full potential. Dabi deals an emotional gut punch to the nation while All For One’s protege levels cities on the path to his ultimate target: the vessel of One For All, Deku.
Action / Anime / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Teen / Comic book / Foreign
Suitable Flesh Blu-ray Movie
RLJ Entertainment | 2023 | 100 min | Not rated | Jan 09, 2024 | Randy Miller III
A psychiatrist becomes infatuated with one of her young clients who claims to be tormented by an evil spirit possessing his father.
Horror / Thriller
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace Blu-ray Movie
BBC | 1967 | 100 min | Not rated | Jan 09, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
Oldboy 4K Blu-ray Movie
올드보이 / Oldeuboi / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Decal Releasing | 2003 | 120 min | Rated R | Jan 09, 2024 | Kenneth Brown
Oh Dae-su is an ordinary Seoul businessman with a wife and little daughter who, after a drunken night on the town, is abducted and locked up in a strange, private "prison." No one will tell him why he’s there or who his jailer is. Over time, his fury builds to a single-minded focus of revenge. Fifteen years later, he is unexpectedly freed, given a new suit, a cell phone and five days to discover the mysterious enemy who had him imprisoned.
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Dark humor / Comic book / Foreign