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Home- November 27, 2023
Rapa-Nui Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1994 | 107 min | Rated R | Nov 14, 2023 | Randy Miller III
Tenuously based on the legends of Easter Island, Chile, this story details a civil war between the two tribes on the island: the Long Ears and the Short Ears. A warrior from the ruling class falls in love with a girl from the lower class, and must decide on his position in a time of great civil unrest.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Barbarella Blu-ray Movie
4K Restoration | Limited Edition
Arrow | 1968 | 98 min | Not rated | Nov 28, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Barbarella, a 41st century earthling, is sent on a mission by the president of Earth to find Durand Durand, a scientist who has disappeared with an all-powerful weapon.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Erotic / Comic book
Barbarella 4K Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Arrow | 1968 | 98 min | Not rated | Nov 28, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Barbarella, a 41st century earthling, is sent on a mission by the president of Earth to find Durand Durand, a scientist who has disappeared with an all-powerful weapon.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Erotic / Comic book
Frank Zappa: Over-Nite Sensation Blu-ray Movie
50th Anniversary Edition | Blu-ray Audio / Blu-ray + CD
Universal Music | 1973 | 35 min | Not rated | Nov 17, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
American Pop Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 1981 | 96 min | Rated R | Aug 22, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
From a turn-of-the-century immigrant vaudevillian to a rock superstar, AMERICAN POP is the story of four generations whose lives revolve around the beat of American popular music.
Animation / Drama / Music
The Only Way Blu-ray Movie
VCI | 1970 | 86 min | Rated G | Aug 15, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
A Jewish family try to escape from Denmark in October 1943 during the German occupation.
Drama / War
- November 26, 2023
Magic Crystal Blu-ray Movie
Jade Crystal / Moh fei chui / Mó fěi cuì / 魔翡翠
Vinegar Syndrome | 1986 | 96 min | Not rated | Oct 31, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
Looking to cash in on the popularity of Steven Spielberg's mega-hits E.T. and Raiders of the Lost Ark, Hong Kong schlockmeister Wong Jing directs this yarn about Andy who, along with buddies Pin-pin and Pancho ventures to Greece to find his long lost friend Shen. They soon discover Shen is being tailed both by the KGB and by Interpol after discovering some rare gems in an archaeological dig. After a unkindly series of events, Andy winds up back in Hong Kong with the stones, which, it turns out, is not gems but rather an alien life form. Meanwhile Karov, an evil magician, is hell bent on getting his hands on the gem/alien no matter what.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Martial arts / Foreign
Bloodsucking Freaks 4K Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover in Original Pressing / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Vinegar Syndrome | 1976 | 89 min | Not rated | Nov 28, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
Sardu, master of the Theatre of the Macabre, and his assistant Ralphus run a show in which, under the guise of 'magic', they torture and murder people in front of their audience. But what the punters see as a trick is actually real.
Horror
- November 25, 2023
Wind Chill Blu-ray Movie
Imprint #257
Imprint | 2007 | 91 min | Rated ACB: MA15+ | Nov 03, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Desperate to get home for Christmas, a college student catches a ride with a strange classmate. When they become stranded, they soon realize the cold is the least of their worries.
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Holiday
- November 24, 2023
Bug Blu-ray Movie
Imprint #258
Imprint | 2006 | 102 min | Rated ACB: MA15+ | Nov 03, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
At a rundown desert motel, Agnes (Ashley Judd) begins a tentative relationship with a newcomer named Peter (Michael Shannon). He has a strange charisma, one that offers fearful and unstable Agnes a flicker of hope. When Peter reveals that the military deliberately infected him with a bug and that he has tiny insects crawling under his skin, paranoia begins to envelope the desperate pair.
Drama / Horror / Psychological thriller
America: Holiday Blu-ray Movie
Quadio Blu-ray Audio
Rhino Music | 1974 | 33 min | Not rated | Dec 04, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
1. Miniature 2. Tin Man 3. Another Try 4. Lonely People 5. Glad to See You 6. Mad Dog 7. Hollywood 8. Baby It's Up to You 9. You 10. Old Man Took 11. What Does It Matter 12. In the Country
Music
- November 23, 2023
The Crown: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2022 | 536 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 17, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
Diana and Charles wage a media war. The monarchy's role is up for debate. Welcome to the '90s – and Queen Elizabeth II's biggest challenge to date.
Biography / Drama / History / Romance / Foreign
For All Mankind: Season One Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2019 | 612 min | Not rated | Nov 14, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
In an alternate timeline, in 1969 a Soviet cosmonaut, Alexei Leonov, becomes the first human to land on the Moon. This outcome devastates morale at NASA, but also catalyzes an American effort to catch up. With the Soviet Union emphasizing diversity by including a woman in subsequent landings, the United States is forced to match pace, training women and minorities, who were largely excluded from the initial decades of U.S. space exploration.
Drama / Sci-Fi
The Muppets Take Manhattan 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 1984 | 94 min | Rated G | Oct 24, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
Kermit and his friends go to New York City to get their musical on Broadway, only to find that it's a more difficult task than they anticipated.
Comedy / Family / Musical
Street Girls Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1975 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 74 min | Rated R | Oct 31, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
No synopsis for this title.
Surviving the Game Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1994 | 96 min | Rated R | Nov 07, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
A homeless man is lured out into the wilderness where he is hunted for sport by a bunch of rich weirdos.
Action / Adventure / Thriller
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors Blu-ray Movie
오! 수정 / Oh! Soo-jung
Grasshopper Film | 2000 | 127 min | Not rated | Apr 12, 2022 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A young man arrives at a hotel for an assignation; she calls to say she's not coming. He is Jae-hoon, she is Soo-jung; they've met through Young-soo, an independent filmmaker. Soo-jung writes for Young-soo; Jae-hoon may finance his film project. From varying points of view in two long parallel flashbacks, we see what precedes the hotel date. Details differ, and each account includes events missing from the other. Characters are quiet and self-contained, then animated; victims apologize. Each character frequently asks, "Really?" What has really happened? Is one account more accurate? Is a kiss the most enjoyable and promising human contact? Connections are tenuous and fragile.
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Foreign
Stalag 17 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kino Lorber | 1953 | 120 min | Not rated | Nov 21, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A cynical serviceman in a World War II POW camp has to prove he's not an informer.
Comedy / Drama / War
Welcome to Hell Blu-ray Movie
Bienvenidos al Infierno
Terror Vision | 2021 | 91 min | Unrated | Jun 15, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
To escape the leader of a satanic death metal band and the father of her unborn child, Lucia moves to a remote cabin in the forest with her grandmother. Though safe in her surroundings, she is haunted by his memory and knows he will stop at nothing to track her down.
Horror
The Power of Kangwon Province Blu-ray Movie
강원도의 힘 / Gangwon-do ui him
Grasshopper Film | 1998 | 109 min | Not rated | Aug 17, 2021 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Helmed by one of Korea's leading directors, Hong Sang-soo, Jisook joins two of her girlfriends for a holiday in Korea's Kangwon Province. But in an eerie twist of fate, her former lover, Sangkwon, plans a getaway for the same destination, where tragedy brings them together once again.
Drama / Foreign