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Home- January 10, 2024
Odds Against Tomorrow Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1959 | 96 min | Not rated | Jan 09, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Disgraced former police officer David Burke (Ed Begley) is looking for a way to make some quick money. When he decides to rob a bank, he calls on mean ex-con Earl Slater (Robert Ryan) and black entertainer Johnny Ingram (Harry Belafonte) to help him pull off the heist. Johnny is reluctant to agree but is forced to reconsider because of his significant gambling debts, while racist Earl balks because of Johnny's involvement. Ultimately, though, they must work together to get the job done.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Heist
Danza Macabra: Volume Two — The Italian Gothic Collection Blu-ray Movie
Castle of Blood 4K / Jekyll / They Have Changed Their Face / The Devil’s Lover / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + CD
Severin Films | 1964-1972 | 4 Movies, 5 Cuts | 527 min | Not rated | Jan 30, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Horror / Foreign
Castle of Blood 4K Blu-ray Movie
Danza macabra 4K / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Severin Films | 1964 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 91 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A writer accepts a bet that he cannot spend the night alone in a haunted castle on All Soul's Eve. Once night falls at the castle, several who had been murdered therein return to life, reliving their deaths and seeking to kill the writer for his blood in a vain attempt to stay alive beyond that one night. Elisabeth Blackwood, one of the living dead, tries to aid his escape from the castle...
Horror
Jekyll Blu-ray Movie
Severin Films | 1969 | 262 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
When a series of brutal attacks are committed by a lunatic named Edward Hyde, the investigation leads to molecular biologist Henry Jekyll. But have the doctor’s unorthodox experiments unlocked even greater horrors?
Horror
They Have Changed Their Face Blu-ray Movie
Hanno cambiato faccia
Severin Films | 1971 | 96 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
In this allegory on capitalism, director of a known car corporation invites one of his employees to his country villa to give him the good news. He just got promoted. However, the old man is not what he seems and promotion has a price.
The Devil's Lover Blu-ray Movie
L'Amante del Demonio / Lucifera Demonlover
Severin Films | 1972 | 78 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Creepy tale about a sorrowful night passed in a nightmarish castle, so the house of the demon. Many horror elements are mixed with erotic atmosphere.
Horror / Foreign
Varsity Blues 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1999 | 105 min | Rated R | Jan 09, 2024 | Martin Liebman
At first, backup quarterback Jonathan “Mox” Moxom is nowhere close to being a football star. He’s perfectly content to stay on the bench and out of the win-at-all-cost strategies of coach Bud Kilmer. But when the starting quarterback is injured, Mox is in the game… and in direct conflict with his hotheaded coach and girlfriend. Soon everyone in Mox’s football-crazed community will realize there’s not just a new star quarterback in town, there’s a new kind of hero.
Comedy / Drama / Sport / Teen
The Holdovers Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2023 | 133 min | Rated R | Jan 02, 2024 | Justin Dekker
A rebellious student, a notoriously disliked professor and the school’s head chef form an unlikely bond when they are the only ones left on-campus for Christmas break, helping one another understand that they are not beholden to their past.
Comedy / Drama / Period / Holiday
Terms of Endearment 4K Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Presents #42 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1983 | 132 min | Rated PG | Nov 14, 2023 | Martin Liebman
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Tarzan, the Ape Man Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1932 | 100 min | Not rated | Dec 12, 2023 | Randy Miller III
A British trader and his daughter set off in search of the fabled graveyard of the elephants in deepest Africa for a fortune in ivory, only to encounter a wild man raised by apes.
Action / Adventure / Romance
- January 09, 2024
Carry On Cowboy Blu-ray Movie
Imprint | 1965 | 95 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Marshall P. Knutt (Jim Dale), a former sanitary engineer, becomes the sheriff of Stodge City in the Wild West and must help a young woman beat the Rumpo Kid (Sid James), the outlaw who shot her father.
Comedy / Western
- January 08, 2024
Little Miss Marker Blu-ray Movie
The Girl in Pawn
Kino Lorber | 1934 | 80 min | Not rated | Mar 07, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Young Marthy "Marky" Jane (Shirley Temple) is left by her father as a makeshift marker for his $20 bet, but when he commits suicide, the little girl finds herself in the custody of his bookie, Sorrowful Jones (Adolphe Menjou)
Comedy / Drama / Family
Leave It to Beaver: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1957-1963 | 6 Seasons | 5580 min | Not rated | Nov 14, 2023 | Martin Liebman
Inspired by real-life experiences, Leave It to Beaver built the blueprint for quintessential sitcom families with the relatable comic adventures of Ward, June, Wally, and young Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver. From neighborhood mischief to misunderstandings at school and at home, Beaver and his family bring hilarious laughs, wholesome life lessons, and endless entertainment across 234 beloved episodes spanning six memorable seasons that have become as much a part of Americana as baseball and apple pie.
Comedy / Family
The Dog Who Stopped the War Blu-ray Movie
La guerre des tuques [Slipcover Ed on Retailer]
Canadian International Pictures | 1984 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 89 min | Not rated | Jan 30, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
Two groups of children become involved in an increasingly elaborate snowball war.
Adventure / Comedy / Family / Foreign
Scrapbook Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover in Original Pressing
Saturn's Core Audio & Video | 2000 | 95 min | Not rated | Jan 30, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
A young woman named Clara is captured by a serial killer named Leonard who records his "life story" by keeping a scrapbook of his many victims. In addition to adhering Polaroids, scraps of clothing, and other small trophies to the pages, Leonard has forced his victims to personally write in the scrapbook about their individual ordeals. Clara is beaten, raped, starved, and locked up like an animal, filthy and naked. She is forced to write in the scrapbook, adding her agony to the pages. She soon realizes that her only hope for survival is to manipulate Leonard through her writings in his cherished scrapbook.
Horror / Thriller
The Exorcist: Believer Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2023 | 111 min | Rated R | Dec 19, 2023 | Justin Dekker
When two girls disappear into the woods and return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, the father of one girl seeks out Chris MacNeil, who's been forever altered by what happened to her daughter fifty years ago.
Horror / Thriller / Supernatural
The Exorcist: Believer 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2023 | 111 min | Rated R | Dec 19, 2023 | Justin Dekker
When two girls disappear into the woods and return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, the father of one girl seeks out Chris MacNeil, who's been forever altered by what happened to her daughter fifty years ago.
Horror / Thriller / Supernatural
Shame Blu-ray Movie
Skammen
Criterion | 1968 | 104 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Former musicians Jan Rosenberg and his wife, Eva, have left the city to avoid a civil war and now live on a rural island where they tend a farm. While the situation seems idyllic, the couple's isolation begins to wear on their relationship, and eventually the armed conflict that they've tried to flee arrives on the quiet island in the form of soldiers. Try as they might, Jan and Eva ultimately can't evade either the war or their own marital problems.
Drama / War / Foreign
Butcher's Crossing Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2022 | 107 min | Rated R | Dec 26, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
A frontier epic about an Ivy League drop-out as he travels to the Colorado wilderness, where he joins a team of buffalo hunters on a journey that puts his life and sanity at risk. Based on the highly acclaimed novel by John Williams.
Drama / Western
- January 07, 2024
Valmont Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1989 | 137 min | Rated R | Nov 28, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman.
Drama / Romance / Period