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Home- October 15, 2023
Christopher Strong Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1933 | 78 min | Not rated | Oct 24, 2023 | Randy Miller III
An intelligent, liberated and unconventionally beautiful aviatrix soars into a torrid affair with a fellow aristocrat...and crashes into unendurable heartbreak.
Drama
Haunted Mansion Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2023 | 122 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 17, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A single mom named Gabbie hires a tour guide, a psychic, a priest, and a historian to help exorcise their newly bought mansion; after discovering it is inhabited by ghosts.
Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Supernatural
Haunted Mansion 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2023 | 122 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 17, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A single mom named Gabbie hires a tour guide, a psychic, a priest, and a historian to help exorcise their newly bought mansion; after discovering it is inhabited by ghosts.
Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Supernatural
- October 14, 2023
The Last Island Blu-ray Movie
Cult Epics | 1990 | 101 min | Not rated | Oct 10, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Five men and two women, marooned survivors of an air crash, discover that they may be the only survivors of a world disaster.
Drama / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Waist Deep Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2006 | 97 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Martin Liebman
"I'll always come back for you," single father O2 tells his young son Junior. This parental promise is put to the test when O2 is suddenly plunged into a do-or-die situation; trying to go straight for Junior's sake, this recently paroled ex-con is forced to go back outside the law after his son is kidnapped in a carjacking. The resulting chase and shootout have left Junior in the hands of Meat, the vicious leader of the Outlaw Syndicate. O2's shady cousin Lucky tries to mediate, but is caught between criminal and family loyalties. The only person who can or will help O2 get his son back is wily street-smart hustler Coco, whose path fatefully crossed O2's just moments before the kidnapping. When Lucky gets word to O2 that Meat expects $100,000 for Junior's freedom, O2 and Coco seize the opportunity to pit rival elements of the South Los Angeles underworld against each other. "It's either all or nothing," realizes O2. With the clock ticking down, the heat between O2 and Coco rises as they become a lawbreaking couple, on an action-packed tear through a range of Los Angeles neighborhoods. Can they outwit the underworld and save Junior and themselves?
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Drop Squad Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1994 | 86 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Martin Liebman
Political satire about an underground militant group that kidnaps African-Americans who have sold out their race. The story follows as the group led Curtis-Hall and Rhames kidnaps an advertising executive (La Salle) who has been providing advertising programs that belittles blacks and women. One advertisement features Spike Lee endorsing Gospelpak Fried Chicken which comes in a bucket with the Confederate flag draped all over it.
Drama
Double Danger: Drop Squad & Waist Deep Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1994-2006 | 2 Movies | 183 min | Not rated | Oct 17, 2023 | Martin Liebman
No synopsis for this title.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Rosemary's Baby 4K Blu-ray Movie
55th Anniversary / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1968 | 137 min | Rated R | Oct 10, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A young couple move into an apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins to control her life.
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Psychological thriller / Supernatural / Surreal
- October 13, 2023
Urusei Yatsura Movie 6: Always, My Darling Blu-ray Movie
Discotek Media | 1991 | 77 min | Unrated | Nov 29, 2022 | Neil Lumbard
Lupica, another one of the legion of space princesses that all seem to have found out about Earth in some tour book, appears and abducts Ataru! But Lupica isn't after Ataru for his great looks or charming personality (because he doesn't have either). Lupica's goal is the greatest love potion in the galaxy, which she intends to use to induce her sweetheart to tie the knot. To get it, she needs the possessor of the greatest lust in the universe...
Anime / Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi / Foreign
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 1998 | 101 min | Rated R | Sep 26, 2023 | Martin Liebman
One year after a harrowing summer running for her life and dealing with the brutal murders of her high school friends, Julie James has fled her hometown to attend college in Boston and leave the painful memories behind her. On the first anniversary of last summer's tragic deaths, Julie's college grades are slipping and her relationship with high school sweetheart Ray Bronson has hit the skids. Enter Karla Wilson, Julie's spunky friend and roommate, who wins an all-expense-paid Bahamas vacation for four during the Fourth of July weekend. Upon their arrival in this tropical paradise filled with pristine beaches and sky-high palm trees, Julie and her friends find the other hotel guests leaving—hurricane season has begun. As Julie's mind continues to play tricks on her, the students' romantic island getaway turns into a vacation of murder and mayhem.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Teen
Urusei Yatsura Movie 5: The Final Chapter Blu-ray Movie
Discotek Media | 1988 | 86 min | Unrated | Sep 27, 2022 | Neil Lumbard
Ataru and Lum must replay their fateful game of tag to decide the fate of Earth, that's being threatened by giant space mushrooms, as well as their relationship.
Anime / Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Urusei Yatsura Movie 4: Lum the Forever Blu-ray Movie
Discotek Media | 1986 | 94 min | Unrated | Jun 28, 2022 | Neil Lumbard
Mendou invites Ataru & Co. to his estate for a viewing of a large, aging cherry tree named "Tarozakura", which is to be featured in an independent film which happens to be financed by Mendou, directed by Megane, and starring Lum. During filming, Ataru cuts down Tarozakura as called for in the script, but the downed tree starts foaming and disintegrates. Afterwards, bizarre incidents occur all over Tomobiki, a mountain emerges out of the ground, spring gives way to winter, Sakura's ghostly friends disappear, Lum begins losing her powers, and Lum's friends begin acting as though she doesn't exist.
Anime / Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2023 | 80 min | Rated R | Oct 17, 2023 | Randy Miller III
In 1980s Hollywood, struggling martial arts actor Johnny Cage searches for his missing co-star amidst a Los Angeles filled with bloodthirsty fighters.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Martial arts
Talk to Me Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2022 | 94 min | Rated R | Oct 03, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and opens the door to the spirit world forcing them to choose who to trust: the dead or the living.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Talk to Me 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2022 | 94 min | Rated R | Oct 03, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and opens the door to the spirit world forcing them to choose who to trust: the dead or the living.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2014 | 101 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 25, 2023 | Martin Liebman
When a kingpin threatens New York City, a news reporter find a quad of mutants which makes an alliance to unravel Shredder's plan as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Martial arts / Comic book
Instinct to Kill Blu-ray Movie
The Perfect Husband
Dark Force Entertainment | 2001 | 91 min | Rated R | Aug 15, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Escaped serial killer James Becket, who killed his own father whose expectations he never fulfilled, but now especially targets his wife Theresa 'Tess' and her family, is too good at disguising himself and other deceit for detective Diffs task force. Only one man proves able to fight back in his league: former cop J.T. Dillon, who was already training Tess in self-defense and becomes her lover. Becket decides to find hiding place by kidnapping Diffs wife, enforcing a final show-down.
Action / Thriller
Urusei Yatsura: TV Series Collection 02 Blu-ray Movie
Discotek Media | 1983-1984 | 1350 min | Unrated | Jul 25, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
About a year after the lecherous Ataru Moroboshi saved the world from an alien invasion by rudely grabbing the lovely Lum by her horns, the lovable loons of Tomobiki Town are getting used to having the occasional obnoxious alien around. Those centuries-old curses are still a problem though. As for “earth’s savior” himself, Ataru is still skirt-chasing as always—even after a few thousand love-zaps from Lum. Despite hitting on all of her friends, Ataru might be starting to see Lum as more than just a high-voltage thorn in his side.
Anime / Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi / Teen / Comic book / Foreign / Coming of age
- October 12, 2023
The Wicker Man 4K Blu-ray Movie
50th Anniversary / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 1973 | 100 min | Rated R | Oct 17, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A Police sergeant travels to a remote Scottish island in search of a missing girl whom the townsfolk claim never existed. Stranger still are the rites that take place there.
Drama / Horror / Musical / Mystery / Thriller
School of Rock Blu-ray Movie
20th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2003 | 109 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 26, 2023 | Martin Liebman
Down-and-out rock star Dewey Finn gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He takes a job as a fourth grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinx have a powerful effect on his students. There, he meets Zack, a 10-year-old guitar prodigy, who could help Dewey win a "battle of the bands" competition, which would solve his financial problems and put him back in the spotlight.
Comedy / Music / Teen