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Sound of Freedom Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Angel | 2023 | 131 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 14, 2023 | Martin Liebman

The story of Tim Ballard, a former U.S. government agent, who quits his job to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers.

Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller

Neon City Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1991 | 108 min | Rated R | Nov 14, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

"Mad Max" clone set in the not-too-distant future about a group of people trying to escape to a safe haven called Neon City after a solar disaster that has decimated the Earth.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi

Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2023 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 12, 2023 | Neil Lumbard

If the actions of fictional characters can influence the lives of people in the "real" world, can the real world also influence the fictional characters? Find out as Aoto Endo and Shihono Kobayashi play the game Love Me Magically!, in which villainess Lieselotte Riefenstahl seems inevitably doomed due to the game's intrinsic story, structure, and programming. Aoto, however, believes that Lieselotte is not truly evil and simply misunderstood, and as she espouses this conviction, something strange occurs… the character of Siegwald, Lieselotte's fiancé, starts to hear and act upon Aoto's ideas! But will Siegwald's new behavior lead Lieselotte's horrible life to some less than horrible outcomes? See if the bad girl can be saved!

Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Foreign

Bibliophile Princess: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2022 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 05, 2023 | Neil Lumbard

Lady Elianna Bernstein's entire family loves to read, and they retain so much knowledge that they're considered a national resource. Despite that, they've always remained politically neutral… until Elianna agrees to pretend to become betrothed to the Kingdom's heir, keeping unwanted suitors away from the Prince and giving Elianna access to the Royal Library. But when she notices that Prince Christopher might be seeing another woman, Elianna realizes she may not be on the same page that she thought she was on concerning her part in this story. Has she missed some important subtext? And if so, perhaps it's time for this avid reader to start changing her plot and write a new chapter in the saga of the Prince and the Bibliophile Princess!

Anime / Drama / Romance / Foreign

Tsurune: The Linking Shot - Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2023 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Nov 28, 2023 | Neil Lumbard

Minato's return to archery may have helped Kazemai High's Kyudo Club win a prefectural tournament, but it's a poor bowman who expects an arrow to fly the same flight every time. With the entry of a radical new team, one of whose members is Minato's former upperclassman, the old rivalry between Kazemai and Kirisaki becomes a triangle with the upstart team from Tsujimine as serious contenders. And even as the men's team struggles to adjust to the new paradigm, competition doubles again as the Kazemai women's team of Rika, Yuna, and Noa prepares to enter their first tourney as well! Prepare to be aquiver as each new arrow makes its mark!

Anime / Drama / Sport / Foreign

Computer Chess Blu-ray Movie  

10th Anniversary Edition

Kino Lorber | 2013 | 92 min | Not rated | Nov 14, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Set over the course of a weekend tournament for chess software programmers thirty-some years ago, Computer Chess transports viewers to a nostalgic moment when the contest between technology and the human spirit seemed a little more up for grabs. We get to know the eccentric geniuses possessed of the vision to teach a metal box to defeat man, literally, at his own game, laying the groundwork for artificial intelligence as we know it and will come to know it in the future.

Comedy / Period

The Last Picture Show Blu-ray Movie  

Director's Cut | includes both cuts of "Texasville" (1990)

Criterion | 1971-1990 | 2 Movies, 3 Cuts | 277 min | Rated R | Nov 14, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A group of 1950s high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied West Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.

Drama / Romance / Period / Coming of age

Natural Born Killers 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition | Shout Select | Director's Cut on 4K + BD | Theatrical Cut on BD / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Shout Factory | 1994 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 122 min | Not rated | Sep 26, 2023 | Dr. Stephen Larson

Mickey Knox and Mallory Wilson are two young, attractive mass murderers in love. After killing Mallory's loathsome parents, the pair perform a ritual "marriage" and take off on a "honeymoon" killing spree that wipes out 52 people. Bloodthirsty tabloid reporter Wayne Gale reports their every move to an adoring public while supercop Jack Scagnetti becomes famous for chasing and capturing them.

Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Dark humor / Surreal

The Fugitive 4K Blu-ray Movie  

30th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 1993 | 130 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 21, 2023 | Randy Miller III

A Chicago surgeon falsely convicted of killing his wife is determined to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers to the man who actually committed the crime.

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

The Expendables 1-4 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2010-2023 | 4 Movies | 435 min | Rated R | Nov 21, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

See individual titles for their synopsis.

Action / Adventure / Thriller

Expend4bles Blu-ray Movie  

Expendables 4 / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2023 | 103 min | Rated R | Nov 21, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on and the skills to use them, The Expendables are the world's last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. But new team members with new styles and tactics are going to give "new blood" a whole new meaning.

Action / Adventure / Thriller

Expend4bles 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Expendables 4 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2023 | 104 min | Rated R | Nov 21, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on and the skills to use them, The Expendables are the world's last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. But new team members with new styles and tactics are going to give "new blood" a whole new meaning.

Action / Adventure / Thriller

Before Night Falls Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 2000 | 134 min | Rated R | Oct 24, 2023 | Randy Miller III

Episodic look at the life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990), from his childhood in Oriente province to his death in New York City.

Biography / Drama

Saw X Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2023 | 118 min | Rated R | Nov 21, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

John Kramer (Tobin Bell) is back. The most disturbing installment of the Saw franchise yet explores the untold chapter of Jigsaw's most personal game. Set between the events of Saw I and II, a sick and desperate John travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer—only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists in his signature visceral way through devious, deranged, and ingenious traps.

Crime / Drama / Horror

Saw X 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2023 | 118 min | Rated R | Nov 21, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

John Kramer (Tobin Bell) is back. The most disturbing installment of the Saw franchise yet explores the untold chapter of Jigsaw's most personal game. Set between the events of Saw I and II, a sick and desperate John travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer—only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists in his signature visceral way through devious, deranged, and ingenious traps.

Crime / Drama / Horror

Management of a Novice Alchemist: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2022 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Nov 28, 2023 | Neil Lumbard

Orphaned Sarasa Feed just graduated from the Royal Alchemist Academy and is now a full-fledged alchemist! She longs for a life of luxury, but there's only one place Sarasa can afford to set up shop - and her dilapidated new digs are way out in the sticks! Stuck in the middle of nowhere with a business to run and supplies to gather from a very dangerous natural world, Sarasa has her work cut out for her as she transmutes this bad location into a golden opportunity.

Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Foreign

The Last Picture Show 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Director's Cut | includes both cuts of "Texasville" (1990) on BD / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Criterion | 1971-1990 | 2 Movies, 3 Cuts | 277 min | Rated R | Nov 14, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A group of 1950s high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied West Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.

Drama / Romance / Period / Coming of age

The Boys: Season 3 Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2022 | 482 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 24, 2023 | Kenneth Brown

A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.

Action / Comedy / Crime / Dark humor / Comic book

Full Body Massage Blu-ray Movie  

Unearthed Films | 1995 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 93 min | Not rated | Nov 14, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Passions explode as a wealthy California gallery owner's regular masseur cancels and she is visited by a new man whose search for inner truth brings the two closer than they could have imagined.

Drama

The Scarlet Letter Blu-ray Movie  

Special Edition

Film Masters | 1934 | 69 min | Not rated | Nov 21, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.

Drama / History / Music / Romance