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Home- October 16, 2023
The Mystic Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1925 | 74 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An American crook persuades a fake medium and her crew to set up shop in New York.
Drama
The Lady Gambles Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series
Powerhouse Films | 1949 | 99 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When novice gambler Joan Booth (Barbara Stanwyck) bets it all — and loses — she is thrust into a downward spiral from which only her devoted husband (Robert Preston) can save her.
Drama / Film-Noir
Passion Blu-ray Movie
Film Movement | 2008 | 115 min | Not rated | Oct 17, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A couple with upcoming wedding plans gather with friends to celebrate. During the celebration party, it is accidentally exposed that the prospective groom had an affair in the past.
Drama / Romance / Foreign
Smile 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2022 | 115 min | Rated R | Sep 12, 2023 | Martin Liebman
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain. Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Supernatural
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie Blu-ray Movie
ストリートファイターII MOVIE | Includes Both PG-13 and Unrated Versions
Discotek Media | 1994 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 102 min | Unrated | Oct 25, 2016 | Martin Liebman
M.Bison's plan to crush those who would oppose his evil Shadaloo organization is simple: brainwash the strongest martial artists around the world with his dreaded psycho power and turn them into living weapons! And now, he's found his newest target: Ryu, a traveling vagabond said to be the strongest man in the world. In order to stop the dictator's evil plot, Interpol agent Chun-Li forms a rocky partnership with Major Guile of the United States Air Force. But they'll have to put aside their differences and learn how to work together if they want to stop M.Bison; while the wandering Ryu is a hard man to find, M.Bison is closing in on Ryu's eternal rival Ken in a bid to lure out his real target! Will Shadaloo succeed, or will the World Warriors beat M.Bison to the punch?
Action / Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Martial arts / Foreign
- October 15, 2023
The Unknown Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1927 | 67 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.
Drama / Horror / Romance
City of the Living Dead 4K Blu-ray Movie
Paura nella città dei morti viventi | Standard Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Cauldron Films | 1980 | 93 min | Not rated | Aug 29, 2023 | Dr. Stephen Larson
The Seven Gates of Hell have been torn open, a reporter and a psychic race to close the portals of the damned.
Horror / Supernatural / Foreign
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