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Home- July 19, 2023
East of Eden 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1955 | 118 min | Rated PG | Aug 01, 2023 | Randy Miller III
In 1917 California farm country, two brothers contend for the favor of their strict, Bible-quoting father. Unbeknownst to the father, the wife who left him when the boys were small has returned to the nearby town, where she now runs a successful brothel.
Drama / Period / Coming of age
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko Blu-ray Movie
漁港の肉子ちゃん / Gyokou no Nikuko-chan / Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 2021 | 97 min | Not rated | Jul 19, 2022 | Neil Lumbard
Nikuko is a brash, jolly, scattered, and passionate woman in an otherwise sleepy seaside town in northern Japan. She’s also the single mother of 11-year-old Kikuko, who is her opposite in many ways. Kikuko is a string-bean of a young girl, pensive, quietly curious, and methodical in how she approaches life in this small harbor town. Nikuko embarrasses Kikuko as any mom of a preteen would, but Nikuko’s bold spirit makes her especially well-known in a town where Kikuko herself wants nothing more than to simply blend in. As Kikuko navigates the everyday social dramas of middle school, enhanced with touches of magical realism from her ever-present imagination, a shocking revelation from the past threatens to uproot the pair’s tender relationship. Based on the popular novel by Kanako Nishi.
Anime / Comedy / Drama / Foreign
Inu-Oh Blu-ray Movie
犬王 / Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 2021 | 98 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 24, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
A fictionalized depiction of the life of Inu-oh ("King Dog"), a 14th-century Japanese performer of music drama at the time of its transition from the folk art of sarugaku ("monkey music") into the formalized traditions of Noh and kyôgen.
Anime / Fantasy / Musical / Foreign / Period
- July 18, 2023
Le Mepris Blu-ray Movie
Contempt | Vintage World Cinema | 4K Restoration
Studio Canal | 1963 | 103 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jun 26, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A screenwriter finds his marriage falling apart as he attempts to start a film version of the "The Odyssey."
Drama / Foreign
The Last of Us: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 2023 | 521 min | Not rated | Jul 18, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across post-pandemic America.
Adventure / Drama / Horror / Thriller
The Last of Us: The Complete First Season 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Warner Bros. | 2023 | 521 min | Not rated | Jul 18, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across post-pandemic America.
Adventure / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Blonde Ice Blu-ray Movie
ClassicFlix | 1948 | 74 min | Not rated | Jul 18, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A society reporter keeps herself in the headlines by marrying a series of wealthy men, all of whom die under mysterious circumstances.
Crime / Film-Noir
Fool's Paradise Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2023 | 97 min | Rated R | Jul 18, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A fool for love becomes an accidental celebrity only to lose it all.
Comedy
Scream VI 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2023 | 123 min | Rated R | Jul 11, 2023 | Martin Liebman
Four survivors of the Ghostface murders leave Woodsboro behind for a fresh start in New York City. However, they soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when a new killer embarks on a bloody rampage.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Scream VI 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2023 | 123 min | Rated R | Jul 11, 2023 | Martin Liebman
Four survivors of the Ghostface murders leave Woodsboro behind for a fresh start in New York City. However, they soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when a new killer embarks on a bloody rampage.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Sisu Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2022 | 91 min | Rated R | Jul 11, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, Nazi soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.
Action / Foreign
Sisu 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2022 | 91 min | Rated R | Jul 11, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, Nazi soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.
Action / Foreign
Facing Nolan Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 2022 | 102 min | Not rated | Aug 30, 2022 | Martin Liebman
In the world of Major League Baseball no one has created a mythology like Nolan Ryan. Told from the point of view of the hitters who faced him and the teammates who revered him, Facing Nolan is the definitive documentary of a Texas legend.
Documentary
Pompo the Cinéphile Blu-ray Movie
映画大好きポンポさん / Eiga Daisuki Ponpo-san / Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 2021 | 94 min | Not rated | Jul 12, 2022 | Neil Lumbard
A famous movie producer gives her young production assistant a chance to direct his first film.
Anime / Comedy / Drama / Comic book / Foreign
Robot Monster 3D Blu-ray Movie
Monsters from the Moon / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Anaglyph 3D
Bayview Entertainment | 1953 | 66 min | Not rated | Jul 25, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
Following a devastating nuclear war, Ro-Man, a sex-starved robot monster (dressed in a gorilla suit and diving helmet) has destroyed all of humanity with the exception of a small band of survivors. It's up to these last brave souls to re-populate the human race and to destroy the mighty Ro-Man and his commander, The Great Guidance. Note: The petulant primate communicates with its home planet by talking to a bubble blowing machine...
Horror / Sci-Fi
Corsage Blu-ray Movie
IFC Films | 2022 | 114 min | Not rated | Jul 11, 2023 | Dr. Stephen Larson
As her 40th birthday approaches, beautiful Empress Elisabeth of Austria is thrown into turmoil as she anticipates being considered an old woman.
Biography / Drama / History
- July 17, 2023
The Tall T 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Criterion | 1957 | 78 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An independent former ranch foreman is kidnapped along with an heiress, who is being held for ransom by trio of ruthless outlaws.
Western
Beau Is Afraid Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2023 | 179 min | Rated R | Jul 11, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.
Comedy / Drama / Horror / Dark humor / Surreal
Rio Bravo 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1959 | 141 min | Not rated | Aug 01, 2023 | Randy Miller III
A small-town sheriff enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Drama / Romance / Western
- July 16, 2023
Human Desire Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1954 | 91 min | Not rated | Jul 11, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Korean War vet Jeff Warren returns to his job as a railroad engineer, and quickly succumbs to his boss's wife, Vicki Buckley. Thus begins a tangled web of suspicion, sex and murder involving Vicki and her brutish husband Carl.
Drama / Film-Noir / Romance