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Home- March 29, 2023
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season One Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition
Paramount Pictures | 2022 | 526 min | Not rated | Mar 21, 2023 | Martin Liebman
A prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series, the show will follow the crew of the USS Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike.
Adventure / Sci-Fi
Dragonslayer 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1981 | 109 min | Rated PG | Mar 21, 2023 | Martin Liebman
A King has made a pact with a dragon where he sacrifices virgins to it, and the dragon leaves his kingdom alone. An old wizard, and his keen young apprentice volunteer to kill the dragon and attempt to save the next virgin in line, the Kings own daughter.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy
- March 28, 2023
Himouto! Umaru-chan R: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
干物妹！うまるちゃん
Sentai Filmworks | 2017 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 10, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
Umaru Doma isn't a superhero, but she could be a super-villain if she wasn't so lazy, and addicted to snack foods, comics, and video games. At school, she still appears to be the fashionable "Miss Perfect" her fellow students believe she is, but when she gets home, the popular girl façade comes off! Then the hamster cloak goes on, and her ogre-like otaku side is unleashed! So far, the only one who knows the whole truth is her loyal servant… er, older brother, Taihei, but lately Umaru's been finding it harder to maintain the personalities that different people know her by, while her relationships with Nana, Kirie, and Sylphynford all seem to be getting closer. Is she getting… gasp! Nicer? Or is it all part of some diabolical plot?
Anime / Comedy / Comic book / Foreign
Shikizakura: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2021 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 01, 2022 | Neil Lumbard
Kakeru Miwa might have been a totally typical Japanese high school student, but his life quickly transforms into anything but ordinary when his morning trek to school crosses paths with beautiful shrine maiden Oka Myojin. That's because Oka belongs to a secret group dedicated to fighting demon oni who cross from their dimension into ours by possessing the bodies of humans! This isn't your classic exorcist type job either, as the only reliable way of defeating these invading monsters requires donning a Yoroi, an incredible armored battle suit powered by an arcane mix of mystical arts and beyond bleeding-edge technology, then taking the oni on in mortal combat! Is that shocking? Yes. Dangerous? Extremely. But it's also more interesting than school, and Kakeru is quickly lining up to defend mankind!
Anime / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Running the Bases Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2022 | 128 min | Rated PG | Feb 21, 2023 | Martin Liebman
When a small-town baseball coach gets the offer of a lifetime from a larger 6A High School, he uproots his family and leaves the only home he's ever known. But as a man of faith, he soon faces extreme opposition to his coaching methods from the school superintendent.
Drama / Family / Sport
Running the Bases 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2022 | 128 min | Rated PG | Feb 21, 2023 | Martin Liebman
When a small-town baseball coach gets the offer of a lifetime from a larger 6A High School, he uproots his family and leaves the only home he's ever known. But as a man of faith, he soon faces extreme opposition to his coaching methods from the school superintendent.
Drama / Family / Sport
Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist Blu-ray Movie
101 Films | 2023 | 116 min | Not rated | Mar 21, 2023 | Martin Liebman
The only light after the world falls into chaos is a charming new leader who rises to the head of the UN, but does he bring hope for a better future? Or is it the end of the world?
Action / Drama / Thriller
Flamingo Road Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1949 | 94 min | Not rated | Mar 14, 2023 | Randy Miller III
Carnival dancer Lane Bellamy finds herself stranded in a southern town ruled by corrupt political boss Titus Semple. Lane becomes romantically involved with sheriff Fielding Carlisle, a weakling whose career is being driven by Titus. Seeing Lane as a liability to his own political ambitions, Titus mounts a campaign to get her driven out of town.
Drama / Film-Noir / Romance
The Lighthouse Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition
A24 | 2019 | 110 min | Rated R | Mar 28, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Drama / Fantasy / Horror
The Lighthouse 4K Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
A24 | 2019 | 110 min | Rated R | Mar 28, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Drama / Fantasy / Horror
- March 27, 2023
Hollywood Shuffle Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1987 | 81 min | Rated R | Feb 28, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An actor limited to stereotypical roles because of his ethnicity, dreams of making it big as a highly respected performer. As he makes his rounds, the film takes a satiric look at African American actors in Hollywood.
Comedy
Sorry, Wrong Number Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1948 | 89 min | Not rated | Mar 21, 2023 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Whilst on the telephone, an invalid woman overhears what she thinks is a plot to murder her.
Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller
Red Eye 4K Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Presents #39 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2005 | 85 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 21, 2023 | Martin Liebman
A woman is kidnapped by a stranger on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father, she is pulled into a plot to assist her captor in offing a politician.
Thriller / Psychological thriller
The Last Emperor Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition
Arrow | 1987 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 219 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Feb 13, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The life of Emperor Pu Yi, who took the throne at age three, in 1908, before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval, within and without the walls of the Forbidden City.
Biography / Drama / History / Epic / Period
The Last Emperor 4K Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition | + Extended cut in BD / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Arrow | 1987 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 163 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Feb 13, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The life of Emperor Pu Yi, who took the throne at age three, in 1908, before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval, within and without the walls of the Forbidden City.
Biography / Drama / History / Epic / Period
Confessions of a Nazi Spy Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1939 | 105 min | Not rated | Mar 14, 2023 | Randy Miller III
In the wake of a trial that convicted four Nazi agents of spying against the U.S., Warner Bros. became the first Hollywood studio to fire a salvo at Hitler's Germany. Months before World War II erupted, it released this thriller based on revelations that emerged from the trial and other real-life sources. The story is a brisk connect-the-dots tale that ties German-American Bund operatives (Francis Lederer, George Sanders and Paul Lukas among others) to Berlin. Chief among those connecting the dots: FBI agent Edward Renard (Edward G. Robinson). The drama wasn't limited to the screen. Production personnel received threats and violence erupted at some screenings. Directed with hard-hitting verve by Anatole Litvak, CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY struck a nerve in its era. It remains a milestone of filmmaking commitment today.
Drama / Thriller / War
- March 26, 2023
The Big Sweat Blu-ray Movie
Dark Force Entertainment | 1991 | 86 min | Unrated | Oct 19, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Just released from jail, an ex-con returns home only to become embroiled in a robbery and is hounded by a tenacious FBI agent every step of the way.
Thriller
Heart of Dragon Blu-ray Movie
龍的心
Arrow | 1985 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 91 min | Not rated | Apr 11, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
It's the two brothers of Hong Kong action as you have never seen them before in a gripping drama where the lines blur between family loyalty and upholding the law. Jackie Chan plays Ted, a SWAT officer with thwarted dreams of being a sailor because he has to look after his mentally disabled brother Danny (Sammo Hung). The resentment boils over in a terse showdown between the two brothers. When Danny accidentally ends up with a robbery! While playing a harmless game of cops and robbers with his friends, Ted has to make an agonizing decision: Does he save the hapless Danny? Or arrest him?
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Martial arts / Foreign
Babe Blu-ray Movie
Peekarama Collection / Slipcover in Original Pressing
Vinegar Syndrome | 1981 | 82 min | Rated X | Mar 28, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
Babe is one of New York's top fashion models. She's got almost everything anyone could ask for, but when her grandfather dies, making her the sole heir of his vast wealth, Babe is ready to leave her career behind and settle into the lap of luxury. Although, in order to clear the will's stipulations she must make one major lifestyle change: get married or lose her fortune. Her boss, Dori, is dealing with an equally significant dilemma: the prospect of losing her best model - and most valuable asset. Therefore putting her mind to the matter, Dori devises a devious plan to set Babe up with an eligible bachelor - only to bilk her of her cash, thus forcing her to go back to work.
Romance / Erotic
The Devonsville Terror Blu-ray Movie
Vinegar Syndrome | 1983 | 88 min | Rated R | Feb 14, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
Dr. Worley investigates a 300-year-old witch's curse in the New England town of Devonsville. Three liberated, assertive women move into town, which angers the bigoted, male-dominated town fathers. One of the women is a reincarnation of the witch, who proceeds to exact revenge on the town males.
Horror