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Home- January 28, 2023
Divine Gate: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Essentials / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
FUNimation Entertainment | 2016 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 29, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
After the Divine Gate opened, our world and the worlds beyond became connected, bringing an era of chaos. To restore order, the World Council was formed and the Divine Gate fell into legend. Now, a select few have gathered to attempt to reach the Gate and remake the world. But what will they find when they open the door?
Action / Anime / Fantasy / Foreign
Knight's & Magic: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Essentials / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
FUNimation Entertainment | 2017 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 14, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
Ace programmer by day, mecha otaku by night—Tsubasa Kurata had a pretty good life until he died in a car crash. Now, he’s living the life of his dreams. Reincarnated as a young boy, he finds himself in an alternate world where magic is real and humans pilot giant robots called Silhouette Knights. It’s this mecha fanboy’s chance to shine, and he knows it. While the path to becoming a knight is full of challenges, nothing will stop this prodigy from his ultimate dream of building and piloting his very own mecha.
Anime / Fantasy / Foreign
Attack of the Beast Creatures Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover in Original Pressing
AGFA | 1985 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 82 min | Not rated | Feb 28, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
Survivors of a shipwreck wash up on an island, and run into small vicious creatures.
Horror
Anvil! The Story of Anvil Blu-ray Movie
2-Disc Ultimate Edition
Utopia Distribution | 2008 | 81 min | Not rated | Jan 20, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
Documentary about the Canadian metal band Anvil. At 14, Toronto school friends Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, went on to become the "demigods of Canadian metal," releasing one of the heaviest albums in metal history, 1982's "Metal on Metal." It went on to sell millions of records, but Anvil's career didn't flourish afterwards. Instead, they went straight to obscurity.
Biography / Documentary / Music
Belly 4K Blu-ray Movie
25th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 1998 | 96 min | Rated R | Jan 24, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Featuring an all-star cast of multiplatinum rap artists and the visual wizardry of one of the most innovative directors of our generation, BELLY is a dark, poignant urban thriller starring Earl Simmons, aka DMX, as Tommy Brown, an ambitious upstart street hustler on a desperate quest for money, power and respect. Nasir Jones, aka Nas, is Sincere, his best friend who is equally determined to turn his criminal life around. Technically dazzling, brutally realistic, yet always mesmerizing, BELLY vividly captures the desperate forces driving today's urban youth culture.
Crime / Drama
Belly 4K Blu-ray Movie
25th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 1998 | 96 min | Rated R | Jan 24, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Featuring an all-star cast of multiplatinum rap artists and the visual wizardry of one of the most innovative directors of our generation, BELLY is a dark, poignant urban thriller starring Earl Simmons, aka DMX, as Tommy Brown, an ambitious upstart street hustler on a desperate quest for money, power and respect. Nasir Jones, aka Nas, is Sincere, his best friend who is equally determined to turn his criminal life around. Technically dazzling, brutally realistic, yet always mesmerizing, BELLY vividly captures the desperate forces driving today's urban youth culture.
Crime / Drama
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2022 | 161 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 07, 2023 | Martin Liebman
The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2022 | 161 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 07, 2023 | Martin Liebman
The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
- January 27, 2023
The Grandmaster of Kung Fu Blu-ray Movie
霍元甲之精武天下 / Huo Yuanjia zhi jing wu tian xia
Well Go USA | 2019 | 74 min | Not rated | Jan 31, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Eight-Power Allied Forces banded together to suppress China. Huo, a heroic expert in martial arts, must engage in a live-or-die battle with a military commander in order to prevent Japan's surprising and ambitious plan to seize the city.
Action / Romance / Foreign
The Crimson Rivers Blu-ray Movie
Les Rivières Pourpres
Imprint | 2000 | 106 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Veteran cop Pierre Niemans is sent to Guernon to investigate a bizarre murder near a legendary private school isolated in the Alps. And it's no ordinary murder; the killer has been very methodical, leaving twisted inexplicable clues to his motive. Complicating matters are the university administrators who are uncooperative and somewhat defiant to Niemans' questioning. Meanwhile Max Kerkerian, an impetuous young cop and former car thief, arrives at a desecrated grave yard 180 miles away. Someone has disturbed the grave of a child who died twenty years before. These two seemingly random events are about to collide as the separate investigations lead the detectives right to one another. The more experienced Niemans begrudgingly joins forces with the brash Max to track down the killer. Despite his ribbing and constant sarcastic banter, Max respects the older cop.
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign
Servamp: Season One Blu-ray Movie
Essentials / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
FUNimation Entertainment | 2016 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 18, 2018 | Neil Lumbard
Mahiru Shirota prefers the simple life. If it needs done, he'll just do it! But after rescuing a cat he names Kuro, life takes a turn for the complicated. Kuro turns out to be a Servamp - a servant vampire - named Sleepy Ash, and the two form a contract. Kissing his simple life goodbye, Mahiru is pulled into the world of vampires, the seven deadly Servamps, and war. So much for simplicity!
Action / Anime / Comedy / Comic book / Foreign
Joker Game: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Essentials / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
FUNimation Entertainment | 2016 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Nov 13, 2018 | Neil Lumbard
No synopsis for this title.
Anime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign
- January 26, 2023
The Long, Long Trailer Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1954 | 96 min | Not rated | Jan 24, 2023 | Randy Miller III
Newlyweds honeymooning quickly find that the interior of a moving trailer is ideal for tossing a Caesar salad - and everything else. That backing up their 40-foot, three-ton home is only a little more difficult than threading a needle wearing boxing gloves. And that trailer-park folks are neighborly sorts who turn the lovebirds' rig into the wrong, wrong trailer by crashing the wedding night.
Comedy / Romance
A Woman Kills Blu-ray Movie
La Femme Bourreau | Limited Edition
Radiance Films | 1968 | 69 min | Not rated | Feb 07, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Paris, in the 1960s. A series of crimes troubles the public tranquility. On March, 22, 1968, Hélène Picard, a prostitute sentenced to death two years before for several murders, is killed by executioner Louis Guilbeau. Immediately, the violent crimes, similar to Hélène's ones, go on again. In parallel, Louis is having an affair with the police woman in charge of the investigation... What are the obscure relations hidden behind the executioner and the mysterious killer? Who is this dark man in reality?
Crime / Foreign
In the Folds of the Flesh Blu-ray Movie
Nelle pieghe della carne | Standard Edition
Mondo Macabro | 1970 | 88 min | Not rated | Jan 10, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The guests of a villa are killed off one by one by their hosts. Incest, decapitations and a cyanide bath feature amongst the other bizarre delights.
Drama / Horror / Thriller
Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
ピーター・グリルと賢者の時間 / Pītā Guriru to Kenja no Jikan
Sentai Filmworks | 2020 | 180 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 18, 2022 | Neil Lumbard
Peter Grill may be the most powerful warrior in the world, but in a culture where strength is everything, there are lots of ambitious young women who will do anything to "acquire" Peter's superior genes in order to bear powerful offspring! So, even though Peter just wants to marry his fiancée, he's instead being beset by a bodacious bevy of Peter-obsessed females fiercely determined to get into his bed and/or ironclad pants! That would be a sticky situation even if the bawdy belligerents were merely human, but with elves, trolls and orcs all craving a little private Peter action, can even Peter stand up to this wave of pulchritudinous force? His flesh may be strong but his will may not hold up quite as rigidly when comely babe after babe keeps coming to test this poor Peter's mettle!
Anime / Comedy / Erotic / Comic book / Foreign
Babylon: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2019-2020 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | May 11, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Everything can be connected to something else if you dig hard enough, and when you're investigating a crime, it usually doesn't take too long before you start finding the clues you need, if you know where to look. When Public Prosecutor Zen Seizaki starts investigating a case of apparent fraud by a major pharmaceutical company, however, he quickly finds himself entangled in a nightmarish web of lies, intrigue and murder on a global scale. And even worse, how can he fight a foe without a face, one that's protected by members of the highest echelons of society and government, and seems to be able to convince its own victims to kill themselves? The nightmares of modern science are powered by old-fashioned corruption and greed, and one man may be the only force that can stop them.
Anime / Drama / Mystery / Foreign
- January 25, 2023
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2022 | 97 min | Rated PG | Oct 18, 2022 | Martin Liebman
The story revolves around a scrappy young dog who fights to save a town from becoming the litter box of a nefarious feline warlord.
Action / Animation / Comedy
Tár 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2022 | 158 min | Rated R | Dec 20, 2022 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Set in the international world of classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár. Widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra.
Drama / Music
Detective Knight: Redemption Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2022 | 97 min | Rated R | Jan 17, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In custody in New York, Detective James Knight finds himself in the middle of a jailbreak led by The Christmas Bomber, a brutal fanatic whose Santa Claus disciples are terrorizing the city. With the promised return of his badge in exchange for taking out the terrorists, the steely-eyed Knight doles out mercy for the just...and merciless justice for all the rest.
Action / Thriller