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7 Seeds Blu-ray Movie
Part Two / Episodes 13-24
Sentai Filmworks | 2020 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | May 11, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
After the Earth was transformed into a world of strange and monstrous creatures and plants, a global seeding program released small teams to retrieve caches of supplies and knowledge. Having been expelled from one such team, Team Summer A, Ango and Ryo roam the seas until they discover Team Summer B stranded on an island. Will things go more smoothly with this new team? Or will greed, deception and the lust for power become a deadlier enemy than the beasts and flora? The hellscape that was Japan is a lethal Eden, and the Seeds have brought their own serpents with them!
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comic book / Foreign
7 Seeds Blu-ray Movie
Part One / Episodes 01-12
Sentai Filmworks | 2019 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Dec 08, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
The meteor strikes wiped human civilization from the face of the Earth, then even the face itself changed, transformed into something alien and hostile as devastating climatic shifts, global darkness and unprecedented geologic upheavals reshaped what was once our world. But, even in the aftermath of mass extinctions and world sweeping firestorms, life managed to find a way, evolving to new forms, some close to what came before, others from beyond our worst nightmares. It is into this toxic landscape filled with flesh-eating cockroaches, telepathic wolves, and man-eating plants that humanity’s last survivors are released from frozen cryogenic slumber. Five groups; each consisting of seven youths and one adult survival specialist. They are mankind’s last hope, and if they fail to survive in this strange and horrifying new world, the human race will end forever in 7 SEEDS.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comic book / Foreign
Castlevania: Season Three Blu-ray Movie
Viz Media | 2020 | 270 min | Rated TV-MA | Mar 23, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
In the aftermath of Dracula's death, Trevor and Sypha are travelling, Alucard remains at the castle in misery, and Isaac is returning to Europe for his revenge. But Carmilla, reunited with her vampire sisters of the Styrian ruling court, sees a way to take advantage of Dracula's demise and build a new future - and she needs imprisoned Hector to achieve it.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Horror / Supernatural / Period
La Brea: Season One Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2021 | 430 min | Not rated | Jun 07, 2022 | Martin Liebman
An epic adventure begins in La Brea: Season One when a massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings into its depths. Those who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land, where they have no choice but to band together to survive. In the search for answers, one family torn apart by this disaster will have to unlock the secrets of this inexplicable event to find a way back to each other.
Adventure / Drama / Romance
The Old Man Movie Blu-ray Movie
Unearthed Films | 2019 | 88 min | Not rated | Aug 09, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In a remote Estonian village, three children from the city are forced to spend the summer on their grandfather's farm. When the trio accidentally set loose the old man's prized but thoroughly abused cow, they learn that they have only 24 hours to milk the rogue bovine before it's exponentially expanding udders explode and unleash a milk-pocalypse. To complicate this crisis, a decrepit and disgraced farmer with a body literally infused with milk and a prejudice for cattle is also determined to catch the animal, but with murderous intent. Based on a popular Estonian web series created by Peeter Ritso and Mikk Mägi, so proceeds the most outrageous stop-motion comedy since A Town Called Panic.
Animation / Comedy / Foreign
Paranormal Activity: The Ultimate Chills Collection Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2007-2021 | 8 Movies, 14 Cuts | 759 min | Unrated | Oct 11, 2022 | Martin Liebman
For the first time in one complete set, all 7 terrifying PARANORMAL ACTIVITY movies come together, including—exclusive to this box set—the latest thriller PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: NEXT OF KIN and the definitive documentary UNKNOWN DIMENSION: THE STORY OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. Packed with chills and unexpected surprises, this must-have, limited-edition collection starts with the breakthrough original horror phenomenon that enticed audiences around the globe and continued with six uniquely spooky sequels.
Documentary / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural
Tiny Cinema Blu-ray Movie
Epic Pictures | 2022 | 84 min | Not rated | Oct 11, 2022 | Brian Orndorf
A mysterious stranger tells the twisted tale of seemingly unconnected strangers whose lives will change in incredible and bizarre ways forever. As reality unravels, each person must battle unbelievable challenges from a multi-verse seeking answers on the essential questions of life, death, love, and the fate of our future.
Comedy
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2021 | 98 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman
A documentary filmmaker follows Margot, as she heads to a secluded Amish community in the hopes of meeting and learning about her long-lost mother and extended family. Following a string of strange occurrences and discoveries, she soon realizes this community that welcomed them into their home might be hiding something sinister...
Horror
Castlevania: Seasons One & Two Blu-ray Movie
Viz Media | 2017-2018 | 2 Seasons | 299 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 05, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Season One: Trevor Belmont, embittered and excommunicated, finds himself drawn into a battle for the survival of Europe - a region that has brought doom upon itself by taking away the one thing its greatest monster loved. Season Two: Trevor Belmont, last survivor of the house, is no longer alone, and he and his misfit comrades, Sypha Belnades and Alucard race to find a way to save humanity from extinction at the hands of the grief-maddened Dracula and his sinister vampire war council.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Horror / Supernatural / Period
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The Magnificent Kotobuki: The Movie Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2020 | 119 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 10, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
In a desolate desert world, air pirates rule the skies. They prey on aerial commerce and hold remote towns for ransom, but the talented pilots of Team KOTOBUKI use their impressive aerial instincts and hard-won skills to defend cities and cargo shipments from these vultures… for the right price, of course. In their existent reciprocating engine aircraft and with ice in their veins, Team KOTOBUKI will take on any enemy that comes their way in an explosive frenzy of aerial dogfights, including never-before-seen new fights unique to The Magnificent KOTOBUKI THE MOVIE.
Action / Anime / Foreign
Tropic Thunder 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kino Lorber | 2008 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 121 min | Rated R | Oct 18, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced. He sets out to Southeast Asia with a "Who's Who" of celebrity co-stars. They include Kirk Lazarus, an intense, three-time Oscar-winner; Jeff Portnoy, star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise "The Fatties"; multi-platinum hip-hop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino; and first-timer Kevin Sandusky. Soon after the production begins the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying, in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.
Action / Comedy / War / Dark humor
Tropic Thunder Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 2008 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 107 min | Rated R | Oct 18, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced. He sets out to Southeast Asia with a "Who's Who" of celebrity co-stars. They include Kirk Lazarus, an intense, three-time Oscar-winner; Jeff Portnoy, star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise "The Fatties"; multi-platinum hip-hop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino; and first-timer Kevin Sandusky. Soon after the production begins the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying, in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.
Action / Comedy / War / Dark humor
Abandoned Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series
Powerhouse Films | 1949 | 79 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Newspaperman helps girl find her sister's illegitimate baby, gets mixed up in baby-adoption racket.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir
The Magnificent Kotobuki: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
荒野のコトブキ飛行隊
Sentai Filmworks | 2019 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Feb 04, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
In a desolate world where the safest form of transporting cargo is by zeppelin; air pirates roam the sky, preying on aerial commerce and holding remote towns for ransom. Against these airborne marauders, the only defense is to hire high-flying protection of your own, and that's where mercenary pilots like the girls of the Kotobuki Squadron come in. Behind the joysticks of their lightweight Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa fighters, these lady falcons play a deadly game of escort, where a single mistake can end up in a fiery crash or mid-air collision. But for birds of prey like Kylie, Reona, Chika, Emma, Kate, and Zara, the danger is worth it for the chance to spread their wings and soar into the heavens. The wild blue yonder gets even wilder as every dogfight becomes a catfight!
Action / Anime / Foreign
Kinmoza the Movie: Thank You!! Blu-ray Movie
Kiniro Mosaic: Thank You
Sentai Filmworks | 2021 | 80 min | Rated TV-PG | Nov 08, 2022 | Neil Lumbard
Time flies when you're having fun, and it seems like only yesterday that Shinobu Omiya was nervously waiting for her friend Alice Cartelet to arrive from England to study at Shinobu's school in Japan. Now, in their third and final year, Alice, Shinobu, Aya, and Yoko have truly become the best of friends and even Karen, Honoka, and Kana are part of the gang as well. But since it's their last year, that means their time will be split between preparing for the big senior trip to Nara and Kyoto, and trying to make plans for whatever is to come next in their lives… and in Shinobu's case, that may mean something so amazing that she'd never even dared to dream it! Hop on the tour bus for one last wonderful adventure in KINMOZA THE MOVIE - THANK YOU!!
Anime / Comedy / Comic book / Foreign
Kinmoza! Pretty Days Blu-ray Movie
Kiniro Mosaic: Pretty Days
Sentai Filmworks | 2016 | 50 min | Rated TV-PG | Nov 08, 2022 | Neil Lumbard
One of the best parts about being in a group of friends is that you usually have a couple of guardian angels watching over you. So, when Shinobu has to both write a script as well as make costumes for a play for the school festival, it doesn't take long for her classmates to realize that someone might have bitten off more than she can chew. Or write and sew, in this case. Fortunately for Shinobu's theatrical future, Alice, Yoko, and Aya are glad to pitch in, and that allows for a chance to reflect on their experiences in the days before Alice arrived. Will everything be finished in time, or will the audience be in stitches because of the ones coming apart onstage? There's no way to be sure until the last curtain call in KINMOZA: PRETTY DAYS!
Anime / Comedy / Comic book / Foreign
Kin-iro Mosaic: Complete Season 1 + Season 2 Collection Blu-ray Movie
KINMOZA! Kiniro + Mosaic | Golden Mosaic | きんいろモザイク / Kiniro Mozaiku
Sentai Filmworks | 2013-2015 | 600 min | Rated TV-PG | Nov 08, 2022 | Neil Lumbard
Speaking another language is wonderful, but simply knowing the words doesn't mean that you always understand everything they mean. That's a lesson that Shinobu Omiya started to learn when she studied as an exchange student in England. Now that her host family's daughter is coming to study in Japan, Shinobu is right to worry about whether Alice will fit in well with her Japanese friends Yoko and Aya. As it turns out, though, that's the least of Shinobu's problems, as the arrival of an old rival, who's half-English and half-Japanese, throws everything into chaos! With Karen and Alice both making landfall at the same time, will the relationships that were shared in another language continue? Or will something get lost on the stormy seas of translation!?
Anime / Comedy / Comic book / Foreign
Top Gun: Maverick Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2022 | 131 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 31, 2022 | Martin Liebman
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.
Action
Top Gun: Maverick 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2022 | 130 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 01, 2022 | Martin Liebman
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.
Action
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Blu-ray Movie
The Director's Edition | Remastered / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1979 | 137 min | Rated PG | Sep 06, 2022 | Martin Liebman
A massive alien presence of enormous power enters Federation Space, destroying three powerful Klingon cruisers and neutralising everything in its path. As it heads towards Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk returns to the helm of an updated Enterprise and sets course to meet the aggressor head on.
Adventure / Mystery / Sci-Fi