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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
Star Trek: The Motion Picture 4K Blu-ray Movie
The Director's Edition | Remastered / 4K Ultra HD + 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
- October 21, 2022
The Blue Iguana Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1988 | 90 min | Rated R | Oct 11, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A poor excuse for a bounty hunter is out to get rich by helping the I.R.S. recover $20 million from a crooked little South American bank. Crossing the border, he feels right at home in the Blue Iguana Bar which is crawling with thugs, killers, smugglers, evil women, and crazy action.
Action / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller
Naked Alibi Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series
Powerhouse Films | 1954 | 86 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A police chief fired for brutality, tries to get evidence on a man suspected of killing 3 police detectives.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller
For Love of Ivy Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1968 | 101 min | Rated G | Jan 02, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Upon learning their maid will be leaving to earn an education, the son of the family decides to set her up with a man.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Eve's Bayou Blu-ray Movie
Director's Cut and Theatrical versions
Criterion | 1997 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 116 min | Rated R | Oct 25, 2022 | Randy Miller III
Over the course of a long, hot Louisiana summer, a 10-year-old black girl, Eve Batiste, discovers that her family's affluent existence is merely a facade. The philandering of her suave doctor father, Louis, creates a rift, throwing Eve's mother, Roz, and teenage sister, Cisely, into emotional turmoil. Eve, though, manages to find some solace with her quirky psychic aunt, Mozelle.
Drama / Romance / Thriller
- October 20, 2022
Orders to Kill Blu-ray Movie
Powerhouse Films | 1958 | 112 min | Not rated | Sep 20, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
American agent faces an engrossing moral dilemma when he is parachuted into France to eliminate a suspected traitor in the French Resistance.
Drama / Thriller / War
Nope Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2022 | 131 min | Rated R | Oct 25, 2022 | Martin Liebman
Following their father's shocking death, Hollywood animal wrangler OJ and his sister Emerald begin observing unexplained phenomena on their vast Southern California ranch that leads them down an obsessive rabbit hole as they plot attempts to capture the mystery on camera. Along with a former child star turned family theme park ringmaster who neighbors the siblings, the pair's efforts to chase the spectacle soon bring terrifying consequences and unimaginable horror.
Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Supernatural
Nope 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2022 | 131 min | Rated R | Oct 25, 2022 | Martin Liebman
Following their father's shocking death, Hollywood animal wrangler OJ and his sister Emerald begin observing unexplained phenomena on their vast Southern California ranch that leads them down an obsessive rabbit hole as they plot attempts to capture the mystery on camera. Along with a former child star turned family theme park ringmaster who neighbors the siblings, the pair's efforts to chase the spectacle soon bring terrifying consequences and unimaginable horror.
Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Supernatural
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On Blu-ray Movie
A24 | 2021 | 89 min | Rated PG | Oct 04, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Feature adaptation of the animated short film interviewing a mollusk named Marcel.
Animation / Comedy / Drama
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
A24 | 2021 | 90 min | Rated PG | Oct 04, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Feature adaptation of the animated short film interviewing a mollusk named Marcel.
Animation / Comedy / Drama