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Home- May 19, 2022
New Game!: Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Essentials / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
FUNimation Entertainment | 2016-2017 | 2 Seasons | 600 min | Rated TV-14 | May 25, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Aoba Suzukaze just landed her dream job at a video game company, but the office culture is challenging for this total noob. From her first day, to eventually following her manager’s footsteps and training recruits, she’s got a lot of skills to level up.
Anime / Comedy / Comic book / Foreign
Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko - The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Essentials / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
FUNimation Entertainment | 2018 | 600 min | Rated TV-14 | Feb 01, 2022 | Neil Lumbard
When a national competition goes awry, shrine maidens Kanami and Hiyori use their training to team up and discover a powerful family’s secret about the divine materials that make up Toji swords...and create evil monsters.
Action / Anime / Fantasy / Foreign
They Look Like People Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover in Original Pressing
Yellow Veil Pictures | 2015 | 79 min | Not rated | May 31, 2022 | Brian Orndorf
Suspecting that people around him are turning into evil creatures, a troubled man questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war, or from himself.
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Escape from New York 4K Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Shout Factory | 1981 | 99 min | Rated R | May 17, 2022 | Brian Orndorf
Manhattan Island has been turned into a maximum security prison, a plane carrying the US president goes down there. An anti-hero is entrusted with the task of rescuing him.
Action / Crime / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Night of the Demon Blu-ray Movie
Severin Films | 1980 | 96 min | Not rated | Feb 22, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Professor Nugent and his students embark on a journey to locate Bigfoot believed to be responsible for countless deaths. They disturb a Black Magic ritual and eventually uncover the truth about Bigfoot, and his offspring, but who will believe them?
Horror
WWE: WrestleMania 38 Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 2022 | 470 min | Not rated | May 10, 2022 | Martin Liebman
WrestleMania 38 is the 38th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands.
Sport
Belle Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 2021 | 121 min | Rated PG | May 17, 2022 | Neil Lumbard
Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer. One day, her concert is interrupted by a monstrous creature chased by vigilantes. As their hunt escalates, Suzu embarks on an epic and emotional quest to uncover the identity of this mysterious "beast" and to discover her true self in a world where you can be anyone.
Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Music / Musical / Sci-Fi / Teen / Foreign
Saboteur 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1942 | 109 min | Rated PG | May 10, 2022 | Martin Liebman
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.
Mystery / Thriller
- May 18, 2022
The Don Is Dead Blu-ray Movie
Imprint #121
Imprint | 1973 | 115 min | Rated ACB: M | Apr 27, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
After his mistress is savagely beaten, a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance. Soon after the hunt begins, a gang war ensues.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Licorice Pizza Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2021 | 133 min | Rated R | May 17, 2022 | Neil Lumbard
Set in 1970s San Fernando Valley, the film follows a high school student, who is also a successful child actor.
Comedy / Drama / Period / Coming of age
The Learning Tree Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1969 | 107 min | Not rated | Dec 14, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
As an African-American teen in small-town Kansas in the 1920s, Newt Winger largely shrugs off the racial prejudice of his time and place. His calm and self-controlled perspective is in direct opposition to that of his quick-tempered friend, Marcus Savage. But when Marcus' father, Booker, murders a man—and Newt witnesses the crime—Newt realizes that going to the police could jeopardize both his friendship and his life.
Drama
- May 17, 2022
Adventures of a Private Eye Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series
Powerhouse Films | 1977 | 96 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to "solve" a case that comes in. Complications ensue.
Comedy / Crime
One Piece: Collection 29 Blu-ray Movie
Episodes 694-719 / Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2015 | 625 min | Rated TV-14 | Apr 12, 2022 | Neil Lumbard
The battle in the Birdcage rages on, and the scattered targets face their fates. Luffy and Law reach the top of the royal palace to take on Doflamingo, where he reveals his true identity—and Law reveals the legacy of Corazon. Meanwhile, Sabo and Fujitora’s fight heats up, Kyros defends Rebecca against her mother’s murderer, and Zoro launches a last-chance attack on Pica.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Teen / Comic book / Foreign
One Piece: Collection 28 Blu-ray Movie
Episodes 668-693 / Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2014-2015 | 625 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 14, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
As the final battle at the Colosseum begins, the remaining contestants deal with Diamante while Luffy, Zoro, and Viola head through the palace. Meanwhile, the Tontatta have a spicy plan to stop Sugar. The tournament ends—but Doflamingo traps everyone on Dressrosa, and a deadly new game is revealed. The rules: take out the Straw Hats and their allies, defeat Doflamingo, or never see sunrise!
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Teen / Comic book / Foreign
The Flight of Dragons Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1982 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 95 min | Not rated | Jan 16, 2018 | Randy Miller III
The sinister Red Wizard Ommadon threatens to destroy nature. The world's hope is a man of science and magic from the future. That man is Peter, snatched from the 20th century by the Green Wizard Carolinus to capture Ommadon's empowering Red Crown. With a fire-breathing dragon, an outlaw elf and a noble knight as comrades-in-arms, Peter applies modern-day logic to battling ages-old evil.
Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy
One Piece: Collection 27 Blu-ray Movie
Episodes 642-667 / Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2014 | 625 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 10, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Seconds from handing over his hostage, Law learns of Doflamingo’s ruthless deceit. And as the battle royale enters Block D, an unpopular gladiator might make all the difference. Meanwhile, underneath the Colosseum, the defeated contestants find a fallen king amongst them and learn what really happened during the darkest days of Dressrosa.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Teen / Comic book / Foreign
One Piece: Collection 26 Blu-ray Movie
Episodes 615-641 / Episodes 615-628 are DVD-only / Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2014 | 675 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 15, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
The fight in Caesar’s lab comes to an explosive conclusion. As everyone scrambles for safety, the warlord Doflamingo sends his lackeys to stop the Straw Hats. If they survive, their next destination is Dressrosa, where a competition is about to begin!
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Teen / Comic book / Foreign
Beauty Day Blu-ray Movie
Circle Collective | 2011 | 92 min | Not rated | May 31, 2022 | Brian Orndorf
In 1990, before the advent of shows like Jackass and Tom Green, Ralph entertained his southern Ontario audience on cable access by performing gross-out stunts.
Documentary
Dick Johnson Is Dead Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 2020 | 89 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 25, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A daughter helps her father prepare for the end of his life.
Documentary
- May 16, 2022
Mr. Klein Blu-ray Movie
Monsieur Klein
Criterion | 1976 | 124 min | Not rated | May 10, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In war-time Paris, an art dealer's life is thrown into disarray when the authorities suspect he might be Jewish.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / War / Foreign