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Home- July 24, 2021
Streetwise / Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1984-2016 | 2 Movies | 179 min | Not rated | Jun 15, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
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Documentary
Streetwise Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1984 | 91 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf
Seattle, 1983. Taking their camera to the streets of what was supposedly America's most livable city, filmmaker Martin Bell, photographer Mary Ellen Mark, and journalist Cheryl McCall set out to tell the stories of those society had left behind: homeless and runaway teenagers living on the city's margins. Born from a Life magazine exposé by Mark and McCall, Streetwise follows an unforgettable group of at-risk children—including iron-willed fourteen-year-old Tiny, who would become the project's most haunting and enduring face, along with the pugnacious yet resourceful Rat and the affable drifter DeWayne—who, driven from their broken homes, survive by hustling, panhandling, and dumpster diving. Granted remarkable access to their world, the filmmakers craft a devastatingly frank, nonjudgmental portrait of lost youth growing up far too soon in a world that has failed them.
Documentary
- July 23, 2021
Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 2016 | 88 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf
Thirty years in the making, Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell continues to follow one of the most indelible subjects of Streetwise, a groundbreaking documentary on homeless and runaway teenagers. Erin Blackwell, a.k.a. Tiny, was introduced in filmmaker Martin Bell, photographer Mary Ellen Mark, and journalist Cheryl McCall's earlier film as a brash fourteen-year-old living precariously on the margins in Seattle. Now a forty-four year-old mother of ten, Blackwell reflects with Mark on the journey they've experienced together, from Blackwell's struggles with addiction to her regrets to her dreams for her own children, even as she sees them being pulled down the same path of drugs and desperation. Interweaving three decades' worth of Mark's photographs and footage that includes previously unseen outtakes from Streetwise, this is a heartrending, deeply empathetic portrait of a family struggling to break free of the cycle of trauma, as well as a summation of the life's work of Mark, an irreplaceable artistic voice.
Documentary
Initiation Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2020 | 98 min | Rated R | Jul 20, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Whiton University unravels the night a star-athlete is murdered, kicking off a spree of social media slayings that force students to uncover the truth behind the school's hidden secrets and the horrifying meaning of an exclamation point.
Crime / Horror / Mystery
Beyond the Boundary Blu-ray Movie
境界の彼方 / Kyokai no Kanata | Collector's Edition
Sentai Filmworks | 2013-2015 | 3 Movies | 480 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 18, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
One day high-school student Akihito Kanbara instinctively goes to save his fellow schoolmate, Mirai Kuriyama from committing suicide. Annoyed by his attempt, Mirai stabs Akihito from a sword formed out of her own blood and is shocked to discover that Akihito is an immortal "half-youmu"¡ªthe offspring of a supernatural creature called a youmu and a human. After learning that Mirai is a Spirit World Warrior and the last surviving member of her spirit hunting clan, their lives become intertwined as Akihito seeks to help Mirai gain the confidence to kill youmu so that she may stop attempting to kill him as practice.
Action / Anime / Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Foreign
Go West Young Man Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1936 | 82 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
A movie star, stranded in the country, trifles with a young man's affections.
Belle of the Nineties Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1934 | 73 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Western comedy starring Mae West. Ruby Carter (West) is a cabaret singer working in Mississippi. In a man's world, Ruby has little trouble surviving on her own terms, resisting the attentions of a deluge of lecherous men. Instead, she reserves her affections for a boxer called The Tiger Kid (Roger Pryor).
Comedy / Musical / Western
A Stranger Is Watching Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1982 | 92 min | Rated R | Jul 20, 2021 | Dr. Stephen Larson
The 11-year old daughter and girlfriend of a man whose wife had been raped and killed in front of his daughter three years earlier are kidnapped by the same killer. Held captive in a bunker below Grand Central Station, the two plot their escape while the police try to track the kidnaper.
Crime / Horror / Thriller
- July 22, 2021
PTU Blu-ray Movie
Police Tactical Unit / Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 2003 | 88 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jun 21, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Over the course of one night, a team of cops frantically search for their colleague's missing gun.
Action / Crime / Drama / Martial arts / Foreign
La Strada Blu-ray Movie
Vintage World Cinema
Studio Canal | 1954 | 108 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jun 19, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Gelsomina is sold by her mother into the employ of Zampanò, a brutal strongman in a traveling circus. When Zampanò encounters an old rival in highwire artist the Fool, his fury is provoked to its breaking point.
Drama / Foreign
American Gods: Season Three Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2020-2021 | 503 min | Rated TV-MA | Jul 27, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Supernatural
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2009 | 118 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 20, 2021 | Martin Liebman
From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
G.I. Joe: Retaliation 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2013 | 110 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 20, 2021 | Martin Liebman
Team G.I. Joe is not only fighting for their lives they are fighting for their very existence. Framed for crimes against the country, they are forced to disband by Presidential order. The surviving team members face off against Zartan, Cobra, and the world leaders he has under his influence!
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Two If by Sea Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1996 | 96 min | Rated R | Jul 13, 2021 | Martin Liebman
A two-bit con artist with a stolen painting in tow, tries to plan a romantic weekend with his had-it-up-to-here girlfriend on a swank Cape Cod island. But with their blue-collar attitude clearly out of place among the upper-crust vacationers, the two have to contend with a weekend of trying to fit in with everyone... and getting along with each other.
Comedy / Crime / Romance
Emma: A Victorian Romance: Season 2 Blu-ray Movie
Right Stuf | 2007 | 325 min | Rated TV-Y7 | Jun 01, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
It's been a month since Emma left London and reluctantly ending her relationship with William Jones, due to their difference in class status. She has found a new job, and a fresh start, as one of the many maids working in the Molders family estate. Her presence soon catches the eye and respect of sullen but kind-hearted footman Hans. Meanwhile, Eleanor Campbell makes her move to win William's heart. However, Emma and William has yet to realise that they will meet again.
Anime / Drama / Romance / Foreign / Period
Galaxy Express 999: The TV Series Collection 01 - Departure Blu-ray Movie
Episodes 1-39
Discotek Media | 1978-1979 | 950 min | Unrated | Dec 24, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
Galaxy Express 999 is the name of a train which travels through space, beginning at Megalopolis Station on one end of the galaxy and ending at Andromeda on the other. But the Galaxy Express is more than just a train, it's also a metaphor for life itself, with passengers constantly boarding, debarking, and dreaming along the way.Tetsuro Hoshino is a youth who'll give anything to board the Three-Nine, including a promise to accompany a mysterious woman named Maetel all the way to Andromeda, the planet where, she tells him, he can get a free machine body to avenge the cruel death of his mother.
Adventure / Anime / Sci-Fi / Comic book / Foreign
Lupin III: The Columbus Files Blu-ray Movie
Discotek Media | 1999 | 90 min | Unrated | Feb 23, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
When Fujiko secures a file that documents the location of the fabled Columbus Egg– a mystical relic found by Christopher Columbus which can be harnessed to control the weather– she quickly recruits Lupin and the gang to track down the long-lost treasure. To prevent a sinister villain from finding the Egg, Fujiko memorizes the file and destroys it. Unfortunately, in the process, she contracts amnesia, changing her personality and wiping her memory of Lupin and his friends almost entirely. Can they restore Fujiko back to normal before the Egg falls into the hands of a madman?
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Foreign
Black Clover: Season 3, Part 2 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
FUNimation Entertainment | 2019-2020 | 200 min | Rated TV-14 | Feb 02, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
As the elves pursue the Clover Kingdom, hell-bent on destroying humankind, Asta discovers that his newest sword may just be the key to stopping them-and keeping human souls from being lost to the underworld forever!
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comic book / Foreign
- July 21, 2021
CB4: The Movie Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1993 | 88 min | Rated R | Jun 22, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A "rockumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these three are not what they seem and don't appear to know as much about rap music as they claim.
Comedy / Music
Black Clover: Season 3, Part 1 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
FUNimation Entertainment | 2019 | 250 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 27, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
As the elves pursue the Clover Kingdom, hell-bent on destroying humankind, Asta discovers that his newest sword may just be the key to stopping them-and keeping human souls from being lost to the underworld forever!
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comic book / Foreign