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Home- September 19, 2021
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer Blu-ray Movie
人間の條件 / Ningen no jôken / Parts 5 and 6
Criterion | 1961 | 191 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians in the last episode, Kaji, the Japanese soldier and humanist protagonist, leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines. Ultimately, he finds himself in the exact opposite position he held in the first episode: then a labor manager, Kaji is now a prisoner of war, forced to work for the Russians, whom do not seem to hold to the Communist ideals in which Kaji himself had put his faith.
Drama / History / War / Foreign
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity Blu-ray Movie
人間の條件 / Ningen no jôken / Parts 3 and 4
Criterion | 1959 | 178 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
As a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.
Drama / War / Foreign / Epic / Period
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Blu-ray Movie
人間の條件 / Ningen no jôken / Parts 1 and 2
Criterion | 1959 | 207 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.
Drama / War / Foreign / Epic / Period
Céline and Julie Go Boating Blu-ray Movie
Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies Over Paris
Criterion | 1974 | 194 min | Not rated | Mar 16, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
A mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives preempted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality.
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Foreign
International Lady Blu-ray Movie
ClassicFlix | 1941 | 102 min | Not rated | Sep 21, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An American operative in Great Britain (George Brent) and his counterpart from Scotland Yard (Basil Rathbone) suspect the beautiful singer Carla Nillson (Ilona Massey) of espionage. As they cleverly unravel her technique of singing in code over the radio, they track her from London, to Lisbon, to New York
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Thriller / War
Jumanji: The Next Level 3D Blu-ray Movie
Random Space Media Exclusive / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | 2019 | 123 min | Rated ACB: PG | Jul 28, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
A team of friends return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own but discover that nothing is as they expect. The players need to brave parts unknown, from arid deserts to snowy mountains, in order to escape the world's most dangerous game.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family
Iron Man Trilogy 4K Blu-ray Movie
Stark Industries Ammo Crate Gift Set / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Disney / Buena Vista | 2008-2013 | Rated PG-13 | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
The Iron Man trilogy on 4K UHD: Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and Iron Man 3 in a collectible Zavvi exclusive Ammo Crate gift-set.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Black Widow 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2021 | 133 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 14, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.
Action / Adventure / Comic book
The Shawshank Redemption 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1994 | 142 min | Rated R | Sep 14, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Framed for the double murder of his wife and her lover, banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his tenure in prison, Dufresne becomes admired by the other inmates, ultimately befriending another prisoner named Red during the process.
Crime / Drama / Melodrama / Period
- September 18, 2021
Chicago Syndicate Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series
Powerhouse Films | 1955 | 84 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An ex-military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets. To complicate his job, two women stand in his way, each with their own agenda.
Crime / Drama
Mare of Easttown Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 2021 | 418 min | Not rated | Sep 14, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
Crime / Drama / Mystery
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Warner Bros. | 1971 | 100 min | Rated BBFC: U | Jun 28, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
The story of Charlie Bucket, a little boy with no money and a good heart, who dreams wistfully of being able to buy the candy that other children enjoy. Charlie enters into a magical world when he wins one of five "Golden Tickets" to visit the mysterious chocolate factory owned by the eccentric Willy Wonka and run by his capable crew of Oompa-Loompas. Once behind the gates, a cast of characters join Charlie and Grandpa Joe on a journey to discover that a kind heart is a far finer possession than a sweet tooth.
Family / Fantasy / Musical
Rear Window 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1954 | 112 min | Rated PG | Sep 07, 2021 | Martin Liebman
A wheelchair-bound photographer, becomes voyeur on his neighbors and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Crime / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Psychological thriller
F9: The Fast Saga 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2021 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 143 min | Unrated | Sep 21, 2021 | Martin Liebman
Cypher enlists the help of Jakob, Dom's younger brother to take revenge on Dom and his team.
Action / Crime / Thriller
F9: The Fast Saga Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2021 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 142 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 21, 2021 | Martin Liebman
Cypher enlists the help of Jakob, Dom's younger brother to take revenge on Dom and his team.
Action / Crime / Thriller
- September 17, 2021
Onibaba Blu-ray Movie
鬼婆
Criterion | 1964 | 103 min | Not rated | Oct 05, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Deep in the windswept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished older woman and her daughter-in-law murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for the most meager of sustenance. When a bedraggled neighbor returns from battle, lust, jealousy, and rage threaten to destroy the trio’s tenuous existence, before an ominous, ill-gotten demon mask seals their horrifying fate.
Drama / Horror / Supernatural / Foreign
Vertigo 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1958 | 128 min | Rated PG | Sep 07, 2021 | Martin Liebman
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's much-younger wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Crime / Film-Noir / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Psychological thriller
Dementia 13 Blu-ray Movie
Director's Cut / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 1963 | 69 min | Not rated | Sep 21, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The family members of an Irish family are being killed off one-by-one by one of their own who is after the family's inheritance.
Horror / Thriller
Bad Dreams / Visiting Hours Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1982-1988 | 2 Movies | 189 min | Not rated | Feb 18, 2014 | Dr. Stephen Larson
See individual titles for their synopses.
Horror / Thriller
Bad Dreams Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1988 | 84 min | Not rated | Feb 18, 2014 | Dr. Stephen Larson
In the mid-'70s, a cult group called Unity Field commits mass suicide, but a young girl survives. After being in a coma for thirteen years she wakes up in a psyche ward, not remembering the incident. The psychiatrist tries to help her remember, but she begins seeing the leader of the cult talking to her from the grave, and the other members of her therapy group begin to commit suicide around her. Or is it suicide?
Horror / Thriller