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Home- June 22, 2021
The Railway Children Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1970 | 109 min | Not rated | Jun 15, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Set during the early part of the 20th century, "Railway Children" tells the emotional stories of a father wrongfully imprisoned, a mother who demonstrates bravery and a cheerful disposition for the sake of her three children, and ultimately, a man in search of his wife and family. Based on the novel by E. Nesbit.
Adventure / Family / Period / Coming of age
Above Suspicion Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 105 min | Rated R | May 18, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The chilling true story of a newly married FBI poster boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant. She sees in him her means of escape; instead, it's a ticket to disaster for both of them. This scandal shook the foundations of the nation's top law enforcement agency, ending in the first ever conviction of an FBI agent for murder.
Action / Crime / Thriller
Guns for San Sebastian Blu-ray Movie
La bataille de San Sebastian / Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1968 | 111 min | Rated G | Jun 15, 2021 | Randy Miller III
When fugitive Leon Alastray (Anthony Quinn) meets Father Joseph, a Franciscan priest, while on the run, the two form a friendship. Joseph helps Alastray avoid the law, and Alastray disguises himself to travel with Joseph. As they reach a ghost town, Joseph is shot dead from afar. Alastray then meets half-Indian Telco (Charles Bronson), who explains that the inhabitants are in hiding from a band of violent Yaqui Indians. Mistaken for the priest, Alastray helps the villagers fight back.
Action / Adventure / Western
Ziegfeld Follies Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1945 | 110 min | Not rated | Jun 15, 2021 | Randy Miller III
This MGM spectacular features many of the greatest stars of the theater and screen. A lavish salute to Broadway's most opulent producer.
Comedy / Musical
- June 21, 2021
Body Slam Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1986 | 92 min | Rated PG | Jun 15, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kick. When making arrangements for a campaign fundraiser, he mistakes Rick Roberts, a professional wrestler, for a musician and hires him. At that moment he becomes a wrestling manager and starts to book matches for him and his teammate Tonga Tom. The team is a success, and Harry decides to take his wrestlers and his band on a "Rock n' Wrestling" tour. The tour is a success, and Harry feels what it is like to be a winner again.
Comedy / Music / Sport
December Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1991 | 91 min | Rated PG | No Release Date | Martin Liebman
Set in a New England prep school on the day after Pearl Harbor, five close friends must choose whether to stay in school or go to war. Their decisions shock themselves and each other as they must grow up faster than they ever imagined.
Drama
Toy Soldiers Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1991 | 111 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman
When terrorists seize control of a boarding school, a group of troublemaking boys decide to resist them.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Teen
Toy Soldiers / December Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1991 | 202 min | Rated R | Jun 29, 2021 | Martin Liebman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Teen
Siberia Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2020 | 92 min | Rated R | Jun 22, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Clint is a dead man who lives alone in a frozen tundra. However, this isolation cannot bring either evasion or peace. One night, he begins a journey where he must confront his dreams, memories, and visions, crossing the darkness into the light.
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Foreign
The Paper Tigers Blu-ray Movie
Well Go USA | 2020 | 108 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 22, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Three Kung Fu prodigies have grown into washed-up, middle-aged men, now one kick away from pulling their hamstrings. But when their master is murdered, they must juggle their dead-end jobs, dad duties, and old grudges to avenge his death.
Action / Comedy
Adoration Blu-ray Movie
Standard Edition
Altered Innocence | 2019 | 99 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
12-year-old Paul lives an isolated existence with his mother, who works at a private psychiatric hospital in the woods near their house. One day, Paul encounters a young teen named Gloria, a mysterious new patient with whom he quickly becomes infatuated. As the fledgling pair forge a tentative friendship, Gloria convinces Paul to help her escape. But when they embark on a perilous journey together, his devotion is put to the test as Gloria's dangerous unpredictability gradually starts to surface.
Drama / Thriller / Foreign
Crestone Blu-ray Movie
Utopia Distribution | 2020 | 74 min | Not rated | Apr 20, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
In the desert of Crestone, Colorado, a group of SoundCloud rappers live in solitude, growing weed and making music for the internet. When an old friend arrives to make a movie, reality and fiction begin to blur.
Drama / Music
- June 20, 2021
Merrily We Go to Hell Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1932 | 83 min | Not rated | May 11, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An heiress marries a reporter with a weakness for booze and a blonde.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
- June 19, 2021
Laidbackers Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2019 | 60 min | Rated TV-14 | Apr 13, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
A funny thing happened to Kumi when she moved to Kyoto to take over her grandmother's sweet shop. While she does find a store that sells cheap snacks, the supposedly empty adjoining residence is instead inhabited by three other girls: Harami, Mai, and K, plus a dog, who claim to be legendary heroes reincarnated into our world! However, that's not as exciting as it sounds, as the Demon Lord they were seeking never showed up, so they've just been hanging out, waiting for something interesting to happen. That's when ANOTHER cute young girl, Ran, shows up, and it seems that she WAS the Demon Lord, but botched up her own resurrection and now wants to make amends for the things that she did in the past. But in order to do that, she's going to need a little demon-hunting help from the Laidbackers!
Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Foreign
Years of Lead: Five Classic Italian Crime Thrillers Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition
Arrow | 1973-1977 | 5 Movies | 479 min | Not rated | Jun 22, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Action / Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Foreign
Savage Three Blu-ray Movie
Fango bollente
Arrow | 1975 | 85 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
They are best friends, working togther by day & playfully carousing at night. Dominated by the Ovidio, played by the handsome Joe Dallesandro, the three young men soon evolve from well-mannered law abiding citizens to violent criminals.
Action / Crime / Foreign
Like Rabid Dogs Blu-ray Movie
Come cani arrabbiati / Wie tollwütige Hunde
Arrow | 1976 | 98 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Tony is the young member of an upper class Roman family; he lives a hectic double life, and under the guise of good student, he likes to persecute and kill prostitutes in the company of a couple of friends.
Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Foreign
Colt 38 Special Squad Blu-ray Movie
Quelli della calibro 38
Arrow | 1976 | 103 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
In this Poliziotteschi, a commissioner forms a secret motorized brigade in order to fight a dangerous terrorist depositing bombs in the city of Turin.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Foreign
Highway Racer Blu-ray Movie
Poliziotto Sprint
Arrow | 1977 | 101 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A hot-shot police driver has more guts than brains, often landing him in hot water with his middle-aged mentor, who was once a legendary police interceptor responsible for numerous large scale arrests. (IMDB)
Action / Crime / Foreign
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved Blu-ray Movie
No il caso è felicemente risolto
Arrow | 1973 | 98 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
When the eyewitness to a brutal murder decides not to testify, the actual murderer chooses to finger him as the murderer and claim eyewitness status for himself.
Crime / Thriller / Dark humor / Foreign