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Home- August 23, 2021
Essential Film Noir: Collection 2 Blu-ray Movie
Imprint #45 #46 #47 #48
Imprint | 1951-1954 | 4 Movies | 327 min | Rated ACB: PG | Jun 02, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
No synopsis for this title.
Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller
- August 22, 2021
Private Hell 36 Blu-ray Movie
Imprint | 1954 | 80 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Two detectives are investigating a robbery in which $300,000 was taken. Their investigation leads them to the main player and they find the cash, but one of them has meanwhile fallen hard for a woman with expensive tastes, and though he desperately wants to keep her, he knows that a cop's salary isn't going to be enough for her.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir
City That Never Sleeps Blu-ray Movie
Imprint | 1953 | 91 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Johnny Kelly, who plans on resigning from the police force and leaving his wife the next day, has a very eventful last night on duty.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir
Nice Girl? Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1941 | 96 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Singing sensation Deanna Durbin stars in the musical comedy Nice Girl? Scientist Oliver Dana (Robert Benchley) has his hands full with three very different daughters. Fortunately, he can always rely on his steadfast Jane (Durbin) to stay out of trouble…until now. Annoyed with her boring reputation, Jane decides to change her image. First, she snubs her lackadaisical, small-town boyfriend (Robert Stack) and begins flirting with her father's world-traveling associate, Don Webb (Franchot Tone). Then she carries out an elaborate scheme that eventually has her spending the night at Don's New York home. What follows is a hilarious series of misunderstandings that sends the novice femme fatale heading for home - but not before neighbors spot her driving through town in bright red pajamas!
Comedy / Drama / Musical
Killer Crocodile Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition to 4000 | Killer Crocodile / Killer Crocodile 2
Severin Films | 1989-1990 | 2 Movies | 94 min | Not rated | Sep 24, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A group of environmentalists arrives at a faraway tropical delta where toxic waste is being dumped. However the water also hides a giant crocodile. The corrupt local officials don't help much either.
Horror / Foreign
Killer Crocodile Blu-ray Movie
Severin Films | 1989 | 94 min | Not rated | Sep 24, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A group of environmentalists arrives at a faraway tropical delta where toxic waste is being dumped. However the water also hides a giant crocodile. The corrupt local officials don't help much either.
Horror / Foreign
Killer Crocodile 2 Blu-ray Movie
Severin Films | 1990 | 87 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Mad About Music Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1938 | 96 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Gloria Harkinson (Deanna Durbin), the daughter of a widowed film star (Gail Patrick), is a boarding school girl with a big imagination. She spins daring adventures about her father, claiming he's not only alive but well worth the other girls' jealousy
Comedy / Drama / Musical
That Certain Age Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1938 | 101 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
A teenage girl clashes with her newspaper publisher father's star reporter while he stays in their country guest house, but soon finds herself falling in love with him.
Comedy / Musical
Pariah Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 2011 | 86 min | Rated R | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Alike is a 17-year-old African-American woman who lives with her parents and younger sister in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood. Alike is quietly but firmly embracing her identity as a lesbian. With the support of her best friend, Laura, she is especially eager to find a girlfriend. Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and...
Drama
Klondike Annie Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1936 | 80 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Set in the Gold Rush of the 1890s. Beautiful Rose Carlton (Mae West), a "kept" woman of the wealthy and possessive Chan Lo, escapes San Francisco's Chinatown on a ship bound for Alaska's gold rush territory. The ship's captain, Bull Brackett (Victor McLaglen), instantly falls for Rose but she is distracted by her new cabinmate, Sister Annie Alden (Helen Jerome Eddy). Exchanging philosophies,the unlikely pair develop a meaningful friendship before Sister Annie becomes sick and dies. Meanwhile, Bull learns Rose is wanted for murder but tells her he will standby her. Rose, in desperation, changes identities with her deceased friend and, once in Alaska, is inspired to a new calling. It's West at her best as she brings the immoral townspeople to their knees with her unconventional style of evangelism in this spirited tale of divine transformation.
Comedy / Musical
Mr. Mercedes: Seasons 1-3 Blu-ray Movie
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | 2017-2019 | 1625 min | Rated MA15+ | Oct 30, 2020 | Martin Liebman
A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Mr. Mercedes: Season 3 Blu-ray Movie
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | 2019 | 556 min | Rated MA15+ | Oct 30, 2020 | Martin Liebman
A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Every Day's a Holiday Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1937 | 79 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Mae West plays Peaches O'Day, a con artist who can sell anything, including the Brooklyn Bridge.
Comedy
- August 21, 2021
Hollywood Story Blu-ray Movie
Imprint | 1951 | 77 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
HOLLYWOOD STORY takes aim at the darker side of the movie business. It stars Richard Conte as Larry O'Brien, a stage producer with dreams of being in the movie business, who decides to shoot a documentary about the mysterious death of a silent film director, only to find himself in danger of suffering the same fate. With cameos by silent film stars such as Helen Gibson and Francis X. Bushman, it is reminiscent of SUNSET BOULEVARD.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller
I'm No Angel Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1933 | 87 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Mae West stars as dancer and lion tamer Tira in this romantic comedy. Short of cash, Tira starts performing ever more dangerous stunts until her circus builds up an exciting reputation. But when she meets handsome Jack Clayton (Cary Grant), Tira ends up suing him for breach of contract after their relationship breaks up. Only when Clayton lets her win the case does she realise that she truly loves him.
Comedy / Musical / Romance
Goin' to Town Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1935 | 74 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Former dance hall queen Cleo Borden, newly rich, falls for and pursues an upper-crust Englishman.
Comedy / Musical
The Fatal Raid Blu-ray Movie
Well Go USA | 2019 | 91 min | Not rated | Aug 24, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Fast-forward 20 years as surviving team member Madam Fong leads a new squad in pursuit of reckless young anarchists terrorizing Macao. An apparition from that fatal day falls into the fray, bringing everything full circle for a serpentine and explosive final confrontation.
Action / Foreign
She Done Him Wrong Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1933 | 66 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Romantic comedy starring Mae West and Cary Grant. Lou (West) is a singer working at the Gay Nineties saloon owned by Gus Jordan (Noah Beery). In order to keep Lou by his side, Gus plies her with diamonds. What she doesn't know is that Gus actually traffics in prostitution and runs a counterfeiting ring to help finance her expensive gifts. Lou has her share of male admirers who she keeps at arm's length. But the tough woman soon finds her heart melting for a handsome young man, Capt. Cummings (Grant), who works for the local city mission.
Comedy / Drama / History / Musical / Romance
Night After Night Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1932 | 73 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
A successful ex-boxer buys a high-class speakeasy and falls for a rich society girl, who doesn't know about his past. Complications ensue when some ex-girlfriends from his boxing days show up.
Drama