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Home- July 12, 2021
Big Bad Mama / Big Bad Mama II Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1974-1987 | 2 Movies | 168 min | Rated R | May 16, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
BIG BAD MAMA: When Wilma (Angie Dickinson) finds there is no money to be made in bootlegging, a chance meeting with bank robber Fred Diller (Tom Skerritt) leads to a new career. Along with her daughters, Wilma joins Fred on his next big heist. After meeting slick gambler William J. Baxter (William Shatner), Wilma recruits him and the rest of her gang to kidnap a millionaire's daughter in the hopes of collecting a big pay day. BIG BAD MAMA II: Angie Dickinson returns to her role as Wilma "Big Bad Mama" McClatchie in the sequel BIG BAD MAMA II. She's still out to steal a better life for her two teenage daughters. This time the sexy trio sets their gunsights on revenge against a crooked politician by taking down his banks and kidnapping his son. Danielle Brisebois (Archie's Place) and Playboy Playmate Julie McCullough also star.
Action / Comedy / Crime
Big Bad Mama II Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1987 | 84 min | Rated R | May 16, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
It's 1934, and the evil local land baron forecloses on Angie's place, and she and her two daughters must leave and continue their life of crime.
Action / Comedy / Crime
Big Bad Mama Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1974 | 84 min | Rated R | May 16, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
Mama and daughters get forced by circumstances into bootlegging and bank robbing, and travel across the country trailed by the law.
Action / Comedy / Crime
- July 11, 2021
Deadlock 4K Blu-ray Movie
Edition Deutsche Vita No. 14 | 50-year Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Subkultur Entertainment | 1970 | 93 min | Not rated | May 14, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In a deserted mining town in the middle of nowhere, three desperate men fight over a suitcase full of cash.
Thriller / Western
Wrath of Man Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2021 | 119 min | Rated R | Jul 13, 2021 | Randy Miller III
The plot follows H, a cold and mysterious character working at a cash truck company responsible for moving hundreds of millions of dollars around Los Angeles each week.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Heist
Treasure of the Ninja Blu-ray Movie
and the Films of William Lee
AGFA | 1987 | 2 Movies | 106 min | Not rated | Jul 27, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
William Lee wrote, produced, directed and starred in this film, which concerns a secret agent guiding an adventurous female professor on a search for the Treasure of the Ninja.
Action / Martial arts
- July 10, 2021
Doctor Who: Jon Pertwee: Complete Season Two Blu-ray Movie
BBC | 1971 | 760 min | Not rated | Jun 01, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In 1963 an old fashioned Police Call Box sat in a junk yard at 76 Totters Lane. An old man out and about exploring. A young girl wise beyond her years attending Coal Hill School. Two teachers become suspicious. Barbara and Ian suspect the girl is in trouble. They follow her home. The girl, Susan Foreman, vanishes into the junkyard. Barbara and Ian investigate. They discovered the Police Box. "It's alive!" says Ian, he feels a faint vibration coming from within. The girls grandfather returns. He confronts the two teachers who accuse him of holding the girl inside the Police Box. They hear her call out to him from inside. Barbara and Ian push their way in and discover a world they never thought possible.
Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
Howard the Duck 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1986 | 110 min | Rated PG | Jul 06, 2021 | Martin Liebman
A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to Earth where he must stop an alien invader.
Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Dark humor / Comic book
Howard the Duck 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1986 | 110 min | Rated PG | Jul 06, 2021 | Martin Liebman
A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to Earth where he must stop an alien invader.
Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Dark humor / Comic book
Baxter Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1989 | 83 min | Rated R | May 18, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
Baxter, a sociopathic bull terrier, stars in this chilling French horror film that blends thrills and black comedy into a truly original tale. The inner thoughts of the brooding Baxter reveal that he is quite unhappy with his situation — living with an elderly woman who is afraid of him. In search of his ideal master, he successfully plots how to do away with her — and attempts a similar plan when he becomes dissatisfied with his next owner. It is not long before the ingenious Baxter finds the perfect guardian — a lonely, introverted boy whose macabre interest in Hitler's personal life helps turn the all-too-willing canine into a thoroughbred killing machine.
Comedy / Horror / Dark humor / Foreign
- July 09, 2021
Stone Blu-ray Movie
Ozploitation Classics #02 / Blu-ray + CD
Umbrella Entertainment | 1974 | 99 min | Rated ACB: R18+ | Apr 07, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Members of the Grave Diggers Motorcycle Club are being knocked off one by one, and someone needs to find out why! Sandy Harbutt's timeless Australian cult film about a bunch of renegades riding Kawasaki 900s.
Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Mystery
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films Blu-ray Movie
MVD Visual | 2014 | 89 min | Not rated | Jul 20, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus relive the creation, rise and fall of their independent film company, Cannon Films. This documentary recounts their many successes and discusses their eventual downfall.
Documentary
House of Wax Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition
Shout Factory | 2005 | 113 min | Rated R | Jul 13, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
House of Wax tells the story of a group of friends who fall prey to a sinister plot while passing through a small town on their way to a college football game.
Horror / Thriller / Teen
Almost Famous 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2000 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 161 min | Not rated | Jul 13, 2021 | Martin Liebman
In the 1970s, a high school boy is given an opportunity to follow and write a story about the hot new rock band Stillwater as they tour the USA.
Drama / Music / Period / Coming of age
Mortal Engines 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2018 | 128 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 06, 2021 | Martin Liebman
Many years after the "Sixty Minute War," cities survive a now desolate Earth by moving around on giant wheels attacking and devouring smaller towns to replenish their resources.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
John Wick: Chapters 1-3 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2014-2019 | 3 Movies | 354 min | Rated R | Oct 29, 2019 | Martin Liebman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Martial arts
- July 08, 2021
Murder by Decree Blu-ray Movie
Vintage Classics
Studio Canal | 1979 | 124 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Jun 28, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have its roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons. Holmes races to save the life of Annie Crook who has been forcibly incarcerated in an insane asylum and that of her friend Mary Kelly, in whom she has entrusted her secret.
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Period
The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang: Live on Copacabana Beach Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + CD
Mercury Studios | 2006 | 117 min | Not rated | Jul 09, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
Parks and Recreation: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2009-2015 | 7 Seasons | 3318 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 15, 2021 | Martin Liebman
The absurd antics of an Indiana town's public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place.
Comedy
Battle Beyond the Stars Blu-ray Movie
2K Restoration
Shout Factory | 1980 | 103 min | Rated PG | Jun 29, 2021 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Shad must scour the cosmos to recruit mercenaries from different planets and cultures, in order to save his peaceful home planet from the threat of the evil tyrant Sador, bent on dominating and enslaving the entire universe. Joining this "magnificant seven" of mercenaries are the deadly Gelt, carefree Cowboy, and the sexy Valkyrie Saint-Exmin.
Adventure / Sci-Fi