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Home- February 14, 2021
The Evil of Frankenstein Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition
Shout Factory | 1964 | 87 min | Not rated | May 19, 2020 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Penniless, Baron Frankenstein, accompanied by his eager assistant Hans, arrives at his family castle near the town of Karlstaad, vowing to continue his experiments in the creation of life. Fortuitously finding the creature he was previously working on, he brings it back to a semblance of life but requires the services of a mesmerist, Zoltan, to successfully animate it. The greedy and vengeful Zoltan secretly sends the monster into town to steal gold and 'punish' the burgomaster and the chief of police, which acts lead to a violent confrontation between the baron and the townspeople...
Horror / Sci-Fi
Violet Evergarden: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
FUNimation Entertainment | 2018 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 08, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
Violet Evergarden, a young girl formerly known as "the weapon," has left the battlefield to start a new life at CH Postal Service. There, she is deeply moved by the work of "Auto Memories Dolls," who carry people's thoughts and convert them into words. So begins her journey as an Auto Memories Doll, and comes face to face with various people's emotions and differing shapes of love. All the while searching for the meaning of the words her mentor had last said to her.
Anime / Drama / Sci-Fi / Comic book / Foreign
Breach Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2007 | 110 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 07, 2020 | Martin Liebman
In February, 2001, Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, is arrested for spying. Jump back two months: Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Hanssen and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation of Hanssen's sexual habits. Within weeks, the crusty Hanssen, a devout Catholic, has warmed to O'Neill, who grows to respect Hanssen. O'Neill's wife resents Hanssen's intrusiveness; the personal and professional stakes get higher. How they catch Hanssen and why he spies become the film's story. Can O'Neill help catch red-handed "the worst spy in history" and hold onto his personal life?
Action / Biography / Crime / Thriller
Breach Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2007 | 110 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 16, 2021 | Martin Liebman
In February, 2001, Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, is arrested for spying. Jump back two months: Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Hanssen and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation of Hanssen's sexual habits. Within weeks, the crusty Hanssen, a devout Catholic, has warmed to O'Neill, who grows to respect Hanssen. O'Neill's wife resents Hanssen's intrusiveness; the personal and professional stakes get higher. How they catch Hanssen and why he spies become the film's story. Can O'Neill help catch red-handed "the worst spy in history" and hold onto his personal life?
Action / Biography / Crime / Thriller
Madame DuBarry Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 1916-1919 | 2 Movies | 114 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Sep 22, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The story of Madame DuBarry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution.
Biography / Comedy / Drama / Foreign
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
FUNimation Entertainment | 2019 | 350 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 26, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Orphen is a powerful Sorcerer who’s notoriously lazy. But everything changes when he discovers a way to save his sister who was turned into a dragon during their days at the academy. Now he’ll stop at nothing to save her, even if he has to go it alone!
Action / Adventure / Anime / Foreign
- February 13, 2021
Beach Red Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1967 | 105 min | Not rated | Jan 05, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
As a US marine unit fight against the defenders of a Japanese held island, both sides are haunted by their own thoughts and memories.
Drama / War
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Part 2 Blu-ray Movie
FUNimation Entertainment | 2019 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 19, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
In Taishō-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted and intelligent boy who lives with his family. He has become his family's sole source of income after the passing of his father. Everything changes when his family is attacked and slaughtered by a demon. Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko are the sole survivors of the incident, with Nezuko being transformed into a demon, but still surprisingly showing signs of human emotion and thought. After an encounter with Giyū Tomioka, a demon slayer, Tanjiro is recruited by Giyū to also become a demon slayer to help his sister turn human again and avenge the deaths of the rest of his family. Tanjiro keeps training until becoming a demon slayer and this is where his mission starts.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Martial arts / Comic book / Foreign
The Last Blockbuster Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Passion River | 2020 | 86 min | Not rated | Feb 02, 2021 | Martin Liebman
A documentary on the last remaining Blockbuster Video in Bend, Oregon.
Documentary
Doctor Who: Tom Baker - Complete Season Three Blu-ray Movie
BBC | 1976-1977 | 650 min | Not rated | Aug 04, 2020 | 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
- February 12, 2021
Rogue Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2020 | 106 min | Rated R | Sep 01, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
Samantha O'Hara leads a group of mercenaries on an African mission to rescue schoolgirls, but their effort hits a snag when they find themselves out of ammunition and lost while trying to fight off kidnappers and wild animals.
Action
The Cowboy Way Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1994 | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 16, 2021 | Martin Liebman
Two buddies and championship rodeo partners travel to New York to find their missing friend, Nacho Salazar, after he disappears after traveling to New York City to pick up his daughter.
Action / Comedy / Drama
Lady Sings the Blues Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1972 | 144 min | Rated R | Feb 23, 2021 | Martin Liebman
The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday.
Biography / Drama / Music / Romance
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Part 1 Blu-ray Movie
FUNimation Entertainment | 2019 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 29, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
It's the Taisho period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister, Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon. Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a demon slayer to turn his sister back and kill the demon that massacred his family.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Martial arts / Comic book / Foreign
Deep in Vogue Blu-ray Movie
Special Edition
FilmRise | 2019 | 63 min | Rated R | Feb 09, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A film about Northern Vogue and its people.
Documentary
- February 11, 2021
The Suspect Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1944 | 85 min | Not rated | Feb 09, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An unhappily married man begins a flirtation with a younger woman. When his wife threatens to ruin her, he decides to take action.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir
The Swordsman Blu-ray Movie
검객 / Geom-gaek
Well Go USA | 2020 | 101 min | Not rated | Feb 16, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Three different swordsmen -- a swordsman who is going blind, the best swordsman in Joseon Dynasty, and the best swordsman in Qing Dynasty who aspires to be the best even in the Joseon Dynasty -- meet each other for their own reasons.
Action / Drama / Martial arts / Foreign / Period
It Follows Blu-ray Movie
Icon Film Distribution | 2014 | 100 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jun 29, 2015 | Dr. Stephen Larson
For a 19-year-old girl, fall should be about school, boys, and weekends out at the lake, but an unknown supernatural force stalks Jay after a sexual encounter.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural
- February 10, 2021
Bodies, Rest & Motion Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1993 | 95 min | Rated R | Dec 15, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In his sleepy Arizona town, Nick ekes out a living selling television sets. He decides, suddenly, that life has more to offer—and that he might find it by moving to Montana with his reticent girlfriend, Beth. But the day before their departure, Nick takes off without Beth, and she's crushed. Spurred on by her best friend and Nick's ex, Carol, Beth takes up with a shiftless, pot-smoking housepainter.
Drama
The Net Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1995 | 114 min | Rated PG-13 | No Release Date | Martin Liebman
Angela Bennett's a software engineer type who works from home and has few friends outside of cyberspace. Taking her first vacation in years she becomes embroiled in a web of computer espionage.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller