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Home- August 31, 2020
Killer Crocodile Blu-ray Movie
The Italian Collection #50
88 Films | 1989 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 92 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Aug 31, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
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
Children of the Sea Blu-ray Movie
海獣の子供 / Kaijū no Kodomo
Shout Factory | 2019 | 112 min | Not rated | Sep 01, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
A young girl is drawn into a mystery involving sealife around the world, in which two mysterious boys are somehow involved.
Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Foreign
Even Money Blu-ray Movie
MVD Visual | 2006 | 113 min | Rated R | Apr 14, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Gambling: Carolyn, a novelist, is losing her family's savings at the slots; she's befriended by a close-up magician who dreams of making it big. A murdered bookie has the cops focused on Victor, who fronts for the mysterious, never-seen Ivan. Augie and Murph, two other bookies ply their partnership, which is endangered by an offer from Victor to Augie and by Murph's girlfriend's rejection of his violent vocation. A mechanic, in debt to his bookies, asks his basketball-playing brother to shave some points. A paraplegic cop sees all. Will anyone reach their dream? The odds are against it.
Crime / Drama
Syncopation Blu-ray Movie
Eureka Classics / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 1942 | 88 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Mar 16, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
This musical chronicles the history of jazz music and features many of the most popular musical acts from the early 1940s, including Gene Krupa and Benny Goodman. The story centers on a trumpet player who falls for a young woman with an equal passion for music. Unfortunately, the girl is still grieving for her true-love whom she lost during the war. The trumpeter begins working to get the girl to trust her. He simultaneously tries to start a band. Songs include: "Goin' Up the River" (Dave Torbett, Leith Stevens), "You Made Me Love You" (Joseph McCarthy, James V. Monaco), "Only Worry for a Pillow," "Chicago Ragtime" (Stevens), "Under a Falling Star" (Rich Hall, Stevens, sung by Connie Boswell), and "Slave Market" (Hall Johnson).
Comedy / History / Music / Musical / Romance
- August 30, 2020
Kingdom Hospital: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Via Vision Entertainment | 2004 | 608 min | Rated M | Nov 21, 2018 | Martin Liebman
Soap opera meets THE SHINING in this star-studded miniseries that was nominated for two Emmy Awards; based on the Danish miniseries RIGET (KINGDOM), it is centered around the bizarre and preternatural Kingdom Hospital, where we meet a cast of peculiar characters inhabiting a quietly menacing setting. When Peter Rickman is hit by an inebriated driver, the last thing he sees before lapsing into unconsciousness is a vaguely human form who announces its mission to send Peter to rid the hospital of the evil that dwells there. Once inside the hospital's halls, Peter meets the hypochondriac, psychic Mrs. Druse, and Dr. Hook, the brilliant surgeon who lives in the basement; when patients and staff begin to hear the cries coming from the walls, this unlikely band of allies sets out to solve the mystery of the ghostly inhabitants of Kingdom Hospital.
Horror / Dark humor / Supernatural
Beetlejuice 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1988 | 92 min | Rated PG | Sep 01, 2020 | Randy Miller III
After Adam and Barbara Maitland die in a car accident, they find themselves stuck haunting their country residence, unable to leave the house. When the Deetzes and teen daughter Lydia buy the home, the Maitlands attempt to scare them away without success. Their efforts attract Beetlejuice, a rambunctious spirit whose "help" quickly becomes dangerous for the Maitlands and innocent Lydia.
Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Dark humor / Supernatural / Surreal
The Goonies 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1985 | 114 min | Rated PG | Sep 01, 2020 | Randy Miller III
A band of young boys find a treasure map and embark on a magical adventure.
Adventure / Comedy / Family / Mystery / Coming of age
2016 CFP National Championship Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Team Marketing | 2016 | 170 min | Not rated | Mar 01, 2016 | Martin Liebman
The 2016 CFP National Championship Game includes the commercial-free game broadcast as well as the trophy presentation. It is a great addition to any fan's collection!
Sport
The Beast Must Die! Blu-ray Movie
4K Restoration
Severin Films | 1974 | 93 min | Rated PG | Aug 25, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Tom Newcliffe, a rich businessman and expert hunter summons six guests to his huge country estate which he has rigged up with video cameras and a high-tech security system. He tells them and his surprised wife that they are all to stay over a weekend and that all of them will be kept on the estate during that weekend. For each guest, dead bodies have followed in their wake and the way that the dead have been murdered means that one of the guest is a werewolf and Tom has summoned his guests here to discover who it is and to hunt it down... The film has a clip at the beginning asking people in the audience to try to identify the werewolf and near the end there is a 30-second "Werewolf Break" for the audience to think over the evidence...
Horror / Mystery
- August 29, 2020
Brute Force Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1947 | 98 min | Not rated | Sep 08, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
At a tough penitentiary, prisoner plans to rebel against a power-mad chief guard.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1973 | 93 min | Rated R | Aug 18, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
Last of the Hammer Frankenstein films, this one deals with the Baron hiding out in an insane asylum, so that he may continue his experiments with reanimating the dead, along with inmate Dr. Helder, who has been institutionalized for conducting such experiments.
Horror
Promise at Dawn Blu-ray Movie
La promesse de l'aube
Menemsha Films | 2017 | 131 min | Not rated | Jun 30, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.
Biography / Drama / Romance / Foreign
- August 28, 2020
Caged Heat/Jackson County Jail Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1974-1976 | 2 Movies | 164 min | Not rated | Jul 28, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Caged Heat Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1974 | 80 min | Rated R | Jul 28, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
A girl is caught in a drug bust and sent to the hoosegow. The iron-handed superintendent takes exception to a skit performed by the girls and takes punitive steps, aided by the sadistic doctor who is doing illegal electroshock experiments and raping drugged prisoners. After a while the prisoners put away their petty differences and plan the Big Prison Escape.
Action / Comedy / Drama
Jackson County Jail Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1976 | 84 min | Rated R | Jul 28, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
This is a powerful drama about a young woman who stumbles into a nightmare land of hijacking and humiliation while driving cross-country from California to New York.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
A Different Story Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1978 | 108 min | Rated R | Aug 11, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
Perry King, Meg Foster. A lesbian real estate agent takes in a gay illegal immigrant as a roommate when he loses his job. They ultimately marry to keep him from being deported, but after a night of drunken impulsive sex, she gets pregnant. Can two sexually mismatched friends remain together to create a family, or will hormones tear them apart?
Drama / Romance
Cam-Girl Blu-ray Movie
Leomark Studios | 2014 | 90 min | Not rated | Mar 01, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Desperate after losing her dream job in advertising, Alice starts a sexy webcam site with three friends. Successful from day one, the company expands so quickly that soon the women struggle to balance their relationships with family, friends, clients and one-another. What began as a quick and sexy way to earn some extra cash spirals out of control as they enter a world of dangerous excess, violent threats from unhinged clients and bitter rivalries with one another.
Drama / Foreign
Possession Blu-ray Movie
MVD Visual | 2009 | 86 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 14, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A woman's husband collides with his brother in a freak car accident, landing both of them into comas. Complications arise when the brother wakes and believes that he is the woman's husband.
Drama / Horror / Mystery
Limbo Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover Edition Limited to 1,500
AGFA | 1999 | 54 min | Not rated | Sep 01, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A woman makes a descent into hell after she kills a man she brought home as a one-night stand.
Adventure / Drama / Thriller
The Doobie Brothers: Quadio Boxed Set Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray Audio
Rhino Music | 1972-1975 | 4 Movies | 164 min | Not rated | Nov 06, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
<br>1972 Toulouse Street <br>1973 The Captain and Me <br>1974 What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits <br>1975 Stampede
Music