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Home- June 28, 2020
Sons of the Desert Blu-ray Movie
Kit Parker Films | 1933 | 65 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Laurel and Hardy feature-length film in which Stan and Ollie trick their wives into thinking that they are taking a medicinal cruise while they're actually going to a convention, the wives find out the truth the hard way.
Comedy
The Battle of the Century Blu-ray Movie
Kit Parker Films | 1927 | 27 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A scheming fight manager attempts to collect insurance on his puny fighter by causing an accident. Things don't go according to plan, and the situation escalates into a pie-throwing battle of epic proportions.
Comedy / Short
Way Out West Blu-ray Movie
Kit Parker Films | 1937 | 65 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Stan and Ollie are charged with delivering the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. However they reckon without the machinations of her evil guardian Mickey Finn who is determined to have the gold mine for himself and his saloon singer wife Lola.
Comedy / Western
Yellowstone: Season 2 Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2019 | 469 min | Not rated | Nov 05, 2019 | Martin Liebman
John Dutton (Kevin Costner) and his family deal with numerous issues involved with owning the largest ranch in the US including politicians, land/oil developers, a Native American reservation, and its neighbor, Yellowstone Park.
Drama / Western
Pitch Black Blu-ray Movie
The Chronicles of Riddick | Limited Edition | Unrated / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2000 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 112 min | Unrated | Jun 25, 2013 | Martin Liebman
In the not-too-distant future, a docking pilot makes a forced crash-landing of her spacecraft on a distant planet. As the survivors explore the uncomfortably hot planet, they must band together. The planet is eerie, arid, and lifeless. But as the sun sets and the planet plunges into total darkness, other inhabitants emerge -- including a fiendish murderer with a nose for blood.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
- June 27, 2020
A Man, a Woman and a Bank Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1979 | 100 min | Rated PG | May 26, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A small-time con artist and his computer expert best friend concoct an ingenious plot for the perfect bank robbery. But the ultimate heist takes some very unexpected turns in this surprising crime comedy.
Crime / Drama
The Hills Run Red Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2009 | 81 min | Rated R | Jun 16, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
You heard the story. The one about the goriest, bloodiest splatter fest ever, the one made in the '80s but mysteriously lost. Flash forward to now: Young fright fans search for the secret location where the movie was shot, hoping to find the film. what they find is that the mysterious slasher flick is more than a movie. It's real. And they're its newest stars. The Hills Run Red with a whole new level of horror as the terrified cinephiles confront a demented killer who wears a nightmarish babydoll mask. Wait, Babyface is just a character from the movie, right?. Wrong. He's alive. He's waiting. And he's thrilled to meet fans who will die-slowly, gruesomely, shockingly- for his art. Roll camera!
Horror / Thriller
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1976 | 105 min | Rated R | Jun 16, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
A love story of a British widow and an American seaman is complicated by her 13-year-old son.
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
Trolls World Tour Blu-ray Movie
Dance Party Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2020 | 91 min | Rated PG | Jul 07, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Poppy and Branch discover that there are six different troll tribes scattered over six different lands. Each tribe is also devoted to six different kinds of music -- funk, country, techno, classical, pop and rock. When rockers Queen Barb and King Thrash set out to destroy the other music, Poppy and Branch embark on a daring mission to unite the trolls and save the diverse melodies from becoming extinct.
Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical
White Crane Chronicles Blu-ray Movie
Kung Fu Killer Part I & II / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2008 | 182 min | Not rated | Jun 09, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A Caucasian monk in Shanghai infiltrates the underworld to find the killers of his spiritual female Grandmaster.
Action
- June 26, 2020
We Summon the Darkness Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 91 min | Rated R | Jun 09, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The killing spree of murderous Satanists has already led to 18 deaths throughout America's Heartland. Three best friends Alexis, Val, and Beverly embark on a road trip to a heavy metal music festival. Naive, they bond with three seemingly fun-loving dudes and soon the group heads off to Alexis' country home, a very secluded place, for an afterparty. What should be a night of fun and youthful debauchery may instead take a dark, deadly turn. With killers on the loose, can anyone be trusted?
Horror / Thriller
- June 25, 2020
Enter the Dragon Blu-ray Movie
龍爭虎鬥 / Theatrical Version
Criterion | 1973 | 99 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A martial-arts expert is determined to help capture the narcotics dealer whose gang was responsible for the death of his sister.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Martial arts
Fear the Walking Dead: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 716 min | Rated TV-MA | May 19, 2020 | Martin Liebman
What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.
Drama / Horror / Supernatural / Melodrama
Pennyworth: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 2019 | 564 min | Rated TV-MA | Jun 23, 2020 | Randy Miller III
The story of Alfred Pennyworth, a former special-forces officer living in London and working for Bruce Wayne's father.
Action / Crime / Drama / Comic book
America as Seen by a Frenchman Blu-ray Movie
L' Amérique insolite
Arrow | 1960 | 90 min | Not rated | Jun 02, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
At the end of the 1950s, celebrated French documentarian François Reichenbach spent eighteen months travelling the United States, documenting its diverse regions, their inhabitants and their pastimes. The result, America As Seen by a Frenchman, is a wide-eyed – perhaps even naïve – journey through a multitude of different Americas, filtered through a French sensibility and serving as a fascinating exploration of a culture that is both immediately familiar and thoroughly alien.
Documentary / Foreign
The H-Man / Battle in Outer Space Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1958-1959 | 2 Movies, 3 Cuts | 155 min | Not rated | Jun 09, 2020 | Martin Liebman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Foreign
The H-Man Blu-ray Movie
Bijo to Ekitainingen
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1958 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 86 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Martin Liebman
The Tokyo sewer system is an oozing mess after a radioactive liquid turns people into slimy blobs that float down the drains following a rainstorm. To add to the havoc, the gelatinous masses then begin to reproduce. The blobs are ultimately destroyed in a fire that lights up the city.
Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Foreign
Battle in Outer Space Blu-ray Movie
Uchū Daisensō
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1959 | 90 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Martin Liebman
A series of mysterious catastrophes sweep the globe, causing world's scientists to conclude that beings from another planet are attacking earth. Two earth space ships damage attackers, giving the world time to prepare for gigantic battle in outer space.
Action / Sci-Fi / Foreign
- June 24, 2020
Forgotten Gialli: Volume 1 Blu-ray Movie
The Killer Is One of 13 / Trauma / The Police Are Blundering in the Dark | Limited Edition of 5,000 | SOLD OUT
Vinegar Syndrome | 1973-1978 | 3 Movies | 259 min | Not rated | Jan 28, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
The giallo remains one of the most popular sub-genres in Italian and Spanish film history. But for all of the well-known and classic films the genre has spawned, so many others have been nearly impossible to enjoy since their theatrical debuts. This first entry in our 'Forgotten Gialli' series presents three rarities, two from Spain and one from Italy, none of which have ever been legally available in the English speaking world.
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Foreign
Trauma Blu-ray Movie
Violación fatal
Vinegar Syndrome | 1978 | 87 min | Not rated | Apr 28, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
A writer arrives to an isolated guesthouse run by a beautiful but strange woman, then a series of killings starts.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign