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Home- July 10, 2020
The Lady Eve Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1941 | 93 min | Not rated | Jul 14, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A trio of classy card sharks targets the socially awkward heir to brewery millions for his money, till one of them falls in love with him.
Comedy / Romance
Trolls World Tour 4K Blu-ray Movie
Dance Party Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2020 | 94 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
Transformers: The Last Knight 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2017 | 154 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 26, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Optimus Prime discovers that his home planet, Cybertron, is now a dead planet, which he comes to find he was responsible for killing. He finds a way to bring the planet back to life, but in order to do so he needs to find an artifact, and that artifact is on Earth.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + CD
Cleopatra | 2020 | 90 min | Not rated | Jun 30, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In 1977, a plane carrying Southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd mysteriously runs out of gas mid-air en route to a concert, crashing into a dangerous Louisiana swamp while killing several of the band members, crew and both pilots. Street Survivors: The True Story of The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash tells the story thru one of the survivors, drummer Artimus Pyle, who not only survived the fatal crash (that claimed the life of the band's founder and front man Ronnie Van Zant amongst others), but who also bravely pulled the remaining survivors out of the plane wreckage before staggering towards the nearest farmhouse in rural Louisiana to seek help.
Biography
L' Innocente Blu-ray Movie
The Innocent
Film Movement | 1976 | 129 min | Rated R | Jul 14, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful he becomes enamored of her again.
Drama / Romance / Foreign
- July 09, 2020
Primal Scream Blu-ray Movie
Dark Force Entertainment | 1987 | 90 min | Rated R | Apr 24, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In the future, a private detective tries to stop a large corporation from mining an element whose side effects include igniting human flesh and destroying internal body parts.
Sci-Fi / Thriller
Death Warrant Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1990 | 89 min | Rated R | Jul 07, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate in some murders of prisoners and jailors
Action / Crime / Drama
3:15 Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1986 | 85 min | Rated R | Jul 08, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
Violent crime is routine, organized drug trade runs rampant in the face of powerless authority, and a vicious street gang holds dominion with a savage reign of terror. Welcome to Lincoln High! Here "the Cobras" rule the school and everyone in it - everyone except for Jeff Hanna. Once the most feared member of the Cobras, Hanna got sick of fighting and got out of the gang for good. But now, the Cobras have brutalized his newfound girlfriend and threatened to kill him for his disloyalty. It's time for one final fight. It's time for one more showdown after the school day ends. It's time for someone to die. It's 3:15.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Trolls World Tour 4K Blu-ray Movie
Dance Party Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2020 | 94 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
Blood and Money Blu-ray Movie
Screen Media | 2020 | 89 min | Not rated | Jul 07, 2020 | Martin Liebman
A retired veteran hunting in the Allagash backcountry of Maine discovers a dead woman with a duffle bag full of money. He soon finds himself in a web of deceit and murder.
Thriller
Legion of Super Heroes: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 2006-2008 | 2 Seasons | 578 min | Not rated | Jul 14, 2020 | Randy Miller III
One thousand years from now the legendary Man of Steel inspires a group of emerging young heroes from the 31st century to band together and defend the newly formed United Planets. That is, if they don't kill each other first. In Season One, Legionnaires Bouncing Boy (Michael Cornacchia), Brainiac 5 (Adam Wylie), Saturn Girl (Kari Wahlgren) and Lightning Lad (Andy Milder) travel back in time to convince an awkward teen named Clark Kent (Yuri Lowenthal) to join their Legion of Super Heroes and battle their archnemeses, the Fatal Five. The insecure teen is, in turn, inspired by his new friends and, with their help, begins his journey to become the galaxy's greatest hero. Catching up two years later, Season Two presents Superman and the Legion with an even greater challenge: Kell-El, the Superman of the 41st century!
Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Inferno of Torture Blu-ray Movie
徳川いれずみ師：責め地獄 / Tokugawa irezumi-shi: Seme jigoku
Arrow | 1969 | 95 min | Not rated | Jul 07, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their production. Europeans pay more for tattooed beauties. Gorgeous tattooed women lead to a history of confrontation between two highly skilled masters of tattoo.
Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Foreign
- July 08, 2020
Trolls World Tour 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2020 | 90 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
Ghost Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Presents #8
Paramount Pictures | 1990 | 127 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 21, 2020 | Martin Liebman
After a man is shot and dies, he—as a ghost—teams with a psychic to uncover the truth behind his murder, and to save his sweetheart from a similar fate.
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Supernatural
Solid Metal Nightmares: The Films of Shinya Tsukamoto Blu-ray Movie
Tetsuo: The Iron Man / Tetsuo II: Body Hammer / The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo / Tokyo Fist / Bullet Ballet / A Snake of June / Vital / Haze / Kotoko / Killing
Arrow | 1987-2018 | 10 Movies | 754 min | Not rated | May 26, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Other / Romance / Sci-Fi / Short / Thriller / Dark humor / Psychological thriller / Imaginary / Erotic / Foreign / Surreal / Period
Tetsuo: The Iron Man Blu-ray Movie
鉄男 / Tetsuo
Arrow | 1989 | 67 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A strange man known only as the "metal fetishist", who seems to have an insane compulsion to stick scrap metal into his body, is hit and possibly killed by a Japanese "salaryman", out for a drive with his girlfriend. The salaryman then notices that he is being slowly overtaken by some kind of disease that is turning his body into scrap metal, and that his nemesis is not in fact dead but is somehow masterminding and guiding his rage and frustration-fueled transformation...
Horror / Sci-Fi / Dark humor / Foreign / Surreal
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer Blu-ray Movie
鉄男II BODY HAMMER
Arrow | 1992 | 83 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
When metal-worshipping fanatics abduct his son, a father unleashes his dormant destructive power, as his naked rage transforms the once-feeble flesh into a grisly symbiosis of metal and tissue. Who dares to defy the ultimate body-hammer?
Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Dark humor / Imaginary / Foreign / Surreal
The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo Blu-ray Movie
電柱小僧の冒険
Arrow | 1987 | 47 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Hikari is a boy who is bullied and teased by the other boys at school because he has the odd distinction of having an electricity pole growing out of his back. However, one of his classmates, a girl named Momo, comes to his rescue. Hikari thanks her by sharing his secret possession with her: a time machine. He then activates the time machine which transports him 25 years into a dark, dystopian, world of the future. There he encounters members of the Shinsengumi Vampire Gang in the process of hunting a woman named Dr. Sariba who is revealed to be Momo's future self. She explains to Hikari that she had been long expecting his arrival from the past and that he has a crucial role to play here -- he and he alone must save the world.
Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Short / Foreign
Tokyo Fist Blu-ray Movie
東京フィスト / Tokyo Fuisuto / Tokyo Ken
Arrow | 1995 | 90 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Tsuda is a young insurance salesman whose life, and the life of his fiancée Hizuru, is turned upside down when he meets an old schoolfriend, Takuji. Soon after Takuji's visit to Tsuda's apartment, Hizuru has her nipples pierced and starts making moves on Takuji while Tsuda begins a fitness and boxing campaign. The bizarre love triangle is linked to a half-forgotten incident from Tsuda and Takujis' youth.
Action / Drama / Horror / Other / Romance / Thriller / Dark humor / Foreign
Bullet Ballet Blu-ray Movie
バレット・バレエ
Arrow | 1998 | 87 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Goda returns home one night to find police cars and ambulances surrounding the entrance to his apartment building. When he gets upstairs he's told that his girlfriend, Kiriko, who he's been with for a decade, has committed suicide. If this wasn't devastating enough Goda also learns that she killed herself with a bullet to the head. With Japan having some of the strictest set of gun control laws in the world, not only is Goda left with the yawning, black "why" behind Kiriko's suicide, but also a whole other set of mysterious "hows", "wheres" and "whos". How did Kiriko get a handgun in the first place? From where? And most importantly from who? Goda goes on a quest into the gritty criminal underworld of Tokyo in order to answer these questions, and maybe inhabit the last days of Kiriko's life...
Crime / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Foreign