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Home- May 15, 2019
Road to Morocco Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1942 | 81 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Made during the Second World War, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby are shipwrecked near the coast of Morocco and find the country hostile to foreigners. The usual mayhem occurs with the beautiful Princess Shalmar (Dorothy Lamour) buying Crosby as a plaything.
Adventure / Comedy / Family / Musical / Romance
Sex Madness Revealed Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 2018 | 67 min | Not rated | May 07, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Jimmy Morris (Patton Oswalt) has a special surprise guest on his podcast, The Film Dick. It's Chester Holloway (Rob Zabrecky) who reveals all the secrets behind the mysterious 1939 film, 'Sex Madness.'
Comedy / Fantasy / Horror
Princess Mononoke Blu-ray Movie
もののけ姫 / Mononoke-hime / Blu-ray + CD
Shout Factory | 1997 | 133 min | Rated PG-13 | May 14, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
While fighting to save his village from the attack of a demon-god, Ashitaka comes in contact with it and is inflicted with a deadly curse. In his search for a cure he is forced to leave his village forever and journey to the forest inhabited by animal gods. There he finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and a village led by Lady Eboshi.
Adventure / Anime / Drama / Fantasy / Foreign / Epic / Period
- May 14, 2019
Field of Dreams 4K Blu-ray Movie
30th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1989 | 106 min | Rated PG | May 14, 2019 | Martin Liebman
An Iowa farmer hears a voice in his cornfield accompanied by a vision of a baseball field. He takes it as a sign to build a baseball diamond which would ennable Shoeless Joe Jackson of the infamous Chicago "Black" Sox to play ball again.
Drama / Family / Sport / Imaginary
Mortuary Blu-ray Movie
MVD Visual | 2005 | 94 min | Rated R | May 14, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The Doyle family moves to rural California to start a new life; perhaps a strange choice because their new life takes on the form of running the long abandoned Fowler Brothers Funeral Home. The locals fear the place, and there are whispers around town that the land the home lies on is haunted. The Doyle family will soon discover that something lurks beneath the soil — something that raises rotten corpses from their long forgotten graves and feeds on death itself.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Dragged Across Concrete Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2018 | 158 min | Rated R | Apr 30, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Two policemen, one an old-timer, the other his volatile younger partner, find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics becomes the media's cause du jour. Low on cash and with no other options, these two embittered soldiers descend into the criminal underworld to gain their just due, but instead find far more than they wanted awaiting them in the shadows.
Action / Crime / Drama / Heist
- May 13, 2019
Japón Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 2002 | 134 min | Rated R | Mar 26, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A man leaves Mexico City for the remote countryside to prepare for his death. There he finds lodging with an old Indian widow in her rickety home overlooking a desolate canyon. In the vastness of a wild, breathtaking nature, he confronts the old woman's infinite humanity and oscillates between cruelty and lyricism. His dulled senses return to him, reawakening his desires and instincts for life and raw sexuality.
Adventure / Drama / Foreign
Hellboy II: The Golden Army 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2008 | 120 min | Rated PG-13 | May 07, 2019 | Martin Liebman
After an ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready to erupt. A ruthless leader who treads the world above and the one below defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. Now, it's up to the planet's toughest, roughest superhero to battle the merciless dictator and his marauders. He may be red. He may be horned. He may be misunderstood. But when you need the job done right, it's time to call in Hellboy. Along with his expanding team in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Development — pyrokinetic girlfriend Liz, aquatic empath Abe and protoplasmic mystic Johann — the BPRD will travel between the surface strata and the unseen magical one, where creatures of fantasy become corporeal. And Hellboy, a creature of two worlds who's accepted by neither, must choose between the life he knows and an unknown destiny that beckons him.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
The Satanic Rites of Dracula Blu-ray Movie
Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride
Warner Bros. | 1973 | 88 min | Rated R | Nov 13, 2018 | Randy Miller III
In London in the 1970's, Scotland Yard police investigators think they have uncovered a case of vampirism. They call in an expert vampire researcher named Van Helsing (a descendant of the great vampire-hunter himself, no less) to help them put a stop to these hideous crimes. It becomes apparent that the culprit is Count Dracula himself, disguised as a reclusive property developer, but secretly plotting to unleash a fatal virus upon the world...
Horror / Thriller / Supernatural
Cold Pursuit 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 119 min | Rated R | May 14, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A snowplow driver seeks revenge against the drug dealers he thinks killed his son. Based on the 2014 Norwegian film 'In Order of Disappearance'.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Cold Pursuit Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 119 min | Rated R | May 14, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A snowplow driver seeks revenge against the drug dealers he thinks killed his son. Based on the 2014 Norwegian film 'In Order of Disappearance'.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
The Street Fighter Collection Blu-ray Movie
The Streetfighter / Return of the Street Fighter / The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
Shout Factory | 1974 | 3 Movies, 4 Cuts | 257 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Martial arts / Foreign
The Street Fighter Blu-ray Movie
Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken / 激突！殺人拳
Shout Factory | 1974 | 91 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
Terry is a tough, mercenary, master of martial arts. When an important business magnate dies, leaving billions to his daughter, the Mafia and Yakuza try to hire Terry to kidnap the daughter. When they refuse to meet his exorbitant price, then try to kill him to conceal their secret plans, he promptly offers his services to protect her. Much ultra-violent martial-arts fighting action, as expected, ensues. This also includes a subplot of a family's bloodfeud with Terry over a disputed debt.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Martial arts / Foreign
Return of the Street Fighter Blu-ray Movie
Satsujin ken 2 / 殺人拳２
Shout Factory | 1974 | 83 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
Takuma "Terry" Tsurugi returns. In this sequel, he sets out to bust up a phony charity put together by the Yukuza.
Action / Martial arts / Foreign
The Street Fighter's Last Revenge Blu-ray Movie
Gyakushû! Satsujin ken / 逆襲！殺人拳 / Street Fighter Counterattacks! / Revenge! The Killing Fist
Shout Factory | 1974 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 83 min | Rated R | Mar 26, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back.
Action / Crime / Drama / Martial arts / Foreign
- May 12, 2019
Emmanuelle 3 Blu-ray Movie
Goodbye Emmanuelle
Kino Lorber | 1977 | 100 min | Not rated | Apr 09, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Emmanuelle and her architect husband continue their amoral lifestyle in the Seychelles. But when a casual dalliance between her and a film director starts to turn serious, her husband shows very traditional signs of jealousy.
Drama / Erotic / Foreign
Forrest Gump Blu-ray Movie
Remastered | 25th Anniversary / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1994 | 142 min | Rated PG-13 | May 07, 2019 | Martin Liebman
The title character leads viewers through an accidental travelogue of U.S. social history from the early 1960s through the present in this revisionist fable. Vietnam, desegregation, Watergate, and more are presented from the perspective of loveably slow-witted Forrest Gump as he finds himself embroiled in situations he can't quite comprehend.
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Epic / Period
Forrest Gump Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1994 | 142 min | Rated PG-13 | May 07, 2019 | Martin Liebman
The title character leads viewers through an accidental travelogue of U.S. social history from the early 1960s through the present in this revisionist fable. Vietnam, desegregation, Watergate, and more are presented from the perspective of loveably slow-witted Forrest Gump as he finds himself embroiled in situations he can't quite comprehend.
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Epic / Period
Sixteen Candles Blu-ray Movie
35th Anniversary Limited Edition / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1984 | 93 min | Rated PG | Apr 30, 2019 | Randy Miller III
It's Samantha Baker's sweet sixteen birthday and no one in her family remembers the occasion. She's a typical teen, enduring creepy freshman, spoiled siblings, confused parents and the Big Blonde on campus who stands between her and the boy of her dreams.
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Teen / Coming of age
Kokkoku: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2018 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Apr 16, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
Juri Yukawa needs a timeout from her life. She's failed 19 job interviews, she's stuck living with her crazy family, and her chances of escaping to a life of her own are becoming increasingly remote. Suddenly, all of that becomes unimportant when her brother and nephew are kidnapped and held for an impossibly high ransom. That's when Juri's grandfather reveals an incredible secret: a mystical stone that allows Juri, her father and her Grandpa to enter the state of Stasis, where everyone else in the world is frozen in time! That should make rescuing their family easy, right? Wrong, because there's a sinister organization working against them who also can literally beat the clock!
Anime / Drama / Mystery / Comic book / Foreign