The Bootleg Files: Look-Out Sister

Posted on July 26, 2024 by Phil Hall

BOOTLEG FILES 873: “Look-Out Sister” (1947 musical starring Louis Jordan).

LAST SEEN: On YouTube.

AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: On public domain labels.

REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: A lapsed copyright.

CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Nope, it is doomed to public domain hell.

During the 1940s, singer/songwriter and bandleader Louis Jordan was among the most popular entertainers of the decade. Jordan’s invigorating mix of big band, boogie-woogie and jazz music coupled with his often-amusing lyrics and ebullient performing style resulted in rollicking fun.
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Eighteen Years in Prison (1967) (aka Choueki juhachi-nen) [Radiance Films]

Posted on July 26, 2024 by Emilie Black

Out on Blu-ray and 4K UHD July 30, 2024

Following getting caught and imprisoned for working on the black market, a former prisoner comes across his partner who got away following this stint his stint in prison when they both fall for the same woman.

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Fuck You, Cupid (2024)

Posted on July 25, 2024 by Felix Vasquez

Having its world premiere at the LA International Short Film Festival, director Felipe Marinheiro’s short romance is a cute but interesting short about the ideas of fate, and whether or not destiny exists. There’s always that concept of ignorance being bliss and the protagonist of “Fuck You, Cupid” decides to tempt fate.

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The Beast Within (2024) [FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024]

Posted on July 25, 2024 by Emilie Black

Three generations of a family living in a fortified compound have a secret they cannot let out.

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Sting (2024)

Posted on July 25, 2024 by Emilie Black

On Blu-ray & DVD July 30 from Well Go USA

12-year-old Charlotte finds and raises a spider that grows at an incredible rate. Soon, people in her building die in mysterious ways, something Charlotte needs to face and deal with before her family becomes the next victims.

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) [Arrow Video Limited Edition]

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Emilie Black

Out on Blu-ray and 4K UHD July 30, 2024

When a CIA agent and a KGB agent find themselves on a joint mission to stop an organization from getting nuclear weapons in the wrong hands, they butt heads, but find a way to make things work.

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Flatters (2024)

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Felix Vasquez

Having had its world premiere at the LA Shorts International Film Festival, Dennis Flippin and Doug Wyckoff’s short comedy is a bizarre tale of being careful what you wish for. “Flatters” excels a lot at weird, absurdist comedy that lampoons the whole system of conspiracy theorists, while also putting its main character in to a hole that he might not be able to escape any time soon.

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