New Blu-ray Reviews

The Angry Birds Movie 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D

Sony Pictures | 2016 | 97 min | Rated PG | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

Find out why the birds are so angry. When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies, it's up to three unlikely outcasts - Red, Chuck and Bomb - to figure out what the pigs are up to.

Action / Animation / Comedy / Family

The Seven-Ups Blu-ray Movie    

Signal One Entertainment | 1973 | 103 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Jun 27, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

New York City cops wage a war against assorted hoods and criminals after one of their own is brutally killed by a hoodlum. Seven-Ups refers to the minimum jail time each of the crooks will have to spend if they are caught.

Action / Crime / Drama

Battles Without Honor and Humanity Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Arrow | 1973 | 99 min | Not rated | Aug 09, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Kinji Fukasaku directed this powerful and uncompromising look at the deadly stakes of life among the Yakuza. Shozo Hirono is a former Japanese soldier who, following his nation's defeat in World War II, finds himself in a prison cell in Hiroshima on a murder charge. While behind bars, Hirono gains a loyal friend in fellow criminal Wagasugi

Action / Crime / Drama / Foreign

Murdoch Mysteries: Season 9 Blu-ray Movie  

Acorn Media | 2015-2016 | 800 min | Not rated | Aug 02, 2016 | Michael Reuben

At the dawn of the 20th century, Detective William Murdoch solves Toronto’s trickiest cases with scientific insight and ingenuity.

Action / Crime / Mystery / Period

Hellhole Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 1985 | 95 min | Rated R | Jul 26, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

An unlucky woman's mother is murdered by a scarf-wielding killer named Silk, leaving the woman injured, traumatised and suffering from amnesia. She's committed to a mental institution, where Silk follows her, looking for the papers he was trying to get from her mother. And Silk's only the beginning of her problems, since the asylum is run by a mad doctor, performing experiments in chemical lobotomies!

Action / Drama / Horror

The Money Pit Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 1986 | 91 min | Rated PG | Aug 16, 2016 | Martin Liebman

Evicted from their Manhattan apartment, Walter and Anna buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank account–draining nightmare.

Comedy

His and Hers Blu-ray Movie    

Network | 1961 | 73 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Aug 11, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Writer Reggie Blake takes an unorthodox approach to his craft, seeking inspiration in the various adventures suggested by his editor. Blake’s latest research trip sees him getting lost in the desert and adopted by a Bedouin tribe; and by the time he finally gets home his personality has been utterly transformed – to the displeasure of his wife, Fran...

Comedy

Ratchet & Clank Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2016 | 94 min | Rated PG | Aug 23, 2016 | Martin Liebman

Ratchet and Clank tells the story of two unlikely heroes as they struggle to stop a vile alien named Chairman Drek from destroying every planet in the Solana Galaxy. When the two stumble upon a dangerous weapon capable of destroying entire planets, they must join forces with a team of colorful heroes called The Galactic Rangers in order to save the galaxy. Along the way they'll learn about heroism, friendship, and the importance of discovering one's own identity.

Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi

Female Prisoner Scorpion: The Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion / Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 / Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable / Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song | Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

Arrow | 1972-1973 | 4 Movies | 353 min | Not rated | Aug 09, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Arrow | 1972 | 87 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.

Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Arrow | 1972 | 89 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Matsu, known to the prisoners as Scorpion, is locked away in the bowels of the prison as revenge for disrupting the smooth operation of the prison and for her disfiguring attack on the warden. Granted a one day reprieve due to the visit of a dignitary, she takes advantage and attacks the warden again. This leads to more brutal punishment and humiliation. But the punishment gives her an opportunity to escape along with six other female prisoners. Their surreal flight from prison pits the convicts against the guards, the warden and each other.

Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Arrow | 1973 | 87 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Matsu is sheltered by an incestuous prostitute on her run from the police, her ex-prison mate and a cop whose arm she hacked off.

Crime / Drama / Foreign

Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Arrow | 1973 | 88 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Once again on the lam, Matsu is helped by a strip club worker who holds a grudge against the detective who's trying to find her.

Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1972 | 91 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 16, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

This is a retelling of the old tale of Hansel and Gretel, but set in England in the 1920's. To the children and staff at the orphanage, Auntie Roo is a kindly American widow who gives them a lavish Christmas party each year in her mansion, Forrest Grange. In reality, she is a severely disturbed woman, who keeps the mummified remains of her little daughter in a nursery in the attic. One Christmas, her eye falls upon a little girl who reminds her of her daughter and she imprisons her in her attic. Nobody believes her brother, Christopher, when he tells them what has happened, so he goes to rescue her...

Drama / Horror / Thriller / Holiday

Truck Stop Women Blu-ray Movie  

Code Red | 1974 | 88 min | Rated R | May 23, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

A mother and daughter who run a brothel for truckers fight back when the Mafia tries to take over their operation.

Action / Crime / Drama

The Titanic: The Epic Mini-Series Event Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1996 | 174 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 02, 2016 | Martin Liebman

If only...The saga of H.M.S. Titanic resonates with "if only..." If only the designers, builders and owners hadn't bought into the ultimately fatal myth of her being unsinkable...If only the chairman of the White Star Line hadn't decided, in a fit of corporate hubris, to try to chop a day off the trans-Atlantic crossing record by ordering the Titanic's speed increased to a dangerous 22-plus knots, even though icebergs were a well-known menace...If only the Titanic had been adequately supplied with lifeboats. There were, in fact, places for only 1,200 people, although 2,228 passengers and crew were aboard the glittering pleasure palace for her maiden — and final — voyage. What makes the Titanic saga so compelling, of course, are the private stories of those who embarked on the fateful crossing, many of whom we meet in this mini-series. In the end, the facts are simple — and grim. The Titanic struck the iceberg at 11:40 the night of April 14, 1912. At 2:20 a.m.,two hours and forty minutes later, the Titanic literally broke in half and slid under the surface of the Atlantic. Survivors reported a long, stunned silence followed the sinking. Seven hundred five people were rescued, many of them plucked barely alive from the almost calm sea, which was a frigid 28 degrees. Fifteen hundred twenty-three people perished. Most of the bodies were never recovered. To this day, it is a tragedy that grips the imagination.

Drama / History / Romance

Maggie's Plan Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2015 | 99 min | Rated R | Aug 23, 2016 | Martin Liebman

A young woman longing to start a family (Greta Gerwig) becomes involved in a complicated love triangle with a professor (Ethan Hawke) and his theorist wife (Julianne Moore).

Comedy

Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition - 1,000 copies

Scorpion Releasing | 1973 | 89 min | Rated R | Jun 28, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

John Considine plays the flamboyant Dr. Death, a thousand-year-old magician who has mastered he art of transferring souls from one body to another and thereby manages to perpetuate himself by jumping from one body to the next. Apparently the Doc is a kindred spirit since his blood is a highly-corrosive acid that can strip flesh from bone.

Horror

Modesty Blaise Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1966 | 119 min | Not rated | Aug 23, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

Her entire appearance changes in a finger snap. She thrashes villains without missing a spiked-heeled step. Welcome to the mad, mod world sexy, stylish intrigue as British comic strip character Modesty Blaise comes to life in this outrageous spy spoof. Hired by the government to prevent a diamond heist, Modesty (Monica Vitti) recruits her wily sidekick Willie Garvin (Terence Stamp) to help her battle crafty, colorful foes on the secluded island of a suave mastermind thief (Dirk Bogarde). Grooving with mile-high hairdos and swinging, psychedelic wall patterns, Modesty Blaise is campy entertainment at its best!

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Comic book / Heist

Breaker! Breaker! Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1977 | 86 min | Rated PG | Mar 22, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Truck driver searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge.

Action / Adventure / Crime