New Blu-ray Reviews

Circus of Fear [Psycho Circus[ Blu-ray Movie  

Five Golden Dragons

Blue Underground | 1966 | 90 min | Not rated | Jun 28, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A perfectly executed heist leads to murder and mayhem at a traveling circus. After thieves pull off a precisely-timed robbery, one of the crooks is stabbed to death. When Inspecter Elliott is assigned to the case, his search for the stolen cash leads him into the Barberini Circus. The criminal's body is discovered and a circus member is murdered - both victims of the same phantom killer. Elliott becomes caught up in the lives of the performers, whose private jealousies and indiscretions lead him through a labyrinth of clues to the location of the money and the killer...

Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Heist

Movie Movie Blu-ray Movie  

Scorpion Releasing | 1978 | 105 min | Rated PG | Jun 28, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.

Comedy / Musical

Five Miles to Midnight Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1962 | 110 min | Not rated | Jul 26, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

A poor Parisian couple embarks upon a simple get-rich-quick scheme only to find themselves hurtling down a winding road of desperation, deceit, and madness.

Crime / Drama

I Saw the Light Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2015 | 124 min | Rated R | Jul 05, 2016 | Martin Liebman

The story of the legendary country western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his meteoric rise to fame and its ultimately tragic effect on his health and personal life.

Biography / Music

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League - Gotham City Breakout Blu-ray Movie  

with Nightwing figurine / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2016 | 78 min | Not rated | Jul 12, 2016 | Michael Reuben

Fighting crime is a full-time job and Batman NEVER takes a vacation. That is until he finally agrees to let Batgirl and Nightwing take him on a long overdue trip - leaving Gotham City under the watchful eye of the Justice League.

Animation / Family / Comic book

A War Blu-ray Movie  

Krigen

Magnolia Pictures | 2015 | 115 min | Rated R | Jun 07, 2016 | Michael Reuben

Company commander Claus M. Pedersen and his men are stationed in an Afghan province. Back in Denmark, Claus' wife Maria is trying to hold everyday life together with a husband at war and three children missing their father. During a routine mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy crossfire and in order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that has grave consequences for himself and his family back home.

Drama / War / Foreign

Five Golden Dragons Blu-ray Movie  

Blue Underground | 1967 | 105 min | Not rated | Jun 28, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Hitchcock hero Robert Cummings stars in this exotic British feature from 1967, adapting one of Edgar Wallace's celebrated Commissioner Sanders stories. Directed by ITC stalwart Jeremy Summers and produced by B-movie legend Harry Alan Towers, Five Golden Dragons combines glamorous locations, gorgeous girls, mystery, action and plenty of humour, with Christopher Lee, George Raft and Brian Donlevy among the villainous 'dragons' encountered. The film is presented here in a brand-new transfer from original elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Bob Mitchell, an American playboy newly arrived in Hong Kong, is the recipient of an enigmatic written message, found on the body of a dead man. The message reads simply: 'Five Golden Dragons'. It is Mitchell's introduction to an illicit gold-trafficking operation, and he soon finds himself in the midst of a power struggle between a secretive global crime syndicate and brutal local mobsters...

Action / Drama

Green Room Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2015 | 95 min | Rated R | Jul 12, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A young punk rock band find themselves trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling upon a horrific act of violence.

Horror / Thriller

By the Sea Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2015 | 122 min | Rated R | Jul 05, 2016 | Martin Liebman

Set in France during the mid-1970s, Vanessa, a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an American writer, travel the country together. They seem to be growing apart, but when they linger in one quiet, seaside town they begin to draw close to some of its more vibrant inhabitants, such as a local bar/café-keeper and a hotel owner.

Drama / Romance

American Girl: Lea to the Rescue Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2016 | 98 min | Not rated | Jun 14, 2016 | Martin Liebman

Born for adventure, Lea Clark heads deep into the Brazilian rainforest, where her most exciting story awaits. When Lea’s brother, Zac, goes missing while studying the ecology in South America—and she suspects he’s fallen prey to a band of ruthless animal poachers—Lea convinces her mom to spring into action. From the minute their plane touches down, Lea’s mom wants her to stay safe in the city, but Lea is determined to save both her brother and the endangered exotic animals she loves! Will Lea come to the rescue of her brother before it’s too late?

Family

Rocky Mountain Express 4K Blu-ray Movie  

IMAX / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Shout Factory | 2011 | 45 min | Not rated | Jul 12, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Documentary

Rocky Mountain Express Blu-ray Movie  

IMAX / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Shout Factory | 2011 | 45 min | Not rated | Jul 12, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Documentary

Belladonna of Sadness Blu-ray Movie  

Cinelicious Pics | 1973 | 87 min | Not rated | Jul 12, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The beautiful peasant woman Jeanne is raped by a demonic overlord on her wedding night. Spurned by her husband, she has no outlet for her awakened libido, which develops to give her powers of witchcraft.

Anime / Drama / Fantasy / Foreign / Surreal

The Mermaid Blu-ray Movie  

美人鱼 / Mei Ren Yu / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2016 | 94 min | Rated R | Jul 05, 2016 | Martin Liebman

Xuan's estate project involving reclamation of the sea threatens the livelihood of the mermaids who rely on the sea to survive. Shan is dispatched to stop Xuan and this leads them into falling for each other. Out of his love for Shan, Xuan plans to stop the reclamation. Unfortunately, Shan and the other mermaids are hunted by a hidden organization, and Xuan has to save Shan before it's too late.

Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Sci-Fi / Foreign

The Adderall Diaries Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2015 | 105 min | Rated R | Jul 05, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

As a writer stymied by past success, writers block, substance abuse, relationship problems and a serious set of father issues, Elliott's cracked-out chronicle of a bizarre murder trial amounts to less than the sum of its parts. Not long into the 2007 trial of programmer Hans Reiser, accused of murdering his wife, the defendant's friend Sean Sturgeon obliquely confessed to several murders (though not the murder of Reiser's wife). Elliott, caught up in the film-ready twist and his tenuous connection to Sturgeon (they share a BDSM social circle), makes a gonzo record of the proceedings. The result is a scattered, self-indulgent romp through the mind of a depressive narcissist obsessed with his insecurities and childhood traumas.

Action / Drama / Thriller

The Young Messiah Blu-ray Movie  

Christ the Lord / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2016 | 111 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 14, 2016 | Martin Liebman

Tells the story of Jesus Christ at age seven as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to Nazareth. Told from his childhood perspective, it follows young Jesus as he grows into his religious identity.

Drama / Period

Francofonia Blu-ray Movie  

Music Box Films | 2015 | 87 min | Not rated | Jun 28, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A history of the Louvre during the Nazi occupation and a meditation on the meaning and timelessness of art.

Documentary / Drama / History

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1964 | 95 min | Rated PG | Jun 28, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

After a psychotic Air Force general unleashes an ingenious, foolproof and irrevocable scheme sending bombers to attack the Soviet Union, the U.S. President phones the Soviet premier in a desperate effort to save the world.

Drama / War / Dark humor / Imaginary

House of Cards: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2016 | 646 min | Rated TV-MA | Jul 05, 2016 | Martin Liebman

Ruthless and cunning, Congressman Francis Underwood and his wife Claire stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex, and corruption in modern D.C.

Drama / Dark humor

Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe Blu-ray Movie  

九层妖塔 / Ghost Blows Out: The Nine-Story Demon Tower

Well Go USA | 2015 | 115 min | Unrated | Jul 05, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In 1979, giants fossils belonging to unknown creatures are found in the mountains near Mongolian border, along with the perfectly preserved remains of a human form thousands of years ago. An government-funded excavation endeavor is initiated, led by Professor Yang. Among the workers is Hu Bayi, a young soldier who in love with the Professor’s beautiful daughter Ping. When a freak explosion collapses the excavated tunnels, the Professor asks for volunteers to venture with him and his daughter in the mountain and find a new passageway. Hu and a few others step forward, and soon the small group is trekking through the mountain’s treacherous bowels. After the group is decimated by strange, lethal bats, the survivors fall into a precipice, only to wake up at the bottom, miraculously alive. And while looking for a way out, they discover a mysterious cyclopean temple which – as it soon becomes apparent – the Professor had been actively looking for.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Foreign