New Blu-ray Reviews

Anastasia Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition to 3000

Twilight Time | 1956 | 105 min | Not rated | Mar 15, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An opportunistic Russian businessman tries to pass a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia. But she is so convincing in her performance that even the biggest skeptics believe her.

Drama / History

The Gong Show Movie Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1980 | 89 min | Rated R | Mar 29, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A week in the life of "The Gong Show" host and creator Chuck Barris who lives through a series of outrageous competitors, stressful situations, a nervous breakdown and other comical characters involved in his life and work on the TV show.

Comedy

The Inspector Blu-ray Movie  

The DePatie-Freleng Collection

Kino Lorber | 1965-1969 | 237 min | Not rated | Apr 26, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

The screen's most comically inept detective wreaks havoc on the boulevards of Paris as he, with the help of his sidekick Deux Deux, wages his single-minded (and narrow-sighted) battle for justice. Initially presented as theatrical attractions, the cartoons gained a much greater audience when they were broadcast as part of the Pink Panther animated television series. This special edition collects all 34 episodes.

Animation / Comedy / Family / Short

Barcelona Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1994 | 102 min | Not rated | Apr 19, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Ted, a conservative, idealistic Chicago yuppie working in sales at his company's Barcelona office, is visited by his shallow, belligerent cousin Fred, a U.S. Navy officer. While bar-hopping, chasing women, and philosophizing about love, they're inadvertently caught up in the volatile political climate of post-Franco Spain, which irrevocably alters their lives.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Noma: My Perfect Storm Blu-ray Movie  

Magnolia Pictures | 2015 | 99 min | Not rated | Mar 22, 2016 | Michael Reuben

Creative genius Rene Redzepi is renowned as one of the world's best chefs. His restaurant Noma was voted best in the world four times, and he's been credited as revolutionizing the food world with his radical take on classic cuisine. Explore his universe with unprecedented access into his kitchen as he strives to reclaim his title.

Documentary

The Holcroft Covenant Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1985 | 113 min | Rated R | Apr 19, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

The son of a German General becomes part of a mysterious conspiracy to gain hidden Nazi funds.

Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller

Exodus Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition to 3000

Twilight Time | 1960 | 208 min | Not rated | Mar 15, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The theme is the founding of the state of Israel. The action begins on a ship filled with Jewish immigrants bound for Israel who are being off loaded on Cyprus. An Intelligence officer succeeds in getting them back on board their ship only to have the harbor blocked by the British with whom they must negotiate. The second part of the film is about the situation in Israel as independence is declared and most of their neighbors attack them.

Action / Drama / History / War

The Red House Blu-ray Movie  

The Film Detective | 1947 | 100 min | Not rated | Mar 29, 2016 | Michael Reuben

Teenage Meg convinces her schoolmate Nath to come help with chores on the farm where she lives with her aunt and uncle, Ellen and Pete. When Nath insists on using a short cut home through the woods, Pete warns him of danger associated with a mysterious red house. Curious, Meg and Nath ignore his warnings and begin exploring.

Drama / Film-Noir / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

Night of the Creeps Blu-ray Movie    

Umbrella Entertainment | 1986 | 90 min | Rated M | Mar 02, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A college couple in 1959, see an object plummet to Earth like a meteor. The boy accidentally swallows a space-slug that shoots out. In 1986, two freshmen roam the campus and stumble across the corpse of the boy who swallowed the space-slug. Once thawed out, the corpse comes to life.

Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Dark humor

Panic in Year Zero Blu-ray Movie  

End of the World / Survival

Kino Lorber | 1962 | 93 min | Not rated | Apr 19, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin (Ray Milland) and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he sets about the business of surviving in a world where, he knows, the old ideals of humanity will be first casualties. Not one to give up, he holds up a store for supplies and hides the family in a cave.

Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Journey to the Seventh Planet Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1962 | 77 min | Not rated | Apr 05, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

It's the year 2001 and most of the solar system has been explored by spacemen with the exception of the seventh planet from the sun, Uranus. The United Nations sends a five-man international team to check Uranus out. There, they are confronted by the "Being", whose mysterious brain cuts to the inner thoughts of the explorers and causes their thoughts to appear as mirages. Uranus is soon filled with a bevy of beautiful girls thought up by the spacemen. to go along with some quicksand, a one-eyed rodent and a really mean giant centipede...

Adventure / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi

Humans: 1.0 Blu-ray Movie  

Uncut UK Edition

Acorn Media | 2015 | 344 min | Not rated | Mar 29, 2016 | Michael Reuben

In the near future, technological advances have brought about the creation of life-like humanoid servants, called Synthetics—or synths—that help busy families simplify their lives.

Drama / Sci-Fi

Underground Blu-ray Movie    

Подземље / Podzemlje

BFI Video | 1995 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 170 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Feb 29, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The story follows an underground weapons manufacturer in Belgrade during WWII and evolves into fairly surreal situations. A black marketeer who smuggles the weapons to partisans doesn't mention to the workers that the war is over, and they keep producing. Years later, they break out of their underground "shelter" --- only to convince themselves that the war is still going on.

Comedy / Drama / Dark humor / Foreign

The Last Detail Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT

Twilight Time | 1973 | 104 min | Rated R | Jan 19, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison but decide to show him one last good time along the way.

Comedy / Drama

Phoenix Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 2014 | 99 min | Not rated | Apr 26, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A concentration-camp survivor searches ravaged postwar Berlin for the husband who might have betrayed her to the Nazis.

Drama / Foreign

Point Break 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2015 | 114 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 29, 2016 | Michael Reuben

A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".

Action / Crime / Sport / Heist

Point Break Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2015 | 114 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 29, 2016 | Michael Reuben

A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".

Action / Crime / Sport / Heist

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2015 | 138 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 05, 2016 | Martin Liebman

Three decades after the Empire's defeat, a new threat arises in the militant First Order. Defected stormtrooper Finn and the scavenger Rey are caught up in the Resistance's search for the missing Luke Skywalker.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Epic

Banshee: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

HBO | 2015 | 515 min | Rated TV-MA | Apr 05, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

From the creator of 'True Blood,' 'Banshee' centers on Lucas Hood, an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pennsylvania, where he continues his criminal activities, even as he’s hunted by the shadowy gangsters he betrayed years earlier.

Crime / Drama / Mystery

Turn It Up! A Celebration of the Electric Guitar Blu-ray Movie  

BFD | 2013 | 87 min | Not rated | Jan 22, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A celebration of the electric guitar, hosted by Kevin Bacon and featuring interviews & performances by B.B. King, Slash, Les Paul, Robby Krieger, John 5, Paul Stanley, Skunk Baxter, Jerry Cantrell, Nancy Wilson, and many more.

Documentary / Music