New Blu-ray Reviews

The Rosary Murders Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1987 | 105 min | Rated R | Mar 01, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

A priest is put in a dilemma when the serial killer who has been murdering priests and nuns confesses to him.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Donovan's Brain Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1953 | 83 min | Not rated | Mar 22, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

Dr. Patrick Cory has a hideous hobby — he keeps brains alive! So when the brain of dead murderer W.H. Donovan falls into his possession, bringing him back becomes his obsession. But the cunning cranium has its own agenda — to control the doctor's mind through telepathic messages! Now, Cory's wife must put a stop to the devious brain before it destroys the man she loves — and her in the process!

Horror / Sci-Fi

The Angry Silence Blu-ray Movie    

Vintage Classics

Studio Canal | 1960 | 95 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jan 13, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

There had never been any trouble at Mardindale's - the factory which dominated the town of Melsham - until Travers came to work there. But then that was Travers' intention. He came to make trouble. There was only one man brave enough to stand up to him, and this is the story of Tom's fight to protect himself and his family from the bullying tactics of the union.

Drama

WWE Sting - Into the Light Blu-ray Movie  

WWE Studios | 2015 | 76 min | Not rated | Oct 13, 2015 | Martin Liebman

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the man behind the black and white face paint with Sting: Into the Light. Go into the mind of "The Vigilante" himself as he reflects on his historic career in sports entertainment and prepares to compete in a WWE ring for the first time ever on The Grandest Stage of Them All at WrestleMania. Hear from his greatest allies and rivals, relive his greatest matches as "The Franchise of WCW" and see "The Man Called Sting" finally emerge from the shadows and into the light.

Action / Documentary / Sport

The Emigrants / The New Land Blu-ray Movie  

Utvandrarna / Nybyggarna

Criterion | 1971-1972 | 2 Movies | 395 min | Not rated | Feb 09, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

See individual titles for their synopses.

Drama / History / Western / Foreign

Criminal Activities Blu-ray Movie  

RLJ Entertainment | 2015 | 94 min | Not rated | Feb 16, 2016 | Michael Reuben

Four former high school classmates men make a risky investment that lands them in debt to a mob loan shark.

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Transformations Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1988 | 80 min | Rated R | Mar 01, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

Wolfgang is traveling in outer space when a monster, which he sees as a beautiful woman, appears in his spaceship and makes love with him. Then the ship is forced to land on a planet which is a penal colony. Here he meets Miranda who falls in love with him. A group of prisoners uses him and his spaceship to fly away from the planet. But the monster which is by now inside Wolfgang arouses and only Miranda's love can save him.

Horror / Sci-Fi

The Vikings Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1958 | 116 min | Not rated | Mar 08, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

Bitter hatred divides two brothers, as they also fight for the love of a captive princess, forcing a bloody duel that decides their fate... and the future of the English throne.

Action / Adventure / Period

The New Land Blu-ray Movie  

Nybyggarna

Criterion | 1972 | 203 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The life of an immigrant family from Sweden in the Minnesota's forests, during mid-19th century

Drama / Western / Foreign / Epic / Period

Spotlight Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2015 | 129 min | Rated R | Feb 23, 2016 | Martin Liebman

Tells the true story of the Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world’s oldest and most trusted institutions.

Biography / Drama / History

Grimm: Season Four Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2014-2015 | 944 min | Not rated | Sep 29, 2015 | Martin Liebman

In modern day Portland, Oregon, a police detective inherits the ability to see supernatural creatures.

Crime / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Supernatural

I Confess Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1953 | 95 min | Not rated | Feb 16, 2016 | Michael Reuben

Refusing to break the seal of confession in response to a police investigator's questions, a priest becomes the prime suspect in a murder.

Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller

Bedazzled Blu-ray Movie    

Mephisto '68

Capelight Pictures | 1967 | 103 min | Rated FSK-12 | Jul 17, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Lovelorn Stanley Moon, a short-order cook at Wimpy Burger, is infatuated with the beautiful waitress Margaret Spencer. This unrequited love causes Stanley to nearly end his life until he is visited by the devil, who offers Stanley seven wishes in exchange for his soul. After accepting the offer, Stanley soon realizes "the devil's in the details" as each wish takes a surprising twist.

Comedy / Fantasy / Romance

Pressure Point Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1962 | 91 min | Not rated | Feb 16, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An African-American prison psychiatrist (Sidney Poitier) finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate (Bobby Darin) with bigoted Nazi tendencies.

Pray for Death Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1985 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 98 min | Not rated | Feb 16, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Akira Saito, a Japanese businessman lives in Tokyo with his Japanese-American wife Aiko and their children, Takeshi and Tomoya. When the family has a chance to move to the United States so that Aiko can teach the children about their American heritage, they pack up and head for Houston, Texas and run a restaurant. This is where the trouble begins…

Action / Drama / Martial arts

Extraction Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2015 | 83 min | Rated R | Feb 23, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

When a terrorist group kidnaps retired CIA field operative Leonard Turner, his son Harry Turner, a government analyst who has been repeatedly turned down for field service, launches his own unsanctioned rescue operation. While evading highly skilled operatives, deadly assassins, and international terrorists, Harry finally puts his combat training to the test in a high stakes mission to find his father and to stop a terrorist plot. 

Action / Thriller

Cop Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1988 | 111 min | Rated R | Mar 01, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

Police detective Lloyd Hopkins (Woods) doesn't like to be told what to do, or what not to do. Stripped of his badge and gun, he pursues a killer no one thinks exists. By uncovering a secret hidden in a high-school yearbook, he will piece together seemingly unrelated clues to expose crimes dating back two decades.

Crime / Drama

Beachhead Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1954 | 90 min | Not rated | Feb 16, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission attempt goes horribly wrong. Trapped on the island, they must escort a scientist and his daughter to the other side of the island where their ship awaits. They must battle nature, hard terrain, and advancing Japanese troops.

Drama / War

This Changes Everything Blu-ray Movie  

Video Service Corp. | 2015 | 89 min | Rated PG | Jan 12, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Filmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. Inspired by Naomi Klein’s international non-fiction bestseller This Changes Everything, the film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Klein’s narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. Throughout the film, Klein builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. The extraordinary detail and richness of the cinematography in THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING provides an epic canvas for this exploration of the greatest challenge of our time. Unlike many films about the climate crisis, this is not a film that tries to scare the audience into action: it aims to empower. Provocative, compelling, and accessible to even the most climate-fatigued viewers, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING will leave you refreshed and inspired, reflecting on the ties between us, the kind of lives we really want, and why the climate crisis is at the centre of it all. Will this film change everything? Absolutely not. But you could, by answering its call to action.

Documentary

The Emigrants Blu-ray Movie  

Utvandrarna

Criterion | 1971 | 192 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In the middle of the 19th century, Kristina and Karl-Oskar live in a small rural village in Smaaland (southern Sweden). They get married and try to make a living on a small spot of land. However, the small size of their land, the infertile soil, and some bad harvests make it tough. One of their children even starves to death. Thus, they decide to emigrate to the U.S. They meet a group of farmers with their families planning the emigration under the leadership of a banned priest. They sell everything and embark for the U.S. The journey on the sailing ship is long and tedious. Some of the emigrants will never reach the New World.

Drama / History / Foreign / Epic / Period