New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- November 24, 2015
Pitfall Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1948 | 86 min | Not rated | Nov 17, 2015 | Brian Orndorf
An insurance man's (Dick Powell) affair with a blonde (Lizabeth Scott) leads to guilt, murder and a confession to his wife (Jane Wyatt).
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery
Queen: A Night at the Odeon Blu-ray Movie
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 1975 | 90 min | Not rated | Nov 20, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
December 24, 1975: London's Hammersmith Odeon. Onstage at this legendary venue, the four members of Queen are bringing to a close a ground-breaking show, transmitted live on BBC TV, and also bringing to a climax the most eventful and exciting year in their careers so far – one that has taken them from the UK to America to Japan, sealing their transition from ambitious upstarts into one of the biggest and most important bands of the era - and beyond.
Documentary / Music
Ricki and the Flash Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2015 | 101 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 24, 2015 | Martin Liebman
An aging rock star tries to connect with her estranged kids.
Comedy / Drama / Music
The Who: Live in Hyde Park Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + CD
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2014 | 128 min | Not rated | Nov 20, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The Who: Live In Hyde Park is a concert film featuring The Who's performance at Hyde Park London on 26th June 2015, as part of their 50th anniversary tour, in front of a capacity crowd of 65, 000 fans. The film features original interviews with Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey where they reflect on their 50 years together and their relationship with their fans.
Music
The Original Christmas Classics Anniversary Collector's Edition Blu-ray Movie
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / Frosty the Snowman / Santa Claus is Comin' to Town / Frosty Returns / The Little Drummer Boy / Cricket on the Hearth / Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol
Classic Media | 1962-1992 | 7 Movies | 277 min | Rated TV-G | Nov 17, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Short / Holiday
A Hard Day Blu-ray Movie
끝까지 간다
Kino Lorber | 2014 | 111 min | Unrated | Nov 24, 2015 | Brian Orndorf
Detective Gun-Soo skips out on his mother-in-law's funeral to attend to a crisis at the police station. While driving to the station a man appears out of nowhere and Detective Gun-Soo crashes into him with his car. The man is dead and Detective Gun-Soo panics. He drags the dead man to his car and throws him into his car trunk. Detective Gun-Soo's hard day is just beginning.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Dark humor / Foreign
- November 23, 2015
White of the Eye Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 1987 | 111 min | Rated R | Nov 17, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A serial killer is on the loose in and around the small community of Globe, Arizona, and housewife Joan White gradually comes to suspect that her opera-loving hi-fi engineer husband Paul might know more than he’s letting on.
Thriller
The Ipcress File Blu-ray Movie
Network | 1965 | 108 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jul 28, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A counter espionage agent investigates the kidnapping and brainwashing of British scientists.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Caligula Blu-ray Movie
M6 Video | 1979 | 156 min | Not rated | Feb 03, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A dramatization of the ascent to Caesar and subsequent reign of Caligula, one of the most notorious leaders of ancient Rome. We see his ambition, his scheming, his perversion and decadence, his brutality and his lunacy.
Drama / History / Erotic
- November 22, 2015
Paradise Lost Blu-ray Movie
Paradis perdu / Four Flights to Love / Blu-ray + DVD
Pathe Distribution | 1940 | 96 min | Rated U Tous publics | Jul 01, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
No synopsis for this title.
Drama / Romance / War / Foreign
Cooties Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2014 | 88 min | Rated R | Dec 01, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. An unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives.
Action / Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Dark humor
Voodoo Man Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1944 | 62 min | Not rated | Nov 24, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Dr. Richard Marlowe uses a combination of voodoo rite and hypnotic suggestion to attempt to revivify his beautiful, but long-dead wife, by transferring the life essences of several hapless young girls he has kidnapped and imprisoned in the dungeon beneath his mansion.
Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Romance / Sci-Fi
Applesauce Blu-ray Movie
MPI Media Group | 2015 | 91 min | Not rated | Nov 24, 2015 | Michael Reuben
Two married couples become increasingly agitated with each other as they find out things about each other's past, while one of them is receiving disturbing packages from an unknown source.
Comedy / Horror / Dark humor
- November 21, 2015
Requiescant Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1967 | 107 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Nov 16, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The son of a Mexican bandit comes upon a village that is under the thumb of a deranged former Confederate officer, who is--among other things--stealing land from the locals with phony land grants.
Action / Adventure / Western
Ted 2 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2015 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 126 min | Unrated | Dec 15, 2015 | Martin Liebman
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.
Comedy
The Medic Blu-ray Movie
Le toubib / Blu-ray + DVD
Pathe Distribution | 1979 | 97 min | Rated U Tous publics | Jul 01, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
No synopsis for this title.
Drama / War / Foreign
Catch My Soul Blu-ray Movie
Etiquette Pictures | 1974 | 96 min | Rated PG | Nov 17, 2015 | Brian Orndorf
Set in the American Southwest, Othello is a wandering evangelist who happens onto Iago's remote commune.
Drama / Musical
- November 20, 2015
Requiescant Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1967 | 92 min | Not rated | Nov 17, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The son of a Mexican bandit comes upon a village that is under the thumb of a deranged former Confederate officer, who is--among other things--stealing land from the locals with phony land grants.
Action / Adventure / Western
A.D. The Bible Continues Blu-ray Movie
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 2015 | 600 min | Not rated | Nov 03, 2015 | Martin Liebman
A.D. picks up where "The Bible," left off, exploring the events that followed the Crucifixion. As Christ's disciples struggle to survive and share their beliefs, they are guided from the sorrow of His ultimate sacrifice to the wonder of the Resurrection and beyond.
Drama / History / Period
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: Series 3 Blu-ray Movie
Acorn Media | 2015 | 447 min | Rated M | Oct 27, 2015 | Michael Reuben
Follow the Honorable Phryne (fry-nee) Fisher through the back alleys, shady markets, and jazz clubs of late 1920s Melbourne. A glamorous lady detective in a mostly male world, she goes about her work with a pear-handled pistol and dagger-sharp wit, leaving a trail of male admirers in her wake. Essie Davis (Girl with a Pearl Earring) stars in the stylish series based on the best-selling novels by Australian writer Kerry Greenwood.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Period