New Blu-ray Reviews

Mad Dog Time Blu-ray Movie  

Trigger Happy

Olive Films | 1996 | 93 min | Rated R | Sep 22, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Mob boss Vic returns to business from madhouse. Meanwhile his best and quickest assistant Mickey Holliday is having an affair with Vic's girl Grace Everly and, at the same time, with her sister Rita Everly. What will Vic do? Whom will he kill? Is he really insane and weak? Many other mobsters, including Jake Parker, WackyJacky Jackson and Ben London think he's not so powerful anymore and hope to take his place.

Comedy / Crime / Drama

The Spikes Gang Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1974 | 96 min | Not rated | Nov 03, 2015 | Brian Orndorf

One day, three farm boys come upon a wounded outlaw named Harry Spikes. They take him to one of the boys' barn, nurse him back to health, shield him from a sheriff's posse, and let him go on his way. Later, to escape the tyrannical discipline of their parents, the three boys run away from home in search of adventure and excitement. In the first town they come to, they bungle a bank robbery, and shoot and kill a state senator by accident. Then, with the law in hot pursuit, they flee across the Texas border into Mexico.

Western

Ikiru Blu-ray Movie  

生きる

Criterion | 1952 | 143 min | Not rated | Nov 24, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

An aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer is impelled to find meaning in his final days.

Drama / Foreign

Léon: The Professional Blu-ray Movie  

Mastered in 4K / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 1994 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 133 min | Unrated | Oct 27, 2015 | Martin Liebman

A corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration boss and his thugs murder Mathilda's family in a drug deal gone awry. Orphaned by the massacre, Mathilda is forced to take shelter in the apartment of a neighbor, Léon, whom she knows only slightly. He's a loner and first generation immigrant, who also happens to be a professional hitman. He's never had reason to care about anybody and she has no one else to turn to. Together they form a makeshift bond that will forever change both their lives.

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Melodrama

She's Funny That Way Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2014 | 93 min | Rated R | Nov 03, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A married Broadway director falls for a prostitute-turned-actress and works to help her advance her career.

Comedy / Drama

Deep In My Heart Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1954 | 132 min | Not rated | Nov 10, 2015 | Michael Reuben

Biographical movie about the American musical theater composer Sigmund Romberg.

Biography / Comedy / Musical

Lost Lost Lost & Walden: Two Diary Films by Jonas Mekas Blu-ray Movie  

Diaries, Notes & Sketches: Walden / Lost, Lost, Lost

Kino Lorber | 1969-1976 | 2 Movies | 357 min | Not rated | Nov 17, 2015 | Brian Orndorf

No synopsis for this title.

Documentary

Lost, Lost, Lost Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1976 | 173 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf

Lost, Lost, Lost documents Mekas' early years in New York as he and his brother Adolfas build their new life in America. Compiled from footage Mekas shot informally between 1949 (when he first arrived in the United States as a "displaced person" after fleeing Lithuania during World War II) and 1963 (when he moved downtown to Manhattan and fell in with a bohemian crowd, including Allen Ginsberg and LeRoi Jones, that encouraged his passion for the arts). The film explores both Mekas' efforts to make a life for himself in his new home and his sense of wonder at the possibilities of life in New York City.

Documentary

Diaries, Notes & Sketches: Walden Blu-ray Movie  

Diaries Notes and Sketches

Kino Lorber | 1969 | 177 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf

Underground filmmaker Jonas Mekas presents a collection of home movies, outtakes, and unfinished projects. A picnic in Central Park with friends is shown, as are Allen Ginsberg and Norman Mailer in an anti-war protest march. John Lennon and Yoko Ono are shown on their celebrated honeymoon. It's Mekas' first completed diary film, an epic portrait of the New York avant-garde arts scene of the 1960s.

Documentary

Robinson Crusoe on Mars Blu-ray Movie    

Eureka Classics / Blu-ray + DVD

Eureka Entertainment | 1964 | 110 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Nov 23, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

When his spaceship crash-lands on the barren wastelands of Mars, U.S. astronaut Commander "Kit" Draper must fight for survival, with a pet monkey seemingly his only companion. But is he alone?

Adventure / Sci-Fi

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key Blu-ray Movie    

Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave / Blu-ray + DVD

Arrow | 1972 | 97 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Apr 04, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Oliviero is a burned-out writer, living at his estate near Venice, his dead mother dominating his imagination. He is also a degenerate: sleeps with his maid and his ex-student, hosts Bacchanalia for local hippies, and humiliates his wife Irina in front of strangers. She lives in terror. When a young woman is murdered, police suspect Oliviero. Things get complicated when his young, beautiful, and self-confident niece, Floriana, pays an unexpected visit. A silver-haired stranger observes. More women die, and thoughts of harming Irina give Oliviero new inspiration. What's Floriana's game and who's the observant stranger? Watching all is a black cat named Satan.

Mystery / Thriller / Foreign

Colors Blu-ray Movie    

Second Sight | 1988 | 120 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Aug 24, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

An experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

Navy Seals vs. Zombies Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2015 | 97 min | Not rated | Oct 06, 2015 | Martin Liebman

A team of highly skilled Navy SEALS find themselves embarking on the battle of their lives when they come face-to-face with the undead. After a deadly outbreak occurs in New Orleans, the SEALS must fight for their lives, and the city, against an army of zombies.

Action / Horror

Aldnoah.Zero Vol. 1 Blu-ray Movie  

アルドノア・ゼロ / Arudonoa Zero

Aniplex | 2014 | 150 min | Rated 13+ | Jul 21, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Fifteen years have passed since the hypergate collapsed on the moon's surface - a catastrophe known as the Heaven's Fall. The war between Earth and the VERS Empire of Mars is now in a cease-fire. The VERS' Princess Asseylum Vers Allusia descends upon Earth as an ambassador hoping to encourage reconciliation while some citizens are not willing to compromise. Inaho Kaizuka, a Terran high school student... and Slaine Troyard, who swears his allegiance to Princess Asseylum... Their fates cross as both societies watch in horror as a missile crashes on Asseylum's motorcade. This incident marks the beginning of a new war.

Action / Anime / Sci-Fi / War / Foreign

Before We Go Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2014 | 95 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 03, 2015 | Martin Liebman

A young woman in New York City races to catch the 1:30 Train to Boston. Stranded in the city after being robbed, she meets a street musician, and the two soon grow into each other’s most trusted confidants during a night of unexpected adventure.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Black Sails: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2015 | 555 min | Rated TV-MA | Nov 03, 2015 | Martin Liebman

Captain Flint and his pirates, twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic "Treasure Island".

Adventure / Drama / Period

Black Stone Cherry: Thank You Livin’ Live Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + CD

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2014 | 98 min | Not rated | Oct 30, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

American rock band Black Stone Cherry perform live in Birmingham's LG Arena. Recorded on October 30th 2014, during their 'Magic Mountain' tour, the tracks performed include 'Rain Wizard', 'Me and Mary Jane', 'Hollywood in Kentucky' and 'Peace Is Free'.

Music

The Fifth Element Blu-ray Movie  

Mastered in 4K / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 1997 | 126 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 27, 2015 | Martin Liebman

Set in the 23rd century, New York cab driver Korben Dallas didn't mean to be a hero, but he just picked up the kind of fare that only comes along every five thousand years: A perfect beauty, a perfect being, a perfect weapon. Now, together, they must save the world.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Epic

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2015 | 116 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 17, 2015 | Michael Reuben

In the early 1960s, a CIA agent and a KGB operative participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization.

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Dark humor

Lady Antebellum: Wheels Up Tour Blu-ray Movie  

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2015 | 101 min | Not rated | Nov 13, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music