New Blu-ray Reviews

The Gift Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2015 | 108 min | Rated R | Oct 27, 2015 | Martin Liebman

A husband and wife try to reinvigorate their relationship but their lives are threatened by a "friend" from the husband's past who holds a horrifying secret about him, sending their world into a tailspin.

Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller

Best of Enemies Blu-ray Movie  

Magnolia Pictures | 2015 | 88 min | Rated R | Nov 03, 2015 | Michael Reuben

In the summer of 1968, ABC hired William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal to debate each other during the Democratic and Republican national conventions. Buckley was a leading light of the new conservative movement, while Vidal was a Democrat and cousin to Jackie Onassis. Each believed the other’s political philosophy was dangerous for America. Like intellectual heavyweights in the ring, they pummeled out policy and personal insult, live and unscripted. Ratings for ABC News skyrocketed, and a new era in public discourse was born.

Documentary

Faust Blu-ray Movie  

Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage

Kino Lorber | 1926 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 106 min | Not rated | Nov 17, 2015 | Brian Orndorf

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Foreign

Eyes Without a Face Blu-ray Movie    

Les yeux sans visage / Blu-ray + DVD

BFI Video | 1960 | 90 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Aug 24, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

At his secluded chateau in the French countryside, a brilliant, obsessive doctor attempts a radical plastic surgery to restore the beauty of his daughter’s disfigured countenance—at a horrifying price.

Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Foreign

Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour Live Blu-ray Movie  

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2015 | 116 min | Not rated | Oct 30, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The Prismatic World Tour Live is a sensory explosion of eye-popping theatrics, daring acrobatics and of course, all the hits. This concert film is a visually stunning production that captures Katy’s fun-loving personality and artistic vision. Spanning the entire length of the arena floor, the innovative Prismatic Tour stage allows Katy to share intimate moments with her fans in a unique shared connection with the music. Directed for the stage in seven thematic acts, this unmissable spectacle features hit after hit after hit, and The Prismatic World Tour Live truly captures the excitement, color and energy of the live Katy Perry extravaganza.

Music

Bloodsucking Bastards Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2015 | 84 min | Not rated | Nov 03, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

When an office worker at a soul-crushing company loses his coveted promotion to his longtime nemesis, he begins to fear for more than his job as strange disappearances and bizarre deaths suggest the office is turning into a haven for the undead.

Comedy / Horror

The Golden Cane Warrior Blu-ray Movie  

Well Go USA | 2014 | 111 min | Not rated | Nov 03, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The Golden Cane - a relic of incomparable force, coveted by all, and with it, the training of a technique so unrivaled, it vanquishes all who dare oppose its power.

Action / Martial arts / Foreign

Home Fires Blu-ray Movie  

PBS | 2015 | 286 min | Not rated | Oct 27, 2015 | Brian Orndorf

No synopsis for this title.

Drama / War / Period

Croupier Blu-ray Movie  

Hen's Tooth Video | 1998 | 94 min | Not rated | Nov 03, 2015 | Michael Reuben

Jack Manfred, an aspiring writer, accepts a job as a croupier in a small casino in London. There, he remains an observer, viewing the gamblers at his tables with the same cool detachment he brings to the novel he begins to write based on experiences. He never gambles, yet when a beautiful casino regular lures him into a dangerous, but perhaps lucrative caper, Jack is convinced the odds are in his favor.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Heist

The Naked Prey Blu-ray Movie    

Masters of Cinema / Blu-ray + DVD

Eureka Entertainment | 1965 | 96 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Oct 19, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In the early nineteenth century, after an ivory-hunting safari offends a group of South African hunters, the colonialists are captured and hideously tortured. A lone marksman is released, without clothes or weapons, to be hunted for sport, and he begins a harrowing journey through savanna and jungle back to a primitive state.

Adventure / Drama / Thriller

The Final Girls Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2015 | 91 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 03, 2015 | Martin Liebman

A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.

Comedy / Horror / Teen / Dark humor

Puppet Master 4 Blu-ray Movie  

Full Moon Features | 1993 | 79 min | Rated R | Oct 12, 2015 | Martin Liebman

A young scientist working on an artificial intelligence project is the target of strange gremlin-like creatures, who are out to kill him and thus terminate his research. By coincidence, in one of the rooms he uses, there's a mysterious case containing the puppets of the "puppet master". When the puppets are brought to life, they help destroy the creatures.

Fantasy / Horror

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Pronounced 'Lĕh-nérd 'Skin-nérd & Second Helping - Live From Jacksonville at The Florida Theatre Blu-ray Movie  

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2015 | 97 min | Not rated | Oct 23, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music

Count Yorga, Vampire Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition to 3000

Twilight Time | 1970 | 93 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 13, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Sixties couples Michael and Donna and Paul and Erica become involved with the intense Count Yorga at a Los Angeles séance, the Count having latterly been involved with Erica's just-dead mother. After taking the Count home, Paul and Erica are waylayed, and next day a listless Erica is diagnosed by their doctor as having lost a lot of blood. When she is later found feasting on the family cat the doctor becomes convinced vampirism is at work, and that its focus is Count Yorga and his large isolated house...

Drama / Horror / Thriller

The Rolling Stones From the Vault: Live at the Tokyo Dome Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + CD

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 1990 | 137 min | Not rated | Oct 30, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music

The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1971 | 87 min | Rated R | Nov 24, 2015 | Brian Orndorf

The successful transplant of the head of a sadistic murderer to the body of a mentally challenged farmhand creates a two-headed monster which escapes and leaves behind a trail of death and terror.

Horror / Sci-Fi

Tiger House Blu-ray Movie  

Magnolia Pictures | 2015 | 83 min | Rated R | Nov 03, 2015 | Michael Reuben

Kelly sneaks into her boyfriend's house but tonight, she's not the only unwelcome visitor. Now, she must draw on her reserves of strength and skills of dexterity to escape. As the situation spirals out of control, the suburban house becomes a terrifying arena for violence.

Thriller

Two Men in Town Blu-ray Movie  

Deux hommes dans la ville

Cohen Media Group | 1973 | 100 min | Not rated | Nov 10, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

After an early release from prison, a former bank robber finds steady work and tries to live an honest life, while a vengeful cop stalks him and his former accomplices try to lure him back into a life of crime.

Crime / Drama / Foreign

Southpaw Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2015 | 124 min | Rated R | Oct 27, 2015 | Martin Liebman

A boxer fights his way to the top, only to find his life falling apart around him.

Action / Drama / Sport

Fatal Instinct Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1993 | 91 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 22, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A spoof of the late 80's and early 90's suspense thrillers and murder mysteries, including Basic Instinct, Sleeping With The Enemy, Cape Fear and others. A cop/attorney is seduced by a woman while his wife is having an affair with a mechanic.

Comedy / Crime / Thriller