New Blu-ray Reviews

He Ran All the Way Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1951 | 78 min | Not rated | Aug 04, 2015 | Brian Orndorf

The uptight and dumb small time thief Nick Robey and his partner and only friend Al Molin steal $10,000.00 from a man, but the heist goes wrong. Al Molin is killed by a policeman and Nick shoots him in the spine. He hides out in a public swimming pool and meets the lonely spinster Peggy Dobbs in the water. Nick uses Peggy to lie low. He offers a ride in a taxi to her and she invites him to her apartment, where she introduces her family to him. When Nick discovers that he killed the cop, he decides to use Peggy's apartment as hideout to wait the police manhunt cool down. When Nick finds that Peggy loves him, he invites her to leave town with him and asks her to buy a used car. However, Nick cannot trust anybody and believes Peggy has betrayed him Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller

Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2014 | 99 min | Not rated | Aug 04, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Barry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. His sister, Brooke, is kidnapped by a sinister team of gas-mask wearing soldiers & experimented on by a psychotic doctor. While Brooke plans her escape Barry goes out on the road to find her & teams up with Benny, a fellow survivor - together they must arm themselves and prepare to battle their way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters in a harsh Australian bushland.

Action / Horror

Foreign Intrigue Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1956 | 100 min | Not rated | Aug 04, 2015 | Brian Orndorf

When a reclusive, enigmatic millionaire dies suddenly on the Riviera, his press agent begins to investigate his employer's shady past.

Drama / Mystery / Romance

Return to Oz Blu-ray Movie  

30th Anniversary Edition

Disney / Buena Vista | 1985 | 110 min | Rated PG | Apr 14, 2015 | Brian Orndorf

Dorothy (Fairuza Balk) is back at home in Kansas after her first escapade in the land of Oz and unable to convince anyone that her adventures truly happened. Concerned, Auntie Em (Piper Laurie) takes Dorothy to the doctor, who plans to treat her with shock therapy. While trying to escape the therapy, Dorothy and her now talking pet chicken, Billina, are propelled by a lightning storm back to Oz. But things are not as she left them. The Emerald City is under the rule of the evil Princess Mombi and the fiendish Nome King. The yellow brick road is broken, the City is a dirty slum and her friends, the Cowardly Lion and Tin Man have been turned to stone. It is up to Dorothy and her new friends Tik Tok, a helpful robot, Jack, who has a pumpkin head, and Gump to save Oz.

Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Mystery

Split Second Blu-ray Movie    

101 Films | 1992 | 91 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jul 20, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In a futuristic London, the rising sea levels mean that large areas are under feet of water. Hauer plays a cop who previously lost his partner to some strange creature. Now the creature is back and is after him.

Action / Crime / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

3 Hearts Blu-ray Movie  

3 coeurs

Cohen Media Group | 2014 | 108 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 28, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

One night in a French provincial city, Marc meets Sylvie after missing his train back to Paris. They wander through the streets until morning, talking about everything except themselves, in rare, almost choreographed, harmony. Marc takes the first train back, and sets a date with Sylvie in Paris, a few days later. They know nothing about each other, but this is much more than a game. It’s the way it has to be. Sylvie keeps the date. Misfortune befalls Marc, and he cannot. He searches for her and ends up finding someone else. Sophie. He does not know that she is Sylvie’s sister. Marc and Sylvie meet again. Their unparalleled harmony still exists… but it is too late…

Drama / Romance

Innerspace Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1987 | 120 min | Rated PG | Aug 04, 2015 | Michael Reuben

Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex-girlfriend, Lydia Maxwell, to help him extract Tuck and his ship and re-enlarge them before his oxygen runs out.

Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi

Big House, U.S.A. Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1955 | 83 min | Not rated | Aug 04, 2015 | Brian Orndorf

When young Danny Lambert runs away from camp in south-central Colorado, he becomes the object of a park-wide-search by his wealthy father Robertson Lambert. He is found by Jerry Barker and told to wait at an abandoned look-out tower while he goes for help. Instead, Barker calls the father and demands $200,000 ransom. The money is delivered and Barker buries most of it. Meanwhile, the panicky boy has fallen from the tower to his death, and Barker drops the body off a cliff. The FBI, led by James Madden, capture Barker but can't convict him of kidnapping and he is given only five years for extortion and sent to Casabel Island Prison. There he is assigned a cell with Rollo Lambar, Alamo Smith, Benny Kelly and Machine Gun Mason. The FBI have now traced an affiliation between Barker and Emily Evans, a nurse at Danny's camp. The five cell-mates, led by Rollo, who plans to kill Benny and dress him in Barker's clothes to throw off the police, execute an underwater prison escape, and head north for the ransom money.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir

WWE: The Kliq Rules Blu-ray Movie  

WWE Studios | 2015 | 67 min | Rated TV-PG | Jul 28, 2015 | Martin Liebman

In this WWE Network “Reunion” special, all five notorious Kliq members (Triple H, HBK, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, X-Pac) reunite! Plus, get an exclusive documentary on the history of the Kliq, including “The Curtain Call”.

Documentary / Sport

Child 44 Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2014 | 137 min | Rated R | Aug 04, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders - a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.

Drama / Thriller

The Last Survivors Blu-ray Movie  

MPI Media Group | 2014 | 95 min | Not rated | Aug 04, 2015 | Michael Reuben

Seventeen-year-old Kendal can barely recall when the Oregon valley was still lush. It's been a decade since the last rainfall, and society at large has dried up and blown away. When a greedy water baron lays claim to what little of the precious resource remains underground, Kendal must decide whether to run and hide or bravely fight for the few cherished people and things she has left.

Action / Thriller

Dressed to Kill Blu-ray Movie  

Unrated Version | First Pressing

Criterion | 1980 | 105 min | Unrated | Sep 08, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A mysterious woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the call girl who witnessed the murder.

Crime / Film-Noir / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Erotic

Storm Fear Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1955 | 89 min | Not rated | Aug 04, 2015 | Brian Orndorf

Bank robber Cornel Wilde, after being wounded by a bullet, seeks shelter with his gang at his brother's mountain retreat. There he rekindles his romance with his brother's wife, and reconnects with the boy he believes is his son.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir

Here Is Your Life Blu-ray Movie  

Här har du ditt liv | Original Cut

Criterion | 1966 | 169 min | Not rated | Jul 14, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Eyvind Johnson, Here's Your Life tells the story of a working-class boy coming of age in rural Sweden during the first World War.

Drama / Foreign / Coming of age

Insurgent 3D Blu-ray Movie  

The Divergent Series / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2015 | 119 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 04, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The sequel to the 2014 movie Divergent, where Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.

Action / Adventure / Romance / Sci-Fi / Teen

Insurgent Blu-ray Movie  

The Divergent Series / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2015 | 119 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 04, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The sequel to the 2014 movie Divergent, where Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.

Action / Adventure / Romance / Sci-Fi / Teen

Call the Midwife: Season Four Blu-ray Movie  

BBC | 2015 | 555 min | Not rated | May 19, 2015 | Michael Reuben

In the fourth season, the nurses and midwives of Nonnatus House continue to serve the East End London district of Poplar as England enters 1960.

Drama / Period

Zone Troopers Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1985 | 86 min | Rated PG | Jul 28, 2015 | Brian Orndorf

In Italy during WW II, a patrol of American soldiers discover a space ship that has crash-landed in the woods, and they come across its alien crew. A nearby Nazi unit also finds out about the alien craft, and sends a patrol to capture it and the Americans.

Horror / Sci-Fi / War

White God Blu-ray Movie  

Fehér Isten

Magnolia Pictures | 2014 | 121 min | Rated R | Jul 28, 2015 | Michael Reuben

Thirteen-year-old Lili fights to protect her dog Hagen. She is devastated when her father eventually sets Hagen free on the streets. While Lili tries to find her dog, Hagen roams the city, receiving a harsh education in cruelty and indifference. Then, one day, Hagen and a pack of fellow strays discover a common purpose . . .

Drama / Horror / Thriller / Foreign

I Love Lucy: Ultimate Season 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 1952-1953 | 791 min | Rated TV-G | Aug 04, 2015 | Martin Liebman

No synopsis for this title.

Comedy / Family / Romance