New Blu-ray Reviews

Darling Blu-ray Movie    

4K Restoration | Vintage Classics

Studio Canal | 1965 | 127 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jun 16, 2025 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Ambitious model Diana Scott uses her relationships to turn a low-rent career into a high-gear smorgasbord of jet-setting, love-making and the pursuit of hedonistic happiness. But as she moves from one fiery tryst with a TV writer to another with a suave playboy and yet another with a crown prince, she finds that happiness is the one thing that may elude her forever.

Drama / Romance

Kingdom of Heaven 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Director's Cut / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2005 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 194 min | Unrated | May 27, 2025 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A man travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.

Action / Adventure / Drama / History / War / Epic

The Nesting 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Phobia / Slipcover in Original Pressing / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Vinegar Syndrome | 1981 | 110 min | Rated R | Apr 29, 2025 | Brian Orndorf

A writer of gothic mysteries moves into a secluded mansion to write novels. Her plans are changed when she discovers the house is haunted.

Horror / Supernatural

The End Blu-ray Movie  

Decal Releasing | 2024 | 149 min | Rated R | May 13, 2025 | Brian Orndorf

After decades alone, a wealthy family living in a salt mine encounter a stranger.

Drama / Fantasy / Musical / Sci-Fi

11 Rebels Blu-ray Movie  

11 no Zokugun / 十一人の賊軍

Well Go USA | 2024 | 120 min | Not rated | Jun 10, 2025 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Amidst the Boshin War's brutal conflicts, a motley squad of criminals and samurai undertakes a desperate defense of a fortress, their stand triggered by clashing interests of the Shibata clan, the shogunate, and the new government.

Action / Adventure / Drama / History / Thriller / War / Foreign / Period

11 Rebels 4K Blu-ray Movie  

11 no Zokugun / 十一人の賊軍 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Well Go USA | 2024 | 120 min | Not rated | Jun 10, 2025 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Amidst the Boshin War's brutal conflicts, a motley squad of criminals and samurai undertakes a desperate defense of a fortress, their stand triggered by clashing interests of the Shibata clan, the shogunate, and the new government.

Action / Adventure / Drama / History / Thriller / War / Foreign / Period

The Alto Knights Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2025 | 123 min | Rated R | May 27, 2025 | Randy Miller III

Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of Italian Americans who run two separate crime families in the mid-20th century. Genovese attempted to assassinate Costello in 1957, although Costello retired from the mob.

Biography / Crime / Drama

Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2024 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | May 13, 2025 | Neil Lumbard

Finding a kindred soul is an amazing thing, especially when it’s a complete stranger. However, when Mahiru Kouzuki meets Kano, a former idol turned indie artist, they’re astonished to realize that they already share a connection, as a street mural of jellyfish, from which Kano draws constant inspiration, was painted by Mahiru years earlier, before she abandoned her dream of becoming an artist. Inspired, Kano convinces Mahiru to return to art and collaborate on a joint project, one that will combine not just their own shared skills, but also those of two more rather “different” and oddly connected young women in Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night!

Anime / Comedy / Drama / Foreign

The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie  

君のことが大大大大大好きな100人の彼女 / Kimi no Koto ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo

Crunchyroll, LLC | 2023 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 25, 2025 | Neil Lumbard

After 100 rejections, Rentaro prays for better luck. Taking pity on the lovesick, the God of Love grants him 100 girls to date. But when soulmates meet, they must happily love each other - or die! To save lives, he must prove his love 100 times over.

Anime / Comedy / Romance / Foreign

Armed Girl's Machiavellism: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2017 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Apr 22, 2025 | Neil Lumbard

When the students at Aichi Coexistence Academy learned that their school was being converted from all-girls to coed, some of the feistier young ladies MAY have overreacted a bit by arming themselves with sharp implements and forcing the boys to dress and act like girls! Unfortunately, that new dress code sounds like a drag to new transfer student Fudo Nomura, and he just might have the martial arts chops needed to take on the lovely but lethal Supreme Five Swords who now rule the school! The term cutting class will be completely redefined as the battle of the sexes becomes quite literal in Armed Girl’s Machiavellism!

Action / Anime / Comedy / Comic book / Foreign

The Apothecary Diaries: Season 1, Part 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Crunchyroll, LLC | 2023 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 25, 2025 | Neil Lumbard

Now working in Jinshi’s home, Maomao investigates a warehouse explosion, an apparent poisoning, and the brothel’s secrets as these seemingly separate mysteries point toward a deadly plot. Along the way, she’ll begin to come to terms with her past, too.

Anime / Drama / History / Foreign

Contraband Blu-ray Movie    

Luca il contrabbandiere

Shameless | 1980 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 97 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | May 26, 2025 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Cigarette smugglers in Naples run into problems with cocaine operations being set up by a rival smuggler. Full of violence, including a women's face being burned off with a blow torch and a graphic rape scene.

Action / Crime / Drama / Foreign

Tommy Boy 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 1995 | 97 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 25, 2025 | Martin Liebman

The underachieving son of an auto-parts tycoon and a snide accountant hit the road in order to save the family business.

Comedy

Tommy Boy 4K Blu-ray Movie  

30th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 1995 | 97 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 25, 2025 | Martin Liebman

The underachieving son of an auto-parts tycoon and a snide accountant hit the road in order to save the family business.

Comedy

Two Films by Yasujirō Ozu Blu-ray Movie    

I Was Born, But… / There Was a Father

BFI Video | 1932-1942 | 2 Movies | 184 min | Rated BBFC: U | Apr 22, 2024 | Dr. Stephen Larson

From his early silent films to his final features in the 1960s, Yasujirố Ozu perfected a style that stripped away unnecessary plot mechanics and camera movement. In doing so, he produced a cinema whose surface simplicity belies character studies of depth, warmth and on occasion, humor. This latest release of his work from the BFI features two newly restored films, presented on Blu-ray, I Was Born, But… and a longer, previously unreleased version of There Was a Father.

Comedy / Drama / Foreign

There Was a Father Blu-ray Movie    

BFI Video | 1942 | 93 min | Rated BBFC: U | Apr 22, 2024 | Dr. Stephen Larson

Shuhei, a widowed high school teacher, finds that the more he tries to do what is best for his son's future, the more they are separated.

Drama / Foreign

I Was Born, But... Blu-ray Movie    

BFI Video | 1932 | 91 min | Rated BBFC: U | Apr 22, 2024 | Dr. Stephen Larson

For two brothers, the daily struggles of bullies and mean teachers is nothing next to the mortification they feel when they realize their good-natured father's low-rung social status.

Comedy / Drama / Foreign

Love and Death Blu-ray Movie  

Sandpiper Pictures | 1975 | 85 min | Rated PG | Sep 20, 2022 | Kenneth Brown

A devout coward vows to assassinate Napoleon in the name of love.

Comedy / History / War / Dark humor

Doctor Who: The Savages Blu-ray Movie  

BBC | 1966 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 98 min | Not rated | May 20, 2025 | Jeffrey Kauffman

First broadcast in four weekly parts from 28 May to 18 June 1966. In this early story, the Doctor (William Hartnell) and his travelling companions Steven (Peter Purves) and Dodo (Jackie Lane), arrive on an unnamed planet where they encounter two distinct people - the Elders and the Savages. They soon discover the Elders are the evil ones, draining the primitive Savages for their life source to remain young and powerful forever.

Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi

Wacky Races: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1968 | 368 min | Not rated | Apr 29, 2025 | Randy Miller III

The participants of an unusual car race compete around America.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Sport