New Blu-ray Reviews

Task: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 2025 | 427 min | Not rated | Apr 21, 2026 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In the working class suburbs of Philadelphia, an FBI agent heads a Task Force to put an end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspecting family man.

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Bend of the River Blu-ray Movie  

4K Restoration

Kino Lorber | 1952 | 91 min | Not rated | May 12, 2026 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A westerner with a questionable past leads a wagon train into the Oregon territory.

Action / Adventure / Western

Monty Python's Life of Brian 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Criterion | 1979 | 94 min | Rated R | Apr 14, 2026 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The setting is Judea 33 A.D, a time of poverty and chaos, with no shortage of messiahs, followers willing to believe in them, and exasperated Romans trying to impose some order. Caught in the middle is Brian Cohen, who rises to prominence as a result of a series of absurd circumstances providing ample opportunity for the Monty Python ensemble to mock everyone and everything from ex-lepers, Pontius Pilate, and the art of haggling to crazy prophets, Roman centurions, and crucifixion.

Comedy / Dark humor / Surreal / Period

I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!? - Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

ニートくノ一となぜか同棲はじめました

Sentai Filmworks | 2025 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 10, 2026 | Neil Lumbard

Having Samurai blood may be a status symbol in Japan, but as businessman Tsukasa Atsumi discovers, it also makes one a target for demonic attacks. Fortunately, he’s rescued by ninja Shizuri Ideura, who specializes in fighting demons, so the two decide to form a contract wherein she’ll move in to provide 24-7 anti-demon coverage. It’s not like hiring a maid service, though, as Shizuri is also an otaku shut-in who’d rather spend her time playing videogames and lazing about the house than fading into the background. However, given that she’s also uber-adorable, just how far away can the romantic complications be in I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!

Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Comic book / Foreign

King Kung Fu Blu-ray Movie  

Reel Vault Inc. | 1987 | 95 min | Not rated | Sep 30, 2025 | Martin Liebman

A remote monastery in China has trained a talking gorilla, King Kung Fu, in the ancient art of kung fu. Having mastered his fighting skills, King Kung Fu is sent to America to demonstrate the power of Chinese martial arts to the West. As he is travelling through Kansas, a pair of bumbling reports see KKF and decide he can be their ticket to fame and wealth. Of course, the gorilla gets away from them, and soon everyone is chasing the Shaolin simian.

Action / Comedy

David Byrne's American Utopia Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 2020 | 106 min | Not rated | Dec 16, 2025 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name.

Documentary / Music / Musical

David Byrne's American Utopia 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Criterion | 2020 | 106 min | Not rated | Dec 16, 2025 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name.

Documentary / Music / Musical

Flower and Asura: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

花は咲く、修羅の如く / Hana wa Saku, Shura no Gotoku

Sentai Filmworks | 2025 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 16, 2025 | Neil Lumbard

On Tonakishima, a small island with a population of 600, lives Hana, a high school girl. She loves recitals and holds regular reading sessions for the island's children. Mizuki, the president of the Broadcasting Club, senses Hana's power to attract people through her reading and invites her to join the club. Hana joins the Broadcasting Club and experiences many firsts with the other members.

Anime / Drama / Teen / Comic book / Foreign / Coming of age

Send Help 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2026 | 113 min | Rated R | Apr 21, 2026 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Two colleagues become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, but ultimately, it's a battle of wills and wits to make it out alive.

Horror / Thriller / Dark humor

Trouble in Paradise Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1932 | 82 min | Not rated | Apr 14, 2026 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A love triangle ignites trouble between two jewel thieves and their intended victim.

Comedy / Crime / Romance

Trouble in Paradise 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Criterion | 1932 | 82 min | Not rated | Apr 14, 2026 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A love triangle ignites trouble between two jewel thieves and their intended victim.

Comedy / Crime / Romance

Silent Night, Deadly Night 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Cineverse | 2025 | 93 min | Not rated | Feb 17, 2026 | Justin Dekker

A child witnesses his parents' murder by a man in a Santa suit. Years later, as an adult, he dons a Santa costume himself and embarks on a violent quest for retribution against those responsible for the traumatic event from his childhood.

Horror / Holiday

She Killed in Ecstasy 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Sie tötete in Ekstase / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Severin Films | 1971 | 80 min | Not rated | Mar 31, 2026 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A young doctor kills himself after a medical committee terminates his research into human embryos, considering it too inhumane. His wife then seeks revenge on those who drove her husband to his death by luring each member of the committee into compromising situations and then killing them one by one.

Horror / Erotic / Foreign

Famous Studios Champion Collection Blu-ray Movie  

ClassicFlix | 1943-1950 | 138 min | Not rated | Apr 21, 2026 | Jeffrey Kauffman

When Paramount Pictures reorganized its animated shorts operation as Famous Studios, so began a search for a new identity. Throughout the 1940s, the Famous talent began experimenting with new series and concepts aimed at varied audiences and created an array of beloved characters and hilarity still fondly remembered to this day. Defined by funny animals waging war, fantasies coming to life, snappy music, and gorgeous candy-like Technicolor, the Famous Studios Champion Collection features 18 cartoons in all including: comics’ leading lady Little Lulu in two of her finest and funniest cartoons; the complete misadventures of 1940s screwball archetypes Blackie Sheep and Wolfie; and the earliest appearances of Famous superstars Little Audrey, Baby Huey, Herman the Mouse and Casper the Friendly Ghost.

Animation / Comedy / Short

Silent Night, Deadly Night 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Cineverse | 2025 | 96 min | Not rated | Feb 17, 2026 | Justin Dekker

A child witnesses his parents' murder by a man in a Santa suit. Years later, as an adult, he dons a Santa costume himself and embarks on a violent quest for retribution against those responsible for the traumatic event from his childhood.

Horror / Holiday

Silent Night, Deadly Night Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition

Cineverse | 2025 | 96 min | Not rated | Feb 17, 2026 | Justin Dekker

A child witnesses his parents' murder by a man in a Santa suit. Years later, as an adult, he dons a Santa costume himself and embarks on a violent quest for retribution against those responsible for the traumatic event from his childhood.

Horror / Holiday

A Man and a Woman Blu-ray Movie  

Un homme et une femme / Includes "C’était un rendez-vous" (1976)

Criterion | 1966 | 103 min | Not rated | Mar 31, 2026 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Against the rain-swept backdrop of the Normandy coast, two widowed single parents—race-car driver Jean-Louis and film-script supervisor Anne—find themselves falling for each other. But are they ready to move on from the shadows of their former lovers?

Drama / Romance / Foreign

Dream Eater Blu-ray Movie  

Eli Roth Presents: Dream Eater / Blu-ray + DVD

Alliance Entertainment | 2025 | 90 min | Not rated | Mar 31, 2026 | Martin Liebman

A filmmaker documents her boyfriend's violent parasomnia during their holiday at a remote cabin in the woods, and as his sleepwalking gets worse, she believes the cause might be something far more sinister.

Horror

Ray 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Kino Lorber | 2004 | 152 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 31, 2026 | Martin Liebman

Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven shortly after witnessing his younger brother's accidental death. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world, Charles found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered incorporating gospel, country, jazz and orchestral influences into his inimitable style. As he revolutionized the way people appreciated music, he simultaneously fought segregation in the very clubs that launched him and championed artists' rights within the corporate music business.

Biography / Drama / Music / Period

Sleepers 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 1996 | 147 min | Rated R | Apr 21, 2026 | Randy Miller III

After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized; over 10 years later, they get their chance for revenge.

Crime / Drama / Thriller