New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- May 25, 2025
Neither the Sea Nor the Sand Blu-ray Movie
Vinegar Syndrome Labs / Slipcover in Original Pressing
Vinegar Syndrome | 1972 | 96 min | Not rated | Nov 29, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
Recovering from a failed marriage, Anna Robinson (Susan Hampshire) retreats to the haunting, eerie climes of the Isle of Jersey, where she finds fulfillment in an affair with lighthouse keeper George (Frank Finaly). But when sudden death strikes, Anna finds herself inconsolable and longs for the arms of her lover... who unexpectedly returns from the dead, with a few macabre changes awaiting them both.
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Romance
The Ribald Tales of Canterbury / Tasty Blu-ray Movie
Peekarama / Slipcover in Original Pressing
Vinegar Syndrome | 1985 | 168 min | Rated X | Jan 28, 2025 | Brian Orndorf
Hyapatia Lee was one of the biggest names during the twilight years of theatrical hardcore. As she began to take more creative control over her film appearances, including helping to author their screenplays, she also brought her husband, Bud, into the mix to serve as her director; a decision which would help launch his own lengthy filmmaking career.
Erotic
Tasty Blu-ray Movie
Vinegar Syndrome | 1985 | 78 min | Rated X | Jan 28, 2025 | Brian Orndorf
Radio station manager Gary Connors threatens to fire all the disc jockeys who work for his station KNUT after a major advertiser says they will remove all of their ads unless the sagging ratings improve by the end of the week. Sexy DJ Tasty Tastums and her fellow disc jockeys decide to rectify the situation by switching from playing rock music to broadcasting about various racy sex-related subject matter live on the air.
Erotic
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover in Original Pressing
Film Movement | 1985 | 115 min | Not rated | May 27, 2025 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Biography of clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw, one of the principal figures of the big band/jazz era of the late 1930s and 1940s. He discusses his constant need to seek new challenges, which led to numerous retirements and career changes including his foray into writing, which had long been his primary intention. He speaks about his difficulty in reconciling his fans' popular expectations with his personal, more esoteric musical ambitions. His many years of retreat from public life are also discussed, as well as his notorious series of unsuccessful marriages.
Biography / Documentary / Music
- May 24, 2025
Darling 4K Blu-ray Movie
Vintage Classics / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
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
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
- May 23, 2025
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
- May 22, 2025
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