New Blu-ray Reviews

Godzilla Minus One 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Toho | 2023 | 125 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 19, 2024 | Neil Lumbard

Shikishima, a surviving Kamikaze pilot, is attacked on Odo Island along with many war plane engineers by a gargantuan monster. After surviving, Shikishima, now on a personal mission, teams up with a large group of veterans to finally take down the monster known as Godzilla.

Horror / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Godzilla Minus One Blu-ray Movie  

ゴジラ-1.0

Toho | 2023 | 124 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 19, 2024 | Neil Lumbard

Shikishima, a surviving Kamikaze pilot, is attacked on Odo Island along with many war plane engineers by a gargantuan monster. After surviving, Shikishima, now on a personal mission, teams up with a large group of veterans to finally take down the monster known as Godzilla.

Horror / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Godzilla Minus One 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Toho | 2023 | 125 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 19, 2024 | Neil Lumbard

Shikishima, a surviving Kamikaze pilot, is attacked on Odo Island along with many war plane engineers by a gargantuan monster. After surviving, Shikishima, now on a personal mission, teams up with a large group of veterans to finally take down the monster known as Godzilla.

Horror / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Il posto + I fidanzati Blu-ray Movie    

Limited Edition

Radiance Films | 1961-1962 | 2 Movies | 170 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jan 27, 2025 | Jeffrey Kauffman

When young Domenico (Sandro Panseri) ventures from the small village of Meda to Milan in search of employment, he finds himself on the bottom rung of the bureaucratic ladder in a huge, faceless company. The prospects are daunting, but Domenico finds reason for hope in the fetching Antonietta (Loredana Detto). A tender coming-of-age story and a sharp observation of dehumanizing corporate enterprise, Ermanno Olmi’s Il posto is a touching and hilarious tale of one young man’s stumbling entrance into the perils of modern adulthood.

Drama / Foreign

Il posto Blu-ray Movie    

The Job / The Sound of Trumpets | Limited Edition

Radiance Films | 1961 | 93 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

When young Domenico (Sandro Panseri) ventures from the small village of Meda to Milan in search of employment, he finds himself on the bottom rung of the bureaucratic ladder in a huge, faceless company. The prospects are daunting, but Domenico finds reason for hope in the fetching Antonietta (Loredana Detto). A tender coming-of-age story and a sharp observation of dehumanizing corporate enterprise, Ermanno Olmi’s Il posto is a touching and hilarious tale of one young man’s stumbling entrance into the perils of modern adulthood.

Drama / Foreign

I fidanzati Blu-ray Movie    

The Fiancés / The Engagement | Limited Edition

Radiance Films | 1962 | 77 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Ermanno Olmi’s masterful feature is the tender story of two Milanese fiancés whose strained relationship is tested when the man accepts a new job in Sicily. With the separation come loneliness, nostalgia, and, perhaps, some new perspectives that might rejuvenate their love. Olmi’s deep humanism charges this moving depiction of ordinary men and women, and the pitfalls of the human heart.

Drama / Foreign

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet Blu-ray Movie  

Adéla ještě nevečeřela / Adele's Dinner / Nick Carter in Prague | Adele Has Not Had Her Supper Yet | Standard Edition

Deaf Crocodile Films | 1977 | 102 min | Unrated | Feb 11, 2025 | Neil Lumbard

When the famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes convinced that he is standing against his greatest enemy - the Gardener, who supposedly died years ago in a swamp...

Comedy / Crime / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Kraven the Hunter Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2024 | 127 min | Rated R | Mar 04, 2025 | Kenneth Brown

Kraven's complex relationship with his ruthless father, Nikolai Kravinoff, starts him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most feared.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic book

Hot Pursuit Blu-ray Movie  

4K Restoration

Kino Lorber | 1987 | 93 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 11, 2025 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Young Danny is following his rich girlfriend's family to the Caribbean. But suddenly he simply must take a chemistry test and cannot go with them. After they have left, he gets a leave from his professor and takes a plane to find them. But he is not quite sure where they are, and meets smugglers, crazy captains and murderers.

Comedy

The Chosen: Season Three Blu-ray Movie  

Special Edition

Angel | 2022-2023 | 536 min | Not rated | Nov 26, 2023 | Martin Liebman

After Jesus delivers the most impactful sermon in history, the disciples assume life will improve now that they're following the Messiah. Judas has joined the group, Simon and Eden are reunited, and everyone is ready to live out His teachings. But problems emerge quickly. The pressure increases from the Romans and the religious leaders, and with thousands of pilgrims pursuing Jesus, the disciples can't decide if they should hide or fight. They get even more confused when they face everything from a marital crisis to a disastrous mission, and Jesus doesn't immediately provide solutions. It all reaches a stunning climax when Jesus and the disciples are surrounded by over 5,000 people in a dangerous region, and with tensions high, they run out of food. Until a little boy with five loaves and two fishes shows up... Enjoy this critically acclaimed, award-winning season like never before! This Special Edition features the highest quality presentation available, and includes the most complete collection of bonus features available on disc.

Drama / History / Period

Wicked 4K Blu-ray Movie  

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

Universal Studios | 2024 | 160 min | Rated PG | Feb 04, 2025 | Justin Dekker

Elphaba, a misunderstood young woman because of her green skin, and Galinda, a popular girl, become friends at Shiz University in the Land of Oz. After an encounter with the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads.

Fantasy / Musical / Romance

In the Moscow Slums Blu-ray Movie  

Standard Edition | Khitrovka: The Sign of Four

Deaf Crocodile Films | 2023 | 129 min | Not rated | Feb 11, 2025 | Neil Lumbard

Moscow, 1902. The famous director Konstantin Stanislavsky, in search of inspiration for staging a new play, decides to get acquainted with life in the city "bottom." He turns to Vladimir Gilyarovsky, a recognized expert on the Moscow slums, for help. Together, they find themselves embroiled in the investigation of the murder of a mysterious local resident - an Indian Sikh with a dark past.

Mystery / Foreign

The Killer Is Loose Blu-ray Movie  

Special Edition

Kino Lorber | 1956 | 73 min | Not rated | Dec 31, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

An unhinged, deceptively mild-mannered bank robber escapes prison, seeking revenge on the cop who accidentally killed his wife during a gun battle.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir

The Golden Fern Blu-ray Movie  

Zlate Kapradi

Deaf Crocodile Films | 1963 | 115 min | Not rated | Mar 11, 2025 | Neil Lumbard

Czech fairy tale about a shepherd who finds a golden fern with magical powers. He can ensure his continued happiness if he does the right thing, but will he?

Fantasy / Foreign

Satan War Blu-ray Movie  

AGFA | 1979 | 1 Movie, 3 Cuts | 65 min | Not rated | Jan 28, 2025 | Brian Orndorf

Unseen satanic forces terrorize a young married couple in their new home.

Horror

Child's Play Blu-ray Movie  

Cinématographe | 1972 | 100 min | Rated PG | Jan 28, 2025 | Brian Orndorf

There is an outbreak of violent behavior at the exclusive Catholic boarding school for boys, where Joe Dobbs is a popular English instructor and Jerome Malley is a widely-disliked Latin and Greek teacher. When Malley begins to receive threatening notes and phone calls, he assumes that Dobbs is the caller.

Drama / Mystery

100 Yards Blu-ray Movie  

Men qian bao di / 门前宝地

Well Go USA | 2023 | 109 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 18, 2025 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Set in 1920s Tianjin, northern China, and centres on the rivalry between the son of a martial arts master and his most talented apprentice. When the old master dies, the two face off to take over his prominent martial arts academy. But rather than obey the rule of settling disputes behind closed doors, they take their fight to the street.

Action / Martial arts / Foreign

Pretty in Pink 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 1986 | 96 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 11, 2025 | Martin Liebman

Andie is an outcast at her Chicago high school, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realizes that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.

Comedy / Drama / Romance / Teen / Coming of age

Star Trek: Discovery - The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 2017-2024 | 5 Seasons | 3291 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2024 | Martin Liebman

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY follows the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new world and new life forms and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself. The series features a new ship and new characters while embracing the same ideology and hope for the future that inspired a generation of dreamers and doers.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi

Constantine 4K Blu-ray Movie  

20th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2005 | 121 min | Rated R | Feb 18, 2025 | Randy Miller III

John Constantine has literally been to hell and back. When he teams up with skeptical policewoman Angela Dodson to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists just beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles. Caught in a catastrophic series of otherworldy events, the two become inextricably involved and seek to find their own peace at whatever cost. Based on the DC Comics/Vertigo Hellblazer graphic novels.

Action / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural / Comic book