New Blu-ray Reviews

In the Summers Blu-ray Movie  

Music Box Films | 2024 | 95 min | Not rated | Feb 11, 2025 | Jeffrey Kauffman

On a journey that spans the formative years of their lives, two sisters navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Drama

Adult Swim Yule Log Blu-ray Movie  

The Fireplace

Dekanalog | 2022 | 92 min | Rated TV-MA | Dec 31, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

Get in the holiday spirit with this cozy, crackling fire. Rated TV-MA for violence, adult language, and brief nudity.

Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Dark humor / Surreal

Sick 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Shout Factory | 2022 | 83 min | Rated R | Feb 04, 2025 | Brian Orndorf

During the pandemic, Parker and her best friend decide to quarantine at the family lake house alone—or so they think.

Horror / Thriller

Apartment Wife: Affair in the Afternoon Blu-ray Movie    

団地妻 昼下りの情事 / Danchizuma: Hirusagari no jôji / Blu-ray + DVD

88 Films | 1971 | 64 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Dec 09, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A working-class housewife is sexually unsatisfied by her husband, and seeks fulfillment through extramarital relationships. Her affairs are discovered by a female brothel-owner who then blackmails the woman into prostitution.

Drama / Erotic / Foreign

Chained Soldier: Season 1 Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

魔都精兵のスレイブ / Mato Seihei no Slave

Sentai Filmworks | 2024 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Feb 04, 2025 | Neil Lumbard

In a world where only women can gain superpowers, Yuuki Wakura seemed doomed to a boring future working in secondary and caretaker positions. Then fate literally changes his world, pulling him into the monster-filled Mato dimension, where he’s rescued by the dominating Kyouka Uzen, whose ability temporarily gives Yuuki incredible power… at the cost of transforming him into her inhuman slave! Stunned at Yuuki’s strength when transformed, Kyouka decides to bind Yuuki to herself permanently… which he’s all too willing to do. Until it turns out that she also expects him to serve her all-female combat unit as maid and servant, even when he’s not fighting as her personal Chained Soldier!

Action / Anime / Fantasy / Comic book / Foreign

Bastard!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy - Season 1 Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2022 | 600 min | Rated TV-MA | Jan 21, 2025 | Neil Lumbard

Fifteen years ago, the wizard Dark Schneider led the armies of the Divine Kings in a ruthless bid to conquer the world. Ultimately, Schneider failed and was sealed away into the body of a newborn, but his generals escaped and now the Kings are back with a new plan: unleashing a God of Destruction! Barring their way, however, is the kingdom of Metallicana, where the Great Priest’s daughter will unleash a surprise weapon of her own: Dark Schneider reborn! Can Yoko control her resurrected ally, or will the result be total Armageddon? The ultimate grudge match explodes in Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy!

Action / Adventure / Anime / Comic book / Foreign

Horimiya - Season 2: The Missing Pieces Blu-ray Movie  

Horimiya -piece- / Blu-ray + DVD

Crunchyroll, LLC | 2023 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 21, 2025 | Neil Lumbard

At graduation, the cherry blossoms fall while a nostalgic Hori looks back on her time at Katagiri High School and with Miyamura. Every moment together is precious, even the details that are easy to forget. This is their story, finally complete.

Anime / Comedy / Romance / Foreign

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

Crunchyroll, LLC | 2023 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 28, 2025 | Neil Lumbard

Kidnapped and made a servant in the royal palace, Maomao’s apothecary skills catch the eye of a handsome official… who tasks her with tasting food for poison. But as mysterious death and illness befall the kingdom, she’ll use her talents to find the truth.

Anime / Drama / History / Foreign

All of Us Strangers Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 2023 | 105 min | Rated R | Sep 10, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with a mysterious neighbor as he then discovers his parents appear to be living just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.

Drama / Fantasy / Romance

All of Us Strangers 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Criterion | 2023 | 105 min | Rated R | Sep 10, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with a mysterious neighbor as he then discovers his parents appear to be living just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.

Drama / Fantasy / Romance

Knox Goes Away Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2023 | 115 min | Rated R | May 28, 2024 | Kenneth Brown

A contract killer who was diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia has an opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son.

Crime / Thriller

April Fool's Day 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Kino Lorber | 1986 | 89 min | Rated R | Jan 21, 2025 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A girl invites her college friends up to her parents' secluded island home, she just forgot to tell them it just might be the last time of their lives.

Comedy / Horror / Mystery / Teen

That's Entertainment Blu-ray Movie  

50th Anniversary Remastered Edition | Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1974 | 135 min | Rated G | Nov 26, 2024 | Randy Miller III

Join star hosts Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Jimmy Stewart, Liza Minnelli, Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald O'Connor, Peter Lawford, and Debbie Reynolds in a joyous celebration of MGM musicals, the Hollywood studio that practically invented the musical. Starting from 1929's "The Broadway Melody," up to 1958's Academy Award-winning "Gigi", this collection of song, dance, out takes, and interviews will entertain the whole family. Featuring scenes from such American musical classics as "Singin' In the Rain," "Showboat" and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and a parade of stars, including Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Esther Williams, and Clark Gable.

Documentary / Family / Musical

Cabrini Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Angel | 2024 | 142 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 27, 2024 | Kenneth Brown

Cabrini charts the rise of a poor audacious woman who became one of the great entrepreneurs of the 19th Century - Through her willpower, courage and business skill, overcame sexism and violent anti-Italian bigotry in 19th century New York.

Drama / History

Obsession Blu-ray Movie  

Indicator Series | Limited Edition

Powerhouse Films | 1949 | 98 min | Not rated | Jun 18, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Dr. Clive Riordan plans a devilish revenge against his wife's lover.

Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller

King Lear Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1987 | 90 min | Rated PG | Feb 11, 2025 | Kenneth Brown

As the world recovers from the destruction of the Chernobyl disaster, William Shakespeare Jr. the Fifth attempts to restore the human race's great works of art. His quest takes takes him to a hotel in Switzerland where he meets an old gangster and his daughter, Cordelia. William's journey also leads him to encounters with an absurd professor and an unhinged filmmaker.

Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi

Island of Terror Blu-ray Movie    

88 Films | 1966 | 87 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Aug 26, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

An isolated remote island community is threatened by an attack by tentacled silicates which liquefy and digest bone and tissue.

Horror / Sci-Fi

Azrael Blu-ray Movie  

IFC Films | 2024 | 86 min | Rated R | Feb 04, 2025 | Brian Orndorf

In a world in which no one speaks, a devout female-led community hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, Azrael is due to be sacrificed to pacify an ancient evil deep within the surrounding wilderness—but she has other ideas.

Action / Horror / Thriller

V/H/S/Beyond Blu-ray Movie  

Shudder | 2024 | 114 min | Not rated | Feb 04, 2025 | Brian Orndorf

6 bloodcurdling tapes unleash horror in a sci-fi-inspired hellscape, pushing the boundaries of fear and suspense.

Horror / Sci-Fi / Supernatural

Alice, Sweet Alice 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Communion / Holy Terror | Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Arrow | 1976 | 1 Movie, 3 Cuts | 107 min | Rated R | Feb 11, 2025 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Who is the murderer behind the mask? Is sweet, 12-year-old Alice capable of killing her young sister minutes before she will receive her first holy communion? Or is it someone else with a vicious plan that is haunting her family? Watch in terror and suspense as Brooke Shields makes her film debut in this shocking thriller directed by Alfred Sole. Says Roger Ebert, "...Director Alfred Sole has a nice touch for the macabre, and there are some splendidly chilling scenes."

Horror / Mystery / Thriller