New Blu-ray Reviews

The Outcasts Blu-ray Movie  

Deaf Crocodile Films | 1982 | 106 min | Not rated | Mar 11, 2025 | Neil Lumbard

Set in an isolated rural community in pre-famine Ireland when poverty and magic were rife, farm girl Maura discovers a magical world of the imagination through ‘a wild, ungodly man’, the mysterious wanderer Scarf Michael. When she is accused of witchcraft, she turns to her own supernatural powers for protection.

Drama / Horror

Naked Acts Blu-ray Movie  

Milestone | 1996 | 87 min | Not rated | Feb 18, 2025 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Aspiring actress Cicely has lost 57 pounds and landed her first movie role. The director didn't tell her about a nude scene. Reluctant to do it, she embarks on a personal journey that unveils secrets once hid under her excessive weight.

Comedy / Drama

The Social Network 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2010 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 120 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 18, 2025 | Kenneth Brown

A story about the founders of the social-networking website, Facebook.

Biography / Drama / History

Panic Room 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2002 | 112 min | Rated R | Feb 18, 2025 | Kenneth Brown

Trapped in their New York brownstone’s panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.

Crime / Thriller / Psychological thriller

Garbo Talks Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1984 | 105 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 15, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The son of a woman dying of a brain tumour tries to fulfil his mother's last wish: to meet Greta Garbo.

Comedy / Drama

Trapped Ashes 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Deaf Crocodile Films | 2006 | 105 min | Rated R | Feb 11, 2025 | Neil Lumbard

Seven strangers on a Hollywood movie studio tour are trapped inside an infamous House of Horror and forced to tell their most terrifying stories to get out alive.

Horror

Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat In Space Blu-ray Movie  

Standard Edition

Deaf Crocodile Films | 2002 | 92 min | Unrated | Feb 11, 2025 | Neil Lumbard

A cerebral and existential story of Tamla, a kitten from the Planet of Cats, who sets out to solve the mystery of her birth.

Adventure / Anime / Foreign

Felidae 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Standard Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Deaf Crocodile Films | 1994 | 82 min | Not rated | Feb 11, 2025 | Neil Lumbard

Francis the cat has just moved into the neighborhood with his owner, only to be greeted by a series of baffling and gruesome murders. Sifting through the clues left by the murderer, the crazed Claudandus sect, and his own horrific nightmares; Francis must solve the puzzle behind the killer - before it is too late.

Animation / Foreign

Daffy Duck's Quackbusters Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1988 | 79 min | Rated G | Jan 28, 2025 | Randy Miller III

Daffy Duck opens a detective agency for the supernatural alongside his friends.

Animation / Comedy

Fade-In Blu-ray Movie  

Iron Cowboy | Special Edition

Kino Lorber | 1968 | 93 min | Not rated | Jan 21, 2025 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A sophisticated film editor falls in love with a womaniser she meets while making a new Western movie on location.

Drama / Romance / Western

Hokuriku Proxy War Blu-ray Movie  

北陸代理戦争 / Hokuriku dairi sensô | Limited Edition

Radiance Films | 1977 | 98 min | Not rated | Feb 25, 2025 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A Yakuza group from Osaka with dreams of national dominance moves into the snowy Hokuriku region, sparking a bloody turf war with local gangs.

Action / Crime / Foreign

Icons Unearthed: Marvel Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 2023 | 712 min | Not rated | Jan 14, 2025 | Martin Liebman

Cast, crew, and experts reveal never-before-heard stories about the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Documentary / Comic book

Quantum Leap: Season Two Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2023-2024 | 549 min | Not rated | Feb 04, 2025 | Justin Dekker

Ben Song's leap back to the present day did not go as planned and he remains trapped in time. Though only a few moments have passed for Ben, three years have elapsed for his former team. The team must reassemble and fight against an unexpected force, as Ben teams with an unlikely partner to help those in the past while trying to return to the present.

Drama / Sci-Fi

Shadowzone Blu-ray Movie  

Full Moon Features | 1990 | 88 min | Rated R | May 07, 2024 | Kenneth Brown

After someone is killed in the subterranean project called "Shadowzone," a NASA captain is called in to investigate. In the project, sleeping subjects are induced into a deep EDS state whereby they become portals to a parallel universe. Unfortunately this causes adverse reactions in the subject, and something gets through the portal, the consequence of which is an attrition problem.

Horror / Sci-Fi

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