New Blu-ray Reviews

Smile 2 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2024 | 128 min | Rated R | Jan 21, 2025 | Martin Liebman

About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

Horror / Music / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Supernatural

Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin: Season One Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2022 | 179 min | Not rated | Jul 25, 2023 | Justin Dekker

Bumper moves to Germany to revive his music career after one of his songs becomes big in Berlin.

Comedy

Ninja Terminator Blu-ray Movie  

Standard Edition

Neon Eagle Video | 1985 | 90 min | Not rated | Apr 15, 2025 | Justin Dekker

Three martial-arts students search for the Golden Ninja Warrior, a statue reputed to have magic powers.

Action / Adventure

Las Vegas: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2003-2008 | 5 Seasons | 4601 min | Rated TV-14 | Nov 26, 2024 | Justin Dekker

Welcome to the Montecito Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, where you can do anything you want... but Ed Deline and his crack surveillance team will be watching. Just remember, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas...

Crime / Drama

Horrible History: Four Historical Epics by Chang Cheh Blu-ray Movie  

Marco Polo / The Pirate / Boxer Rebellion / Four Riders | Eureka Classics

Eureka Entertainment | 1972-1976 | 4 Movies | 459 min | Not rated | Dec 10, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

See individual films for their synopses.

Action / Adventure / Biography / Drama / Foreign

Marco Polo Blu-ray Movie  

Ma Ge Bo Luo / 馬哥波羅

Eureka Entertainment | 1975 | 108 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Four friends learn kung fu to avenge the death of their friend against the manchus.

Action / Adventure / Biography / Foreign

The Pirate Blu-ray Movie  

Da hai dao / 大海盜

Eureka Entertainment | 1973 | 102 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Toward the end of the Ching Dynasty, the South China Sea was swarming with pirates looking to plunder treasure-rich Portuguese merchant ships. A titanic tale of a daring and heroic "Robin Hood" of the seas.

Action / Drama / Foreign

Boxer Rebellion Blu-ray Movie  

Ba guo lian jun / 八國聯軍 / Shen quan san zhuang shi / 神拳三壯士

Eureka Entertainment | 1976 | 144 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Set in China, at the height of the Boxer Rebellion, a group of fearless Chinese patriots, armed with just their fists and bare feet try to ward off the incursion from European invaders.

Action / Adventure / Foreign

Four Riders Blu-ray Movie  

Hellfighters of the East / Si qi shi / 四騎士

Eureka Entertainment | 1972 | 109 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Right after the end of the Korean War, four soldiers go against a drug smuggling gang in the capital city Seoul, where one of them is framed by the gang in the killing of another soldier.

Action / Drama / Foreign

Murder by Decree 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Kino Lorber | 1979 | 124 min | Rated PG | Jan 21, 2025 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have its roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons. Holmes races to save the life of Annie Crook who has been forcibly incarcerated in an insane asylum and that of her friend Mary Kelly, in whom she has entrusted her secret.

Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Period

Sasquatch Sunset Blu-ray Movie    

Collector's Edition

Umbrella Entertainment | 2024 | 89 min | Rated ACB: MA15+ | Dec 04, 2024 | Neil Lumbard

In the misty forests of North America, a family of Sasquatches—possibly the last of their enigmatic kind— embark on an absurdist, epic, hilarious, and ultimately poignant journey over the course of one year. These shaggy and noble giants fight for survival as they find themselves on a collision course with the ever-changing world around them.

Adventure / Comedy / Drama

Fatal Delusion Blu-ray Movie  

Saturn's Core Audio & Video | 1995 | 2 Movies | 103 min | Not rated | Dec 31, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

No synopsis for this title.

Horror

Dial D for Demons Blu-ray Movie  

Taan shiu hung chow / Tàn shāo xiōng zhòu / 炭燒凶咒

Vinegar Syndrome | 2000 | 87 min | Not rated | Oct 29, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

Needing a break from their busy lives, a group of young professionals living in Hong Kong decide to take a few days off and spend some time relaxing on a quiet and secluded island. After arriving at their rental property, one of the friends (who has the ability to see ghosts) begins having terrifying visions of people who have taken their own lives by inhaling burning charcoal. To make matters worse, the group of friends starts to receive cryptic messages on their pagers. Soon, the horror of the property begins to reveal itself and the group has no choice but to try to survive the night before falling victim to the evil that awaits them.

Horror / Foreign

Weak Spot Blu-ray Movie  

La faille | Limited Edition

Radiance Films | 1975 | 110 min | Not rated | Jan 28, 2025 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Set in the modern period in Greece, during that time known as "the rule of the Colonels", the story concerns the cat-and-mouse police investigation of Georgis, a travel agent, for his possible involvement in the death of a man under surveillance.

Thriller / Foreign

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Part 1 Blu-ray Movie  

葬送のフリーレン / Sousou no Frieren / Blu-ray + DVD

Crunchyroll, LLC | 2023 | 400 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 17, 2024 | Neil Lumbard

A great party of heroes once brought an era of peace, their deeds fading to legend over time. But what of their elven mage, Frieren, who outlived her companions? A new generation sparks her next adventure to understand the human heart, now and of the past.

Action / Adventure / Anime / Drama / Fantasy / Comic book / Foreign

Tokyo Ghoul Blu-ray Movie  

10th Anniversary Edition

Crunchyroll, LLC | 2014-2018 | 5 Seasons | 1200 min | Rated TV-MA | Dec 17, 2024 | Neil Lumbard

Ken Kaneki is a loner. In a world where ghouls—human-like creatures who survive on human flesh—and people are at war, his biggest concern is which novel to pick up next. But when a date with the mysterious Rize turns deadly, a life-saving operation horrifyingly transforms him into a human-ghoul hybrid. Can he find his place in a society where it’s hunt or be hunted?

Action / Anime / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Short / Comic book / Foreign

1,000 Convicts and a Woman Blu-ray Movie  

Story of a Nympho / Kino Cult #20

Kino Lorber | 1971 | 92 min | Not rated | Nov 26, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The daughter of a British prison governor returns from an American finishing school, and chases after the inmates in her Dad's prison.

Drama

Sahara Blu-ray Movie    

Indicator Series | Limited Edition

Powerhouse Films | 1943 | 98 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jan 27, 2025 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Sergeant Joe Gunn is the commander of an American M-3 tank crew allied to the British Eighth Army, which is defeated by the Germans at Tobruk. Joining the scattered retreat across the Libyan desert, Gunn and his two remaining men, Jimmy Doyle and Waco Hoyt search for water. Instead the tank crew finds an international mix of stragglers, including an officer doctor with several soldiers and a British Sudanese sergeant, Tambul, with his Italian prisoner of war. The rag-tag column shoots down an attacking plane and takes its German pilot as a second captive, although a soldier, Fred Clarkson is killed in the fighting. After one well turns out to be dry, the troupe finally reaches an abandoned mosque with a well that provides a trickle of water. Two more prisoners are taken while scouting the area and reveal that an entire German battalion is en route to the same well. Gunn misleads them into believing that there is plenty of water to go around, sets them free to report back to their superiors, and then persuades his fellow Allies to help him fight the enemy force that's en route, even though they are staggeringly outnumbered. A betrayal, an escaped prisoner, and bloody skirmishes follow in short order as Hoyt goes in search of help while Gunn and his compatriots attempt to crush the German battalion.

Action / Drama / War

Must Love Dogs Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 2005 | 98 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 26, 2024 | Randy Miller III

Pretty pre-school teacher Sarah Nolan (Diane Lane) is divorced, demoralized and dateless - until her sister posts her profile at perfectmatch.com. Now she has lots of dates. With weirdos, weepers, lechers, jocks - and Jake (John Cusack), a soulful boat builder whose idea of true love comes straight out of "Doctor Zhivago". Jake is attractive, smart and maybe a bit too intense. So Sarah passes him by. And maybe passes up her one real chance for love.

Comedy / Romance

Love & Crime Blu-ray Movie  

明治・大正・昭和 猟奇女犯罪史 | Meiji · Taishô · Shôwa: Ryôki onna hanzai-shi | Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

88 Films | 1969 | 92 min | Not rated | Jan 21, 2025 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A series of short stories about bizarre crimes committed by females in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras. Discover 4 famous Japanese murderers : Takahashi Oden, the last woman beheaded in Japan, Sada Abe, a crazy lover, Kunihiko Kodaira, a rapist-killer and finally, the Toyokaku case, a woman who did everything to own a hotel.

Crime / Drama / Erotic / Foreign