New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- December 30, 2024
Shanks 4K Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Cinématographe | 1974 | 93 min | Rated PG | Oct 29, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
A mute puppeteer uses a deceased scientist's invention to control dead bodies like puppets.
Fantasy / Horror
The Land That Time Forgot Blu-ray Movie
Sandpiper Pictures | 1974 | 91 min | Rated PG | Dec 17, 2024 | Kenneth Brown
After a German U-Boat sinks their ship, several survivors manage to take control of the boat. Bowen Tyler is the son of an American shipbuilder and Captain Bradley an experienced seaman. After several tussles with the German crew, they find themselves on a strange island. There they find a place where several stages of Earth's evolution co-exist at the same time. As a result several types of humans are found as well as prehistoric dinosaurs. There are also active volcanoes which all add up to a challenge to survive.
Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Ted 4K Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Shout Factory | 2012 | 114 min | Unrated | Dec 10, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
John makes a Christmas miracle happen by bringing his one and only friend to life, his teddy bear. The two grow up together and John must then choose to stay with his girlfriend or keep his friendship with his crude and extremely inappropriate teddy bear, Ted.
Comedy / Imaginary
Nothing Is Sacred: Three Heresies by Luis Buñuel Blu-ray Movie
Viridiana / The Exterminating Angel / Simon of the Desert | Limited Edition
Radiance Films | 1961-1965 | 3 Movies | 230 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Dec 16, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Drama / Fantasy / Short / Dark humor / Foreign / Surreal
Viridiana Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition
Radiance Films | 1961 | 90 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Novice nun Viridiana does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her lecherous uncle and a motley assemblage of paupers force her to confront the limits of her idealism.
Drama / Dark humor / Foreign
The Exterminating Angel Blu-ray Movie
El ángel exterminador | Limited Edition
Radiance Films | 1962 | 95 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A group of high-society friends are invited to a mansion for dinner and find themselves inexplicably unable to leave.
Drama / Fantasy / Dark humor / Foreign / Surreal
Simon of the Desert Blu-ray Movie
Simón del desierto | Limited Edition
Radiance Films | 1965 | 45 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Simon stands on top of a stone column in the middle of the desert and prays for six years, six weeks, and six days. In that time, he becomes something of a saint to his people, praised for his unwavering devotion and ability to perform grand miracles in God's name. Despite Simon's counsel and ceaseless penance on their behalf, his followers seem doomed to crumble to temptation. And Simon remains plagued by unrest, uncertainty, and the devil herself.
Drama / Short / Dark humor / Foreign
Solomon and Sheba Blu-ray Movie
Sandpiper Pictures | 1959 | 142 min | Not rated | Aug 09, 2022 | Kenneth Brown
When David names his younger son as heir, his older son plots revenge. Filmed in Technirama
Drama / History / Romance / War
Black Eye Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1974 | 98 min | Rated PG | Dec 31, 2024 | Randy Miller III
Shep Stone is a private detective working in Los Angeles. When a walking cane is stolen from the funeral of a movie star, Stone's investigation sets him on a path that leads to the seedy world of pornography and religious cults.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
The China Syndrome Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 1979 | 122 min | Rated PG | Aug 20, 2024 | Kenneth Brown
While doing a report on energy sources, ambitious reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses a near-accident at a nuclear power plant. Attempting to publicize the incident, Wells soon finds herself entangled in an inquiry by a senior engineer at the plant into possible faults that the power company refuses to acknowledge.
Drama / Thriller
- December 29, 2024
Yojimbo / Sanjuro 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Criterion | 1961-1962 | 2 Movies | 207 min | Not rated | Jan 07, 2025 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Martial arts / Foreign / Period
Limbo 4K Blu-ray Movie
智齒 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Capelight Pictures | 2021 | 118 min | Not rated | Oct 31, 2023 | Randy Miller III
Rookie policeman Will Ren and his partner, the veteran cop Cham Lau, are pursuing an obsessive and especially brutal murderer of women.
Crime / Drama / Foreign
Kin-dza-dza! Blu-ray Movie
Кин-дза-дза! / Slipcover in Original Pressing
Deaf Crocodile Films | 1986 | 133 min | Unrated | May 28, 2024 | Kenneth Brown
Kin-dza-dza! represents a double entendre in terms parody and features dark and grotesque aspects of human diaspora which may be described as dystopian. It depicts a desert planet, depleted of its resources, home to an impoverished dog-eat-dog society with extreme inequality and oppression.
Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi / Dark humor / Foreign
- December 28, 2024
Left Right and Centre Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series #453 | Limited Edition
Powerhouse Films | 1959 | 93 min | Not rated | Nov 19, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists. Amateur politician against committed activist. But could it become boy-who-fancies-girl against girl-who-fancies-boy? The party agents are soon colluding against such a disaster.
Comedy / Romance
Here for Blood Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition
Cineverse | 2022 | 100 min | Not rated | Sep 24, 2024 | Kenneth Brown
In this throwback to '90s horror, a rowdy pro-wrestler, struggling to make ends meet, agrees to fill in as a last-minute replacement for his girlfriend’s well-paying babysitting job. Upon arriving at the secluded family home, he meets the precocious 10-year-old Grace. What starts off as a quiet night of pizza and video games quickly spirals into bloody, violent chaos as they find themselves fighting for their lives as they battle an evil cult.
Crackcoon Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition
Cineverse | 2023 | 90 min | Not rated | Oct 29, 2024 | Kenneth Brown
When a synthetically-altered street drug is discarded in the woods by a drug dealer during a car chase with police, the fallout proves nothing less than horrific when an innocent raccoon eats it, transforming it into a nightmarish killing machine straight from the bowels of hell. With unsuspecting campers, tourists, and residents of a mountain community all in close proximity to the epicenter, no one is safe from the monster's unrelenting rampage.
Comedy / Horror
Amanda Blu-ray Movie
Oscilloscope Pictures | 2022 | 93 min | Not rated | May 28, 2024 | Kenneth Brown
Amanda, 24, lives mostly isolated and has never had any friends, even if it's the thing she wants the most. Amanda chooses her new mission as to convince her childhood friend to believe that they are still best friends.
Drama
- December 27, 2024
Convoy 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Imprint | 1978 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 111 min | Rated ACB: M | Dec 04, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall.
Action / Drama
Beverly Hills Ninja Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 1997 | 88 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 18, 2024 | Kenneth Brown
After washing up on Japan's coast, klutzy orphan Haru is taken in by a clan of ninjas who tutor the lad in combat. One day, a pretty American shows up looking for someone to tail her shady boyfriend -- and she hires the ham-fisted Haru for the job.
Action / Comedy / Martial arts
Aliens Expanded Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
CreatorVC | 2024 | 282 min | Not rated | Aug 30, 2024 | Kenneth Brown
An in-depth and innovative documentary that explores the story behind James Cameron's beloved sci-fi epic Aliens and its incredible impact.
Documentary