New Blu-ray Reviews

The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior - Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2023 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 22, 2024 | Neil Lumbard

Pride Royal Ivy was a monstrous beast of a Princess and an evil Queen in the making… until she collapsed at age 8 and a life flashed before her eyes. Not the original Pride’s life, but that of a Japanese college student who’s now trapped in the body of a villainess she recognizes from a hit video game... one doomed to a horrific fate! Or is she? Knowing the original plot, can the new other-worldly Pride change the course of upcoming events to become a beloved heroine instead of the reviled bad girl? If she can’t, Pride’s destined to take an awful fall in The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior!

Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Foreign

Tokyo Revengers: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie  

東京卍リベンジャーズ

Viz Media | 2021 | 500 min | Rated TV-MA | Nov 12, 2024 | Neil Lumbard

A middle-aged loser travels in time to his school years and in order to save the love of his life from future doom, he must become the leader of a dreaded school gang.

Action / Anime / Sci-Fi / Comic book / Foreign

86: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie  

Eighty-Six

Viz Media | 2021-2022 | 530 min | Rated TV-14 | Nov 05, 2024 | Neil Lumbard

Called “Juggernaut,” these are the unmanned combat drones developed by the Republic of San Magnolia in answer to the attacks by the autonomous unmanned drones of the neighboring Empire of Giad, the “Legion”. But they’re only unmanned in name. In reality, they are piloted by the Eighty-sixers—those considered to be less than human and treated as mere tools. Determined to achieve his own mysterious ends, Shin, the captain of Spearhead Squadron, which is comprised of Eighty-sixers, continues to fight a hopeless war on a battlefield where only death awaits him.

Action / Anime / Drama / Foreign

The Grifters 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Criterion | 1990 | 110 min | Rated R | Jan 21, 2025 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller

The Grifters Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1990 | 110 min | Rated R | Jan 21, 2025 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller

Jeanne Moreau: Filmmaker Blu-ray Movie  

Lumiere / The Adolescent / Lillian Gish

Carlotta Films U.S. | 1976-1984 | 3 Movies | 255 min | Not rated | Feb 27, 2024 | Kenneth Brown

JEANNE MOREAU, FILMMAKER is a revelatory 2-disc Blu-ray set that includes new restorations of Moreau’s rarely-seen work as a director: LUMIÈRE (1976), THE ADOLESCENT (1979), and the documentary LILLIAN GISH (1984). LUMIÈRE: Four actress friends, Sarah, Laura, Julienne and Caroline, talk about their emotional and professional paths. They live intensely and deal with different concerns, both as women and as actresses. Their strong bond is embodied in the central figure of Sarah, the oldest and most famous of them… / THE ADOLESCENT: July 14th, 1939. Marie has just turned 12 and, as she does every year, she is about to go on holiday to her paternal grandmother’s house in central France. She is thrilled to see her beloved Grandma and the children of the village. Marie also meets the new country doctor and begins to experience a previously unknown feeling. The young girl gradually leaves childhood behind, while the shadow of war soon looms over her... / LILLIAN GISH: A tribute to Lillian Gish by Jeanne Moreau, where one actress pays homage to another. The American silent film star looks back on her career since her début in 1913, and evokes the filming conditions when she was a child, the first Hollywood blockbuster Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith and her passion for cinema, guided by an insatiable curiosity…

Biography / Documentary / Drama / Romance / Foreign

Seinfeld: The Complete Series 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Sony Pictures | 1989-1998 | 9 Seasons | 4188 min | Rated TV-PG | Dec 17, 2024 | Kenneth Brown

The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York friends.

Comedy

The Lonely Man Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1957 | 88 min | Not rated | Nov 26, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Based on a 1941 movie entitled Shepherd of the Hills, this is the story of a gunfighter who decides to return home after 17 years to make amends with his son. The son blames him for his mother's death and the reconciliation is difficult. Although there are many side action lines -- old enemies still gunning for him and new friends not sure who to root for -- the main theme is that of the interaction between father and son. The push toward one last battle is made secondary. Filmed in VistaVision.

Western

Level 1: Demon Lord & One Room Hero - Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2023 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 29, 2024 | Neil Lumbard

Ten years ago, Max struck the final blow against the Demon Lord, but now he’s out of shape, out of cash, and completely out of the public eye. Except for the eyes of the resurrected Demon Lord, who desperately wants to stage a rematch! Unfortunately, the facts that the Demon Lord is now physically ten years old, that Max has no interest in fighting, and that the Demon Lord’s secretary Zenia is totally against the idea are just a few of the “minor” problems that will have to be addressed when the Demon Lord moves in to “fix” up his former foe in Level 1: Demon Lord and One Room Hero!

Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Comic book / Foreign

Winchester '73 Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1950 | 92 min | Not rated | Jan 28, 2025 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.

Action / Drama / Western

Winchester '73 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Criterion | 1950 | 92 min | Not rated | Jan 28, 2025 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.

Action / Drama / Western

Topkapi Blu-ray Movie  

Special Edition

Kino Lorber | 1964 | 120 min | Not rated | Nov 12, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Thought by many to be the inspiration for the TV series 'Mission: Impossible', Jules Dassin's comedy-thriller follows a group of art thieves as they plot and plan to rob a jewelled dagger from the fortress-like Topkapi Palace museum in sun-soaked Istanbul. With an international cast and a screenplay written by ex-Ealing stalwart Monja Danischewsky, 'Topkapi' is one of the great comic-exotic heist movies.

Adventure / Crime / Thriller / Heist

A Merry Scottish Christmas Blu-ray Movie  

Cineverse | 2023 | 86 min | Not rated | Dec 03, 2024 | Martin Liebman

Estranged siblings Lindsay and Brad as they travel to Scotland at Christmas to reunite with their mother Jo.

Comedy / Drama / Romance / Holiday

A Biltmore Christmas Blu-ray Movie  

Cineverse | 2023 | 84 min | Not rated | Dec 03, 2024 | Martin Liebman

Lucy Hardgrove (Bethany Joy Lenz) is a screenwriter who lands the job of a lifetime when she's hired to pen the script for a remake of the beloved holiday movie, "His Merry Wife". First filmed in 1947 at beautiful, historic Biltmore House, it has long been considered a Christmas classic. When the head of the studio isn't satisfied with the ending Lucy wrote because it deviates from the original's feel-good conclusion, he sends Lucy to Biltmore Estate for research and inspiration. While there, she unwittingly discovers the ability to travel to the 1947 set of "His Merry Wife". through the help of an hourglass. After shaking off the initial shock of this turn of events, Lucy embraces this as her chance to uncover the truth about the movie's original ending. While on set, she and Jack Huston (Kristoffer Polaha), one of the film's stars, spend time together and become close. But her sudden appearance has set off a chain of events that put the production in jeopardy. Before she can return to the present, Lucy must make things right or threaten to alter the future forever

Family / Fantasy / Romance / Period / Holiday

Amagi Brilliant Park: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

甘城ブリリアントパーク

Sentai Filmworks | 2014-2015 | 350 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 17, 2024 | Neil Lumbard

Amagi Brilliant Park’s mascots are ancient, its attractions are falling apart, and the rides are only thrilling because they’re deathtraps. Which, given that ABP’s secret purpose is to gather magic from attendees to keep the mythical creatures that run the park alive, is not good! With creditors about to foreclose and bulldozers lining up, the mythical residents’ last hope is student Seiya Kanie, who has the impossible task of bringing in 250,000 paying guests within three months! Fortunately, nothing’s completely impossible when you’ve got magic, scantily clad fairies, gun-toting sheep, and a PLAN to save Amagi Brilliant Park!

Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Foreign

Attack on Titan: Final Season, Part 3 - The Final Chapters Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition | 進撃の巨人 / Shingeki no Kyojin / Blu-ray + DVD

Crunchyroll, LLC | 2023 | 145 min | Rated TV-MA | Nov 26, 2024 | Neil Lumbard

Eren unleashes the rumbling with one desire in mind: destroy all enemies beyond Paradis. Standing against him is a band of misfits made of former enemies and allies. But no matter what they do to halt the destruction, Eren’s final act is preordained.

Action / Anime / Fantasy / Horror / Comic book / Foreign

Bitter Moon Blu-ray Movie    

Via Vision Entertainment | 1992 | 140 min | Rated ACB: R18+ | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Nigel Dobson is an English perfect gentleman, married to equally respectable Fiona. On a cruise heading for India, they meet a highly unconventional couple, American unpublished would-be literary celebrity Oscar, in a wheelchair, and his much younger Parisian wife, Mimi.

Drama / Romance / Thriller / Dark humor / Erotic

Prey for Rock & Roll Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 2003 | 104 min | Not rated | Nov 19, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A journey of rock & roll legends to be... Jacki, Tracy, Faith and Sally are four struggling L.A. rockers who, after years of playing the Sunset Strip, are still waiting for their big break. Then they finally get the call. With the possibility of a record contract on the table, they quickly learn the price of fame and discover the hard truth about sex, drugs, and rock & roll.

Drama / Music

The Mean One Blu-ray Movie  

Cineverse | 2022 | 93 min | Unrated | Dec 17, 2024 | Kenneth Brown

In a sleepy mountain town, a woman has her parents murdered and her Christmas stolen by a blood thirsty green figure in a red Santa suit. But when the ravenous creature begins to terrorize the town and threatens to ruin the holiday, she decides to trap and kill the monster.

Horror / Holiday

The Gingerdead Man Blu-ray Movie  

Full Moon Features | 2005 | 70 min | Not rated | Aug 13, 2024 | Kenneth Brown

Depending on one's point of view, Gary Busey either sinks or rises to new levels of crazed weirdness in this low-budget, gore-drenched Z-movie. Busey plays deranged murderer Millard Findlemeyer, who's sent to the electric chair by brave witness Sara Leigh after he murders her family. But his creepy, vengeful mother mixes his ashes into some homemade gingerbread mix, and when the mix winds up at the Leigh bakery, all it takes is a few drops of blood to trigger an ancient curse and bring Millard's soul to life in the form of an evil, homicidal pastry. Bloodshed ensues as Sara and her friends are forced to fight for their lives against this walking, talking, and stabbing (but oddly kind of adorable) gingerbread man.

Comedy / Horror