New Blu-ray Reviews

Eric Clapton: Slowhand at 70 – Live at the Royal Albert Hall 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Mercury Studios | 2015 | 106 min | Not rated | Sep 13, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In 2015, Eric Clapton turned 70 and performed his 200th concert at London’s famous Royal Albert Hall fifty years after his first performance there with The Yardbirds. Clapton’s seven-night run at the venue was acclaimed by the critics and adored by the fans. The setlist blended vintage blues tracks and Eric Clapton classics from across his astonishing career. Clapton has become synonymous with the Royal Albert Hall, and this concert is the perfect combination of artist and venue, creating a truly magical night for Eric Clapton fans everywhere.

Music

Hell's Trap Blu-ray Movie  

Trampa Infernal / Slipcover in Original Pressing

Vinegar Syndrome | 1989 | 76 min | Not rated | Sep 24, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

Seven young people go to a desolated forest looking for a bear, what they don’t know is that a crazy Vietnam vet lives there, and he is waiting for fresh blood.

Horror / Thriller / Foreign

The Stepfather 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Shout Factory | 1987 | 89 min | Rated R | Sep 10, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

A seemingly average man, after murdering his entire family, remarries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it all over again.

Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

Black Belt Jones Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1974 | 85 min | Rated R | Sep 10, 2024 | Randy Miller III

The creators of "Enter the Dragon" reunite for another action-packed adventure, this one about the Mafia getting more than it bargained for when it attempts to muscle in on a karate school run by a martial arts master.

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Martial arts

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 1982 | 81 min | Rated R | Sep 10, 2024 | Kenneth Brown

In Sunset Strip, Pryor relates two life-changing experiences. The first is his trip to "the motherland," Africa. As funny as is the routine in which Pryor gives voice to a couple of cheetahs poised to prey on unsuspecting gazelles, he brings the audience up short with a moving revelation that leads him to forswear ever again calling another black person the "N-word." The second, of course, is his near-fatal freebasing accident, which Pryor at first jokingly passes off as an accident involving milk and cookies. Then, he takes the audience step by harrowing step through his growing cocaine addiction (abetted by his untrustworthy pipe which speaks to him in reassuring tones), alienation from friends, including the formidable Jim Brown ("Whatcha gonna do?"), the explosion that resulted in third-degree burns over the upper half of his body, and finally, the agonizing rehab.

Comedy

Tattooed Life Blu-ray Movie  

Irezumi ichidai / 刺青一代

Radiance Films | 1965 | 87 min | Not rated | Sep 24, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

After his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his younger brother.

Crime / Drama / Foreign

Ya Boy Kongming!: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition | パリピ孔明 | Paripi Koumei

Sentai Filmworks | 2022 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 17, 2024 | Neil Lumbard

In the year 234, a dying Zhuge Kongming's thoughts wander over his life as one of China's greatest military strategists and statesmen, wondering what might have been had he been born in less turbulent times. Inexplicably, Kongming finds himself in a younger body in a very strange land! But why has a master of feudal diplomacy and the art of war been brought to modern Japan? He seems overqualified for flipping burgers, but then destiny calls in the entrancing voice of aspiring singer Eiko Tsukimi. Learning of her troubles in becoming a professional, Kongming's quest is secured: applying his formidable craft, intellect, and bag of ancient Chinese secrets to the task of making Eiko a star! Pity now the executives of the Japanese music industry, for they are but mere men, and they face the promotional assault of a legend reborn!

Anime / Comedy / Music / Comic book / Foreign

My Hero Academia: Season Six, Part Two Blu-ray Movie  

僕のヒーローアカデミア / Boku no Hero Academia / Blu-ray + DVD

Crunchyroll, LLC | 2022-2023 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 27, 2024 | Neil Lumbard

Escaped villains wreak havoc across the nation while Deku faces One For All’s successors. As Shigaraki’s primary target, he strikes out alone to keep All Might and his friends from the fight. But Class 1-A won’t stand for it and vow to bring Deku home.

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

Incendies 4K Blu-ray Movie    

Black Label 038 | Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

101 Films | 2010 | 131 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Sep 02, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.

Drama / Mystery / War / Foreign

Bringing Out the Dead 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Presents #47 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 1999 | 121 min | Rated R | Sep 17, 2024 | Kenneth Brown

Frank Pierce is a veteran paramedic active in Hell's Kitchen in the early 1990s. He has become burned out and is haunted by visions of the people he has tried and failed to save over the course of his career.

Drama / Thriller

The Threat Blu-ray Movie  

脅迫 | Odoshi | Limited Edition

Arrow | 1966 | 84 min | Not rated | Sep 24, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child’s ransom for them.

Action / Crime / Foreign

A League of Their Own 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 1992 | 128 min | Rated PG | Sep 03, 2024 | Kenneth Brown

In a small town in Oregon, farm girls Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller are sisters who compete with each other, even over the little things. With so many young men overseas fighting the Axis, there is a danger that professional baseball will be shut down for the duration of the war. A well-known candy manufacturer, Walter Harvey, contrives the idea to create a professional baseball league for women; both the keep the sport alive and to make a buck or two. Dottie is recruited by a scout for this new league but refuses to go unless her sister is allowed on the team. These women, along with their team-mates, begin a journey that opens up a whole new world, far beyond that of the baseball diamond, lead by team manager, Jimmy Dugan, a washed-up star ruined by alcohol and angered and embarrassed to be the coach of a girl's team.

Comedy / Drama / Sport / Period

Nowhere 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Criterion | 1997 | 83 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A group of teenagers try to sort out their lives and emotions while bizarre experiences happen to each one, including alien abductions, bad acid trips, bisexual experiences, suicides, bizarre deaths, and a rape by a TV star. All of this happens before "the greatest party of the year".

Sci-Fi / Teen / Dark humor / Surreal

Nowhere Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1997 | 82 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A group of teenagers try to sort out their lives and emotions while bizarre experiences happen to each one, including alien abductions, bad acid trips, bisexual experiences, suicides, bizarre deaths, and a rape by a TV star. All of this happens before "the greatest party of the year".

Sci-Fi / Teen / Dark humor / Surreal

Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie  

地獄楽 / Blu-ray + DVD

Crunchyroll, LLC | 2023 | 325 min | Rated TV-MA | Aug 27, 2024 | Neil Lumbard

A squad of prisoners and their guards are sent to investigate a mysterious island. They get stranded there and must rely on each other to survive the island's mysterious and monstrous residents.

Action / Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Foreign / Period

Bad Company Blu-ray Movie  

Standard Edition

Fun City Editions | 1972 | 93 min | Rated PG | Aug 20, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

A God-fearing Ohio boy dodging the Civil War draft arrives in Jefferson City where he joins up with a hardscrabble group of like-minded runaways heading west.

Drama / Western

The Fabulous Four Blu-ray Movie  

Decal Releasing | 2024 | 94 min | Rated R | Sep 10, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

The story of two friends who travel to be bridesmaids in a surprise wedding of their college girlfriend.

Comedy

Vikings: Valhalla: Season One Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 2022 | 398 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Follow-up series to 'Vikings' set 100 years later and focusing on the adventures of Leif Erikson, Freydis, Harald Hardrada, and the Norman King William the Conqueror.

Action / Adventure / Drama / History / Romance / War

Before Dawn Blu-ray Movie  

Well Go USA | 2024 | 95 min | Rated R | Sep 24, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The journey of fictional WA outback kid Jim Collins and his battalion on the Western Front.

Drama / History / War

Totally F***ed Up Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1993 | 80 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Six queer teenagers struggle to get along with each other and with life in the face of varying obstacles.

Comedy / Drama / Romance / Teen