New Blu-ray Reviews

La Collectionneuse Blu-ray Movie  

The Collector

Criterion | 1967 | 86 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a "collector" of men.

Comedy / Drama / Romance / Foreign

Claire's Knee Blu-ray Movie  

Le genou de Claire

Criterion | 1970 | 106 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Although he plans to marry a diplomat's daughter by summer's end, Jerôme spends his July at a lakeside boardinghouse, nursing crushes on the sixteen-year-old Laura and, more tantalizingly, her long-legged, blonde, older half sister, Claire. Baring her knee on a ladder under a blooming cherry tree, Claire unwittingly incites a moral crisis for Jerôme.

Drama / Romance / Foreign

Love in the Afternoon Blu-ray Movie  

L'amour l'après-midi / Chloe in the Afternoon

Criterion | 1972 | 97 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Though happily married to the adoring Hélène and expecting a second child with her, the thoroughly bourgeois executive Frédéric cannot banish from his mind the attractive Paris women he sees every day. His flirtations and fantasies remain harmless until the appearance at his office of Chloé, an audacious, unencumbered old flame.

Comedy / Drama / Romance / Foreign

Home Grown Horrors: Volume 3 Blu-ray Movie  

Revenge / HauntedWeen / Deadly Love

Vinegar Syndrome | 1986-1991 | 3 Movies | 271 min | Not rated | May 28, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

See individual titles for synopses.

Comedy / Horror

HauntedWeen Blu-ray Movie  

Vinegar Syndrome | 1991 | 87 min | Not rated | May 28, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

Twenty years ago a deadly accident forced Eddie Burber from his home. Now that he's home, he wants to play. He tells a college fraternity they can use the house as a fundraiser. While the Sigma Phi's prepare their rooms for fun and thrills, Eddie prepares his special room for blood and kills.

Comedy / Horror

Deadly Love Blu-ray Movie  

Vinegar Syndrome | 1987 | 83 min | Not rated | May 28, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

No synopsis for this title.

Horror

Revenge Blu-ray Movie  

Revenge: Blood Cult 2

Vinegar Syndrome | 1986 | 100 min | Not rated | May 28, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

A cult of "caninus" or dog-worshippers is terrorizing a farm woman in order to get her to sell them her land, land that they need for a special ritual. The members of the cult keep their association secret and apparently have infiltrated all levels of local society, on up to Senator Bradford who is the cult leader. Gory scenes are interspersed throughout the story as the cult murders anyone who starts catching on to the fact that they exist.

Horror

Red Peony Gambler Blu-ray Movie    

緋牡丹博徒 / Hibotan bakuto | Masters of Cinema

Eureka Entertainment | 1968 | 98 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Oryu (Fuji Junko) is invited to stay with a local yakuza boss of a silk farming town. When a rival gang murders the boss Oryu takes it upon herself to protect his business and family.

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Foreign

The Lady from Shanghai 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 1947 | 87 min | Not rated | Jul 30, 2024 | Kenneth Brown

When unemployed Irishman Michael O'Hara saves Elsa Bannister from thugs, she obtains him a position on her invalid lawyer husband Arthur's yacht, as a deckhand. It soon becomes clear that Elsa has designs on O'Hara, and also wants her husband out of the way.

Crime / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Dark humor

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2024 | 148 min | Rated R | Aug 13, 2024 | Randy Miller III

As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the citadel presided over by Immortan Joe. The two tyrants wage war for dominance, and Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2024 | 148 min | Rated R | Aug 13, 2024 | Randy Miller III

As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the citadel presided over by Immortan Joe. The two tyrants wage war for dominance, and Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2024 | 148 min | Rated R | Aug 13, 2024 | Randy Miller III

As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the citadel presided over by Immortan Joe. The two tyrants wage war for dominance, and Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller

The Big Country Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1958 | 165 min | Not rated | Feb 06, 2024 | Dr. Stephen Larson

A New Englander arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land. Filmed in Technirama.

Drama / Romance / Western

Heaven's Prisoners Blu-ray Movie    

Imprint | 1996 | 133 min | Rated ACB: MA15+ | Feb 19, 2025 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Ex-detective Dave Robicheaux has made a new life for himself and his wife Annie running a bait shop in the outskirts of New Orleans. When they save a little girl, the sole survivor of a plane crash, their lives become forever changed.

Crime / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller

The Little Drummer Girl Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1984 | 130 min | Rated R | Mar 26, 2024 | Randy Miller III

An American actress disillusioned with her life, travels to Greece and gets recruited by an Israeli intelligence agency. There, she pretends to be the girlfriend of the dead brother of a Palestinian bomber.

Drama / Thriller

Underground Aces Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1981 | 93 min | Rated PG | Jul 23, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The escapades of a crew of zany parking lot attendants.

Comedy

The Guyver 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + CD

Unearthed Films | 1991 | 93 min | Rated R | Jul 02, 2024 | Kenneth Brown

Based on the Japanese comic-book character created by Toshiki Takaya, this hyper-kinetic science fiction fantasy plays like a live-action cartoon. The title initially refers to a mysterious piece of technology capable of generating a powerful bio-mechanical exoskeleton around the body of its operator. After scientist Tetsu Segawa (Greg Paik) is murdered while trying to deliver it to CIA agent Max Reed (Mark Hamill), the device is stumbled upon by Sean Barker (Jack Armstrong), a friend of the scientist's daughter Mizki (Vivian Wu). Sean discovers the object's power when it encases him with protective power-armor during a fight -- armor which comes in handy when the similarly-clad minions of the diabolical Chronos Corporation come after him to reclaim it. The technology they employ is revealed to be from another planet, which has enabled the head of Chronos (David Gale) to transform his henchmen into reptilian creatures known as Zoanoids (whose ranks include Jimmie Walker from the '70s TV sitcom Good Times!). In the ensuing battle, Sean's consciousness becomes merged with the power of the Guyver, bestowing him with remarkable strength and agility, as well as the convenient ability to regenerate himself when damaged. Helmed by Kung Fu Rascals creator Steve Wang and special-effects wizard Screaming Mad George, The Guyver is a colorful but ultimately clumsy comic-book adventure, bogged down by a pedestrian "Hollywood" script that seems out-of-lace amid the exotic premise and fanciful creature designs. Apparently targeted at younger audiences -- who may enjoy the broad comedy and wild monster effects -- this is relatively safe sci-fi fare compared to its ultra-violent source material. Look for "Scream Queen" Linnea Quigley in a brief cameo.

Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Martial arts / Comic book

Wolves, Pigs & Men Blu-ray Movie    

狼と豚と人間 / Ōkami to buta to ningen | Masters of Cinema

Eureka Entertainment | 1964 | 96 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Aug 26, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A lonely gangster tries recruiting men to plunder a respected and powerful gang.

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign

When Titans Ruled the Earth Blu-ray Movie  

Clash of the Titans / Wrath of the Titans | Limited Edition

Arrow | 2010-2012 | 2 Movies | 205 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 13, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy

Clash of the Titans Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 2010 | 106 min | Rated PG-13 | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Perseus is the son of the King of the Gods, Zeus, but is raised as a man. When Hades, the God of the underworld, threatens to seize power from Zeus, Perseus embarks on a life-threatening mission to defeat him. Joined by a group of brave warriors, Perseus is forced to battle beasts and demons in order to save his family, and will only succeed if he finally accepts and uses his power as a God.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy