New Blu-ray Reviews

All About Lily Chou-Chou Blu-ray Movie  

リリイ・シュシュのすべて

Film Movement | 2001 | 146 min | Not rated | May 28, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Life isn't easy for a group of high school kids growing up absurd in Japan's pervasive pop/cyber culture. As they negotiate teen badlands- school bullies, parents from another planet, lurid snapshots of sex and death- these everyday rebels without a cause seek sanctuary, even salvation, through pop star savior Lily Chou-Chou, embracing her sad, dreamy songs and sharing their fears and secrets in Lilyholic chat rooms. Immersed in the speed of everyday troubles, their lives inevitably climax in a fatal collision between real and virtual identities, a final logging-off from innocence.

Crime / Drama / Music / Romance / Foreign / Coming of age

The Body Stealers Blu-ray Movie    

Tigon Collection

88 Films | 1969 | 92 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | May 20, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A British military paratrooper disappears in mid-air during a jump from an army plane. Two investigators, Patrick Allen and Neil Connery, try to unravel how this happened. What they uncover is an alien plot to steal the bodies of earthlings by snatching them out of the air.

Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi

Air: Moon Safari Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray Audio | Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + CD

Rhino Music | 1998 | 61 min | Not rated | May 17, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music

The American Society of Magical Negroes Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2024 | 104 min | Rated PG-13 | May 14, 2024 | Justin Dekker

Aren is an idealistic young black man who’s recruited by veteran agent Roger into the American Society of Magical Negroes. Aren finds that working for the Society, an ancient, secret, and magical organization dedicated to making white people’s lives easier, is the most challenging and unexpected journey of his life.

Comedy / Fantasy

Friendly Persuasion Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1956 | 137 min | Not rated | May 14, 2024 | Randy Miller III

For two years, the Civil War has been elsewhere. Now Confederate forces are nearby, looting and burning. It is time to fight back, Jess Birdwell's neighbors insist. Yet Birdwell, a Quaker, knows there must be a better way to settle things.

Drama / War / Western

A Queen's Ransom Blu-ray Movie  

鱷潭群英會 / È tán qún yīng huì / International Assassin | Eureka Classics

Eureka Entertainment | 1976 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 98 min | Not rated | Jun 11, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A Hong Kong mobster's sister is working with authorities on their investigation into her own brother's plot to assassinate the Queen.

Action / Foreign

Fleetwood Mac: Rumours Blu-ray Movie  

Atmos Blu-ray Audio

Rhino Music | 1977 | 41 min | Not rated | Apr 26, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Rumours is the eleventh studio album by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 4 February 1977, by Warner Bros. Records. Largely recorded in California in 1976, it was produced by the band with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut.

Music

Bob Marley: One Love 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2024 | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | May 28, 2024 | Martin Liebman

Celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. Discover Bob's powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music.

Biography / Drama / Music

Peter Gabriel: Back to Front - Live in London 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Mercury Studios | 2013 | 136 min | Not rated | May 10, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

This spectacular live concert, filmed at London's O2 using the latest Ultra High Definition 4K technology, captures Peter Gabriel's celebration of the 25th anniversary of his album To mark the event Gabriel reunited his original So touring band from 1986-87 and for the very first time fans saw them play the multi-platinum selling album in its entirety. Whilst the core of the performance is the So album, there is much more to the concert with previously unreleased and re-imagined songs performed alongside classic hits. With innovative lighting and staging, Back To Front offers a visual and narrative feast that puts the viewer inside a concert like never before.

Music

The Rain People Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1969 | 101 min | Not rated | May 07, 2024 | Randy Miller III

Having discovered that she is pregnant, Natalie Ravenna (Shirley Knight), a Long Island housewife panics and leaves home to see if she might just possibly have made something different out of herself; if she can manage to unshackle her grocery list worth of responsibilities that add up to a life with a husband she loves. In a motel room where Natalie stops to rest during the day, she sits motionless on the bed, and experiences the exuberance of complete freedom and the queasy feelings of new beginnings. Natalie continues on with her journey and picks up a young hitch-hiker -Killer (James Caan), an attractive brain-damaged football player. It is through Killer that poses a more disturbing question to Natalie than that of domestic responsibility. How deeply are we wedded to chance meetings and are we responsible for the crimes that we witness?

Drama

Club Zero Blu-ray Movie  

Film Movement | 2023 | 110 min | Not rated | May 28, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A teacher takes a job at an elite school and forms a strong bond with five students - a relationship that eventually takes a dangerous turn.

Drama / Thriller

Orange: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Essentials / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

FUNimation Entertainment | 2016 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 16, 2018 | Neil Lumbard

Second-year student Naho Takamiya thinks it’s a joke when she receives a letter from her 26-year-old self, forewarning the tragic future of a boy named Kakeru. But the advice proves true when he transfers to her school—just like the letter predicted. As their lives intertwine, Kakeru’s dark past keeps him from opening up to anyone, and every day becomes a challenge for Naho to change his future. Fortunately, she isn’t all alone in her task. Surrounded by a close group of friends, there may be more hope than Naho expected. Will their combined efforts be enough to prevent the greatest regret of their lives?

Anime / Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Classroom of the Elite: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Essentials / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

FUNimation Entertainment | 2017 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 17, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

Welcome to the Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School, a facility dedicated to fostering the best and brightest for the future of Japan. Here, students are given nearly complete freedom—but at a cost. To survive, they've got to get the grades, stay out of trouble, and be the very best, lest they be left with nothing.

Anime / Comedy / Romance / Foreign

Fuuka: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Essentials / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

FUNimation Entertainment | 2017 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 25, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

The sequel series to Suzuka. When Yuu Haruna transferred to a school in Tokyo, he didn't expect to end his first day being called a pervert! After a sharp misunderstanding, Yuu is introduced to Fuuka—a true whirlwind of a girl—and is knocked flat on his back, in shock by her personality and voice. Can his introverted, shy personality handle the wild winds of Fuuka? He'll have to try, because she's got plans to start a band—and she wants him in it! As they play together, a sweet tune begins to blossom between them. That is, until his childhood friend and famous singer, Koyuki, suddenly comes back to town. With both girls after his heart and the new band hoping for a start, Yuu finds himself falling to the winds of change. And right when he knows what he wants—it's swept away! Will this group hold strong, or will they just be a memory carried on the breeze?

Anime / Comedy / Drama / Music / Erotic / Comic book / Foreign

In Another World with My Smartphone: Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Essentials / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

FUNimation Entertainment | 2017 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Jul 09, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

Mochizuki Touya is killed. To make it up to him, God grants Touya a second chance at life in a fantastic new world. Adventure, fame, fortune, and a harem of cute girls await him across this otherworldly realm. But despite being a magical and physical prodigy, balancing the affections of his companions with his day-to-day activities is one challenge he’s definitely not prepared for!

Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Foreign

The Krays Blu-ray Movie    

Second Sight | 1990 | 120 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Nov 20, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

From their humble East End beginnings, Ronnie and Reggie Kray became the most notorious figures in London’s gangland underworld. From extortion to murder, their horrific brutality became legendary and throughout the 50s and 60s they ruled by fear, until life sentences in 1969 finally ended their bloody reign of terror.

Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller

Blood on the Sun Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1945 | 94 min | Not rated | Feb 13, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A dedicated American reporter in 1930s Japan is determined to expose that government's plan for world domination.

Drama / Romance / Thriller

Both Sides of the Blade Blu-ray Movie  

Avec amour et acharnement

IFC Films | 2022 | 117 min | Not rated | Nov 15, 2022 | Dr. Stephen Larson

A love triangle story about a woman caught between two men, her long-time partner and his best friend, her former lover.

Drama / Romance / Thriller / Foreign

When Time Got Louder Blu-ray Movie  

Gravitas Ventures | 2022 | 88 min | Not rated | Nov 21, 2023 | Kenneth Brown

Departing for college, Abbie leaves her parents and brother who has autism and is non-verbal. As she explores her independence and sexuality, she's torn between her new life and her love for her brother.

Drama

Cemetery Man Blu-ray Movie  

DellaMorte DellAmore

Severin Films | 1994 | 105 min | Rated R | May 28, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Francesco Dellamorte Dellamore is the watchman at the Buffalora Cemetery, where the dead rise within seven nights of their last breath. Dellamorte has learned that the only way to stop them is to split their heads open; a spade works, but dumdum bullets work even better, and he casually uses whatever is at hand. Putting the dead back to rest is, he feels, a public service. One day, Dellamorte falls deeply in love with a mourner—a young woman burying her elderly but sexually tireless husband. When Dellamorte and the woman make love on her husband's grave, the earth moves... But when she dies, can Dellamorte kill her again when she inevitably rises? When eight motorcyclists, including the mayor's daughter, are killed on the highway, will Dellamorte be able to handle all the work... twice?

Comedy / Horror / Romance / Comic book / Foreign