New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- February 09, 2024
Thunder Road Blu-ray Movie
Sandpiper Pictures | 1958 | 93 min | Not rated | Dec 05, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. He has to battle big-city gangsters who are trying to take over the business and the police who are trying to put him in prison.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller
The Bullet Train Blu-ray Movie
新幹線大爆破 / Super Express 109
Discotek Media | 1975 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 152 min | Unrated | Nov 28, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
A bomber tells the police that unless they pay his ransom, he will explode a bomb he placed on a Japanese "Bullet Train." Any attempt to diffuse the bomb or slow the train under 80 km/h will automatically detonate the bomb. The Japanese police are in a race against time to locate the bomber and discover how to defuse the bomb.
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign
Fatal Frame Blu-ray Movie
Gekijô-ban: Zero / 劇場版 零 ゼロ
Discotek Media | 2014 | 105 min | Unrated | Jan 30, 2024 | Neil Lumbard
Michi, a student in a conservative all-girls school, must resolve the mysterious disappearances and deaths of her fellow classmates after they found an intriguing but haunting photo of Aya, the best singer of class, who apparently is being held locked in her room, physically but not spiritually... A death curse is placed on anyone who sees Aya's photo, which seems to be taken with a "Camera Obscura." Michi, with the help of her photography skills, might stop it before the spirit of Aya takes her life, too, and spreads to many more in and outside of the school.
Horror / Foreign
A Creature Was Stirring Blu-ray Movie
Well Go USA | 2023 | 95 min | Rated R | Feb 13, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A nurse taking care of her daughter's mysterious affliction struggles to hide her secrets when uninvited strangers take shelter in her house during a lethal blizzard.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Holiday
Eileen Blu-ray Movie
Decal Releasing | 2023 | 97 min | Rated R | Jan 30, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
A woman's friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn.
Drama / Mystery / Psychological thriller / Period
Gay USA: Snapshots of 1970s LGBT Resistance Blu-ray Movie
Altered Innocence | 1977 | 72 min | Not rated | Feb 27, 2024 | Brian Orndorf
Shot on one day by 25 different cameramen across the USA under the co-ordination of Arthur J. Bressan Jr. this film documents Gay Pride parades across the United States in the late '70s.
Documentary
Brawl in Cell Block 99 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
RLJ Entertainment | 2017 | 132 min | Not rated | Mar 05, 2024 | Randy Miller III
A former boxer-turned-drug runner lands in a prison battleground after a deal gets deadly.
Action / Crime / Thriller
Priscilla Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2023 | 113 min | Rated R | Feb 13, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a gentle best friend. Through Priscilla's eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla's long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland, in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy, and fame.
Biography / Drama / History / Music / Romance / Period
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season One Blu-ray Movie
RLJ Entertainment | 2023 | 325 min | Rated TV-MA | Feb 13, 2024 | Randy Miller III
Post-The Walking Dead (2010), Daryl finds the fan-favorite zombie apocalypse transported across the Atlantic to France and a whole new level of a world gone mad.
Action / Horror / Thriller
The Questor Tapes Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1974 | 96 min | Not rated | Dec 05, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Project Questor is the brainchild of the genius Dr. Vaslovik: he developed plans to build an android super-human. Although he has disappeared and half of he programming tape was erased in the attempt to decode it, his former colleagues continue the project and finally succeed in creating Questor. However, Vaslovik seems to have installed a secret program in Questor's brain: He flees and starts to search for Vaslovik. Since half of his knowledge is missing, he needs the help of Jerry Robinson, who is now suspected of having stolen the android.
Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
BLUELOCK: Season 1 Part 1 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Crunchyroll, LLC | 2022 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Nov 14, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
Isagi Yoichi dreams of winning the World Cup for Japan, so when he’s invited to join the team’s experimental new training program, he decides to put it all on the line. Three hundred high school players come to compete, but only one can come out on top.
Anime / Drama / Sport / Thriller / Teen / Comic book / Foreign
In Fabric Blu-ray Movie
Lionsgate Films | 2018 | 118 min | Rated R | Feb 11, 2020 | Kenneth Brown
In Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.
Comedy / Horror / Romance
- February 08, 2024
My Dress-Up Darling: The Complete Season Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Crunchyroll, LLC | 2022 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Nov 07, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
Afraid of judgment, Wakana Gojo hides his love of crafting hina dolls. Marin Kitagawa is the opposite, boldly loving her obsessions. Their worlds collide when she shares her secret. Now, they’re learning about cosplay and falling in love! It’s totes adorbs!
Anime / Comedy / Romance / Comic book / Foreign
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2023 | 157 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 13, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A young Coriolanus is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, a tribute from the impoverished District 12. But after Lucy Gray’s charm captivates the audience of Panem, Snow sees an opportunity to shift their fates. With everything he has worked for hanging in the balance, Snow unites with Lucy Gray to turn the odds in their favor. Battling his instincts for both good and evil, Snow sets out on a race against time to survive and reveal if he will ultimately become a songbird or a snake.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Teen
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2023 | 157 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 13, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A young Coriolanus is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, a tribute from the impoverished District 12. But after Lucy Gray’s charm captivates the audience of Panem, Snow sees an opportunity to shift their fates. With everything he has worked for hanging in the balance, Snow unites with Lucy Gray to turn the odds in their favor. Battling his instincts for both good and evil, Snow sets out on a race against time to survive and reveal if he will ultimately become a songbird or a snake.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Teen
Khartoum Blu-ray Movie
Sandpiper Pictures | 1966 | 136 min | Not rated | Nov 01, 2022 | Kenneth Brown
After an Egyptian army, commanded by British officers, is destroyed in a battle in the Sudan in the 1880's, the British government is in a quandary. It does not want to commit a British military force to a foreign war but they have a commitment to protect the Egyptians in Khartoum. They decide to ask General Charles "Chinese" Gordon, something of a folk hero in the Sudan as he had cleared the area of the slave trade, to arrange for the evacuation. Gordon agrees but also decides to defend the city against the forces of the Mahdi - the expected one - and tries to force the British to commit troops. Filmed in Anamorphic 70mm.
Adventure / Drama / History / War
Salvador Blu-ray Movie
Sandpiper Pictures | 1986 | 122 min | Not rated | May 31, 2022 | Kenneth Brown
A sleazy, boozing journalist decides to go to Central America and cover the war there, but finds himself in a more dangerous situation than he ever expected.
Biography / Drama / History / Thriller / War
- February 07, 2024
The Purple Rose of Cairo Blu-ray Movie
Sandpiper Pictures | 1985 | 82 min | Rated PG | Oct 18, 2022 | Kenneth Brown
In 1930s New Jersey, the quiet Cecilia escapes from her sad and tedious life, including an unfaithful husband, through the magic of movies. In a magical twist, a character in a film sees her through the screen, falls in love, and enters the real world to be with her. The ambitious actor who portrays the character comes to the small town to convince his creation to return through the screen.
Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
The Marvels Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2023 | 105 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 13, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Carol Danvers gets her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
The Marvels 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2023 | 105 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 13, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Carol Danvers gets her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book