New Blu-ray Reviews

Unlawful Entry Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1992 | 111 min | Rated R | Jan 30, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the couple's problems with the wife. The husband begins wondering if they're getting too much help.

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Impulse Blu-ray Movie  

+The Devil's Sisters / +The Godmothers

Grindhouse Releasing | 1974 | 3 Movies | 87 min | Not rated | Mar 12, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

A paranoid, leisure-suit-wearing conman/gigolo named Matt Stone seduces lonely women, bilks them of their savings via an investment scam, then kills them. When he begins seeing an attractive widow, her daughter Tina becomes suspicious of his motives.

Horror / Thriller

The Early Films of Asghar Farhadi Blu-ray Movie  

Dancing In The Dust / Beautiful City

Film Movement | 2003-2004 | 2 Movies | 202 min | Not rated | Feb 27, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Drama / Foreign

Dancing in the Dust Blu-ray Movie  

Raghs dar ghobar

Film Movement | 2003 | 101 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Shortly following their impulsive wedding, the naive, young Nazar is pressured by his family into divorcing his new wife, Reyhane, after rumors circulate of her mother's possible sex-work. Still deeply in love, he insists on paying back Reyhane's marriage dowry despite his insolvency. Nazar is soon on the run from creditors and finds himself hiding out in the desert where he meets a taciturn old snake hunter. Much to the man's chagrin, Nazar insists on working with the hunter until he earns enough money to return to the city and make good on his mistakes. "Engrossing and eye-catching" (Variety), Farhadi's debut feature "Dancing in the Dust" ultimately reveals itself to be a tale of love, sacrifice, and redemption.

Drama / Foreign

Beautiful City Blu-ray Movie  

Shahr-e ziba

Film Movement | 2004 | 102 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

In Islamic Iran, how much is a woman worth in comparison with a man, and who pays the difference? This film is tale of vengeance, labyrinthine judicial procedure & the concept of "blood money."

Drama / Foreign

Fear the Walking Dead: The Complete Eighth Season Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2023 | 528 min | Rated TV-MA | Feb 27, 2024 | Martin Liebman

What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.

Drama / Horror / Supernatural / Melodrama

West 11 Blu-ray Movie    

Vintage Classics

Studio Canal | 1963 | 93 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jul 05, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

This Michael Winner directed film looks into life at Notting Hill, London, then a seedy slum. A down on his luck Joe Beckett (Alfred Lynch) is recruited into crime by Richard Dyce (Eric Portman).

Crime / Drama

Allonsanfàn Blu-ray Movie  

Allonsanfan

Radiance Films | 1974 | 112 min | Not rated | Feb 27, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A anarchist leader (Fulvio) wishes to retire, as he is old and tired. He tries to hide himself, but his friends find him and insist he carries on helping them.

Drama / History / Foreign

Nacho Libre Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 2006 | 92 min | Rated PG | Sep 12, 2017 | Martin Liebman

Jack Black is at his comic best as Ignacio, a disrespected cook at a Mexican monastery that can barely afford to feed the orphans who live there. Inspired by a local wrestling hero, he decides to moonlight as the not-so-famous Luchador "Nacho Libre" to earn money for the monastery -- not to mention the admiration of beautiful nun Sister Encarnacion.

Comedy / Sport

Shortbus Blu-ray Movie  

Oscilloscope Pictures | 2006 | 101 min | Not rated | Aug 02, 2022 | Kenneth Brown

Numerous New York City-dwellers come to the exclusive club Shortbus to work out problems in their sexual relationships. Rob and Sophia are a happily married couple, except for the fact that she has never experienced sexual climax. This irony follows her to work, because she is a couples counselor who frequently has to deal with the sexual issues other couples have. Two of her patients are Jamie and James, a gay couple who have been monogamous for five years and counting. James wants to bring other men in to the relationship, and his own history with depression may hint at an ulterior motive. Ceth (Pronounced like Seth) may be the perfect addition to their family, but Caleb, a voyeur from across the street, may have his own ideas about that. Sophia visits Severin, a dominatrix with secrets of her own to reveal.

Comedy / Drama / Romance / Erotic

Simon Killer Blu-ray Movie  

IFC Films | 2012 | 105 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2024 | Randy Miller III

The follow-up to Antonio Campos' critically acclaimed AFTERSCHOOL, SIMON KILLER is an erotic and and psychological portrait of Simon (Brady Corbet, MELANCHOLIA, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE), a well-educated, handsome and seemingly sympathetic college graduate with just a hint of something off-putting enough to ignite a sense of concern. Recently heartbroken, Simon travels to Paris to clear his head. After several days of wandering aimlessly, Simon finds himself drawn into a sex parlor and has a sexual encounter with an exotic prostitute, Victoria (Mati Diop, 35 SHOTS OF RUM). The chemistry builds between the two until they find themselves in a serious relationship, one that leads to blackmail, betrayal and the ultimate revelation of Simon's true nature.

Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Millennium Mambo Blu-ray Movie  

千禧曼波 / Qian xi man bo

Metrograph Pictures | 2001 | 106 min | Rated R | Jun 27, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Taipei. A voice off-camera looks back ten years to 2000, when Vicky was in an on-again off-again relationship with Hao-Hao. She's young, lovely, and aimless. He's a slacker. Cigarettes and alcohol fuel her nights. We see bits of her life: when Hao-Hao steals his father's Rolex and the police detain them; when she gets a job as a club hostess, where she meets Jack, who becomes her patron and protector; when Hao-Hao comes to the club, insisting on talking to her; when she visits Yubari, Japan, for its film festival in the dead of winter; when Jack must go to Japan to straighten out trouble caused by one of his acolytes. Does Vicky have any expectations? Does time simply pass?

Drama / Romance / Foreign

The Rock-afire Explosion Blu-ray Movie  

Slipcover in Original Presisng

AGFA | 2008 | 72 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

A cult fan-favorite documentary that explores the rise and fall of Showbiz Pizza Place, its animatronic rock band, and the origins of Chuck E. Cheese.

Documentary

Willy's Wonderland 4K Blu-ray Movie  

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

Shout Factory | 2021 | 89 min | Not rated | Feb 13, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

A quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Willy's Wonderland. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for survival against wave after wave of demonic animatronics. Fists fly, kicks land, titans clash -- and only one side will make it out alive.

Comedy / Horror

Bo Widerberg's New Swedish Cinema Blu-ray Movie  

The Baby Carriage / Raven's End / Elvira Madigan / Ådalen 31

Criterion | 1963-1969 | 4 Movies | 402 min | Not rated | Aug 22, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Drama / History / Romance / Foreign

The Baby Carriage Blu-ray Movie  

Barnvagnen

Criterion | 1963 | 96 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A young factory worker finds her way toward independence as she weathers unexpected pregnancy, learns hard lessons from relationships with two very different men, and leaves behind the only home she has ever known.

Drama / Foreign

Raven's End Blu-ray Movie  

Kvarteret Korpen

Criterion | 1963 | 101 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

In the poor district of Raven's End, young Anders chases his dream of becoming a writer while growing increasingly disillusioned with the dead-end world that surrounds him: an alcoholic father, a toiling mother, and the ominous specter of Nazism.

Drama / Foreign

Elvira Madigan Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1967 | 91 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Bound by their all-consuming desire, a young circus tightrope walker and a lieutenant with a wife and children forsake everything to be together and escape to the countryside—only to see their lovers' idyll gradually give way to poverty and desperation.

Drama / Romance / Foreign

Ådalen 31 Blu-ray Movie  

Adalen 31

Criterion | 1969 | 115 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

In the industrial district of Ådalen, in the north of Sweden, a peaceful demonstration takes a tragic turn, leading to a historic general strike. Amid these events, the teenage Kjell experiences sacrifice and strife, love and loss, and the consequences of this shocking violence.

Drama / History / Romance / Foreign

Honor Among Lovers Blu-ray Movie    

Indicator Series | Limited Edition

Powerhouse Films | 1931 | 76 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jan 15, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Screen legends Claudette Colbert and Fredric March star in Honor Among Lovers, an intense romantic drama from trailblazing female director Dorothy Arzner. An office flirtation turns deadly when secretary Julia Traynor’s (Colbert) jealous husband Philip Craig (Monroe Owsley) questions the nature of her relationship with her former boss Jerry Stafford (March). This Pre-Code Hollywood classic features a star-studded supporting cast including Ginger Rogers, Charles Ruggles and Pat O’Brien.

Drama / Romance