New Blu-ray Reviews

Pootie Tang Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 2001 | 81 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 27, 2021 | Randy Miller III

Lance Crouther stars as Pootie Tang, a crime fighting superhero and recording artist who speaks in an unintelligible gibberish that seems to be a combination of Ebonics and street slang. Despite his communication problem, Pootie is a hero to children, whom he attempts to protect from the evil Dick Lecter, a corporate fat cat out to corrupt America's youth with alcohol, tobacco, and junk food. Pootie also runs up against an artistic imitator and a sleazy recording executive.

Action / Comedy / Surreal

Conan the Barbarian Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition

Arrow | 1982 | 1 Movie, 3 Cuts | 130 min | Rated R | Jan 30, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Epic tale of child sold into slavery who grows into a man who seeks revenge against the warlord who massacred his tribe. Through the history of mankind, the times that are most recorded in mythology are those of great deeds and fantastic adventures. Such a time was the Hyborean Age and the story of Conan the Barbarian. Cimmerian Conan is captured after his parents' savage murder by raiding Vanir led by Thulsa Doom, head of the malignant snake-cult of Set. Fifteen years' agony, first chained to the Wheel of Pain grinding grain and then enslaved as a Pit Fighter, forge a magnificent body and indomitable spirit. Freed one day by his owner, Conan, with his companions Subotai the Mongol and Valeria, Queen of Thieves, sets forth upon his quest to learn "the riddle of steel" which his father prophesied would confer ultimate power, and to kill his enemy Thulsa Doom.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Comic book

Conan the Barbarian 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Arrow | 1982 | 1 Movie, 3 Cuts | 129 min | Rated R | Jan 30, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Epic tale of child sold into slavery who grows into a man who seeks revenge against the warlord who massacred his tribe. Through the history of mankind, the times that are most recorded in mythology are those of great deeds and fantastic adventures. Such a time was the Hyborean Age and the story of Conan the Barbarian. Cimmerian Conan is captured after his parents' savage murder by raiding Vanir led by Thulsa Doom, head of the malignant snake-cult of Set. Fifteen years' agony, first chained to the Wheel of Pain grinding grain and then enslaved as a Pit Fighter, forge a magnificent body and indomitable spirit. Freed one day by his owner, Conan, with his companions Subotai the Mongol and Valeria, Queen of Thieves, sets forth upon his quest to learn "the riddle of steel" which his father prophesied would confer ultimate power, and to kill his enemy Thulsa Doom.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Comic book

The Offer Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 2022 | 542 min | Not rated | Nov 29, 2022 | Martin Liebman

Oscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy's never-before-revealed experiences of making The Godfather (1972).

Drama

The Mad Room Blu-ray Movie    

Imprint #260

Imprint | 1969 | 93 min | Rated ACB: R18+ | Oct 25, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In this horror tale, Ellen Hardy shares a home with widow Gladys Armstrong. Ellen is engaged to marry Gladys' stepson, Sam Aller. Ellen receives word that her brother and sister are soon to be released from a mental institution and need a place to stay; Ellen asks Gladys if they can live with them, and Gladys agrees. But Ellen hasn't told Gladys the whole truth. It seems that the siblings were institutionalized because their parents were murdered, and it was widely believed that they were responsible (though their guilt in the crime could not be proven). Not long after the now-teenage brother and sister move in with Ellen and Gladys, Gladys finds out about their secret -- and she is soon discovered brutally murdered. The kids, however, both claim that they had nothing to do with Gladys' death, and that the other must have done it. In the meantime, Ellen has to dispose of the body without raising suspicion, but after Ellen buries the corpse in the garden, the dog digs up a severed hand, and now Ellen must make sure the dog doesn't give away her family's ugly secret.

Drama / Horror

Doctor Who Limited Edition New Who Collector's Set Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray

BBC | 2005-2022 | 22 Seasons | 8661 min | Not rated | Nov 21, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Celebrate the Doctor Who legacy with the Limited Edition New Who Years Blu-ray Collectors Set. With only 6,000 available, this set brings Thirteen Seasons, including the Specials, newly upscaled Seasons 1-4 and exclusive content from Russell T. Davies and David Tennant. Featuring a numbered Certificate of Authenticity and an Exclusive 60th Anniversary Five Figure Titan Set, this Blu-ray set is an essential for any Doctor Who fan.

Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi

Mob Land Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2023 | 111 min | Rated R | Oct 03, 2023 | Kenneth Brown

A desperate man robs a pill mill to dangerous results.

Action / Crime / Thriller

Doctor Who The Complete Fourth Series Blu-ray Movie  

Remastered

BBC | 2007-2008 | 683 min | Rated TV-PG | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

All 14 episodes from the fourth series of the relaunched BBC sci-fi adventure drama, starring David Tennant as the tenth Doctor and latest incarnation of the legendary Time Lord. In this series, the Doctor is joined by new companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) as the pair venture through time and space, visiting ancient Pompeii and the planet of the Ood while also meeting the mysterious River Song (Alex Kingston).

Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi

Doctor Who The Complete Third Series Blu-ray Movie  

Remastered

BBC | 2006-2007 | 653 min | Rated TV-PG | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS. Along with a series of companions, he faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help people and right wrongs.

Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi

Men Behind the Sun Blu-ray Movie  

Man Behind the Sun / Hēi tài yáng 731 / 黑太陽731

Massacre Video | 1988 | 105 min | Unrated | Dec 19, 2023 | Justin Dekker

Story of a terror camp in the end of WW2. Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to a place called Squadron 731, where they are grotesquely tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons...

Drama / History / Horror / War / Foreign

A Day at the Races Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1937 | 109 min | Not rated | Jan 30, 2024 | Randy Miller III

A veterinarian posing as a doctor teams with a singer and his friends as they struggle to save an upstate New York sanitarium with the help of a misfit racehorse.

Comedy / Sport

Billy Idol: State Line - Live at the Hoover Dam Blu-ray Movie  

MVD Visual | 2023 | 108 min | Not rated | Dec 08, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A docu-concert feature film that starts with a mini-doc about HOOVER DAM and finishes with the first ever Rock and Roll show performed and filmed at the world famous landmark. The live event took place on 8th April 2023.

Documentary / Music

Django Blu-ray Movie    

4K Restoration

Cult Films | 1966 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 91 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Django is a lone stranger who roams the West dragging a coffin filled with chaos towards a destiny ruled by vengeance.

Action / Western / Foreign

The Man Who Had Power Over Women Blu-ray Movie    

Indicator Series | Limited Edition

Powerhouse Films | 1970 | 90 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jan 29, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A successful talent agent enjoys the good life until his wife leaves him. He moves in with his friend and begins an affair with the man's wife. He also gets a new difficult client whose public image must be preserved at any cost.

Comedy / Drama / Music

Rock Around the Clock Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 1956 | 77 min | Not rated | Oct 24, 2023 | Kenneth Brown

Agent Steve Hollis (Johnny Johnston) and his bass playing pal Corny (Henry Slate) quit their big band gigs and hit the road, where they happen upon Haley and his band in a Podunk farming town. Although they don't quite know what to make of the Comets' music ("It isn't boogie, it isn't jive, it isn't swing… it's kinda all of 'em!"), they know a hot prospect when they find one and promise to secure them a legitimate shot at the big time. Complications ensue, including romantic ones. Haley and his band are on fire; they're lip-syncing, but the recordings of "See You Later Alligator," the title tune, and others are filled with snap and crackle, the musicians are great, the stage show is a riot, and the dancing siblings are amazing.

Comedy / Music / Romance

Stielke, Heinz, Fifteen Blu-ray Movie  

Slipcover in Original Pressing

Altered Innocence | 1987 | 99 min | Not rated | Jan 30, 2024 | Kenneth Brown

Fifteen-year-old Heinz Stielke is a Hitler Youth fanatic who is devastated to learn a hidden truth about his respected father who was a German officer in WWII: He was Jewish. Pushed out of his community after the discovery, young Heinz falls into a tailspin of alienation and anger. He is subsequently thrust into a series of social collisions across the war-torn German fatherland.

Drama / War / Foreign

Little Darlings 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Cinématographe | 1980 | 95 min | Rated R | Jan 30, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

Two 15-year-old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be first to lose their virginity while at camp.

Comedy / Drama

Red Rock West Blu-ray Movie  

Cinématographe

Cinématographe | 1993 | 98 min | Rated R | Jan 30, 2024 | Brian Orndorf

A down-on-his-luck laborer drives to a small town for work and gets mistaken for a hitman. Taking the money and trying to leave town is only his first mistake...

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Your Lucky Day Blu-ray Movie  

Well Go USA | 2023 | 89 min | Not rated | Jan 23, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman

After a dispute over a winning lottery ticket turns into a deadly hostage situation, the witnesses must decide exactly how far they'll go, and how much blood they're willing to spill, for a cut of the $156 million.

Action / Thriller

Megan Is Missing Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 2011 | 85 min | Not rated | Oct 26, 2021 | Kenneth Brown

Inspired by actual events, director Michael K. Goi's harrowing cautionary drama tells the story of two typical teenage girls who vanished without a trace after being accosted by an internet predator. 14-year-old Megan Stewart and 13-year-old Amy Herman were best friends. Like most typical adolescents, they enjoyed chatting on the internet, and partying with their friends. Then on January 14, 2007, the unthinkable happened. Megan simply disappeared into thin air. Her friends and family searched frantically, but to no avail. Three weeks later, Amy, too, went missing. To this day, neither of the girls has ever been found. The feature offers a disturbing glimpse into the events as they may have unfolded in the days leading up to Megan and Amy's disappearances.

Crime / Horror / Thriller