New Blu-ray Reviews

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1994 | 83 min | Rated PG | Nov 21, 2023 in The Police Academy Collection | Brian Orndorf

The Russian government hires the veterans of the Police Academy to help deal with the Mafia.

Action / Comedy / Crime

Aquarela Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2018 | 90 min | Rated PG | Nov 12, 2019 | Kenneth Brown

Water is the main protagonist, seen in all its great and terrible beauty. Mountains of ice move and break apart as if they had a life of their own. Kossakovsky's film travels the world, from the precarious frozen waters of Russia's Lake Baikal and Miami in the throes of Hurricane Irma, to Venezuela's mighty Angel Falls in order to paint a portrait of this fluid life force in all its glorious forms. Fragile humans experience life and death, joy and despair in the face of its power.

Documentary

The Watermelon Woman Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1996 | 84 min | Not rated | Jul 11, 2023 | Kenneth Brown

Cheryl is a video-store clerk and aspiring director whose interest in forgotten Black actresses leads her to investigate an obscure 1930s performer known as the Watermelon Woman.

Drama

R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2022 | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 15, 2022 | Kenneth Brown

Set in the American West of 1876, 'R.I.P.D.2: Rise of the Damed' is a spiritual sequel to 2013's 'R.I.P.D.' Sheriff Roy Pulsipher isn't too thrilled about finding himself dead after a shoot out with a notorious outlaw gang, but he does get a second chance to return to earth after being recruited by the R.I.P.D. (Rest In Peace Department.). But avenging his own murder may have to take a back seat to saving the world when a gateway to hell is opened in the old mining town of Red Creek threatening not only the locals... but all of humanity itself.

Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Western / Supernatural / Comic book

In Love and War Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1996 | 114 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 14, 2023 | Randy Miller III

Reporter Ernest Hemingway is an ambulance driver in Italy during World War I. While bravely risking his life in the line of duty, he is injured and ends up in the hospital, where he falls in love with his nurse, Agnes von Kurowsky.

Biography / Drama / Romance / War

In Dreams Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 1999 | 100 min | Rated R | Feb 15, 2022 | Kenneth Brown

Claire Cooper's peaceful family life takes a chilling turn when a mysterious serial killer invades her seemingly idyllic New England town and starts haunting her dreams with dark clues to his next deadly moves.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Surreal

A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened Blu-ray Movie  

Giant Interactive | 2023 | 91 min | Unrated | Dec 05, 2023 | Kenneth Brown

Investigating the infamous The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) with the behind-the-scenes story of how it got made.

Documentary

Casino Raiders Blu-ray Movie    

至尊無上 / Zhì zūn wú shàng/Ji juen mo seung | Eureka Classics

Eureka Entertainment | 1989 | 125 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Dec 11, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Law and Chan are gamblers and friends. Forced into a battle with the Yakuza, How far will friendship go? A high stakes card game will settle it all.

Action / Crime / Foreign

Titanic 4K Blu-ray Movie  

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

Paramount Pictures | 1997 | 195 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 05, 2023 | Martin Liebman

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

Adventure / Drama / History / Romance / Melodrama / Epic / Period

Titanic 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 1997 | 195 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 05, 2023 | Martin Liebman

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

Adventure / Drama / History / Romance / Melodrama / Epic / Period

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2003 | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 14, 2023 | Kenneth Brown

Documentary about Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, who subsequently became president of the World Bank. The documentary combines an interview with Mr. McNamara discussing some of the tragedies and glories of the 20th Century, archival footage, documents, and an original score by Philip Glass.

Documentary / War

Short Circuit 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 1988 | 111 min | Rated PG | Nov 14, 2023 | Kenneth Brown

The inventor of Number 5, Ben Jahrvi, now trying to earn a living making toy robots, has Number 5 as his one-man assembly line. Number 5, however, has a hard time resisting the temptation to have "more input" out on the street.

Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi

Mark of the Devil 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält 4K / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Vinegar Syndrome | 1970 | 98 min | Not rated | Nov 28, 2023 | Brian Orndorf

Set in early 18th-century Austria, the story is about a Witchfinder (Herbert Lom) and his young apprentice (Udo Kier). The two travel the countryside, terrorising people suspected of devil worship. When the Witchfinder goes too far by trying to rape a local girl, his apprentice rebels.

Drama / History / Horror

The Christmas Martian Blu-ray Movie  

Le martien de Noël / [Slipcover/Ed Exclusive on Retailer]

Canadian International Pictures | 1971 | 65 min | Not rated | Nov 28, 2023 | Brian Orndorf

The martian comes to this small town in Quebec and becomes friends with the town children. He gives them smarties to get the children into his spacecraft. This alarms the parents and they decide to kill the alien. The alien wins them over and they have a great big Christmas party.

Family / Sci-Fi / Foreign / Holiday

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop Blu-ray Movie  

Cineverse | 2023 | 298 min | Not rated | Nov 07, 2023 | Randy Miller III

A fan-funded documentary exploring the making of RoboCop (1987), the sequels, and its 30-year legacy.

Documentary

The Hunger Games: Complete 4-Film Collection 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2012-2015 | 4 Movies | 548 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 07, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

See individual titles for their synopsis.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Teen

Yes: The Yes Album Blu-ray Movie  

Super Deluxe Edition / Blu-ray + CD

Rhino Music | 1971 | 42 min | Not rated | Nov 24, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Released on February 19, 1971, The Yes Album is the third studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes. It marks the band's major commercial and critical breakthrough and is widely considered the moment they truly found their definitive signature sound.

Music

Oppenheimer 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Icon Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2023 | 180 min | Rated R | Nov 21, 2023 | Randy Miller III

During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spend years developing and designing the atomic bomb. Their work comes to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witness the world's first nuclear explosion, forever changing the course of history.

Biography / Drama / History

Heroes & Villains: Three Films starring Jet Li Blu-ray Movie    

The Enforcer / Dr. Wai in the Scripture with No Words / Hitman | Eureka Classics

Eureka Entertainment | 1995-1998 | 3 Movies, 5 Cuts | 600 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Nov 20, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

After the massive success of the Once Upon a Time in China series, Jet Li moved away from period settings and started to focus on action films set in the modern-era, a decision that would make him an international icon and of the biggest stars in the history of Hong Kong cinema. In The Enforcer (aka My Father is a Hero) Li is an undercover police officer tracking down a notorious Hong Kong crime lord. Teaming up with his martial-arts prodigy son and a female officer (Anita Mui), together they lay down the law! In Dr Wai in “The Scripture with No Words” a down on his luck pulp fiction author (Li) lives vicariously through one of his characters, an Indiana Jones-esque adventurer searching for a mythical scripture. Then, in Hitman (aka Contract Killer), Li plays Tai Feng, a young assassin with a “sense of justice” who crosses paths with the “King of Killers” — a legendary vigilante with a huge bounty on his head. Eureka Classics is proud to present three of Jet Li’s most beloved action films on Blu-ray for the first time ever in the UK.

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Martial arts / Foreign

Dr Wai in The Scripture with No Words Blu-ray Movie    

冒險王 / Mo him wong | Eureka Classics

Eureka Entertainment | 1996 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 91 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

An action-packed, comedy adventure starring martial arts legend Jet Li as Dr. Wai, an intrepid adventurer on the trail of the mystical "Scripture with no Words."

Action / Adventure / Foreign