New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- December 26, 2023
Crimes and Misdemeanors Blu-ray Movie
Sandpiper Pictures | 1989 | 104 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 25, 2022 | Kenneth Brown
An opthamologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.
Comedy / Drama
- December 25, 2023
Face/Off 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kino Lorber | 1997 | 139 min | Rated R | Dec 12, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
To foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery to assume the identity of the terrorist, but the criminal wakes up and seeks revenge.
Action / Crime / Thriller
Lars von Trier's Europe Trilogy Blu-ray Movie
The Element of Crime / Epidemic / Europa
Criterion | 1984-1991 | 3 Movies | 321 min | Not rated | Jan 17, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / War / Foreign / Surreal
The Element of Crime Blu-ray Movie
Forbrydelsens element
Criterion | 1984 | 103 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Fisher, an exiled former policeman in a dystopian Europe, investigates a serial-murder suspect using controversial methods conceived by his disgraced former mentor.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Surreal
Epidemic Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1987 | 106 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A film director and a screenwriter prepare to produce a horror film with help from a government grant. Their story involves a youthful physician who is unaware he has a deadly virus in his medical bag.
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Europa Blu-ray Movie
Zentropa
Criterion | 1991 | 112 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Just after World War II, American pacifist Leopold Kessler, full of good will and idealism, accepts a job as a sleeping-car conductor for the railway in postwar Frankfurt and unexpectedly becomes part of a pro-Nazi terrorist conspiracy.
Drama / Thriller / Foreign
- December 24, 2023
Shredder Orpheus Blu-ray Movie
[Slipcover Edition Exclusive on Retailer]
AGFA | 1990 | 88 min | Not rated | Nov 28, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
In this film, a rock star's wife is in danger and he must travel through Hell on a skateboard in order to rescue her and stop a series of killer television signals.
Action / Adventure / Horror
The Killing of Bobby Greene Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover in Original Pressing / Includes bonus movie Crooks
Saturn's Core Audio & Video | 1994 | 2 Movies, 3 Cuts | 90 min | Not rated | Dec 26, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
A tight group of high school friends comes up with the ultimate practical joke to play on their classmate Bobby Greene. What could possibly go wrong?
Crime / Drama / Thriller
- December 23, 2023
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2023 | 87 min | Rated R | Dec 19, 2023 | Martin Liebman
In 1969, a young Jud Crandall has dreams of leaving his hometown of Ludlow, Maine behind, but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a dark family history that will forever keep him connected to Ludlow. Banding together, Jud and his childhood friends must fight an ancient evil that has gripped Ludlow since its founding, and once unearthed has the power to destroy everything in its path.
Horror / Thriller / Supernatural
Avatar 3D Blu-ray Movie
Remastered / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2009 | 162 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 19, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An ex-Marine finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the indigenous people.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Epic
- December 22, 2023
Tremors 2: Aftershocks Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition | 4K Restoration
Arrow | 1996 | 100 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 28, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
They're back! The giant underground creatures that terrorized a desert town in Tremors are now plowing their way through Mexican oil fields, gobbling up everything and everyone around-and only one man can stop them! Two desert desperados, down-on-his-luck Earl Basset and gung-ho survivalist Burt Gummer, take on the task of destroying the monsters. Together they devise an ingenious plan for tracking and killing the creatures.
Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi
Tremors 2: Aftershocks 4K Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Arrow | 1996 | 100 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 28, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
They're back! The giant underground creatures that terrorized a desert town in Tremors are now plowing their way through Mexican oil fields, gobbling up everything and everyone around-and only one man can stop them! Two desert desperados, down-on-his-luck Earl Basset and gung-ho survivalist Burt Gummer, take on the task of destroying the monsters. Together they devise an ingenious plan for tracking and killing the creatures.
Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi
Stand by Me 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Sony Pictures | 1986 | 89 min | Rated R | Dec 05, 2023 | Martin Liebman
After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.
Adventure / Drama / Teen / Coming of age
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial 4K Blu-ray Movie
40th Anniversary Limited Edition Gift Set / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1982 | 115 min | Rated PG | Nov 01, 2022 | Martin Liebman
A young boy befriends a friendly alien and tries to help it escape Earth and return to his home world.
Adventure / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Beyond the Mat Blu-ray Movie
Via Vision Entertainment | 1999 | 108 min | Rated ACB: M | Nov 15, 2023 | Randy Miller III
Heartfelt documentry focusing on the lives of professional wrestlers and how their sport is not fake.
Biography / Documentary / Sport
Elegant Beast Blu-ray Movie
しとやかな獣 / Shitoyakana kedamono / The Graceful Brute | Limited Edition
Radiance Films | 1962 | 96 min | Not rated | Dec 19, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover there are other, equally conniving players involved.
Comedy / Drama / Foreign
The Good Mother Blu-ray Movie
Mother's Milk
Vertical Entertainment | 2023 | 91 min | Rated R | Oct 31, 2023 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A journalist who, after the murder of her estranged son, forms an unlikely alliance with his pregnant girlfriend to track down those responsible for his death. Together, they confront a world of drugs and corruption.
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
- December 21, 2023
Columbo: Seasons 1-7 Blu-ray Movie
Includes Prescription: Murder & Ransom for a Dead Man
Kino Lorber | 1968-1978 | 7 Seasons | 3800 min | Not rated | Dec 19, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
No synopsis for this title.
Crime / Drama / Mystery
The Dead Zone 4K Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Shout Factory | 1983 | 104 min | Rated R | Dec 19, 2023 | Dr. Stephen Larson
When Johnny Smith awakens from a coma caused by a car accident, he finds that years have passed, and he now has psychic abilities. Heartbroken that his girlfriend has moved on with her life, Johnny also must contend with his unsettling powers, which allow him to see a person's future with a mere touch.
Horror / Thriller / Supernatural
Psych: The Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2006-2021 | 11 Seasons | 5396 min | Rated TV-PG | Oct 24, 2023 | Martin Liebman
The Santa Barbara Police hire a novice sleuth after he cons them into thinking he has psychic powers that help solve crimes. With the assistance of his reluctant best friend, the duo take on a series of complicated cases.
Comedy / Crime / Mystery