New Blu-ray Reviews

R.E.M. - Up Blu-ray Movie  

25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition / Blu-ray + CD

Craft Recordings | 1998 | 60 min | Not rated | Nov 10, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Album plus Uptake, Daysleeper, Lotus, At My Most Beautiful performance and music videeos, and the This Way Up press kit.

Music

Fascination Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition | Indicator Series

Powerhouse Films | 1979 | 80 min | Unrated | Oct 24, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

This erotic horror film, set in 1905, tells the story of a thief who seeks refuge in a castle owned by two women, Eva and Elizabeth. The women are seductive and teasing, but turn out to be part of a vampiric cult of blood-drinking aristocrats.

Horror / Erotic / Foreign

Jujutsu Kaisen: Season 1, Part 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition / Blu-ray + CD

Viz Media | 2020 | 288 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 31, 2023 | Neil Lumbard

Jujutsu High is about to host its Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event—an annual competition of Tokyo and Kyoto Jujutsu High campuses. Fushiguro, Kugisaki, and second-years Maki, Toge, and Panda meet up to greet Todo and the other Kyoto students on arrival. Sparks immediately start to fly when Gojo rushes in late to the meetup and starts handing out the souvenirs he brought from his business trip overseas.

Action / Anime / Thriller / Supernatural / Comic book / Foreign

Naruto Shippuden: Set 1 Blu-ray Movie  

Episodes 1-27

Viz Media | 2007 | 650 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 17, 2023 | Neil Lumbard

Naruto returns to the Village Hidden in the Leaves a little bit older and a whole lot stronger! And just in the nick of time too, as the diabolical Akatsuki are on the move! Their first target is the now Kazekage of the Village Hidden in the Sand, the mighty Gaara. Then Granny Chiyo and Sakura fight for their lives in a desperate battle against a terrifying Akatsuki named Sasori! This master of puppets fights from afar with his macabre marionettes!

Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Drama / Martial arts / Comic book / Foreign

Fascination 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition | Indicator Series / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Powerhouse Films | 1979 | 80 min | Unrated | Oct 24, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

This erotic horror film, set in 1905, tells the story of a thief who seeks refuge in a castle owned by two women, Eva and Elizabeth. The women are seductive and teasing, but turn out to be part of a vampiric cult of blood-drinking aristocrats.

Horror / Erotic / Foreign

The Way We Were 4K Blu-ray Movie  

50th Anniversary / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 1973 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 123 min | Rated PG | Oct 17, 2023 | Kenneth Brown

Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.

Drama / Romance

Messiah of Evil Blu-ray Movie  

Dead People | Limited Edition

Radiance Films | 1974 | 90 min | Not rated | Oct 24, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

One hundred years ago, a demonic priest from Hell passed through a seaside town, carrying a blood-crazed contagion that reduced all the good citizens to mindless, cannibal zombies. Following a frenzied, flesh-eating orgy, the dark priest walked straight into the sea, promising to return a century later to lead a new zombie apocalypse. This time around, the vile contagion precedes him. As spaced-out followers gather on the beach, awaiting their master's return, the town is already in the grip of a carnivorous epidemic of madness. When innocent young Arletty comes to town searching for her missing father, she realizes too late that the demon priest of the "blood moon" is coming for her...

Horror / Supernatural / Surreal

Cube Blu-ray Movie  

Terror Vision | 2021 | 108 min | Unrated | Jul 14, 2023 | Neil Lumbard

A group of strangers wake in a mysterious room inscribed with an unfamiliar code. Looking for ways to escape, they discover the room is riddled with lethal traps, and as fear and distrust swirl around them, the group must work together to survive.

Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Foreign

Whisper of the Heart Blu-ray Movie  

Capelight Pictures | 2022 | 114 min | Not rated | Jun 20, 2023 | Neil Lumbard

A 24-year-old Shizuku has given up her dreams as a novelist, but works hard at the children's book publishing company as an editor. On the other hand, Seiji still follows his dream abroad, even as the distance between him and Shizuku grows ever more.

Drama / Romance / Foreign

The Rainer Werner Fassbinder Collection: Volume 3 Blu-ray Movie    

Gods of the Plague / The American Soldier / The Niklashausen Journey / Rio Das Mortes / Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven / Fear of Fear / Satan's Brew

Arrow | 1970-1976 | 7 Movies | 653 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jul 10, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Dark humor / Psychological thriller / Foreign

Gods of the Plague Blu-ray Movie    

Götter der Pest

Arrow | 1970 | 91 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend.

Crime / Drama / Foreign

Rio das Mortes Blu-ray Movie    

Arrow | 1971 | 84 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru to find buried treasure, using a map of the Rio das Mortes. Michel's girlfriend, Hanna, humors their plan, but really just wants to get married.

The Niklashausen Journey Blu-ray Movie    

Arrow | 1970 | 90 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

The Black Monk urges a humble shepherd to start a revolution after the shepherd sees the Virgin Mary.

Drama

The American Soldier Blu-ray Movie    

Der Amerikanische Soldat

Arrow | 1970 | 80 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

The American Soldier (originally "Der Amerikanische Soldat") was the third of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "gangster trilogy." The film stars Karl Scheid as a German/American Vietnam veteran who takes a job as a hired assassin on behalf of the Munich crime lords. Scheid works both sides of the fence when three policemen engage him to knock off some awkward malcontents. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Foreign

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven Blu-ray Movie    

Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel

Arrow | 1975 | 108 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. Mrs. Kusters wants to add canned sausages to the stew, her annoying daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. The point, we soon find out, is moot: Mr. Kusters has murdered the personnel director at the soap factory where he works before committing suicide.

Drama / Dark humor / Foreign

Fear of Fear Blu-ray Movie    

Arrow | 1975 | 88 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Drama / Foreign

Satan's Brew Blu-ray Movie    

Arrow | 1976 | 112 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Drama / Foreign

The Spanish Dancer Blu-ray Movie  

Milestone | 1923 | 103 min | Not rated | Aug 29, 2023 | Dr. Stephen Larson

A love story between Don Cesar de Bazan and a beautiful Gypsy dancer.

Drama / Romance / Foreign

The Fugitive 4K Blu-ray Movie  

30th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 1993 | 130 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 21, 2023 | Randy Miller III

A Chicago surgeon falsely convicted of killing his wife is determined to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers to the man who actually committed the crime.

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Rope / The Man Who Knew Too Much / Torn Curtain / Topaz / Frenzy / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 1948-1972 | 5 Movies | 586 min | Rated PG | Oct 31, 2023 | Justin Dekker

See individual titles for their synopses.

Adventure / Crime / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Dark humor / Psychological thriller