New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- October 03, 2023
The Dead Mother Blu-ray Movie
La madre muerta | Limited Edition / Blu-ray + CD
Radiance Films | 1993 | 111 min | Not rated | Oct 10, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A criminal, shoots and kills a painting restorer during a bungled burglary, and shoots her daughter as well. Twenty years later, the daughter has been left mute and with a mental age of a child, spending most of her time in a mental home.
Drama / Thriller / Foreign
Urusei Yatsura Movie 2: Beautiful Dreamer Blu-ray Movie
うる星やつら2 ビューティフル・ドリーマー
Discotek Media | 1984 | 97 min | Unrated | Feb 27, 2018 | Neil Lumbard
Not all is normal in Tomobiki, even by its standards. The students have been preparing feverishly for the first day of the student fair, which is scheduled to go on the next day. However, problems arise when some begin to notice that the next day simply will not come. As the students begin to try to find the reason for the problem, their beliefs about reality and the world of dreams are challenged.
Anime / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Foreign / Surreal
- October 02, 2023
The Executioner Blu-ray Movie
Imprint | 1970 | 107 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
Drama / Thriller
Urusei Yatsura Movie 1: Only You Blu-ray Movie
うる星やつら オンリー・ユー
Discotek Media | 1983 | 102 min | Unrated | Dec 31, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
When everyone in town receives invitations to Ataru's wedding, they are shocked to see that his sweetheart Lum is not the bride. Eventually they learn that when Ataru was playing games as a little boy, he stepped on a girl's shadow. Unbeknownst to him, the girl was from extraterrestrial culture where stepping on one's shadow is a form of marriage proposal, and now she and her family have come back to see that Ataru keeps his promise. If he manages to get out of this without being killed by her folks, he'll still have to avoid being torn apart by the hands of Lum.
Anime / Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Apollo 13 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
The Film Vault | 1995 | 140 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Oct 02, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The true story of how NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 and its crew to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage.
Adventure / Drama / History
Creepy Crawly Blu-ray Movie
The One Hundred
Well Go USA | 2023 | 92 min | Not rated | Oct 03, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When travelers arrive in Thailand during the pandemic, they must quarantine for 14 days at a hotel run by a secretive manager and staff. Unusual incidents begin at night, but no one is prepared for the shocking horror of a hundred-legged monster taking over the bodies of guests and spawning an army of deadly centipedes.
Action / Fantasy / Thriller
- October 01, 2023
The Train 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kino Lorber | 1964 | 133 min | Not rated | Sep 26, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo.
Action / Drama / Thriller / War
Freaks Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1932 | 64 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist Cleopatra agrees to marry Hans the leader of side-show performers, but Hans' deformed friends discover that she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Drama / Horror / Dark humor / Surreal
Doctor Who: Jon Pertwee: Complete Season Three Blu-ray Movie
BBC | 1972 | 1016 min | Not rated | Jul 11, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In 1963 an old fashioned Police Call Box sat in a junk yard at 76 Totters Lane. An old man out and about exploring. A young girl wise beyond her years attending Coal Hill School. Two teachers become suspicious. Barbara and Ian suspect the girl is in trouble. They follow her home. The girl, Susan Foreman, vanishes into the junkyard. Barbara and Ian investigate. They discovered the Police Box. "It's alive!" says Ian, he feels a faint vibration coming from within. The girls grandfather returns. He confronts the two teachers who accuse him of holding the girl inside the Police Box. They hear her call out to him from inside. Barbara and Ian push their way in and discover a world they never thought possible.
Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
Late Night Classics Volume 1: Virgin High / Hot Under the Collar Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover in Original Pressing
Culture Shock Releasing | 1991-1992 | 2 Movies | 177 min | Not rated | Jul 25, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
No synopsis for this title.
Comedy
Hot Under the Collar Blu-ray Movie
Culture Shock Releasing | 1992 | 87 min | Not rated | Jul 25, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
A man dresses as a nun to save his girlfriend from a convent.
Comedy
Virgin High Blu-ray Movie
Culture Shock Releasing | 1991 | 89 min | Not rated | Jul 25, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
A girl gets in trouble with her parents for allegedly fooling around with her boyfriend, and they send her to a Catholic girls' high school. There, she finds that one of the students (Quigley) is "in charge" and makes demands on the other girls because she has unofficial connections with the faculty.
Comedy
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Blu-ray Movie
Remastered
Arrow | 1998 | 118 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Apr 13, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Journalist Raoul Duke and his lawyer Dr. Gonzo drive from L.A. to Las Vegas on a drugs binge. They nominally cover news stories, including a convention on drug abuse, but also sink deeper into a frightening psychedelic otherworld. As Vietnam, Altamont, and the Tate killings impinge from the world of TV news, Duke and Gonzo see casinos, reptiles, and the American Dream.
Adventure / Crime / Drama / Dark humor / Surreal
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 4K Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Arrow | 1998 | 118 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | May 22, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Journalist Raoul Duke and his lawyer Dr. Gonzo drive from L.A. to Las Vegas on a drugs binge. They nominally cover news stories, including a convention on drug abuse, but also sink deeper into a frightening psychedelic otherworld. As Vietnam, Altamont, and the Tate killings impinge from the world of TV news, Duke and Gonzo see casinos, reptiles, and the American Dream.
Adventure / Crime / Drama / Dark humor / Surreal
Lupin the 3rd: Goodbye Partner Blu-ray Movie
Discotek Media | 2019 | 90 min | Unrated | Jun 30, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
Inspector Zenigata is arrested, and the press claims ol' Pops was the true mastermind behind all of professional looter Lupin's heists! It doesn't take long for Lupin's pride to get the better of him, and wealthy magnate Roy Forest manipulates him into accepting a new challenge: stealing the Time Crystal within a week. The Time Crystal is a government secret gone public: a super-computer engine that can decrypt secure passwords faster than ever thought possible. But why is Jigen acting so strangely lately? What has become of the young piano prodigy who was recently kidnapped? And most of all, what is the strange connection between them all?
Action / Adventure / Anime / Foreign
Lupin III: Episode 0 - First Contact Blu-ray Movie
Discotek Media | 2002 | 92 min | Unrated | Apr 26, 2022 | Neil Lumbard
A news reporter interviews Jigen about how he first met Lupin.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Mystery / Foreign
- September 30, 2023
Lupin III: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid Blu-ray Movie
Discotek Media | 2011 | 92 min | Unrated | Jul 30, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
Lupin's latest heist involves stealing a pair of jewels that hold the secret to an even greater treasure, but unfortunatly there's a lot of obstacles in Lupin's way. The smallest one involves Maki, a 14 year old girl who wants Lupin to teach her to be a thief. But what is her connection to the treasure and the mysterious girl Misa. The secrets behind the treasure reach back even into Lupin's own past.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Comic book / Foreign
Lupin III: Missed by a Dollar Blu-ray Movie
$1 Money Wars / 1$マネーウォーズ / 1 Doru Manē Wōzu
Discotek Media | 2000 | 90 min | Unrated | Mar 30, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Outbid by one dollar for a modest ring at an auction, Lupin plots to steal it from the winner, knowing it's linked to something of far greater worth.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Mystery / Foreign
Primetime Panic 2 Blu-ray Movie
The Death of Richie / Incident at Crestridge / The Seduction of Gina
Fun City Editions | 1977-1984 | 3 Movies | 287 min | Not rated | Aug 15, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
No synopsis for this title.
Crime / Drama
The Seduction of Gina Blu-ray Movie
Fun City Editions | 1984 | 95 min | Not rated | Aug 15, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
Gina is young, recently married and bored. On a trip to Lake Tahoe, she discovers the game of blackjack. Increasingly obsessed with gambling, she keeps hoping her lucky streak will last.
Drama