New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- August 29, 2023
Petite Maman Blu-ray Movie
includes "My Life as a Zucchini" (2016)
Criterion | 2016-2021 | 2 Movies | 140 min | Rated PG | May 23, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her same age building a treehouse.
Animation / Drama / Family / Foreign / Coming of age
2 Guns 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2013 | 109 min | Rated R | Aug 01, 2023 | Martin Liebman
Two federal agents have been working under cover as members of a narcotics syndicate. The twist: Neither man knows that the other is an undercover agent.
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Comic book
2 Guns 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2013 | 109 min | Rated R | Aug 01, 2023 | Martin Liebman
Two federal agents have been working under cover as members of a narcotics syndicate. The twist: Neither man knows that the other is an undercover agent.
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Comic book
Cult of Chucky 4K Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Shout Factory | 2017 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 91 min | Unrated | Aug 29, 2023 | Martin Liebman
Confined to an asylum for the criminally insane for the past four years, Nica Pierce is erroneously convinced that she, not Chucky, murdered her entire family. But when her psychiatrist introduces a new therapeutic "tool" to facilitate his patients' group sessions - an all-too-familiar "Good Guy" doll with an innocently smiling face - a string of grisly deaths begins to plague the asylum, and Nica starts to wonder if maybe she isn't crazy after all.
Horror / Thriller
Psycho Girls Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover in Original Pressing
Vinegar Syndrome | 1986 | 97 min | Rated R | Aug 29, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
A woman breaks out of an insane asylum, accompanied by two crazed inmates, to kill her sister.
Comedy / Horror
Night Screams 4K Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover in Original Pressing / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Vinegar Syndrome | 1987 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 85 min | Rated R | May 26, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
A football star throws a party for his friends. Two insane killers escape from a nearby asylum on that same night, and in their efforts to elude authorities, wind up at the party.
Horror
- August 28, 2023
Kansas Raiders Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1950 | 80 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Kansas Raiders weds two popular Western subjects: the James gang and Quantrill's Raiders. The film's story tracks the arrival and disillusionment of Jesse and Frank James (and the Younger brothers) into the service of Rebel agitator William Quantrill (Brian Donlevy).
War / Western
- August 27, 2023
The Flash Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2023 | 144 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 29, 2023 | Randy Miller III
Worlds collide when the Flash uses his superpowers to travel back in time to change the events of the past. However, when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, he becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation. With no other superheroes to turn to, the Flash looks to coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian—albeit not the one he's looking for.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
The Flash 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2023 | 144 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 29, 2023 | Randy Miller III
Worlds collide when the Flash uses his superpowers to travel back in time to change the events of the past. However, when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, he becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation. With no other superheroes to turn to, the Flash looks to coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian—albeit not the one he's looking for.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
The Demon Rat Blu-ray Movie
La Rata Maldita / Mutantes del Ańo 2000
Vinegar Syndrome | 1992 | 97 min | Not rated | Jul 25, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
A teacher in the middle of a messy divorce discovers that her husband has been recklessly dumping nuclear waste and wreaking havoc on the nearby wildlife. Now, she must contend with a feral, mutated rat in her home, and her soon-to-be ex who will do anything to keep his secrets.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Foreign
A Blade in the Dark 4K Blu-ray Movie
La casa con la scala nel buio / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Vinegar Syndrome | 1983 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 107 min | Unrated | Sep 26, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
Bruno is hired to compose the music for a new horror movie and rents an isolated villa to concentrate on his work. But when several beautiful young women are brutally murdered within the house, Bruno becomes obsessed with solving the savage crimes. Is a clue to the killer's identity hidden within the film itself, or is there a more horrifying secret lurking deep in the dark?
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
- August 26, 2023
She Shoots Straight Blu-ray Movie
皇家女將 / Huáng jiā nǚ jiāng / Lethal Lady | Eureka Classics
Eureka Entertainment | 1990 | 92 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Sep 18, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Working in a police precinct full of her in-laws, inspector Mina Kao and her colleagues are assigned a dangerous case involving Vietnamese criminal refugees, right after getting married to her fellow inspector Huang.
Action / Crime / Foreign
The Nightmare Before Christmas 4K Blu-ray Movie
Disney100 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1993 | 76 min | Rated PG | Aug 22, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When the king of Halloween Town, Jack Skellington, gets bored of his job preparing for Halloween every year, he discovers Christmas Town and is inspired to take control of Christmas season for a change. Unfortunately his ghoulish subjects have difficulty getting the festive holiday quite right. Meanwhile, Sally, a pretty maid who takes care of her creator, Dr. Finklestein, is trying to escape from her confines. She worries for Jack and foresees his plans will end in ruin.
Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Holiday
The Nightmare Before Christmas 4K Blu-ray Movie
Ultimate Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1993 | 77 min | Rated PG | Aug 22, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When the king of Halloween Town, Jack Skellington, gets bored of his job preparing for Halloween every year, he discovers Christmas Town and is inspired to take control of Christmas season for a change. Unfortunately his ghoulish subjects have difficulty getting the festive holiday quite right. Meanwhile, Sally, a pretty maid who takes care of her creator, Dr. Finklestein, is trying to escape from her confines. She worries for Jack and foresees his plans will end in ruin.
Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Holiday
- August 25, 2023
The Driver Blu-ray Movie
Imprint | 1978 | 92 min | Rated ACB: M | Aug 23, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In Los Angeles, a mysterious getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
The Legend of Zorro 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2005 | 130 min | Rated PG | Aug 22, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
After fighting to help California become the 31st state of the Union, Zorro must live up to the promise he made his wife Elena — to give up his secret identity and live a normal life as Alejandro de la Vega. When he hesitates, it threatens to tear them apart. Now, the same forces that conspired to keep California from becoming part of the United States are plotting to unleash a threat that has been 500 years in the making, a threat that could change the course of history forever. And only Zorro can stop it.
Action / Adventure / Western
Saludos Amigos / The Three Caballeros Blu-ray Movie
2-Movie Collection | 75th Anniversary Edition
Disney / Buena Vista | 1942-1944 | 2 Movies | 114 min | Not rated | Jan 30, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
Saludos Amigos Blu-ray Movie
Disney / Buena Vista | 1942 | 42 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Disney animators tour South America and present four animated shorts inspired by their trip.
Animation / Family
The Three Caballeros Blu-ray Movie
Los Tres Caballeros
Disney / Buena Vista | 1944 | 72 min | Rated G | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Donald receives his birthday gifts, which include traditional gifts and information about Brazil (hosted by Zé Carioca) and Mexico (by Panchito, a Mexican Charro Rooster).
Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
- August 24, 2023
The Driver 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Via Vision Entertainment | 1978 | 92 min | Rated ACB: M | Sep 04, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In Los Angeles, a mysterious getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller