New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- August 04, 2023
The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher 4K Blu-ray Movie
The Tall T / Decision at Sundown / Buchanan Rides Alone / Ride Lonesome / Comanche Station / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Criterion | 1957-1960 | 5 Movies, 6 Cuts | 381 min | Not rated | Jul 18, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Western
Appleseed: The Original 1988 OVA Blu-ray Movie
アップルシード
Discotek Media | 1988 | 70 min | Unrated | Jan 25, 2022 | Neil Lumbard
After the devastation of World War III the scattered governments of the world constructed the perfect city administered by perfect Biodroids - artificially created half-human half-robots. Life in Olympus is carefully controlled and monitored - and some of its human population have had enough. A dedicated band of terrorists plot to destroy Gaia, the central computer, and restore freedom to mankind. After a daring raid on a high security facility, they have the weapons and information they need to complete their mission - including the key to the end of Gaia. Will they be stopped before they ruin the dream of paradise?
Action / Anime / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Nyanbo!: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Discotek Media | 2016-2017 | 130 min | Unrated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
THEY'RE NOT CATS, THEY CAME FROM OUTER SPACE! Humans can't see them. They resemble cats, but they aren't cats. A somewhat mysterious group of friends, they are the Nyanbo! A spin-off from author Kiyohiko Azuma's Yotsuba&! manga, Nyanbo follows Tora, his sister Kotora, and their friends Shiro, Kuro and Mike as they inhabit our world while they reassemble their UFO to return home.
Anime / Family / Foreign
Swamp Thing Blu-ray Movie
4K Restoration | MVD Rewind Collection
MVD Visual | 1982 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 91 min | Rated PG | Aug 08, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Deep in the Florida Everglades, a brilliant scientist, Dr. Alec Holland, and a sexy government agent, Alice Cable, have developed a secret formula that could end world hunger. Little do they know, however, that their arch nemesis, Arcane, is plotting to steal the serum for his own selfish schemes. Looting the lab and kidnapping Cable, Arcane douses Holland with the chemicals and leaves him for dead. Mutated by his own formula, Holland becomes "Swamp Thing" — a half-human/half-plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue Cable and defeat Arcane...even if it costs him his life!
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Swamp Thing 4K Blu-ray Movie
Deluxe Laservision Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
MVD Visual | 1982 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 93 min | Unrated | Aug 08, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Deep in the Florida Everglades, a brilliant scientist, Dr. Alec Holland, and a sexy government agent, Alice Cable, have developed a secret formula that could end world hunger. Little do they know, however, that their arch nemesis, Arcane, is plotting to steal the serum for his own selfish schemes. Looting the lab and kidnapping Cable, Arcane douses Holland with the chemicals and leaves him for dead. Mutated by his own formula, Holland becomes "Swamp Thing" — a half-human/half-plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue Cable and defeat Arcane...even if it costs him his life!
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Enter the Dragon 4K Blu-ray Movie
龍爭虎鬥 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1973 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 103 min | Rated R | Aug 08, 2023 | Randy Miller III
A martial-arts expert is determined to help capture the narcotics dealer whose gang was responsible for the death of his sister.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Martial arts
- August 03, 2023
Comanche Station 4K Blu-ray Movie
Theatrical (UHD/BD) and Super 8 (BD) versions / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Criterion | 1960 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 73 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Loner Cody trades with the Comanches to get a white girl released. He is joined on his way back to the girl's husband by an outlaw and his sidekicks. It turns out there is a large reward for the return of the girl, and with the Indians on the warpath and the outlaw being an old enemy of Cody's, things are set for several showdowns.
Drama / Western
The Broadway Melody Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1929 | 101 min | Not rated | Jul 25, 2023 | Randy Miller III
The story is a creaky tale of two sisters bringing their act to Broadway, but the fun is in the Roaring Twenties lingo and the showbiz melodrama.
Musical / Romance
- August 02, 2023
The Night of the Executioner Blu-ray Movie
La noche del ejecutor | Standard Edition
Mondo Macabro | 1992 | 93 min | Unrated | Aug 08, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Dr. Hugo Arranz celebrates his 50th anniversary with his wife and daughter when vile hooligans break into their home, raping and killing both his wife and daughter and cutting out the tongue of Hugo. Fortunately, Hugo survives, and he seeks revenge on the punks, after some self-training with knives, pistols and weightlifting.
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign
Future Boy Conan: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Mirai Shōnen Conan
Shout Factory | 1978 | 780 min | Not rated | Nov 16, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
After the world is nearly destroyed by a war, a young boy and his friends must fight to save the world from those who seek to conquer what is left of civilization.
Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Horus, Prince of the Sun Blu-ray Movie
太陽の王子 ホルスの大冒険 / Taiyo no oji: Horusu no daiboken / Little Norse Prince
Discotek Media | 1968 | 82 min | Unrated | Mar 28, 2017 | Neil Lumbard
Hols, a brave young boy, pulls a blade out from a centuries-old Rock Giant only to discover that it is the Sword of the Sun. If re-forged, the sword's destiny will transform the boy into the Prince of the Sun. Urged by his Father, Hols and his pet bear Coro travel to his ancestral village, a place destroyed by the Frost King Grunwald. Along the way, he helps a village whose residents are besieged by Grunwald's magic, but the villagers feel threatened when he befriends Hilda, a beautiful girl whose haunting songs conceal a dark secret.
Adventure / Anime / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Foreign / Coming of age
Night of the Assassin Blu-ray Movie
The Assassin / 살수 / Salsu
Well Go USA | 2023 | 101 min | Not rated | Aug 08, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Follows Joseon's greatest assassin during his journey on his deadly last mission.
Action / Adventure / Foreign
Tuvayhun: Beatitudes for a Wounded World Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray Audio / Blu-ray + SACD + Digital Copy
2L | 2022 | 80 min | Not rated | Aug 26, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
- August 01, 2023
Knights of the Zodiac Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2023 | 117 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 11, 2023 | Kenneth Brown
When a goddess of war reincarnates in the body of a young girl, street orphan Seiya discovers that he is destined to protect her and save the world. But only if he can face his own past and become a Knight of the Zodiac.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Reincarnated as a Sword: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
転生したら剣でした / Tensei Shitara Ken Deshita
Sentai Filmworks | 2022 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 22, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
When you're killed in one reality and wake up as a sentient sword in a world where magic is real, what else can you do with your steely new existence except become an adventurer? Even though his shiny new form can levitate itself around, our slicing implement without a name also craves a wielder: a mighty warrior with whom to partner, explore and slay monsters. Instead, he gets Fran, a young cat girl, former slave, and trouble magnet who names him Teacher. It's as odd a pairing as they come, and whether they'll be sharp enough to make the cut in the realm of high adventure will be anyone's guess!
Action / Adventure / Anime / Foreign
Nutcracker Fantasy Blu-ray Movie
Discotek Media | 1979 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 95 min | Unrated | Nov 26, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
A girl's love and courage are tested while attempting to help a handsome soldier under the spell of a two-headed mouse.
Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Musical / Foreign / Holiday
Showgirls 4K Blu-ray Movie
Vinegar Syndrome Ultra / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Vinegar Syndrome | 1995 | 131 min | Rated NC-17 | Jun 29, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
Nomi’s dreams and desires to make it big in Vegas are as sharp as a stiletto heel. When she catches the eye of Cristal, the Stardust’s sexy headliner, Nomi is on the brink of living her dream. But she soon realizes that there is only room for one starlet on the marquee… and that either sheor Cristal will have to take the fall!
Drama / Erotic
Cimarron Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1960 | 147 min | Not rated | Jan 21, 2020 | Randy Miller III
The epic saga of a frontier family, Cimarron starts with the Oklahoma Land Rush on 22 April 1889. The Cravet family builds their newspaper Oklahoma Wigwam into a business empire and Yancey Cravet is the adventurer-idealist who, to his wife's anger, spurns the opportunity to become governor since this means helping to defraud the Indians of their land and oil.
Drama / Romance / Western / Epic
Douglas Fairbanks Double Feature: Robin Hood / The Black Pirate Blu-ray Movie
Cohen Media Group | 1922-1926 | 2 Movies | 228 min | Not rated | Jul 25, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Adventure / Romance
Robin Hood Blu-ray Movie
Cohen Media Group | 1922 | 143 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Amid big-budget medieval pageantry, King Richard goes on the Crusades leaving his brother Prince John as regent, who promptly emerges as a cruel, grasping, treacherous tyrant. Apprised of England's peril by message from his lady-love Marian, the dashing Earl of Huntingdon endangers his life and honor by returning to oppose John, but finds himself and his friends outlawed, and Marian apparently dead. Enter Robin Hood, acrobatic champion of the oppressed, laboring to set things right through swash buckling feats and cliffhanging perils!
Adventure / Romance