New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- June 12, 2023
Kill Zone Blu-ray Movie
Killzone / MVD Rewind Collection
MVD Visual | 1985 | 90 min | Rated R | Jun 13, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A troubled Vietnam vet snaps during a training exercise at a survivalist-type military camp and thinks he's back in Vietnam. He kills several of the staff members who he thinks are Vietcong. The other participants set out to track him down and capture him before he hurts or kills anyone else. However, the camp's owner, who knows he'll be in trouble if word of this incident gets out, has no intention of capturing the man; he plans on killing him.
Action / Drama / War
When Will Ayumu Make His Move? - Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2022 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Jul 18, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
Ayumu was a Kendo competitor in middle school, so everyone assumed that he'd join the Kendo club for his first year in high school. Instead, he becomes involved with an entirely different sort of activity with a Second-Year girl… an activity famous for becoming increasingly complex the longer it goes on! We're talking about Shogi, of course, the board game that's often referred to as Japanese chess. But the game itself soon becomes a problem, because while Ayumu finds himself increasingly attracted to Urushi, he's also sworn not to tell her until he's won a match against her… and Urushi's REALLY good at Shogi! So now they're stuck in a loop, caught up in ancient game that's far more complicated than chess… and also playing a lot of Shogi as well… wondering when will ayumu make his move?
Anime / Comedy / Romance / Comic book / Foreign
- June 11, 2023
The Great Gatsby Blu-ray Movie
Imprint | 1949 | 91 min | Rated ACB: M | May 31, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A Jazz Age bootlegger learns the hard way about the wages of sin.
Drama / Film-Noir
My Isekai Life: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2022 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 27, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
As a novice level Monster Tamer, Yuji would normally be one of the last ones chosen when putting together a dungeon delving party. However, thanks to a clever trick involving a bunch of slimes, Yuji has also absorbed the archived knowledge of a great Sage and secretly gained an incredibly powerful second class! And if that's not enough, he's actually from a place called Japan in another world, which adds even more tricks up his sleeve! But even with these abilities and the help of his slimes, a magical Proud Wolf, and a forest spirit named Dryad, will that be enough to face off against rock dragons, sinister cults and gangs of slavers? Yuji had better hope so, because fate and fortune seem determined to put him into the most ridiculously dangerous situations as often as possible!
Action / Adventure / Anime / Foreign
Mafia Mamma Blu-ray Movie
Decal Releasing | 2023 | 101 min | Rated R | Jun 06, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
A suburban American woman who inherits her grandfather's Mafia empire, and guided by the Firm's trusted consigliere, defies everyone's expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business.
Action / Comedy / Crime
Lust for Freedom Blu-ray Movie
Troma | 1987 | 94 min | Not rated | May 30, 2023 | Brian Orndorf
A former female cop is framed by corrupt police, acting in collusion with the local judge, and has to fight her way out of the pen, alone, against tough inmates, and the people in charge.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Witchtrap Blu-ray Movie
The Presence / The Haunted | MVD Rewind Collection
MVD Visual | 1989 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 90 min | Not rated | Jun 13, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Parapsychologists try to make an inn haunted by an evil witch's ghost safe for guests.
Action / Horror / Thriller
- June 10, 2023
Stone Cold Blu-ray Movie
2K Restoration
Kino Lorber | 1991 | 92 min | Rated R | May 09, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Joe Huff is a tough, go-it-alone cop with a flair for infiltrating dangerous biker gangs. The FBI blackmail Joe into an undercover operation to convict some extremely violent bikers, who are angry at the capture of their leader.
Action / Crime / Drama
Mononoke: The Complete TV Series Blu-ray Movie
Discotek Media | 2007 | 300 min | Unrated | Mar 28, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
In feudal Japan, evil spirits known as mononoke plague both households and the countryside, leaving a trail of fear in their wake. One mysterious person has the power to slay the mononoke where they stand; he is known only as the Medicine Seller, and he vanquishes the spirits using the power of his Exorcism Sword. However, in order to draw his sword he must first understand the Form, Truth and Reason of the mononoke. Armed with a sharp wit and keen intellect, the Medicine Seller wanders from place to place, striking down the evil spirits in his wake.
Anime / Fantasy / Horror / Foreign
Violet Evergarden: The Movie 4K Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Crunchyroll, LLC | 2020 | 140 min | Rated TV-14 | May 30, 2023 | Neil Lumbard
After the aftermath of a war, a young girl who was used as a 'tool' for war learned to live. With the scars of burns, she goes back to her past to feel the true feelings of the Major's, "I love you."
Anime / Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Foreign
Bone Cold Blu-ray Movie
Well Go USA | 2022 | 109 min | Not rated | Jun 13, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An experienced Black Ops sniper attempts a nightmarish escape after a failed mission, tracked by enemy soldiers hellbent on revenge, and hunted by something sinister and monstrous, hungry and determined.
Thriller
- June 09, 2023
One False Move 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Criterion | 1992 | 106 min | Rated R | Jul 25, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A small-town police chief (Bill Paxton) concealing an explosive secret. A pair of ruthless drug dealers (cowriter Billy Bob Thornton and Michael Beach) who leave a bloody trail in their wake as they make their way from Los Angeles to Arkansas. And an enigmatic woman (Cynda Williams) caught in the middle. The way these desperate lives converge becomes a masterclass in slow-burn tension thanks to the nuanced direction of Carl Franklin, whose haunting film travels a crooked road across America’s most fraught divisions—urban and rural, Black and white—while imbuing noir conventions with a wrenching emotional depth.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
One False Move Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1992 | 105 min | Rated R | Jul 25, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A small-town police chief (Bill Paxton) concealing an explosive secret. A pair of ruthless drug dealers (cowriter Billy Bob Thornton and Michael Beach) who leave a bloody trail in their wake as they make their way from Los Angeles to Arkansas. And an enigmatic woman (Cynda Williams) caught in the middle. The way these desperate lives converge becomes a masterclass in slow-burn tension thanks to the nuanced direction of Carl Franklin, whose haunting film travels a crooked road across America’s most fraught divisions—urban and rural, Black and white—while imbuing noir conventions with a wrenching emotional depth.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
The Super Mario Bros. Movie Blu-ray Movie
Power Up Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2023 | 92 min | Rated PG | Jun 13, 2023 | Martin Liebman
A Brooklyn plumber named Mario travels through the Mushroom Kingdom with a princess named Peach and an anthropomorphic mushroom named Toad to find Mario's brother, Luigi, and to save the world from a ruthless fire-breathing Koopa named Bowser.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 4K Blu-ray Movie
Power Up Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2023 | 92 min | Rated PG | Jun 13, 2023 | Martin Liebman
A Brooklyn plumber named Mario travels through the Mushroom Kingdom with a princess named Peach and an anthropomorphic mushroom named Toad to find Mario's brother, Luigi, and to save the world from a ruthless fire-breathing Koopa named Bowser.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 4K Blu-ray Movie
Power Up Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2023 | 92 min | Rated PG | Jun 13, 2023 | Martin Liebman
A Brooklyn plumber named Mario travels through the Mushroom Kingdom with a princess named Peach and an anthropomorphic mushroom named Toad to find Mario's brother, Luigi, and to save the world from a ruthless fire-breathing Koopa named Bowser.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
King Solomon's Mines Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1950 | 103 min | Not rated | May 30, 2023 | Randy Miller III
Before there was Indiana Jones, there was Allan Quartermain, the stalwart hero of H. Rider Haggard's classic 1885 novel that's been filmed four times. Stewart Granger portrays Quartermain in this 1950 adaptation that was nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award and won Oscars for Color Cinematography and Film Editing. Deborah Kerr plays the prim Englishwoman who hires Quartermain to lead the hunt for her missing husband, even though no safari has ever returned from the uncharted regions their expedition must cross. Part adventure, part spectacle and filmed amid the awesome splendor and peril of untamed Africa, KING SOLOMON'S MINES is a film fan's treasure.
Action / Adventure / Romance
Marillion: Seasons End Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + CD
Rhino Music | 1989 | 180 min | Not rated | May 19, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
The Night of the Hunter 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kino Lorber | 1955 | 92 min | Not rated | May 30, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A demented preacher relentlessly torments two small children in the Depression-era Bible Belt in order to get at their dead father's stolen fortune.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Psychological thriller
The Haunting 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Shout Factory | 1999 | 113 min | Rated PG-13 | May 30, 2023 | Dr. Stephen Larson
When Eleanor, Theo, and Luke decide to take part in a sleep study at a huge mansion they get more than they bargained for when Dr. Marrow tells them of the house's ghostly past.
Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural