New Blu-ray Reviews

Beauty and the Beast 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Disney100 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 1991 | 85 min | Rated G | Aug 01, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In a quaint French village during the late 18th century, Belle, a bright and beautiful young woman, finds escape from her ordinary life, and the advances of a boorish suitor, Gaston, by reading books. Meanwhile, off in a castle in the distance, a cruel young prince is cast under the spell of an enchantress who turns him into a tormented beast, while transforming his servants into animated household objects. In order to remove the curse, the Beast must discover a true love who will return his affection before the last petal falls from an enchanted rose. When Belle’s inventor father stumbles upon the Beast’s castle and is taken prisoner, Belle comes to the rescue and agrees to take her father’s place. With the help of the castle’s enchanted staff, she sees beneath the Beast’s exterior and discovers the heart and soul of a human prince.

Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance

Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine Blu-ray Movie    

Collector's Edition

Anime Ltd | 2012 | 312 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jun 14, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

She's a thief. A killer. A saint and a scandal. She's whatever you need her to be to get the job done. After sizing you up with one sinful glance, she disarms you with a touch. You're powerless to resist. She's walking seduction, with an insatiable itch for the priceless and a fetish for mischief. She takes your breath away to get what she wants. She takes everything else just because she can. And when she finally meets the master thief known as Lupin, will this be a star-crossed rivalry or a bloody betrayal? It's all in a night's work for the woman called Fujiko Mine.

Action / Anime / Comedy / Psychological thriller / Foreign

Erased: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie    

僕だけがいない街 | Limited Edition

Anime Ltd | 2016 | 300 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jan 18, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

29-year old Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who works part time as a pizza delivery man. But he has a secret ability which he names Revival. This ability allows Satoru to go back in time to prevent life-threatening incidents from happening. Now a series of tragic incidents are unfolding before Satorus eyes and they may change his life forever.

Anime / Crime / Drama / Comic book / Foreign

Frozen 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Disney100 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Disney / Buena Vista | 2013 | 102 min | Rated PG | Aug 01, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Fearless optimist Anna sets off on an epic journey—teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven—to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance

Ninja in the Claws of the CIA Blu-ray Movie  

Made in China / Sha shou ying / 殺手營 / 中情局機密檔案

Vinegar Syndrome | 1981 | 88 min | Not rated | May 26, 2023 | Brian Orndorf

A kung-fu champion flees a training camp for CIA operatives and is chased across Europe.

Action / Martial arts

Gorgo 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Slipcover in Original Pressing / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Vinegar Syndrome | 1961 | 77 min | Not rated | Aug 29, 2023 | Brian Orndorf

Greedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus. Then its mother shows up.

Action / Drama / Horror

Charlotte: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie    

Limited Edition

Anime Ltd | 2015 | 338 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Mar 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

A small percentage of adolescents develop special abilities at the onset of puberty. Yu Otosaka is one of these few and deftly uses an ability that takes over a target's body for five seconds to get accepted into a prestigious high school. Just when he is about to start a stable high school life as a popular honour student, a girl named Nao Tomori appears before him. Their encounter reveals the cruel destiny for wielders of special abilities.

Anime / Foreign

The Future Diary: Complete Series + OVA Blu-ray Movie    

Anime Ltd | 2011-2012 | 680 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Feb 21, 2022 | Neil Lumbard

Yukiteru Amano is a high school student who keeps himself to himself and makes up for his lonely everyday existence by writing a diary on his mobile phone and conversing with his imaginary friend, the so-called "God of Time and Space" known as Deus Ex Machina. But what if this imaginary friend was real? This unlikely turn of events becomes a reality for Yuki when the tables are turned, and Deus Ex Machina selects him as a participant in a "battle royale" with eleven other individuals. Every competitor in this deadly game is provided with a "Future Diary", each of which gives its owner a unique view of the world and, more importantly, a specific viewpoint into events that have yet to transpire. Can Yuki prevail in the face of this insane game and its menagerie of unhinged foes? The answer is not even something that his Future Diary can answer...

Action / Anime / Horror / Romance / Psychological thriller / Supernatural / Foreign

Cinderella 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Disney100 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 1950 | 74 min | Rated G | Aug 01, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Cinderella, treated as a slave by her selfish stepfamily, dreams of going to the Prince's ball. She gets her wish courtesy of her Fairy Godmother, who warns her to be home by midnight, or else...

Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance

Other People's Children Blu-ray Movie  

Les Enfants des autres

Music Box Films | 2022 | 103 min | Not rated | Aug 08, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A childless woman forms a deep bond with her boyfriends young daughter.

Comedy / Drama / Foreign

Resident Evil: Death Island 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2023 | 91 min | Rated R | Jul 25, 2023 | Kenneth Brown

D.S.O. agent Leon S. Kennedy is on a mission to rescue Dr. Antonio Taylor from kidnappers, when a mysterious woman thwarts his pursuit. Meanwhile, B.S.A.A. agent Chris Redfield is investigating a zombie outbreak in San Francisco, where the cause of the infection cannot be identified. The only thing the victims have in common is that they all visited Alcatraz Island recently. Following that clue, Chris and his team head to the island, where a new horror awaits them.

Action / Anime / Horror / Sci-Fi

Resident Evil: Death Island Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2023 | 91 min | Rated R | Jul 25, 2023 | Kenneth Brown

D.S.O. agent Leon S. Kennedy is on a mission to rescue Dr. Antonio Taylor from kidnappers, when a mysterious woman thwarts his pursuit. Meanwhile, B.S.A.A. agent Chris Redfield is investigating a zombie outbreak in San Francisco, where the cause of the infection cannot be identified. The only thing the victims have in common is that they all visited Alcatraz Island recently. Following that clue, Chris and his team head to the island, where a new horror awaits them.

Action / Anime / Horror / Sci-Fi

Little Fauss and Big Halsy Blu-ray Movie    

Imprint | 1970 | 99 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Two motorcycle racers team up - one reckless and dishonest, the other a timid doormat. As they race around the Southwest, loose women, family trouble, and the threat of the draft complicate their already turbulent lives.

Adventure / Drama

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

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