New Blu-ray Reviews

Mindcage Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2022 | 97 min | Rated R | Jan 24, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Detectives Jake Doyle and Mary Kelly seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a diabolical game of cat and mouse, racing against time to stay one step ahead of The Artist and his copycat.

Drama / Thriller

De Sade Blu-ray Movie  

Scorpion Releasing | 1969 | 104 min | Rated X | May 17, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Keir Dullea dives into a bevy of babes with an open wine bottle as the notorious Marquis de Sade in this low-budget debauch from American International Pictures -- purveyors of fine entertainment morsels for the connoisseur. The film takes place as an extended flashback after de Sade has escaped from a madhouse and taken refuge in the dilapidated mansion where he was reared. In his flashback, de Sade recalls how the Abbe de Sade (John Huston) used to have a maid whip him until he began to like it. Of course, after that, the next step down the primrose path was flagellation and orgies. Finally sent to a French jail for lewd behavior, de Sade begins to write anti-government creeds to wile away the hours. After his release, he is compelled to marry the repulsive Renee de Montreuil (Anna Massey). De Sade goes along with the marriage in order to get closer to her sister Anne (Senta Berger). In spite of that, de Sade continues to seek out various forms of softcore sex. But then the Black Plague hits.

Biography / Drama / History / Erotic / Period

Dagmar's Hot Pants, Inc. Blu-ray Movie  

Code Red | 1971 | 94 min | Rated R | Mar 29, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Known to her clients as Dagmar, she's a classy Swedish call girl in Copenhagen. After two years she's ready to quit, and we follow her on what she hopes is her last day in the trade. She wakes at 9 AM, gets her first call and a marriage proposal, checks in with her doctor, pays final visits to various clients, arranges to lease her flat, passes on her black book to a colleague, tries to beg off on an impromptu session with Japanese businessmen, has a quick conversation with her brother, and makes a couple of charitable contributions. All the while, her eyes on the clock, there's the threat of her pimp finding out about her plans. If she pulls it off, what awaits?

Comedy / Erotic / Foreign

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor: OVA Series Blu-ray Movie  

Musekinin Kanchō Tylor

Right Stuf | 1994-1996 | 360 min | Rated 14+ | Nov 02, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

Six long months have passed. The Raalgon Empire has developed a horrible new type of weapon, and Tylor has been charged with the duty of intercepting them as it is being transported. But when all that could go wrong, does go wrong, the crew members of the Soyokaze find themselves at the mercy of their enemies. As the hours tick down toward their execution, the crew wonders: Has their irresponsible captain misled them? Or is this all a part of some greater strategy?

Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Toka Gettan: The Moonlight Lady Returns - Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2007 | 650 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 13, 2022 | Neil Lumbard

Kamitsumihara is a beautiful but mysterious place, a land where traces of ancient magic still exist and a drama two millennium old has yet to play through to its final chapter. For all this time, the Kamiazuma clan have acted as protectors, a fact that Toka Kamiazuma, whose body holds the stone sword Sekiken, has inherited as his duty. But when an unusual girl named Momoka Kawakabe enters his life unexpectedly, Toka begins to discover that they are connected by more than just physical attraction. How are their destinies linked and why? As the strands of fate and bindings to legend pull them ever closer, they will have just a short time to discover their own secrets and undo the ancient tragedy that forever changed their world!

Anime / Comedy / Drama / Foreign

The Black Crystal Blu-ray Movie  

AGFA | 1991 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 70 min | Not rated | Jan 31, 2023 | Brian Orndorf

A young man encounters a Satanic cult.

Action / Fantasy

Dressed in Blue Blu-ray Movie  

Vestida de Azul / Slipcover in Original Pressing

Altered Innocence | 1983 | 98 min | Not rated | Jan 31, 2023 | Brian Orndorf

Several transvestite prostitutes that work the Madrid streets discuss their personal experiences. The camera follows their daily lives. The lid is also lifted on their personal histories.

Documentary / Foreign

Crabs! Blu-ray Movie  

Director's Edition

Raven Banner Releasing | 2021 | 81 min | Unrated | Nov 22, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A horde of murderous crab monsters descend on a sleepy coastal town on Prom night, and only a ragtag group of outcasts can save the day.

Comedy / Horror

Lonelyhearts Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1958 | 100 min | Not rated | Oct 25, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Eager to land a journalistic position, Adam White goes to work as an advice-giving newspaper columnist. His editor, Shrike, takes pleasure in browbeating his alcoholic wife Florence for her past adultery, and assigning his employees journalistic jobs for which they have little aptitude or interest. Shrike goads Adam into meeting one of his correspondents, Fay Doyle, a teary, self-pitying woman who makes a play for him. Adam is torn between his loyalty to the newspaper and his girl Justy.

Drama

Secret Headquarters Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2022 | 104 min | Rated PG | Dec 20, 2022 | Martin Liebman

Young Charlie Kincaid, who discovers a secret headquarters under his home that seems to belong to a superhero. He shares it with his friends, and they start to believe that his estranged father might have a secret double life.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi

World Trigger: Season 1 - Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2014-2016 | 3275 min | Rated TV-PG | Jun 08, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

Four years ago, a mysterious gate to another world suddenly appeared, allowing malevolent creatures called "Neighbors" to invade Mikado City! Impervious to normal military hardware, the Neighbors seemed unstoppable until the Border Defense Agency turned the tide with a new form of weapon called a "Trigger". Now the Neighbors are still here, lurking, while young Osamu Mikumo, one of the BDA's latest Trigger trainees, is under orders to not use his new abilities…. orders that Osamu violates when he sees a new classmate being dragged into a Forbidden Area! Instead of staging a rescue, however, Osamu is stunned to see the boy defeat the Neighbors by himself! Who is Yuma Kuga, where did he get his powers, and is he some form of Neighbor are just the first of many mysteries that Osamu will have to solve!

Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Comic book / Foreign

Gundam Build Divers: Re:RISE Blu-ray Movie  

Right Stuf | 2019-2020 | 650 min | Not rated | Nov 08, 2022 | Neil Lumbard

Two years have passed since the legendary Force "Build Divers" battled the Second Coalition of Volunteers to save the EL-Diver. Gunpla Battle Nexus Online (GBN), where these events took place, has been upgraded to provide sensory feedback for more realistic play. But as GBN becomes even more exciting, there are Divers who play with their own motivations in mind. Hiroto is a Diver who wanders alone through the Dimension, playing as a mercenary. Kazami is a frivolous, independent Diver who joins one party after another, pursuing the one he admires. May is a solo Diver surrounded by an aura of mystery, who plays Gunpla Battle night and day. And Parviz is a lonely novice Diver who is interested in team play, but out of shyness, he has never managed to seize the opportunity. Each of them is alone, but the course of events will end up uniting them into a new team of Build Divers. What awaits Hiroto and the others is a boundless super-experience that far transcends GBN.

Action / Anime / Comedy / Foreign

Nobody's Fool Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1994 | 110 min | Rated R | Dec 27, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A stubborn man past his prime reflects on his life of strict independence and seeks more from himself.

Comedy / Drama

Little Odessa Blu-ray Movie    

Metropolitan | 1994 | 98 min | Rated 12 Interdit aux moins de 12 ans | Jan 03, 2023 | Dr. Stephen Larson

A somber portrait of organized crime and family trauma, Little Odessa centers on the trouble caused when hit man Joshua Shapira returns to his old neighborhood of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Cloverfield 4K Blu-ray Movie  

15th Anniversary Limited Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2008 | 85 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 17, 2023 | Martin Liebman

A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.

Action / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Till Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2022 | 130 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 17, 2023 | Randy Miller III

The story of Emmett Louis Till and the legacy of his mother who pursued justice for her lynched son.

Drama / History

Better Off Dead Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 1985 | 97 min | Rated PG | Dec 06, 2022 | Martin Liebman

After his girlfriend ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane decides that suicide is the only answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts bring him only more agony and embarrassment. Filled with the wildest teen nightmares.

Comedy / Romance / Teen / Coming of age

Nobody's Fool 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Kino Lorber | 1994 | 110 min | Rated R | Dec 27, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A stubborn man past his prime reflects on his life of strict independence and seeks more from himself.

Comedy / Drama

Our Dancing Daughters Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1928 | 85 min | Not rated | Jan 10, 2023 | Randy Miller III

In OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS, Joan Crawford stripped to her teddy and tore into a Charleston powered by a zillion watts of sexual energy — and shocked the corsets and cravats off parents who'd heard disturbing rumblings of what their children were up to. But the younger generation couldn't get enough: they'd found their icon of Flaming Youth. Crawford became a star in this milestone silent about a good girl who hides her heart behind a party-girl mask and loses the man she loves to a gold digger. The film's portrait of a fascinating (and a bit frightening) breed of young women who match men drink for drink and vice for vice was so popular it bred two similarly themed movies: OUR MODERN MAIDENS and OUR BLUSHING BRIDES.

Drama

Good Girls: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2018-2021 | 4 Seasons | 2130 min | Not rated | Jan 10, 2023 | Martin Liebman

The series follows three suburban women who are having a hard time trying to make ends meet. They decide to pull off an unlikely heist by robbing a supermarket, only to discover that they're in for more than they bargained. Their successful robbery attracts the attention of the store manager after he recognizes one of the women, but for a different reason altogether tied to the money.

Crime / Drama