New Blu-ray Reviews

My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU: Seasons 1 & 2 Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2013-2015 | 2 Seasons | 675 min | Rated TV-14 | Nov 05, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

This romantic comedy revolves around an antisocial high school student named Hikigaya Hachiman with a distorted view on life and no friends or girlfriend. When he sees his classmates talking excitedly about living their adolescent lives, he mutters: "They're a bunch of liars." When he is asked about his future dreams, he responds, "Not working." A teacher gets Hachiman to join the "Volunteer Service" club, which happens to have the school's prettiest girl, Yukinoshita Yukino.

Anime / Comedy / Romance / Teen / Foreign

Apples Blu-ray Movie  

Μήλα / Míla

Cohen Media Group | 2020 | 90 min | Not rated | Aug 02, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities.

Comedy / Drama / Foreign

Halloween Kills 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition | Alternate Artwork / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2021 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 109 min | Rated R | Sep 06, 2022 | Martin Liebman

Minutes after Laurie Strode, her daughter Karen, and granddaughter Allyson left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie's basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor. But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie's trap, his ritual bloodbath resumes. As Laurie fights her pain and prepares to defend herself against him, she inspires all of Haddonfield to rise up against their unstoppable monster.

Horror / Thriller

Girls und Panzer der Film Blu-ray Movie  

ガールズ&パンツァー 劇場版

Sentai Filmworks | 2015 | 120 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 11, 2022 | Neil Lumbard

Sometime after the 63rd sensha-dou tournament, the Japanese Ministry of Education decides to move forward with its plan to decommission Ooarai Girls High School despite their recent triumph in the championship. In order to keep the school open, Miho and her team must win a match against a university sensha-dou team. For this difficult battle, Miho and the others count with the help of their friends from the other schools they previously faced, as well as assistance from new friends from the Chihatan Academy and Keizoku High School. Together, they will join forces to save Ooarai.

Action / Anime / Comedy / Foreign

Girls und Panzer: das Finale - Part 3 Blu-ray Movie  

『ガールズ＆パンツァー 最終章』第3話

Sentai Filmworks | 2021 | 48 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 20, 2022 | Neil Lumbard

Amateurs study strategy, but professionals study logistics, because it doesn't matter how many tanks you can get into position if you don't have enough ammo to keep firing! Firepower and constantly evolving strategies are the name of the game as not two, not four, but six more schools square off on three additional battlegrounds! As Oarai's tank team continues their brutal face off against Chi-Ha-Tan, the firefights also rage between Anzio and St. Gloriana, Kuromorimine and Pravda, and Jatkosota and Saunders! Six teams enter and only the survivors will advance! Also, in the weirdest side trip yet, the ladies of Team Anglerfish suddenly find themselves as cow… er, radishgirls in the wild, wild west.

Action / Anime / Comedy / Foreign

Exiled Blu-ray Movie    

放‧逐 / Fong juk

Chameleon Films | 2006 | 109 min | Rated M | Aug 31, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

When former gangster Johnnie Wo returns to raise a family on his old boss's territory, four assassins are sent by the boss to despatch him. However, all four are Wo's childhood friends, and their loyalty to him, though tested, is strong. Yet if they side with him, all five will be in danger.

Action / Crime / Thriller / Foreign

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma - The Fifth Plate Blu-ray Movie  

Season 5

Sentai Filmworks | 2020 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Apr 12, 2022 | Neil Lumbard

The first semester of the second year is coming to a close, and finals have begun! It seems that Soma and his classmates have been dealt a recipe for disaster: in just three days, they must make at least 3 million yen (approximately 27 thousand dollars) at the restaurant they've been assigned. However, while other teams have been placed in restaurants that are already in operation, Soma's team receives a dilapidated property that must be restored first! But that's only a minor challenge compared to what comes next, as the top students from all levels of Totsuki compete to become one of the school's three representatives at BLUE, one of the world's most legendary culinary competitions! Tempers flare, surprise ingredients abound, and someone's sure to get burned in most heated cook off of all in the fifth and possibly final season of Food Wars!

Anime / Comedy / Teen / Erotic / Comic book / Foreign

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma - The Fourth Plate Blu-ray Movie  

Season 4

Sentai Filmworks | 2018 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Feb 23, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

Food Wars! The Third Plate contains episodes 1-24 of the anime directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani. Young Soma Yukihira - who has honed his cooking skills while working as an assistant at "Yukihira," the family eatery - has successfully entered Tohtsuki Fine Dining Academy, a cooking school for the ultra elite. At the academy, he meets various chefs and develops his skills while striving to create his own unique brand of cooking. It is during the Lunar Feast, a time-honored Tohtsuki tradition, that Soma chooses to take on one of the members of The Ten, which comprises the academy's most accomplished chefs. Meanwhile, Azami Nakiri - the father of one of Soma's fellow students - has worked behind the scenes to found Central, a pivotal organization dedicated to haute cuisine, yet has remained barred from cooking aside from select recipes taught in his lectures. Finding themselves at opposition with how Central operates, Soma and some of the other Tohtsuki students decide to stand and confront this threat head-on. As this is going on, Soma and the others will be faced with the Promotional Exam, referred to as one of the greatest hurdles at Tohtsuki. An even more heated battle is about to begin!

Anime / Comedy / Teen / Erotic / Comic book / Foreign

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma: The Third Plate Blu-ray Movie  

Season 3

Sentai Filmworks | 2017-2018 | 600 min | Rated TV-14 | Feb 25, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

Food Wars! The Third Plate contains episodes 1-24 of the anime directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani. Young Soma Yukihira - who has honed his cooking skills while working as an assistant at "Yukihira," the family eatery - has successfully entered Tohtsuki Fine Dining Academy, a cooking school for the ultra elite. At the academy, he meets various chefs and develops his skills while striving to create his own unique brand of cooking. It is during the Lunar Feast, a time-honored Tohtsuki tradition, that Soma chooses to take on one of the members of The Ten, which comprises the academy's most accomplished chefs. Meanwhile, Azami Nakiri - the father of one of Soma's fellow students - has worked behind the scenes to found Central, a pivotal organization dedicated to haute cuisine, yet has remained barred from cooking aside from select recipes taught in his lectures. Finding themselves at opposition with how Central operates, Soma and some of the other Tohtsuki students decide to stand and confront this threat head-on. As this is going on, Soma and the others will be faced with the Promotional Exam, referred to as one of the greatest hurdles at Tohtsuki. An even more heated battle is about to begin!

Anime / Comedy / Teen / Erotic / Comic book / Foreign

Dolittle 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Import / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray

Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | 2020 | 101 min | Rated ACB: PG | May 03, 2022 | Neil Lumbard

A physician discovers that he can talk to animals.

Comedy / Family / Fantasy

Belle Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 2021 | 121 min | Rated PG | May 17, 2022 | Neil Lumbard

Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer. One day, her concert is interrupted by a monstrous creature chased by vigilantes. As their hunt escalates, Suzu embarks on an epic and emotional quest to uncover the identity of this mysterious "beast" and to discover her true self in a world where you can be anyone.

Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Music / Musical / Sci-Fi / Teen / Foreign

Arsenic and Old Lace Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1944 | 118 min | Not rated | Oct 11, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Frazzled drama critic Mortimer Brewster has two aunts who ply lonely geezers with poisoned libations, one sociopathic brother who looks like Boris Karloff, one bonkers brother who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt, one impatient new bride — and only one night to make it turn out all right.

Comedy / Dark humor

Belle 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Shout Factory | 2021 | 121 min | Rated PG | Aug 30, 2022 | Neil Lumbard

Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer. One day, her concert is interrupted by a monstrous creature chased by vigilantes. As their hunt escalates, Suzu embarks on an epic and emotional quest to uncover the identity of this mysterious "beast" and to discover her true self in a world where you can be anyone.

Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Music / Musical / Sci-Fi / Teen / Foreign

Spider-Man: No Way Home 3D Blu-ray Movie    

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray

Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | 2021 | 148 min | Rated ACB: M | Aug 10, 2022 | Neil Lumbard

With Spider-Man's identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to appear, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book

Intermezzo: A Love Story Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1939 | 70 min | Not rated | Jan 09, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson

Renowned violinist Holger Brandt is delighted to be back with his family after a long tour. But when he meets his daughter's piano teacher, Anite, and hears her play, he is captivated. Despite the devastating toll on his family, Holger and Anita begin a musical partnership that quickly becomes a passionate romance. But are they meant to live in harmony forever...or is this merely an intermezzo?

Drama / Romance

The Lost Boys 4K Blu-ray Movie  

35th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 1987 | 97 min | Rated R | Sep 20, 2022 | Randy Miller III

Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire. Sam and his older brother Michael are all-American teens with all-American interests. But after they move with their mother to peaceful Santa Carla, California, things mysteriously begin to change. Michael's not himself lately, and Mom's not going to like what he's turning into.

Comedy / Horror / Thriller / Teen / Dark humor / Supernatural

Cry of a Prostitute Blu-ray Movie  

Quelli che contano

Code Red | 1974 | 97 min | Rated R | Dec 08, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Thriller Starring Henry Silva and Barbara Bouchet. She Left Prostitution only to find Murder! Shes a former prostitute, now married to a gang boss dealing in black market currency and illicit drug traffic. He is a cold-blooded killer: a 'mob hitman' sent to Italy to pacify rival gangs impeding on Mafia operations, when the ex hooker falls for the underworld assassin all hell breaks loose as the rival gangs turn the tables & make him their target.

Action / Crime

Nathalie... Blu-ray Movie  

Cohen Media Group | 2003 | 100 min | Not rated | Jul 19, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Upon discovering that her husband is cheating on her, Catherine hires a prostitute Marlene to play a role as "Nathalie" to seduce him and report back to her. A strange relationship develops between the two women and soon Catherine enters a startling world that changes her forever.

Drama / Foreign

Lost Highway 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Criterion | 1997 | 135 min | Rated R | Oct 11, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

After a bizarre encounter at a party, a jazz saxophonist is framed for the murder of his wife and sent to prison, where he inexplicably morphs into a young mechanic and begins leading a new life.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Erotic / Surreal

Lost Highway Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1997 | 135 min | Rated R | Oct 11, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

After a bizarre encounter at a party, a jazz saxophonist is framed for the murder of his wife and sent to prison, where he inexplicably morphs into a young mechanic and begins leading a new life.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Erotic / Surreal