New Blu-ray Reviews

Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 1 Blu-ray Movie  

プリンセス・プリンシパル Crown Handler 第1章

Sentai Filmworks | 2021 | 54 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 15, 2022 | Neil Lumbard

In London at the end of the 19th century and after the events of Princess Principal (2017). The Empire is increasing counter-spy actions in the wake of the incident, and finds Control, the Commonwealth group in charge of covert operations against the Empire, at unease and suspecting its spy within the royal family as a double agent. Control assigns their spy ring Dove with a new mission to extract a secondhand bookstore owner and deliver him to Commonwealth hands. Ange, Dorothy, and Chise successfully spring the bookstore owner from an Imperial prison. Control also assigns Dove to make contact with Bishop, their spy within the royal family, to ascertain their loyalties.

Action / Adventure / Anime / Foreign

Nozo x Kimi: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2014-2015 | 75 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 19, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

What could be more embarrassing than being caught peeping into the girls' locker room? Being caught inside the girls' locker room inside a locker! And yet, that's where Kimio Suga finds himself! And even if it was by accident, as soon as that door opens and he's discovered, he'll be branded a pervert and maybe even suspended! Except… the girl who finds him is Nozomi Komine, who lives in the house across from his, and she covers for him! Unfortunately, that isn't an act of kindness, it's the prelude to blackmail! Because Nozomi has certain games that she'd like to play and Kimio's location and guilt make him the perfect plaything! And if that's not bad enough, the situation gets really out of control when she starts bringing other girls in to play with her toy!

Anime / Comedy / Romance / Teen / Comic book / Foreign

The Counterfeit Traitor Blu-ray Movie    

Imprint #118

Imprint | 1962 | 140 min | Rated ACB: M | Apr 27, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Blacklisted during WWII, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.

Drama / History / Thriller / War

The Kid 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 100 min | Rated R | Jul 19, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The story of a young boy who witnesses Billy the Kid's encounter with Sheriff Pat Garrett.

Biography / Drama / Western

El Cortez Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 2006 | 90 min | Not rated | Jul 26, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A man just released from a mental institution gets involved in a gold mine scheme while trying to avoid the cops, a wrathful drug dealer, and a sultry femme fatale.

Drama / Thriller

RoboCop: The Series Blu-ray Movie  

Liberation Hall | 1994 | 1020 min | Rated TV-14 | May 24, 2022 | Dr. Stephen Larson

Alex Murphy is Robocop, a cybernetic policeman. A creation of a vast corporation, he fights crime and occasional corporate conspiracy in the near-future of Old Detroit.

Action / Adventure / Crime / Sci-Fi

Gold Blu-ray Movie  

Screen Media | 2022 | 97 min | Rated R | Jun 21, 2022 | Brian Orndorf

In a dystopian near future with social and environmental breakdown, two unnamed individuals discover an enormous nugget of gold in an inhospitable desert. They try to extract it using basic tools and their truck, but fail. One agreed to leave to find excavation equipment, while the other (Efron) stays to guard the claim. The main plot turns around Efron's long wait for his partner, in communication briefly by radio, and his struggle to survive with diminishing supplies and while enduring storms, lack of food and water, and an encounter with Susie Porter's character, 'The Stranger'.

Thriller

Crimes of the Future Blu-ray Movie  

Decal Releasing | 2022 | 108 min | Rated R | Aug 09, 2022 | Brian Orndorf

A deep dive into the not-so-distant future where humankind is learning to adapt to its synthetic surroundings. This evolution moves humans beyond their natural state and into a metamorphosis, altering their biological makeup.

Crime / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Dark humor

Dai-Shogun: Great Revolution - Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2014 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Jul 19, 2022 | Neil Lumbard

What if the people of Japan never had to unify because mystical steam-powered robots defended the island from outside attack instead? That's the history Keiichiro Tokugawa grew up in, but the brash teen has the reckless ambition of helping unite the feuding feudal factions… and with some headstrong heroics and the help of the legendary giant robot Susanoo, he just might be able to do it! However, he'll have to deal with his girl problems first: the Susanoo requires a co-pilot-a female co-pilot-but every time Keiichiro gets close to a member of the opposite sex, he breaks out in a rash! Can Keiichiro find a nice young lady he's compatible with? Or will his feminine issues thrash, crash and forever trash his hopes of ending the futile feudal feuding forever?

Anime / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Foreign / Period

Chaos;Child: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Essentials / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

FUNimation Entertainment | 2017 | 2 Movies | 375 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 15, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

Takuru Miyashiro and his newspaper club investigate a string of bizarre deaths that form a hauntingly familiar pattern. Before long, they land squarely in the killer's crosshairs-but is the person they're tracking a total psycho or a psychic Innocent lives are taken as Takuru and his crew uncover secrets about the world and themselves.

Anime / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2021 | 250 min | Rated TV-MA | Jul 19, 2022 | Neil Lumbard

Koushi Nagumo's young life isn't going well. His house burned down, his worthless father kicked him out, and he's wandering the streets with no home, no job, and no idea when he'll eat his next meal. Then he meets an angel. Well, Mineru is actually a college student, but she has a proposition for him… not THAT kind of proposition since Koushi's still a middle schooler… although one might wonder considering how many half-clad beauties he encounters upon entering the so called "Goddess' Dormitory." This is where the local college houses the girls who are too eccentric or unruly to fit in anywhere else, and they desperately need someone to maintain order and keep watch over them. Can Koushi possibly fit in as their "Dorm Mother"? He'll have to learn on the job!

Anime / Comedy / Romance / Erotic / Comic book / Foreign

Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

最弱無敗の神装機竜《バハムート》 / Saijaku muhai no Bahamut

Sentai Filmworks | 2016 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Aug 04, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

No synopsis for this title.

Action / Anime / Fantasy / Foreign

Killing Bites: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2018 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Jan 26, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

No synopsis for this title.

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

Primal 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 97 min | Rated R | Jul 26, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman

PRIMAL stars Cage as Frank Walsh, a big game hunter and collector who finally bags his prized prey, a rare white jaguar. Unfortunately for Frank, the boat carrying his score is also ferrying an international assassin, Richard Loffler (Kevin Durand), to face justice. The trip turns treacherous when Loffler not only breaks out of his constraints, but also frees the jaguar in the process.

Action / Thriller

Planet of the Vampires Blu-ray Movie  

Terrore nello spazio | 2K Restoration

Kino Lorber | 1965 | 88 min | Not rated | Jul 26, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In the near future the two spaceships Argos and Galliot are sent to investigate the mysterious planet Aura. As the Galliot lands on the planet her crew suddenly go berserk and attack each other. The strange event passes, but the crew soon discovers the crashed Argos - and learns that her crew died fighting each other! Investigating further, the explorers come to realize the existence of a race of bodiless aliens that seek to escape from their dying world...

Horror / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Cow Blu-ray Movie  

IFC Films | 2021 | 98 min | Not rated | Aug 02, 2022 | Randy Miller III

A close-up portrait of the daily lives of two cows.

Documentary

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations: Set 12 Blu-ray Movie  

Kara Actuation / Episodes 156-176

Viz Media | 2020 | 462 min | Rated TV-14 | May 17, 2022 | Neil Lumbard

Boruto and crew go on a dangerous mission to the Land of Silence, a lawless land filled with disgraced ninja. Fighting their way across the region, they face the diabolical Deepa, an Inner of Kara with terrifying powers! After the fight, Boruto and Sarada realize they need training to get stronger. Boruto wants to strengthen his signature Rasengan, and Sarada her Sharingan. Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura take on the task of training the Leaf’s next generation!

Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Comic book / Foreign

Baby Assassins Blu-ray Movie  

ベイビーわるきゅーれ / Baby Valkyrie

Well Go USA | 2021 | 95 min | Not rated | Aug 16, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Chisato and Mahilo are two high school girls who are about to graduate.They also happen to both be highly skilled assassins.When the organization they work for orders them to share a room, the relationship between turns sour.

Action / Comedy / Drama / Foreign

Night Ripper Blu-ray Movie  

Slipcover in Original Pressing

Culture Shock Releasing | 1986 | 89 min | Not rated | Jul 26, 2022 | Brian Orndorf

A homicidal maniac stalks and murders unsuspecting fashion models.

Horror

Potato Dreams of America Blu-ray Movie  

Slipcover in Original Pressing

Dark Star Pictures | 2021 | 96 min | Not rated | Jul 26, 2022 | Brian Orndorf

An autobiographical dark comedy about a gay boy growing up in the Soviet Union, his mail-order bride mother and their adventurous escape to America.

Biography / Comedy / Drama / Period