New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- August 02, 2022
Hot Seat Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2022 | 104 min | Rated R | Aug 09, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An ex-hacker is forced to break into high-level banking institutions, another man must try to penetrate the booby trapped building to get the young man off the hot seat.
Thriller
Flatliners Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition
Arrow | 1990 | 115 min | Rated R | Aug 02, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An ambitious, charismatic medical student persuades his classmates to take part in a reckless experiment. To see if there is life after death, they will kill themselves: temporarily shut down ("flatline") their heart and brain functions to briefly experience clinical death. Their horror begins when they realize that although they've come back alive... they haven't come back alone.
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Supernatural
Flatliners 4K Blu-ray Movie
Special Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Arrow | 1990 | 115 min | Rated R | Aug 02, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An ambitious, charismatic medical student persuades his classmates to take part in a reckless experiment. To see if there is life after death, they will kill themselves: temporarily shut down ("flatline") their heart and brain functions to briefly experience clinical death. Their horror begins when they realize that although they've come back alive... they haven't come back alone.
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Supernatural
The Accused Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1988 | 110 min | Rated R | Mar 15, 2022 | Martin Liebman
After a woman suffers a brutal rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
Crime / Drama
- August 01, 2022
Days of the Bagnold Summer Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition
Anti-Worlds | 2019 | 86 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Apr 25, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A teenager spends his summer listening to heavy metal music and trying to get along with his librarian mom.
Comedy / Foreign
Green Lantern: Beware My Power Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2022 | 87 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 26, 2022 | Randy Miller III
When a Power Ring is bestowed upon former Marine John Stewart, it leads him on a life-changing mission. With Justice League member Green Arrow and Thanagarian Hawkgirl by his side, Stewart is thrown into a complicated galactic war with shocking origins and catastrophic consequences. It's a trial by fire for the inexperienced Lantern as he battles deadly enemies like Sinestro - but a much darker secret will be the true test of this Green Lantern's strength!
Action / Animation / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Green Lantern: Beware My Power 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2022 | 87 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 26, 2022 | Randy Miller III
When a Power Ring is bestowed upon former Marine John Stewart, it leads him on a life-changing mission. With Justice League member Green Arrow and Thanagarian Hawkgirl by his side, Stewart is thrown into a complicated galactic war with shocking origins and catastrophic consequences. It's a trial by fire for the inexperienced Lantern as he battles deadly enemies like Sinestro - but a much darker secret will be the true test of this Green Lantern's strength!
Action / Animation / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
- July 31, 2022
The Tales of Hoffmann Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1951 | 133 min | Not rated | Jun 07, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
While he awaits a beautiful ballerina in a tavern, celebrated poet Hoffmann reflects on three women with whom he disastrously fell in love: the automaton Olympia, the courtesan Giulietta, and Antonia, a consumptive opera singer. Each courtship was undermined by a sinister Svengali in various guises. Based on German-born French composer Jacques Offenbach's unfinished fantasy opera.
Fantasy / Music / Musical / Romance
- July 30, 2022
The Killing 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kino Lorber | 1956 | 84 min | Not rated | Jul 26, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Before settling down to a respectable life, career criminal Johnny Clay teams with a group of pitiful two-bit crooks to pull off one final, elaborate heist at a racetrack.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Heist
Out of the Blue Blu-ray Movie
Severin Films | 1980 | 96 min | Rated R | Jul 26, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A young girl whose father is an ex-convict biker and whose mother is a junkie has a difficult time coping with her parents' problems. It centers on Cebe, a rebellious young girl, interested only in Elvis Presley and punk rock music — as well as her ex-convict father Don Barnes, and her high-strung mother Kathy. The title is taken from the Neil Young song "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)".
Crime / Drama
Out of the Blue 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Severin Films | 1980 | 96 min | Not rated | Jul 26, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A young girl whose father is an ex-convict biker and whose mother is a junkie has a difficult time coping with her parents' problems. It centers on Cebe, a rebellious young girl, interested only in Elvis Presley and punk rock music — as well as her ex-convict father Don Barnes, and her high-strung mother Kathy. The title is taken from the Neil Young song "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)".
Crime / Drama
Event Horizon 4K Blu-ray Movie
25th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1997 | 96 min | Rated R | Aug 09, 2022 | Martin Liebman
When a rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned, things start to take an increasingly horrific turn.
Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Supernatural / Surreal
The First Wives Club Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Presents #32
Paramount Pictures | 1996 | 102 min | Rated PG | Jun 28, 2022 | Martin Liebman
Upon graduating from college in 1969, friends Annie, Brenda, Cynthia and Elise vow that they will never lose touch. Nearly three decades later, Cynthia commits suicide after her husband abandons her. Meeting at her funeral, the three remaining friends each confess that their respective spouses have been unfaithful, and set out to wreak revenge. Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton are the trio of women out to take their men for all they can get.
Comedy
- July 29, 2022
Heat 4K Blu-ray Movie
Director's Definitive Edition | Ultimate Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1995 | 170 min | Rated R | Aug 09, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Master criminal Neil McCauley is trying to control the rogue actions of one of his men, while also planning one last big heist before retiring. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Hanna attempts to track down McCauley as he deals with the chaos in his own life, including the infidelity of his wife and the mental health of his stepdaughter. McCauley and Hanna discover a mutual respect, even as they try to thwart each other's plans.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Heist
- July 28, 2022
Tokyo Joe Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series
Powerhouse Films | 1949 | 88 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.
Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller
Benedetta 4K Blu-ray Movie
Mediabook - Cover B / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Capelight Pictures | 2021 | 131 min | Rated FSK-16 | Feb 24, 2022 | Randy Miller III
A 17th-century nun in Italy suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is assisted by a companion, and the relationship between the two women develops into a romantic love affair.
Biography / Drama / History / Foreign
Men Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2022 | 100 min | Rated R | Aug 09, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears.
Drama / Horror
- July 27, 2022
Murphy's War Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition | Indicator Series
Powerhouse Films | 1971 | 106 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | May 23, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Murphy is the sole survivor of his crew, that has been massacred by a German U-Boat in the closing days of World War II. He plots vengence somewhere on the river Orinoco delta, assisted by Louie, the local Government Administrator.
Drama / War
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2021 | 109 min | Rated R | May 03, 2022 | Martin Liebman
John Clark, a Navy SEAL, goes on a path to avenge his wife's murder only to find himself inside of a larger conspiracy.
Action / Adventure / Thriller / War
Mid-Century Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2022 | 105 min | Rated R | Jul 26, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A husband and wife's weekend in a mid-century modern vacation rental turns deadly when the husband discovers the owner is a psychopath with a backyard of buried secrets and designs on his wife.
Horror / Thriller