New Blu-ray Reviews

Ham on Rye Blu-ray Movie  

Factory25 | 2019 | 87 min | Not rated | Mar 29, 2022 | Brian Orndorf

A bizarre rite of passage at the local deli determines the fate of a generation of teenagers, leading some to escape their suburban town and dooming others to remain.

Comedy

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Set 5 - Diamond is Unbreakable Part 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Viz Media | 2016 | 456 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 02, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

Eleven years have passed since Jotaro Kujo defeated Dio, the Joestar family’s archnemesis. In the year 1999, Jotaro travels to a Japanese town called Morioh to seek out Josuke Higashikata, the secret love child of his grandfather, Joseph Joestar. Upon finding him, Jotaro discovers that Josuke also possesses a Stand. As if drawn by an unknown force, new Stand users begin to appear all across town, threatening the lives of the innocent—including Josuke’s loved ones. Swearing to protect the people living in his hometown, Josuke must now stand against the evil that lurks within Morioh.

Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Drama / Supernatural / Comic book / Foreign / Period

Mr. Osomatsu: Season 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Viz Media | 2017-2018 | 624 min | Rated TV-MA | Sep 14, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

The boys are back and lazier than ever! After the world-shattering success of their first season, and by popular demand from all sections of the galaxy, the now grown-up sexy-tuplets from the hit manga Osomatsu-kun figured, “Another season? Why the hell not?”

Anime / Comedy / Foreign / Surreal

Mr. Osomatsu: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie  

Viz Media | 2015-2016 | 638 min | Rated TV-MA | Mar 09, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

In the hardworking country of Japan, the sextuplet Matsuno brothers from the legendary comedy manga Osomatsu-kun are now all grown up but just can't be bothered to do anything productive with their lives. Allergic to work, inept with girls, and completely oblivious to what society thinks of them, the six twenty-somethings prefer to spend their days lying around their parents' house, where Mom makes the food, Dad makes the money, and the pressures of modern living never intrude. After all, life is just too short to waste your time not wasting your time.

Anime / Comedy / Foreign / Surreal

Nightmare Alley Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2021 | 150 min | Rated R | Mar 22, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Nightmare Alley 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2021 | 150 min | Rated R | Mar 22, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

For All Mankind 4K Blu-ray Movie  

1.33:1 and 1.85:1 aspect ratio presentations on UHD / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Criterion | 1989 | 80 min | Not rated | Apr 26, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A documentary chronicling the American space program and its rush to put a man on the moon.

Documentary / History

Illustrious Corpses Blu-ray Movie  

Cadaveri Eccellenti

Kino Lorber | 1976 | 120 min | Not rated | Sep 28, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A detective (inspector Rogas) is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges. During the investigation he discovers a complot that involves the Italian Communist Party.

Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign

Stoker Hills Blu-ray Movie  

Screen Media | 2020 | 91 min | Rated R | Mar 01, 2022 | Dr. Stephen Larson

Three college students filming a horror movie find themselves trapped in their own worst nightmare. Their only hope for survival is two detectives who find the camera they left behind.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller

A Star Is Born Blu-ray Movie  

Restored Edition | Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1937 | 111 min | Not rated | Mar 29, 2022 | Randy Miller III

The classic story about the fragility of fame and the cost of stardom. A young woman arrives at Hollywood with dreams of stardom and with the help of a leading man achieves them, but his best days are behind him and she eclipses him.

Drama / Romance

Lamb Blu-ray Movie  

A24 | 2021 | 106 min | Rated R | Jan 25, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A childless couple discovers a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland.

Drama / Horror / Mystery / Foreign

Lamb 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Dýrið / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

A24 | 2021 | 106 min | Rated R | Jan 25, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A childless couple discovers a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland.

Drama / Horror / Mystery / Foreign

Project Gemini Blu-ray Movie  

Well Go USA | 2022 | 100 min | Not rated | Mar 15, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A space expedition attempts to find a new home for Mankind after Earth becomes uninhabitable.

Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Foreign

Blue Bayou Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2021 | 119 min | Rated R | Dec 21, 2021 | Dr. Stephen Larson

As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.

Drama

Vikings: Season 6, Volume 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 2020-2021 | 458 min | Rated TV-MA | Mar 15, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The adventures of a Ragnar Lothbrok: the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the saga of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods: legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.

Action / Adventure / Drama / History / War

The Godfather Trilogy 4K Blu-ray Movie  

The Godfather / The Godfather: Part II / The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 1972-1990 | 3 Movies, 5 Cuts | 537 min | Rated R | Mar 22, 2022 | Martin Liebman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Crime / Drama / Melodrama / Epic / Period

The Godfather 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 1972 | 175 min | Rated R | Oct 11, 2022 | Martin Liebman

An epic tale of a 1940s New York Mafia family and their struggle to protect their empire from rival families as the leadership switches from the father to his youngest son.

Crime / Drama / Melodrama / Epic / Period

The Godfather: Part II 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 1974 | 201 min | Rated R | Oct 11, 2022 | Martin Liebman

Continuing saga of the Corleone family as they move to Nevada and make the casino business their major income source under the leadership of the increasingly paranoid and malevolent Michael, whose reign as the "Don" is juxtaposed against the parallel tale of his father's escape from Sicily as a young boy and his subsequent rise to power in New York's Lower East Side during the turn of the 20th century.

Crime / Drama / Epic / Period

The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 1990 | 158 min | Rated R | Oct 11, 2022 | Martin Liebman

Michael Corleone, now in his 60s, seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire. That successor could be fiery Vincent, but he may also be the spark that turn's Michael's hope of business legitimacy into an inferno of mob violence. This special director's cut includes a new beginning and ending, as well as changes to scenes, shots, and music cues. The resulting project reflects author Mario Puzo and director Francis Ford Coppola's original intentions for the film.

Crime / Drama

The Godfather: Part III 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Paramount Pictures | 1990 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 162 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

The story is set in 1979 when, before retiring, an aging Michael Corleone tries to go legitimate by entering respectable real estate and communications deals, but is slowly drawn back into the world of organized crime against his will.

Crime / Drama / Epic / Period