New Blu-ray Reviews

Slumber Party Massacre Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2021 | 87 min | Not rated | Feb 01, 2022 | Brian Orndorf

Dana, daughter of the only survivor of a bloody massacre in 1993, is going on a weekend trip with her friends. After their car breaks down in the very same town where her mother once fought the Driller Killer, Dana and her friends must come face-to-face with the psychotic serial killer who has haunted her mother’s life for the past 30 years.

Horror

Mad Max: The Road Warrior 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Corrected Disc / Mad Max 2 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 1981 | 95 min | Rated R | Feb 01, 2022 | Randy Miller III

In an apocalyptic future, Max helps a small band of survivors who are losing their struggle to protect an oil refinery under siege by a band of savage marauders.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller

The Flight of the Phoenix Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1965 | 142 min | Not rated | Mar 22, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

After a plane crash in the Sahara, one of the survivors says he's an airplane designer and they can make a flyable plane from the wreckage.

Adventure / Drama

Mae West in Hollywood Blu-ray Movie    

Night After Night / She Done Him Wrong / I'm No Angel / Belle of the Nineties / Goin' to Town / Klondike Annie / Go West Young Man / Every Day's a Holiday / My Little Chickadee / The Heat's On | Indicator Series | Limited Edition

Powerhouse Films | 1932-1982 | 10 Movies | 770 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Dec 13, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Biography / Comedy / Drama / History / Musical / Romance / Western

Night After Night Blu-ray Movie    

Powerhouse Films | 1932 | 73 min | Rated BBFC: PG | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A successful ex-boxer buys a high-class speakeasy and falls for a rich society girl, who doesn't know about his past. Complications ensue when some ex-girlfriends from his boxing days show up.

Drama

She Done Him Wrong Blu-ray Movie    

Powerhouse Films | 1933 | 66 min | Rated BBFC: PG | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Romantic comedy starring Mae West and Cary Grant. Lou (West) is a singer working at the Gay Nineties saloon owned by Gus Jordan (Noah Beery). In order to keep Lou by his side, Gus plies her with diamonds. What she doesn't know is that Gus actually traffics in prostitution and runs a counterfeiting ring to help finance her expensive gifts. Lou has her share of male admirers who she keeps at arm's length. But the tough woman soon finds her heart melting for a handsome young man, Capt. Cummings (Grant), who works for the local city mission.

Comedy / Drama / History / Musical / Romance

I'm No Angel Blu-ray Movie    

Powerhouse Films | 1933 | 87 min | Rated BBFC: PG | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Mae West stars as dancer and lion tamer Tira in this romantic comedy. Short of cash, Tira starts performing ever more dangerous stunts until her circus builds up an exciting reputation. But when she meets handsome Jack Clayton (Cary Grant), Tira ends up suing him for breach of contract after their relationship breaks up. Only when Clayton lets her win the case does she realise that she truly loves him.

Comedy / Musical / Romance

Belle of the Nineties Blu-ray Movie    

Powerhouse Films | 1934 | 73 min | Rated BBFC: PG | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Western comedy starring Mae West. Ruby Carter (West) is a cabaret singer working in Mississippi. In a man's world, Ruby has little trouble surviving on her own terms, resisting the attentions of a deluge of lecherous men. Instead, she reserves her affections for a boxer called The Tiger Kid (Roger Pryor).

Comedy / Musical / Western

Goin' to Town Blu-ray Movie    

Powerhouse Films | 1935 | 74 min | Rated BBFC: PG | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Former dance hall queen Cleo Borden, newly rich, falls for and pursues an upper-crust Englishman.

Comedy / Musical

Klondike Annie Blu-ray Movie    

Powerhouse Films | 1936 | 80 min | Rated BBFC: PG | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Set in the Gold Rush of the 1890s. Beautiful Rose Carlton (Mae West), a "kept" woman of the wealthy and possessive Chan Lo, escapes San Francisco's Chinatown on a ship bound for Alaska's gold rush territory. The ship's captain, Bull Brackett (Victor McLaglen), instantly falls for Rose but she is distracted by her new cabinmate, Sister Annie Alden (Helen Jerome Eddy). Exchanging philosophies,the unlikely pair develop a meaningful friendship before Sister Annie becomes sick and dies. Meanwhile, Bull learns Rose is wanted for murder but tells her he will standby her. Rose, in desperation, changes identities with her deceased friend and, once in Alaska, is inspired to a new calling. It's West at her best as she brings the immoral townspeople to their knees with her unconventional style of evangelism in this spirited tale of divine transformation.

Comedy / Musical

Go West Young Man Blu-ray Movie    

Powerhouse Films | 1936 | 82 min | Rated BBFC: U | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A movie star, stranded in the country, trifles with a young man's affections.

Every Day's a Holiday Blu-ray Movie    

Powerhouse Films | 1937 | 80 min | Rated BBFC: U | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Mae West plays Peaches O'Day, a con artist who can sell anything, including the Brooklyn Bridge.

Comedy

My Little Chickadee Blu-ray Movie    

Powerhouse Films | 1940 | 83 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Western written by and starring Mae West and W.C. Fields. When Flower Belle Lee (West) is accused of having a relationship with a mysterious Masked Bandit, she is forced to leave her home town, Little Bend and move to Greasewood City. On the train she meets Cuthbert J. Twillie (Fields), a con man who conspires with Flower to fake a marriage in order to gain 'respectability'. When the pair arrive in Greasewood City, Twillie, by chance, becomes sheriff of the town. But the man who appointed him, town boss Jeff Badger (Joseph Calleia), has an ulterior motive.

Comedy / Western

The Heat's On Blu-ray Movie    

Powerhouse Films | 1943 | 79 min | Rated BBFC: U | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A would-be censor's brother produces a Broadway show with a controversial star.

Comedy / Musical

Escape from L.A. 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Replacement Disc issued by Paramount / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 1996 | 101 min | Rated R | Feb 22, 2022 | Martin Liebman

It's 16 years later and Snake Plissken is once again called in by the U.S. government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles.

Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Miller's Crossing Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1990 | 113 min | Rated R | Feb 08, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman, which eventually leads to citywide gang war.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Dark humor / Period

The Monster of Camp Sunshine & Honeymoon of Terror Blu-ray Movie  

All Men Are Apes! | Standard Edition

AGFA | 1961-1965 | 2 Movies | 74 min | Not rated | Feb 22, 2022 | Brian Orndorf

A scientist carelessly dumps some toxic waste into a river. The gardener at a nudist camp drinks the water, turns into a monster and attacks all the (female) nudists.

Comedy / Drama / Horror / Thriller

Master of the World Blu-ray Movie  

Standard Edition

Vinegar Syndrome | 1983 | 105 min | Not rated | Feb 22, 2022 | Brian Orndorf

Set two hundred thousand years ago, when the human race had to adapt to their brutal savage environment or disappear into oblivion. For Bog, the great warrior this struggle means conquering the Earth and gaining supremacy over his rivals.

Adventure

Zone 414 Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2021 | 99 min | Rated R | Nov 02, 2021 | Martin Liebman

Set in the near future in a colony of state-of-the-art humanoid robots. When its creator's daughter goes missing, he hires private investigator David Carmichael, to bring her home. David teams up with Jane, a highly advanced and self-aware A.I., to track down the missing daughter. Moving through the dangerous iron jungle, they rapidly piece together the mystery, uncovering a crime that leads them to question the origins of Zone 414 and the true purpose behind the "City of Robots."

Sci-Fi / Thriller / Foreign

Hard Hit Blu-ray Movie  

Capelight Pictures | 2021 | 94 min | Not rated | Feb 22, 2022 | Randy Miller III

Seong-gyu (Jo Woo-jin), a bank manager in Busan, South Korea, drives to work with his daughter Hye-in (Lee Jae-in) and son. He gets a call on a phone he discovers in the car's glove compartment, with a restricted caller ID. The mysterious caller informs him of a bomb under his seat and if he tries to get out of the car it will explode. This triggers the beginning of a nightmare situation for the Seong-gyu family in the middle of downtown Busan.

Action / Drama / Thriller / Foreign