New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- January 15, 2022
The Little Rascals Volume 4 Blu-ray Movie
The ClassicFlix Restorations
ClassicFlix | 1922-1938 | 218 min | Not rated | Jan 18, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Although aired on television in the 1950s under the popular Little Rascals brand, these comedy classics are presented in their original uncut "Our Gang" theatrical editions.
Comedy / Family
The Lover 4K Blu-ray Movie
L'Amant / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Capelight Pictures | 1992 | 115 min | Unrated | Jan 25, 2022 | Randy Miller III
It is French Colonial Vietnam in 1929. A young French girl from a family that is having some monetary difficulties is returning to boarding school. She is alone on public transportation when she catches the eye of a wealthy Chinese businessman. He offers her a ride into town in the back of his chauffeured sedan, and sparks fly. Can the torrid affair that ensues between them overcome the class restrictions and social mores of that time? Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Maugerite Duras.
Biography / Drama / Romance / Erotic / Foreign
A**holes Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover Edition Limited to 2,000
Circle Collective | 2017 | 74 min | Not rated | Dec 28, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
Adah and Aaron are sober drug addicts who meet in their psychoanalyst's waiting room. They have sex, discover they share an anal fetish, relapse on poppers, conjure a demon, and kill Adah's brother. When their faces turn into Assholes, Adah's parents stage a reality show intervention to get the couple sober again.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
The Show Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2020 | 115 min | Not rated | Nov 23, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
A man's search for a stolen artifact leads him to the haunted town filled with Voodoo gangsters, masked adventurers, Depression-era private eyes and violent chiaroscuro women.
Drama / Fantasy / Film-Noir / Mystery / Supernatural / Surreal
- January 14, 2022
Lady in a Cage Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1964 | 95 min | Not rated | Dec 21, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
A Lady (Olivia De Havilland) gets trapped inside a home elevator after the electricity goes out. During a hot summer day, while she presses a button inside the elevator to summon help from the alley, she unknowingly attracts looters who in turn try hurting her and steal all her personal belongings.
Drama / Horror / Thriller
Straight Shooting & Hell Bent: Two Films by John Ford Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1917-1918 | 2 Movies | 115 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Apr 19, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Western
Straight Shooting Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1917 | 62 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Cattleman Flint cuts off farmer Sims' water supply. When Sims' son Ted goes for water, one of Flint's men kills him. Cheyenne is sent to finish off Sims, but finding the family at the newly dug grave, he changes sides.
Western
Hell Bent Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1918 | 50 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A cowboy must save his girlfriend from captivity and then cross the desert on foot with a single waterhole on the way.
Western
- January 13, 2022
The Gift Blu-ray Movie
Imprint #90
Imprint | 2000 | 111 min | Rated ACB: MA15+ | Dec 08, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A woman with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has disappeared.
Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Supernatural
The Piano 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Criterion | 1993 | 121 min | Not rated | Jan 25, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In 1851, Ada, a mute Scotswoman, travels to colonial New Zealand to wed a man she does not know, with her precocious daughter Flora and beloved piano in tow. When her cold and practical husband, the landowner Stewart, refuses to transport the piano to their rural home, Ada hesitantly agrees to a sexual relationship with a neighbor, the intense George, in order to retrieve and gain access to the instrument.
Drama / Romance / Period
Halloween Kills Blu-ray Movie
Extended Cut / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2021 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 109 min | Not rated | Jan 11, 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
Halloween Kills 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2021 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 109 min | Rated R | Jan 11, 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
Take Me Out to the Ball Game Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1949 | 93 min | Not rated | Jul 20, 2021 | Randy Miller III
The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected "fathead" who intends to take an active interest in running the team. But K.C. turns outs to be a beautiful woman who really knows her baseball. Second baseman Dennis Ryan promptly falls in love. But his playboy roommate Eddie O'Brien has his own notions about how to treat the new lady owner and some unsavory gamblers have their own ideas about how to handle Eddie.
Comedy / Musical / Romance / Sport
Ema Blu-ray Movie
Music Box Films | 2019 | 102 min | Not rated | Jan 11, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A couple deals with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart.
Drama / Music / Foreign
- January 12, 2022
No Way to Treat a Lady Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1968 | 108 min | Not rated | Dec 21, 2021 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A crafty serial killer plays a game of cat-and-mouse with a harried police detective trying to track him down.
Crime / Thriller / Dark humor
Final Justice Blu-ray Movie
MVD Rewind Collection
MVD Visual | 1985 | 90 min | Rated R | Dec 21, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Geronimo is the sheriff of a little Texas town. One night two brothers from Palermo kill the sheriff's coworker and pal so he chases them. The chase takes him across the border down to Mexico where he kills one of the brothers and takes the other one back to the USA to stand trial. The surviving brother vows revenge on the sheriff, but the criminal is handed over to the Italian police and the sheriff is sent over to Europe with the prisoner.
Action / Crime / Drama
- January 11, 2022
Citizen Kane Blu-ray Movie
Second Pressing with corrected BD1 / UPC sticker: 715515270212
Criterion | 1941 | 120 min | Not rated | Jan 12, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Chronicling the stormy life of an influential publishing tycoon, when he dies news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.
Drama / Mystery / Period
Black Friday Blu-ray Movie
Screen Media | 2021 | 84 min | Not rated | Jan 04, 2022 | Martin Liebman
A group of toy store employees must protect each other from a horde of parasite infected shoppers.
Comedy / Horror / Holiday
Sleep Blu-ray Movie
Schlaf
Arrow | 2020 | 101 min | Not rated | Jan 25, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The idyllic village of Stainbach is being haunted by a mysterious demon. It turns out that the nightmares of Marlene are responsible for the dark events. She is driving some of the inhabitants of the village insane during her terrible dreams. When she discovers her nightmares are about a real place, she tracks down the village of Stainbach to get to the bottom of the mystery. There, she learns about the consequence of her dreams and suffers a nervous breakdown. Soon after, she is admitted to a psychiatric ward. Her daughter Mona journeys to Stainbach to find out the reason for her mother's breakdown and the demonic nightmares she suffered from. She comes into contact with the peculiar villagers and discovers the dark history hidden within the quiet village. Perhaps the nightmare isn't the demon that threatens the town after all, but rather - the past.
Horror / Foreign
The Addams Family 2 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2021 | 93 min | Rated PG | Jan 18, 2022 | Martin Liebman
Everyone's favorite spooky family is back in the animated comedy sequel, "The Addams Family 2." In this all-new movie, we find Morticia and Gomez distraught that their children are growing up, skipping family dinners, and totally consumed with "scream time." To reclaim their bond, they decide to cram Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester, and the crew into their haunted camper and hit the road for one last miserable family vacation. Their adventure across America takes them out of their element and into hilarious run-ins with their iconic cousin, It, as well as many new kooky characters. What could possibly go wrong?
Animation / Comedy / Comic book