New Blu-ray Reviews

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

Looper 4K Blu-ray Movie  

10th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2012 | 119 min | Rated R | Feb 15, 2022 | Martin Liebman

In 2042, a mob hitman assassinates targets that arrive from the future of 2072. For him, it's just a job... until he receives a new target: himself from the future.

Action / Crime / Sci-Fi / Thriller

The Country Girl Blu-ray Movie    

Imprint #97

Imprint | 1954 | 104 min | Rated ACB: PG | Dec 29, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Bing Crosby is Frank Elgin, an alcoholic, guilt-ridden former musical star desperate to make a comeback. William Holden is the hotshot Broadway director in need of a "name" star for his new stage production. And Grace Kelly is THE COUNTRY GIRL — Frank's long-suffering wife, who's both weary of her husband's weaknesses and wary of Holden's motives.

Drama / Music

Riders of Justice Blu-ray Movie  

Retfærdighedens ryttere

Magnolia Pictures | 2020 | 116 min | Not rated | Aug 17, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Markus, who has to go home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. It seems like an accident until a mathematics geek, who was also a fellow passenger on the train, and his two colleagues show up

Crime / Drama / Thriller / Dark humor / Foreign

Encanto 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2021 | 99 min | Rated PG | Feb 08, 2022 | Martin Liebman

The film is centered on a young girl and her family in Latin America, who all have magical powers. Sadly, the young girl has no powers.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical

Mad Max Anthology 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Corrected / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 1979-2015 | 4 Movies | 415 min | Rated R | Feb 01, 2022 | Randy Miller III

A collection of all four Mad Max released between 1979 and 2015.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Foul Play Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 1978 | 116 min | Rated PG | Feb 08, 2022 | Martin Liebman

When, unbeknownst to Gloria, a microfilm cassette is left with her by a dying agent, she becomes entangled in a complicated series of events. She's pursued by a dwarf and an albino, and becomes convinced that they are out to kill her. Finally, with the help of San Francisco detective Tony Carlson, she begins to turn the tables on her pursuers. It becomes clear that the nerfarious crew after her are plotting a dastardly deed indeed - to assassinate the Pope as he visits the city to see The Mikado. Gloria and Tony must race against time to prevent this terrible crime.

Action / Comedy / Mystery / Romance / Thriller

The Boxer Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1997 | 113 min | Rated R | Apr 30, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson

Released after his 14-year prison sentence for IRA activities, boxer Danny Flynn returns to Belfast and, tired of violence, tries to lead a law-abiding life. He reconnects with Maggie, a former flame raising her son alone, and opens a community-center gym for both Catholic and Protestant youths, a decision which arouses anger among local militant IRA members.

Drama / Romance / Sport / Thriller

Morvern Callar Blu-ray Movie  

Fun City Editions | 2002 | 98 min | Rated R | Feb 22, 2022 | Brian Orndorf

Morvern Calllar's boyfriend kills himself, leaving behind a mix tape and an unpublished novel. Instead of reporting his death, Morvern puts her name on his novel, sends it to a publisher, and uses his bank card to pay for a trip to Spain with her friend Lana, where she tries to lose herself in sensation and chaos.

Drama

Some Like It Hot 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Kino Lorber | 1959 | 121 min | Not rated | Feb 08, 2022 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Two down on their luck jazz musicians find themselves on the run after the police raid the speakeasy they perform in. With nowhere to hide, a gig with Sweet Sue and her Society Syncopators at a beach resort seems like the perfect getaway. There's just one problem: the Syncopators are an all-female band, and Joe and Jerry aren't women — yet. Armed with some dodgy wigs and wobbly falsettos, they manage to join the Syncopators and meet Sugar Kane: a hooch-swilling, ukulele-playing knockout with a soft spot for saxophone players. Things start to go off the rails when they begin to attract unwanted attention from lecherous millionaires and some familiar faces show up at their hotel for a gathering of the country's most dangerous criminals.

Comedy / Crime / Music / Romance / Period

Girlfriend from Hell Blu-ray Movie  

Culture Shock Releasing | 1989 | 93 min | Rated R | Feb 22, 2022 | Brian Orndorf

The inventor of the condom-- now God's bounty hunter- is tasked with tracking down and capturing the Devil, who has possessed the body of a high school wallflower in order to feed on human souls via sex.

Comedy / Fantasy

Cheech and Chong: Still Smokin' Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 1983 | 91 min | Rated R | Apr 20, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party/festival in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that the guy who invited them has taken off with all the money, and the rest of the hosts have a VERY limited budget. They are actually expecting Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, so our heroes gets to be Mr. Burt and Mr. Dolly. We follow them around Amsterdam, at their hotel, (still) smokin' joints and doing shows.

Comedy / Music

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2021 | 107 min | Rated R | Feb 08, 2022 | Martin Liebman

Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.

Action / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2021 | 107 min | Rated R | Feb 08, 2022 | Martin Liebman

Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.

Action / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi