New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- September 02, 2021
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 1989 | 104 min | Rated R | Aug 17, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Count Margulak, the leader of the vampires, has ended their tradition of human bloodletting and has placed his followers on a diet of synthetic, bottled blood. But when a new family moves into the town, the natives start to crave "the real thing." Rebel leader Shane and his army plan to overthrow the count - but it won't happen without a fight! The battle for the "right to bite" - begins at Sundown!
Comedy / Horror / Western
- September 01, 2021
Overboard Blu-ray Movie
Severin Films | 1987 | 112 min | Rated PG | Aug 24, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Joanna Stayton is a super-rich spoiled brat, over-bored you might say. Dean Proffitt is a struggling carpenter who should know how to handle brats since he raised four of them. One night Goldie goes overboard on her yacht, loses her memory, and winds up in Dean's world. Then the sparks begin to fly.
Comedy / Romance
Dreambuilders Blu-ray Movie
Drømmebyggerne
Shout Factory | 2020 | 80 min | Not rated | Aug 24, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
Minna, a young girl, misuses her newfound ability to create and control other people's dreams to teach her bothersome stepsister a lesson.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Foreign
The Boxtrolls Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 2014 | 96 min | Rated PG | Aug 31, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
Set in a fantasy version of 1850s London, a 12-year-old, who's grown up in an underground world beneath the city that is full of monsters, must find his way in the world when he moves to the surface to live like a normal boy.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Imaginary
Coraline Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 2009 | 101 min | Rated PG | Aug 31, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
The story of a young girl who unlocks a mysterious door in her new home and enters an adventure in a parallel reality.
Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy / Imaginary / Supernatural
- August 31, 2021
The Last Remake of Beau Geste Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1977 | 85 min | Rated PG | Mar 16, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The priceless Blue Water sapphire is coveted by the heirs of Sir Hector Geste - his new wife, Flavia; his daughter, Isabel; and his adopted twin sons, heroic Beau and pathetic Digby. When Sir Hector takes to his deathbed (where he remains for the duration of the film), Beau absconds with the stone, to keep it from his stepmother. Flavia pursues him to North Africa, dispensing sexual favors to promote her schemes.
Adventure / Comedy
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2021 | 80 min | Rated R | Aug 31, 2021 | Randy Miller III
After the events of the first Mortal Kombat tournament Liu Kang, Raiden, Johnny Cage, Sonya Blade and Jax Briggs return home to find EarthRealm has been invaded by the forces of Outworld. The evil warlord Shao Kahn presents our heroes with an ultimatum; agree to a new Mortal Kombat tournament or face an all-out war with Outworld. Now our heroes, along with new allies Kung Lao and Stryker, must journey to Outworld and fight for the survival of Earthrealm in the tournament to end all tournaments; The final Mortal Kombat!
Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Martial arts
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2021 | 80 min | Rated R | Aug 31, 2021 | Randy Miller III
After the events of the first Mortal Kombat tournament Liu Kang, Raiden, Johnny Cage, Sonya Blade and Jax Briggs return home to find EarthRealm has been invaded by the forces of Outworld. The evil warlord Shao Kahn presents our heroes with an ultimatum; agree to a new Mortal Kombat tournament or face an all-out war with Outworld. Now our heroes, along with new allies Kung Lao and Stryker, must journey to Outworld and fight for the survival of Earthrealm in the tournament to end all tournaments; The final Mortal Kombat!
Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Martial arts
Bugsy Malone Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Presents #23 / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1976 | 93 min | Rated G | Aug 31, 2021 | Martin Liebman
In this unique mobster movie, Scott Baio heads up a prepubescent cast (that includes Jodie Foster) as the title character, a child gangster determined to rule over New York City. Instead of throwing fists or bullets, the Prohibition-era kiddie mobsters sling confections at one another. When Bugsy learns that a rival gang has developed a secret weapon capable of firing sweets as quick as a machine gun shoots bullets, he sets out to heist the high-tech tart-launcher. The engaging silliness is periodically spirited forward by several song-and-dance numbers composed by bubblegum pop maestro Paul Williams.
Comedy / Crime / Family / Musical
Superstars: The Documentary Blu-ray Movie
MVD Visual | 2020 | 93 min | Not rated | Aug 10, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In 1972, director Norman Jewison took a group of young actors, singers and dancers to war-torn Israel to shoot the film adaptation of the hit rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. Filming on location and walking in the footsteps of the actual Biblical characters that they were portraying not only made an impact on these performers but on audiences worldwide who still watch annually and love this cinematic presentation. The documentary contains original archival footage shot during the movie's production along with historical interviews with the cast. This extended version contains current interviews with the cast reflecting on personal moments in the filming and its impact on their lives. This is their story - in their own words from 1972 and now.
Documentary
- August 30, 2021
Jagged Edge Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series | Limited Edition
Powerhouse Films | 1985 | 108 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Aug 30, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When a wealthy publishing magnate is accused of murdering his heiress wife, a high powered attorney is called in to defend him. She succeeds and the two fall in love. Then she grows suspicious that she helped acquit a guilty man.
Crime / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2021 | 93 min | Rated PG | Aug 24, 2021 | Martin Liebman
Thomas and Bea are now married and living with Peter and his rabbit family. Bored of life in the garden, Peter goes to the big city, where he meets shady characters and ends up creating chaos for the whole family.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2021 | 93 min | Rated PG | Aug 24, 2021 | Martin Liebman
Thomas and Bea are now married and living with Peter and his rabbit family. Bored of life in the garden, Peter goes to the big city, where he meets shady characters and ends up creating chaos for the whole family.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Habit Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2021 | 81 min | Rated R | Aug 24, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A street smart party girl gets mixed up in a violent drug deal and finds a possible way out by masquerading as a Nun.
Action / Comedy / Drama
One Crazy Summer Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1986 | 93 min | Rated PG | Aug 10, 2021 | Randy Miller III
With a name like Hoops McCann, he's bound to get that basketball scholarship after high school, right? Wrong! What Hoops really wants to do is write and illustrate a love story. To help him find his way, his friend George invites Hoops to come with him and his sister to spend the summer on Nantucket. The friends Crazy Summer begins when they pickup Cassandra on the way--she's being chased by a motorcycle gang. From here on in, it only gets crazier. Once on the island, Hoops and George, along with George's island friends the Stork twins and Ack-Ack (son of a marine), must help Cassandra save her grandfather's house from the greedy Beckersted Family. Along the way, Hoops must find a way to write his cartoon love story - and maybe a real one of his own.
Comedy / Romance
The Lamp Blu-ray Movie
The Outing | Slipcover Edition Limited to 5,000
Vinegar Syndrome | 1987 | 92 min | Rated R | Jul 27, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
An ancient genie is released from a lamp when thieves ransack an old woman's house. They are killed and the lamp is moved to a museum to be studied. The curator's daughter is soon possessed by the genie and invites her friends to spend the night at the museum, along with some uninvited guests. The genie kills them off in an attempt to fulfill her ultimate wish.
Horror / Supernatural
Through the Fire Blu-ray Movie
The Gates of Hell Part II - Dead Awakening / Slipcover in Original Pressing
Vinegar Syndrome | 1988 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 88 min | Not rated | Aug 31, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
A young woman asks a policeman to help her find her missing sister. They find a medallion, sought after by some worshipers of demon Moloch, a beast that may be invoked and wreaks havoc, but can only be stopped with the amulet.
Horror
- August 29, 2021
Beasts of No Nation Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 2015 | 137 min | Not rated | Aug 31, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.
Drama / War
A Life at Stake Blu-ray Movie
The Film Detective | 1955 | 76 min | Not rated | Sep 07, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An architect embroiled in an adulterous affair suspects that he is marked for murder. Building designer Edward Shaw has been making time with Doris, his business partner's wife. After being pressured by the couple to take out a hefty life insurance policy, he narrowly escapes death in a strange, nearly fatal accident. Doris' own sister, Madge, divulges that Doris' first husband had dies under mysterious circumstances, and Shaw even tells the police of his suspicions. Torn between his fear of death and his lust for Doris, Shaw nonetheless agrees to meet his lover in a mountaintop cabin. When her cuckolded husband finally appears at the door, hard-drinking Doris brings a gun into the picture, and death arrives shortly thereafter.
Drama / Film-Noir
In the Heights Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2021 | 143 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 31, 2021 | Randy Miller III
Based on the Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The story is set over the course of three days, involving characters in the largely Hispanic-American neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City.
Drama / Music / Musical