New Blu-ray Reviews

Mr. Mercedes: Seasons 1-3 Blu-ray Movie    

Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | 2017-2019 | 1625 min | Rated MA15+ | Oct 30, 2020 | Martin Liebman

A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again.

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Mr. Mercedes: Season 3 Blu-ray Movie    

Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | 2019 | 556 min | Rated MA15+ | Oct 30, 2020 | Martin Liebman

A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again.

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Every Day's a Holiday Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1937 | 79 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

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

Comedy

Hollywood Story Blu-ray Movie    

Imprint | 1951 | 77 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

HOLLYWOOD STORY takes aim at the darker side of the movie business. It stars Richard Conte as Larry O'Brien, a stage producer with dreams of being in the movie business, who decides to shoot a documentary about the mysterious death of a silent film director, only to find himself in danger of suffering the same fate. With cameos by silent film stars such as Helen Gibson and Francis X. Bushman, it is reminiscent of SUNSET BOULEVARD.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller

I'm No Angel Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1933 | 87 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

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

Goin' to Town Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1935 | 74 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

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

Comedy / Musical

The Fatal Raid Blu-ray Movie  

Well Go USA | 2019 | 91 min | Not rated | Aug 24, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Fast-forward 20 years as surviving team member Madam Fong leads a new squad in pursuit of reckless young anarchists terrorizing Macao. An apparition from that fatal day falls into the fray, bringing everything full circle for a serpentine and explosive final confrontation.

Action / Foreign

She Done Him Wrong Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1933 | 66 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

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

Night After Night Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1932 | 73 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

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

My Little Chickadee Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1940 | 83 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

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

Thunderbolt Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1929 | 92 min | Not rated | Jul 20, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir

The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2021 | 112 min | Rated R | Aug 24, 2021 | Randy Miller III

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one of the most sensational cases of their careers after a cop stumbles upon a dazed and bloodied young man walking down the road. Accused of murder, the suspect claims demonic possession as his defense, forcing the Warrens into a supernatural inquiry unlike anything they've ever seen before.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural

The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2021 | 112 min | Rated R | Aug 24, 2021 | Randy Miller III

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one of the most sensational cases of their careers after a cop stumbles upon a dazed and bloodied young man walking down the road. Accused of murder, the suspect claims demonic possession as his defense, forcing the Warrens into a supernatural inquiry unlike anything they've ever seen before.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural

The Brotherhood of Satan Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1971 | 92 min | Rated PG | Aug 31, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A family is trapped in a desert town by a cult of senior-citizens who recruit the town's children to worship Satan.

Horror

Mr. Mercedes: Season 2 Blu-ray Movie    

Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | 2018 | 542 min | Rated MA15+ | Sep 25, 2019 | Martin Liebman

Based on Stephen King’s best-selling Bill Hodges trilogy, which includes Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers and End of Watch. A year after his thwarted attempt to perpetuate a second mass murder in the community of Bridgton, Ohio, Brady Hartsfield remains hospitalized in a vegetative state. Retired Detective Bill Hodges has done his best to move on from his Brady obsession, teaming up with Holly Gibney to open Finders Keepers, a private investigative agency. But when unexplainable occurrences begin to affect hospital staff members attending to Brady, Hodges is haunted by the feeling that Brady is somehow responsible

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Better Luck Tomorrow Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 2003 | 101 min | Rated R | Jun 01, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

A group of suburban Asian-American teenagers turns to petty crime to alleviate their boredom.

Crime / Drama

Friday the 13th Blu-ray Movie  

Remastered / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 1980 | 95 min | Unrated | Aug 10, 2021 | Martin Liebman

Entrepreneur is trying to reopen a summer camp called Crystal Lake, which has a grim past, and is stalked by a mysterious killer.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller

Space Jam 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 1996 | 88 min | Rated PG | Jul 06, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

The Nerdlucks, a gang of space creatures, have been dispatched by their boss to kidnap Bugs Bunny and his Looney Tunes cohorts. Bugs challenges the aliens to a basketball tournament: if the Looney Tunes win, they'll remain on Earth. Bugs knows he needs some serious help, but basketball's best players are all having their skills "absorbed" by the aliens. Of course, there's a baseball player he happens to know...

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi / Sport

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 4K Blu-ray Movie    

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Studio Canal | 1989 | 90 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Aug 10, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. However, they are about to fail their history class, which means Ted would be sent to military school. They receive help from Rufus, a traveler from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.

Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Teen

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 4K Blu-ray Movie    

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Studio Canal | 1989 | 90 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Aug 10, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. However, they are about to fail their history class, which means Ted would be sent to military school. They receive help from Rufus, a traveler from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.

Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Teen