New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- July 11, 2021
Treasure of the Ninja Blu-ray Movie
and the Films of William Lee
AGFA | 1987 | 2 Movies | 106 min | Not rated | Jul 27, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
William Lee wrote, produced, directed and starred in this film, which concerns a secret agent guiding an adventurous female professor on a search for the Treasure of the Ninja.
Action / Martial arts
- July 10, 2021
Doctor Who: Jon Pertwee: Complete Season Two Blu-ray Movie
BBC | 1971 | 760 min | Not rated | Jun 01, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In 1963 an old fashioned Police Call Box sat in a junk yard at 76 Totters Lane. An old man out and about exploring. A young girl wise beyond her years attending Coal Hill School. Two teachers become suspicious. Barbara and Ian suspect the girl is in trouble. They follow her home. The girl, Susan Foreman, vanishes into the junkyard. Barbara and Ian investigate. They discovered the Police Box. "It's alive!" says Ian, he feels a faint vibration coming from within. The girls grandfather returns. He confronts the two teachers who accuse him of holding the girl inside the Police Box. They hear her call out to him from inside. Barbara and Ian push their way in and discover a world they never thought possible.
Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
Howard the Duck 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1986 | 110 min | Rated PG | Jul 06, 2021 | Martin Liebman
A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to Earth where he must stop an alien invader.
Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Dark humor / Comic book
Howard the Duck 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1986 | 110 min | Rated PG | Jul 06, 2021 | Martin Liebman
A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to Earth where he must stop an alien invader.
Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Dark humor / Comic book
Baxter Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1989 | 83 min | Rated R | May 18, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
Baxter, a sociopathic bull terrier, stars in this chilling French horror film that blends thrills and black comedy into a truly original tale. The inner thoughts of the brooding Baxter reveal that he is quite unhappy with his situation — living with an elderly woman who is afraid of him. In search of his ideal master, he successfully plots how to do away with her — and attempts a similar plan when he becomes dissatisfied with his next owner. It is not long before the ingenious Baxter finds the perfect guardian — a lonely, introverted boy whose macabre interest in Hitler's personal life helps turn the all-too-willing canine into a thoroughbred killing machine.
Comedy / Horror / Dark humor / Foreign
- July 09, 2021
Stone Blu-ray Movie
Ozploitation Classics #02 / Blu-ray + CD
Umbrella Entertainment | 1974 | 99 min | Rated ACB: R18+ | Apr 07, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Members of the Grave Diggers Motorcycle Club are being knocked off one by one, and someone needs to find out why! Sandy Harbutt's timeless Australian cult film about a bunch of renegades riding Kawasaki 900s.
Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Mystery
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films Blu-ray Movie
MVD Visual | 2014 | 89 min | Not rated | Jul 20, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus relive the creation, rise and fall of their independent film company, Cannon Films. This documentary recounts their many successes and discusses their eventual downfall.
Documentary
House of Wax Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition
Shout Factory | 2005 | 113 min | Rated R | Jul 13, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
House of Wax tells the story of a group of friends who fall prey to a sinister plot while passing through a small town on their way to a college football game.
Horror / Thriller / Teen
Almost Famous 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2000 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 161 min | Not rated | Jul 13, 2021 | Martin Liebman
In the 1970s, a high school boy is given an opportunity to follow and write a story about the hot new rock band Stillwater as they tour the USA.
Drama / Music / Period / Coming of age
Mortal Engines 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2018 | 128 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 06, 2021 | Martin Liebman
Many years after the "Sixty Minute War," cities survive a now desolate Earth by moving around on giant wheels attacking and devouring smaller towns to replenish their resources.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
John Wick: Chapters 1-3 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2014-2019 | 3 Movies | 354 min | Rated R | Oct 29, 2019 | Martin Liebman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Martial arts
- July 08, 2021
Murder by Decree Blu-ray Movie
Vintage Classics
Studio Canal | 1979 | 124 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Jun 28, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have its roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons. Holmes races to save the life of Annie Crook who has been forcibly incarcerated in an insane asylum and that of her friend Mary Kelly, in whom she has entrusted her secret.
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Period
The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang: Live on Copacabana Beach Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + CD
Mercury Studios | 2006 | 117 min | Not rated | Jul 09, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
Parks and Recreation: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2009-2015 | 7 Seasons | 3318 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 15, 2021 | Martin Liebman
The absurd antics of an Indiana town's public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place.
Comedy
Battle Beyond the Stars Blu-ray Movie
2K Restoration
Shout Factory | 1980 | 103 min | Rated PG | Jun 29, 2021 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Shad must scour the cosmos to recruit mercenaries from different planets and cultures, in order to save his peaceful home planet from the threat of the evil tyrant Sador, bent on dominating and enslaving the entire universe. Joining this "magnificant seven" of mercenaries are the deadly Gelt, carefree Cowboy, and the sexy Valkyrie Saint-Exmin.
Adventure / Sci-Fi
Resurrection Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 2021 | 96 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 15, 2021 | Martin Liebman
Jesus followers are hunted, leaderless and desperately searching for understanding, but when Jesus rises from death, they realize that hope didn't die on the cross. It lives on in them.
Biography / Drama / History
Silat Warriors: Deed of Death Blu-ray Movie
Well Go USA | 2019 | 101 min | Not rated | Jul 06, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Ali and Fatimah are frustrated with their younger brother, Mat Arip, when he fails to come home with the grant of their inherited land. Ali will have to find Mat Arip, who has fallen in with the wrong crowd and takes part in illegal gambling and racing, and bring him home to their father, Pak Nayan.
Action / Foreign
- July 07, 2021
Half Baked Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1998 | 82 min | Rated R | Jun 22, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Three hapless young potheads struggle to raise bail for an imprisoned friend.
Comedy / Crime
Jakob's Wife Blu-ray Movie
RLJ Entertainment | 2021 | 98 min | Not rated | Jul 20, 2021 | Randy Miller III
Anne, married to a small-town Minister, feels her life has been shrinking over the past 30 years. Encountering "The Master" brings her a new sense of power and an appetite to live bolder. However, the change comes with a heavy body count.
Horror
Hallucination Generation Blu-ray Movie
Vidcrest Limited Slipcovered Edition | Hallucination
Diabolik DVD | 1966 | 96 min | Not rated | Dec 13, 2022 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A drama set in Spain where a small group of American young adults is living. The leader of the group is a drug dealer. The others are there living carefree lives as beatniks. The leader has more nefarious aims in mind, and uses drugs to lure the others into lives of crime. Most of the film is in black and white, but there is a psychedelic sequence depicting the purported effects of the group using LSD which was filmed in color. Purportedly intended as a warning against the dangers of pill-popping Sixties hedonism along the lines of 1936's Reefer Madness, the film's primary purpose appears to have been titillation, thus landing it in the genre of exploitation cinema.
Drama