New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- July 03, 2021
Crazy Mama Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1975 | 80 min | Rated PG | May 16, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
Cloris Leachman is Melba Stokes, a middle-aged woman who runs a California beauty parlor with her mother Sheba (Ann Sothern) and teenage daughter Cheryl (Linda Purl). When the shop is repossessed, the threeladies take a road trip from California to the family home in Arkansas that turns into a crime spree.
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama
- July 02, 2021
The Monster Collection Blu-ray Movie
The Frankenstein Complex / Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters / 12 hours of Bonus Features
Music Box Films | 2015-2019 | 2 Movies | 190 min | Not rated | Jul 13, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Documentary
The Frankenstein Complex Blu-ray Movie
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Music Box Films | 2015 | 107 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
From King Kong to Avatar, from Star Wars to The Lord of the Rings, movie creatures have never been more popular as they are today. Yet the art of creating monsters for the big screen is as old as cinema itself.
Documentary
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters Blu-ray Movie
Music Box Films | 2019 | 80 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
MAD DREAMS AND MONSTERS explores the legacy and creations of Phil Tippett, groundbreaking stop-motion animator, designer and filmmaker who has given life to iconic movie creatures throughout his amazing career, from STAR WARS to STARSHIP TROOPERS.
Documentary
Space Jam 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1996 | 87 min | Rated PG | Jul 06, 2021 | Randy Miller III
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
The Secret World of Arrietty Blu-ray Movie
借りぐらしのアリエッティ / Kari-gurashi no Arietti / Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 2010 | 95 min | Rated G | Jun 22, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Sho moves into his great aunt's house and soon discovers the presence of tiny people, the Borrowers, living there. A 14-year-old Borrower named Arrietty strives to prove herself by helping her father gather materials that her family needs from Sho's new home. However, Arrietty and Sho meet, breaking the rule that humans must not know about the Borrowers' existence. As Sho and Arrietty's relationship develops, human interference endangers the Borrowers' lives. Arrietty and Sho work together to try and protect the Borrowers' way of life.
Adventure / Anime / Family / Fantasy / Foreign
Major Dundee Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition
Arrow | 1965 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 122 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 29, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An obsessive Union officer leads a squad of Rebel prisoners, ex-slaves and criminals into Mexico to hunt down a band of murdering Apaches.
Adventure / War / Western
- July 01, 2021
La Piscine Blu-ray Movie
The Swimming Pool / French and English versions
Criterion | 1969 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 124 min | Rated PG | Jul 20, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A blissed-out summer holiday on the Côte d'Azur is interrupted by the arrival of an old acquaintance and his eighteen-year-old daughter—unleashing a gathering tidal wave of sexual tension, jealousy, and sudden violence.
Crime / Drama / Romance / Foreign
The Wind Rises Blu-ray Movie
風立ちぬ / Kaze Tachinu / Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 2013 | 127 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 22, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Inspired by the aesthetics of design and the freedom of flying, Jiro Horikoshi pursues a life dedicated to the creation of a beautiful aircraft. He labors from his childhood, filled with dreams of engineering, to adulthood as he creates an elegant, flightworthy plane—the Mitsubishi A6M Zero—that eventually is used for something quite different than he expected: war.
Anime / Drama / Fantasy / History / Romance / War / Comic book / Foreign / Period
Maleficent 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Disney / Buena Vista | 2014 | 97 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Oct 20, 2014 | Neil Lumbard
Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the lands over which she presides, the scorned fairy Maleficent places a cruel curse upon the human king's newborn daughter, Aurora. As she grows and comes of age, Aurora is caught in the center of the dangerous conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom which is to be her legacy. Maleficent realizes Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land and is forced into bold action which may change both of their worlds forever.
Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Romance
Mr. Vampire Blu-ray Movie
殭屍先生 / Geung see sin sang / Eureka Classics
Eureka Entertainment | 1985 | 98 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jul 20, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
The planned reburial of a village elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, threatening mankind. Therefore, a Taoist Priest and his two disciples attempt to stop the terror.
Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Martial arts / Foreign
Sink the Bismarck! Blu-ray Movie
Eureka Classics
Eureka Entertainment | 1960 | 98 min | Rated BBFC: U | Mar 11, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
Chronicles the breakout of the Bismarck during the early days of World War Two. Seen both from the point of view of the many naval vessels on both sides and from the central headquarters of the British where the search for the battleship was controlled.
Action / Adventure / War
Here Are the Young Men Blu-ray Movie
Well Go USA | 2020 | 96 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Dublin teenagers Matthew, nihilistic Rez, and the deranged Kearney, leave school to a social vacuum of drinking and drugs, falling into shocking acts of transgression.
Drama
The Hands of Orlac Blu-ray Movie
Orlacs Hände / Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1924 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 93 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jun 14, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Orlac is a world famous pianist. One day he is badly hurt in a big train wreck. He is in danger of losing his both hands so his wife begs the doctors to save them. They eventually manage to transplant his hands with those of another deceased person. After his recovery Orlac discovers that there is something seriously wrong with his new pair of hands-it is as if they had a will of their own. But Orlac doesn't know that they actually belonged to a dangerous murderer...
Crime / Horror / Mystery
- June 30, 2021
The Unhealer Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2020 | 93 min | Not rated | Jun 08, 2021 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A bullied teenager gains the means to fight back when a botched faith healing bestows supernatural, shamanistic powers upon him. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that causes the death of someone he loves, the teen uses his newfound abilities for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to settle the score.
Sci-Fi / Thriller
Harmonium Blu-ray Movie
淵に立つ / Fuchi ni tatsu | Masters of Cinema / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 2016 | 118 min | Not rated | Jun 19, 2017 | Neil Lumbard
Toshio hires Yasaka in his workshop. This old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.
Drama / Foreign
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro 4K Blu-ray Movie
ルパン三世 カリオストロの城 / Rupan Sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Discotek Media | 1979 | 100 min | Unrated | Jan 26, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
When master thief Lupin III, a.k.a. "The Wolf" inadvertently steals a fortune in counterfeit bills from a casino, he is quick to realize the high-quality printing plates that made them are worth even more. Tracing the source of the money to the small European country of Cagliostro, Lupin and his team of colorful outlaws cross swords with the nation's mysterious monarch over his forthcoming marriage to the last princess of the Cagliostro family. It's fast-paced adventure as Lupin must battle fearsome ninjas, rescue a damsel in distress and uncover the key to the lost Cagliostro fortune. Written and directed by Academy Award-winning anime pioneer and visionary Hayao Miyazaki (SPIRITED AWAY, PRINCESS MONONOKE, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE), everyone will enjoy this lighthearted romp which Steven Spielberg once called one of the greatest adventure movies of all time.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Comic book / Foreign
Casino Tycoon Blu-ray Movie
賭城大亨之新哥傳奇 / Dǔ chéng dà hēng zhī xīn gē chuán qí | 88 Asia Collection #14
88 Films | 1992 | 133 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Dec 26, 2017 | Neil Lumbard
An ambitious college student faces a difficult journey as he strives to become the greatest gambler.
Drama / Foreign
Godzilla vs. Kong 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2021 | 113 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 15, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Kong and his protectors undertake a perilous journey to find his true home. Along for the ride is Jia, an orphaned girl who has a unique and powerful bond with the mighty beast. However, they soon find themselves in the path of an enraged Godzilla as he cuts a swath of destruction across the globe. The initial confrontation between the two titans -- instigated by unseen forces -- is only the beginning of the mystery that lies deep within the core of the planet.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller
The Man Who Laughs Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1928 | 110 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Aug 17, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
In 1690, Lord Clancharlie returns from his exile to see his young son. The peer is captured by the King James II and before being killed, he is informed that his beloved son had been sold to the gypsies Comanchicos that carved a permanent grin on his face; they abandon the boy in the snowing winter, and while looking for shelter, he finds a baby hold in the arms of her dead mother. He brings the baby with him and they are welcomed by Ursus. Years later, Gwynplaine becomes a successful clown, and together with the blind Dea, they present plays for common people. Gwynplaine and Dea are in love for each other, but he refuses to marry her because of his ridiculous appearance. When the evil jester Barkilphedro discloses the origin of Gwynplaine, he plots a means to be rewarded by the Queen, jeopardizing the love of Gwynplaine and Dea...
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Romance / Thriller