New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- May 13, 2021
City of Fear Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series
Powerhouse Films | 1959 | 75 min | Rated BBFC: PG | May 17, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Irving Lerner directs Vince Edwards as a convict who breaks out of prison with a canister of what he thinks is pure heroin, hoping to make a big score. The white powder, however, turns out to be a deadly radioactive substance. As Vince tries to deal away his treasure, he works through his sleazy contacts — all of whom are doomed by their greed and stupidity — as the police desperately try to find him before he contaminates the entire city.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
King Creole Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Presents #2
Paramount Pictures | 1958 | 116 min | Rated PG | Apr 21, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Danny Fisher is a naive but talented nightclub singer whose climb to the top takes a dangerous detour when he gets tangled with New Orleans mobster Maxie, who "insists" that Danny play in his club.
Crime / Drama / Musical
My Fair Lady 4K Blu-ray Movie
Special Features on Blu-ray / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1964 | 172 min | Rated G | May 25, 2021 | Martin Liebman
A professor agrees to a wager that he can transform unrefined Cockney flower girl and make her a proper lady.
Drama / Family / Musical / Romance / Period
Day of the Animals Blu-ray Movie
Severin Films | 1977 | 98 min | Rated PG | May 18, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The depletion of the earth's ozone layer causes animals above the altitude of 5000 feet to run amok, which is very unfortunate for a group of hikers who get dropped off up there by helicopter just before the quarantine is announced.
Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Tales of the Uncanny Blu-ray Movie
Severin Films | 2020 | 3 Movies | 104 min | Not rated | Jan 26, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Documentary
Emma: A Victorian Romance: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie
Right Stuf | 2005 | 300 min | Rated TV-Y7 | May 05, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
In late 19th century London, William Jones, a member of the gentry, meets and falls in love with Emma, and she with him. This chance meeting overturns both their lives - for Emma is a maid, and the barriers of class and wealth stand between them.
Anime / Drama / History / Foreign
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Studio Canal | 2019 | 87 min | Rated BBFC: U | Feb 10, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
When an alien with amazing powers crash-lands near Mossy Bottom Farm, Shaun the Sheep goes on a mission to shepherd the intergalactic visitor home before a sinister organization can capture her.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Foreign
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Blu-ray Movie
Studio Canal | 2019 | 85 min | Rated BBFC: U | Feb 10, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
When an alien with amazing powers crash-lands near Mossy Bottom Farm, Shaun the Sheep goes on a mission to shepherd the intergalactic visitor home before a sinister organization can capture her.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Spring Night Summer Night Blu-ray Movie
Flicker Alley | 1967 | 82 min | Not rated | May 26, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
Jessica, the eldest daughter of a coal miner-turned-farmer, has a fling with her half-brother Carl, which complicates things more when she becomes pregnant.
Drama
Wolf's Rain Blu-ray Movie
Ultimate Edition | ウルフズレイン / Urufuzu Rein
Anime Ltd | 2003-2004 | 650 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | May 28, 2018 | Neil Lumbard
No synopsis for this title.
Adventure / Anime / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Napping Princess Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition
Anime Ltd | 2017 | 110 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Mar 19, 2018 | Neil Lumbard
Why am I snoozing all the time? I keep having this dream… Kokone Morikawa lives with her father in Okayama Prefecture. She's a typical high school senior with no special talents except one: she can fall asleep anytime, anywhere. Recently she's been having a series of strange dreams. Her father Momotarō, a gruff man of few words, doesn't seem to pay much attention to his daughter; he spends most of his time repairing and modifying cars. The year is 2020, three days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. Without warning, Momotarō is arrested and taken to far-off Tokyo for questioning. He's a misfit, but Kokone can't believe that he would really do anything bad. With help from college student and childhood friend Morio, Kokone is determined to make her way to Tokyo and free her father, as well as unravel the mystery of her dreams. Along the way, she discovers that those dreams are the key to facing her challenges in the real world. Kokone uses her only talent – napping – to embark on a mysterious journey that straddles dreams and reality. And waiting for her at the end of her adventure is a small but precious truth…
Adventure / Anime / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Teen / Foreign / Coming of age
- May 12, 2021
The Hot Spot Blu-ray Movie
2K Restoration
Kino Lorber | 1990 | 130 min | Rated R | May 04, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A loner moves in to a small Texas town, finds himself a job, and sets about plotting to rob the local bank.
Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Erotic / Heist
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1965 | 112 min | Rated BBFC: PG | May 17, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
At the height of the Cold War, British spy Alec Leamas is nearly ready to retire, but first he has to take on one last dangerous assignment. Going deep undercover, he poses as a drunken, disgraced former MI5 agent in East Germany in order to gain information about colleagues who have been captured. When he himself is thrown in jail and interrogated, Leamas finds himself caught in a sinister labyrinth of plots and counter-plots unlike anything in his long career.
Drama / Thriller
Grizzly Blu-ray Movie
Severin Films | 1976 | 91 min | Not rated | May 18, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A fifteen-foot grizzly bear figures out that humans make for a tasty treat. As a park ranger tries rallying his men to bring about the bear's capture or destruction, his efforts are thwarted by the introduction of dozens of drunken hunters into the area.
Adventure / Horror / Thriller
- May 11, 2021
Summertree Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1971 | 89 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Dr. Stephen Larson
Set during the Vietnam War. An 'All American boy' is drafted into the Army just as things begin to go well for him.
Drama
Drunken Master II Blu-ray Movie
The Legend of Drunken Master / 醉拳 II / Jui kuen II / Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1994 | 102 min | Not rated | May 18, 2021 | Randy Miller III
In turn-of-the-century China, a turbulent time between the collapse of the Manchu dynasty and the founding of the Republic of China, young Wong Fei-hong is trained in the obscure "drunken boxing" martial art. When he drinks alcohol, he untaps amazing strength and agility that allows him to fight dozens of men simultaneously. While en route to Canton with his father, the legendary martial artist finds himself embroiled in a plot by British imperialists and insidious locals to rob the country of its valuable cultural artifacts, including an imperial jade seal.
Action / Comedy / Martial arts / Foreign
Rumble in the Bronx Blu-ray Movie
红番区 / Hung fan kui / Hóng Fān Qū
Warner Bros. | 1995 | 87 min | Rated R | Oct 06, 2015 | Randy Miller III
A young man visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills.
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Martial arts
The Informer Blu-ray Movie
Vertical Entertainment | 2019 | 113 min | Not rated | Feb 16, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.
Crime / Drama
- May 10, 2021
Let It Ride Blu-ray Movie
Imprint #35
Imprint | 1989 | 90 min | Rated ACB: M | Apr 28, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Jay Trotter has waited a lifetime for this day. He's got a hot tip on a horse everyone thinks is ready for the glue factory.
Comedy
The Virtuoso Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2021 | 110 min | Rated R | May 04, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A lonesome stranger, secure, nerves of steel, must track down and kill a rogue Hitman to satisfy an outstanding debt. But the only information he's been given is a time and location where to find his quarry - 5pm at a rustic diner in the dying town. No name, no description, nothing. When the assassin arrives there are several possible targets, including the county sheriff. Endangering his life, the assassin embarks on a manhunt to find the Hitman and accomplish his mission. But the danger escalates when the erotic encounters with a local woman threaten to derail his task.
Crime / Mystery / Thriller