New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- June 17, 2021
Just a Gigolo Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1978 | 106 min | Rated R | Jun 29, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
After World War I, a war hero returns to Berlin to find that there's no place for him--he has no skills other than what he learned in the army, and can only find menial, low-paying jobs. He decides to become a gigolo to lonely rich women.
Drama
Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement Blu-ray Movie
Passion River | 2019 | 89 min | Not rated | Jun 08, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Explore why the sounds and ideas from this influential music continue to inspire around the world. Featuring bands such as Bad Brains, it creates a movement that redefined a genre and became a model for social and political engagement.
Documentary
Batman: The Long Halloween - Part One Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2021 | 85 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 22, 2021 | Randy Miller III
Batman, Lieutenant Gordon and D.A. Harvey Dent race against the calendar as it advances toward the next ill-fated holiday.
Animation / Mystery / Comic book
Irezumi Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 1966 | 86 min | Not rated | Jun 22, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A beautiful and strong-headed young woman from a middle-class merchant family is abducted into geisha work and forcibly tattooed with the image of a fearsome spider. Hell-bent on avenging herself on every man who makes a play for her, she takes advantage of her situation to wreak bloody vengeance… Garish and perverse and gleefully proud of it, and striking in its linking of sexuality and violence, the film is also infused with wonderful black humour and a visual style and beauty that is astonishing.
Drama / Foreign
- June 16, 2021
Basic Instinct 4K Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Studio Canal | 1992 | 128 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jun 14, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A manipulative novelist snares a San Francisco detective with her insatiable sexual appetite during the investigation of her boyfriend's murder.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Erotic
Basic Instinct Blu-ray Movie
Restored
Studio Canal | 1992 | 128 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jun 14, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A manipulative novelist snares a San Francisco detective with her insatiable sexual appetite during the investigation of her boyfriend's murder.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Erotic
Last Train from Gun Hill Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Presents #18 / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1959 | 94 min | Not rated | Jun 15, 2021 | Martin Liebman
A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the rape and murder of his wife.
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Western
Rock Dog 2: Rock Around the Park Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2021 | 90 min | Not rated | Jun 15, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When Bodi and his band 'True Blue' leave Snow Mountain, to tour with pop sensation, Lil' Foxy, they learn that fame comes at a price.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy
- June 15, 2021
Son of the White Mare Blu-ray Movie
Fehérlófia | Standard Edition
Arbelos | 1981 | 2 Movies | 86 min | Not rated | Jun 08, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The son of a divine horse sets out to avenge injustices and free three captive princesses.
Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Foreign
There Was a Crooked Man... Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1970 | 126 min | Rated R | Jun 08, 2021 | Randy Miller III
A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison. He enlists the help of his cell mates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing the loot.
Action / Comedy / Drama / Western
Sweet Liberty Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1986 | 106 min | Rated PG | May 04, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Michael has written a schollarly book on the revolutionary war. He has sold the film rights. The arrival of the film crew seriously disrupts him as actors want to change their characters, directors want to re-stage battles, and he becomes very infatuated with Faith who will play the female lead in the movie. At the same time, he is fighting with his crazy mother who thinks the Devil lives in her kitchen, and his girlfriend who is talking about commitment.
Comedy
Battle Hymn Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1957 | 108 min | Not rated | Apr 27, 2021 | Neil Lumbard
Battle Hymn was inspired by the true story of American minister Dean Hess, played here with rare sensitivity by Rock Hudson. A bomber pilot during World War II, Hess inadvertently releases a bomb which destroys a German orphanage. Tortured by guilt, Hess relocates in Korea after the war to offer his services as a missionary. Combining the best elements of Christianity and Eastern spiritualism, Hess establishes a large home for orphans.
Biography / Drama / History / War
Weird Wisconsin: The Bill Rebane Collection Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 1965-2021 | 7 Movies | 638 min | Not rated | May 24, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
FROM THE WILDS OF WISCONSIN HE CAME… Alien Invasions! Haunted Pianos! Sentient Monster Trucks! Arrow Video is proud to present the first ever collection of works by Bill Rebane, the epitome of an independent regional filmmaker who built his own studio in the wilds of Wisconsin. He acted for Hitchcock, he searched for the arms of the Venus De Milo, he turned a VW Beetle into a giant spider and he’s still at work today! Bringing together six films, all new to Blu-ray and in brand new restorations, Weird Wisconsin: The Bill Rebane Collection packs in a mutant astronaut bothering blissful sunbathers (Monster A Go-Go), a contagion apocalypse as seen from the vantage point of a remote mountain cabin (Invasion from Inner Earth), deadly alien spores from the rocks of Mars (The Alpha Incident), rural gothic and outright horror (The Demons of Ludlow), an eccentric ‘body count’ movie (The Game) and a comedy smash-‘em up that pits three hillbilly stooges against a talking Monster Truck with artificial intelligence (Twister’s Revenge). Loaded with new interviews and extras, this is an essential collection of features from one of America’s most tenacious outsider auteurs!
Action / Comedy / Documentary / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi
Monster a Go-Go Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 1965 | 69 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A space capsule crash-lands on Earth, and the astronaut aboard disappears. Is there a connection between the missing man and the monster roaming the area?
Horror / Sci-Fi
Invasion from Inner Earth Blu-ray Movie
They / Hell Fire
Arrow | 1974 | 94 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A group of campers in the Canadian wilderness begins to hear strange reports over their radio. Terrified by what they've been listening to, the campers decide to barricade themselves at their cabin in order to face the danger.
Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
The Alpha Incident Blu-ray Movie
The Alien Incident
Arrow | 1978 | 95 min | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A microorganism from Mars, brought to Earth by a space probe, terrorizes passengers in a railroad office.
Horror / Sci-Fi
The Demons of Ludlow Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 1983 | 92 min | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A murderous demon lurks inside an antique piano in a picturesque coastal town.
Horror
The Game Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 1984 | 84 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Three bored millionaires gather nine people in an old mansion, and give them a proposition--if they can meet and conquer their biggest fears, they'll get one million dollars in cash.
Horror
Twister's Revenge! Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 1988 | 89 min | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Three bumbling criminals have been trying to get their hands on the computerized control system of Mr. Twister, a talking monster truck with a mind of its own.
Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Who Is Bill Rebane? Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 2021 | 115 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Exclusive new feature length documentary by historian and critic David Cairns on the life and work of the Wisconsin auteur, featuring historians, critics, filmmakers, plus cast and crew members who worked with Bill Rebane.
Documentary / Horror