New Blu-ray Reviews

For a Few Dollars More Blu-ray Movie  

Per qualche dollaro in più

Kino Lorber | 1965 | 130 min | Rated R | Mar 26, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

Eastwood is a keen-eyed, quick-witted bounty hunter on the bloody trail of Indio, the territory's most treacherous bandit. But his ruthless rival, Colonel Mortimer, is determined to bring Indio in first...dead or alive! Failing to capture their prey—or eliminate each other—the two are left with only one option: team up, or face certain death at the hands of Indio and his band of murderous outlaws.

Drama / Western / Period

Variety Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1983 | 100 min | Not rated | Sep 29, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

Christine, a bright and unassuming young woman, takes a job selling tickets at a porno theater near Times Square. Instead of distancing herself from the dark and erotic nature of this milieu, Christine soon develops an obsession that begins to consume her life. The character's reaction unexpectedly flips normal gender roles; director Gordon daringly twists feminist ideology by showing a woman who finds self-expression through an interest in pornography.

Drama

The Cat Returns Blu-ray Movie  

Neko no Ongaeshi

Shout Factory | 2002 | 75 min | Rated G | Mar 16, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

Haru-chan, a normal girl in a normal town, saves a strange cat carrying a present from being overrun by a truck. In return she's going to receive lots of favors, including marriage to the crown prince of Cat Kingdom. As she finds that a bit too much, she gets into contact with the Cat Business Office. Together with CBO's owner, the Baron, she enters the Cat Kingdom to try and prevent her marriage.

Adventure / Animation / Anime / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Romance / Comic book / Foreign

The Mover Blu-ray Movie  

Tēvs Nakts

Menemsha Films | 2018 | 88 min | Not rated | May 19, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Zanis Lipke's family's efforts to save the Jews during World War II and the rise of the child in a tragic historical situation.

Drama / History / Foreign

Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets: Live at the Roundhouse Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Music | 2019 | 116 min | Not rated | Apr 17, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Nick Mason, the only band member to have played on all of Pink Floyd's studio albums, returns to the group's earliest records, joined in the line-up by Gary Kemp, Guy Pratt, Lee Harris and Dom Beken. Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets took the drummer back to clubs for the first time in 1967, then to theatres, across the UK, North America and Europe, playing only music his old band had recorded before The Dark Side of the Moon. Captured from the band's celebrated shows at London's Roundhouse, where Pink Floyd played some of their most revered early shows in the 1960s, the film features a uniquely thrilling setlist including songs hailing from Syd Barrett's time with the band. Only four songs from this eclectic roster have ever previously appeared on official live releases by Pink Floyd or its members. Everything else is being experienced for the first time since their original live performances.

Music

A Perfect Planet 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

BBC | 2021 | 300 min | Not rated | Mar 30, 2021 | Randy Miller III

Perfect Planet analyzes, in five episodes, how the forces of nature, including the power of the Sun or even humans, drive and shape life on Earth.

Documentary / Nature

Whisper of the Heart Blu-ray Movie  

Mimi wo Sumaseba

Shout Factory | 1995 | 111 min | Rated G | Mar 16, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

Shizuku Tsukishima, a young girl in junior high, loves to read. Yet, every time she opens a library book, it seems the same name appears on the cards: "Seiji Amasawa". As Shizuku learns who this person is, she also begins to learn about herself and her goals in life—a discovery that will change her life forever.

Anime / Drama / Family / Music / Romance / Comic book / Foreign

Songbird Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2020 | 85 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 16, 2021 | Martin Liebman

In 2022 a pandemic ravages the world and its cities. Centering on a handful of people as they navigate the obstacles currently hindering society: disease, martial law, quarantine, and vigilantes.

Drama / Romance / Thriller

King Solomon's Mines Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 2004 | 167 min | Not rated | Jul 11, 2017 | Martin Liebman

No one knew if the fabled tomb existed. Those who have searched for it never returned. It’s been said that whoever finds it will become the richest soul on the face of the earth—some say, the most cursed. Now, one brave man, renowned safari hunter Allan Quatermain (Patrick Swayze) has been hired to find out what is true, what is myth, and what is really buried in the darkness of King Solomon’s Mines.

Action / Adventure

Anthropophagous Blu-ray Movie  

Severin Films | 1980 | 92 min | Not rated | Sep 25, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Tourists take a boat to a remote island, where they find that most of the people have disappeared, and something is stalking them. They find a hidden room in the big mansion on a hill, and an ancient diary, which gives them clues to the source of the terror - the Anthropophagus Beast...

Horror / Foreign

Madame Blu-ray Movie  

Altered Innocence | 2019 | 94 min | Not rated | Mar 23, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

MADAME takes us onto an intimate journey where Caroline, a flamboyant 90-year-old grandmother and her filmmaker grandson Stéphane explore the development and transmission of gender identity in a patriarchal environment. This family saga based on private archive footage offers a dialog between this extravagant matriarch and her gay grandson, challenging the taboos of gender and sexuality.

Biography / Documentary / Family / Foreign

The Widow Blu-ray Movie  

Вдова / Vdova

Shout Factory | 2020 | 86 min | Not rated | Mar 30, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

In a densely forested area north of St. Petersburg people have been going missing for three decades.The few corpses ever found were naked. On October 14, 2017 a team of volunteers went out into the woods in search of a missing teenager. Soon, all communication with them was lost. Locals believe they were taken by the same dark spirit that took the others. They call it the Limping Widow.

Horror / Supernatural / Foreign

Lust, Caution Blu-ray Movie  

色，戒 / Se, jie

Kino Lorber | 2007 | 157 min | Rated NC-17 | Mar 30, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A young woman gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure.

Drama / Romance / Thriller / War / Erotic / Foreign

Demonia Blu-ray Movie  

Severin Films | 1990 | 89 min | Not rated | Aug 25, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In 1486, in Sicily, five nuns are crucified in their convent by the superstitious locals that believe they are evil and worship devil. In 1990, in Toronto, the skeptical archaeologist Professor Paul Evans and his superstitious colleague Liza Harris explore with their team the medieval dig where the nuns were killed. Liza has dreadful nightmares with the nuns while members of the expedition mysteriously die and the locals are against the research in the archaeological site...

Horror / Mystery / Foreign

Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2018 | 84 min | Rated PG | Dec 11, 2018 | Randy Miller III

The true story of the most decorated dog in American military history -- Sgt. Stubby -- and the enduring bonds he forged with his brothers-in-arms in the trenches of World War I.

Adventure / Animation / Family

Nightwing Blu-ray Movie    

Eureka Classics

Eureka Entertainment | 1979 | 105 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Mar 15, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in New Mexico.

Horror

Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror Blu-ray Movie  

Echo Bridge Entertainment | 1998 | 83 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

Six college students take a wrong turn and find themselves lost in a strangely deserted rural town...only to discover that this deceptively quiet place hides a murderous cult of children controlled by evil forces.

Horror / Thriller

Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return Blu-ray Movie  

Echo Bridge Entertainment | 1999 | 82 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

On a trip to find her birth mother, Hannah Martin picks up a dark stranger who kicks off a mysterious chain of events.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller

Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror / Children of the Corn 666: Isaac’s Return Blu-ray Movie  

Miramax Double Feature

Echo Bridge Entertainment | 1998-1999 | 2 Movies | 165 min | Rated R | May 15, 2011 | Martin Liebman

Children of the Corn 5: Six college students take a wrong turn and find themselves lost in a strangely deserted rural town...only to discover that this deceptively quiet place hides a murderous cult of children controlled by evil forces. Eva Mendes stars. Children of the Corn 6: On a trip to Gatlin, Nebraska to find her birth mother, Hannah Martin picks up a dark stranger who kicks off a mysterious chain of events. Little does Hannah know, her journey may help fulfill a sinister prophecy made 19 years earlier by Isaac, the corn-cult's original evil leader. Nancy Allen stars.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Knebworth '76 Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + CD

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 1976 | 78 min | Not rated | Apr 09, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

On August 21, 1976, Lynyrd Skynyrd took the stage at Knebworth Park in England as part of a daylong festival that also included among others Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, 10cc and headliners The Rolling Stones.

Music