New Blu-ray Reviews

Monkeys, Go Home! Blu-ray Movie  

Disney / Buena Vista | 1967 | 101 min | Not rated | Oct 11, 2016 | Martin Liebman

Henry Dussard (Dean Jones), a young American, inherits a picturesque but badly neglected olive farm in southern France and is determined to make it operational again despite cautionary advice from the local priest (Maurice Chevalier) and a pretty villager (Yvette Mimieux). Desperate for laborers, the inventive Dussard turns to the zaniest crew of olive pickers ever recruited ... four mischievous monkeys! As former members of an Air Force space team, these intelligent chimps quickly pick up on their new responsibilities ... but prove to have a turbulent effect on the local townspeople.

Comedy / Family / Romance

Shrek 4K Blu-ray Movie  

20th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2001 | 90 min | Rated PG | May 11, 2021 | Martin Liebman

Once upon a time, in a faraway swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek whose precious solitude is suddenly shattered by an invasion of annoying fairy tale characters. They were all banished from their kingdom by the evil Lord Farquaad. Determined to save their home (not to mention his own), Shrek cuts a deal with Farquaad and sets out to rescue Princess Fiona to be Farquaad's bride, with the help of a wisecracking donkey. Rescuing the Princess may be small compared to her deep, dark secret.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy

Skyfire Blu-ray Movie  

Screen Media | 2019 | 93 min | Not rated | Apr 06, 2021 | Martin Liebman

Tianhuo Island is as beautiful as a paradise. It almost makes people forget that it is located in the "Ring of Fire" the world-famous Pacific Rim volcanic belt. The volcano erupted, and the fate of the people in the island was entangled.

Action / Foreign

Morgue Blu-ray Movie  

Well Go USA | 2019 | 81 min | Not rated | May 11, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The story is about a night that Diego Martínez is locked inside the morgue of the Regional Hospital of Encarnación and recounts the paranormal events that the security guard spent.

Horror / Thriller / Foreign

Judas and the Black Messiah Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2021 | 125 min | Rated R | May 04, 2021 | Randy Miller III

The story of Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, and his fateful betrayal by FBI informant William O'Neal.

Biography / Drama / History

Switchblade Sisters Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1975 | 90 min | Not rated | Apr 27, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Jack Hill's Switchblade Sisters is the outlandish, action-packed story of a tough gang of teenage girls - the all-female Dagger Debs - who are looking for love and fighting for turf on the mean streets of the city! bad girls to the core, these impossibly outrageous high school hoodlums go where they want...and create mayhem wherever they go! A riotously entertaining mix of sex, jealousy and massive firepower that critics loved - don't miss your chance to see one of the wildest films ever made!

Action / Comedy / Drama / Dark humor

The City Without Jews Blu-ray Movie  

Die Stadt ohne Juden / Blu-ray + DVD

Flicker Alley | 1924 | 90 min | Not rated | Aug 25, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

No synopsis for this title.

Drama

Rosebud Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1975 | 126 min | Rated PG | Mar 30, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film clips to be shown on major European TV stations. Undercover agent Martin is hired to hunt the terrorists down.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller

Last Gasp Blu-ray Movie  

Standard Edition

Vinegar Syndrome | 1995 | 92 min | Not rated | Apr 27, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

In this supernatural thriller, an evil developer kills a Mexican Indian and finds himself possessed by the dead man's spirit. Though set in Mexico and Boone County, PA, the film was actually shot in Romania. The story begins as avaricious Leslie Chase is overseeing the construction of a high-rise in a small Mexican town. His efforts are hindered by a local tribe of Indians. Tired of their harassment, Chase has them massacred. One of them survives and ends up biting Chase in the neck before he too is killed. Six years pass and Chase has returned to the US to develop properties there. By day he is himself, but at night his body is possessed by the angry Indian who takes him out for murder and mayhem. He kills the owner of a restaurant one night. Later, the victim's wife, Nora Weeks, hires a cheap private eye to look into it. When he finds out more than he should, he too is axed. Now it is up to Weeks to solve the mystery.

Horror / Thriller / Supernatural

Furies Sexuelles / Prostitution Clandestine Blu-ray Movie  

Peekarama Series

Vinegar Syndrome | 1975-1976 | 2 Movies | 210 min | Not rated | Mar 23, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

No synopsis for this title.

Horror / Erotic / Foreign

Prostitution Clandestine Blu-ray Movie  

Vinegar Syndrome | 1975 | 104 min | Not rated | Mar 23, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

Claudine steadily runs a call-girl organization and works with small advertisements. It is raining requests.She, Tania and Sylvia satisfy the wishes of their clients, amateur photographers, scoptophiles, exhibitionists, and sado-masochists.

Erotic / Foreign

Furies Sexuelles Blu-ray Movie  

Vinegar Syndrome | 1976 | 106 min | Not rated | Mar 23, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

No synopsis for this title.

Horror / Erotic / Foreign

The [REC] Collection Blu-ray Movie  

The [•REC] Collection | REC / REC 2 / REC 3: Genesis / REC 4: Apocalypse

Shout Factory | 2007-2014 | 4 Movies | 338 min | Rated R | Sep 25, 2018 | Martin Liebman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Dark humor / Foreign

REC Blu-ray Movie  

[•REC]

Shout Factory | 2007 | 78 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

A young TV reporter and her cameraman cover the night shift at the local fire station. Receiving a call from an old lady trapped in her house, they reach her building to hear horrifying screams—which begin a long nightmare and a uniquely dramatic TV report.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign

REC 2 Blu-ray Movie  

[•REC]²

Shout Factory | 2009 | 84 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

The action continues from [Rec] (2007), with the medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras are sent into the sealed-off apartment to contain the situation.

Horror / Thriller / Foreign

REC 3 Genesis Blu-ray Movie  

[•REC]³

Shout Factory | 2012 | 80 min | Rated R | Sep 25, 2018 | Martin Liebman

The action now takes place miles away from the original location and partly in broad daylight, giving the film an entirely fresh yet disturbing new reality. The infection has left the building.

Horror / Thriller / Dark humor / Foreign

REC 4: Apocalypse Blu-ray Movie  

[•REC]⁴: Apocalypse / [•REC]⁴: Apocalipsis

Shout Factory | 2014 | 95 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

The young reporter Ángela is rescued from the building and taken to an oil tanker to be examined. However, it is unbeknown to the soldiers that she carries the seed of the mysterious demonic virus.

Horror / Thriller / Foreign

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema Blu-ray Movie  

Cohen Media Group | 2018 | 840 min | Not rated | May 05, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A documentary that spans 13 decades and five continents to give a guided tour of the art and craft of movies as told by female filmmakers.

Documentary

Five Blu-ray Movie    

Imprint #33

Imprint | 1951 | 91 min | Rated ACB: M | Feb 24, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The world is destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. Only five Americans survive, including a pregnant woman, a neo-Nazi, a black man and a bank clerk.

Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi

Irreversible Blu-ray Movie    

Irréversible | Indicator Series | Limited Edition

Powerhouse Films | 2002 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 97 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Apr 26, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Alex and Marcus are a couple whose story is told over the course of a fateful day. The odyssey begins with a brutal killing then unspools in reverse to reveal the horrifying events that lead to the gut-wrenching, violent climax of the opening scene. Shot at 25fps.

Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign