New Blu-ray Reviews

Dragon Ball Z: Season 9 Blu-ray Movie  

FUNimation Entertainment | 1995-1996 | 875 min | Rated TV-PG | Mar 02, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

Majin Buu's thirst for destruction has no end in sight, leaving the Earth venerable to complete annihilation! But a secret move—the Fusion Technique—will cause fierce Saiyan rivals to put aside their differences in a last-ditch effort to save the world.

Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Martial arts / Comic book / Foreign

Death Has Blue Eyes Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1976 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 80 min | Not rated | Apr 06, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Two crooks travel to Greece and get forced by circumstance into a job protecting a mysterious young woman with a strange power from resourceful enemies who supposedly want her dead.

Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Another Thin Man Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1939 | 103 min | Not rated | Apr 27, 2021 | Randy Miller III

An explosives manufacturer suspects a young man is out to kill him. He calls in new parents Nick and Nora to sort things out.

Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Romance

Spaceballs 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Kino Lorber | 1987 | 96 min | Rated PG | Apr 13, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his half-dog/half-man sidekick, Barf must rescue a spoiled Druish princess from the evil Lord Dark Helmet in time to pay off Pizza the Hut. Meanwhile, the planet Druidia is being harassed by the Spaceballs, a sinister group attempting to pilfer Druidia's air resources.

Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi

Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2016 | 116 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 30, 2021 | Martin Liebman

The magical kingdom of Lucis is home to the hallowed Crystal, but the menacing empire of Niflheim will stop at nothing to make it theirs. War has raged between the two for as long as most can remember. King Regis of Lucis commands an elite force of soldiers dubbed the Kingsglaive. Wielding their king's magic, Nyx Ulric and his fellow glaives stand before the crown city of Insomnia, fighting to stay the inexorable advance of Niflheim's imperial army. Before the overwhelming military might of the empire, King Regis can only salvage his kingdom by accepting an ultimatum-he must cede all lands outside the crown city, and see his son, Prince Noctis, wed to Lady Lunafreya, the former princess of Tenebrae now captive of Niflheim. As the war of wills rages, the machinations of Niflheim transform Insomnia into an awe-inspiring battleground, pulling Nyx into a struggle for the very survival of the kingdom.

Action / Adventure / Anime / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi

Little Miss Marker Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 1980 | 102 min | Rated PG | Apr 06, 2021 | Martin Liebman

Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in 1930's. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change a great deal with her arrival and his sudden love for a woman also involved in gambling operations.

Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period

The Hand That Feeds the Dead Blu-ray Movie  

Full Moon Features | 1974 | 90 min | Not rated | Jan 19, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Baron Ivan Rassimov, a brilliant doctor, died horribly during a fire burst in his laboratory. Since that day, his daughter Tanja retired to a life of seclusion, covering with a dark veil her disfigured face. Professor Nijinski was once a student of Rassimov; he married Tanja, and he's trying to restore her lost beauty with a series of skin transplants. However, to reach his goal, professor Nijinski needs beautiful young victims for his transplant experiments.

Horror / Foreign

Positive I.D. Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1987 | 96 min | Rated R | Mar 16, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A plain suburban housewife, the past victim of a brutal assault, is still having trouble coping with the incident a year later. After seeing a story on the evening news, however, she mysteriously begins to assemble an alternate identity, unknown to her family or friends.

Crime / Drama / Thriller

The Basher Box Blu-ray Movie  

The Prodigal Boxer / The Awaken Punch | 4K Restoration

VCI | 1972-1973 | 2 Movies | 191 min | Rated R | Apr 13, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Action / Drama / Martial arts / Foreign

The Prodigal Boxer Blu-ray Movie  

VCI | 1972 | 90 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A gifted but proud young martial arts student injures and kills an opponent. In retaliation , his father is killed. The young student vows revenge and begins to prepare for his epic face-off.

Martial arts / Foreign

The Awaken Punch Blu-ray Movie  

VCI | 1973 | 101 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Chung is a reformed professional fighter who has to hide his identity and take revenge on Black and White Fan, after they murder his family.

Action / Drama / Foreign

Fukushima 50 Blu-ray Movie  

フクシマフィフティ / Fukushimafifuti

Capelight Pictures | 2020 | 121 min | Not rated | Apr 13, 2021 | Randy Miller III

A tsunami is triggered when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hits the Pacific Ocean near Japan. A plant manager risks everything and stays put to handle the pending disaster once a reactor begins to leak. He is in contact with the parent utility TEPCO. The Japanese army moves in. The Americans also show up to command the situation. The plant employees fight on.

Drama / Foreign

SEAL Team: Season One Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 2017-2018 | 939 min | Not rated | Mar 16, 2021 | Martin Liebman

SEAL Team is a new military drama that follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask of them. Jason Hayes is the respected, intense leader of the Tier One team whose home life has suffered as a result of his extensive warrior's existence. His team includes his trusted confidant, Ray, the longest-tenured operator with whom Jason shares an ingrained shorthand, and Sonny, an exceptional, loyal soldier with a checkered past who still combats self-destructive tendencies. Undergoing additional rigorous training in the hope of joining Hayes' select unit is Clay Spenser, a young, multi-lingual second generation SEAL with insatiable drive and dedication. Vital to the team's success are CIA analyst Mandy Ellis, who has sacrificed everything in her drive to root out evil and take down terrorists, and Davis, a no-nonsense, take-charge logistics officer and unofficial den mother responsible for outfitting the team with the necessary gear for each mission. Deployed on clandestine missions worldwide at a moment's notice, and knowing the toll it takes on them and their families, this tight-knit SEAL team displays unwavering patriotism and fearless dedication even in the face of overwhelming odds.

Drama

Quick Change Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1990 | 88 min | Rated R | Apr 27, 2021 | Randy Miller III

Three thieves successfully rob a New York City bank, but making the escape from the city proves to be almost impossible.

Comedy / Crime / Heist

Jungle Trap Blu-ray Movie  

Run Coyote Run

AGFA | 2016 | 2 Movies | 72 min | Not rated | Mar 30, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In 1990, exploitation auteur James Bryan pulled out his video camera and made a decapitation-fueled horror movie about a jungle hotel haunted by kill-crazy ghosts in loincloths. The team at Bleeding Skull found it 26 years later and finished it.

Horror

History Is Made at Night Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1937 | 97 min | Not rated | Apr 13, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A wealthy divorcée falls for a charming Parisian, but her insanely jealous ex-husband will do anything to get her back.

Drama / Romance

Little Fugitive: The Collected Films of Morris Engel & Ruth Orkin Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1953-1968 | 4 Movies | 319 min | Not rated | Mar 09, 2021 | Neil Lumbard

See individual titles for their synopses.

Adventure / Drama / Family / Romance / Coming of age

I Need a Ride to California Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1968 | 83 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard

Follows a group of hippies in Greenwich Village during the 60's revolution, centering on the story of a girl in the East Village neighborhood, exploring her various relationships with men, and her search for values of the time.

Drama

Weddings and Babies Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1958 | 81 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard

Photographer struggles to make enough money to marry his fiancee, who is starting to believe he's delaying their marriage deliberately.

Drama / Romance

Lovers and Lollipops Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1956 | 82 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard

Ann, an attractive widowed New York model, lives in an apartment with her daughter Peggy. The courtship of Ann by visiting engineer Larry, and accompanying misadventures, are seen alternately from their and Peggy's viewpoint. Filmed realistically at many New York locations.

Drama / Romance