New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- February 17, 2021
Black Clover: Season 2, Part 1 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
FUNimation Entertainment | 2018 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 01, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
Asta and Yuno are two orphans who want the same thing: to become the Wizard King. Locked in a friendly rivalry, they work hard towards their goal. While Yuno excels at magic, Asta has a problem uncommon in this world: he has no powers! But, on the day they receive their grimoires, they surprise everyone. To reach their goal, they’ll each find their own path to greatness—with or without magic.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comic book / Foreign
The Wind Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2018 | 88 min | Rated R | Sep 03, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson
When a woman moves to the American frontier to settle it with her husband, an evil presence soon makes itself known and infects her with paranoia.
Horror / Western / Psychological thriller / Period
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series | Limited Edition
Powerhouse Films | 1987 | 116 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jun 24, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
She falls in love with a broken down former NYC hotel doorman, who tells Judith vaguely that he was in the hotel business.
Drama / Romance
- February 16, 2021
The Secret War of Harry Frigg Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1968 | 110 min | Not rated | Jan 05, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
'The Secret War of Harry Frigg' tells the story of a good-for-nothing goldbrick whose only talent is escaping from the Army stockade. Sent behind enemy lines to free five Allied generals held prisoner in an Italian villa, Harry Frigg, hardly the dedicated type, becomes sidetracked from his zany mission by a sexy Italian Contessa. He finally uses his talent to escape, and his new rank of Major General to create havoc in this wild, wacky and brilliantly satirical tale of World War II.
Comedy / War
The Norseman Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1978 | 90 min | Rated PG | Feb 02, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
An 11th-century Viking prince sails to America to find his father, who on a previous voyage had been captured by Indians.
Action / Adventure
Centigrade Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2020 | 89 min | Not rated | Feb 23, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
A married couple find themselves trapped in their frozen vehicle after a blizzard and struggle to survive amid plunging temperatures and unforeseen obstacles.
Thriller
Captive Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2015 | 97 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 28, 2020 | Martin Liebman
In this fact-based thriller, a single mother struggling with drug addiction is randomly taken hostage in her own apartment by a man on the run from the law for breaking out of jail and murdering the judge assigned to his case - only to realize before the climactic finish that they have actually saved each other's lives.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Wind Chill Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2007 | 91 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman
Desperate to get home for Christmas, a college student catches a ride with a strange classmate. When they become stranded, they soon realize the cold is the least of their worries.
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Holiday
Straightheads Blu-ray Movie
Closure
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2007 | 80 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman
A parable of rebirth, in which a middle class couple are subjected to an horrific assault, and embark on a spree of random violence themselves in an attempt to allow themselves to recover by negating their own consciences.
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Psychological thriller
Perfect Stranger Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2007 | 109 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman
When investigative reporter Rowena Price learns that her friend's murder might be connected to powerful ad executive Harrison Hill, she goes undercover with the help of her associate, Miles Hailey. Posing as Katherine, a 'temp' at Hill's ad agency, and Veronica, a girl Hill flirts with online, Rowena surrounds her prey from all sides, only to discover that she isn't the only one changing identities. The closer Rowena gets to finding the truth, the more we see how far people will go to protect it.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Thriller Triple Feature Blu-ray Movie
Wind Chill / Closure / Perfect Stranger
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2007 | 3 Movies | 280 min | Rated R | Apr 04, 2017 | Martin Liebman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Holiday
Our Little Sister Blu-ray Movie
海街diary / Umimachi Diary
Artificial Eye | 2015 | 127 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jun 13, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A story that revolves around three sisters who live in their grandmother's home and the arrival of their 13-year-old half sister.
Drama / Foreign
The Stray Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2017 | 88 min | Rated PG | Feb 06, 2018 | Martin Liebman
A young father takes his nine year old son, the family dog, and two of his son's friends backpacking in the mountains of Colorado only for all five of them to be struck by lightning.
Drama / Family
- February 15, 2021
Dark Intruder Blu-ray Movie
Black Cloak
Kino Lorber | 1965 | 59 min | Not rated | Feb 02, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An occult expert is brought in by police to help solve a series of murders in which a mystical statue is left at each crime scene. Brett Kingsford is on the case until he discovers the mysterious connection between the victims in this gothic horror tale.
Horror / Mystery
Madame Claude Blu-ray Movie
The French Woman
Cult Epics | 1977 | 109 min | Not rated | Feb 09, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Based on a true story. Madame Claude, a well connected Parisienne with dark past, runs a network of high-class call girls. She sends her girls to any place in the world to satisfy sexual desires of wealthy and powerful men. Claude's manipulations also involve big business and politics. Meanwhile, photographer David Evans is trying to clear his own criminal record by providing the authorities with pictures of Claude's girls with important clients in compromising positions. But powerful men can do anything to keep their secrets...
Comedy / Drama / Foreign
A Tale of Two Cities Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1935 | 126 min | Not rated | Feb 09, 2021 | Randy Miller III
Charles Dickens' classic story is brought to the screen in this production. Set during the French Revolution, two men find themselves in love with the same woman.
Drama / History / Romance
90° in the Shade Blu-ray Movie
Třicet jedna ve stínu / Ninety Degrees in the Shade | Indicator Series | Limited Edition
Powerhouse Films | 1965 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 90 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Sep 23, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A respected grocery shop employee in Prague is covering up for her manager's misconduct with whom she is having an affair; however, things will get complicated when a thorough auditor pays a visit.
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign
Satan's Blood Blu-ray Movie
Escalofrío
Vinegar Syndrome | 1978 | 82 min | Not rated | Mar 02, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
Andy and Thelma, an urbanite couple living in Madrid, leave their apartment for a pleasant day around the city with their dog. They cross paths with Bruno and Anne, a strange couple who invite them to their foreboding country estate. A storm hits that evening and the two stay overnight. The couples engage in a bit of harmless communication with spirits via ouija board, but soon past conflicts arise Thelma had an affair with Andy's brother, and Anne criticizes Bruno over his attempted suicide. This is only the beginning of all the horrors that will haunts them in the house...
Horror / Supernatural
Cthulhu Mansion Blu-ray Movie
La mansión de los Cthulhu
Vinegar Syndrome | 1992 | 92 min | Not rated | Mar 02, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
An aging magician harboring a terrible occult secret and his daughter are taken hostage in their isolated mansion by teenage scumbags need- ing a place to hide out. When the captors refuse to listen to the magician's dire warning to release him unharmed, the mansion slowly releases its nightmare of horrors on the unsuspecting invaders.
Horror
- February 14, 2021
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll Blu-ray Movie
ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 外伝 - 永遠と自動手記人形 - / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
FUNimation Entertainment | 2019 | 91 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 01, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
Violet Evergarden, a former soldier returned from war, comes to teach at a women's academy and changes a young girl's life.
Anime / Drama / Fantasy / Foreign