New Blu-ray Reviews

Cosmoball Blu-ray Movie  

Goalkeeper of the Galaxy / Вратарь Галактики / Vratar Galaktiki

Well Go USA | 2020 | 115 min | Not rated | Mar 23, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

2071. Galactic wars have destroyed the Moon and changed the climate on the Earth. Now tropical forests are covering Moscow, while New York is iced all over. A huge alien ship towers over Moscow – it is the stadium where spectacular intergalactic Cosmoball competitions take place. The game combines both sport and gladiator fights. When the game is on, the whole world stops in its tracks to watch it. The players are called Athletes, only they are allowed to contest because of their powers and ability to control them. Everyone adores Cosmoball except Anton – a regular guy who wants to find a job to help his family. But once he reveals his powers and gets to the worlds Cosmoball team. Now he’s one of the Athletes. Anton has no idea what special role is destined for him, and that the final game will become the battle for the Earth.

Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Sport / Foreign

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Blu-ray Movie  

Retro VHS Collection

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1992 | 87 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 09, 2021 | Martin Liebman

When top L.A. detective Joe Bomowski (Sylvester Stallone) gets a rare visit from his feisty mom, Tutti (Estelle Getty), his life is turned upside-down. In no time, she is rearranging Joe's bachelor pad and meddling in his affairs, much to his embarrassment and the delight of his girlfriend, Gwen (JoBeth Williams). To add to Joe's problems, Tutti witnesses a murder and becomes the unlikely partner when she refuses to divulge information unless she's allowed in on the investigation. Just when Joe is ready to kill himself, Tutti helps bring down the bad guys, proving Mother-knows-best.

Action / Comedy

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain Blu-ray Movie  

Retro VHS Collection

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1995 | 93 min | Rated PG | Mar 09, 2021 | Martin Liebman

A city girl teams up with a tomboy to solve the mystery of Bear Mountain, Molly Morgan, and the buried treasure as well as learn about true friendships.

Adventure / Drama / Family / Mystery

Badlands of Dakota Blu-ray Movie    

Movinside | 1941 | 74 min | Rated U Tous publics | Mar 05, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Indian raids are being perpetrated by an outlaw gang in disguise.

Comedy / Romance / Western

Libeled Lady Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1936 | 99 min | Not rated | Nov 24, 2020 | Randy Miller III

A newspaper man, his jilted fiancée, and his lawyer hatch an elaborate scheme to turn a false news-story into the truth, before a high-society woman can sue for libel.

Comedy / Romance

Rick and Morty: The Complete Seasons 1-4 Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2013-2020 | 4 Seasons | 918 min | Rated TV-MA | Mar 02, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Welcome to the world of Rick and Morty, a genius inventor grandfather and his less than genius grandson. Missing for nearly 20 years, Rick arrives at his daughter’s doorstep looking to move in, but her husband isn’t too thrilled. Rick converts the garage into his lab and involves Morty in his insane adventures.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Dark humor

Chop Shop Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 2007 | 84 min | Not rated | Feb 23, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Alejandro, a resourceful street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his sixteen-year-old sister.

Drama

Mindwarp Blu-ray Movie    

Brain Slasher / Eureka Classics

Eureka Entertainment | 1992 | 96 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Feb 22, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In 2037, after a nuclear disaster has just about destroyed the Earth, the planet's remaining dwellers retreat to Inworld, an enclosed biosphere where computers control all aspects of life. But a beautiful young woman rebels against the Inworld's pre-fabricated existence and demands the right to experience "real" life. So the biosphere's System Operator exiles Judy to the mutant-ridden outside world. Will Judy be able to escape the horrors of this futuristic, toxic wasteland?

Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Monster Hunter Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2020 | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 02, 2021 | Martin Liebman

Behind our world, there is another: a world of dangerous and powerful monsters that rule their domain with deadly ferocity. When Lt. Artemis and her loyal soldiers are transported from our world to the new world, the unflappable lieutenant receives the shock of her life. In her desperate battle for survival against enormous enemies with incredible powers and unstoppable, revolting attacks, Artemis will team up with a mysterious man who has found a way to fight back.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy

Monster Hunter 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2020 | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 02, 2021 | Martin Liebman

Behind our world, there is another: a world of dangerous and powerful monsters that rule their domain with deadly ferocity. When Lt. Artemis and her loyal soldiers are transported from our world to the new world, the unflappable lieutenant receives the shock of her life. In her desperate battle for survival against enormous enemies with incredible powers and unstoppable, revolting attacks, Artemis will team up with a mysterious man who has found a way to fight back.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy

The Croods: A New Age 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2020 | 95 min | Rated PG | Feb 23, 2021 | Martin Liebman

The prehistoric Crood family is challenged by rival family the Bettermans, who claim to be better and more evolved.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy

Russian Raid Blu-ray Movie  

Русский Рейд / Russkiy Reyd

Well Go USA | 2020 | 103 min | Not rated | Mar 09, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Nikita, a former Russian Spetsnaz operative, is hired to neutralize the large private security force at a local factory so that his shady employer can extort the business from the factory owner. But Nikita and his group of highly trained fighters get more than they bargained for when it turns out the factory is actually owned by a dangerous warlord connected to the Russian military. By the time the 'hostile takeover' is complete, Nikita reveals that he has orchestrated his own secret mission to take personal revenge on the most dangerous man in Russia.

Action / Foreign

Devil Times Five Blu-ray Movie  

Peopletoys

Code Red | 1974 | 88 min | Rated R | Feb 09, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

Five extremely disturbed, sociopathic children escape from their psychiatric transport and are taken in unwittingly by a group of adult villagers on winter vacation.

Horror / Thriller

Slithis Blu-ray Movie  

Spawn of the Slithis

Code Red | 1978 | 87 min | Rated PG | Feb 16, 2021 | Brian Orndorf

Finally, nature unleashes its revenge! From the pollution of our nuclear waste came the killer we couldn't destroy. Our worst nightmares come to life with the terrifying, scaly monster—Slithis! First, this nuclear mutant killed household pets near the canals of Venice, California. Now it preys on old couples and a homeless rotund man sleeping in the public men's room! Two outcasts, a teacher and a Jamaican sea hunter, will take on the ugly monster to stop the slaughter! This mud monster creature is something out of those '50s classics we love!

Horror / Sci-Fi

Don't Tell a Soul Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2020 | 84 min | Rated R | Mar 16, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Two thieving teenage brothers, stealing money to help their sick mom, match wits with a troubled security guard stuck at the bottom of a forgotten well.

Drama / Thriller

Fallen Angels Blu-ray Movie  

墮落天使 / Do lok tin si

Criterion | 1995 | 99 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A hitman finds that the assassin's life has slowly lost its allure. Complicating his life is his beautiful contact who pines after him with fetishistic ardor, although the two have never met in their nearly three-year partnership. In another part of the city, Ho, a mute, boyish ex-convict, makes a living by sneaking into and running businesses after hours. Still living with his father who runs the Chungking Mansions hotel, the restless Ho falls for Cherry, a woman getting over her breakup with the offscreen Johnny.

Crime / Drama / Romance / Foreign

Damn Yankees Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1958 | 111 min | Not rated | Mar 16, 2021 | Randy Miller III

A frustrated fan of the hopeless Washington Senators makes a pact with the Devil to help the baseball team win the league pennant. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

Comedy / Musical / Sport

2020 World Series Collector's Edition: Los Angeles Dodgers Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2020 | 1380 min | Not rated | Feb 09, 2021 | Martin Liebman

The Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions of 2020. On a quest for redemption after losing the World Series in 2017 and 2018, the Dodgers clinched their 2020 title in six games against the Tampa Bay Rays during a season—a year—so unique. The Fall Classic pitted the two best teams of a condensed regular season and expanded Postseason at a neutral site, the new Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.

Sport

Vanguard Blu-ray Movie  

急先锋 / Jí xiān fēng / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2020 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 09, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Thriller / Martial arts / Foreign

Hard to Hold Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1984 | 93 min | Rated PG | Feb 23, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Jamie Roberts is a rock star living the highlife when he falls for an intellectual child psychologist who only has ears for classical music. Opposites attract, but his jealous ex-girlfriend isn't ready to give up so easily. Love is hard to find when the whole world is watching.

Drama / Music / Romance