New Blu-ray Reviews

A Night in Casablanca Blu-ray Movie  

ClassicFlix | 1946 | 85 min | Not rated | Dec 29, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.

Comedy

First Cow Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 121 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 08, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A loner and cook (John Magaro) has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon Territory, though he only finds connection with a Chinese immigrant (Orion Lee). The men collaborate on a business, although its longevity is reliant upon the participation of a wealthy landowner's prized milking cow.

Drama

Naruto: Set 1 Blu-ray Movie  

Viz Media | 2002-2003 | 630 min | Rated TV-14 | Nov 03, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

The little ninja that changed the world finally comes to Blu-ray! Journey back to a simpler time when Naruto was a little scamp pulling pranks and defacing monuments. A social outcast with the dreaded Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit locked inside of him, Naruto's infectious optimism and never-give-up attitude propels him towards the path of greatness. Relive the outrageous beginnings of a generation of ninja that would go on to become legends!

Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Martial arts / Comic book / Foreign

Ulysses Blu-ray Movie  

Ulisse

Kino Lorber | 1954 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 104 min | Not rated | Nov 17, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic that talks about Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of the Trojan war.

Adventure / Foreign

John Williams - Live in Vienna Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + CD

Deutsche Grammophon | 2020 | 156 min | Rated Exempt | Aug 28, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

DG presents John Williams in Vienna, the live recordings of the Hollywood legend's Vienna Philharmonic 2020 debut. Saying it's "one of the greatest honors of my life," he received a standing ovation before a single note was played. Sharing the stage with the famous orchestra and violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, he performs iconic themes from Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park and other cinematic landmarks that have earned countless awards: 5 Oscars, 5 Emmys, 25 Grammys & more.

Music

The World Is Full of Secrets Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 2018 | 98 min | Not rated | Oct 06, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

During a sleepover one night, teenage girls share stories with each other about things that frightened them.

Drama / Horror

Havana Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1990 | 144 min | Rated R | Sep 29, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Cuba, December 1958: The professional gambler Jack visits Havana to organize a big Poker game. On the ship he meets Roberta and falls in love with her. Shortly after they arrive in Cuba, Roberta and her Cuban husband, the revolutionary Arturo, are arrested and tortured.

Drama / Romance

Amazon Women on the Moon Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1987 | 85 min | Rated R | Nov 10, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

An episodic spoof of late-night television, set around a showing of the fictional sci-fi B-movie "Amazon Women on the Moon."

Comedy

The Curse of Frankenstein Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1957 | 83 min | Not rated | Dec 15, 2020 | Randy Miller III

Baron Victor Frankenstein, in prison for murder and trying to evade the guillotine, tells a priest how he and his mentor, Paul Krempe, had performed many scientific experiments, eventually leading to the resurrection of a dead body. The baron's obsession and the monster's homicidal nature cause the deaths of several of those around them. Finally the Baron is confronted by an enraged monster about to throw Victor's fiancée Elizabeth, from the castle parapet...

Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Fellini's Casanova Blu-ray Movie  

Il Casanova di Federico Fellini

Kino Lorber | 1976 | 155 min | Not rated | Dec 08, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A portrait of Casanova, the infamous Italian womanizer, adventurer, author, and libertine.

Biography / Drama / History / Romance / Foreign

The Beguiled Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1971 | 105 min | Rated R | Nov 10, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

During the Civil War, injured Yankee soldier John McBurney is rescued on the verge of death by a teenage girl from a southern boarding school. She manages to get him back to the school, and at first, the all-female staff and pupils are scared. As he starts to recover, one by one, he charms them, and the atmosphere becomes filled with jealousy and deceit.

Drama / Romance / War / Western / Period

Survivor Ballads: Three Films by Shohei Imamura Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1983-1989 | 3 Movies | 378 min | Not rated | Dec 08, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Comedy / Drama / History / War / Foreign

The Ballad of Narayama Blu-ray Movie  

Narayama bushikô

Arrow | 1983 | 130 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

In a small village in a remote valley where the harshness of life dictates that survival overrules compassion, elderly widow Orin is approaching her 70th birthday – the age when village law says she must go up to the mythic Mount Narayama to die. But there are several loose ends within her own family to tie up first.

Drama / Foreign

Zegen Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1987 | 120 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A satirical look at Japan's prewar colonial expansion through the unscrupulous eyes of its flesh-peddler antihero as he establishes a prostitution enterprise across Southeast Asia.

Comedy / Foreign

Black Rain Blu-ray Movie  

Kuroi ame

Arrow | 1989 | 123 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Yasuko, a young Japanese woman, is in Hiroshima when the U.S. Air Force drops a nuclear explosive on the city. Despite the destruction all around her, Yasuko manages to escape unscathed, and, as other survivors fall ill with radiation poisoning, she is able to stay healthy. But later, when Yasuko goes to live with her uncle Shigematsu, who tries to help her start a new life, she finds herself unable to escape the social stigma of radiation sickness.

Drama / History / War / Foreign

Hammer Films: The Ultimate Collection Blu-ray Movie  

The Revenge of Frankenstein / The Camp on Blood Island / The Snorkel / Yesterday's Enemy / The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll / Never Take Candy from a Stranger / The Stranglers of Bombay / The Terror of the Tongs / Cash on Demand / Scream of Fear / Stop Me Before I Kill! / These Are the Damned / The Pirates of Blood River / The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb / The Old Dark House / Maniac / The Gorgon / Sword of Sherwood Forest / Die! Die! My Darling! / Creatures the World Forgot

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1958-1971 | 20 Movies | 2065 min | Not rated | Nov 17, 2020 | Martin Liebman

For more than four decades, Hammer Films’ unique blend of horror, science fiction, thrills and comedy dominated countless drive-ins and movie theaters. Enjoy this massive collection from the darkest corners of the Hammer Imagination! Featuring 20 Cult-Classics from the infamous Hammer Studios produced in the 50s, 60s and 70s available together for the first time in high-definition!

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Fantasy / History / Horror / Mystery / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller / War / Foreign

The Revenge of Frankenstein Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1958 | 90 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

Having escaped death by the guillotine, Dr. Frankenstein relocates to Carlsbruck. There, as Dr. Victor Stein, he successfully establishes himself as a physician with a large practice and a hospital for the poor. After three years however he is recognized by Dr. Hans Kleve but rather than expose him, the young doctor wants to join him in his research. Frankenstein has resumed his experiments and is on the verge of re-animating a body he has constructed using the brain of Fritz, the deformed assistant who helped him escape from his death sentence. The operation goes quite well and Fritz is quite pleased with his new body. An encounter with a drunken hospital attendant however sends him on the run. As his mind and his body deteriorates, he publicly reveals the good Doctor's true identity...

Horror / Sci-Fi

The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1964 | 80 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

When British archaeologists disturb the tomb of Ra, they have to deal with a curse that condemns anyone involved to death. The American showman who paid for the expedition, Alexander King, insists in taking the precious artifacts to London for an exhibition even though he could have left them for the local authorities who were prepared to pay a hefty price for them. As a result they not only have to face the curse but the wrath of Egyptians who have vowed have the precious find returned. When King finally has his first public showing, he finds that the sarcophagus is empty, the mummy having been taken or -more ominously- come to life to seek revenge...

Horror / Thriller

These Are the Damned Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1962 | 95 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

In England, a young American falls in love with the sister of a sadistic and lecherous motorcycle gang leader who despises the American. The couple takes refuge from the gang leader's harassment in a cave where they discover a group of children, who are the result of an experiment by a scientist seeking to develop a race of humans capable of surviving an atomic blast.

Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll Blu-ray Movie  

Jekyll's Inferno / House of Fright

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1960 | 88 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

Dr. Henry Jekyll is a bookish scientist who spends more time with his lab animals testing theories of alternate personalities than with his beautiful wife. Kitty Jekyll has given up trying to find any passion in her distant husband and is involved in an affair with one of Jekyll's old 'friends', Paul Allen, a weak slacker and wastrel who relies on Jekyll to pay his numerous gambling debts. After experimenting on himself, Jekyll transforms himself into the young, dynamic and self-confidant Edward Hyde. In his new character he befriends Allen, who has no idea of that this clean-cut, handsome playboy prone to outbursts of violence is really Jekyll. As Hyde, he encourages Allen to introduce him to the dark underbelly of London's night life. When he tries to seduce Allen's mistress, in reality his own wife, he is frustrated to find she prefers her decadent lover to him...

Drama / Horror / Romance / Sci-Fi