New Blu-ray Reviews

Go West Blu-ray Movie  

Cohen Media Group | 1925 | 68 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

An inept new cowhand (Buster Keaton) tries to protect a cow (Brown Eyes) he’s become smitten with from being slaughtered.

Drama / Western

College Blu-ray Movie  

Cohen Media Group | 1927 | 66 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

To reconcile with his girlfriend, a bookish college student named Ronald tries to become an athlete.

Comedy

Better Call Saul: Season Five Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2020 | 522 min | Rated TV-14 | Nov 24, 2020 | Martin Liebman

No synopsis for this title.

Comedy / Crime / Drama / Dark humor

It's a Wonderful Life 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 1946 | 131 min | Rated PG | Nov 17, 2020 | Martin Liebman

George Bailey is a small-town man whose life seems so desperate he contemplates suicide. He had always wanted to leave Bedford Falls to see the world, but circumstances and his own good heart have led him to stay. He sacrficed his education for his brother's, kept the family-run savings and loan afloat, protected the town from the avarice of the greedy banker Mr. Potter, and married his childhood sweetheart. As he prepares to jump from a bridge, his guardian angel intercedes, showing him what life would have become for the residents of Bedford Falls if he had never lived.

Drama / Family / Melodrama / Holiday

The New Mutants 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2020 | 94 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 17, 2020 | Martin Liebman

Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.

Action / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Comic book / Coming of age

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Two Takes by William Greaves Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1968-2005 | 2 Movies | 174 min | Not rated | Dec 08, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Documentary

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1968 | 75 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Filmmaker William Greaves auditioned acting students for a fictional drama, while simultaneously shooting the behind-the-scenes drama taking place.

Documentary

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 2005 | 99 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

In Central Park, 1968, a director shot scenes of a young couple whose marriage was falling apart - 35 years later they are back in Central Park as the director relentlessly pursues the ever-elusive symbiopsychotaxiplasmic moment.

Documentary

Picture Mommy Dead Blu-ray Movie  

Color Mommy Dead

Kino Lorber | 1966 | 83 min | Not rated | Oct 20, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

Susan Shelley thinks her father, Edward, killed her mother, Jessica, years ago. Newly released from an asylum after three years, she is reunited with her father and a new stepmother, Francene, but suspicious goings-on threaten to push her over the edge.

Horror / Thriller

Killdozer Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1974 | 74 min | Not rated | Oct 20, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A small construction crew on an island is terrorized when some strange spirit-like being takes over a large bulldozer, and goes on a killing rampage.

Horror / Sci-Fi

Seven Sinners Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1940 | 87 min | Not rated | Nov 03, 2020 | Neil Lumbard

Marlene Dietrich stars opposite John Wayne as sexy saloon singer Bijou Blanche, who's as quick with a comeback as she is with a come on. Deported from every South Seas island on which she has ever performed, Bijou winds up in Boni Komba at the Seven Sinners Café, convincing the manager that she will break only hearts, not bar stools. Bijou soon charms a handsome Navy officer, who falls deeply in love with the woman his superiors refer to as a naval "destroyer". When a spiteful admirer of Bijou's resorts to violence to keep the lovers apart, the glamorous chanteuse proves she will do anything — especially the unexpected — for the man she loves.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

American Pie Presents: Beta House Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2007 | 89 min | Unrated | Aug 18, 2020 | Martin Liebman

Erik, and Cooze start college and pledge the Beta House fraternity, presided over by none other than legendary Dwight Stifler. But chaos ensues when a fraternity of geeks threatens to stop the debauchery and the Betas have to make a stand for their right to party.

Comedy

Show Boat Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1936 | 114 min | Not rated | Mar 31, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Sheltered beauty Magnolia Hawks takes over as the show's leading lady when Julie and her husband are forced out of town by a narrow-minded sheriff. Charismatic opportunist Gaylord Ravenal wins Magnolia's heart, but his gambling losses threaten to ruin their chances for a happy marriage.

Comedy / Drama / Musical

Holiday Affair Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1949 | 87 min | Not rated | Dec 15, 2020 | Randy Miller III

Even though he recently lost his job as a department store clerk, Steve Mason buys an electric train set for a child he scarcely knows. It must be Christmastime. Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh are warmly matched in "Holiday Affair". Mitchum plays Mason, helping a child who'd otherwise find disappointment under the Christmas tree. The boy's war-widow mom (Leigh) notes the gesture, and she's drawn to the handsome stranger. But will she abandon the security of the prosperous attorney (Wendell Corey) dating her for the charm of this unemployed man who puts his money where his heart is?

Drama / Romance / Holiday

Mouchette Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1967 | 81 min | Not rated | Dec 08, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Mouchette is a young girl living in the country. Her mother is dying and her father does not take care of her. Mouchette remains silent in the face of the humiliations she undergoes. One night in a wood, she meets Arsene, the village poacher, who thinks he has just killed the local policeman. He tries to use Mouchette to build an alibi.

Drama / Foreign / Coming of age

Top Gun 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 1986 | 109 min | Rated PG | Dec 01, 2020 | Martin Liebman

The Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School is where the best of the best train to refine their elite flying skills. When hotshot fighter pilot Maverick is sent to the school, his reckless attitude and cocky demeanor put him at odds with the other pilots, especially the cool and collected Iceman. But Maverick isn't only competing to be the top fighter pilot, he's also fighting for the attention of his beautiful flight instructor.

Action / Drama / Romance

Waterloo Blu-ray Movie    

Imprint #05

Imprint | 1970 | 134 min | Rated ACB: G | May 27, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The allies enter Paris and Napoleon (in Fontainbleau) is obliged to abdicate. After heartfelt farewells to his army he is led off to exile on Elba. But after only a few months he manages to elude his captors and return to power at the Tuileries. France once again has to prepare itself to confront the allied armies. And it is Waterloo which is finally chosen as the site of the final battle.

Drama / History / War / Epic

Midsommar 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Director's Cut | Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

A24 | 2019 | 170 min | Unrated | Jul 20, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A young woman reluctantly joins her boyfriend on a summer trip to a Swedish commune where things quickly go awry.

Drama / Horror / Nature / Psychological thriller / Surreal

Bustin' Loose Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1981 | 94 min | Rated R | Nov 10, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

One con... eight kids... one outrageous journey! Richard Pryor is a desperate ex-prisoner who is hired to drive a bus of special-ed students cross-country in this fast and funny road movie.

Comedy

King of the Mountain Blu-ray Movie  

Mulholland Run

Scorpion Releasing | 1981 | 91 min | Rated PG | Nov 24, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

A group of friends race their high-powered cars up and down a dangerous and deadly mountain road known as Mulholland Drive to see who can claim the title of "King of the Hill."

Drama