New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- November 28, 2020
Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile Blu-ray Movie
Acorn Media | 2004 | 102 min | Not rated | Sep 29, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A wealthy American heiress honeymooning on a Nile cruise ship is stalked by a former friend, whose boyfriend she had stolen before making him her new husband.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Period
- November 27, 2020
Vigilante 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Blue Underground | 1982 | 89 min | Not rated | Dec 15, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, Eddie goes berserk and vows revenge. Now there's a new breed of marauder loose on the city streets, enforcing his own kind of law. His justice is swift. His methods are violent. He is the VIGILANTE.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy 4K Blu-ray Movie
Extended & Theatrical / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2001-2003 | 3 Movies, 6 Cuts | 1284 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 01, 2020 | Randy Miller III
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Epic
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 4K Blu-ray Movie
Theatrical / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Warner Bros. | 2001 | 179 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 01, 2020 | Randy Miller III
Assisted by a fellowship of heroes, Frodo Baggins plunges into a perilous trek to take the mystical One Ring to Mount Doom so that it and its magical powers can be destroyed and never possessed by evil Lord Sauron.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Epic
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 4K Blu-ray Movie
Extended / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Warner Bros. | 2001 | 228 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 01, 2020 | Randy Miller III
Assisted by a fellowship of heroes, Frodo Baggins plunges into a perilous trek to take the mystical One Ring to Mount Doom so that it and its magical powers can be destroyed and never possessed by evil Lord Sauron.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Epic
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 4K Blu-ray Movie
Theatrical / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Warner Bros. | 2002 | 180 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 01, 2020 | Randy Miller III
Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship continue their quest to destroy the One Ring and stand against the evil of the dark lord Sauron. The Fellowship has divided; they now find themselves taking different paths to defeating Sauron and his allies. Their destinies now lie at two towers — Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupted wizard Saruman waits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor. Based on the novel The Two Towers, the second in The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Epic
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 4K Blu-ray Movie
Extended / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Warner Bros. | 2002 | 236 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 01, 2020 | Randy Miller III
Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship continue their quest to destroy the One Ring and stand against the evil of the dark lord Sauron. The Fellowship has divided; they now find themselves taking different paths to defeating Sauron and his allies. Their destinies now lie at two towers — Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupted wizard Saruman waits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor. Based on the novel The Two Towers, the second in The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Epic
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 4K Blu-ray Movie
Theatrical / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Warner Bros. | 2003 | 201 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 01, 2020 | Randy Miller III
The final battle for Middle-earth begins. Frodo and Sam, led by Gollum, continue their dangerous mission toward the fires of Mount Doom in order to destroy the One Ring. Aragorn struggles to fulfill his legacy as he leads his outnumbered followers against the growing power of the Dark Lord Sauron, so that the Ring-bearer may complete his quest.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Epic
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 4K Blu-ray Movie
Extended / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Warner Bros. | 2003 | 263 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 01, 2020 | Randy Miller III
The final battle for Middle-earth begins. Frodo and Sam, led by Gollum, continue their dangerous mission toward the fires of Mount Doom in order to destroy the One Ring. Aragorn struggles to fulfill his legacy as he leads his outnumbered followers against the growing power of the Dark Lord Sauron, so that the Ring-bearer may complete his quest.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Epic
Silent Madness Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition of 6,000 / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Anaglyph 3D
Vinegar Syndrome | 1984 | 93 min | Rated R | Nov 27, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
A homicidal maniac is accidentally released from a hospital because of a computer error and heads to the site (a sorority) of his past murders to continue his penchant for mayhem. Dr. Joan Gilmore takes off after him while the hospital administrators cover up the mistake and send some staff thugs out to get both the doctor and the escaped lunatic.
Horror / Thriller
Fade to Black Blu-ray Movie
Slipcover #1 | Slipcover Edition
Vinegar Syndrome | 1980 | 102 min | Rated R | Nov 27, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
A shy, lonely, film geek goes on a killing spree against those who bully and browbeat him, while at the same time, he stalks his idol; a Marilyn Monroe look-alike.
Comedy / Horror / Thriller
Don't Panic Blu-ray Movie
Dimensiones Ocultas | Limited Edition of 5,000
Vinegar Syndrome | 1988 | 90 min | Rated R | Nov 27, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
On his seventeenth birthday, Michael unwittingly unlocks the evil forces of a Ouija board.
Horror / Foreign
Chernobyl 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2019 | 322 min | Not rated | Dec 01, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In April 1986 an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the USSR becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.
Drama / History / Thriller / Psychological thriller
Death of Me Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2020 | 95 min | Rated R | Nov 17, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Vacationing on an island off the coast of Thailand, Christine and Neil Oliver awake hungover and with no memory of the previous night. They find footage on Neil's camera, and watch, horrified, as Neil appears to murder Christine. With twenty-four hours until the next ferry and a typhoon threatening the island, Christine and Neil attempt to reconstruct the night's events--and are snared in a web of mystery, black magic, and murder.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
- November 26, 2020
Zenobia Blu-ray Movie
ClassicFlix | 1939 | 73 min | Not rated | Nov 24, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A medicine-show mountebank's errant elephant complicates the engagement of a country doctor's daughter in the antebellum South.
Comedy / Romance / Period
- November 25, 2020
Rio Grande Blu-ray Movie
Signature Edition
Olive Films | 1950 | 106 min | Not rated | Nov 17, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A U.S. Cavalry unit, on the Mexican border in the 1880's, conducts a vain campaign against marauding Indians.
Romance / Western
Beverly Hills Cop 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1984 | 105 min | Rated R | Dec 01, 2020 | Martin Liebman
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
Action / Comedy / Crime
Iron Mask Blu-ray Movie
Journey to China: The Mystery of Iron Mask / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 121 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 24, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The English traveler Jonathan Green receives from Peter the Great an order to map the Russian Far East. Once again he sets out for a long journey full of incredible adventures that will eventually lead him to China. The cartographer will unexpectedly face a lot of breathtaking discoveries, encounter bizarre creatures, meet with Chinese princesses, and confront deadly martial arts masters and even the king of all dragons - the Dragon King. What could be more dangerous than meeting eye to eye with Viy, except doing it again? What would be stronger this time - a staunch skepticism of the scientist or the old black magic that has seized power of Eastern lands?
Adventure / Fantasy / Martial arts / Foreign / Period
- November 24, 2020
The Garment Jungle Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series
Powerhouse Films | 1957 | 88 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Nov 30, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A Korean war veteran joins his widowed father's garment company and learns his father must pay "protection money" to a union-busting thug. The son tries to get his father to change his mind about unions, but his father won't listen to him. This leads to disastrous consequences.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir
The Jewish Soul: Ten Classics of Yiddish Cinema Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1935-1950 | 10 Movies | 750 min | Not rated | Nov 24, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Too often segregated within an academic and cultural niche, Yiddish cinema is in fact a varied and vibrant genre ripe for reappraisal. Whether shot in the fields of Poland or makeshift studios in Manhattan, Yidishe Kino endure not only as precious documents of a vanishing culture, but a fascinating genre unto itself, with its unique blend of schmaltz and shtick, a dash of operetta, often overlaid with brooding atmosphere. Restored by Lobster Films, Paris, presented by Kino Lorber, this series showcases careful new translations by Yiddish cultural historian Allen Lewis Rickman, which preserve the clever wordplay and conveys the fluidity of the multi-lingual dialogue.
Drama / Horror