New Blu-ray Reviews

Tremors: Shrieker Island Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2020 | 102 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 20, 2020 | Martin Liebman

Graboids are illegally taken to a new island resort by a rich playboy as a dangerous form of trophy hunting, and Burt Gummer steps up to save the day.

Action / Comedy / Horror

Back to the Future Blu-ray Movie  

35th Anniversary Limited Edition Trilogy 4K / Back to the Future / Back to the Future Part II / Back to the Future Part III / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 1985-2016 | 3 Movies | 343 min | Rated PG | Oct 20, 2020 | Martin Liebman

When teenager Marty McFly is blasted back to 1955 in the DeLorean time machine created by the eccentric Doc Brown, he finds himself in a time-shattering mess that could vaporize his future and his very existence! Then, Marty and Doc launch themselves to the year 2015 to fine-tune the future and inadvertently disrupt the space time continuum. Now, their only chance to fix it is by going back to 1955 all over again! Then, stranded in 1955 after a freak accident, McFly discovers he must travel back to 1885 to rescue Doc! It's up to Marty to keep Doc out of trouble, get the DeLorean running and put the past, present and future on track so they can all get.. back to the future!

Adventure / Comedy / Documentary / Family / Sci-Fi / Short / Western / Teen / Period / Coming of age

Mortal Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2020 | 125 min | Rated R | Nov 10, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A young man discovers he has God-like powers based on ancient Norwegian mythology.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Foreign

Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

HBO | 2011-2019 | 8 Seasons | 4185 min | Rated TV-MA | Nov 03, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plots, lusts and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; and all the way to the frozen north, where an 800-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom from the dark forces that lie beyond. Kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars, lords, and honest men...all will play the “Game of Thrones.”

Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Epic

Eli Roth's History of Horror: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie  

RLJ Entertainment | 2018 | 294 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 06, 2020 | Randy Miller III

An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films.

Documentary / Horror

War of the Colossal Beast Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1958 | 69 min | Not rated | Nov 10, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

Glenn Manning, "The Amazing Colossal Man," believed dead after falling from the Hoover Dam, reemerges in rural Mexico, brain damaged, disfigured, and very hungry.

Horror / Sci-Fi

How to Make a Monster Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1958 | 73 min | Not rated | Nov 10, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

When master monster make-up man Pete is sacked by the new bosses of American International studios he uses his creations to exact revenge...

Horror / Thriller

Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

HBO | 2011-2018 | 8 Seasons | 4185 min | Rated TV-MA | Nov 03, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plots, lusts and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; and all the way to the frozen north, where an 800-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom from the dark forces that lie beyond. Kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars, lords, and honest men...all will play the “Game of Thrones.”

Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Epic

The Banker Blu-ray Movie  

Dark Force Entertainment | 1989 | 96 min | Rated R | Sep 29, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

High-priced prostitutes are being systematically murdered, their corpses mutilated, and a bizarre South American symbol painted in blood is found at the scene. The cop investigating is out to solve the crime before his ex wife, a reporter, becomes the next victim.

Thriller

Burst City Blu-ray Movie  

爆裂都市

Arrow | 1982 | 115 min | Not rated | Nov 10, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest the construction of a nuclear power plant. Riot police and the factory owner’s yakuza friends soon move in to break it up. However, the arrival of a pair of mysterious, metal-clad bikers and a revolt among the disgruntled construction crew makes for a situation that spirals dangerously out of control.

Action / Music / Sci-Fi / Foreign

High Plains Drifter Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1973 | 105 min | Rated R | Oct 27, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.

Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Western / Period

5 Against the House Blu-ray Movie    

Indicator Series

Powerhouse Films | 1955 | 83 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Nov 30, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Four college students visiting Reno witness a failed casino robbery. As they leave, a cop tells them that there is no way to rob a casino. One of the students decides to prove the cop wrong as a goof, planning to return the money in the end. But another student, a war veteran with a head injury, has other ideas about what to do with the cash.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Heist

The Captains Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2011-2014 | 4 Movies | 360 min | Not rated | Oct 20, 2020 | Martin Liebman

A feature-length documentary that follows actor William Shatner through interviews with the other actors who have portrayed starship captains in five other incarnations of the Star Trek franchise. Shatner's subjects discuss their lives and careers before, during and after their tenure with Star Trek. They explore the pressures, stigmas and sacrifices that accompanied their roles and their larger careers.

Biography / Documentary / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Blu-ray Movie  

Scorpion Releasing | 1984 | 102 min | Rated PG | Oct 14, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

Shrouded in magic and veiled in mystery, a phantom knight (Sean Connery) thunders into King Arthur's fabled court. Speaking in rhymes and riddles, he goads the king's men into taking a dare. And when one of them, young and valiant Sir Gawain (Miles O'Keeffe), bravely stands to defend the king's honor, he finds himself a pawn in the phantom knight's game a game that will lead him far beyond the kingdom of Camelot and ultimately take his life, if he cannot solve his opponent's riddle!

Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Romance

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 2017 | 101 min | Not rated | Nov 03, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

A portrait of a genius music composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Documentary / Foreign

The Mortal Storm Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1940 | 100 min | Not rated | Nov 03, 2020 | Randy Miller III

The Roth family lead a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930's. When the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.

Drama

American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2006 | 102 min | Unrated | Apr 07, 2020 | Martin Liebman

When Erik Stifler gets a free pass to do whatever he wants from his girlfriend, he and his two best friends head to see his cousin Dwight for the Naked Mile and a weekend they will never forget.

Comedy

I Think We're Alone Now Blu-ray Movie  

Momentum Pictures | 2018 | 99 min | Rated R | Oct 23, 2018 | Martin Liebman

The apocalypse proves a blessing in disguise for one lucky recluse -- until a second survivor arrives with the threat of companionship.

Drama / Sci-Fi

How About Adolf? Blu-ray Movie  

Der Vorname

Menemsha Films | 2018 | 91 min | Not rated | Oct 06, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Stephan and his wife Elisabeth organize a dinner in their house in Bonn, Germany. Invited are family friends René, Thomas, and his pregnant girlfriend Anna. But the parents of the unborn boy make sure that the evening planned as a cozy get-together suddenly gets out of hand: they announce that they want to call their child Adolf and thus cause a scandal.

Comedy / Foreign

The Ipcress File Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1965 | 109 min | Not rated | Oct 27, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A counter espionage agent investigates the kidnapping and brainwashing of British scientists.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller