New Blu-ray Reviews

Chick Fight Blu-ray Movie  

Quiver Films | 2020 | 97 min | Rated R | Dec 15, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

When Anna Wyncomb is introduced to an underground, all-female fight club in order to turn the mess of her life around, she discovers she is much more personally connected to the history of the club than she could ever imagine.

Action / Comedy

Panic Blu-ray Movie  

Bakterion

Code Red | 1982 | 93 min | Rated R | Dec 01, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

A scientist's experiment with a deadly bacteria goes awry and leaves him horribly deformed. The monstrous man then runs amok in his town.

Horror / Sci-Fi

Pink Floyd: The Later Years Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Deluxe Edition with 2x7" Vinyl | Blu-ray Audio / Blu-ray + CD

Pink Floyd Records | 1987-2019 | 855 min | Not rated | Nov 29, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music

I'll Be Home for Christmas Blu-ray Movie  

Disney / Buena Vista | 1998 | 86 min | Rated PG | Oct 09, 2018 | Martin Liebman

A college student experiences difficulty in getting home for Christmas.

Comedy / Family / Holiday

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