New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- October 01, 2020
The Bitter Tea of General Yen Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 1933 | 88 min | Not rated | Sep 22, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Set in war-torn Shanghai, this visually stunning melodrama opens as Megan, the fiancée of a missionary, arrives in China for their marriage. Their plans are interrupted by civil war and Megan finds herself caught in a riot after visiting an orphanage. General Yen, a ruthless Chinese warlord, rescues and whisks her away to safety in his palace. Megan soon suspects she is not his guest but his prisoner yet she begins to feel a strange attraction to her captor. The once controversial topic of interracial romance between a Caucasian woman and a Chinese man earned this film some notoriety upon its release but Capra considered it a "strangely poetic romance" which was a risky art film for its era.
Drama / Romance / War
- September 30, 2020
Five Graves to Cairo Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1943 | 96 min | Not rated | Sep 29, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The fate of Cairo is in the hands of a British corporal undercover in Rommel's headquarters.
Thriller / War
Room at the Top Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
BFI Video | 1958 | 117 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | May 20, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Classic 'kitchen sink drama' from the British New Wave of the 1960s. Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey) is an ambitious young man who is tired of slaving away at his job and sets his sights on his boss's daughter, Susan, thinking she will provide a short-cut to the top. Hindered by his working class background, and frustrated by the opposition of Susan's parents, Joe seeks solace in the arms of a lonely older woman named Alice (Simone Signoret). But when he then inadvertently causes Alice's death in a road accident, Joe's whole world begins to unravel.
Drama / Romance
Stargirl: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2020 | 567 min | Rated TV-PG | Sep 29, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
Teenager Courtney Whitmore joins the Justice Society of America. Based on the character from DC Comics.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Ivans xtc. Blu-ray Movie
Ivansxtc
Arrow | 2000 | 93 min | Not rated | Sep 15, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Update on Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," set in contemporary Hollywood.
Drama / Foreign
The Masque of the Red Death Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1989 | 93 min | Not rated | Sep 16, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
No synopsis for this title.
Horror / Thriller
Cold Heaven Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1991 | 102 min | Rated R | Oct 11, 2022 | Brian Orndorf
An adulterous woman's faith in God is tested when her husband dies and miraculously comes back to life.
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
- September 29, 2020
Five Graves to Cairo Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1943 | 96 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Aug 17, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The fate of Cairo is in the hands of a British corporal undercover in Rommel's headquarters.
Thriller / War
- September 28, 2020
Genesis II / Planet Earth Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1973-1974 | 2 Movies | 148 min | Not rated | Sep 29, 2020 | Randy Miller III
See individual titles for their synopses.
Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
The Deeper You Dig Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition | Includes 'The Hatred'
Arrow | 2019 | 2 Movies | 96 min | Not rated | Oct 06, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
4-year old Echo and her mother Ivy, a tarot card reader, live a quiet life in a rural area. When reclusive Kurt moves down the road to restore an abandoned farmhouse, an accident leads to Echo's murder, and suddenly three lives collide in mysterious and wicked ways. Kurt assumes he can hide his secret under the ground. But Echo burrows into his head until he can feel her in his bones. As she haunts his every move, Ivy must dig deep to see the signs and prove that love won't stay buried.
Drama / Horror
The Hatred Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 2018 | 60 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Drama / History
- September 27, 2020
Made in Hong Kong Blu-ray Movie
香港製造 / Heung Gong jai jo | Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1997 | 108 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Sep 21, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Autumn Moon is one step short of a triad, and an ocean removed from respectability. A go-nowhere, no-nothing nobody, Moon is the boss of his own gang, which has one member, a retarded fellow named Sylvester, and passes his time playing basketball and collecting debts for local triad Wing. Marginalized by society and perhaps his own poor self-image, Moon nonetheless attempts to make his mark on the world, finding direction in his love for Ping, a young girl suffering from renal failure, and a chance connection to Susan, a school girl who committed suicide.
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Romance / Foreign
The TV Set Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2006 | 88 min | Rated R | Sep 15, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
Mike Klein is an idealistic writer who tries to navigate his TV pilot down the mine-laden path from script through production to the madness of prime-time scheduling - all while trying to stay true to his vision. Along the way he has to juggle the agendas of a headstrong network president, volatile young stars, a pregnant wife and an ever-optimistic personal manager.
Comedy / Drama
Toy Soldiers Blu-ray Movie
Code Red | 1984 | 85 min | Rated R | Sep 01, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
While vacationing off the coast of Central America, a group of college students are kidnapped by a rebel death squad who announce plans to execute the hostages. But when one of the students (Terri Garber of North and South) makes a daring escape, she puts together her own jungle assault team that includes a pair of hard-living combat veterans (Jason Miller of The Exorcist and Cleavon Little of Blazing Saddles) and a baseball bat-wielding party animal (Tim Robbins). The time for terrorist negotiations is now over. If the U.S. government won't start a war to rescue its citizens, then these friends will!
Action / Drama
Warning from Space Blu-ray Movie
Uchūjin Tokyo ni arawaru
Arrow | 1956 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 87 min | Not rated | Oct 13, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A group of starfish like aliens come to Earth to warn mankind about a runaway planetoid known as Planet R that is on a collision course with Earth.
Horror / Sci-Fi / Foreign
- September 26, 2020
Christ Stopped at Eboli Blu-ray Movie
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli / Full-Length Version
Criterion | 1979 | 222 min | Not rated | Sep 22, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and to overcome his isolation.
Drama / Foreign
- September 25, 2020
The Libertine Blu-ray Movie
La matriarca
Nucleus Films | 1968 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 90 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Sep 21, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A sex comedy about a young widow, Mimi who discovers that her recently deceased husband, Franco kept a secret apartment for his kinky desires. Frustrated that he did not explore his sexual fantasies with his wife, she embarks on a quest to understand perversion and sexuality. She uses her late husband's apartment to seduce various men, each time learning more about the depths of human deprivation, as well as the extent of the sexual double standard for women. Finally, she meets the man who shares himself fully with her, appreciates her sexual daring and accepts her for whoever she is.
Comedy / Drama / Erotic / Foreign
Ed Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1996 | 94 min | Rated PG | Aug 18, 2020 | Martin Liebman
A trained chimpanzee plays third base for a minor-league baseball team.
Comedy / Family / Sport
Full Metal Jacket 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1987 | 116 min | Rated R | Sep 22, 2020 | Martin Liebman
The story of an 18-year-old marine recruit named Private Joker - from his carnage-and-machismo boot camp to his climactic involvement in the heavy fighting in Hue during the 1968 Tet Offensive.
Drama / History / War / Melodrama
Def-Con 4 Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1985 | 88 min | Rated R | Sep 15, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one man gets killed by survivors and the other man gets caught. The woman stays by the remains of the the satellite but is soon caught by evil punks who have taken power.
Action / Sci-Fi