New Blu-ray Reviews

Trolls World Tour 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Dance Party Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2020 | 94 min | Rated PG | Jul 07, 2020 | Martin Liebman

Poppy and Branch discover that there are six different troll tribes scattered over six different lands. Each tribe is also devoted to six different kinds of music -- funk, country, techno, classical, pop and rock. When rockers Queen Barb and King Thrash set out to destroy the other music, Poppy and Branch embark on a daring mission to unite the trolls and save the diverse melodies from becoming extinct.

Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical

Blood and Money Blu-ray Movie  

Screen Media | 2020 | 89 min | Not rated | Jul 07, 2020 | Martin Liebman

A retired veteran hunting in the Allagash backcountry of Maine discovers a dead woman with a duffle bag full of money. He soon finds himself in a web of deceit and murder.

Thriller

Legion of Super Heroes: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 2006-2008 | 2 Seasons | 578 min | Not rated | Jul 14, 2020 | Randy Miller III

One thousand years from now the legendary Man of Steel inspires a group of emerging young heroes from the 31st century to band together and defend the newly formed United Planets. That is, if they don't kill each other first. In Season One, Legionnaires Bouncing Boy (Michael Cornacchia), Brainiac 5 (Adam Wylie), Saturn Girl (Kari Wahlgren) and Lightning Lad (Andy Milder) travel back in time to convince an awkward teen named Clark Kent (Yuri Lowenthal) to join their Legion of Super Heroes and battle their archnemeses, the Fatal Five. The insecure teen is, in turn, inspired by his new friends and, with their help, begins his journey to become the galaxy's greatest hero. Catching up two years later, Season Two presents Superman and the Legion with an even greater challenge: Kell-El, the Superman of the 41st century!

Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book

Inferno of Torture Blu-ray Movie  

徳川いれずみ師：責め地獄 / Tokugawa irezumi-shi: Seme jigoku

Arrow | 1969 | 95 min | Not rated | Jul 07, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their production. Europeans pay more for tattooed beauties. Gorgeous tattooed women lead to a history of confrontation between two highly skilled masters of tattoo.

Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Foreign

Trolls World Tour 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2020 | 90 min | Rated PG | Jul 07, 2020 | Martin Liebman

Poppy and Branch discover that there are six different troll tribes scattered over six different lands. Each tribe is also devoted to six different kinds of music -- funk, country, techno, classical, pop and rock. When rockers Queen Barb and King Thrash set out to destroy the other music, Poppy and Branch embark on a daring mission to unite the trolls and save the diverse melodies from becoming extinct.

Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical

Ghost Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Presents #8

Paramount Pictures | 1990 | 127 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 21, 2020 | Martin Liebman

After a man is shot and dies, he—as a ghost—teams with a psychic to uncover the truth behind his murder, and to save his sweetheart from a similar fate.

Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Supernatural

Solid Metal Nightmares: The Films of Shinya Tsukamoto Blu-ray Movie  

Tetsuo: The Iron Man / Tetsuo II: Body Hammer / The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo / Tokyo Fist / Bullet Ballet / A Snake of June / Vital / Haze / Kotoko / Killing

Arrow | 1987-2018 | 10 Movies | 754 min | Not rated | May 26, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Other / Romance / Sci-Fi / Short / Thriller / Dark humor / Psychological thriller / Imaginary / Erotic / Foreign / Surreal / Period

Tetsuo: The Iron Man Blu-ray Movie  

鉄男 / Tetsuo

Arrow | 1989 | 67 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A strange man known only as the "metal fetishist", who seems to have an insane compulsion to stick scrap metal into his body, is hit and possibly killed by a Japanese "salaryman", out for a drive with his girlfriend. The salaryman then notices that he is being slowly overtaken by some kind of disease that is turning his body into scrap metal, and that his nemesis is not in fact dead but is somehow masterminding and guiding his rage and frustration-fueled transformation...

Horror / Sci-Fi / Dark humor / Foreign / Surreal

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer Blu-ray Movie  

鉄男II BODY HAMMER

Arrow | 1992 | 83 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

When metal-worshipping fanatics abduct his son, a father unleashes his dormant destructive power, as his naked rage transforms the once-feeble flesh into a grisly symbiosis of metal and tissue. Who dares to defy the ultimate body-hammer?

Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Dark humor / Imaginary / Foreign / Surreal

The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo Blu-ray Movie  

電柱小僧の冒険

Arrow | 1987 | 47 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Hikari is a boy who is bullied and teased by the other boys at school because he has the odd distinction of having an electricity pole growing out of his back. However, one of his classmates, a girl named Momo, comes to his rescue. Hikari thanks her by sharing his secret possession with her: a time machine. He then activates the time machine which transports him 25 years into a dark, dystopian, world of the future. There he encounters members of the Shinsengumi Vampire Gang in the process of hunting a woman named Dr. Sariba who is revealed to be Momo's future self. She explains to Hikari that she had been long expecting his arrival from the past and that he has a crucial role to play here -- he and he alone must save the world.

Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Short / Foreign

Tokyo Fist Blu-ray Movie  

東京フィスト / Tokyo Fuisuto / Tokyo Ken

Arrow | 1995 | 90 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Tsuda is a young insurance salesman whose life, and the life of his fiancée Hizuru, is turned upside down when he meets an old schoolfriend, Takuji. Soon after Takuji's visit to Tsuda's apartment, Hizuru has her nipples pierced and starts making moves on Takuji while Tsuda begins a fitness and boxing campaign. The bizarre love triangle is linked to a half-forgotten incident from Tsuda and Takujis' youth.

Action / Drama / Horror / Other / Romance / Thriller / Dark humor / Foreign

Bullet Ballet Blu-ray Movie  

バレット・バレエ

Arrow | 1998 | 87 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Goda returns home one night to find police cars and ambulances surrounding the entrance to his apartment building. When he gets upstairs he's told that his girlfriend, Kiriko, who he's been with for a decade, has committed suicide. If this wasn't devastating enough Goda also learns that she killed herself with a bullet to the head. With Japan having some of the strictest set of gun control laws in the world, not only is Goda left with the yawning, black "why" behind Kiriko's suicide, but also a whole other set of mysterious "hows", "wheres" and "whos". How did Kiriko get a handgun in the first place? From where? And most importantly from who? Goda goes on a quest into the gritty criminal underworld of Tokyo in order to answer these questions, and maybe inhabit the last days of Kiriko's life...

Crime / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Foreign

A Snake of June Blu-ray Movie  

六月の蛇

Arrow | 2002 | 77 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A married phone counselor finds herself the blackmail victim of a mysterious caller who takes her through an odyssey of sexual exploration. When her husband becomes the stalker's target as well, things take a bizarre turn.

Drama / Mystery / Psychological thriller / Erotic / Foreign

Vital Blu-ray Movie  

ヴィタール

Arrow | 2004 | 86 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

After a tragic car accident where his girlfriend Ryôko Ooyama died, Hiroshi Takagi suffers amnesia with his memories completely blanked. When he sees a book about dissection, he decides to join the medical school with the support of his parents. In the dissection class, his group participates of the autopsy of a young woman, and while cutting apart the tissue, he partially recalls his accident. Later, when he sees a tattoo in the arm of the corpse, he discloses that she was his girlfriend and becomes obsessed to go further in the examination of the body.

Drama / Thriller / Foreign

Haze Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 2005 | 49 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A man awakes to find himself trapped in a dirty, confined crawlspace. He barely has enough room to move. He also has no memory of why he's there, or why he’s bleeding from a stomach wound. Apparently drugged, he occasionally 'zones out' of his surroundings as he tries to edge towards his way to freedom. But the more he explores, the more pain he has to endure, and the more frightening his predicament becomes.

Horror / Mystery / Foreign

Kotoko Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 2011 | 91 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

The story of a single mother who suffers from double vision; caring for her baby is a nerve-wrecking task that eventually leads her to a nervous breakdown...

Drama / Horror / Foreign

Killing Blu-ray Movie  

斬、

Arrow | 2018 | 80 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Set during the tumultuous mid-19th century Edo period of Japan, Killing is the story of a masterless samurai or ronin named Ikematsu Sosuke. As the prevalent peace and tranquility are sure to be replaced by war and conflict across the land the swordsman feels restlessness creep upon him.

Drama / Foreign / Period

Sydney White Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2007 | 108 min | Rated PG-13 | May 19, 2020 | Martin Liebman

A modern retelling of Snow White set against students in their freshman year of college in the greek system.

Comedy / Romance

Dead Silence Blu-ray Movie  

Unrated

Universal Studios | 2007 | 91 min | Unrated | Aug 11, 2015 | Martin Liebman

Dare to unlock the deadly curse of Mary Shaw...From the writers and director of Saw comes a new thriller of relentless terror! Ever since Mary Shaw was hunted down and killed, the small town of Ravens Fair has been haunted by horrific deaths. When a local's wife is brutally murdered, he returns home to unravel the terrifying legend of Mary Shaw and the reason why when you see her, you should never, ever scream.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller

King of Creation Blu-ray Movie  

R Squared Films | 2014 | 40 min | Not rated | Mar 17, 2014 | Martin Liebman

Every day, God reveals himself to human beings through two extraordinary revelations: the Bible and the things he has made. This 40-minute Blu-ray presents eight unique journeys to some of the most beautiful locations on earth-for spectacular encounters with the splendor of the Creator's power and the brilliance of his inspired Word. Photographed in high definition, King of Creation is a tapestry rich with breathtaking views of our planet and universe, beloved passages of Scripture, and timeless hymns of the Christian faith, all seamlessly woven into a unique and deeply touching message of encouragement and hope. King of Creation can be enjoyed as both an extended time of worship, and as shorter individual segments. It is ideal for personal devotions, home Bible studies, churches, hospitals, convalescent and retreat centers, and countless other settings. This is a Blu-ray you'll watch again and again. And with each viewing, you will sense the reality of the living God in refreshing new ways. From the producers of The Privileged Planet, The Case for a Creator, and Flight: The Genius of Birds.

Family / Music