New Blu-ray Reviews

Tone-Deaf Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 88 min | Rated R | Oct 22, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A woman goes to the countryside to spend a quiet weekend after losing her job and having her last complicated relationship implode. She rents a country house to an old-fashioned widower, who struggles to hide his pyschopatic tendencies.

Comedy / Horror / Thriller

The Man Between Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1953 | 103 min | Not rated | Nov 05, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Englishwoman Susanne Mallinson visits postwar Berlin as the guest of her brother, Major Martin Mallinson, and his wife Bettina, whom he met during his initial stay in Berlin as a British Army doctor. Their union seems content, but Susanne soon notices Bettina has a closely guarded secret, one she is hiding both from her and from Martin. The secret involves a suave former German soldier who was wrongly presumed dead after 1944.

Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller

D-Day: Normandy 1944 4K Blu-ray Movie  

75th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Shout Factory | 2014 | 43 min | Rated G | May 05, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through August 1944, this region became the most important location in the world. Blending multiple cinematographic techniques, D-Day 3D: Normandy 1944 brings this monumental event to the world’s largest screens for the first time. Narrated by Tom Brokaw, D-Day 3D: Normandy 1944 pays tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom… A duty of memory, a duty of gratitude.

Documentary / History / War

Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2020 | 80 min | Rated R | Apr 28, 2020 | Randy Miller III

After the vicious slaughter of his family by stone-cold mercenary Sub-Zero, Hanzo Hasashi is exiled to the torturous Netherrealm. There, in exchange for his servitude to the sinister Quan Chi, he’s given a chance to avenge his family – and is resurrected as Scorpion, a lost soul bent on revenge. Back on Earthrealm, Lord Raiden gathers a team of elite warriors – Shaolin monk Liu Kang, Special Forces officer Sonya Blade and action star Johnny Cage – an unlikely band of heroes with one chance to save humanity. To do this, they must defeat Shang Tsung’s horde of Outworld gladiators and reign over the Mortal Kombat tournament. Prepare to witness all of the bone-crushing action in this riveting Mortal Kombat Legends animated feature!

Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Martial arts

Maniac 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Blue Underground | 1980 | 87 min | Not rated | May 26, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A deeply disturbed man, prowls the seedy streets of New York City to stalk and slaughter innocent young women.

Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Psychological thriller

Hang 'Em High Blu-ray Movie  

50th Anniversary Edition | Shout Select #57

Shout Factory | 1968 | 114 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 11, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson

A band of vigilantes catch Jed Cooper and, incorrectly believing him guilty of cattle rustling and murder, hang him and leave him for dead. But he doesn't die. He returns to his former profession of lawman to hunt down his lynchers and bring them to justice.

Western

Dolly Dearest Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Vinegar Syndrome | 1991 | 94 min | Rated R | May 26, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

An American family moves to Mexico to fabricate dolls, but their toy factory happens to be next to a Sanzian grave and the toys come into possession of an old, malicious spirit.

Horror / Thriller

Pale Blood Blu-ray Movie  

Standard Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

Vinegar Syndrome | 1990 | 94 min | Rated R | May 26, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

Michael Fury is a vampire. But contrary to myth and legend, he does not stalk innocent victims to drain them of blood - and life - rather he only drinks what he needs to survive. But when a vicious, and very human, killer begins murdering young women in Los Angeles by biting them and draining their blood, sparking fears that a vampire is prowling the city, Michael realizes that it will be up to him to unmask the fiend behind these deaths to save the good name of his vampire brethren.

Horror / Supernatural

Where's My Roy Cohn? Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2019 | 97 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 17, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump. This thriller-like exposé connects the dots, revealing how a deeply troubled master manipulator shaped our current American nightmare.

Documentary / History

Someone Behind the Door Blu-ray Movie  

Quelqu'un derrière la porte

Kino Lorber | 1971 | 97 min | Not rated | Nov 19, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and conditions him to believe that the cheating wife is his own and to take the "appropriate" action.

Crime / Drama / Psychological thriller / Foreign

Top Gun Blu-ray Movie  

Remastered / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 1986 | 109 min | Rated PG | May 19, 2020 | Martin Liebman

The Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School is where the best of the best train to refine their elite flying skills. When hotshot fighter pilot Maverick is sent to the school, his reckless attitude and cocky demeanor put him at odds with the other pilots, especially the cool and collected Iceman. But Maverick isn't only competing to be the top fighter pilot, he's also fighting for the attention of his beautiful flight instructor.

Action / Drama / Romance

The Curse of the Werewolf Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition

Shout Factory | 1961 | 93 min | Not rated | Apr 21, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

In Spain, Leon is born on Christmas day to a mute servant girl who was raped by a beggar. His mother dies giving birth and he is looked after by Don Alfredo and his housekeeper Teresa. As a child, Leon becomes a werewolf after having been taken hunting. As a young man, he works in a wine cellar and falls in love with the owner's daughter Cristina. One full moon, he transforms again and terrorizes the town...

Drama / Horror / Thriller

Guns Akimbo Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 98 min | Rated R | Apr 28, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Miles is a video game developer who inadvertently becomes the next participant in a real-life death match that streams online. While Miles soon excels at running away from everything, that won't help him outlast Nix, a killer at the top of her game.

Action / Comedy

Top Gun 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 1986 | 109 min | Rated PG | May 19, 2020 | Martin Liebman

The Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School is where the best of the best train to refine their elite flying skills. When hotshot fighter pilot Maverick is sent to the school, his reckless attitude and cocky demeanor put him at odds with the other pilots, especially the cool and collected Iceman. But Maverick isn't only competing to be the top fighter pilot, he's also fighting for the attention of his beautiful flight instructor.

Action / Drama / Romance

Wildlife Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 2018 | 105 min | Rated PG-13 | May 26, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

14-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry—a housewife and a golf pro—in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled forest fire rages close to the Canadian border, and when Jerry loses his job—and his sense of purpose—he decides to join the cause of fighting the fire, leaving his wife and son to fend for themselves. Suddenly forced into the role of an adult, Joe witnesses his mother's struggle as she tries to keep her head above water.

Drama

I Still Believe Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2020 | 116 min | Rated PG | May 05, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope.

Drama / Music / Romance

The Mystery of the Wax Museum Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1933 | 77 min | Not rated | May 12, 2020 | Randy Miller III

In London, a sculptor of wax figures for a museum is horrified when his employer proposes setting fire to the unpopular museum in order to collect the insurance money. As the wax figures melt amid the blaze, the two men have a fight. After knocking out the sculptor, the owner leaves him to "perish" among the flames. Thirteen years later, the sculptor resurfaces in New York City for the launch of his own wax museum. The opening coincides with the sudden disappearance of some dead bodies from the city morgue. A determined reporter begins to suspect the deranged museum owner of stealing the corpses and using them for the wax figures in his exhibits...

Horror / Mystery / Thriller

Sleepless Blu-ray Movie  

Non ho sonno | Limited Edition Slipcover | SOLD OUT

Scorpion Releasing | 2001 | 117 min | Not rated | Mar 16, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer who has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign

The Song of Names Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2019 | 113 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 24, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

Tim Roth and Clive Owen star in an emotional detective story spread over two continents and a half century. Beneath the film's stunning and pulsing musical revelations burn the horror of a war and the lost souls extinguished from history.

Drama

Ao-chan Can't Study!: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2019 | 180 min | Rated TV-MA | Apr 14, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Anime / Comedy / Romance / Comic book / Foreign