New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- June 30, 2020
Depeche Mode: Spirits in the Forest Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + CD
Columbia | 2018 | 83 min | Not rated | Jun 26, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
This documentary film, directed by Anton Corbijn, takes a deeper look into how their music and shows have been woven into the fabric of six fans’ lives. Also included is a live performance BluRay & 2x CDs. Filmed on location at the Waldbühne in Berlin, Germany on July 23rd and 25th, 2018
Documentary / Music
Africa Screams Blu-ray Movie
Special Limited Edition of 2,500 Units
ClassicFlix | 1949 | 79 min | Not rated | Oct 27, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Abbott and Costello pass themselves off as safari hunters and unwittingly get caught up in a web of diamond thieves.
Adventure / Comedy
- June 29, 2020
The Chicken Chronicles Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1977 | 95 min | Rated PG | May 26, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
David is a high school student who will go to any lengths to impress a pretty cheerleader and lose his virginity, while attempting to juggle his job at a chicken joint and trying not to get thrown out of Beverly Hills High School - a fate that could get him sent to Vietnam.
Comedy
INXS: Live Baby Live Blu-ray Movie
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 1991 | 98 min | Not rated | Jun 26, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
INXS, one of the world's most revered and iconic bands, delivered the gig of their lives at London’s Wembley Stadium on Saturday, 13th July 1991 to 74,000 ecstatic fans. After a decade and a half on the road, the band were at the peak of their live powers. The performance filmed that day shows that they were not only a world-class stadium band, but the only band that ever had the guts to walk onto the stage at Wembley in front of 74,000 people and jam their own intro.
Documentary / Music
Anne Frank Remembered Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 1995 | 123 min | Rated PG | Jun 09, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Oscar-winning account of the real girl behind the famous diary, including vintage newsreels, photographs, a rare home movie and emotional interviews with Anne's family, friends and protector Miep Gies.
Documentary / War
- June 28, 2020
Murder by Decree Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1979 | 124 min | Rated PG | Jun 23, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have its roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons. Holmes races to save the life of Annie Crook who has been forcibly incarcerated in an insane asylum and that of her friend Mary Kelly, in whom she has entrusted her secret.
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Period
Laurel & Hardy - The Definitive Restorations Volume 1 Blu-ray Movie
Kit Parker Films | 1927-1943 | 21 Movies, 23 Cuts | 511 min | Not rated | Jun 30, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
STAN AND OLLIE LOOK AND SOUND BETTER THAN EVER! New 2K and 4K digital restorations from original 35mm nitrate, Laurel and Hardy's classic comedies are here in the best quality since their first release! Two features and 17 shorts, including the legendary pie-fight silent film "The Battle of the Century," making its video debut and nearly complete for the first time in over 90 years!
Comedy / Family / Short / Western
Sons of the Desert Blu-ray Movie
Kit Parker Films | 1933 | 65 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Laurel and Hardy feature-length film in which Stan and Ollie trick their wives into thinking that they are taking a medicinal cruise while they're actually going to a convention, the wives find out the truth the hard way.
Comedy
The Battle of the Century Blu-ray Movie
Kit Parker Films | 1927 | 27 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A scheming fight manager attempts to collect insurance on his puny fighter by causing an accident. Things don't go according to plan, and the situation escalates into a pie-throwing battle of epic proportions.
Comedy / Short
Way Out West Blu-ray Movie
Kit Parker Films | 1937 | 65 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Stan and Ollie are charged with delivering the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. However they reckon without the machinations of her evil guardian Mickey Finn who is determined to have the gold mine for himself and his saloon singer wife Lola.
Comedy / Western
Yellowstone: Season 2 Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2019 | 469 min | Not rated | Nov 05, 2019 | Martin Liebman
John Dutton (Kevin Costner) and his family deal with numerous issues involved with owning the largest ranch in the US including politicians, land/oil developers, a Native American reservation, and its neighbor, Yellowstone Park.
Drama / Western
Pitch Black Blu-ray Movie
The Chronicles of Riddick | Limited Edition | Unrated / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2000 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 112 min | Unrated | Jun 25, 2013 | Martin Liebman
In the not-too-distant future, a docking pilot makes a forced crash-landing of her spacecraft on a distant planet. As the survivors explore the uncomfortably hot planet, they must band together. The planet is eerie, arid, and lifeless. But as the sun sets and the planet plunges into total darkness, other inhabitants emerge -- including a fiendish murderer with a nose for blood.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
- June 27, 2020
A Man, a Woman and a Bank Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1979 | 100 min | Rated PG | May 26, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A small-time con artist and his computer expert best friend concoct an ingenious plot for the perfect bank robbery. But the ultimate heist takes some very unexpected turns in this surprising crime comedy.
Crime / Drama
The Hills Run Red Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2009 | 81 min | Rated R | Jun 16, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
You heard the story. The one about the goriest, bloodiest splatter fest ever, the one made in the '80s but mysteriously lost. Flash forward to now: Young fright fans search for the secret location where the movie was shot, hoping to find the film. what they find is that the mysterious slasher flick is more than a movie. It's real. And they're its newest stars. The Hills Run Red with a whole new level of horror as the terrified cinephiles confront a demented killer who wears a nightmarish babydoll mask. Wait, Babyface is just a character from the movie, right?. Wrong. He's alive. He's waiting. And he's thrilled to meet fans who will die-slowly, gruesomely, shockingly- for his art. Roll camera!
Horror / Thriller
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1976 | 105 min | Rated R | Jun 16, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
A love story of a British widow and an American seaman is complicated by her 13-year-old son.
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
Trolls World Tour Blu-ray Movie
Dance Party Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2020 | 91 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
White Crane Chronicles Blu-ray Movie
Kung Fu Killer Part I & II / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2008 | 182 min | Not rated | Jun 09, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A Caucasian monk in Shanghai infiltrates the underworld to find the killers of his spiritual female Grandmaster.
Action
- June 26, 2020
We Summon the Darkness Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 91 min | Rated R | Jun 09, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The killing spree of murderous Satanists has already led to 18 deaths throughout America's Heartland. Three best friends Alexis, Val, and Beverly embark on a road trip to a heavy metal music festival. Naive, they bond with three seemingly fun-loving dudes and soon the group heads off to Alexis' country home, a very secluded place, for an afterparty. What should be a night of fun and youthful debauchery may instead take a dark, deadly turn. With killers on the loose, can anyone be trusted?
Horror / Thriller
- June 25, 2020
Enter the Dragon Blu-ray Movie
龍爭虎鬥 / Theatrical Version
Criterion | 1973 | 99 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A martial-arts expert is determined to help capture the narcotics dealer whose gang was responsible for the death of his sister.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Martial arts
Fear the Walking Dead: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 716 min | Rated TV-MA | May 19, 2020 | Martin Liebman
What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.
Drama / Horror / Supernatural / Melodrama