New Blu-ray Reviews

Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain Blu-ray Movie    

蜀山: 新蜀山劍俠 / San suk saan gim hap | Eureka Classics

Eureka Entertainment | 1983 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 98 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Apr 20, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In the fifth century, constant civil war scars western China. To escape death, Ti, a young scout, jumps through a crevice in the Zu mountains where he gets entangled in a great battle against the Blood Demon, a supernatural entity seeking to wreak havoc upon the world.

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Martial arts / Foreign

Death Rides a Horse Blu-ray Movie  

Da uomo a uomo

Kino Lorber | 1967 | 115 min | Rated R | Nov 07, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

As a child, Bill witnesses the murder of his family by four robbers. Fifteen years later, he embarks on his revenge...

Action / Western / Foreign

Ned Kelly Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2003 | 110 min | Rated R | Mar 19, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson

An action-packed adventure and epic story of one man's struggle against corrupt lawmen to avenge his family's name. In the process, he becomes a wanted man and a legendary hero.

Action / Adventure / Biography / Crime / History / Western

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Blu-ray Movie    

Masters of Cinema

Eureka Entertainment | 1945 | 128 min | Rated BBFC: U | Jul 22, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

In the early 1900s, the Nolans, a poor Brooklyn tenement family, strive not only to survive, but also to improve their existence. The studious Francie worships her father, waiter and aspiring singer Johnny, despite his alcoholism and pie-in-the-sky pipe dreams. With her stony resolve, mother Katie holds the family together, including a flirtatious and impetuous aunt.

Drama / Period / Coming of age

Rachel and the Stranger Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1948 | 93 min | Not rated | Apr 21, 2020 | Randy Miller III

David Harvey is a widower with a young son, Davey. They live on an isolated Ohio farm during the pioneer days. He wants to raise his son as his wide would have wanted.

Western

Gloria Bell Blu-ray Movie    

Artificial Eye | 2018 | 102 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Aug 05, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

A free-spirited woman in her 50s seeks out love at L.A. dance clubs.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Ip Man 4: The Finale 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Yip Man 4 / 葉問4 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

Well Go USA | 2019 | 105 min | Not rated | Apr 21, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The Kung Fu master travels to the U.S. where his student has upset the local martial arts community by opening a Wing Chun school.

Action / Biography / Drama / History / Martial arts / Foreign

Bluebird Blu-ray Movie  

Cleopatra | 2019 | 90 min | Unrated | Jan 21, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Discover the origin stories of megastars like Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift while following emerging singer-songwriters as they chase their dreams inside The Bluebird Cafe, Nashville's accidental landmark that has altered the course of music history.

Documentary / History

Les Liaisons Dangereuses Blu-ray Movie  

Dangerous Liaisons

Kino Lorber | 1959 | 109 min | Not rated | Nov 12, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Juliette Merteuil and Valmont are a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement. Both have sexual affairs with others and share their experiences with one another. But there is one rule: never fall in love. But this time Valmont falls madly in love with a girl he meets at a ski resort, Marianne.

Drama / Romance / Foreign

Melody Blu-ray Movie    

S.W.A.L.K. / Vintage Classics

Studio Canal | 1971 | 106 min | Rated BBFC: PG | May 08, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Daniel and Ornshaw, two mischievous schoolboys attending a south London comprehensive, strike up a trusting friendship despite their vastly different social backgrounds. But when Daniel falls head over heels in love with fellow pupil Melody, Ornshaw resents being neglected. But not only is their friendship compromised, but the dull, grumpy adult world that surrounds them is about to be turned upside down when ten-year-olds Daniel and Melody announce their plans to get married.

Fantasy / Romance

The 12th Man Blu-ray Movie  

Den 12. mann

Shout Factory | 2017 | 136 min | Not rated | Oct 02, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson

They were 12 saboteurs. The Nazis killed 11 of them. This is the story of the one who got away...

Drama / History / War / Foreign

Nighthawks Blu-ray Movie  

Special Edition

FilmRise | 2019 | 91 min | Not rated | Feb 11, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Wide-eyed Midwest transplant Stan agrees to play wingman to his calculating and privileged roommate Chad as they embark upon an exploration of glittering New York nightlife, whose darkest secrets are held captive by an elite band of millennials known as Nighthawks.

Drama / Thriller

Destry Rides Again Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1939 | 94 min | Not rated | Apr 14, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The small town of Bottleneck is under the control of Kent, a power-hungry boss who gets control over the local cattle ranchers by winning a rigged game of cards. When the local sheriff questions the legitimacy of the game, Kent has him killed and names the town drunk, Dimsdale, as sheriff. What Kent doesn't know is that Dimsdale knows legendary lawman Tom Destry, who in turns sends his daring son Tom Destry Jr. to Bottleneck to save the day.

Comedy / Western

Cries of Pleasure Blu-ray Movie  

Gemidos de placer

Severin Films | 1983 | 86 min | Not rated | Feb 25, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A Man invites a Woman to his house to live with him, just before the arrival of his wife who is coming back from the insane asylum.

Thriller / Erotic / Foreign

They Might Be Giants Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1971 | 91 min | Rated G | Jun 11, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

They Might be Giants chronicles the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in modern-day New York City. The fact that Sherlock Holmes is a psychotic paranoid and Dr. Watson is a female psychiatrist fascinated by his case is almost beside the point. Dr. Watson follows Holmes across Manhattan and is, against her better judgment, drawn into the master detective's world of intrigue and danger. This is a sweet, goofy and fairly romantic film that asks the questions "Whose reality is right...and does it really matter?"

Comedy / Mystery / Romance

The Hellbenders Blu-ray Movie  

The Cruel Ones / I Crudeli

Kino Lorber | 1967 | 92 min | Not rated | Jan 07, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Following the Civil War, a Confederate colonel refuses to accept the South’s defeat and attempts to form an army to continue the war. Together with his sons, he steals a large war chest, which they then try to escort hidden in the coffin of an officer back to the South.

Action / Drama / Western / Foreign / Heist

Enigma Blu-ray Movie  

MVD Visual | 1982 | 102 min | Rated PG | Apr 09, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A CIA agent tries to infiltrate Soviet intelligence to stop a murderous diabolical plot.

Drama / Thriller

Paris Is Burning Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1990 | 77 min | Not rated | Feb 25, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing, and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.

Documentary

Salesman Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1968 | 91 min | Not rated | Mar 10, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

Four relentless door-to-door salesmen deal with constant rejection, homesickness, and inevitable burnout as they go across the country selling very expensive bibles to low-income Catholic families.

Documentary

Reflections in a Golden Eye Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1967 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 108 min | Not rated | Apr 21, 2020 | Randy Miller III

"An army post in peacetime is a dull place.” But beneath the smooth surface of military routine, a deadly tension mounts between the Pendertons: he a hidebound career officer wrestling with inner demons, she a caged lioness needful of love, whatever the source. Their off-kilter relationship plays out under the voyeuristic gaze of a soldier soon to become the focal point of tragedy.

Drama / Romance / Thriller