New Blu-ray Reviews

The Peace Killers Blu-ray Movie  

Scorpion Releasing | 1971 | 86 min | Rated R | Nov 08, 2022 | Brian Orndorf

Bikers kidnap a young woman and disrupt a peaceful way of life in a quiet commune.

Action / Crime / Drama

Pet Sematary Two Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition

Shout Factory | 1992 | 100 min | Rated R | Feb 25, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

The "sematary" is up to its old zombie-raising tricks again. This time, the protagonists are Jeff Matthews, whose mother died in a Hollywood stage accident, and Drew Gilbert, a boy coping with an abusive stepfather

Horror / Thriller

Mon Mon Mon Monsters! Blu-ray Movie  

Guai guai guai guaiwu!

RLJ Entertainment | 2017 | 112 min | Not rated | Feb 04, 2020 | Randy Miller III

A bullied boy and his tormentors discover a creature while doing school-mandated community service. Claiming her for their own, the group of kids keep the creature captive, revealing the monster within themselves as her ferocious sister scours the city in search of her missing sibling.

Horror / Dark humor / Foreign

The Point Blu-ray Movie  

50th Anniversary Ultimate Edition | MVD Rewind Collection

MVD Visual | 1971 | 74 min | Not rated | Feb 18, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The creatures who live in the Land of Point all have pointy features, except Oblio, whose circular head is unusual. Singled out because of his appearance, Oblio is exiled to the Pointless Forest. In the process, he learns that it doesn't matter what you look like -- it's who you are on the inside that counts.

Adventure / Animation / Family

Return to Paradise Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1998 | 2 Movies | 111 min | Rated R | Jan 14, 2020 | Dr. Stephen Larson

Two friends must choose whether to help a third friend who was arrested in Malaysia for drug possession.

Drama

Paranoia Blu-ray Movie    

A Quiet Place to Kill / The Italian Collection #56

88 Films | 1970 | 94 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jan 27, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A race-car driver whose life, both personal and professional, is in a rapid downfall is invited by her ex-husband's new wife to stay at their plush estate. The two women form a bond, and it's not long before their mutual dislike for the husband culminates into a plan to kill him. As it turns out, though, they're not alone in plotting murder.

Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign

Manon Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow Academy

Arrow | 1949 | 100 min | Not rated | Feb 25, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An adaptation of Abbe Prevost's classic French novel 'Manon Lescaut', updated to post-World War II France, in which a former French Resistance activist rescues Manon from villagers who want to lynch her for collaborating with the Nazis. They move to Paris, but their relationship quickly turns stormy after they get involved in profiteering, prostitution and murder...

Crime / Drama / Foreign

Until the End of the World Blu-ray Movie  

Bis ans Ende der Welt | Director's Cut

Criterion | 1991 | 288 min | Not rated | Dec 10, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Claire, a young Frenchwoman who comes into contact with a large sum of money stolen during a bank heist; in her travels she picks up a mysterious American hitchhiker, who himself steals some of the money before parting from her company.

Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi

Diabolically Yours Blu-ray Movie  

Diaboliquement vôtre

Kino Lorber | 1967 | 93 min | Not rated | Nov 19, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A wealthy amnesiac begins to suspect that his devoted wife is not really his wife, and that he may not be the man people keep telling him he is.

Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign

A Thousand and One Erotic Nights 1 & 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Standard Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

Vinegar Syndrome | 1982-1988 | 2 Movies | 168 min | Rated X | Jan 28, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

A sheik's concubine, who has displeased him and has been ordered by him to be executed, strikes a deal with him: her execution will be postponed as long as she will relate one erotic tale to him each night.

Comedy / Fantasy / Erotic

The Nightingale Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2018 | 136 min | Rated R | Feb 04, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

Set in 1825 in the British penal colony of Van Diemen's Land (now the Australian state of Tasmania), the film follows a young convict woman seeking revenge on a soldier who murdered her family.

Adventure / Drama / Thriller / Period

The League of Gentlemen Blu-ray Movie    

Network | 1960 | 113 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jan 13, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced collegues to perform a bank robbery with military precision.

Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Heist

Dad / I'm Not Rappaport Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1989-1996 | 2 Movies | 252 min | Rated PG | Jan 14, 2020 | Martin Liebman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Comedy / Drama

Dad Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1989 | 117 min | Rated PG | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

A busy, "always-on-the-run" executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. In the process, he teaches his father to be more independent which causes problems with the man's wife. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.

Comedy / Drama

I'm Not Rappaport Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1996 | 136 min | Rated PG-13 | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

Two lively old-timers take on the modern world and its threats, which include forced retirement and senior citizens homes in this hilarious and charming story.

Comedy

Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1 Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1942-1957 | 138 min | Not rated | Feb 18, 2020 | Randy Miller III

There were several masters of animation during Hollywood's golden era. Of the top two geniuses, one created elaborate fairy tales and ornate feature-length fantasias -- the other guy was Tex Avery. He just wanted to make you laugh. After helping develop Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny for Warner Bros., Avery moved to MGM in 1941 to create a set of comedy masterpieces that defined a new slapstick style for animation.

Animation / Comedy / Short / Dark humor

Deadly Manor Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1989 | 96 min | Not rated | Feb 18, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A group of teenagers take refuge in an old, deserted mansion. Soon the members of the group start turning up dead, and the teenagers realize that they're not alone in the mansion.

Horror

The House That Jack Built Blu-ray Movie  

Director's Cut

Shout Factory | 2018 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 153 min | Not rated | Feb 04, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

USA in the 1970s. We follow the highly intelligent Jack over a span of 12 years and are introduced to the murders that define Jack's development as a serial killer. We experience the story from Jack's point of view, while he postulates each murder is an artwork in itself. As the inevitable police intervention is drawing nearer, he is taking greater and greater risks in his attempt to create the ultimate artwork. Along the way we experience Jack's descriptions of his personal condition, problems and thoughts through a recurring conversation with the unknown Verge - a grotesque mixture of sophistry mixed with an almost childlike self-pity and psychopathic explanations. The House That Jack Built is a dark and sinister story, yet presented through a philosophical and occasional humorous tale.

Crime / Drama / Horror / Psychological thriller / Period

Boyz n the Hood 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 1991 | 112 min | Rated R | Feb 04, 2020 | Martin Liebman

A tale of three friends growing up together 'in the 'hood.' Half-brothers Doughboy and Ricky Baker are foils for each other's personality, presenting very different approaches to the tough lives they face. Ricky is the 'All-American' athlete, looking to win a football scholarship to USC and seeks salvation through sports, while 'Dough' succumbs to the violence, alcohol, and crime surrounding him in his environment, but maintains a strong sense of pride and code of honor. Between these two is their friend Tre, who is lucky to have a father, 'Furious' Styles, to teach him to have the strength of character to do what is right and to always take responsibility for his actions.

Crime / Drama / Coming of age

Boyz n the Hood 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 1991 | 112 min | Rated R | Feb 04, 2020 | Martin Liebman

A tale of three friends growing up together 'in the 'hood.' Half-brothers Doughboy and Ricky Baker are foils for each other's personality, presenting very different approaches to the tough lives they face. Ricky is the 'All-American' athlete, looking to win a football scholarship to USC and seeks salvation through sports, while 'Dough' succumbs to the violence, alcohol, and crime surrounding him in his environment, but maintains a strong sense of pride and code of honor. Between these two is their friend Tre, who is lucky to have a father, 'Furious' Styles, to teach him to have the strength of character to do what is right and to always take responsibility for his actions.

Crime / Drama / Coming of age