New Blu-ray Reviews

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2019 | 161 min | Rated R | Dec 10, 2019 | Martin Liebman

A story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood. The two lead characters are Rick Dalton, former star of a western TV series, and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth. Both are struggling to make it in a Hollywood they don’t recognize anymore. But Rick has a new next-door neighbor, who may be a rising star…Sharon Tate.

Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Dark humor / Period

First Love Blu-ray Movie  

初恋 / Hatsukoi / Blu-ray + DVD

Well Go USA | 2019 | 108 min | Not rated | Feb 11, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo.

Action / Crime / Romance / Foreign

Last Christmas Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2019 | 102 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 04, 2020 | Martin Liebman

Kate is a young woman subscribed to bad decisions. Her last date with disaster? That of having accepted to work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, she meets Tom there. Her life takes a new turn. For Kate, it seems too good to be true.

Comedy / Romance / Holiday

Father Hood Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1993 | 95 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 08, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Deadbeat dad kidnaps his kids from the bus to an abusive foster home and they go on a run. The cops are after them, they bicker constantly and his idea of a way out is grim, yet this dangerous ride might just turn them into a family.

Adventure / Comedy / Drama

Reservation Road Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 2007 | 2 Movies | 102 min | Rated R | Jan 14, 2020 | Dr. Stephen Larson

On a warm September evening, Ethan Learner, his wife Grace, and their daughter Emma are attending a recital. Their 10-year-old son Josh is playing cello. On the way home, they all stop at a gas station on Reservation Road. There, in one terrible instant, Josh is taken from them forever. That same evening, Dwight Arno and his 11-year-old son Lucas are attending a baseball game. Dwight cherishes his time spent with Lucas. Driving his son back to his ex-wife, Dwight heads toward his fateful encounter at Reservation Road. The accident happens so fast that Lucas is all but unaware, whereas Ethan--the only witness--is all too aware when a panicked Dwight speeds away. The police are called, and an investigation begins. Haunted by the tragedy, both fathers react in unexpected ways. As a reckoning looms, the two fathers are forced to make the hardest choices of their lives.

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Hot Dog... The Movie Blu-ray Movie  

Unrated Producer's Cut

Synapse Films | 1984 | 98 min | Unrated | Feb 25, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

A hopeful young American hot-dogger goes pole-to-pole with an arrogant Austrian pro on the slopes as the pro's ex-girlfriend sets her eyes on the new blood.

Comedy / Romance / Sport

The Slumber Party Massacre Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition

Shout Factory | 1982 | 76 min | Rated R | Jan 28, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

An eighteen-year-old high school girl is left at home by her parents and she decides to have a slumber party. There is friction between some of the invited guests and the new girl, who is better at basketball than they, so the new girl decides to stay at home (which is conveniently across the street from the host's house). Meanwhile, a murderer of five people with a propensity for power tools has escaped and is at large, and eventually makes his way to the party, where the guests begin experiencing an attrition problem, with only the new girl to help them

Horror / Thriller

A Raisin in the Sun Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1961 | 128 min | Not rated | Sep 25, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.

Drama

Behind the Door Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Flicker Alley | 1919 | 71 min | Not rated | Apr 04, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A German-American naval officer takes revenge against the German submarine commander who brutalized his wife.

Drama / War

Two on a Guillotine Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1965 | 107 min | Not rated | Jan 28, 2020 | Randy Miller III

After the disappearance of her mother Melinda and untimely death of her father, a famous stage magician nicknamed "Duke", Cassie Duquesne is granted a sizeable inheritance under one condition: she must spend seven nights in his spooky mansion. With a fearless young reporter at her side, Cassie braves terrors that could be the work of evil spirits. Or are they illusions dreamed up by Cassie's dear, demented dad?

Horror / Mystery

Holiday Blu-ray Movie    

Limited Edition

Anti-Worlds | 2018 | 93 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Feb 24, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A love triangle featuring the trophy girlfriend of a petty drug lord, caught up in a web of luxury and violence in a modern dark gangster tale set in the beautiful port city of Bodrum on the Turkish Riviera.

Crime / Drama / Foreign

Bell, Book and Candle Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 1958 | 103 min | Not rated | Jan 28, 2020 | Martin Liebman

After teaming memorably in Alfred Hitchcock's haunting Vertigo, James Stewart and Kim Novak are together again in the whimsical Bell Book and Candle (1958), a spellbinding romantic comedy directed by Richard Quine and based on John Van Druten’s Broadway hit. Stewart plays a New York publisher entranced by a mysteriously bewitching young woman (Novak); mesmerizing supporting performances by the likes of Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Hermione Gingold, Elsa Lanchester, and Janice Rule lend quirky comic charm to the proceedings. Cinematographer James Wong Howe gives us a glamorous vision of Manhattan, enhanced by George Duning’s sophisticated score (available here as an isolated track).

Comedy / Fantasy / Romance

The Oscar Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1966 | 121 min | Not rated | Feb 04, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the way to the top remembers when he is nominated for an Oscar and he runs a dirty campaign in an attempt to win.

Drama / Melodrama

The Mindy Project: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 2012-2017 | 6 Seasons | 2614 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 21, 2020 | Martin Liebman

Dr. Mindy Lahiri is a talented obstetrician navigating the tricky waters of her chaotic personal life as she pursues her dreams of becoming the perfect woman, finding happiness and getting her perfect romantic comedy ending. Mindy shares a practice with three doctors, none of whom makes life any easier for her. There's Dr. Danny Castellano whose on-again-off-again romance with Mindy keeps the office staff on their toes, Dr. Jeremy Reed, the office's managing partner and resident punching bag, and Dr. Peter Prentice, a high-fiving former frat boy, who knows nothing about the opposite sex, but insists on doling out relationship advice to Mindy. Rounding out the ensemble is ex-con-turned-nurse Morgan Tookers, the gossipy Tamra and the grumpy Beverly.

Comedy

Lilith Blu-ray Movie    

Indicator Series | Limited Edition

Powerhouse Films | 1964 | 114 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Apr 22, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A veteran returns to his bleak Maryland hometown and takes a job as an occupational therapist at Poplar Lodge, a private mental institution for the wealthy, where he cares for and falls in love with the beautiful and enigmatic Lilith.

Drama

Kitten with a Whip Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 1964 | 83 min | Not rated | Jan 21, 2020 | Martin Liebman

Jody, a juvenile delinquent, escapes from reform school by stabbing a matron and attempting to burn down the building and then takes refuge in a house owned by an ambitious politician David Patton. Despite the hellcat's ample charms, the would-be officeholder wants nothing to do with her and tries to drive her away. She responds by shortly returning to his house accompanied by a gang of delinquent pals and taking him hostage. A sudden act of violence causes more trouble, leading Jody and her gang to hijack David and force him to drive a getaway car to Mexico.

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

American Outlaws Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2001 | 94 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 28, 2020 | Martin Liebman

When a corrupt baron forces homesteaders off their land to build a rail line, Jesse James and Cole Younger take the law into their own hands and embark on a spree of bank robberies and vandalism aimed at paralyzing the railroad. But they'll have to elude the pursuit of legendary detective Allan Pinkerton, who's been hired by the railroad to bring the boys to justice.

Action / Western

Wild America Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 1997 | 106 min | Rated PG | Jan 28, 2020 | Martin Liebman

Three brothers - Marshall, Marty and Mark dream of becoming naturalists and portraying animal life of America. One summer their dream comes true, they travel through America, filming alligators, bears and moose.

Adventure / Comedy / Family

Born of Fire Blu-ray Movie    

Indicator Series | Limited Edition

Powerhouse Films | 1987 | 84 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Sep 24, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Following the mysterious death of his beloved father, classical musician Paul Bergson (Peter Firth, Equus, Tess, TV’s Spooks) is haunted by visions and nightmares. With his lover (Suzan Crowley, The Devil Inside), he travels to remote Turkey on a quest to find The Master Musician, only to encounter a creature of unimaginable evil. Steeped in mysticism and music, and mixing the avant-garde with supernatural fantasy, stunning visuals and a terrific score by Colin Towns, Born of Fire is a bold and poetic horror film from one of international cinema’s great maverick talents.

Drama / Fantasy / Horror

Another Day of Life Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 2018 | 85 min | Not rated | Feb 18, 2020 | Brian Orndorf

A gripping story of a three-month-long journey that renowned Polish reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski took across Angola ravaged by a war in which the front lines shifted like a kaleidoscope from one day to the next.

Animation / Biography