New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- January 23, 2020
Underwater! Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1955 | 99 min | Not rated | Jan 28, 2020 | Randy Miller III
Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure, however, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers.
Adventure / Drama
The War Lord Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1965 | 123 min | Not rated | Jan 21, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal villiage where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is making progress until he falls in love with one of the local women.
Drama / History
Dog Day Blu-ray Movie
Canicule
Kino Lorber | 1984 | 101 min | Not rated | Dec 03, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A fugitive on the run from the law, and carrying several million dollars, hides out in the home of a farm family. The tables turn when the family proves to be even more criminally oriented than he is--and begins to terrorize him instead of the other way around.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Foreign
- January 22, 2020
Tobruk Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1967 | 107 min | Not rated | Jan 21, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
September 1942 - With Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps on the march through Egypt, a British special forces unit, composed of German Jews who serve with the British despite the mutual resentment between both, kidnap a Canadian officer who is an expert topographer and who is held prisoner by the Vichy French in Algeria. The officer, Donald Craig, must negotiate a company of British and German-Jewish commandos through 800 miles of the Sahara to aide a pending amphibious landing against Tobruk's massive fuel storage base - a mission that sees one impediment after another, and which discovers an undetected German armored force ready to win the battle of Egypt.
Drama / War
Cloak and Dagger Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 1946 | 106 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jan 27, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
From legendary director Fritz Lang comes an engrossing spy thriller years ahead of its time. Gary Cooper is a US scientist, parachuted into war-torn Nazi Germany to obtain military secrets. But the deeper he probes, the deadlier his mission becomes...especially when his involvement with mysterious Lilli Palmer catapults him into an intense maelstrom of danger, betrayal and murder.
Adventure / Romance / Thriller / War
Zombieland: Double Tap Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2019 | 99 min | Rated R | Jan 21, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.
Action / Comedy / Horror
Zombieland: Double Tap 4K Blu-ray Movie
IMAX Enhanced / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2019 | 99 min | Rated R | Jan 21, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.
Action / Comedy / Horror
Zombieland: Double Tap 4K Blu-ray Movie
IMAX Enhanced / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2019 | 99 min | Rated R | Jan 21, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.
Action / Comedy / Horror
Hitler's Hollywood Blu-ray Movie
Includes From Caligari to Hitler / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 2017 | 2 Movies | 105 min | Rated Exempt | Nov 05, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Details the German propaganda machine in its films between 1933-45.
Documentary / History / Foreign
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Chronicle of the Loum Battlefield Blu-ray Movie
Part 2 / Episodes 5-6 / 機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN
Right Stuf | 2015-2018 | 168 min | Rated TV-14 | Jul 02, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
U.C. 0068 - Zeon Zum Deikun suddenly dies while giving his speech to declare the Autonomous Republic of Munzo's independence from the Earth Federation. As Munzo falls in turmoil while the House of Zabi rises to power, Deikun's children Casval and Artesia flee the colony to Earth. In the years to come, Casval and Artesia live in secret while the Principality of Zeon develops its military power before finally declaring war in January U.C. 0079.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Drama / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Chronicle of Char and Sayla Blu-ray Movie
Part 1 / Episodes 1-4 / 機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN
Right Stuf | 2015-2018 | 243 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 01, 2017 | Neil Lumbard
U.C. 0068 - Zeon Zum Deikun suddenly dies while giving his speech to declare the Autonomous Republic of Munzo's independence from the Earth Federation. As Munzo falls in turmoil while the House of Zabi rises to power, Deikun's children Casval and Artesia flee the colony to Earth. In the years to come, Casval and Artesia live in secret while the Principality of Zeon develops its military power before finally declaring war in January U.C. 0079.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Drama / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Passport to Pimlico Blu-ray Movie
Film Movement | 1949 | 84 min | Not rated | Dec 20, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
Residents of a part of London declare independence, when they discover an old treaty. This leads to the need for a 'Passport to Pimlico'.
Comedy
The Titfield Thunderbolt Blu-ray Movie
Film Movement | 1953 | 84 min | Not rated | Dec 20, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line, a group of local village residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. Unfortunately this puts them into direct competition with the local bus company.
Comedy
Long Day's Journey Into Night 3D Blu-ray Movie
地球最后的夜晚 / Di qiu zui hou de ye wan / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Kino Lorber | 2018 | 140 min | Not rated | Dec 17, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
Luo Hongwu returns to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled 12 years earlier. As memories of an enigmatic and beautiful woman resurface - a woman he loved and whom he has never been able to forget - Luo Hongwu begins his search for her. Past and present, reality and dream interweave in Bi Gan's stunningly beautiful and highly innovative film noir.
Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Foreign
Chained for Life Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 2018 | 91 min | Not rated | Jan 07, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
A beautiful actress struggles to connect with her disfigured co-star on the set of a European auteur's English-language debut.
Comedy / Drama
The Whisperers Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1967 | 106 min | Not rated | Jan 14, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
Dame Edith Evans won the Best Actress Award from the New York Film Critics Circle for her performance as a lonely old woman, alone in a slum apartment, whose "voices" tell her that she is plotted against. The "voices" are right - and no one will believe her.
Drama / Mystery
The Good Fairy Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1935 | 97 min | Not rated | Jan 14, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
When a brash movie theatre owner needs usherettes for his Budapest cinema, he recruits young Luisa Ginglebusher from a nearby orphanage. Encouraged by her kindly guardian to "spread your wings," Lu naively embarks on her quest to live the life of a fairy tale angel. Quickly encountering the debonair wolves that roam the sidewalks of Hungary, Lu randomly chooses a man to play the role of her husband: Dr. Max Sporum, a humble and idealistic lawyer. As Lu's simple ruse grows hopelessly complicated, the dreamy-eyed girl refuses to abandon the charade, determined to evade one suitor's wiley grasp, provide Max the prosperity he so deserves, and allow the opportunity for true love to enter her life.
Comedy / Romance
Gemini Man 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2019 | 117 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 14, 2020 | Martin Liebman
The story an older NSA agent who is trying to retire. He’s marked for death and learns that the man out to kill him is a younger cloned version of himself. Native 60fps (60Hz) movie with native 4K.
Action / Drama / Sci-Fi
- January 21, 2020
House by the River Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1950 | 88 min | Not rated | Jan 14, 2020 | Neil Lumbard
A deranged writer murders a maid after she resists his advances. The writer engages his brother's help in hiding the body, and then watches as the brother becomes the prime suspect.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2019 | 119 min | Rated PG | Jan 14, 2020 | Martin Liebman
The complex relationship of Maleficent and Aurora continues to be explored as they face new threats to the magical land of the Moors.
Adventure / Family / Fantasy