New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- March 28, 2020
Unintended Blu-ray Movie
Special Edition
FilmRise | 2018 | 92 min | Not rated | Apr 14, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A young woman repressed the memory of having killed someone when she was twelve years old. Thirteen years later, that memory comes back.
Drama
- March 27, 2020
2020 CFP National Championship Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Team Marketing | 2020 | 158 min | Not rated | Mar 10, 2020 | Martin Liebman
The 2020 CFP National Championship Game includes the commercial-free game broadcast as well as the trophy presentation. It is a great addition to any fan's collection!
Sport
Count Dracula Blu-ray Movie
Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht / + Cuadecuc, Vampir
Severin Films | 1970-1971 | 2 Movies | 164 min | Not rated | Dec 15, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Infamous Spanish horror director Jesus Franco created this surprisingly low key and faithful adaptation of the Bram Stoker novel. Christopher Lee, who played the same role in Britain's Hammer Films, does a first rate job as the undead Transylvanian count with a thirst for blood. Frederick Williams is Harker, the young lawyer who travels to the count's castle and winds up a prisoner, while Dracula goes off of to London to seduce his wife, Mina (Maria Rohm). Soledad Miranda plays Lucy, Dracula's first victim, and Klaus Kinski is an unusually underplayed Renfield...
Documentary / Horror
1917 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2019 | 119 min | Rated R | Mar 24, 2020 | Martin Liebman
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake, are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers, with Blake’s own brother among them.
Drama / History / Thriller / War
The Cranes Are Flying Blu-ray Movie
Летят журавли / Letyat zhuravli
Criterion | 1957 | 96 min | Not rated | Mar 24, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Veronica and Boris are blissfully in love until World War II tears them apart. With Boris at the front, Veronica must try to ward off spiritual numbness and defend herself from the increasingly forceful advances of her beau's draft-dodging cousin.
Drama / Romance / War / Foreign
- March 26, 2020
Black Christmas Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2019 | 92 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 17, 2020 | Martin Liebman
A group of students are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. A remake of the 1974 horror film 'Black Christmas'.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Holiday
Cameraperson Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 2016 | 103 min | Not rated | Feb 07, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Cinematographer Kirsten Johnson exposes her many years behind the camera through a memoir made up of decades of footage shot all over the world.
Documentary
Future World Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2018 | 90 min | Rated R | Jul 10, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.
Sci-Fi
- March 25, 2020
Standing Up, Falling Down Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2019 | 91 min | Not rated | Mar 31, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
A comedy about the unlikely friendship that kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A., forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island with his tail between his legs, and a tragically flawed, but charming and charismatic, alcoholic dermatologist. Discovering to be kindred spirits, each helps the other find healing, in addition to the confidence to face the "failures" in their lives.
Comedy / Drama
Bug Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1975 | 100 min | Rated PG | Mar 10, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
Legendary horror writer-producer-director William Castle presents a creeping, crawling film nightmare that will have you screaming and squirming with fright! A massive earth tremor opens a deep crevasse in the California desert, releasing a bizarre, fiery, deadly breed of foot-long cockroaches. With their numbers multiplying and the death toll mounting, obsessive entomologist Bradford Dillman desperately seeks a way to eliminate the seemingly indestructible critters before they spread clear across the country... and beyond!
Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Whisky Galore! / The Maggie Blu-ray Movie
Two Films by Alexander Mackendrick
Film Movement | 1949-1954 | 2 Movies | 175 min | Not rated | Mar 10, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Comedy
Whisky Galore! Blu-ray Movie
Film Movement | 1949 | 82 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year.
Comedy
The Maggie Blu-ray Movie
High and Dry
Film Movement | 1954 | 92 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Ealing Studios comedy set in the Scottish isles. Hollywood's Paul Douglas plays Marshall, an American businessman who becomes involved with The Maggie, a rundown old shipping vessel captained by the taciturn skipper (Alex Mackenzie), when he is trying to find a way to convey his luggage to a remote island. It doesn't take Marshall long to realise that the skipper and his crew have pulled a fast one on him - but what can he do to stop them?
Comedy
Seven Worlds, One Planet 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
BBC | 2019 | 348 min | Not rated | Mar 10, 2020 | Randy Miller III
Millions of years ago incredible forces ripped apart the Earth's crust creating our seven continents - each with its own distinct climate, its own distinct terrain and its own unique animal life. From the colourful paradise of South America to the scorching heat of Africa, Seven Worlds: One Planet showcases the true character of each continent in turn and reveals just how it has shaped all life there. Be surprised by unexpected stories. Marvel at iconic landscapes. And be awestruck by spectacular wildlife. Seven Worlds: One Planet is an eye-opening journey around a world you thought you knew.
Documentary / Nature
- March 24, 2020
Lubitsch in Berlin 1918-1921 Blu-ray Movie
Ich möchte kein Mann sein / Die Puppe / Die Austernprinzessin / Sumurun / Anna Boleyn / Die Bergkatze | Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1918-1921 | 6 Movies | 580 min | Not rated | Sep 18, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Foreign
Ich möchte kein Mann sein Blu-ray Movie
I Don't Want to Be a Man / Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1918 | 45 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A teenaged tomboy, tired of being bossed around by her strict guardian, impersonates a man so she can have more fun, but discovers that being the opposite sex isn't as easy as she had hoped.
Comedy / Romance / Foreign
Die Puppe Blu-ray Movie
The Doll / Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1919 | 65 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Misadventures of an effete young man who must get married in order to inherit a fortune. He opts to purchase a remarkably lifelike doll and marry it instead, not realizing that the doll is actually the puppet-makers daughter.
Comedy / Fantasy / Foreign
Die Austernprinzessin Blu-ray Movie
The Oyster Princess / Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1919 | 58 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
An American heiress seeks the hand of an impoverished German prince.
Comedy / Foreign
Sumurun Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1920 | 103 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Adventure / Drama / Romance / Foreign
Anna Boleyn Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1920 | 118 min | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.
Drama / Foreign