New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- January 18, 2020
Teorema Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1968 | 99 min | Not rated | Feb 18, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A mysterious stranger seduces the members of a wealthy Milanese family, precipitating an existential crisis in each of their lives.
Drama / Mystery / Foreign / Surreal
Le Petit Soldat Blu-ray Movie
The Little Soldier
Criterion | 1963 | 88 min | Not rated | Jan 21, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A controversial account of a French army deserter caught between rival political factions.
Drama / War / Foreign
Assignment Terror Blu-ray Movie
Los monstruos del terror
Scorpion Releasing | 1970 | 87 min | Not rated | Nov 26, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
Aliens from a dying world plot to conquer earth by praying on man's superstitions. Bringing two dead scientists (Michael Rennie and Karin Dor) back to life, they use their knowledge to re-animate various earth monsters, including the werewolf Waldemar Daninsky, Frankenstein's monster (both played by Jacinto Molina), the mummy Tao-Tet, and the vampire Count de Meirhoff.
Horror / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Very Bad Things Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1998 | 101 min | Rated R | Jan 28, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
Kyle and four friends are white suburbanites who set off for a debauched night in Las Vegas before Kyle gets married. But things go badly wrong when a prostitute is skewered on a coat hook as she entertains one of the pals, Michael. Yuppie Robert keeps his head, and goes so far as to murder a security guard who threatens to discover their little accident. The next step is to dismember and bury the bodies and then to return to LA and pretend nothing happened. Of course, guilt and nerves set in and outrageous steps are needed to keep a lid on things. But nothing -- absolutely nothing -- is going to stand between bride-to-be Laura and her trip down the aisle.
Crime / Thriller / Dark humor
- January 17, 2020
Buffet Froid Blu-ray Movie
Cold Cuts
Kino Lorber | 1979 | 95 min | Not rated | Nov 12, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Anarchic and hilarious thriller stars Gerard Depardieu as a death-obsessed drifter drawn into an absurd murder plot featuring a bureaucrat who plans his own assassination, a missing knife that turns up in a subway rider's belly, and a killer who's afraid of the dark. Surreal direction from Bertrand Blier; Bernard Blier, Michel Serrault also star.
Comedy / Crime / Foreign
The Pumpkin Eater Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1964 | 118 min | Not rated | Dec 10, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Harold Pinter pens this 'portrait of a bad marriage' drama based on the novel by Penelope Mortimer. Despite her unwillingness to stop having children, Jo Armitage (Anne Bancroft), a thrice-married mother of several children by different fathers, is not exactly cut out for motherhood. Inflicting her existing brood on her third husband, screenwriter Jake (Peter Finch), does little to cement their marriage, and Jake's serial infidelities eventually lead a depressed and isolated Jo to a complete breakdown.
Drama / Family
Sprinter Blu-ray Movie
Special Edition
FilmRise | 2018 | 114 min | Not rated | Jan 21, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A boy separated from his mother who has moved to the U.S. for a better life, is set to be Jamaica's next track-and-field sensation.
Drama / Sport
The Mysterious Mr. M Blu-ray Movie
VCI | 1946 | 225 min | Not rated | Nov 12, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An evil scientist known as "Mr. M." uses a drug he has developed called "hypnotreme" to help steal submarine equipment. Federal agent Grant Farrell is dispatched to find the mysterious villain and stop his nefarious plans.
Adventure
Piranhas Blu-ray Movie
La paranza dei bambini
Music Box Films | 2019 | 105 min | Not rated | Jan 14, 2020 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A gang of teenage boys stalk the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding.
Crime / Drama / Foreign
The Jungle Book 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2016 | 105 min | Rated PG | Jan 14, 2020 | Randy Miller III
An orphan boy is raised in the Jungle with the help of a pack of wolves, a bear and a black panther.
Adventure / Drama / Family / Fantasy
- January 16, 2020
The Addams Family Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2019 | 87 min | Rated PG | Jan 21, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Members of the mysterious and spooky Addams family -- Gomez, Morticia, Pugsley, Wednesday, Uncle Fester and Grandma -- are readily preparing for a visit from their even creepier relatives. But trouble soon arises when shady TV personality Margaux Needler realizes that the Addams' eerie hilltop mansion is standing in the way of her dream to sell all the houses in the neighborhood.
Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Horror / Comic book
Maid in Manhattan Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2002 | 105 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 14, 2020 | Martin Liebman
A struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son meets a hotel guest and senatorial candidate who mistakes her for a wealthy socialite.
Comedy / Romance
Doctor Who: Colin Baker: Complete Season Two Blu-ray Movie
BBC | 1986 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 450 min | Not rated | Dec 03, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In 1963 an old fashioned Police Call Box sat in a junk yard at 76 Totters Lane. An old man out and about exploring. A young girl wise beyond her years attending Coal Hill School. Two teachers become suspicious. Barbara and Ian suspect the girl is in trouble. They follow her home. The girl, Susan Foreman, vanishes into the junkyard. Barbara and Ian investigate. They discovered the Police Box. "It's alive!" says Ian, he feels a faint vibration coming from within. The girls grandfather returns. He confronts the two teachers who accuse him of holding the girl inside the Police Box. They hear her call out to him from inside. Barbara and Ian push their way in and discover a world they never thought possible.
Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
Joker 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2019 | 122 min | Rated R | Jan 07, 2020 | Martin Liebman
Failed comedian seeks connection as he walks the streets and begins a slow descent into madness.
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Dark humor / Psychological thriller / Comic book
- January 15, 2020
Farewell, Friend Blu-ray Movie
Adieu l'Ami / Honor Among Thieves
Kino Lorber | 1968 | 115 min | Not rated | Nov 19, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Years after serving together in the French Foreign Legion, American soldier of fortune Franz Propp and French doctor Dino Barron are unexpectedly reunited under the most extraordinary circumstances. Hoping to help a friend who has embezzled some bonds, Barron tries to break into a safe in the dead of night. Sneaking into an underground vault he is surprised to discover that his old pal Propp is also on the premises, likewise intending to crack the safe, albeit for his own benefit. After a few awkward moments, a friendship develops between the two as they try to get out from the locked vault.
Crime / Thriller / Foreign
The Miracle Worker Blu-ray Movie
Eureka Classics
Eureka Entertainment | 1962 | 106 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jan 27, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
Biography / Drama
Overcomer Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2019 | 119 min | Rated PG | Dec 17, 2019 | Martin Liebman
The movie unpacks a pivotal issue in the life of students and adults alike.
Drama
The Angel Collection Blu-ray Movie
Angel / Avenging Angel / Angel III: The Final Chapter | Limited Edition of 4,000 | SOLD OUT
Vinegar Syndrome | 1984-1988 | 3 Movies | 287 min | Rated R | Nov 28, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Crime / Thriller
Angel Blu-ray Movie
Vinegar Syndrome | 1984 | 93 min | Rated R | Mar 31, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
15 year-old Molly is the best in her class in high school. Nobody suspects that the model pupil earns her money at night: as prostitute "Angel" on Sunset Blvd. The well-organized separation of her two lives is shattered when two of her friends are slain by a necrophile serial killer. She's the only eye witness and becomes a target herself. The investigating Detective Andrews helps her, not only to survive, but also to query why she keeps on humiliating herself and to stop it.
Action / Crime / Thriller
Avenging Angel Blu-ray Movie
Vinegar Syndrome | 1985 | 94 min | Rated R | Mar 31, 2020 | Brian Orndorf
When Molly, former teen prostitute, learns that Lieutenant Andrews, the cop who got her off the streets, has been gunned down, she leaves her new life as an aspiring and ambitious law student to return to the neon glow and deserted back alleys of Hollywood as "Angel" to avenge his death.
Action / Crime / Thriller