New Blu-ray Reviews

Cat's Eye Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 1985 | 94 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 27, 2019 | Martin Liebman

Three tales: A New York smoker turns to a shady self-help operation. An Atlantic City mobster forces his wife's lover to walk the ledge around his apartment high-rise. A young girl has difficulty sleeping. Though her parents suspect the family cat of wrongdoing, the girl knows better after she spots a foot-high troll coming out of her bedroom wall.

Horror / Thriller

Now, Voyager Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1942 | 118 min | Not rated | Nov 26, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The love story of Charolette Vale, a middle-aged spinstress who suffers a nervous breakdown because of her domineering mother and is finally freed after a brief love affair with Jerry, a man she meets while on a cruise after spending time in a sanitarium...

Drama / Romance

Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me Blu-ray Movie  

MVD Visual | 2018 | 106 min | Not rated | Aug 23, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The untold and ultimately inspiring story of legendary singer, Teddy Pendergrass, the man poised to be the biggest R&B artist of all time until the tragic accident that changed his life forever. The unforgettable voice of hits Don't Leave Me This Way, If You Don't Know Me By Now, Love T.K.O and Close the Door, Teddy was the first male African American artist to record five consecutive platinum albums in the US, but his career was struck by tragedy in 1982 when a car accident left him paralysed at the age of just 31. He later made a triumphant comeback in front of a global audience of 1.9 billion at Live Aid. Featuring revealing interviews with his family, friends and colleagues alongside industry legends, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, rarely seen archive footage and a soulful soundtrack, this insightful and moving documentary captures Teddy's rise to fame against the complex backdrop of 1960s America and his victorious comeback after his life-changing accident.

Biography / Documentary / Music

The Comedian Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2016 | 119 min | Rated R | Jul 04, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A look at the life of an aging insult comic.

Comedy

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 1996 | 89 min | Rated R | Nov 25, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A parody of a lot of Afro-American movies, for instance "Boyz N the Hood", "South Central", "Menace II Society", "Higher Learning" and "Juice". We follow Ashtray as he returns to the place he grew up in and meet his father and his basket-case friends. A lot of crazy stuff happens, for example, Ashtray is older than his father and his best friend Loc Dog's grandmother is a trigger-happy old lady who blames her eccentric-looking kid for not being tough enough.

Comedy / Crime

Mega Time Squad Blu-ray Movie  

MPI Media Group | 2018 | 80 min | Rated R | Apr 09, 2019 | Randy Miller III

A small-town crim finds an ancient Chinese time-travel device that can help him pull off a heist and start a new life-but he may not survive the consequences of tampering with time. The Castle meets Looper, Mega Time Squad is a study in high-meets-low, combining elements of the sci-fi, the crime thriller and the comedy to make a comedy heist film with a time-traveling twist.

Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi

2019 World Series Champions: Washington Nationals Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 2019 | 94 min | Not rated | Dec 03, 2019 | Martin Liebman

The 2019 World Series was loaded with surprises, comebacks, superstars, and a few new records. Home field advantage belonged to the 105-win Houston Astros, who were looking to take back a title they had won in 2017. The white-hot Washington Nationals were fighting for the first championship in franchise history. The Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros in a most unpredictable Fall Classic, winning Game 7 with one last rally in a season full of rallies. For the first time in MLB history, the road team won all seven games in the World Series. These Nationals began their season on the brink, starting 19-31 before shifting into high gear with a baseball-best record of 74-38 down the stretch. Manager Dave Martinez battled a health scare while leading a roster balanced with experience and youthfulness that was tweaked for October by Mike Rizzo, General Manager & President of Baseball Operations. The National League Wild Card game and NLDS looked much like the regular season for the Nationals – down early, but coming back to win elimination games. Then they swept the surprising but outmatched St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS to setup a showdown with the Astros. Willie Mays World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg, Max Scherzer, and Patrick Corbin combined to win all four games played on the road. Superstars Anthony Rendon and Juan Soto delivered crushing blows throughout the series. Big plays and even bigger hits continuously poured in from veterans Kurt Suzuki, Adam Eaton, Howie Kendrick, and Nationals first-ever draft pick Ryan Zimmerman, who helped return Major League Baseball to Washington, D.C. in 2005. Fight finished.

Sport

Annabelle Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 2014 | 99 min | Rated R | Aug 27, 2019 | Martin Liebman

A couple begin to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.

Horror / Supernatural / Period

The Cable Guy Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 1996 | 96 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 17, 2019 | Martin Liebman

A lonely and disturbed cable guy raised on television just wants a new friend, but his target, a designer, rejects him, with bad consequences.

Comedy / Dark humor

Blinded by the Light Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2019 | 118 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 19, 2019 | Brian Orndorf

In 1987 during the austere days of Thatcher's Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.

Biography / Comedy / Drama / Music / Foreign

Red Letter Day Blu-ray Movie  

Epic Pictures | 2019 | 76 min | Unrated | Nov 05, 2019 | Brian Orndorf

While adjusting to a new life in a quiet suburban community, a recently divorced mother and her two teens receive mysterious red letters instructing them each to kill or be killed. As the bloodshed begins, they find themselves in a race against time to protect the ones they love from the people they thought they knew.

Comedy / Thriller

Winter Kills Blu-ray Movie    

Limited Edition | Indicator Series

Powerhouse Films | 1979 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 97 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jan 27, 2020 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

19 years after President Timothy Keegan was assassinated, his brother Nick discovers a dying man claiming to have been the gunman. While trying to avoid his wealthy and domineering father's attempts to control his actions, Nick follows the clues that have been handed to him. As he progresses, it becomes increasingly difficult to discern the real trails from the dead ends, and increasingly dangerous as unknown parties try to stop Nick from uncovering the truth.

Drama / Thriller

Return of the Fly Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1959 | 80 min | Not rated | Dec 10, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson

Fifteen years after his father's experiments with matter transmission fail, Philippe Delambre and his uncle François attempt to create a matter transmission device on their own. However, their experiments have disastrous results, turning Philippe into a horrible half-man, half-fly creature...

Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi

Tom Sawyer / Huckleberry Finn Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition to 3000

Twilight Time | 1973-1974 | 2 Movies | 221 min | Rated G | Jul 18, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Adventure / Family / Musical

Tom Sawyer Blu-ray Movie  

Twilight Time | 1973 | 103 min | Rated G | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral, and witnessing a murder.

Adventure / Family / Musical

Huckleberry Finn Blu-ray Movie  

Twilight Time | 1974 | 118 min | Rated G | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Jeff East is young Huck Finn in this song-filled adaptation of Mark Twain's popular novel that follows Huck and runaway slave Jim on an adventurous journey down the Mississippi River.

Adventure / Musical

Girl on the Third Floor Blu-ray Movie  

MPI Media Group | 2019 | 92 min | Not rated | Jan 07, 2020 | Randy Miller III

Don Koch tries to renovate a rundown mansion with a sordid history for his growing family, only to learn that the house has other plans.

Horror

Clarence Clemons: Who Do I Think I Am? Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

MVD Visual | 2019 | 88 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Highlights the life of the E Street band member while also showing another side not many saw when he was away from stage lights. It's an intimate portrait of a man who searched for enlightenment at the unknowingly final years of his life.

Documentary

The Films of Sarah Jacobson Blu-ray Movie  

Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore / I Was a Teenage Serial Killer / Blu-ray + DVD

AGFA | 1993-1996 | 2 Movies | 125 min | Not rated | Sep 17, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A double feature of I WAS A TEENAGE SERIAL KILLER and MARY JANE'S NOT A VIRGIN ANYMORE! Sarah Jacobson's punk-spirited DIY films from the 1990s combine B-movie aesthetics and riot grrrl feminism, standing as a testament to the vision, determination, and raw talent of the Queen of Underground Cinema.

Drama / Horror / Short / Coming of age

Wicked World Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

AGFA | 1991 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 102 min | Not rated | Nov 12, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Grant Ekland is a dirty cop, with a checkered past that endlessly haunts him. The love of his life was murdered by a serial killer named Harold, who slaughtered a countless number of humans in the city of Toronto, Canada, before he was finally locked up and sent to a mental institution. Now many years later, Harold is set to be released back into society, and Ekland hopes for a final showdown with his arch enemy.

Horror