New Blu-ray Reviews

Hold That Ghost Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1941 | 86 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf

Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.

Comedy / Crime / Horror / Supernatural

In the Navy Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1941 | 86 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf

In this rollicking nautical musical comedy, Abbott and Costello are two sailors bound for duty on the high seas. They befriend singing star Dick Powell, who has ditched the limelight for a quiet enlisted life, and must help him evade an ambitious reporter intent on using his new identity for her big story. To complicate matters even further, Pomeroy (Costello) has fallen for Patty, one of The Andrews Sisters, and puts on a charade to impress her. The action starts with a dance hall brawl and ends with Pomeroy playing captain of the battleship.The hilarious highjinks are punctuated by fabulous musical numbers, making IN THE NAVY a classic entertainment treasure!

Comedy / Musical / War

Buck Privates Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1941 | 84 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf

Comedy legends Bud Abbott and Lou Costello cemented their place in film history with the hilarious wartime comedy classic BUCK PRIVATES. After spending years on stage in burlesque and on radio perfecting classic routines such as "Who's on First?," the duo transitioned to motion pictures at Universal in 1940. In their first leading roles, Bud and Lou play con artists who accidentally enlist in the U/S.Army to avoid going to jail. Making matters worse, their no-nonsense drill sergeant turns out to be the cop who tried to arrest them! Featuring classic routines such as "Drill," "Dice Game" and "You're Forty, She's Ten," the film also starred the popular singing group The Andrews Sisters performing the Academy Award-nominated song "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." Following the success of BUCK PRIVATES, Bud and Lou made an astounding 26 more movies at Universal leaving a legacy of laughter that will be treasured forever.

Comedy / Musical / War

One Night in the Tropics Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1940 | 83 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf

Jim "Lucky" Moore (Allan Jones), an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve (Robert Cummings): a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia (Nancy Kelly). The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey (Peggy Moran), and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe (William Frawley), who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned. Everyone involved in the situation winds up sailing or flying to San Marcos (a fictional South American country), where another complication arises, when Lucky falls for Cynthia. Lucky winds up marrying Cynthia, but Roscoe does not have to pay the $1-million because Steve ends up marrying Mickey.

Comedy / Musical

Woman Chasing the Butterfly of Death Blu-ray Movie  

The Girl with the Butterfly Tattoo / Killer Butterfly / Salin nabireul jjonneun yeoja / 살인나비를 쫓는 여자

Mondo Macabro | 1978 | 117 min | Not rated | Oct 22, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

A dour student, Young-gul, crosses paths with an elderly book salesman obsessed with Hitler and Nietzsche, a two-thousand year-old female corpse, and a mad scientist. Young-gul wants to commit suicide but the book salesman insists the human will even overcome biological death. Young-gul tests this by trying to kill him. Later the corpse comes to life in the hope that Young-gul will impregnate her.

Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Jake Speed Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1986 | 105 min | Rated PG | Dec 03, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Jake Speed is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. When a young girl is kidnapped and her sister begs the real-life Speed for help, he must find a way to be as gallant as the book hero whose creation he's inspired.

Action / Adventure / Comedy

Cappella Romana: Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + CD

Cappella Romana | 2019 | 80 min | Not rated | Nov 29, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Documentary / Music

Hitchhike to Hell Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1977 | 88 min | Rated R | Nov 19, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Howard is a mild-mannered young man who drives a truck for a commercial laundry. He's also a mother-obsessed psycho who picks up young female hitchhikers, rapes them and kills them. As the bodies start piling up, the police finally begin to investigate.

The Mountain Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 2018 | 106 min | Not rated | Nov 12, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

The story of a young man who, after losing his mother, goes to work with a doctor specializing in lobotomies and therapies.

Drama

Intimacy Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 2001 | 119 min | Unrated | Nov 19, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

A failed London musician meets once a week with a woman for a series of intense sexual encounters to get away from the realities of life. But when he begins inquiring about her, it puts their relationship at risk.

Drama / Romance / Erotic

One Piece: 3D2Y Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

FUNimation Entertainment | 2014 | 107 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 22, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

The special takes place during the two year before the Straw Hats reunite on Sabaody. Luffy is currently in Rusukaina training to get stronger to take on the New World. However the training is interrupted when Hancock's sisters, Marigold and Sandersonia, are kidnapped by the Byrnndi World, a pirate who was locked away on Level 6 of Impel Down but escaped during Luffy's invasion to save Ace, in order to lure Hancock to him and use her as a hostage against the World Government due to her Shichibukai status. Thus Luffy and Hancock head off to confront him and save Hancock's sisters.

Action / Adventure / Anime / Foreign

Scary Movie Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

AGFA | 1991 | 82 min | Not rated | Oct 15, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A paranoid young man gradually comes to believe that an escaped lunatic may be hiding in the neighborhood Halloween house of horrors.

Comedy / Horror

The African Queen Blu-ray Movie    

Masters of Cinema | Limited Edition

Eureka Entertainment | 1951 | 105 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Nov 18, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Captain of a tramp steamer and a maiden-lady can't stand each other on a trip down a river, However it does not take long before their dislike turns to love.

Adventure / Drama / Romance / War / Period

All About Eve Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1950 | 138 min | Not rated | Nov 26, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Just as stage legend Margo Channing feels her star is dimming, she takes on a protege named Eve Harrington, a young and ambitious ingenue. With the help of sharp-eyed theater critic Addison DeWitt, this dreamy-eyed kid spins a deceptively cunning web around Channing's inner-circle, including Margo's director boyfriend Bill Simpson, playwright Lloyd Richards and his wife Karen—until she reaches her goal, which is Margo's spotlight on Broadway.

Comedy / Drama

All About Lily Chou-Chou Blu-ray Movie  

リリイ・シュシュのすべて

Film Movement | 2001 | 146 min | Not rated | May 07, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson

Life isn't easy for a group of high school kids growing up absurd in Japan's pervasive pop/cyber culture. As they negotiate teen badlands- school bullies, parents from another planet, lurid snapshots of sex and death- these everyday rebels without a cause seek sanctuary, even salvation, through pop star savior Lily Chou-Chou, embracing her sad, dreamy songs and sharing their fears and secrets in Lilyholic chat rooms. Immersed in the speed of everyday troubles, their lives inevitably climax in a fatal collision between real and virtual identities, a final logging-off from innocence.

Crime / Drama / Music / Romance / Foreign / Coming of age

Beatrice Cenci Blu-ray Movie    

Die Nackte und der Kardinal / The Conspiracy of Torture / The Italian Collection #55

88 Films | 1969 | 94 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Oct 21, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A young Italian noblewoman plots with her lover and her family to murder her abusive father leading to an uproar in the community and the Roman Catholic church set in 16th Century Italy.

Biography / Drama / Erotic / Foreign

Moana 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Ultimate Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2016 | 107 min | Rated PG | Nov 05, 2019 | Martin Liebman

In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the Demigod to set things right.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical

Moana 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2016 | 107 min | Rated PG | Nov 05, 2019 | Martin Liebman

In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the Demigod to set things right.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical

Charlie's Angels: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1976-2011 | 6 Seasons | 6112 min | Not rated | Nov 19, 2019 | Martin Liebman

Charlie's Angels is an American crime drama television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men.

Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Mystery

Madigan Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1968 | 101 min | Not rated | Nov 12, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Policemen Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, the two NYC detectives are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice.

Crime / Drama