New Blu-ray Reviews

Initial D: Legend 2 - Racer Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Sentai Filmworks | 2015 | 60 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 13, 2018 | Neil Lumbard

The leader of rival group Myogi NightKids, Takeshi Nakazato, wants to challenge the now infamous Takumi Fujiwara in a race down Akina. As Takumi questions his identity as a racer, he finds that, there's more to lose than just a simple race.

Action / Anime / Sport / Comic book / Foreign

Initial D: Legend 1 - Awakening Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Sentai Filmworks | 2014 | 60 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 05, 2017 | Neil Lumbard

The wheels are set in motion as Koichiro Iketani of the Akina Speedstars witnesses a mysterious driver outmaneuver and beat rival Keisuke Takahashi of Akagi RedSuns. In the high-paced world of street racing, Takumi shakes it up with an extraordinary racing style as the Speedstars and the RedSuns go head to head on Mount Akina.

Action / Anime / Sport / Comic book / Foreign

Return to Macon County Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1975 | 89 min | Rated PG | Nov 12, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In 1958, two teenagers take their pride and joy, a hopped-up Chevy, and start a cross-country journey to enter it in the National Championship drag races in California. Along the way they hook up with a pretty but dingy waitress who quits her job and hops in their car--and turns out to be more trouble than they thought--drag-race a gang of town punks who lose to to them and then accuse them of cheating, and come up against a local cop who is obsessed with putting these two "juvenile delinquents" in jail.

Drama

The Bad and the Beautiful Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1952 | 118 min | Not rated | Nov 19, 2019 | Randy Miller III

An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director, and a writer to achieve success.

Drama / Romance

Savage Blu-ray Movie  

Xue bao / 雪暴

Well Go USA | 2018 | 113 min | Not rated | Dec 03, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Buried by treacherous conditions at the top of Mt. Baekdu, a policeman must brave the extreme weather until his transfer comes through. When a group of thieves stumbles into the station in search of safe shelter, both sides must fight for survival in this stylish action-packed thriller.

Action / Crime / Drama / Foreign

Road Games Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition

Shout Factory | 1981 | 101 min | Rated PG | Nov 12, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer who uses a young female hitchhiker as bait to lure victims on a desolate Australian highway.

Drama / Mystery / Thriller

I Was Monty's Double Blu-ray Movie    

Hell, Heaven or Hoboken / Vintage Classics

Studio Canal | 1958 | 101 min | Rated BBFC: U | Jun 10, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Based on a true story. During WWII, a British actor impersonates Field Marshal Montgomery in order to confuse German intelligence. The actual actor who played the role in WWII (M.E. Clifton James) portrays both himself and Montgomery in the movie.

Drama / History / War

Prophecy Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1979 | 103 min | Rated PG | Nov 26, 2019 | Brian Orndorf

Doctor Robert Verne and his wife travel to Maine to investigate the effects that a lumber mill is having on the environment. What they find is a cavalcade of wildlife mutations and an even more frightening series of grisly human deaths. A research expedition led by a local Native American uncovers the reign of terror of a large and very angry mutant bear...

Horror / Sci-Fi

The Wild Pear Tree Blu-ray Movie  

Ahlat Ağacı

Cinema Guild | 2018 | 188 min | Not rated | Oct 22, 2019 | Brian Orndorf

An aspiring writer returns to his native village, where his father's debts catch up to him.

Drama / Foreign

American Dreamer Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2018 | 93 min | Rated R | Nov 19, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A down on his luck HAIL driver who makes extra cash chauffeuring a low level drug dealer around town, finds himself in a serious financial bind and decides to kidnap the dealer's child.

Thriller

The Bells of St. Mary's Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Signature

Olive Films | 1945 | 126 min | Not rated | Nov 26, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

At a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.

Drama / Family

Santa with Muscles Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1996 | 98 min | Rated PG | Nov 05, 2019 | Martin Liebman

An evil millionaire believes he is Santa Claus after an accident renders him amnesiac.

Comedy / Holiday

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles Blu-ray Movie  

Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas / Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 2018 | 80 min | Not rated | Nov 12, 2019 | Brian Orndorf

Filmmaker Luis Buñuel is left penniless after the scandalous premiere of his film L'Age d'Or. However, his good friend, the sculptor Ramón Acín, buys a lottery ticket with the promise that if he wins, he will pay for Buñuel's next film. Incredibly, luck is on their side, so they set out to make the movie, an unconventional documentary about the desperately poor Las Hurdes region in Spain. Buñuel's initially callous approach to the extreme poverty and situations he encounters (or creates) gradually leads to a filmmaking experience that will transform him forever, in this deeply affecting and humanistic portrait of a legendary artist hunting for his purpose.

Animation / Biography / Drama / History / Foreign

Nana Blu-ray Movie  

Nana: La vera chiave del piacere

Scorpion Releasing | 1983 | 92 min | Rated R | Oct 29, 2019 | Brian Orndorf

She's the demon of Paris. Men lavish their wealth and attention on her but her appetites are insatiable. She risks everything for pleasure,leaving a trail of broken hearts as she revels in the ecstacy of forbidden love.

Drama / Erotic

Angel Has Fallen 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 121 min | Rated R | Nov 26, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A devastating assassination attempt leaves the president in a coma with Agent Mike Banning the only likely suspect.

Action / Drama / Thriller

Midnight Lace Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1960 | 108 min | Not rated | Jun 25, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson

Day plays Kit Preston, elegant newlywed wife of British Financier Anthony Preston. Shortly after moving to one of London’s toniest neighborhoods, she is threatened by an unknown party. The tension mounts as the menacing phone calls continue and Anthony shows little concern, until Kit begins to doubt her own sanity and the motives of everyone around her.

Mystery / Thriller

Good Boys Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2019 | 90 min | Rated R | Nov 12, 2019 | Martin Liebman

Three sixth grade boys ditch school and embark on an epic journey while carrying accidentally stolen drugs, being hunted by teenage girls, and trying to make their way home in time for their first kissing party.

Comedy / Coming of age

Angel Has Fallen Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 120 min | Rated R | Nov 26, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A devastating assassination attempt leaves the president in a coma with Agent Mike Banning the only likely suspect.

Action / Drama / Thriller

Charley Varrick Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1973 | 111 min | Rated PG | Nov 12, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A man, his wife, and their friend, stage a bloody bank robbery, unaware they are stealing money from the Mob.

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2005 | 85 min | Rated G | Jun 04, 2019 | Randy Miller III

Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable growing contest.

Animation / Comedy / Family / Mystery