New Blu-ray Reviews

Joan the Maid Part 2: The Prisons Blu-ray Movie  

Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons

Cohen Media Group | 1994 | 176 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Film about the later life of Joan of Arc including her trial and execution.

Biography / Drama / History / Foreign

Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

MVD Visual | 2015 | 88 min | Rated E | Dec 13, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A documentary on the extraordinary life and visionary music of the American guitarist, singer and mystic Robbie Basho.

Biography / Documentary / Music

Abbott & Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection Blu-ray Movie  

80th Anniversary Edition | One Night in the Tropics / Buck Privates / In the Navy / Hold That Ghost / Keep 'Em Flying / Ride 'Em Cowboy / Pardon My Sarong / Who Done It? / It Ain't Hay / Hit the Ice / In Society / Here Come the Co-Eds / The Naughty Nineties / Little Giant / The Time of Their Lives / Buck Privates Come Home / The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap / Meet Frankenstein / Mexican Hayride / Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff / in the Foreign Legion / Meet the Invisible Man / Comin' Round the Mountain / Lost in Alaska / Go to Mars / Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Meet the Keystone Kops / Meet the Mummy

Shout Factory | 1940-1955 | 28 Movies | 2273 min | Not rated | Nov 19, 2019 | Brian Orndorf

See individual titles for their synopses.

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Family / Fantasy / Horror / Musical / Mystery / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller / War / Western / Supernatural / Melodrama

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1955 | 79 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf

In Egypt Peter and Freddie find the archaeologist Dr. Zoomer murdered before they can return to America. A medallion leads them to a crypt where a revived mummy provides the terror.

Adventure / Comedy / Horror / Supernatural

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1955 | 79 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf

Harry and Willie buy the Edison Movie Studio in the year 1912 from Joseph Gorman, a confidence man. They follow Gorman to Hollywood where, as stunt men, they find him directing movies as Sergei Trumanoff and stealing the studio payroll.

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Family / Melodrama

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1953 | 77 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf

Slim and Tubby are American cops in London to study police tactics. They wind up in jail and are bailed out by Dr. Jekyll. Jekyll has been murdering fellow doctors who laugh at his experiments. He has more murders in mind. At one point the serum that turns Jekyll into the murderous Hyde gets injected into Tubby.

Comedy / Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

Abbott & Costello Go to Mars Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1953 | 77 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf

Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by bank robber Mugsy and his pal Harry to fly to Venus where they find a civilization made up entirely of women, men having been banished.

Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi

Lost in Alaska Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1952 | 76 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf

Two bumbling private eyes help a man wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible to help clear his name.

Adventure / Comedy

Comin' Round the Mountain Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1951 | 77 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf

Bud and Lou get mixed up with hillbillies, witches and love potions.

Comedy / Musical

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1951 | 82 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf

Boxer Tommy Nelson is accused of killing his manager. While detectives Bud and Lou investigate they come across an invisibility formula with which Tommy injects himself rather than face the police. This sparks an idea for trapping gangster Morgan by having Lou fight champ Rocky Hanlon, with Tommy's invisible help.

Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi

Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1950 | 80 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf

The Foreign Legion has had its share of soldiers who don't belong there, but it may never have had any who've upset its ranks as much as Abbott and Costello! The chaos begins in Brooklyn. Jonesy (Bud Abbott) and Max (Lou Costello) are wrestling promoters whose star fighter runs out on them. Following him to Algiers, they get more than they bargained for when they're tricked into joining the Foreign Legion. A hot time follows as the comedians--still looking for their fighter--foul up basic training, dodge desert cutthroats and chase pretty slave girls. (At an auction, Max wonders if he can buy them at $1.25 down and $1.00 a month.) No opportunity for excitement is missed. There's a beautiful French spy (Patricia Medina), a traitorous legionnair (Walter Slezak), and plenty of local color, from Arabian horsemen to dancing girls. As for Abbott and Costello, both stock and new comedy situations make the most of their talents. Whether it's a mirage, or an oasis watched over by an alligator with false teeth, it's a setup for humor--which they deliver in their customary style.

Adventure / Comedy

Karate Warrior Blu-ray Movie    

Il ragazzo dal kimono d'oro / The Italian Collection #53

88 Films | 1987 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 88 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Oct 07, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Anthony is in the Phillipines visiting his father. He inadvertently interferes with the affairs of local gangster Quino, who also happens to be a champion Karate fighter. After embarrassing Quino near a local tournament, Anthony is beaten up and left for dead. An old monk nurses Anthony back to health and teaches him the ways of martial arts so he may go back and fight Quino again.

Action / Drama / Martial arts / Foreign

Game of Thrones: The Complete Collector's Set Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

HBO | 2011-2019 | 8 Seasons | 3800 min | Rated TV-MA | Dec 03, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Epic

Betty Blue Blu-ray Movie  

37°2 le matin | Director's Cut

Criterion | 1986 | 185 min | Not rated | Nov 19, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A story of two French lovers, Zorg and Betty, who fall into a deeply erotic and all-encompassing relationship.

Drama / Romance / Foreign

Jezebel Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1938 | 104 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2019 | Randy Miller III

A tempestuous Southern belle's willfulness threatens to destroy all who care for her.

Drama / Romance / Melodrama / Period

Game of Thrones: The Complete Eighth Season 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

HBO | 2019 | 425 min | Rated TV-MA | Dec 03, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plots, lusts and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; and all the way to the frozen north, where an 800-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom from the dark forces that lie beyond. Kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars, lords, and honest men...all will play the “Game of Thrones.”

Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Epic

Game of Thrones: The Complete Eighth Season Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

HBO | 2019 | 425 min | Rated TV-MA | Dec 03, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plots, lusts and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; and all the way to the frozen north, where an 800-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom from the dark forces that lie beyond. Kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars, lords, and honest men...all will play the “Game of Thrones.”

Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Epic

Diego Maradona Blu-ray Movie    

Spirit Entertainment | 2019 | 124 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Nov 11, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the career of celebrated football player Diego Armando Maradona, who played for S.S.C. Napoli in the 1980s.

Documentary / Sport

The Sorcerers Blu-ray Movie    

Im Banne des Dr. Monserrat / Mediabook - Cover A / Limitiert auf 450 Stück

Anolis Entertainment | 1967 | 85 min | Rated FSK-16 | Nov 22, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An elderly couple (Boris Karloff and Catherine Lacey) use a new method of hypnosis to share the experiences of others. A bored young man named Mike Roscoe (Ian Ogilvy), serves as their surrogate in acts which become more and more amoral and violent.

Horror / Supernatural

It: Chapter Two 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2019 | 169 min | Rated R | Dec 10, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In the sleepy town of Derry, Pennywise returns 27 years later to torment the grown-up members of the Losers' Club, who have long since drifted apart from one another.

Horror / Supernatural