New Blu-ray Reviews

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

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1974 | 115 min | Rated R | Nov 12, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A big-time thief in hiding hooks up with a goofy young drifter. He then gets his old gang back together to organize a daring new heist.

Comedy / Crime / Drama / Heist

The Divine Fury Blu-ray Movie  

사자 / Saja / Blu-ray + DVD

Well Go USA | 2019 | 129 min | Not rated | Nov 19, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

After losing his father at a young age in a terrible accident, Yong-hu (Park) abandons his Christian faith and chooses to only believe in himself. Now as an adult, Yong-hu is a champion fighter and has everything he has ever wanted, that is until mysterious wounds appear in the palms of his hands. He solicits help from a local priest Father Ahn (Ahn), hoping the priest can help relieve him of the painful markings only to find himself in the middle of a dangerous fight against otherworldly evil forces seeking to wreak havoc on the human world.

Action / Horror / Sport / Thriller / Martial arts / Foreign

Sudden Terror Blu-ray Movie  

Eyewitness

Kino Lorber | 1970 | 92 min | Rated PG | Oct 15, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Witnessing an assassination, a boy claims the assassins are hunting him. With his older sister, the pair escape numerous attacks and are aided by their grandfather and a resourceful young bystander even under the spectre of martial law.

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Lost: The Complete Sixth and Final Season Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition with Bonus Disc

Disney / Buena Vista | 2010 | 822 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 24, 2010 | Neil Lumbard

After a somewhat mysterious sequence of events, an oceanic flight from Sydney to LA crashes on what appears to be a deserted island. The chance of being found and rescued is fairly small, so the survivors have to cope with a set of challenges. They have to learn to survive on the island, a mysterious place with enough dangers on its own. Also, they have to learn to live with each other if any success is to be expected. And finally, they have to live with themselves and their pasts. Interwoven with the events on the islands are flashbacks to the pasts of 14 main characters. Step by step, we learn a little more about their diverse and unexpected pasts as the group's quest to survive takes shape.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Supernatural

Spirited Away Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition | Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi / Blu-ray + CD

Shout Factory | 2001 | 125 min | Rated PG | Nov 12, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

On their way to their new home, a young girl, Chihiro, and her parents stumble into what appears to be an abandoned theme park. But all is not as it seems, as the theme park is a bath-house for the spirits, and not a place where humans are welcome. Chihiro must fend for herself and rescue her parents, as they have been turned to pigs as punishment for eating the food meant for the gods.

Adventure / Anime / Family / Fantasy / Supernatural / Foreign / Surreal

Out of the Blue Blu-ray Movie  

ClassicFlix | 1947 | 85 min | Not rated | Nov 26, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

If when the cat’s away the mice will play... then henpecked husband Arthur Earthleigh is due for a real rave-up of a weekend when his domineering wife Mae (Carole Landis) goes out of town to visit her sister. After dropping off his wife at Grand Central Station, Arthur (George Brent) plans to dine alone at a local restaurant, but unexpectedly meets up with tipsy flibbertigibbet Olive Jensen (Ann Dvorak) and later invites her back to his place for a nightcap. It’s all perfectly innocent, of course, but Olive has a tendency to ignore any sign that she’s worn out her welcome. And although she seems to have an iron constitution, Olive soon confesses that she’s subject to fainting spells — a fact Arthur ignores as he later believes he’s killed her when she succumbs to one of her “episodes.” To avoid scandal, Arthur moves the unconscious Olive to the terrace of his neighbor David Galleo (Turhan Bey) and is doubly pleased in doing so because he’s been trying to evict the bohemian artist and his vexing dog Rabelais. But David and girlfriend Deborah (Virginia Mayo) are on to his scheme and think up their own plot to ensure that Arthur won’t be pushing for dispossession any time soon. A delightful comedy that echoes the classic screwball farces of the 1930s, Out of the Blue features Carole Landis in one of her final roles (also playing against type as the disapproving Mae) before her tragic passing in 1948, and both Turhan Bey and Virginia Mayo who make an attractive couple as they’re swept up in the insanity. But it’s Ann Dvorak who steals the show as the delightful Olive… the infuriatingly funny and unstoppable force who turns poor Arthur’s world upside down. Author Vera Caspary, whose works were adapted for such classic films as Laura and A Letter to Three Wives, wrote the story and co-scripted Out of the Blue which was directed by screwball comedy veteran Leigh Jason.

Comedy

Batman Beyond: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 1999-2001 | 4 Movies | 1171 min | Rated TV-Y7-FV | Oct 29, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

No synopsis for this title.

Action / Adventure / Animation / Crime / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book

Deep Space Blu-ray Movie  

SOLD OUT

Scorpion Releasing | 1988 | 91 min | Rated R | Oct 29, 2019 | Brian Orndorf

An American satellite with a new biological weapon gets out of control and crashes onto US territory. A slimy monster emerges and manages to escape, killing everyone who crosses his path. Police Lieutenant McLemore gets the job to stop the killing machine.

Horror / Sci-Fi

Conduct Unbecoming Blu-ray Movie  

Scorpion Releasing | 1975 | 107 min | Rated PG | May 14, 2019 | Brian Orndorf

Based on a play by Barry England, the British Conduct Unbecoming revolves around a sexual violation--which may or may not have occurred. In British India, highborn Mrs. Scarlett (Susannah York) accuses 2nd Lt. Millington, a Bengal Lancer officer (James Faulkner) of raping her. Lieutenant Arthur Drake (Michael York) is assigned to defend Lt. Millington in a trial held behind closed doors to avoid scandal. Colonel Strang (Trevor Howard.) is a martinet judge who presses for a conviction, only to have his determination shaken by the introduction of new evidence. Conduct Unbecoming has the look and feel of a decades-old stage production, but the dialogue and performances provide a strictly contemporary slant.

Crime / Drama / Mystery