New Blu-ray Reviews

Brothers in Arms Blu-ray Movie  

Gravitas Ventures | 2018 | 89 min | Not rated | Oct 23, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Charlie Sheen narrates, as cast and crew share their personal experiences making the Academy Award winning film, Platoon. This non-union, low budget, independent film was cast almost exclusively with young, unknown actors making their first film. Together they share their first hand accounts of the grueling boot camp, Oliver Stone's "unique" directing style, and the brutal filming conditions that together forged their eternal brotherhood.

Documentary

The Great Waldo Pepper Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1975 | 108 min | Rated PG | Sep 24, 2019 | Brian Orndorf

Set during 1926–1931, the movie stars Robert Redford as a disaffected World War I veteran pilot who missed the opportunity of proving himself during the war, and who now works to reinvent his past by barnstorming.

Drama / Period

In Celebration Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1975 | 131 min | Rated PG | Aug 27, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In their tiny house in a Yorkshire mining town, God-fearing and hard-working Mr. and Mrs. Shaw (Bill Owen and Constance Chapman) welcome their sons home to celebrate the couple's fortieth wedding anniversary. But with each son's arrival, more and more of the Shaw's model blue collar family facade begins to chip away. Middle son Colin's (James Bolam) engagement has placed him on the path to a loveless marriage. Barely shouldering the burdens of his shattered artistic aspirations and his own family, Steven, the baby (Brian Cox), is on the threshold of a nervous breakdown. But the toaster tossed into this already scalding theatrical bath is Alan Bates as eldest son Andrew. As father, mother and brothers futilely try to hide the truth from themselves and each other, Bates' Andrew tears into the Shaw family's carefully maintained fictions with animal fury and all too human bitterness.

Drama

The Beatles: Abbey Road Blu-ray Movie  

Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition | Blu-ray Audio / Blu-ray + CD

Apple | 1969 | 48 min | Not rated | Sep 27, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music

Pan's Labyrinth 4K Blu-ray Movie  

El Laberinto del Fauno / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2006 | 119 min | Rated R | Oct 01, 2019 | Randy Miller III

In the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Ofelia and her ailing mother arrive at the post of her mother’s new husband, a sadistic army officer, in the Spanish countryside. As Ofelia’s mother lies immobilized in anticipation of her forthcoming child, and her high-ranking stepfather attempts to fulfill his orders of crushing a nearby guerrilla uprising, the young girl ventures into an elaborate stone labyrinth presided over by the mythical faun Pan. Convinced by Pan that she is a legendary lost princess, Ofelia sets off on a quest to complete three dangerous tasks and reclaim her kingdom and immortality.

Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Imaginary / Foreign / Surreal / Period

Muriel, or the Time of Return Blu-ray Movie  

Muriel ou le temps d'un retour

Criterion | 1963 | 117 min | Not rated | Jul 19, 2016 | Neil Lumbard

Delphine Seyrig stars as an antique shop owner and widow in Boulogne-sur-Mer, whose past comes back to haunt her when a former lover reenters her life. Meanwhile, her stepson is tormented by his own ghosts, related to his service in France’s recently ended war in Algeria.

Drama / Foreign

101 Dalmatians Blu-ray Movie  

The Signature Collection / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 1961 | 79 min | Rated G | Sep 24, 2019 | Martin Liebman

Roger and Anita meet cute through their dalmatians, Pongo and Perdita. All is wedded bliss until Anita's old college chum, Cruella DeVil, who has a psychotic obsession with fur, catches sight of Pongo and Perdita's puppies and hatches a plot to steal all the dalmatian pups she can find to make an enormous fur coat. Soon, the puppies have been dognapped and Pongo must lead a heroic cast of animals to rescue the pups before it's too late.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family

101 Dalmatians Blu-ray Movie  

The Signature Collection / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 1961 | 79 min | Rated G | Sep 24, 2019 | Martin Liebman

Roger and Anita meet cute through their dalmatians, Pongo and Perdita. All is wedded bliss until Anita's old college chum, Cruella DeVil, who has a psychotic obsession with fur, catches sight of Pongo and Perdita's puppies and hatches a plot to steal all the dalmatian pups she can find to make an enormous fur coat. Soon, the puppies have been dognapped and Pongo must lead a heroic cast of animals to rescue the pups before it's too late.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob Blu-ray Movie  

Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob

Film Movement | 1973 | 100 min | Rated G | Sep 10, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In this French comedy, Louis de Funès stars as Victor Pivert, a hopelessly bigoted man. Victor loves people, as long as they're Caucasian, French, and Catholic. But when it comes to foreigners, Victor draws the line. His ultimate nightmare becomes a reality the day of his daughter's wedding, when he stumbles across a group of Arab revolutionaries and is forced into hiding as a rabbi. Gerard Oury's film features an onslaught of hilarious chase sequences.

Comedy / Foreign

The Santa Clause: 3-Movie Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 1994-2006 | 3 Movies | 293 min | Rated PG | Sep 10, 2019 | Martin Liebman

Celebrate the holidays with all three Disney Santa Clause adventures in one spectacular collection! Christmas gets a little nuttier when Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) unknowingly inherits the role of legendary St. Nick. His ordinary life snowballs into a hysterical series of crazy events as he fills out the Santa suit, meets Mrs. Claus, and faces his ultimate test against the mischievous Jack Frost!

Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Holiday

The Vineyard Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Vinegar Syndrome | 1989 | 94 min | Rated R | Sep 24, 2019 | Brian Orndorf

Dr. Elson Po is one of the world's most famous wine growers. He has a magic potion which has kept him handsome and alive during the centuries. However, lately the magic which rejuvenates him seem to be less and less effective. As a side project he make movies and invites a group of young, aspiring actors to his private island for a party, believing that the young, handsome actress Jezebel can be his new source of life.

Horror

Piercing Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2018 | 81 min | Rated R | Mar 12, 2019 | Brian Orndorf

A man kisses his wife and baby goodbye and seemingly heads away on business, with a plan to check into a hotel, call an escort service, and kill an unsuspecting prostitute.

Horror / Thriller / Dark humor

Inside Out 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2015 | 95 min | Rated PG | Sep 10, 2019 | Martin Liebman

Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.

Animation / Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy

Inside Out 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2015 | 95 min | Rated PG | Sep 10, 2019 | Martin Liebman

Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.

Animation / Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy

Butley Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1974 | 129 min | Rated R | Aug 27, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

On any given day Ben Butley, a self-made train wreck of an English literature professor at a London University, can shrug off everyone and everything with equal ease. But today, the disaster of Butley's proudly misspent life threatens to dwarf even his cynically fatalistic non-expectations. Arriving at his cramped cave of an office, Butley is informed that his adored protégé is moving in with another man, his estranged wife is re-marrying and his seemingly untalented colleague has been published ahead of him. As embodied by Alan Bates, Butley falls back on the surgically precise wit and savage eloquence that helped put him in his current circumstance in the first place. The blitzkrieg of vitriolic commentary with which Butley engages lovers, students, rivals and allies, all with equal ferocity, becomes a glass bottom boat illuminating the churning depths of his bankrupted soul.

Drama

The Shining 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 1980 | 144 min | Rated R | Oct 01, 2019 | Randy Miller III

A caretaker of an isolated resort has a complete mental breakdown, terrorizing his young son and wife.

Drama / Horror / Mystery / Psychological thriller / Supernatural

Nightmare Cinema Blu-ray Movie  

Cinedigm | 2018 | 119 min | Rated R | Sep 03, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Five strangers converge at a haunted movie theater owned by The Projectionist (Mickey Rourke). Once inside, the audience members witness a series of screenings that shows them their deepest fears and darkest secrets over five tales.

Horror

Donbass Blu-ray Movie    

Донбас / Montage Pictures / Blu-ray + DVD

Eureka Entertainment | 2018 | 110 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jun 24, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In eastern Ukraine, society begins to degrade as the effects of propaganda and manipulation begin to surface in this post-truth era.

Drama / Foreign

Doom: Annihilation Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2019 | 97 min | Rated R | Oct 01, 2019 | Martin Liebman

DOOM: ANNIHILATION follows a group of space marines as they respond to a distress call from a base on a Martian moon, only to discover it’s been overrun by demonic creatures who threaten to create Hell on Earth.

Action / Horror / Sci-Fi

Armstrong Blu-ray Movie    

Altitude Film Distribution | 2019 | 100 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jul 15, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Dramatic, moving and deeply human, ARMSTRONG offers the definitive life story of Neil Armstrong: from his childhood in Ohio to his first steps on the Moon, and beyond.

Documentary