New Blu-ray Reviews

Cutie Honey Universe: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2018 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Jul 23, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

The girls at Saint Chapel Academy all think Honey Kisaragi is just another sweet, kind and incredibly beautiful girl, but what they don't know is that Honey is actually the world's most advanced android, with the capability to transform her lovely body into multiple forms with their own special abilities! Unfortunately the evil Sister Jill, head of the sinister organization Panther Claw, knows Honey's secret, and the malevolent mistress of mayhem will stop at nothing in her attempts to capture Honey and use her body for her own twisted purposes. With Jill's army of half-human hotties on one side and Honey and her stalwart allies at the PCIS (Panther Claw Criminal Investigation Service) on the other, it's going to be the wildest, sexiest battle ever! Watch out evildoers! The original magical girl is back in this uncensored release!

Anime / Sci-Fi / Comic book / Foreign

The Prince of Egypt Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 1998 | 99 min | Rated PG | Oct 16, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Egyptian Prince Moses learns of his identity as a Hebrew and his destiny to become the chosen deliverer of his people.

Adventure / Animation / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Epic

Kanamemo: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Maiden Japan | 2009 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 25, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

No synopsis for this title.

Anime / Comedy / Comic book / Foreign

Space: 1999: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1975-1977 | 2 Seasons | 2370 min | Not rated | Jul 16, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.

Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi

The Mafu Cage Blu-ray Movie  

Deviation / My Sister, My Love / The Cage / Don't Ring the Doorbell

Scorpion Releasing | 1978 | 101 min | Rated R | Jun 19, 2019 | Brian Orndorf

Lee Grant and Carol Kane star as sisters locked in a bizarre relationship in the cult horror film THE MAFU CAGE (aka DON'T RING THE DOORBELL). After their primatologist father dies in Africa, Ellen (Grant) is forced to care for her disturbed younger sister, Cissy (Kane). Cissy spends much of her time in the companionship of the apes collected by her father, drawing them and occasionally murdering one in a crazed rage. When Ellen, desperate for a relationship with a normal human being, takes up with fellow astronomer David, Cissy becomes even further unhinged with tragic consequences in store. THE MAFU CAGE is an unusual take on the theme of obsessive sisterly love found in thrillers like SISTERS and WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?.

Drama / Horror / Thriller

An Acceptable Loss Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2018 | 102 min | Rated R | Jul 02, 2019 | Brian Orndorf

Former top U.S. security adviser Elizabeth "Libby" Lamm (Sumpter) is threatened by associates from her dark past including Rachel Burke (Curtis), a steely, commanding politician with an unwavering knack for achieving her goals.

Drama / Thriller

Double Impact Blu-ray Movie  

MVD Rewind Collection

MVD Visual | 1991 | 110 min | Rated R | May 28, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Alex and Chad, twins separated at the death of their parents. Chad is raised by a family retainer in Paris, Alex becomes a petty crook in Hong Kong. Seeing a picture of Alex, Chad rejoins him and convinces him that his rival in Hong Kong is also the man who killed their parents. Alex is suspicious of Chad, especially when it comes to his girlfriend.

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Martial arts

Slayground Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1983 | 89 min | Rated R | Jun 18, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Thieves run over a child while escaping after a robbery. A deadly hitman who likes to taunt his targets is hired to track them down.

Crime

The Spanish Prisoner Blu-ray Movie  

Ammo Content | 1997 | 110 min | Rated PG | Jun 25, 2019 | Michael Reuben

The inventor of "the Process," a top-secret formula which promises to make his company unimaginably rich, becomes the target of an elaborate ruse to steal his invention.

Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Joseph: King of Dreams Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2000 | 75 min | Not rated | Jan 22, 2019 | Martin Liebman

Joseph, his father's favorite son, is sold into slavery by his jealous half-brothers. After years of struggle, Joseph rises to be the Pharaoh's trusted adviser when his gift for interpreting dreams pays dividends.

Animation / Family / Musical

The Parent Trap Blu-ray Movie  

Disney / Buena Vista | 1998 | 128 min | Rated PG | Apr 24, 2018 | Martin Liebman

When Hallie Parker and Annie James meet at summer camp, they think they have nothing in common -- only to discover that they're identical twins. Soon, they're up to their freckles in a scheme to switch places and get their parents back together.

Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Family / Romance

Tony Northrup's Beginning Photography Videos: Composition, Lighting, Camera Settings, & Picture Problem Solving Blu-ray Movie  

Mason Press | 2013 | 430 min | Not rated | Dec 01, 2013 | Martin Liebman

No synopsis for this title.

Other

Détective Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1985 | 95 min | Not rated | Jun 18, 2019 | Neil Lumbard

In an old Parisian hotel populated with extraordinary characters, the house detective is still trying to solve a murder from years before.

Comedy / Crime / Drama / Foreign

Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside Me Blu-ray Movie  

The Ted Bundy Story / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Mill Creek Entertainment | 2003 | 90 min | Not rated | Jul 09, 2019 | Martin Liebman

While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, aspiring crime writer, Ann Rule, unwittingly becomes friends with serial killer Ted Bundy.

Biography / Crime / Drama

The Intruder Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2018 | 102 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 30, 2019 | Martin Liebman

A psychological thriller about a young married couple who buys a beautiful Napa Valley house on several acres of land only to find that the man they bought it from refuses to let go of the property.

Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller

Do the Right Thing Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1989 | 120 min | Rated R | Jul 23, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.

Comedy / Drama

The Tamarind Seed Blu-ray Movie  

Scorpion Releasing | 1974 | 119 min | Rated PG | Jun 25, 2019 | Brian Orndorf

During a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian agent.

Drama / Romance

Noir Archive Volume 2: 1954-1956 Blu-ray Movie  

9-Film Collection | Cell 2455, Death Row / Rumble on the Docks / The Crooked Web / Footsteps in the Fog / 5 Against the House / The Night Holds Terror / New Orleans Uncensored / Bait / Spin a Dark Web

Kit Parker Films | 1954-1956 | 9 Movies | 907 min | Not rated | Jul 16, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Stalwart "noir" directors and casts highlight nine more hard to find features: "Bait" (1954) dir/Hugo Haas cst/Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, John Agar; "The Crooked Web" (1955) dir/Nathan Juran cst/Frank Lovejoy, Mari Blanchard, Richard Denning; "The Night Holds Terror" (1955) dir/Andrew Stone cst/Jack Kelly, Hildy Parks, Vince Edwards, John Cassavetes, David Cross; "Footsteps in the Fog" (1955) dir/Arthur Lubin cst/Bill Travers, Ronald Squire, Finlay Currie, Belinda Lee; "Cell 2455, Death Row" (1955) dir/Fred F. Sears cst/William Campbell, Robert Campbell, Marian Carr; "5 Against the House" (1955) dir/Phil Karlson cst/Alvy Moore, William Conrad, Kerwin Mathews; "New Orleans Uncensored" (1955) dir/William Castle cst/Arthur Franz, Beverly Garland, Helene Stanton; "Spin a Dark Web" (1955) dir/Vernon Sewell cst/Faith Domergue, Lee Patterson, Rona Anderson, Martin Benson; "Rumble on the Docks" (1956) dir/Fred F. Sears cst/Laurie Carrol, James Darren, Michael Granger.

Biography / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Heist

Bait Blu-ray Movie  

Kit Parker Films | 1954 | 80 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Middle-aged Marko (Haas) is searching for a lost gold mine for nearly 20 years. To share expenses for a prospecting expedition he teams up with bright young Ray Brighton (Agar). When they find the mine Marko decides he doesn't want to share with his partner and plans to murder him. He figures that after the two of them spend the winter together with Marko's trashy young wife (Moore) in a shack far from civilization, he will sooner or later catch them in adultery, and he can use the "unwritten law" to kill Brighton and thus escape punishment from the law. But the plan backfires.

Drama

The Crooked Web Blu-ray Movie  

Kit Parker Films | 1955 | 77 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Stan, a drive-in owner with a gambling problem, falls for Joanie, a carhop working at his restaurant. When Joanie’s brother, Frank, comes into town, he offers Stan a sweet deal — the chance to get a cut of $200,000 worth of gold hidden in Germany. What Stan doesn’t know is that Joanie and Frank are undercover cops trying to nail him for a murder he may have committed during the war.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir