New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- September 03, 2019
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1969-1978 | 3 Seasons | 919 min | Rated TV-G | Sep 03, 2019 | Randy Miller III
A group of teenage friends and their Great Dane (Scooby-Doo) travel in a bright green van solving strange and hilarious mysteries, while returning from or going to a regular teenage function.
Animation / Comedy / Crime / Family / Mystery
- September 02, 2019
The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice Blu-ray Movie
お茶漬の味 / Ochazuke no aji / includes "What Did the Lady Forget?" (1937)
Criterion | 1952 | 116 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Secrets and deceptions strain the already tenuous relationship of a childless, middle-aged couple, as the wife's city-bred sophistication bumps up against the husband's small-town simplicity, and a generational sea change—in the form of her headstrong, modern niece—sweeps over their household.
Drama / Foreign
Aladdin Blu-ray Movie
The Signature Collection / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1992 | 91 min | Rated G | Sep 10, 2019 | Martin Liebman
In the heart of an enchanted city, a commoner named Aladdin and his mischievous monkey Abu battle to save the free-spirited Princess Jasmine from the schemes of the evil sorcerer Jafar. Aladdin's whole life changes with one rub of a magic lamp as a fun-loving, shape-shifting Genie appears and grants him three wishes, setting him on an incredible journey of discovery.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance
Aladdin 4K Blu-ray Movie
The Signature Collection | Ultimate Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1992 | 91 min | Rated G | Sep 10, 2019 | Martin Liebman
In the heart of an enchanted city, a commoner named Aladdin and his mischievous monkey Abu battle to save the free-spirited Princess Jasmine from the schemes of the evil sorcerer Jafar. Aladdin's whole life changes with one rub of a magic lamp as a fun-loving, shape-shifting Genie appears and grants him three wishes, setting him on an incredible journey of discovery.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance
The Landlord Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1970 | 112 min | Rated R | May 14, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson
At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert it into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind. He's grown fond of the black tenants and maybe has even fallen in love.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Two From Hell Blu-ray Movie
House of 1000 Corpses / The Devil's Rejects
Umbrella Entertainment | 2003-2005 | 2 Movies | 200 min | Rated MA15+ | May 01, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Crime / Horror / Thriller
House of 1000 Corpses Blu-ray Movie
Umbrella Entertainment | 2003 | 89 min | Rated MA15+ | Sep 07, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Two young couples take a misguided tour onto the back roads of America in search of a local legend known as Dr. Satan. Lost and stranded, they are set upon by a bizarre family of psychotics. Murder, cannibalism and satanic rituals are just a few of the 1000+ horrors that await.
Horror / Thriller / Dark humor
The Devil's Rejects Blu-ray Movie
Umbrella Entertainment | 2005 | 111 min | Rated MA15+ | Oct 04, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Ambushed at their homestead by Sheriff Wydell and a squad of armed men, the Firefly family awakens with guns blazing- yet only Otis and his sister, Baby, manage to escape unharmed. Taking refuge and hostages in a back-road motel, the wanted siblings rendezvous with their deranged partner in crime, Captain Spaulding, killing whoever happens to stand in their way. But as the body count mounts higher, Sheriff Wydell decides to "cross the line" and take the law into his own hands, paving the way for one of the most depraved and terrifying showdowns in cinematic history.
Crime / Horror / Thriller
The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew & Associates Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1960-1964 | 4 Movies, 5 Cuts | 170 min | Not rated | Apr 26, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Documentary / History
Primary Blu-ray Movie
Original and Shortened versions
Criterion | 1960 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 60 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
"A new kind of reporting, a new form of history," Robert Drew promised John F Kennedy. He was proposing that a revolutionary, small camera and sync sound recorder live with Kennedy day and night for nearly a week during the climax of his 1960 Wisconsin presidential primary run against Hubert Humphrey. The resulting film established a cinema verite template for films shot in the Kennedy White House.
Documentary / History
Adventures on the New Frontier Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1961 | 53 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A look at the daily business of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, with a focus on some of the political issues he faces six weeks into his term.
Documentary
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1963 | 53 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Governor George Wallace will not let two black students into an Alabama school, against the wishes of President Kennedy. Loud shouts come from both sides of the issue as JFK stands by his decisions.
Documentary / History
Faces of November Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1964 | 12 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
When Kennedy's state funeral took place over three days, from November 23 to November 25,1963, Drew and his camera crew, consisting of James Lipscomb, Sidney Reichman and Al Wertheimer were there to record the event.
Documentary / History
Let My Puppets Come Blu-ray Movie
SOLD OUT / Out Of Print / Blu-ray + DVD
Vinegar Syndrome | 1976 | 76 min | Rated X | Aug 27, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
The three chief executives of Creative Concepts Systems & Procedures Brothers Unlimited Inc. of New York are in hot water as their latest venture has been a huge failure, and their Mafia investor, "Mr. Big", wants his $500,000 within 24 hours, or else. So Jimmy, a courier who over hears their plight, suggests they make a porno movie as an easy way of getting back the lost money.
Animation / Comedy / Musical / Erotic
- September 01, 2019
Aladdin Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2019 | 128 min | Rated PG | Sep 10, 2019 | Martin Liebman
A street rat frees a genie from a lamp, granting all of his wishes and transforming himself into a charming prince in order to marry a beautiful princess. But soon, an evil sorcerer becomes hell-bent on securing the lamp for his own sinister purposes.
Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance
Aladdin 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2019 | 128 min | Rated PG | Sep 10, 2019 | Martin Liebman
A street rat frees a genie from a lamp, granting all of his wishes and transforming himself into a charming prince in order to marry a beautiful princess. But soon, an evil sorcerer becomes hell-bent on securing the lamp for his own sinister purposes.
Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance
Scars of Dracula Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1970 | 95 min | Rated R | Sep 10, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
Count Dracula rises from the grave once again. Buckets of blood and vats of violence follow. A young man and his girlfriend find themselves in Dracula's castle where Dracula sinks his teeth into five victims and tortures a servant in a graphically violent scene. A priest is attacked by a bat and meets his maker much earlier than anticipated. Naturally, the girl is soon coveted by Dracula, and the heroic young man must come to her rescue. There are typical scenes of religious defilement, arson, and the requisite wooden cross that wards off the evil bloodsucker...
Horror / Supernatural / Period
The Deer Hunter 4K Blu-ray Movie
40th Anniversary Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + CD
Studio Canal | 1978 | 184 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Aug 20, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Three friends volunteer to serve in Vietnam, they fail to foresee the horrors that will encapsulate their future lives.
Drama / War / Melodrama
Berlin Alexanderplatz Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1980 | 903 min | Not rated | Feb 12, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Hulking, childlike ex-convict Franz Biberkopf attempts to "become an honest soul" amid the corrosive urban landscape of Weimar-era Germany.
Crime / Drama / Foreign
Echo in the Canyon Blu-ray Movie
Greenwich | 2018 | 82 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 10, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A look at the roots of the historic music scene in L.A.'s Laurel Canyon featuring the music of iconic music groups such as The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, and The Mamas and the Papas.
Documentary / Music