New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- August 11, 2019
Assassinaut Blu-ray Movie
Epic Pictures | 2019 | 83 min | Unrated | Jul 30, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
In the near future, aliens have invaded Earth and declared a galactic war resulting in thousands of human casualties. To save Earth, a team of four teenage astronauts brave the alien wilderness of a distant planet to stop an assassin from changing the course of history forever.
Horror
Europa Europa Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1990 | 112 min | Not rated | Jul 09, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
As World War II splits Europe, sixteen-year-old German Jew Salomon is separated from his family after fleeing with them to Poland, and finds himself reluctantly assuming various ideological identities in order to hide the deadly secret of his Jewishness. He is bounced from a Soviet orphanage, where he plays a dutiful Stalinist, to the Russian front, where he hides in plain sight as an interpreter for the German army, and back to his home country, where he takes on his most dangerous role: a member of the Hitler Youth.
Drama / History / War / Foreign
Merrill's Marauders Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1962 | 98 min | Not rated | Jul 23, 2019 | Randy Miller III
American brigadier-general Merrill commands a regiment in Burma during World War II. Surrounded on all sides by the Japanese, Merrill's Marauders nonetheless accomplish their objective-only to be ordered into another mission with barely a chance to breathe. Again and again this happens, and again and again the Marauders remain fiercely loyal to the dauntless Merrill.
Action / Adventure / Drama / War
Jefferson in Paris Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1995 | 139 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 30, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson
During one man's unforgettable visit to liberal and socially permissive France, he meets and falls in love with a worldly and mysterious woman! But when the alluring charms of another prove irresistible, he finds himself courting scandal in a heated triangle of passion and desire!
Biography / Drama / History / Romance
- August 10, 2019
Halloween 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2018 | 106 min | Rated R | Aug 11, 2019 | Martin Liebman
Four decades after escaping his Halloween night murder spree, a haunted Laurie Strode comes face to face once more with the masked psychopath Michael Myers.
Horror / Thriller
Crypto Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 105 min | Rated R | Jun 18, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
Crypto follows a young anti-money laundering agent named Martin tasked with investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud in his remote New York hometown, where his father Martin Sr and brother Caleb are struggling to maintain their family farm in a changing economic landscape. Martin quickly finds himself enmeshed in a dangerous underworld populated by Katie, an art dealer with mysterious intentions, Earl, a crypto-currency enthusiast turned cyber-sleuth, and Ted, a corrupt accountant doing the bidding of ruthless clients.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
The Mummy's Revenge Blu-ray Movie
La venganza de la momia / SOLD OUT
Scorpion Releasing | 1975 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 92 min | Not rated | Jul 22, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
Paul Naschy has a duel role as Amenhotep/Assad Bey, an ancient Egyptian mummified Pharaoh, and the high priest who brought him back to life. In order for Amenhotep to achieve immortality, Assad Bey has to kidnap nubile young virgins in Victorian London for blood sacrifices.
Horror / Foreign
The Curse of la Llorona Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2019 | 93 min | Rated R | Aug 06, 2019 | Martin Liebman
Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own small kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural
Poms Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2019 | 91 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 06, 2019 | Martin Liebman
POMS is a comedy about a group of women who form a cheer leading squad at their retirement community, proving that you're never too old to 'bring it!'
Comedy
Fast Color Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2019 | 102 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 16, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
- August 09, 2019
Moon in Scorpio Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1987 | 87 min | Rated R | Jul 30, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
A Vietnam vet with PTSD and his new wife are invited for their honeymoon aboard his war buddy's yacht along with a third war friend and their girlfriends. Soon, they are being slaughtered one-by-one by a mysterious gloved assailant with an unusual pronged murder weapon.
Drama / Horror / Mystery
Youngblood Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1978 | 87 min | Rated R | Jul 30, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
A gang war story set in a Los Angeles ghetto about the coming of age of a young black youth.
Action / Drama
Tolkien Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2019 | 112 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 06, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Tolkien explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school.
Biography / Drama
- August 08, 2019
Don't Look Now 4K Blu-ray Movie
Vintage Classics | Remastered | Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + CD
Studio Canal | 1973 | 110 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jul 29, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond.
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Supernatural / Surreal
Don't Look Now Blu-ray Movie
Vintage Classics | Remastered
Studio Canal | 1973 | 110 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jul 29, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond.
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Supernatural / Surreal
Pandas 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2018 | 42 min | Rated G | Apr 16, 2019 | Martin Liebman
At Chengdu Panda Base in China, scientists are dedicated to protecting the species by breeding adult Giant Pandas in order to introduce cubs into the wild. This film follows one such researcher, whose passion leads her to initiate a new technique inspired by a black bear program in rural New Hampshire. What starts as a cross-culture collaboration becomes a life-changing journey for an American biologist who crosses an ocean to join her; a scientist from Inner Mongolia; and a very curious female cub named Qian Qian, born in captivity.
Documentary
Fast & Furious 8-Movie Collection 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2001-2017 | 8 Movies, 12 Cuts | 1366 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 11, 2019 | Martin Liebman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Adventure / Crime / Thriller / Heist
Pacific Heights Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 1990 | 102 min | Rated R | Jul 23, 2019 | Martin Liebman
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.
Mystery / Thriller
Girls of the Sun Blu-ray Movie
Les filles du soleil
Cohen Media Group | 2018 | 115 min | Not rated | Aug 06, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A Kurdish female battalion prepares to take back their town from extremists.
Drama / War / Foreign
- August 07, 2019
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2019 | 104 min | Rated PG | Aug 06, 2019 | Martin Liebman
When ace private eye Harry Goodman goes missing, his 21-year-old son Tim is prompted to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Pokémon and Harry's former partner: Detective Pikachu. Finding that they are uniquely equipped to communicate with one another, Tim and Pikachu join forces to unravel the tangled mystery.
Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Mystery / Sci-Fi