New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- July 24, 2019
Swing Time Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1936 | 103 min | Not rated | Jun 11, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A performer and gambler travels to New York City to raise the $25,000 he needs to marry his fiancée, only to become entangled with a beautiful aspiring dancer.
Comedy / Musical / Romance
Alita: Battle Angel 4K + 3D Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2019 | 122 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 23, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens, she has no memory of who she is, nor does she have any recognition of the world she finds herself in. As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious past.
Action / Adventure / Romance / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Weird Science Blu-ray Movie
Remastered
Arrow | 1985 | 1 Movie, 3 Cuts | 97 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 23, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A nerdy computer whiz and his best friend create the perfect woman. Like a computer-generated fairy godmother, the duo's out-of-this-world creation guides the pair through the pleasures and pitfalls of adolescence.
Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi / Teen / Coming of age
Alita: Battle Angel Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2019 | 122 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 23, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens, she has no memory of who she is, nor does she have any recognition of the world she finds herself in. As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious past.
Action / Adventure / Romance / Sci-Fi / Comic book
- July 23, 2019
The Leopard Man Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1943 | 66 min | Not rated | Jul 16, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.
Drama / Horror / Thriller
Alienate Blu-ray Movie
Gravitas Ventures | 2016 | 86 min | Unrated | Jul 04, 2017 | Martin Liebman
At the end of his marriage, David leaves on a business trip to give his wife much-needed space. When airplanes start mysteriously falling out of the sky and cell towers fail across the nation, he finds himself trapped. The Earth falling to an alien invasion, David fights to return to whatever is left of home.
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi
Glory 4K Blu-ray Movie
30th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 1989 | 122 min | Rated R | Jul 30, 2019 | Martin Liebman
Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army and the Confederates.
Action / Drama / History / War
They're Inside Blu-ray Movie
Epic Pictures | 2019 | 83 min | Not rated | Jul 16, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
When two sisters go to an isolated cabin in the woods to film a passion project, family secrets start to get in the way… as do masked strangers filming a passion project of their own.
Horror
Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Well Go USA | 2018 | 107 min | Not rated | Jul 23, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Since his duel with Ip Man, Cheung Tin Chi has left his fighting days behind and settled down to an ordinary life with his son. One day, he runs into debt-ridden opium addict Nana and single-handedly saves her from a gang of goons sent out by Tso Sai Kit. In retaliation, the mobster burns down Tin Chi's home and shop. Kit's older sister Kwan, who is transitioning the family syndicate to legal business, tries to settle the dispute peacefully. However, Kit seeks further revenge and expands into drug dealing, forcing Tin Chin to take action.
Action / Drama / Martial arts / Foreign
Wolf's Rain: Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
ウルフズレイン / Urufuzu Rein / Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2003-2004 | 702 min | Rated TV-14 | Feb 07, 2017 | Neil Lumbard
Paradise-a legend, a myth, and a hopeless dream in a world that has become a wasteland. It is not meant for everyone, only the wolves thought to be extinct yet still roam the lands. When the Flower Maiden awakens, the path to the end will open. Kiba, a lone white wolf, wanders into a poverty stricken city on a quest. The scent of Lunar Flowers and the will to find Paradise is all he has. Along the way, he runs into other outcast wolves-Tsume, Hige, and Toboe, each with their own story and troubles. Fate bringing them together, they seek out the Flower Maiden, Cheza, and their way to Paradise. But, doing so is no simple matter. Up against a world that fears them and a man with mysterious abilities, their journey is overrun with challenges and worse-sacrifices. With limited time, they must fight to protect Cheza against everyone who seeks her and discover the hidden path to their destiny. This group of broken souls will form a pack and take their journey to the doors of Paradise. But is it worth the end of the world?
Adventure / Anime / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Triple Threat Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Well Go USA | 2018 | 96 min | Rated R | May 14, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A hit contract is taken out on a billionaires daughter intent on bringing down a major crime syndicate. A down and out team of mercenaries must take on a group of professional assassins and stop them before they kill their target.
Action / Martial arts
- July 22, 2019
Yardie Blu-ray Movie
Studio Canal | 2018 | 101 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Dec 26, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Adaptation of the 1993 novel 'Yardie'.
Crime
The Brink's Job Blu-ray Movie
Big Stickup at Brink's
Kino Lorber | 1978 | 104 min | Rated PG | Jun 18, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
After a long time of bad luck, the little criminal Tony and his gang successfully rob one of Brink's security transport, taking $30,000. Surprisingly their coup doesn't make the press. Curious Tony checks out their headquarters and finds out that their security standard is low beyond belief. Now a really big coup is prepared...
Comedy / Crime / Drama / History / Period
The Doors 4K Blu-ray Movie
The Final Cut / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 1991 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 141 min | Unrated | Jul 23, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and their lead singer Jim Morrison.
Biography / Drama / History / Music
Shortcut to Happiness Blu-ray Movie
The Devil and Daniel Webster
MVD Visual | 2003 | 106 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 16, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Alec Baldwin, Anthony Hopkins, Kim Cattrall, Dan Aykroyd, and Jennifer Love Hewitt star in this re-imagining of Walter Huston's The Devil and Daniel Webster - this time concerning a struggling writer who sells his soul to Old Scratch (Hewitt) in a desperate bid to find fame and fortune on the literary circuit.
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
The Public Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2018 | 120 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 02, 2019 | Martin Liebman
The story revolves around the library patrons, many of whom are homeless, mentally ill and marginalized, as well as an exhausted and overwhelmed staff of librarians who often build emotional connections and a sense of obligation to care for those regular patrons. At odds with library officials over how to handle the extreme weather event, the Patrons turn the building into a homeless shelter for the night by staging an "Occupy" sit in. What begins as an act of civil disobedience becomes a stand off with police and a rush-to-judgment media constantly speculating about what's really happening.
Drama
- July 21, 2019
Tuff Turf Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1985 | 112 min | Rated R | Jul 09, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The new kid in school attracts the girlfriend of a gang leader.
Drama / Music / Teen
Coming Home Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1978 | 126 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jul 15, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A woman, whose husband is fighting in Vietnam, falls in love with another man who suffered a paralyzing combat injury there.
Drama / Romance / War
The Pretenders with Friends Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + CD
Cleopatra | 2006 | 75 min | Not rated | Jul 12, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
The Thing Blu-ray Movie
4K Remaster
Shout Factory | 1982 | 109 min | Rated R | Nov 06, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A twelve-man research team stationed in Antarctica finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and has been buried for over 100,000 years.
Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller