New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- April 08, 2019
Assignment Paris! Blu-ray Movie
Kit Parker Films | 1952 | 84 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race is sent to Budapest to help colleague Jeanne Moray investigate a rumored plot to overthrow Hungary’s Communist dictatorship. After coming into possession of some microfilm, he is arrested and jailed.
Drama
The Miami Story Blu-ray Movie
Kit Parker Films | 1954 | 75 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
The city of Miami finds itself overrun with gambling, vice and murder, and the main man behind it is Tony Brill, a notorious crime boss who rules Miami with an iron fist. Five civic leaders come up with the idea of bringing in Mick Flagg, an ex-gangster who was framed by Brill for murder. Flagg comes into town and starts his own syndicate to intimidate Brill, and to set him up at his own game.
Crime / Drama
- April 07, 2019
Green Card Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1990 | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 02, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
To appease an association which prefers to rent to couples, uptight American environmentalist Brontë agrees to wed Georges, a fiery and free-spirited Frenchman in search of a green card. Their convenient, non-romantic union is complicated, however, by an investigation by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Forced to feign love, the mismatched duo slowly start to truly care for one another.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Land of Doom Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1986 | 87 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
Earth has been ravaged by a nuclear war, and a feminist warrior is forced to join up with a soldier of fortune in her journey to find a rumored "paradise" as they battle gangs of rampaging bandits.
Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Frankenstein 1970 Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1958 | 83 min | Not rated | Apr 09, 2019 | Randy Miller III
Baron Victor von Frankenstein (Boris Karloff), who suffered at the hands of the Nazis as punishment for not cooperating with them during World War II. Horribly disfigured, he nevertheless continues his work as a scientist. Needing funds to support his experiments, the Baron allows a television crew to shoot a made-for-television horror film about his monster-making family at his castle in Germany.
Horror / Sci-Fi
- April 06, 2019
Justice League 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2017 | 120 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 06, 2018 | Martin Liebman
Earth's greatest heroes are assembled to form the Justice League, to combat a threat beyond each member's capabilities.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Wonder Woman 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2017 | 141 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 06, 2018 | Martin Liebman
The Amazonian Warrior Princess Diana left her lush tropical island to dwell in our urban cityscapes of glass and steel. Tutored in the ways of the Greek warriors, and outfitted with incredible gifts the Goddess bestowed upon her people, she becomes Paradise Island's emissary to civilization.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book / Period
Kimagure Orange Road: TV Series Collection Blu-ray Movie
きまぐれオレンジ☆ロード
Discotek Media | 1987-1988 | 1056 min | Unrated | Mar 26, 2019 | Martin Liebman
It can be hard moving to a new school, and fifteen-year-old Kyosuke has it harder than most. He's fallen head over heels for his classmate Madoka, a girl who won't even give him the time of day, and unintentionally ended up dating her best friend, Hikaru, instead. Worst of all, Kyosuke and his family have amazing supernatural powers, but he has to keep them hidden from the rest of the world! How is Kyosuke ever going to balance the affections (or lack thereof) of two girls, schoolwork, and his secret abilities all at the time?
Anime / Comedy / Romance / Teen / Supernatural / Comic book / Foreign / Coming of age
Glass Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2019 | 129 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 16, 2019 | Martin Liebman
Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic book
Glass 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2019 | 129 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 16, 2019 | Martin Liebman
Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic book
Robot Holocaust Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1986 | 79 min | Not rated | Mar 18, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
A highly unlikely band of heroes traverses a post-apocalyptic wasteland to rescue a scientist from the tyrannical Dark One and his army of robots.
Sci-Fi
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice Blu-ray Movie
Panga
Scorpion Releasing | 1991 | 91 min | Rated R | Mar 01, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
When an American plantation owner's wife and her sister interrupt an African death ritual to save the sacrificial goat, the witch doctor places a curse on them, summoning a god from the sea to slaughter them and anyone in its way with a panga, a curved, African machete.
Horror
- April 05, 2019
Otley Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series | Limited Edition
Powerhouse Films | 1969 | 91 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Mar 19, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Gerald Otley, a petty thief and garbage rummager, wakes up one morning, after a drunken night on the town, and finds that he is wanted by the police for murder. And that is only the beginning. While being pursued for a crime he did not commit, he is kidnapped by a group of criminals who suspect him of being involved with double agents. Otley manages to escape, but cannot avoid getting into one near-fatal crisis after another, as police and foreign agents chase after him. It is a wild week of misadventures which Otley will never forget!
Comedy
Vice Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2018 | 132 min | Rated R | Apr 02, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The story of Dick Cheney, the most powerful Vice President in history, and how his policies changed the world as we know it.
Biography / Drama
Brighton Beach Memoirs Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1986 | 109 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 26, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his brother, Stanley, whom he looks up to and admires. He goes through the hardships of puberty, sexual fantasy, and living the life of a poor boy in a crowded house. Written by Jason Ihle
Comedy
Columbus Blu-ray Movie
Oscilloscope Pictures | 2017 | 105 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2019 | Randy Miller III
When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana—a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, a young architecture enthusiast who works at the local library. As their intimacy develops, Jin and Casey explore both the town and their conflicted emotions: Jin's estranged relationship with his father, and Casey's reluctance to leave Columbus and her mother.
Drama / Romance
- April 04, 2019
The Manitou Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1978 | 103 min | Rated PG | Apr 16, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
A psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400 year-old demonic Native American spirit.
Action / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Supernatural
Bucktown Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1975 | 94 min | Rated R | Mar 01, 2019 | Brian Orndorf
A redneck police force lords over a middle American community, regularly terrorizing and assaulting black citizens. Fred Williamson arrives in town to bury his brother (a victim of police brutality) and stays to try and right the injustice.
Action / Crime / Drama
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2018 | 134 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 12, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
Adventure / Fantasy / Supernatural
- April 03, 2019
Diamonds of the Night Blu-ray Movie
Démanty noci
Criterion | 1964 | 68 min | Not rated | Apr 16, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Two teenage boys desperately fight for survival as they flee Nazi forces after escaping a train delivering them to a concentration camp.
Drama / War / Foreign