New Blu-ray Reviews

The Bounty Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1984 | 132 min | Rated PG | Jan 02, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.

Action / Adventure / Drama / History / Period

Beethoven: The Symphonies Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray Audio | Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker

Universal Music | 1975-1977 | 329 min | Not rated | Nov 16, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music / Foreign

Cold War Blu-ray Movie    

Zimna Wojna

Artificial Eye | 2018 | 88 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jan 07, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched, set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris.

Drama / History / Music / Romance / Foreign / Period

White Boy Rick Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2018 | 111 min | Rated R | Dec 25, 2018 | Martin Liebman

The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.

Crime / Drama

The Blood Island Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Terror Is a Man / Brides of Blood / Mad Doctor of Blood Island / Beast of Blood / Blu-ray + CD

Severin Films | 1959-1971 | 4 Movies | 356 min | Not rated | Nov 13, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Horror / Sci-Fi

Terror Is a Man Blu-ray Movie  

Blood Creature

Severin Films | 1959 | 90 min | Not rated | Oct 23, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

William Fitzgerald, the sole survivor of a shipwrecked freighter, washes ashore onto the strange and mysterious "Blood Island". Near death, he is rescued by Dr. Charles Girard, a scientist researching the evolutionary link between man and beast. Much to the fear of the natives, Girard's bizarre experiments have successfully transformed a wild panther into human form. Hungry for blood, the tormented creature prowls the tropical jungle, intent on killing anyone in its path...

Horror / Sci-Fi

Brides of Blood Blu-ray Movie  

Grave Desires / The Island of Living Horror / Danger on Tiki Island

Severin Films | 1968 | 97 min | Not rated | Oct 23, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Dr. Paul Henderson, his wife Carla and Peace Corps volunteer Jim Farrell arrive on Blood Island and discover that nature has been hideously perverted when deadly branches and roots grab at them like tentacles. Other native life forms include mutated insects and crabs and a horrific humanoid beast that the spear-wielding natives call The Evil One. When Jim learns that the islanders worship this demon and provide it with sacrificial maidens, he struggles to organize resistance in an effort to prevent yet another orgy of blood...

Horror / Sci-Fi

Mad Doctor of Blood Island Blu-ray Movie  

Grave Desires / Tomb of the Living Dead

Severin Films | 1968 | 89 min | Not rated | Oct 23, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

This entry in the Blood Island series lives up to its cursed reputation as enraged, green-blooded monsters prowl the haunted jungles. An American pathologist is called in to investigate a series of grisly killings, with victims' limbs and innards gruesomely strewn about the crime scenes. His search leads him to the remote clinic of sinister Dr. Lorca, whose evil chlorophyll experiments have transformed a helpless patient into a hideous, green-skinned mangler...

Horror / Sci-Fi

Beast of Blood Blu-ray Movie  

Beast of the Dead

Severin Films | 1971 | 93 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

This sequel to MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND picks up minutes after the earlier movie left off, with the horrific Chlorophyll Monster on a rampage aboard a yacht. Sole survivor of the carnage, the heroic Dr. Foster now realizes that his job of making the island safe for the native villagers has only just begun. Dr. Lorca captures the Chlorophyll creature and keeps him under control by separating its head from its body. He taunts the still-living head until it seethes with a lust for revenge. Dr. Foster's army meets Lorca's henchmen in a climactic battle royale, with the roaming, headless body of the monster adding yet more mayhem to the action-packed mix...!

Horror / Sci-Fi

Munchies / Munchie Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1987-1992 | 2 Movies | 173 min | Rated PG | Nov 27, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

See individual titles for their synopses.

Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi

Munchies Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1987 | 92 min | Rated PG | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf

Simon Watterman, a space archaeologist, discovers the "Munchies" in a cave in Peru. Cecil Watterman, Simon's evil twin brother and snack food entrepreneur, kidnaps the creature. What Cecil does not know is that the creature, when chopped up, regenerates into many new creatures -- and are they mean!

Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi

Munchie Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1992 | 81 min | Rated PG | No Release Date | Brian Orndorf

In this in-name-only sequel to Munchies (1987), a new kid in town, Gage Dobson, can't find his place in the new environment despite having such a cool name. The kids at school bully him, the girl he likes doesn't register him and his mom is about to marry a scoundrel. Everything changes for Gage Dobson when he stumbles into Munchie, a friendly gremlin-like creature that dresses like a lounge singer, sounds like a stand-up comedian and has magic powers. They become friends and Munchie decides to help the kid with all these problems. Gage Dobson is about to get even! If only there wasn't a mad scientist who wants to use Munchie for experiments to learn how the creature ticks.

Comedy / Family / Fantasy

Community: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 2009-2015 | 6 Seasons | 2423 min | Rated TV-PG | Oct 23, 2018 | Martin Liebman

At the center of a band of misfits who attend Greendale Community College is Jeff Winger, a fast-talking lawyer whose degree has been revoked. With some help from his fellow classmates, Winger forms a study group that eventually learns more about themselves than their course work.

Comedy

The Inheritors Blu-ray Movie  

Die Erben

Mondo Macabro | 1983 | 88 min | Unrated | Nov 13, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

On his way home from school, 16-year-old Thomas helps Charly, an unemployed teenager, escape from the police. Despite their differing backgrounds, the boys become good friends, and Charly persuades Thomas to join a neo-Nazi youth group. Intrigued and confused by his new friends, Thomas, who is experiencing trouble at home and school, is drawn deeper into a web of sex and violence that leads to a tragic end.

Drama / Foreign

Nemesis Blu-ray Movie  

MVD Rewind Collection / Blu-ray + DVD

MVD Visual | 1992 | 1 Movie, 3 Cuts | 96 min | Rated R | Jan 08, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Los Angeles, 2027. Japan and America have merged, politically and economically. Man and machines have merged as well. But mankind is threatened when the Cyborgs decide they are better suited to rule the planet than humans. When police officer Alex Rain discovers the plot to replace world leaders with Cyborg clones, he embarks on a full-scale war to stop them.

Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller

The Chain Reaction Blu-ray Movie    

Ozploitation Classics

Umbrella Entertainment | 1980 | 92 min | Rated ACB: M | Nov 07, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

An earthquake in rural Australia causes a dangerous leak at WALDO, a nuclear waste storage facility. Heinrich Schmidt, an engineer badly hurt in the accident, knows that the leak will poison the groundwater for hundreds of miles around, and wants to warn the public. His boss, however, is only interested in protecting himself, and believes the accident should be covered up, even at the expense of thousands of lives. Heinrich escapes from the facility, but is too badly injured to get very far. Lost in the woods and suffering from amnesia, he is rescued by Larry, an auto mechanic on vacation with his wife, Carmel. As Heinrich tries to piece together his memories of what happened, his boss' thugs are quickly closing in on the trio.

Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Invasion U.S.A. Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1985 | 108 min | Rated R | Mar 15, 2016 | Martin Liebman

A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.

Action / Thriller

Woody Woodpecker Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2017 | 91 min | Rated PG | Sep 04, 2018 | Martin Liebman

The hyperactive red-headed bird enters a turf war with a big city lawyer wanting to tear down his home in an effort to build a house to flip.

Animation / Comedy / Family

Willie Dynamite Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1974 | 102 min | Rated R | Jan 08, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Willie Dynamite, the flashy and arrogant street pimp, ruthlessly tries to apply capitalist principles to his own prostitution ring. But Willie's grand plans are challenged by competing pimps and corrupt cops who work together to shut him down. As Willie's world begins to crumble, Cora, a determined woman from his past, returns to try and rescue his girls from a future on the streets. Now with pressure mounting and time running out, Cora forces Willie to look at his life and decide whether he wants to go out in a blaze of glory or try and turn his life around.

Crime / Drama

Darkman Trilogy Blu-ray Movie  

Darkman / Darkman II: The Return of Durant / Darkman III: Die Darkman Die

Universal Studios | 1990-1996 | 3 Movies | 276 min | Rated R | Jun 12, 2018 | Martin Liebman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Action / Crime / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Dark humor