New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- December 23, 2018
Sweet Baby Charlie Blu-ray Movie
The Sadist / SOLD OUT
Code Red | 1963 | 92 min | Rated R | Nov 17, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An idyllic Sunday afternoon soon becomes a living nightmare when three schoolteachers’ automobile breaks down and leaves them stranded at a deserted scrap yard. It is then that the Sadist comes out to play. Sporting a maniacal smirk, a loaded gun, and a silent 18-year-old girlfriend, the Sadist holds the three terror-stricken tutors hostage in order to serve his own perverse pleasures, mercilessly taunting them with promises of death.
Horror / Thriller
Forty Guns Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 1957 | 79 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jun 22, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Tougher-than-nails landowner Jessica Drummond (Barbara Stanwyck) has ruled over her county in Arizona with such power that even the local sheriff (Dean Jagger) won't stand up to her. And when gunslinger-turned-U.S. Marshall Griff Bonnell (Barry Sullivan) and his brothers seek to restore law and order, they meet with harsh resistance — that is until Jessica falls in love with Bonnell. But when the man's brother is murdered and the two families become bitter enemies, Jessica's loyalty is divided, and Bonnell faces his biggest moral dilemma: how to avenge his brother's death and still maintain his vow of non-violence.
Action / Drama / Romance / Western
The Mangler Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1995 | 106 min | Unrated | Dec 11, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Detective John Hunton is investigating an iron folding machine that has found a taste for eating people. While he tries to solve the mystery, Bill Gartley, the owner, wants to find new victims for his machine.
Horror / Thriller / Supernatural
Panique Blu-ray Movie
Panic
Criterion | 1946 | 98 min | Not rated | Dec 18, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
After an elderly maid is murdered, opinions are manipulated, evidence is planted, violence erupts, and panic ensues.
Drama / Foreign
- December 21, 2018
Khartoum Blu-ray Movie
Eureka Classics / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 1966 | 136 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Dec 03, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
After an Egyptian army, commanded by British officers, is destroyed in a battle in the Sudan in the 1880's, the British government is in a quandary. It does not want to commit a British military force to a foreign war but they have a commitment to protect the Egyptians in Khartoum. They decide to ask General Charles "Chinese" Gordon, something of a folk hero in the Sudan as he had cleared the area of the slave trade, to arrange for the evacuation. Gordon agrees but also decides to defend the city against the forces of the Mahdi - the expected one - and tries to force the British to commit troops. Filmed in Anamorphic 70mm.
Adventure / Drama / History / War
Urban Legends Blu-ray Movie
Final Cut
Shout Factory | 2000 | 98 min | Rated R | Nov 20, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Urban legend-style killings begin to occur on a movie set, in this non-sequel sequel to "Urban Legend"
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Teen
A Simple Favor 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2018 | 117 min | Rated R | Dec 18, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A mommy blogger in a small town discovers her best friend has vanished.
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
A Simple Favor Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2018 | 117 min | Rated R | Dec 18, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A mommy blogger in a small town discovers her best friend has vanished.
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Schindler's List Blu-ray Movie
25th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1993 | 195 min | Rated R | Dec 18, 2018 | Martin Liebman
The true story of industrialist Oskar Schindler, who harbored Polish Jews during WWII by using them as workers in his factory. Schindler saved 1,100 Jews from certain death.
Biography / Drama / History / War / Epic / Period
Schindler's List 4K Blu-ray Movie
25th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1993 | 195 min | Rated R | Dec 18, 2018 | Martin Liebman
The true story of industrialist Oskar Schindler, who harbored Polish Jews during WWII by using them as workers in his factory. Schindler saved 1,100 Jews from certain death.
Biography / Drama / History / War / Epic / Period
- December 20, 2018
Venom 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2018 | 112 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 18, 2018 | Martin Liebman
Journalist Eddie Brock is trying to take down Carlton Drake, the notorious and brilliant founder of the Life Foundation. While investigating one of Drake's experiments, Eddie's body merges with the alien Venom -- leaving him with superhuman strength and power. Twisted, dark and fueled by rage, Venom tries to control the new and dangerous abilities that Eddie finds so intoxicating.
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic book
The Equalizer 2 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2018 | 121 min | Rated R | Dec 11, 2018 | Martin Liebman
Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?
Action / Crime / Thriller
The Lion King 4K Blu-ray Movie
The Signature Collection / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1994 | 89 min | Rated G | Dec 04, 2018 | Martin Liebman
A young lion cub named Simba just can't wait to be king. But the sudden death of his father, Mufasa, and the treacherous actions of his Uncle Scar lead Simba into exile and ultimately on a hero's journey of self-discovery. Adopting the "hakuna matata" philosophy of his comical jungle guardians — a warthog and a meerkat (Pumbaa and Timon) — Simba eventually comes to terms with his destiny and returns home to Pride Rock to help put things right.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Musical / Epic / Coming of age
Yanks Blu-ray Movie
Eureka Classics / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 1979 | 138 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Dec 03, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Set in England at the end of WWII, the story concerns three American GIs and their affairs with British women of varying social status. The central romance concerns Sgt. Matt Dyson and Jean Moreton, who is the daughter of shopkeepers. He falls in love with her but she is still infatuated with her boyfriend Ken. Higher up on the class scale, the officer John has a brief extramarital affair with socialite Helen. The third pairing involves Sgt. Danny Ruffelo in a fling with Mollie. Eventually, the Americans and the Britains find themselves surrounded by racism at a New Year's Eve dance.
Drama / Romance / War
Galveston 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
RLJ Entertainment | 2018 | 93 min | Not rated | Dec 11, 2018 | Michael Reuben
After escaping a job gone bad, a dying small-time crook escapes to Galveston with several unanticipated companions.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Galveston Blu-ray Movie
RLJ Entertainment | 2018 | 93 min | Not rated | Dec 11, 2018 | Michael Reuben
After escaping a job gone bad, a dying small-time crook escapes to Galveston with several unanticipated companions.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
The Super Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2017 | 90 min | Rated R | Dec 18, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A man becomes the superintendent of a large New York City apartment building where people mysteriously go missing.
Horror / Thriller
- December 19, 2018
A Beautiful Planet 4K Blu-ray Movie
IMAX Enhanced / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2016 | 46 min | Rated G | Dec 11, 2018 | Martin Liebman
An exploration of Earth and beyond as seen from outer space.
Documentary
The Predator 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2018 | 107 min | Rated R | Dec 18, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home. The universe's most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.
Action / Adventure / Horror / Sci-Fi
Lizzie Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2018 | 106 min | Rated R | Dec 11, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Oppressed, independent-minded Lizzie Borden experiences a sexual awakening when a pretty new maid is hired and the two develop an intimate relationship. But Lizzie explodes in rage and violence when her domineering parents try to control her desires. Based on the infamous 1892 murders of the Borden family.
Biography / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Psychological thriller