New Blu-ray Reviews

Wagner: Die Walküre 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Osterfestspiele Salzburg 2017 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

C MAJOR | 2017 | 235 min | Not rated | Oct 26, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Recorded live at the Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg 05-17 April 2017.

Music / Foreign

Kin 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2018 | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 20, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An ex-convict and his brother are forced on the run by a vengeful criminal.

Action / Sci-Fi

Eighth Grade Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2018 | 94 min | Rated R | Oct 09, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

A teenager tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth-grade year before leaving to start high school.

Comedy / Teen / Coming of age

The Ice Harvest Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 2005 | 88 min | Rated R | Nov 13, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

A sleazy attorney embezzles $2 million from a mobster, but his partner, a strip club owner, has different plans for the cash.

Comedy / Drama / Holiday

The Magnificent Ambersons Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1942 | 88 min | Not rated | Nov 27, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

Drama / Romance / Period

Can't Hardly Wait Blu-ray Movie  

20 Year Reunion Edition

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1998 | 100 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 30, 2018 | Martin Liebman

It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High-- a time for Pomp and Circumstance, tassels and mortarboards, and serious introspection about the future. But tonight, the seniors will leave all that behind for the things that really matter; romance, revenge and rock 'n' roll. It's the ultimate teen party, a once-in-a-lifetime alternate universe where class nerds become class studs, super-jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance. From prom queen to bimbo, meathead to misfit, everyone will be there for a hormone-charged bash tapped for out-of-control fun.

Comedy / Romance / Teen / Coming of age

Freejack Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 1992 | 109 min | Rated R | Nov 20, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Bounty hunters from the future raid the present to provide new bodies for the super rich. Auto racer Alex Furlong is snatched by time travel, a split second before a fatal explosion, by Vasendak's 21st-century team of techies, who plan to sell his healthy body to an ailing rich man at McCandless Corporation, for a mind transfer. He escapes, but has no rights in this nightmare future of violence and sleaze. The story concerns his survival, and his attempt to revive his relationship with his fiancée Julie, now 15 years older and an executive at McCandless.

Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Philadelphia 4K Blu-ray Movie  

25th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 1993 | 125 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 27, 2018 | Martin Liebman

When a man with AIDS is fired by a conservative law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.

Drama

The Happytime Murders Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2018 | 91 min | Rated R | Dec 04, 2018 | Martin Liebman

When the puppet cast of an '80s children's TV show begins to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet takes on the case.

Comedy / Crime / Mystery

Savage Streets Blu-ray Movie  

SOLD OUT

Code Red | 1984 | 93 min | Rated R | Oct 19, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Armed with a crossbow and a bad attitude, Linda Blair sets out to avenge her mute-deaf sister while blazing a bloody, Bronson-inspired trail through 80's Los Angeles.

Action / Crime / Thriller

De Niro & De Palma: The Early Films Blu-ray Movie  

The Wedding Party / Greetings / Hi, Mom! | Limited Edition

Arrow | 1968-1970 | 3 Movies | 267 min | Unrated | Dec 11, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Comedy / Drama / Dark humor

Greetings Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1968 | 87 min | Rated X | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

An offbeat, episodic film about three friends, Paul, a shy love-seeker, Lloyd, a vibrant conspiracy nut, and Jon, an aspiring filmmaker and peeping tom. The film satirizes free-love, the Kennedy assassination, Vietnam, and amateur film-making.

Comedy / Drama

The Wedding Party Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1969 | 92 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Charlie stays at the house of his fiancee's parents two days before his wedding to Josephine. With his two friends, he discusses Vietnam, the sexual revolution, black power, and compares bachelor life to that of a married man. Charlie tries to talk Josephine's former suitor into resuming his quest, is propositioned by the church organist, and misses his own bachelor party before finally making to the wedding at the insistence of his friends.

Comedy

Hi, Mom! Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1970 | 87 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A Vietnam vet moves into an apartment and views in other people's windows across the street, meets one of the women, and discovers black theater.

Comedy / Drama / Dark humor

The Crown: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2017 | 607 min | Rated TV-MA | Nov 13, 2018 | Martin Liebman

The Crown focuses on Queen Elizabeth II as a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill. The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne....a new era is dawning. Peter Morgan's masterfully researched scripts reveal the Queen's private journey behind the public facade with daring frankness. Prepare to be welcomed into the coveted world of power and privilege and behind locked doors in Westminster and Buckingham Palace....the leaders of an empire await.

Biography / Drama / History / Romance / Foreign

The Critters Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Critters / Critters 2: The Main Course / Critters 3 / Critters 4

Shout Factory | 1986-1992 | 4 Movies | 351 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 27, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

They're back and ready to devour your Blu-ray player! The terrifying and tiny menaces are out in full force with this four-film collection packed with enough Special Features to make any fan's mouth water! In Critters, the terrified Brown family are trapped in a deadly nightmare and must fight for their lives against a litter of extraterrestrial, bloodthirsty monsters. But it's a losing battle until two intergalactic bounty hunters arrive, determined to blow the creatures off the planet! In Critters 2: The Main Course, some eggs have survived and are popping open, bringing another horde of the little creatures! Brad Brown (Scott Grimes) returns to fight them along with three bounty hunters. Critters 3 stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Josh, a beleaguered Angelino who must lead the fight against the little monsters as they invade an L.A. apartment building. In the final film, Critters 4, a super strain of genetically engineered monsters are designed to take over the universe. This time, Brad Dourif and Angela Bassett must battle the little bloodthirsty hairballs.

Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Critters Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1986 | 86 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 27, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.

Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi

Critters 2: The Main Course Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1988 | 86 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 27, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

Eggs of the small, furry alien carnivores are left behind on Earth and, after hatching, set their appetites on the next neighboring town

Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi

Critters 3 Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1991 | 85 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 27, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

This time out, it's an urban family who picks up one of the fast-multiplying beasties while on vacation, although they are warned by Charlie, a veteran of the creatures' earlier attacks. Once widower Clifford and his kids Annie and Johnny return home to their apartment building, the critter begins to reproduce, and the tenement becomes overrun with diminutive, hungry killers. With the appearance of the resourceful Charlie and the heroics of Clifford, the critters' days are soon numbered.

Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Critters 4 Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1992 | 94 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 27, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

The fourth installment in the Critters series picks up the action with Charlie about to destroy the last of the critter eggs. A holographic apparition warns him, however, that every species must be preserved by galactic law; the eggs are transported into deep space, and Charlie is accidentally carted along, beginning yet another freaky adventure.

Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller