New Blu-ray Reviews

Charmed: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 1998-1999 | 971 min | Not rated | Oct 30, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Now, fall deeper under the spell of the Charmed Ones, as all 22 Season One episodes have been remastered in brilliant High Definition for this Blu-ray debut! Relive the adventures of the bewitching Halliwell sisters (Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, and Alyssa Milano) as they discover their unique supernatural powers and put them to use against the malevolent forces of darkness.

Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery

Wreck-It Ralph 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Ultimate Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2012 | 101 min | Rated PG | Nov 06, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Wreck-It Ralph longs to be as beloved as his game's perfect Good Guy, Fix-It Felix. Problem is, nobody loves a Bad Guy. But they do love heroes... so when a modern, first-person shooter game arrives featuring tough-as-nails Sergeant Calhoun, Ralph sees it as his ticket to heroism and happiness. He sneaks into the game with a simple plan -- win a medal -- but soon wrecks everything, and accidentally unleashes a deadly enemy that threatens every game in the arcade.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy

Wreck-It Ralph 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2012 | 101 min | Rated PG | Nov 06, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Wreck-It Ralph longs to be as beloved as his game's perfect Good Guy, Fix-It Felix. Problem is, nobody loves a Bad Guy. But they do love heroes... so when a modern, first-person shooter game arrives featuring tough-as-nails Sergeant Calhoun, Ralph sees it as his ticket to heroism and happiness. He sneaks into the game with a simple plan -- win a medal -- but soon wrecks everything, and accidentally unleashes a deadly enemy that threatens every game in the arcade.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy

Some Like It Hot Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1959 | 122 min | Not rated | Nov 20, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Two down on their luck jazz musicians find themselves on the run after the police raid the speakeasy they perform in. With nowhere to hide, a gig with Sweet Sue and her Society Syncopators at a beach resort seems like the perfect getaway. There's just one problem: the Syncopators are an all-female band, and Joe and Jerry aren't women — yet. Armed with some dodgy wigs and wobbly falsettos, they manage to join the Syncopators and meet Sugar Kane: a hooch-swilling, ukulele-playing knockout with a soft spot for saxophone players. Things start to go off the rails when they begin to attract unwanted attention from lecherous millionaires and some familiar faces show up at their hotel for a gathering of the country's most dangerous criminals.

Comedy / Crime / Music / Romance / Period

The Beatles Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray Audio | Limited 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition | The White Album / Blu-ray + CD

Capitol Records | 1968 | 94 min | Not rated | Nov 09, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music

Def by Temptation Blu-ray Movie  

Temptation / Blu-ray + DVD

Vinegar Syndrome | 1990 | 95 min | Rated R | Oct 30, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

When Joel's best buddy K invites him to New York City to stay, the country boy can't wait to hit the streets and see a little action - that's when all hell breaks loose. In an uptown bar, Joel is smitten by a temptress 0 a demonic succubus in human form from the Darkside who leaves her lovers drained dead. One by one, Joel's friends fall victim to her charms, leaving Joel to face the evil temptress... and his destiny... alone.

Horror / Thriller

The Killing Kind Blu-ray Movie  

Standard Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

Vinegar Syndrome | 1973 | 96 min | Rated R | Oct 30, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

Young Terry Lambert returns home from serving a prison term for a gang-rape he was forced to participate in. He seeks revenge on his lawyer and the girl who framed him. But his real problem is his overbearing mother, whose boarding house he resides in and who keeps bringing him glasses of chocolate milk. One of her boarders, Lori, becomes attracted to him. However, while he was serving his prison sentence, Terry developed an interest in rough, violent sex, and gory death. Now, one by one, some of the town's women pop up dead.

Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller

Rambo III 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 1988 | 102 min | Rated R | Nov 13, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Vietnam War veteran John Rambo goes to Afghanistan to rescue his former commanding officer.

Action / Thriller / War

Creepshow Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition

Shout Factory | 1982 | 120 min | Rated R | Oct 23, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson

Five creepy tales are strung together by a framing story involving a young boy being punished by his father for reading the gruesome, titular comic book. "Father's Day" tells the tale of a family patriarch exacting beyond-the-grave revenge on the daughter who murdered him. In "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill," a Maine hayseed is overtaken by a meteor-based plant growth. A cuckolded husband exacts watery revenge on his cheating wife and her lover in "Something to Tide You Over." A hairy beast in a box is used for nefarious purposes at a university in "The Crate." Finally, in "They're Creeping Up on You," a wealthy, arrogant New Yorker with a fear of germs has a disturbing run-in with cockroaches during a blackout.

Horror / Thriller / Dark humor / Supernatural / Comic book

Juliet, Naked Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2018 | 98 min | Rated R | Nov 13, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Juliet, Naked is the story of Annie, the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan, and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, singer-songwriter, Tucker Crowe, who also happens to be the subject of Duncan's musical obsession.

Comedy / Drama / Music

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1947 | 112 min | Not rated | May 24, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Writer Georges Duroy (George Sanders) is one social-climbing S.O.B. who does most of his climbing over the warm (and cold) bodies of women. He begins with Rachel (Marie Wilson), a hanger-on in the cafes and Folies Bergere crowd, and then moves on to dally with Clotilde de Morelle (Angela Lansbury.) Always striving to move upward on the social scale, he ditches her to marry Madeleine Forestier (Ann Dvorak). Now he gets on the fast track. He persuades Madame Walter (Katherine Emery), the wife of his publisher, to fall in love with him, and then compromises Madeleine to frame a divorce, so he can pursue Madame Walter's daughter, Suzanne (Susan Douglas, before somebody decided her later-married name was her most-often used screen name.) He moves along so well that ere long he is in legal position to usurp the title of one of France's most noble houses. The moral, at the end, is it is okay to mess with French women, but trifling with French titles is going too far.

Drama

Air Force One 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 1997 | 125 min | Rated R | Nov 06, 2018 | Martin Liebman

When a terrorist group hijacks Air Force One and demands the release of a vicious tyrant, it's up to the U.S. President himself to stop them.

Action / Thriller

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray Audio | 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition / Blu-ray + CD

Sony Music | 1968 | 76 min | Unrated | Nov 09, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music

Rambo: First Blood Part II 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 1985 | 95 min | Rated R | Nov 13, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Vietnam War veteran John Rambo is sent on assignment back to Southeast Asia to uncover missing POWs, and ends up with his hands full.

Action / Thriller / War

Big Trouble Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 2002 | 85 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 06, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

A mysterious suitcase that threatens the security of Miami changes the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hit men, a pair of street thugs, two love-struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad. Based on humorist Dave Barry's novel.

Comedy / Crime / Thriller

BlacKkKlansman Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2018 | 135 min | Rated R | Nov 06, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter.

Biography / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Period

BlacKkKlansman 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2018 | 135 min | Rated R | Nov 06, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter.

Biography / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Period

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1938 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 91 min | Not rated | Jul 10, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

In his small Missouri town, Tom Sawyer (Tommy Kelly) is a big troublemaker. When he's not tricking others into doing his work, he's upsetting his Aunt Polly (May Robson), or wooing his young love. But sometimes Tom's mischief gets him in over his head...especially when he and his pal, Huckleberry Finn (Jackie Moran), witness a murder.

Action / Adventure / Family

Valley Girl Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition

Shout Factory | 1983 | 99 min | Rated R | Oct 30, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson

Julie is, like, so over her preppy boyfriend, she dumps him on the escalator at the Galleria. And when she meets punker Randy, her eyes practically bug out because she thinks he is sexy even though he makes her friends gag! But even if Randy's ready to stop the world and melt with her, can Julie risk losing her friends and her super popularity at school just to be with him?

Comedy / Romance / Teen / Erotic

First Blood 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Rambo / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 1982 | 93 min | Rated R | Nov 13, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Vietnam War veteran John Rambo is pursued into the mountains surrounding a small town by a tyrannical sheriff and his deputies, forcing him to fight back.

Action / Thriller / War