New Blu-ray Reviews

The Matrix Reloaded 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2003 | 138 min | Rated R | Oct 30, 2018 | Michael Reuben

Neo, Morpheus, Trinity, and the rest of their crew continue to battle the machines that have enslaved the human race in the Matrix. Now, more humans are waking up out of the matrix and attempting to live in the real world. As their numbers grow, the battle moves to Zion, the last real-world city and center of human resistance.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Martial arts / Surreal / Epic

Amy Winehouse: Back to Black Blu-ray Movie  

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2007 | 59 min | Not rated | Nov 02, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

BACK TO BLACK tells the real story of how Amy’s best known and most celebrated body of work came into being. Featuring previously unseen footage of Amy in the studio, new interviews with producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi, and the musicians who worked on the album, it offers fresh insights into Amy’s remarkable gifts as a singer, songwriter and performer.

Documentary / Music

Fraggle Rock: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

35th Anniversary Collector's Edition

Sony Pictures | 1983-1987 | 5 Seasons | 2371 min | Not rated | Sep 25, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Fraggle Rock takes place outside the home of an avuncular inventor named Doc. Unbeknownst to anyone but Doc's dog Sprocket, a tiny civilization lives beneath the huge rock outside Doc's house. This is Fraggle Rock, home of the fun-loving Fraggles, the hardworking Doozers and the dictatorial Gorgs.

Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical

Night of the Demon Blu-ray Movie    

Curse of the Demon | Indicator Series | Limited Edition

Powerhouse Films | 1957 | 1 Movie, 4 Cuts | 96 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Oct 22, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Dr. Holden, a psychologist knowledgeable about the occult, is dismayed by a friend's strange death, leading him to investigate a demon-worshipping cult in England. But the leader of that sect, Prof. Karswell, resists Holden's inquiries by calling up an actual demon to fight the good doctor. Can Holden hold his own in a battle of good vs. evil?

Horror / Supernatural

The Darkest Minds 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

20th Century Fox | 2018 | 104 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 30, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.

Sci-Fi / Thriller

Steven Wilson: Home Invasion - In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + CD

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2018 | 153 min | Not rated | Nov 02, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall is the second live Blu-ray/DVD and third live album by progressive rock musician Steven Wilson, released on 2 November 2018. It was filmed on the final night of Wilson's three-night residency at the Royal Albert Hall in London, which was part of the To the Bone tour.

Music

The Darkest Minds Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

20th Century Fox | 2018 | 104 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 30, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.

Sci-Fi / Thriller

Les Parents Terribles Blu-ray Movie  

The Storm Within

Cohen Media Group | 1948 | 105 min | Not rated | Oct 30, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Michel is in love with Madeleine, so he decides to tell his parents of his intention to marry her. He thinks his announcement is innocent enough; his engagement, however, threatens to reveal dark secrets lurking within his family's home.

Drama / Foreign

Blood Harvest Blu-ray Movie  

Vinegar Syndrome | 1987 | 88 min | Rated R | Oct 30, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

Tiny Tim stars in his first dramatic film role in this taut drama. A beautiful young girl, Jill Robinson, returns to her peaceful rural home town to find that her life has been turned upside down. The house she grew up in has been defaced, her parents are missing, and the whole town hates her father, the bank supervisor who had foreclosed on many of the local farms. Only "Marvelous Mervo" (Tiny Tim) seems happy to see her. He wanders around the community dressed in a clown's suit with a clown's permanent grin grotesquely painted on his face. Mervo's brother tries to re-kindle his love affair with Jill. Then, one by one, those closest to her are slaughtered like cattle... tied upside down from the rafters of the barn... until the surprise ending reveals the madman.. and a very unlikely savior.

Horror

Mandy Blu-ray Movie  

RLJ Entertainment | 2018 | 121 min | Not rated | Oct 30, 2018 | Michael Reuben

Mandy is set in 1983 in the primal wilderness where Red Miller, a broken and haunted man, hunts an unhinged religious sect who brutally attacked the love of his life.

Horror / Thriller / Surreal / Period

Trilogy of Terror Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1975 | 72 min | Not rated | Oct 16, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

Three tales: In "Julie," an aggressive college student seduces and ultimately blackmails his seemingly shy English professor. In "Millicent and Therese," two polar-opposite sisters become increasingly hellbent on the undoing of one another. And in "Amelia," a woman falls prey to a murderous Zuni fetish doll.

Horror

A Ship to India Blu-ray Movie  

Skepp till Indialand / A Ship Bound for India

Criterion | 1947 | 96 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The hunchbacked sailor Johannes longs to escape his home on a salvage ship helmed by his cruel, drunken father—and so does the captain himself, who is slowly going blind and planning to leave his wife and son for a music-hall performer named Sally. The family begins to unravel when the captain invites Sally to live on the ship, where she and Johannes form a tender connection.

Drama / Foreign

Slender Man Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2018 | 93 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 30, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Slender Man tells the story of a tall, thin horrifying figure with unnaturally long arms and a featureless face, who is reputed to be responsible for the haunting and disappearance of countless children and teens.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural

Patient Zero Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2018 | 87 min | Rated R | Oct 23, 2018 | Martin Liebman

After an unprecedented global pandemic has turned the majority of humankind into violent "Infected," a man gifted with the ability to speak the Infected's new language leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure.

Horror

2001: A Space Odyssey 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 1968 | 149 min | Rated G | Dec 18, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A mysterious black monolith appears on Earth in prehistoric times, changing the course of human evolution. When it reappears on the Moon in 2001, astronauts embark on an ill-fated interplanetary voyage to discover.

Adventure / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Epic

2001: A Space Odyssey Blu-ray Movie  

Remastered

Warner Bros. | 1968 | 149 min | Rated G | Dec 18, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A mysterious black monolith appears on Earth in prehistoric times, changing the course of human evolution. When it reappears on the Moon in 2001, astronauts embark on an ill-fated interplanetary voyage to discover.

Adventure / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Epic

Halloween III: Season of the Witch Blu-ray Movie  

4K Scan

Shout Factory | 1982 | 98 min | Rated R | Oct 16, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson

After the mysterious death of a toyshop owner, a doctor and the man's daughter investigate the Irish-dominated Northern California community of Santa Mira, a company town owned by the Silver Shamrock Novelty corporation.

Horror / Thriller / Supernatural

Believer Blu-ray Movie  

독전 / Dokjeon / Blu-ray + DVD

Well Go USA | 2018 | 124 min | Not rated | Oct 30, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A police detective determined to catch the unseen boss of Asia's biggest drug cartel joins hands with a revenge-thirsty member of the gang.

Action / Crime / Foreign

The Princess Bride Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1987 | 99 min | Rated PG | Oct 30, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In the fairytale adventure 'The Princess Bride', a young boy falls ill and is read a bedtime story by his visiting grandfather. The story is a classic tale of love and adventure as the beautiful Buttercup is kidnapped and held against her will in order to marry the odious Prince Humperdinck. Her childhood beau Westley, now known as the Dread Pirate Roberts, attempts to save her. On the way he meets an accomplished swordsman, a super strong giant and a few bad guys to rescue Princess Buttercup.

Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Romance

Assassination Classroom: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

FUNimation Entertainment | 2015 | 550 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 14, 2018 | Martin Liebman

The Earth is threatened by a powerful creature who destroyed 70% of the Moon with its power, rendering into the shape of a crescent moon forever. The creature claims that within a year, Earth will also be destroyed by him, but he offers mankind a chance to avert this fate. In class 3-E at Kunugigaoka Junior High School, he starts working as a homeroom teacher where he teaches his students not only regular subjects, but the ways of assassination. The Japanese government promises a reward of ¥10 billion (i.e. 100 million USD) to whomever among the students succeeds in killing the teacher, whom they have named "Koro-sensei" (殺せんせー Korosensē?, a pun on korosenai (殺せない, unkillable) and sensei (先生, teacher)). However, this has proven to be an almost impossible task, as not only does he have several inhuman abilities at his disposal, including the capacity of moving at Mach 20, but he is also the best teacher they've ever had.

Anime / Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi / Comic book / Foreign