New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- July 16, 2018
Isle of Dogs Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2018 | 101 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 17, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his dog.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Doom Asylum Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 1987 | 79 min | Not rated | Jul 17, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A demented coroner uses autopsy equipment to kill off the teenagers who trespass on the long-abandoned asylum he inhabits. Filmed on location in an actual abandoned asylum.
Comedy / Horror
- July 15, 2018
Dietrich & von Sternberg in Hollywood Blu-ray Movie
Morocco / Dishonored / Shanghai Express / Blonde Venus / The Scarlet Empress / The Devil is a Woman
Criterion | 1930-1935 | 6 Movies | 542 min | Not rated | Jul 03, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
See individual titles for their synopses.
Adventure / Comedy / Drama / History / Romance / War / Melodrama / Period
Dishonored Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1931 | 91 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A widow is forced to turn to prostitution to support herself. Recruited by the Austrian Secret Service as a spy, she becomes an expert in ferreting out secrets about the enemy but meets her match in the form of a Russian agent named Kranau.
Drama / Romance / War
Hana-Bi Blu-ray Movie
Fireworks / はなび
Film Movement | 1997 | 103 min | Not rated | Sep 19, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A hard-boiled ex-cop, haunted by a troubled past and pushed to the edge by the shooting of his partner, confronts his demons in a ruthless quest for justice and redemption.
Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Foreign
The Super Inframan Blu-ray Movie
中國超人 / Infra-Man / 88 Asia Collection #19
88 Films | 1975 | 88 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Apr 23, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Princess Dragon Mom and her mutant army have risen, and only Infra-Man can stop them.
Action / Sci-Fi
- July 14, 2018
Personal Problems Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1980 | 170 min | Not rated | Jul 03, 2018 | Brian Orndorf
Johnnie Mae and Charles are a working-class African American couple in New York at the beginning of the 1980s. While reliant upon one another, the husband and wife have grown emotionally estranged and are each having relationships outside the marriage.
Drama
A Fantastic Woman Blu-ray Movie
Una mujer fantástica
Sony Pictures | 2017 | 104 min | Rated R | May 22, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson
After the death of her older boyfriend, Marina, a transgender woman, must face the suspicions and prejudices of his family, the police and hospital staff.
Drama / Foreign
Fire Birds Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1990 | 87 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 10, 2018 | Brian Orndorf
When an international enemy turns to high-tech weaponry, the U.S. Army enlists the aid of the Apaches - America's elite airborne task force specially trained for aerial assault. Flying the world's most advanced attack helicopters, these hot-shot Fire Birds battle an evasive foe - hovering, diving and dodging death on dangerous secret missions inside hostile territory.
Action / Adventure
Traffik Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2018 | 96 min | Rated R | Jul 17, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A couple off for a romantic weekend in the mountains are accosted by a bike gang. Alone in the mountains, Brea and John must defend themselves against the gang, who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets.
Thriller
- July 13, 2018
Blonde Venus Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1932 | 94 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A nightclub singer becomes a playboy's mistress to support her son and ailing husband.
Drama
Tully Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2018 | 96 min | Rated R | Jul 31, 2018 | Martin Liebman
Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully.
Comedy / Drama / Mystery
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail Blu-ray Movie
La coda dello scorpione
Arrow | 1971 | 95 min | Not rated | Jul 17, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Lisa Baumer learns that her husband has died in a freak plane accident. Summoned to Athens to collect his generous life insurance policy, she soon discovers that others besides herself are keen to get their hands on the money – and are willing to kill for it. Meanwhile, private detective Peter Lynch arrives to investigate irregularities in the insurance claim. Teaming up with a beautiful reporter, Cléo Dupont, Lynch resolves to unearth the truth... before he too ends up on the wrong end of the murderer's straight razor.
Mystery / Thriller / Foreign
George Carlin Commemorative Collection Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + CD
MPI Media Group | 2005-2008 | 2 Movies | 142 min | Not rated | Jun 12, 2018 | Michael Reuben
Encompassing over five decades of George Carlin’s career, this collection assembles all of the comedian’s HBO specials, plus hours of bonus material, including the posthumous audio release, I Kinda Like It When a Lotta People Die. Featuring never-before-released material from the 1960’s into the 2000’s, including the "40 Years of Comedy" special hosted by Jon Stewart, this is the most complete collection of Carlin performances to date.
Comedy
A Quiet Place Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2018 | 90 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 10, 2018 | Martin Liebman
A family lives an isolated existence in utter silence, for fear of an unknown threat that follows and attacks at any sound.
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
- July 12, 2018
Peter Pan Blu-ray Movie
Anniversary Edition | The Signature Collection / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1953 | 77 min | Rated G | Jun 05, 2018 | Martin Liebman
Wendy and her brothers are whisked away to the magical world of Neverland with the hero of their stories, Peter Pan.
Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - No Security - San Jose '99 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + CD
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 1999 | 118 min | Not rated | Jul 13, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
The Martian Chronicles Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1980 | 295 min | Not rated | Jun 26, 2018 | Brian Orndorf
Scientists travel to Mars to study its atmosphere and terrain, and decide that earthlings can dwell safely in this new environment--but some in the group learn that an alien life form might exist beneath the planet's surface. Everyone will eventually learn that the colonization of Mars might not be welcomed by its present inhabitants...and with good reason.
Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller
The House on Sorority Row Blu-ray Movie
Remastered | Limited Edition to 1600 | SOLD OUT
Scorpion Releasing | 1983 | 92 min | Rated R | May 11, 2018 | Brian Orndorf
After a prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! Blu-ray Movie
探偵事務所２３ くたばれ悪党ども / Kutabare akutô-domo - Tantei jimusho 23
Arrow | 1963 | 89 min | Not rated | Jul 10, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Japanese director Seijun Suzuki solidified his growing cult following with this offbeat adaptation of Haruhiko Ooyabu's crime novel. Jo Shishido stars as Det. Tajima, a smug investigator who nabs a pair of criminal gangs with flamboyant aplomb while the police remain baffled. Suzuki treats the rather hoary plotline as an excuse for dark-humored camp, and young audiences were delighted with his irreverent approach, which made him one of the few distinctive names in the '60s assembly-line of Nikkatsu Studios.
Action / Crime / Foreign