New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- July 19, 2018
Woman Is the Future of Man + Tale of Cinema: Two Films by Hong Sangsoo Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 2004-2005 | 2 Movies | 178 min | Not rated | Jul 17, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Drama / Romance / Foreign
Woman Is the Future of Man Blu-ray Movie
여자는 남자의 미래다 / Yeojaneun namjaui miraeda
Arrow | 2004 | 88 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Hong Sang Soo's explicit tapestry of human emotions and behavior is at its best again in this tale about two long-time friends who have had an affair with the same woman. Hon Jun (Kim Tae Woo) makes his own movies, while Mun Ho (Yoo Ji Tae) has picked up an educational job as arts teacher. By chance the two friends meet again talking about old times and come across the topic of their shared past love Son Hwa (Sung Hyun Ah). As a result, they decide to meet Son Hwa together one more time.
Drama / Foreign
Tale of Cinema Blu-ray Movie
극장전 / Geuk jang jeon
Arrow | 2005 | 90 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
In Seoul, the paths of two men and one woman intersect and move apart from one another, centering around their love for cinema. A suicidal student meets a young woman who decides to follow him in his fatal gesture. Coming out of a cinema, Tongsu, an unsuccessful filmmaker, spots a beautiful young woman, and recognizes her: she is the main actress in the film he has just seen. The life of this wavering and distressed young man strangely echoes the one of the young man from the beginning...
Drama / Romance / Foreign
Black Peter Blu-ray Movie
Černý Petr
Second Run | 1964 | 90 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Jul 09, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A classic coming-of-age film based on a Milos Forman drama, this is the story of a Czechoslovakian teenager who is experiencing the real world of girlfriends and a new job for the first time--none of which experiences are going all that well at this point in time.
Comedy / Drama / Foreign / Coming of age
- July 18, 2018
The Woman in the Window Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1944 | 99 min | Not rated | Jun 19, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Gotham College professor Wanley and his friends become obsessed with the portrait of a woman in the window next to the men's club. Wanley happens to meet the woman while admiring her portrait, and ends up in her apartment for talk and a bit of champagne. Her boyfriend bursts in and misinterprets Wanley's presence, whereupon a scuffle ensues and the boyfriend gets killed. In order to protect his reputation, the professor agrees to dump the body and help cover up the killing, but becomes increasingly suspect as the police uncover more and more clues and a blackmailer begins leaning on the woman.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller
The Magicians: Season Three Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2018 | 563 min | Rated TV-MA | Jul 10, 2018 | Martin Liebman
After being recruited to a secretive academy, a group of students discover that the magic they read about as children is very real-and more dangerous than they ever imagined.
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Teen / Supernatural
Billy Budd Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1962 | 123 min | Not rated | Jul 10, 2018 | Michael Reuben
It's 1797, and the English frigate Avenger sails wartime seas, ready to engage the French navy in the broadside-for-broadside of combat. But there's another warfare going on, a conflict aboard the king's ship. It's the battle of good versus evil, fought between the young Billy, an archetype of goodness, and the ship's the master-at-arms, who is efficient and cruel - especially to young Billy. Based on the novel by Herman Melville.
Adventure / Drama
Don't Grow Up Blu-ray Movie
Alone
Shudder | 2015 | 81 min | Rated R | Jul 03, 2018 | Michael Reuben
A group of youths can't face the thought of growing up because anyone who does becomes a rampaging zombie.
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi
Rampage Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2018 | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 17, 2018 | Martin Liebman
Primatologist Davis Okoye, a man who keeps people at a distance, shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but also to save the fearsome creature who was once his friend.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Rampage 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2018 | 108 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 17, 2018 | Martin Liebman
Primatologist Davis Okoye, a man who keeps people at a distance, shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but also to save the fearsome creature who was once his friend.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Rampage 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2018 | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 17, 2018 | Martin Liebman
Primatologist Davis Okoye, a man who keeps people at a distance, shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but also to save the fearsome creature who was once his friend.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
- July 17, 2018
Birdman of Alcatraz Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 1962 | 147 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Aug 06, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In 1912, the notorious and violent prisoner Robert Franklin Stroud is transferred to the Leavenworth Prison convicted for murdering a man. When a guard cancels the visit of his mother Elizabeth Stroud due to a violation of the internal rules, he stabs and kills the guard and goes to trial three times. He is sentenced to be executed by the gallows, but his mother appeals to President Woodrow Wilson that commutes his sentence to life imprisonment. However, the warden Harvey Shoemaker decides to keep Stroud in the solitary for the rest of his life. One day, Stroud finds a sparrow that has fallen from the nest on the yard and he raises the bird until it is strong enough to fly.
Biography / Drama
The Teenage Prostitution Racket Blu-ray Movie
Storie di vita e malavita
RaroVideo U.S. | 1975 | 115 min | Not rated | Mar 27, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Young girls (13-20's) are drawn into the web of prostitution, where they are bought and sold like slaves.
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Erotic / Foreign
Super Troopers 2 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2018 | 99 min | Rated R | Jul 17, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When a border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the Super Troopers are tasked with establishing a Highway Patrol station in the disputed area.
Comedy
- 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