New Blu-ray Reviews

I Wish Blu-ray Movie    

奇跡 / Kiseki / Blu-ray + DVD

Arrow | 2011 | 128 min | Rated BBFC: PG | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

12-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, begins to believe that the new bullet train service will create a miracle when the first trains pass each other at top speed.

Drama / Foreign

Like Father, Like Son Blu-ray Movie    

そして父になる / Soshite chichi ni naru / Blu-ray + DVD

Arrow | 2013 | 121 min | Rated BBFC: PG | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Would you choose your natural son, or the son you believed was yours after spending 6 years together? Kore-eda Hirokazu, the globally acclaimed director of "Nobody Knows", "Still Walking" and "I Wish", returns to the big screen with another family - a family thrown into torment after a phone call from the hospital where the son was born... Ryota has earned everything he has by his hard work, and believes nothing can stop him from pursuing his perfect life as a winner. Then one day, he and his wife, Midori, get an unexpected phone call from the hospital. Their 6-year-old son, Keita, is not 'their' son - the hospital gave them the wrong baby. Ryota is forced to make a life-changing decision, to choose between 'nature' and 'nurture.'

Drama / Foreign

After the Storm Blu-ray Movie    

海よりもまだ深く / Umi yori mo mada fukaku / Blu-ray + DVD

Arrow | 2016 | 117 min | Rated BBFC: PG | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. After the death of his father, his aging mother and beautiful ex-wife seem to be moving on with their lives. Renewing contact with his initially distrusting family, Ryota struggles to take back control of his existence and to find a lasting place in the life of his young son.

Drama / Foreign

It's Alive Trilogy Blu-ray Movie  

It's Alive / It Lives Again / It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

Shout Factory | 1974-1987 | 3 Movies | 277 min | Not rated | May 15, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson

See individual titles for their synopses.

Horror / Sci-Fi

Smash Palace Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1981 | 108 min | Rated R | May 29, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Al Shaw retires from auto racing to take over his father's garage in rural New Zealand. His cosmopolitan wife, Jacqui, is happy that he's no longer risking his life on the Grand Prix circuit, but she quickly becomes bored in their small town. She takes up with a local policeman and announces that she's leaving Al and bringing their daughter, Georgie, with her. Al, in desperation, decides to kidnap Georgie and head further out into the frontier.

Drama

Deadly Daphne's Revenge Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition of 1,500 | SOLD OUT / Blu-ray + DVD

Vinegar Syndrome | 1987 | 90 min | Not rated | May 25, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

A young hitchhiker is picked up by four drunken hunters, one of whom rapes her. A tough prosecutor has all four of the men indicted for the crime, which results in a suicide and a murder-for-hire plot.

Drama / Horror

Pets Blu-ray Movie  

Submission [Slipcover/Ed Exclusive on Retailer Limited to 2000] / Blu-ray + DVD

Vinegar Syndrome | 1973 | 102 min | Not rated | May 25, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

A despicable, whip-wielding villain lords over a harem of imprisoned young beauties in this sleazy exploitation drama. At least the cruel master gets what's coming to him when his "Pets" band together and develop a plan to fight for their freedom.

Drama

Intimate Lighting Blu-ray Movie    

Intimní osvětlení

Second Run | 1965 | 74 min | Rated BBFC: PG | May 07, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

One of the most important films of the Czech New Wave 60s, which was ranked among the top ten domestic films of all time. The feature debut by screenwriter and director Ivan Passer. It is his only feature-length film shot in Czechoslovakia. In this original sad comedy in a small town two classmates encounter each other again after 10 years - both musicians: one is a member of the regional symphony orchestra, the other became the director of the local music school puts family villa, playing at funerals...

Comedy / Drama / Foreign

Fury 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2014 | 135 min | Rated R | May 22, 2018 | Martin Liebman

A tank commander makes tough decisions as he and his crew fight their way across Germany in WWII.

Action / Drama / History / War / Period

Black Venus Blu-ray Movie  

Vénus noire

Arrow | 2010 | 162 min | Not rated | May 22, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The story of Saartjes Baartman, a Black domestic who, in 1808, left Southern Africa, then ruled by Dutch settlers, for Europe, following her boss Hendrick Caesar , hoping to find fame and fortune there. Once in London her master turned manager does nothing but exhibit her as a freak in a phony and humiliating carnival show. After a series of troubles caused by their act, Caesar, Saartje and their new friend, bear-tamer Réaux, head for Paris where once again, and against her will, she has to mimic savagery and expose her body, first in carnivals, then in the aristocratic salons of Paris, later on among the libertines and finally in brothels where she ends up being a prostitute. In the meantime, French anatomists will have taken an interest in her unusual anatomy (enormous buttocks and labia) only to declare her the missing link from ape to man. In 1815, aged only 27, she dies alone, of a combination of pneumonia and venereal disease.

Drama / History / Foreign

Problem Child 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 1991 | 91 min | Rated PG-13 | May 15, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Ben Healy and his son Junior Healy move from Cold River, Illinois to Mortville, Oregon, a quiet, peaceful community, apparently as a way to start their lives all over again.

Comedy / Family

La Chinoise Blu-ray Movie    

Arrow Academy

Arrow | 1967 | 96 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Apr 23, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.

Drama / Dark humor / Foreign

Game Night Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2018 | 100 min | Rated R | May 22, 2018 | Michael Reuben

A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery.

Action / Comedy / Crime / Mystery

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1987 | 95 min | Rated R | May 15, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson

The mutant babies have been placed by court order on a deserted island. Appalled by the cycnicism and exploitation of the children by the legal system and the media, the man responsible for them leads an expedition to the island to free them.

Horror

Eyewitness Blu-ray Movie    

The Janitor

Signal One Entertainment | 1981 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 103 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Aug 29, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Manhattan janitor Daryll Deever is fixated on hard-charging TV commentator, Tony Sokolow; he tapes her commentary daily to watch after work. When a wealthy Vietnamese man, with many shady connections, is murdered in the office building where Daryll works, Tony shows up to cover the story and Daryll introduce himself. She thinks he may know something, so she pursues him; he pretends he might to keep her interested. This romantic cat and mouse game goes on under the watchful eyes of the killers, who think that Daryll and Tony do know something. The killers start their own game of cat and mouse.

Romance / Thriller

Tartarin de Tarascon Blu-ray Movie    

Tartarin from Tarascon / Blu-ray + DVD

Pathe Distribution | 1934 | 95 min | Rated U Tous publics | Jun 01, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Tartarin is the southern boastful in all its splendor . Located in Tarascon, he keeps telling his lion hunting exploits in Africa who will listen . His friends do not know that in reality is quite the homebody Tartarin kind and he has no desire to live the adventures he describes. Until, to save his reputation , he went to Algeria ...

Comedy / Foreign

WWE: WrestleMania 34 Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

WWE Studios | 2018 | 500 min | Rated TV-14 | May 15, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns end their vicious rivalry in a Universal Championship Match Will The Undertaker accept John Cena’s challenge for one last match? WWE Champion AJ Styles defends his title against Royal Rumble winner Shinsuke Nakamura. Asuka puts her unprecedented undefeated streak on the line in the SmackDown Women’s Title Match against the current champion, Charlotte Flair. The Showcase of the Immortals returns to a sold-out Superdome in New Orleans.

Sport

The Wedding Date Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2005 | 89 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 17, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Kat Ellis is determined to attend her younger sister's wedding with a date. Rather than face the ridicule of her family and in order to show up her ex-fiancé, she resorts to the Yellow Pages to find a last-minute escort, Nick. His dashing good looks and quick-witted charm may win over her family.

Comedy / Romance

The Patriot 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2000 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 164 min | Rated R | May 22, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.

Action / Drama / History / War / Epic

Savannah Smiles Blu-ray Movie  

MVD Rewind Collection / Blu-ray + DVD

MVD Visual | 1982 | 103 min | Rated PG | May 22, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Alvie and Boots are a pair of bumbling felons searching for the ultimate score after a daring prison escape. Savannah Driscoll is an imaginative six-year-old whose wealthy politician parents have little time for her. But when Savannah runs away from home and hides in Boots and Alvie’s broken-down getaway car, the small- time crooks are suddenly mistaken for big-time kidnappers.

Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Family