New Blu-ray Reviews

Ramrod Blu-ray Movie    

Arrow Academy

Arrow | 1947 | 95 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Mar 05, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A headstrong young woman defies the wishes of her father by ignoring the romantic advances of a powerful local landowner, instead deciding to run her own ranch with the help of a recovering alcoholic and his friend.

Action / Romance / Western

Early Man Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2018 | 89 min | Rated PG | May 22, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Period

This Is Cinerama Blu-ray Movie  

Deluxe Edition / Blu-ray

Flicker Alley | 1952 | 124 min | Rated G | May 15, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Designed to introduce the Cinerama widescreen format, this film documents exciting events and beautiful scenery from around the world in the aforementioned format. Included is a thrilling rollercoaster ride from the now-defunct Rockaways' Playland in Queens, scenes from the opera "Aida," an up-close view of the Niagara Falls, a ride down the canals of Venice, and other scenes from around the world. The film also features narration from newscaster Lowell Thomas and an Academy Award--nominated score. Presented in Smilebox format for 16:9 screens on the Flicker Alley blu ray.

Documentary

Batman Ninja Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2018 | 85 min | Rated PG-13 | May 08, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson

Batman, along with a number of his allies and adversaries, finds himself transplanted from modern Gotham City to feudal Japan.

Action / Animation / Anime / Crime / Comic book / Foreign

The Bloodthirsty Trilogy Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1970-1974 | 3 Movies | 245 min | Not rated | May 15, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Drama / Horror / Foreign

The Vampire Doll Blu-ray Movie  

幽霊屋敷の恐怖 血を吸う人形 / Chi o suu ningyô

Arrow | 1970 | 71 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend’s isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to the creepy mansion, but their search becomes perilous when they uncover a gruesome family history.

Horror / Foreign

Lake of Dracula Blu-ray Movie  

呪いの館 血を吸う眼 / Noroi no yakata: Chi o suu me

Arrow | 1971 | 82 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A young girl suffers a terrifying nightmare of a vampire with blazing golden eyes. Eighteen years later, the dream is revealed to be a hellish prophecy when a strange package containing an empty coffin mysteriously turns up at a nearby lake.

Horror / Foreign

Evil of Dracula Blu-ray Movie  

Chi o suu bara

Arrow | 1974 | 87 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A professor takes up a new post at an all-girls school, only to discover the school’s principal conceals a dark secret and the pupils are in grave danger.

Drama / Horror / Foreign

Tanaka-Kun Is Always Listless: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

田中くんはいつもけだるげ

Sentai Filmworks | 2016 | 300 min | Rated TV-PG | Jan 30, 2018 | Martin Liebman

This unconventional, surrealist comedy follows an exhausted high school boy who, despite multiple attempts from his friends, still manages to spectacularly... sleep. Much to the chagrin of the energetic (at times bossy) Ohta, Tanaka is often found in a blissful state of lethargy, possessing the ability to doze off in any situation, especially in mid-sentence!

Anime / Comedy / Comic book / Foreign

Breakheart Pass Blu-ray Movie    

Eureka Classics / Blu-ray + DVD

Eureka Entertainment | 1975 | 95 min | Rated BBFC: PG | May 21, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A mysterious prisoner is on a train that races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified mission. But one by one, the passengers are being murdered!

Mystery / Western

Trigger, Jr. Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1950 | 66 min | Not rated | Apr 17, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

Roy Rogers and his traveling Western show decide to rest at the ranch of Col. Harkrider, who once co-owned the carnival with Roy's father. The colonel's daughter, Kay, hopes that the visiting performers will reinvigorate her father, and that he will again go out with the circus. But Roy and friends are suddenly called into action when bad guy Manson releases a killer horse into the herds of area ranchers.

Western

Hope and Glory Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1987 | 113 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 24, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A young boy called Bill grows up in London during the blitz of World War II.

Comedy / Drama / History / Romance / War / Coming of age

The Boneyard Blu-ray Movie  

Code Red | 1991 | 93 min | Rated R | Apr 24, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

Children turned into zombies wreak havoc in a coroner's building with just a burned-out psychic, an experienced cop and two coroners to stop the madness.

Fantasy / Horror

Thank God It's Friday Blu-ray Movie  

40th Anniversary Edition

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1978 | 89 min | Rated PG | May 01, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Thank God It's Friday captures the disco era in all of its naive glory. Multiple storylines twine through an enormous nightclub: Two underage girls desperately want in so they can enter a dance contest; the club's owner, Tony, makes a bet with his D.J. that he can woo a beautiful married woman -- whose uptight husband ends up taking drugs and loosening up more than he ever expected; a klutzy girl gets ditched by her best friend and flounders around the club looking for love; and an aspiring singer pleads with the D.J. to let her sing. It ends up being a pretty honest snapshot of the disco era.

Comedy / Music

Freaky Friday Blu-ray Movie  

Disney / Buena Vista | 2003 | 97 min | Rated PG | Mar 27, 2018 | Martin Liebman

A remake of the 1976 Disney comedy where a mother and her daughter switch bodies for one Friday.

Comedy / Family / Teen

Captain Corelli's Mandolin Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2001 | 129 min | Rated R | Apr 17, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Dr. Iannis and his beautiful daughter, Pelagia, live an idyllic life on the Greek island of Cephallonia -- that is, until Italian forces occupy it during World War II and Capt. Corelli is placed in the Iannis home as a boarder. Corelli and Pelagia are quickly smitten with each other. But when the Nazis arrive, he must fight to liberate the island from the real enemy.

Drama / Romance / War

12 Strong Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2018 | 130 min | Rated R | May 01, 2018 | Michael Reuben

A team of CIA agents and special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.

Action / Drama / History / War

Went to Coney Island on a Mission From God… Be Back by Five Blu-ray Movie  

MVD Visual | 1998 | 92 min | Rated R | May 08, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Two lifelong friends embark on a journey to find a long-lost childhood buddy, who apparently has gone insane and is hiding out in Coney Island's decaying amusement park. Along the way, the two encounter some oddball characters and discover some truths about their own lives.

Drama

Special Delivery Blu-ray Movie  

Dangerous Break

Kino Lorber | 1976 | 99 min | Rated PG | May 08, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes a clean getaway. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he is forced to dump the stolen cash into a mailbox, which he then finds is locked until midnight, forcing him to wait until the mailman makes his late night pickup. As he waits, he discovers that his hiding place has been observed by several other people, all of whom want a share of the loot.

Comedy / Crime

Holst: The Planets / Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray Audio / Blu-ray + CD

Deutsche Grammophon | 1971 | 76 min | Not rated | Apr 06, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Boston Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg conducting; stereo CD; 4.0 quadraphonic surround Blu-ray Audio; newly remastered at 24 bit/192 kHz from the original 4-track tapes.

Music