New Blu-ray Reviews

The Dark Knight Rises 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2012 | 165 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 19, 2017 | Michael Reuben

Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, the terrorist leader Bane arrives in Gotham City, pushing it and its police force to their limits, forcing its former hero Batman to resurface after taking the fall for Harvey Dent's crimes.

Action / Adventure / Crime / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic book / Epic

The Dark Knight 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2008 | 152 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 19, 2017 | Michael Reuben

With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, the Batman has been making headway against local crime... until a rising criminal mastermind known as The Joker unleashes a fresh reign of chaos across Gotham City. To stop this devious new menace — Batman's most personal and vicious enemy yet — he will have to use every high-tech weapon in his arsenal and confront everything he believes.

Action / Adventure / Crime / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic book / Epic

Batman Begins 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2005 | 140 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 19, 2017 | Michael Reuben

The origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect, and an array of high-tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city.

Action / Adventure / Crime / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Martial arts / Comic book

The Stewardesses 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray

Kino Lorber | 1969 | 93 min | Rated R | Dec 13, 2016 | Martin Liebman

A single eventful night in the lives of a crew of Los Angeles-based, trans-Pacific stewardesses, as they experiment with drugs and engage in various sexual encounters.

Comedy / Drama / Erotic

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Blu-ray Movie    

Warner Bros. | 1985 | 87 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Mahoney and friends have graduated from the Police Academy and are issued with their first assignments. As before, their cheerfulness and devotion to duty outweighs any shortcomings, but are even they ready to do battle with a band graffiti daubing terrorists?

Action / Comedy / Crime

Police Academy: What an Institution! Blu-ray Movie    

Police Academy

Warner Bros. | 1984 | 96 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jul 01, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A group of good-hearted but incompetent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks.

Comedy / Crime

Orchestra Rehearsal Blu-ray Movie  

Prova d'orchestra

Arrow | 1978 | 72 min | Not rated | Feb 13, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An Italian television crew visits a dilapidated auditorium to meet an orchestra assembling to rehearse under the instruction of a tyrannical conductor. The TV crew interviews the various musicians who each speak lovingly about their chosen instruments. However, as petty squabbles break out amid the different factions of the ensemble, and the conductor berates his musicians, the meeting descends into anarchy and vandalism.

Comedy / Drama / Music / Foreign

Westfront 1918 Blu-ray Movie  

Westfront 1918: Vier von der Infanterie

Criterion | 1930 | 97 min | Not rated | Jan 30, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Four infantrymen on the Western Front suffer the everyday hardships and insanity of trench warfare.

Drama / Romance / War / Foreign

Jeepers Creepers 3 Blu-ray Movie  

Theatrical Edition

Screen Media | 2017 | 101 min | Not rated | Dec 26, 2017 | Martin Liebman

Taking place between first film and the second film, Sgt. Davis Tubbs and a task force of hunters embark on a mission to destroy the Creeper during its last days of feeding. The Creeper soon fights back when they get close to discovering its mysterious and dark origins.

Horror / Sci-Fi

The Florida Project Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2017 | 112 min | Rated R | Feb 20, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The story of a precocious six-year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure, while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

Drama

Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! Blu-ray Movie  

劇場版ポケットモンスター キミにきめた! / Gekijō-ban Poketto Monsutā Kimi ni kimeta!

Warner Bros. | 2017 | 97 min | Rated TV-Y7-FV | Feb 13, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Ash Ketchum, from Pallet Town, is 10 years old today, which means he's now old enough to become a Pokémon Trainer. Ash dreams big about the adventures he will experience after receiving his first Pokémon from Professor Oak.

Action / Adventure / Anime / Family / Foreign

Dolores Blu-ray Movie  

PBS | 2017 | 96 min | Not rated | Mar 27, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

In the 1950's, a working-class wife and mother of eleven children helps to establish a farmer's union, which later develops into a platform for feminism and gender equality.

Blade of the Immortal Blu-ray Movie  

無限の住人 / Mugen no jûnin

Magnolia Pictures | 2017 | 141 min | Rated R | Feb 13, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine - the 100th film by master director Takashi Miike.

Action / Adventure / Supernatural / Martial arts / Comic book / Foreign / Period

Viva l'Italia Blu-ray Movie  

Garibaldi

Arrow | 1961 | 129 min | Not rated | Jan 30, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

How Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi led a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquered Sicily and Naples.

Drama / History / Foreign

Cries of Ecstasy, Blows of Death/Invasion of the Love Drones Blu-ray Movie  

Racy Reels from the Something Weird Vault Vol. 1 / Blu-ray + DVD

Pop Cinema | 1973-1977 | 2 Movies | 146 min | Not rated | Feb 13, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

See individual titles for their synopses.

Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi / Erotic

Cries of Ecstasy, Blows of Death Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Pop Cinema | 1973 | 72 min | Not rated | Feb 13, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Year 2062, the land is barren, post-apocalyptic vision of hell on earth. Environmental pollution, human callousness and evil. Marauding gangs of motorcyclists, violence and rape.

Drama / Sci-Fi

The Thomas Crown Affair Blu-ray Movie  

50th Anniversary Edition

Kino Lorber | 1968 | 103 min | Rated R | Feb 13, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Four men pull off a daring daytime robbery at a bank, dump the money in a trash can and go their separate ways. Thomas Crown, a successful, wealthy businessman, pulls up in his Rolls and collects it. Vickie Anderson, an independent insurance investigator, is called in to recover the huge haul. She examines the people who knew enough about the bank to have pulled the robbery and discovers Crown. After starting a tight watch on his every move, she begins seeing him socially.

Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Heist

Eaten Alive! Blu-ray Movie  

Mangiati vivi! | Standard Edition

Severin Films | 1980 | 92 min | Not rated | Feb 13, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A young woman teams up with an adventurer to find her missing sister in the jungles of New Guinea and they stumble upon a religious cult led by a deranged preacher whom has located his commune in an area inhabited by cannibals.

Adventure / Horror

Coco Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2017 | 105 min | Rated PG | Feb 27, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel’s family history.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Music / Supernatural / Holiday

Coco 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Ultimate Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Pixar | 2017 | 105 min | Rated PG | Feb 27, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel’s family history.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Music / Supernatural / Holiday