New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- April 30, 2018
Full Moon High Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1981 | 94 min | Rated PG | Apr 10, 2018 | Brian Orndorf
A teenager (Adam Arkin) becomes a werewolf after a family vacation in Transylvania.
Comedy / Fantasy / Horror
Seijun Suzuki: The Early Years, Vol. 2 - Border Crossings: The Crime and Action Movies Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1957-1961 | 5 Movies | 423 min | Not rated | Apr 17, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Crime / Mystery / Western / Foreign
Eight Hours of Terror Blu-ray Movie
８時間の恐怖 / Hachijikan no kyôfu / Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1957 | 78 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.
Action / Crime / Foreign
The Sleeping Beast Within Blu-ray Movie
けものの眠り / Kemono no nemuri / Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1960 | 85 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A newspaper reporter's search for his girlfriend's missing father lead him into heart of the criminal underworld of Yokohama's Chinatown.
Mystery / Foreign
Smashing the 0-Line Blu-ray Movie
密航０ライン / Mikkô zero rain / Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1960 | 83 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Two reporters of divergent morals investigate a drug ring, delving deeper into the underworld in the process.
Action / Crime / Foreign
Tokyo Knights Blu-ray Movie
東京騎士隊 / Tokyo naito / Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1961 | 82 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A college student takes over the family business in the field of organized crime.
Action / Crime / Foreign
The Man with a Shotgun Blu-ray Movie
散弾銃の男 / Sandanju no otoko / Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1961 | 84 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of trouble surrounding the town's mill.
Action / Crime / Western / Foreign
- April 29, 2018
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Disney / Buena Vista | 2017 | 152 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Apr 09, 2018 | Martin Liebman
Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Epic
Mary and the Witch's Flower Blu-ray Movie
メアリと魔女の花 / Meari to majo no hana / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2017 | 103 min | Rated PG | May 01, 2018 | Martin Liebman
A strange flower grants a girl magic powers.
Adventure / Anime / Family / Fantasy / Foreign
Watchmen 4K Blu-ray Movie
The Ultimate Cut / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2009 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 215 min | Rated R | Jul 19, 2016 | Martin Liebman
In an alternate reality, it's 1985, costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" — which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union — is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion — a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true superpowers — Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity, but who is watching the Watchmen?
Action / Crime / Fantasy / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic book
Saving Private Ryan 4K Blu-ray Movie
Commemorative 20th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 1998 | 169 min | Rated R | May 08, 2018 | Martin Liebman
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Action / Drama / History / War / Melodrama / Epic
Humor Me Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2017 | 93 min | Not rated | Apr 17, 2018 | Brian Orndorf
Nate Kroll is an award winning playwright who suddenly finds himself wifeless, jobless and homeless. With literally nothing else to lose, he moves in with his eccentric father, Bob, and gets a job at an old folks home where he helps the elders put on a new play.
Comedy / Drama
Basmati Blues Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2017 | 106 min | Not rated | Apr 03, 2018 | Brian Orndorf
A brilliant scientist is plucked out of the company lab and sent to India to sell the genetically modified rice she created - which she doesn't realize will destroy the farmers she thinks she's helping.
Comedy / Musical / Romance
- April 28, 2018
The Passenger Blu-ray Movie
Professione: reporter | Indicator Series | Limited Edition
Powerhouse Films | 1975 | 126 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Mar 19, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A melancholy, depressed and jaded television reporter assumes the identity of a dead man while at a hotel in a north African country, not knowing that the man was a renowned arms smuggler. The newsman sees this switch as a last desperate chance to escape his old life and start anew. However, as he begins to take on the characteristics of his new persona and understand his shady involvements, the decision becomes a risky one, which leads to an inevitable showdown.
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
The Handmaid's Tale: Season One Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox / MGM | 2017 | 525 min | Rated TV-MA | Mar 13, 2018 | Michael Reuben
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live in sexual servitude under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
The Monkey King 3 Blu-ray Movie
The Monkey King 3: Kingdom of Women / The Monkey King 3: The Land of Beauty / Blu-ray + DVD
Well Go USA | 2018 | 114 min | Not rated | May 15, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
While continuing their epic journey to the West, the Monkey King and his companions are taken captive by the Queen of an all-female land, who believes them to be part of an ancient prophecy heralding the fall of her kingdom. With a lot of sorcery and a little bit of charm, the travelers devise a plan to escape. But when their trickery angers the mighty River God, they realize they might just bring about the foretold destruction - unless they can find a way to quell her wrath.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Martial arts / Foreign
- April 27, 2018
Beyond the Hills Blu-ray Movie
După dealuri
Criterion | 2012 | 152 min | Not rated | May 22, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
At a desolate Romanian monastery, a young novice nun, Voichița, reunites with her former companion Alina, who plans to take her to Germany. But Voichița proves unwilling to abandon her calling, and Alina becomes increasingly desperate to reclaim her devotion.
Drama / Foreign
Wagner: Parsifal Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray Audio / Blu-ray + CD
Decca | 1972 | 260 min | Not rated | Mar 23, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
Accardo Plays Paganini Blu-ray Movie
Complete Recordings / Blu-ray Audio / Blu-ray + CD
Deutsche Grammophon | 1974-1978 | 408 min | Not rated | Mar 23, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
- April 26, 2018
Fifty Shades Freed Blu-ray Movie
Unrated Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2018 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 110 min | Unrated | May 08, 2018 | Martin Liebman
Anastasia and Christian get married, but Jack Hyde continues to threaten their relationship.
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Erotic