New Blu-ray Reviews

Hell Night Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 1981 | 102 min | Rated R | Jan 02, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion where they get killed off one by one by the monstrous surviving members of a family massacre years earlier for trespassing on their living grounds.

Horror

S.W.A.T. Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 2003 | 117 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 16, 2018 | Martin Liebman

Jim Street is a former S.W.A.T. team member, who along with his partner Brian Gamble, is thrown off the team in the aftermath of a controversial decision they made during a robbery/hostage standoff. Gamble quits the force in disgust, but for Street, being a policeman is his life and he agrees to a demotion, hoping to someday have the chance to redeem himself and once again wear the privileged S.W.A.T. uniform. He gets that chance when team commander Dan "Hondo" Harrelson is assigned to recruit and train five top-notch officers for a new Special Weapons and Tactics unit. After weeks of rigorous physical training, the new team is immediately thrown into action when a notorious drug lord, offers a $100 million bounty to anyone who can free him from police custody. As they escort the kingpin out of Los Angeles into the hands of the Feds, the S.W.A.T. team is pursued by a ruthless and well-armed band of mercenaries.

Action / Crime / Thriller

Jabberwocky Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1977 | 106 min | Rated PG | Nov 21, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A young peasant, with no interest in adventure or fortune, is mistaken as the kingdom's only hope when a horrible monster threatens the countryside.

Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy

New World Blu-ray Movie    

신세계 / Sinsegye | Montage Pictures / Blu-ray + DVD

Eureka Entertainment | 2013 | 134 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jan 15, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

An undercover police officer investigating a powerful Korean crime ring is torn between his duty to uphold the law, and his loyalty to the criminal who trusts him implicitly in this tense crime thriller. Under the watch of his superior Kang, devoted cop Ja-sung embarks on a clandestine mission to infiltrate the powerful "Gold Moon" crime syndicate. Eight years later, he's become part of the organization's inner circle by establishing a powerful bond with Jung Chung, the group's powerful second-in-command. When the head of the criminal outfit dies suddenly, however, the resulting internal power struggle threatens to destroy the syndicate, and dissolve the investigation. Now, Ja-sung must make a decision that will show where his true loyalties lie, and that could very well cost him his career, if he doesn't pay with his life, first.

Action / Crime / Thriller / Foreign

Zero Dark Thirty 4K Blu-ray Movie  

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

Sony Pictures | 2012 | 157 min | Rated R | Feb 27, 2018 | Martin Liebman

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy SEAL Team 6 in May, 2011.

Action / Drama / History / Thriller

Whisper of the Heart Blu-ray Movie  

耳をすませば / Mimi wo Sumaseba / Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 1995 | 111 min | Rated G | Jan 16, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson

Shizuku Tsukishima, a young girl in junior high, loves to read. Yet, every time she opens a library book, it seems the same name appears on the cards: "Seiji Amasawa". As Shizuku learns who this person is, she also begins to learn about herself and her goals in life—a discovery that will change her life forever.

Anime / Drama / Family / Music / Romance / Comic book / Foreign

Unlocked Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2017 | 99 min | Rated R | Nov 14, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A CIA interrogator is lured into a ruse that puts London at risk of a biological attack.

Action / Thriller

Fragment of Fear Blu-ray Movie    

Indicator Series | Limited Edition

Powerhouse Films | 1970 | 95 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Oct 23, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A young British author is plunged into a nightmare as he tries to solve his aunt's murder in Italy. When threats of violence, mysterious notes and deadly phone calls shatter his life, the police and his girlfriend doubt the story due to his past as a drug addict - even though his life is in danger.

Crime / Drama / Mystery

The Foreigner Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Universal Studios | 2017 | 114 min | Rated R | Jan 09, 2018 | Martin Liebman

A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat-and-mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities.

Action / Thriller / Martial arts

Bad Day for the Cut Blu-ray Movie  

Well Go USA | 2017 | 100 min | Not rated | Jan 09, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of revenge when the old lady is murdered.

Thriller

South Park: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 2000 | 375 min | Not rated | Dec 05, 2017 | Martin Liebman

Misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.

Animation / Comedy / Dark humor

Friend Request Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2016 | 92 min | Rated R | Jan 09, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman

When college student Laura unfriends a mysterious girl online, she finds herself fighting a demonic presence that wants to make her lonely by killing her closest friends.

Horror / Thriller / Supernatural

Hard Country Blu-ray Movie  

Scorpion Releasing | 1981 | 104 min | Rated PG | Dec 12, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Kyle Richardson has a boring job in a chain-link fence factory, and cuts loose on the weekends with his friends at the local bar. Eventually, his girlfriend Jodie gets tired of Kyle's carousing and give him an ultimatum, either they get married or she leaves to pursue her dream of becoming a country western singer.

Drama / Western

My Beautiful Laundrette Blu-ray Movie    

Blu-ray + DVD

BFI Video | 1985 | 97 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Aug 21, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Stephen Frears was at the forefront of the British cinematic revival of the mid-1980s, and the delightfully transgressive My Beautiful Laundrette is his greatest triumph of the period. Working from a richly layered script by writer Hanif Kureishi, soon to be internationally renowned, Frears tells an uncommon love story that takes place between a young South London Pakistani man (Gordon Warnecke), who decides to open an upscale laundromat to make his family proud, and his childhood friend, a skinhead (Daniel Day-Lewis, in a breakthrough role), who volunteers to help make his dream a reality. This culture-clash comedy is also a subversive work of social realism, which dares to address racism, homophobia, and sociopolitical marginalization in Margaret Thatcher’s England.

Drama / Romance

The Executioner's Song Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1982 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 188 min | Not rated | Jan 02, 2018 | Brian Orndorf

Released from prison in 1976, Gary Gilmore attempts to go straight but ends up embarking on a robbery spree that culminates in two cold-blooded murders. Arrested and sentenced to be executed, Gilmore spends his final days as a poster boy for anti-death penalty activists. Adapted by Norman Mailer from his own book. Originally aired in two parts on Nov. 28 and 29, 1982.

Biography / Crime / Drama

Disconnected Blu-ray Movie  

Slipcover Edition | SOLD OUT / Blu-ray + DVD

Vinegar Syndrome | 1984 | 84 min | Rated R | Nov 24, 2017 | Brian Orndorf

Twin sisters are implicated in a series of slasher murders. The question is, did one of them do it, did both of them do it, or did neither of them do it?

Crime / Drama / Horror

D.O.A. Blu-ray Movie  

A Right of Passage / MVD Rewind Collection / Blu-ray + DVD

MVD Visual | 1980 | 90 min | Not rated | Dec 15, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Documentary chronicling the rise and fall of the punk movement with rare interview footage of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. Also concert and news footage.

Documentary / History / Music

The Cat Returns Blu-ray Movie  

猫の恩返し / Neko no Ongaeshi / Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 2002 | 75 min | Rated G | Jan 16, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson

Haru-chan, a normal girl in a normal town, saves a strange cat carrying a present from being overrun by a truck. In return she's going to receive lots of favors, including marriage to the crown prince of Cat Kingdom. As she finds that a bit too much, she gets into contact with the Cat Business Office. Together with CBO's owner, the Baron, she enters the Cat Kingdom to try and prevent her marriage.

Adventure / Animation / Anime / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Romance / Comic book / Foreign

Trinity Twin Pack Blu-ray Movie  

They Call Me Trinity / Trinity Is Still My Name | Lo chiamavano Trinità... / ...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità

Hen's Tooth Video | 1970-1971 | 2 Movies | 232 min | Rated G | Aug 29, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Action / Comedy / Western / Foreign

They Call Me Trinity Blu-ray Movie  

Lo chiamavano Trinità...

Hen's Tooth Video | 1970 | 115 min | Rated G | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A lazy, unorthodox gunfighter and his portly, horse-thieving brother defend a Mormon settlement from a land-grabbing Major, a Mexican bandit, and their henchmen.

Action / Comedy / Western / Foreign