New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- March 27, 2018
The Star Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2017 | 86 min | Rated PG | Feb 20, 2018 | Martin Liebman
A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Holiday
A Summer Story Blu-ray Movie
Scorpion Releasing | 1988 | 95 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 20, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A country girl has a brief, life-shattering moment when she falls for a young lawyer.
Drama / Romance
- March 26, 2018
An Actor's Revenge Blu-ray Movie
雪之丞変化 / Yukinojô henge
Criterion | 1963 | 114 min | Not rated | Feb 20, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
While performing in a touring kabuki troupe, leading female impersonator Yukinojo comes across the three men who drove his parents to suicide twenty years earlier, and plans his revenge.
Drama / Foreign
The Black Scorpion Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1957 | 88 min | Not rated | Mar 20, 2018 | Michael Reuben
Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.
Horror / Sci-Fi
Hounds of Love Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 2016 | 108 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jan 29, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In 1987 Perth, Austraila, John and Evelyn White are a pair of serial killers who target teenage girls. One night, Vicki Maloney, who impetuously sneaks out of the house for a forbidden party, is lured by the pair into their clutches. Now paying dearly for her naivety, Vicki must endure a horrific nightmare of confinement and torture at the hands of this depraved pair. Against these murderers, Vicki's only chance of survival is a mix of subterfuge, cunning, and mind games while her estranged parents and her boyfriend desperately try to learn what has happened and what can be done to find her. Meanwhile, the Whites have growing problems of their own, which could provide the only hope Vicki could have to survive.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Justice League 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Warner Bros. | 2017 | 121 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 13, 2018 | Michael Reuben
Earth's greatest heroes are assembled to form the Justice League, to combat a threat beyond each member's capabilities.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
- March 25, 2018
King of Jazz Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1930 | 100 min | Not rated | Mar 27, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Starring the bandleader Paul Whiteman, then widely celebrated as the King of Jazz, the film drew from Broadway variety shows of the time to present a spectacular array of sketches, performances by such acts as the Rhythm Boys, and orchestral numbers overseen by bandleader Paul Whiteman himself.
Animation / Comedy / Music / Musical
Daughter of the Nile Blu-ray Movie
尼羅河女兒 / Ni luo he nu er
Cohen Media Group | 1987 | 93 min | Not rated | Mar 20, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The eldest daughter of a broken and troubled family works to keep the family together and look after her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.
Crime / Drama / Foreign
Big Hero 6 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Disney / Buena Vista | 2014 | 102 min | Rated BBFC: PG | May 25, 2015 | Martin Liebman
Brilliant robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada finds himself in the grips of a criminal plot that threatens to destroy the fast-paced, high-tech city of San Fransokyo. With the help of his closest companion, a robot named Baymax, Hiro joins forces with a reluctant team of first-time crime fighters on a mission to save their city.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Celtic Pride Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1996 | 91 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 03, 2018 | Brian Orndorf
Lewis Scott is a stuck-up superstar who's about to lead his team to the NBA Championship. Jimmy and his buddy Mike are a pair of die-hard basketball fans who'd do anything to help their team win ... even if it means kidnapping Scott before the final game.
Comedy / Sport
Like Me Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 2017 | 83 min | Not rated | Apr 03, 2018 | Brian Orndorf
A young woman sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media.
Crime / Drama
- March 24, 2018
Robot Wars Blu-ray Movie
Full Moon Features | 1993 | 72 min | Rated R | Dec 15, 2017 | Martin Liebman
In the year 2041, the rebel Centros are a plague to the survivors of the great toxic gas scare of 1993. A renegade Megarobot pilot and an archaeologist must team up (despite personal differences, a reluctant romance, and official pressure to cease and desist) to thwart the Centro's attempts to resurrect a hidden Megarobot, with which they can challenge the prevailing order.
Action / Sci-Fi
The Maze 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D
Kino Lorber | 1953 | 80 min | Not rated | Apr 24, 2018 | Martin Liebman
A Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle's castle in the Scottish highlands. Kitty and her aunt follow Gerald a few weeks later, and discover he has suddenly aged. Some mysterious things happen in a maze made from the hedges adjoining the castle.
Horror / Sci-Fi
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Collection Blu-ray Movie
機動戦士ガンダムUC / Kidō Senshi Gundam Unicorn
Right Stuf | 2010-2014 | 390 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 06, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The year is U.C. 0096. Three years have passed since the end of the Second Neo Zeon War. It is said that the Vist Foundation manipulates the Earth Federation and Anaheim Electronics from behind the scenes...
Action / Anime / Drama / Sci-Fi / War / Foreign
Straight Outta Compton 4K Blu-ray Movie
Unrated Director's Cut / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2015 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 167 min | Unrated | Feb 27, 2018 | Martin Liebman
In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. Following the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton tells the story of how these youngsters revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world the truth about life in the hood and ignited a cultural war.
Biography / Crime / Drama / History / Music / Period
- March 23, 2018
A Woman's Life Blu-ray Movie
Une vie / Arrow Academy
Arrow | 2016 | 119 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Feb 12, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Adapted from the novel Une vie by Guy de Maupassant, A Woman’s Life is a tale of tormented love embedded in the restrictive social and moral codes of marriage and family in 19th century Normandy. Upon finishing her schooling in a convent, young aristocrat Jeanne (Judith Chemla) marries local Viscount Julien de Lamare (Swann Arlaud), who soon reveals himself to be a miserly and unfaithful husband. As she navigates his chronic infidelity, pressure from her family and community, and the alternating joys and burdens of motherhood, Jeanne’s rosy illusions about her privileged world are slowly stripped away. French filmmaker Stéphane Brizé shoots this follow-up to his Cannes and César Award winner The Measure of a Man in constricted 4:3 Academy ratio, creating a tightly composed work that perfectly translates de Maupassant’s portrayal of life’s indifferences.
Drama / Foreign
The Mystery of Picasso Blu-ray Movie
Le mystère Picasso / Arrow Academy
Arrow | 1956 | 78 min | Rated Exempt | Jan 22, 2018 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Like a matador confronting a bull, the artist approaches his easel. As he wields his brush, the painting dances into being before our eyes. Pablo Picasso, the most influential artist of the 20th century, is making art, and famous French director Henri-Georges Clouzot (Diabolique, The Wages of Fear) is making a movie. This entirely new kind of art documentary captures the moment and the mystery of creativity; for the film, the master created 20 artworks, ranging from playful black-and-white sketches to widescreen color paintings. Using inks that bled through the paper, Picasso rapidly created fanciful drawings that Clouzot was able to film from the reverse side, capturing their creation in real time. When the artist decided to paint in oils, the filmmaker switched to color film and employed the magic of stop-motion animation. By contract, almost all of these paintings were destroyed when the film was completed. Unavailable for more than a decade, "The Mystery of Picasso" is exhilarating, mesmerizing, and unforgettable; it is simply one of the greatest documentaries on art ever made. The French government agrees; in 1984 it declared the film a national treasure.
Documentary / Other / Foreign
Rappin' Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1985 | 93 min | Rated PG | Jan 23, 2018 | Dr. Stephen Larson
An ex-con and break-dancer helps save a neighborhood from a greedy developer while trying to win a rap contest.
Drama / Music / Musical
- March 22, 2018
Le Corbeau Blu-ray Movie
The Raven / Vintage World Cinema
Studio Canal | 1943 | 88 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Mar 05, 2018 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A French village doctor becomes the target of poison-pen letters sent to village leaders, accusing him of affairs and practicing abortion.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign
Thor: Ragnarok 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Disney / Buena Vista | 2017 | 130 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Feb 26, 2018 | Martin Liebman
Imprisoned, the mighty Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiatorial contest against the Hulk, his former ally. Thor must fight for survival and race against time to prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home and the Asgardian civilization.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book