New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- December 21, 2017
One Million B.C. Blu-ray Movie
VCI | 1940 | 80 min | Not rated | Dec 12, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Victor Mature stars as Tumak, a young caveman who strives to unite the uncivilized Rock Tribe and the peaceful Shell Tribe.
Adventure / Fantasy / Romance / Sci-Fi
Liquid Sky Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Vinegar Syndrome | 1982 | 112 min | Rated R | Nov 24, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
Invisible aliens in a tiny flying saucer come to Earth looking for heroin. They land on top of a New York apartment inhabited by a drug dealer and her female, androgynous, bisexual nymphomaniac lover, a fashion model. The aliens soon find the human pheromones created in the brain during orgasm preferable to heroin, and the model's casual sex partners begin to disappear. This increasingly bizarre scenario is observed by a lonely woman in the building across the street, a German scientist who is following the aliens, and an equally androgynous, drug-addicted male model. (Both models are played by Anne Carlisle, in a dual role.)
Comedy / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Dark humor
The Dark Blu-ray Movie
SOLD OUT
Code Red | 1979 | 91 min | Rated R | Sep 08, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
An alien mutilator stalks and kills human prey during the night.
Horror / Sci-Fi
The Man from Earth Blu-ray Movie
Special Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
MVD Visual | 2007 | 87 min | Not rated | Nov 21, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
At his farewell bash in a cabin in the remote woods, Professor John Oldman (David Lee Smith) makes a shocking confession to his fellow scholars: he is actually an immortal who has been living on earth for the past 14,000 years. So begins this thought-provoking sci-fi drama which follows his colleagues as they struggle to figure out whether Oldman is telling the truth or merely deranged. A long-running project of Star Trek and Twilight Zone scribe Jerome Bixby, the film's screenplay was finally completed on his deathbed in 1998.
Drama / History / Sci-Fi
Death on the Nile Blu-ray Movie
Vintage Classics
Studio Canal | 1978 | 140 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Oct 23, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot has a set of murder suspects on a boat in the Nile after a rich heiress is killed. Can he find the culprit before they reach port?
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Period
mother! 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2017 | 121 min | Rated R | Dec 19, 2017 | Michael Reuben
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Psychological thriller / Imaginary / Surreal
mother! Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2017 | 121 min | Rated R | Dec 19, 2017 | Michael Reuben
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Psychological thriller / Imaginary / Surreal
- December 20, 2017
Murder on the Orient Express Blu-ray Movie
Vintage Classics
Studio Canal | 1974 | 128 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Oct 23, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Famous detective Hercule Poirot is on the Orient Express, but the train is caught in the snow. When one of the passengers is discovered murdered, Poirot immediately starts investigating.
Crime / Mystery / Period
Leatherface Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2017 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 89 min | Rated R | Dec 19, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In Texas, years before the events of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, in the early days of the infamous Sawyer family, the youngest child is sentenced to a mental hospital after a suspicious incident leaves the sheriffs’ daughter dead. Ten years later, he kidnaps a young nurse and escapes with 3 other inmates. Pursued by authorities including the deranged sheriff out to avenge his daughter’s death, the young Sawyer teen goes on a violent road trip from hell, molding him into the monster known now as Leatherface.
Horror / Thriller
S.O.S. Tidal Wave Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1939 | 61 min | Not rated | Oct 31, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A reporter exposes a crooked mayoral candidate as New York reels over the reported threat of a tidal wave.
Crime / Drama / Sci-Fi
Black Christmas Blu-ray Movie
Season's Grievings Edition | 40th Anniversary Edition
Starz / Anchor Bay | 1974 | 98 min | Rated CA: 18 | Nov 24, 2015 | Dr. Stephen Larson
The few remaining residents of a sorority house during their Christmas break are stalked by a stranger.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Holiday
- December 19, 2017
Transformers: Dark of the Moon 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2011 | 155 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 05, 2017 | Martin Liebman
The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the Moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and learn its secrets, which could turn the tide in the Transformers' final battle.
Action / Sci-Fi
Transformers: Age of Extinction 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2014 | 166 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 05, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Autobots must escape sight from a bounty hunter who has taken control of the human serendipity: Unexpectedly, Optimus Prime and his remaining gang turn to a mechanic, his daughter, and her back street racing boyfriend for help.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
American Made Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2017 | 115 min | Rated R | Jan 02, 2018 | Martin Liebman
A pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the deep south during the 1980s.
Biography / Crime / Thriller
American Made 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2017 | 115 min | Rated R | Jan 02, 2018 | Martin Liebman
A pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the deep south during the 1980s.
Biography / Crime / Thriller
100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912-2012 Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1924-2016 | 53 Movies | 6253 min | Not rated | Dec 05, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
See individual titles for their synopses.
Documentary / Short / Sport / Foreign
Red Christmas Blu-ray Movie
Artsploitation Films | 2016 | 81 min | Not rated | Oct 17, 2017 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A mother must protect her family on Christmas Day from a demented stranger who is hell-bent on tearing them apart.
Horror / Thriller / Holiday
Platoon Leader / Soldier Boyz Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1988-1995 | 2 Movies | 187 min | Rated R | Dec 12, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Drama / Thriller / War
Soldier Boyz Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1995 | 90 min | Rated R | Dec 12, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
Veteren Howard Toliver works at a prison for extremely dangerous juvenile offenders. Recruited to rescue a wealthy girl being held captive in Vietnam, he assembles a team composed of some of the most violent inmates, many of whom are enemies. After battling their way through the jungle, they lay siege to the fortress of the brutal warlord Vinh Moc, who has the hostage hidden away. Will they work together, or allow their rivalries to consume them?
Action / Drama / Thriller
Platoon Leader Blu-ray Movie
Nam
Kino Lorber | 1988 | 96 min | Rated R | Dec 12, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
West Point graduate lieutenant Jeff Knight meets cynicism when taking command of sergeant Michael McNamara's tour veterans platoon in a Vietnamese trench camp. Unlike his predecessor, who hid till the end of his tour, Jeff takes charge, experiences the manual doesn't allow coping with all realities and gets wounded. He returns, now fully respect by men and superiors. Besides the Vietcong, the platoon wrestles with the inscrutable villagers, which the GIs officially protect, but also fear as some collaborate with them, other covertly with the Cong, either way subject to bloody reprisals.
Drama / War