New Blu-ray Reviews

South Park: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 1997-1998 | 306 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

Animal Factory Blu-ray Movie  

Special Edition

Arrow | 2000 | 94 min | Rated R | Nov 28, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Ron, who's young, slight, and privileged, is sentenced to prison on marijuana charges. For whatever reason, he brings out paternal feelings in an 18-year prison veteran, Earl Copan, who takes Ron under his wing. The film explores the nature of that relationship, Ron's part in Earl's gang, and the way Ron deals with aggressive cons intent on assault and rape. There's casual racism, too, in the prisoners and the guards, a strike called by Black prisoners, and the nearly omnipresence of hard drugs. Ron's lawyer is working on getting Ron out quickly, Earl has a shot at parole, and death seems to be waiting in the next cell. Will prison turn Ron into an animal?

Crime / Drama

Birth of the Dragon Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2016 | 96 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 21, 2017 | Martin Liebman

Young, up-and-coming martial artist, Bruce Lee, challenges legendary kung fu master Wong Jack Man to a no-holds-barred fight in Northern California.

Action / Biography / Drama

Zoology Blu-ray Movie  

Зоология

Arrow | 2016 | 91 min | Not rated | Oct 31, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Middle-aged zoo worker Natasha still lives with her mother in a small coastal town. She is stuck and it seems that life has no surprises for her until one day - she grows a tail and turns her life around.

Comedy / Drama / Foreign

Wolf Blu-ray Movie    

Indicator Series | Limited Edition

Powerhouse Films | 1994 | 125 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Nov 20, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

When a mild-mannered, middle-aged book editor gets bitten by a wolf, it gives him a shot of confidence over younger colleagues, highly tuned senses and a few new lycanthropic appetites. Like a clever New Yorker cartoon, this urbane horror film satirizes middle age in New York's cutthroat social and business worlds.

Drama / Horror / Romance / Thriller / Supernatural

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas Blu-ray Movie  

Grinchmas Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2000 | 105 min | Rated PG | Oct 17, 2017 | Martin Liebman

The curmudgeonly recluse Grinch, who hates Christmas, becomes annoyed with the out-of-control Christmas festivities in Whoville, the town lying below his cave dwelling on Mt. Crumpit. But after the Grinch conspires to deprive the Whos of their favorite holiday by sneaking into town on Christmas Eve to steal everything associated with the holiday, he learns that the spirit of Christmas goes much deeper than tinsel and toys.

Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Holiday

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Grinchmas Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2000 | 105 min | Rated PG | Oct 17, 2017 | Martin Liebman

The curmudgeonly recluse Grinch, who hates Christmas, becomes annoyed with the out-of-control Christmas festivities in Whoville, the town lying below his cave dwelling on Mt. Crumpit. But after the Grinch conspires to deprive the Whos of their favorite holiday by sneaking into town on Christmas Eve to steal everything associated with the holiday, he learns that the spirit of Christmas goes much deeper than tinsel and toys.

Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Holiday

Acts of Vengeance Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2017 | 86 min | Rated R | Nov 28, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge.

Action / Drama / Thriller

Sharknado 5: Global Swarming Blu-ray Movie  

Cinedigm | 2017 | 93 min | Not rated | Oct 03, 2017 | Martin Liebman

With much of the U.S. lying in ruins, the rest of the world braces for a global sharknado, Fin and his family must travel around the world to stop them.

Action / Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi

Rememory Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2017 | 111 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 28, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Gordon Dunn, a famed scientific pioneer, is mysteriously found dead just after the unveiling of his newest work, a groundbreaking device able to extract, record and play a person's unfiltered memories. After his death, Gordon's reclusive wife, Carolyn, delves deeper into her own private world when a mysterious man shows up claiming to be from Gordon's past. With questionable motives he takes the machine and uses it to try and solve the mystery, beginning an investigation of memories that lead him down a path of guilt, grief, and betrayal to an unexpected answer.

Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi

The Defiant Ones Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Universal Studios | 2017 | 261 min | Not rated | Nov 28, 2017 | Martin Liebman

The stories of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre -- one the son of a Brooklyn longshoreman, the other straight out of Compton -- and their improbable partnership and surprising leading roles in a series of transformative events in contemporary culture.

Biography / Crime / Documentary

Funeral Parade of Roses Blu-ray Movie  

薔薇の葬列

Cinelicious Pics | 1969 | 105 min | Not rated | Nov 14, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan.

Drama / Psychological thriller / Erotic / Foreign

The John Adams Edition Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + CD

Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings | 2016-2017 | 296 min | Not rated | Nov 17, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music

Code of Silence Blu-ray Movie  

Special Edition

Kino Lorber | 1985 | 101 min | Rated R | Dec 05, 2017 | Brian Orndorf

A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war and corruption in his own department.

Action / Crime / Thriller

The Indian Runner Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1991 | 127 min | Rated R | Oct 24, 2017 | Brian Orndorf

A Vietnam vet comes home to his small town and finds himself in conflict with rules that his brother has vowed to uphold.

Drama

Woodshock Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2017 | 100 min | Rated R | Nov 28, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A woman falls deeper into paranoia after taking a deadly drug.

Drama / Thriller

The Ambassador Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1984 | 96 min | Rated R | Oct 03, 2017 | Brian Orndorf

An Amerian ambassador to Israel tries to bring peace to the Middle East, but his efforts are hampered when his wife has an affair with a PLO leader.

Drama / War

Father Goose Blu-ray Movie  

Signature Edition

Olive Films | 1964 | 117 min | Not rated | Nov 28, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

During WW2, a man persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft finds himself responsible for a teacher and several students, all female.

Adventure / Comedy / Romance / War

This World, Then the Fireworks Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1997 | 100 min | Rated R | Nov 14, 2017 | Brian Orndorf

Marty Lakewood is a reporter forced to leave Chicago and his family because he had uncovered too much police corruption. He returns to his small home town on the California coast to his ailing mother and prostitute sister, with whom he had an incestuous affair. Being short of money, he seduces a woman cop in order to sell her house.

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Annabelle: Creation Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2017 | 110 min | Rated R | Oct 24, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A dollmaker and his wife embed their daughter's spirit into a doll, only to realize it is a demon !

Horror / Thriller / Supernatural / Period