New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- November 07, 2017
Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress Blu-ray Movie
Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin
Film Movement | 1957 | 109 min | Not rated | Early 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The final film in a highly romanticized trilogy about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria finds the young empress traveling throughout Europe.
Drama / History / Romance / Foreign
Victoria in Dover Blu-ray Movie
Mädchenjahre einer Königin
Film Movement | 1954 | 108 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
England, the 19th century. Young Victoria is crowned to be the queen of England. She aims to do her best in order to help her country prosper. However, the family and her trustful advisor, Lord Melbourne, plan marriage for her. She is to get married to a German prince Albert. But Victoria sees her future differently and decides to leave London for a few days. She goes to Paris. On her way to France, she stays incognito in a little tavern in Dover with a baroness. There by chance she meets a handsome man and falls in love head over heels. Later, however, in very strange circumstances, it turns out that the handsome man is prince Albert himself...
Comedy / History / Romance / Foreign
Scarecrow Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1973 | 112 min | Rated R | Oct 31, 2017 | Michael Reuben
Two very different men hitchhike across country and form a unique friendship.
Drama
- November 06, 2017
The Philadelphia Story Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1940 | 112 min | Not rated | Nov 07, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Comedy / Romance
Junior Bonner Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1972 | 100 min | Rated PG | Oct 31, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
Ace Bonner returns to Arizona several years after he abandoned his family, Junior Bonner is a wild young man. Against the typical rodeo championship, family drama erupts.
Comedy / Drama / Western
Driftwood Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1947 | 88 min | Not rated | Nov 21, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
Six-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog, the only survivor of a plane wreck. A tag on the dog's neck states that it is en route to a medical laboratory where its blood will be used for spotted fever vaccine. Dr. Steven Webster meets both Jenny and the dog and "adopts" them both. His fiancée Susan isn't too fond of either the girl or the dog. Webster wants to get a hospital for the town but he is suppressed by the town mayor. In the arguments that follow, Webster's lab is wrecked and ticks infected with spotted fever escape. The town is in a panic and all want to be vaccinated. Jenny is infected and is about to die.
Drama
The Chase Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series | Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Powerhouse Films | 1966 | 133 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Sep 25, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.
Crime / Drama
Gun Shy Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2017 | 86 min | Rated R | Nov 07, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The story follows Turk Henry, a mega platinum rock star who's married to a supermodel and rich beyond his wildest dreams. Whilst on holiday, his wife is mysteriously abducted by a group of renegade, ship-less pirates. With little assistance from local authorities Turk is forced to embark on a mission to rescue his wife. With life skills better suited to playing bass, playing the field, and partying he is forced to navigate through deadly jungles and take on ruthless bandits in this truly hilarious, action-packed romp.
Action / Adventure / Comedy
He Walked by Night Blu-ray Movie
Special Edition
ClassicFlix | 1948 | 79 min | Not rated | Nov 07, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The police painstakingly track down a brilliant, elusive thief and cop killer who seems to have the ability to vanish into thin air.
Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller
Prime Evil / Lurkers Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Vinegar Syndrome | 1988 | 2 Movies | 181 min | Rated R | Oct 24, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
PRIME EVIL: Nestled in a Manhattan monastery, evil is lurking. A group of devil worshipping monks are stalking the city, looking for victims to sacrifice to the dark lord in the hope of bringing satanic rule to the world! A stylishly photographed neo-gothic horror, PRIME EVIL packs in gore, nudity, and loads of 80s NYC locales. LURKERS: When Cathy was a girl, she saw her deranged mother murder her father and only narrowly escaped with her life. Haunted by memories of her macabre childhood, her nightmares turn into a terrifying reality when she’s lured back to her childhood home, only to be transformed into a ‘lurker;’ members of the vengeful dead who seek to terrorize those who wronged them. Findlay’s suspenseful ghost story explores trauma and grief between moments of shocking violence.
Drama / Horror / Mystery
- November 05, 2017
Lurkers Blu-ray Movie
Home Sweet Home
Vinegar Syndrome | 1988 | 94 min | Rated R | Oct 24, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
A woman who had a nightmarish childhood due to her abusive mother has become engaged to a caring photographer. As her wedding date grows near, some mysterious occurrences cause the woman to fear her families’ legacy. The story her mother told her about ‘lurkers’ coming to get her may be more than an old wife’s tale.
Drama / Horror / Mystery
Prime Evil Blu-ray Movie
Vinegar Syndrome | 1988 | 87 min | Rated R | Oct 24, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
A coven of devil-worshiping monks living in New York City search for victims for their sacrificial ceremonies.
Horror
Overdrive Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2017 | 93 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 07, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Two car thief brothers, who journey to the south of France for new opportunities, wind up in the cross hairs of the local crime boss.
Action / Thriller
Young Doctors in Love Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1982 | 96 min | Rated R | Oct 31, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
An 'Airplane'-style spoof of hospital soap operas: a brilliant young trainee can't stand the sight of blood; a doctor romances the head nurse in order to get the key to the drugs cabinet; there's a mafioso on the loose disguised as a woman - in other words all the usual ingredients present and correct, though in this case the laughs are intentional.
Comedy
- November 04, 2017
21 Grams Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2003 | 125 min | Rated R | Oct 31, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Various people are brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives forever.
Drama
City of Industry Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1997 | 98 min | Rated R | Oct 03, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Retired thief Roy Egan is lured out by his brother, Roy, for a jewel heist, but when Roy is murdered by his partner, Lee seeks revenge while going on the run with the loot they stole.
Crime / Drama
Missing in Action Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition
Shout Factory | 1984 | 102 min | Rated R | Aug 15, 2017 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Colonel James Braddock launches a mission deep into the jungles of Vietnam to find the POW camp that he escaped from and free the Americans still held there.
Action / Adventure / Drama / War
The Glass Castle Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2017 | 127 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 07, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.
Drama
- November 03, 2017
Down Blu-ray Movie
The Shaft | Collector's Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Blue Underground | 2001 | 111 min | Rated R | Oct 31, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
After the elevators at a New York City skyscraper begin inexplicably malfunctioning, putting its passengers at risk, mechanic Mark Newman and reporter Jennifer Evans begin separate investigations. The police suspect that terrorists are responsible, but a far stranger explanation looms.
Action / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Dark humor
Dough Blu-ray Movie
Menemsha Films | 2016 | 94 min | Not rated | Aug 02, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An old Jewish baker struggles to keep his business afloat until his young Muslim apprentice drops cannabis in the dough and sends sales sky high.