New Blu-ray Reviews

Rolling Vengeance Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1987 | 92 min | Rated R | Oct 17, 2017 | Brian Orndorf

When a clan of drunken goons get off scot-free after senselessly killing a young trucker’s family, the trucker, Joey Rosso (Don Michael Paul), takes matters into his own hands by building the ultimate monster truck to even the score. Spitting flames, armed with a giant drill, his awesome rig is unstoppable as Joey pursues the clan leader Tiny Doyle (Ned Beatty) and his murderous offspring. He tracks down the clan, one by one, crashing cars, flattening trucks, demolishing buildings and destroying anything or anyone that gets in his way

Action / Drama

Avanti! Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1972 | 144 min | Rated R | Oct 10, 2017 | Brian Orndorf

In this hilarious, lighthearted comedy from acclaimed writer/director Billy Wilder and screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond (THE APARTMENT), a wealthy American discovers romance and the meaning of "avanti" while in Italy. American businessman Wendell Armbruster (Jack Lemmon) is summoned to Italy after a car accident claims the lives of his father and his father's secret mistress! And when the mistress' daughter (Juliet Mills) also arrives — and the bodies of both of their parents disappear — the two instant foes are brought together in a baffling mystery... and an affair of the heart!

Comedy / Mystery / Romance / Dark humor

Suntan Blu-ray Movie    

Montage Pictures / Blu-ray + DVD

Eureka Entertainment | 2016 | 104 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Sep 11, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

On a hedonistic Greek island, a middle-aged doctor becomes obsessed with a young tourist when she lets him tag along with her group of hard partying friends.

Comedy / Drama / Romance / Erotic / Foreign

Cars 3 Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2017 | 102 min | Rated G | Nov 07, 2017 | Martin Liebman

Lightning McQueen sets out to prove to a new generation of racers that he's still the best race car in the world.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family

Cars 3 4K Blu-ray Movie  

Ultimate Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2017 | 102 min | Rated G | Nov 07, 2017 | Martin Liebman

Lightning McQueen sets out to prove to a new generation of racers that he's still the best race car in the world.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family

Into the Night Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition

Shout Factory | 1985 | 115 min | Rated R | Nov 07, 2017 | Dr. Stephen Larson

Ed Okin's life is somewhat out of control. He can't sleep, his wife betrays him and his job is dull. One night he starts to drive through Los Angeles and he finally ends in the parking garage of L.A. Airport. Moments later a beautiful young lady jumps onto his bonnet and he finds himself being chased by four Iranians. What follows is a wild chase through the streets of Los Angeles and a very funny one too.

Comedy / Drama / Thriller

Broken Sword Hero Blu-ray Movie  

Thong Dee Fun Khao / Blu-ray + DVD

Well Go USA | 2017 | 122 min | Not rated | Oct 31, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The life of general Thongdee, growing up from a young hot-head to a legendary Muay Thai fighter. Based on a real story about a warrior "White Teeth" from Thailand's Ayutthaya period.

Action / Foreign

The Sea Wolf Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1941 | 100 min | Not rated | Oct 10, 2017 | Michael Reuben

Humphrey van Weyden, a writer, and fugitives Ruth Webster and George Leach have been given refuge aboard the sealer "Ghost," captained by the cruel Wolf Larsen. The crew mutinies against Larsen's many crimes, and though van Weyden, Ruth, and George try to escape Larsen's clutches, they find themselves drawn inexorably back to him as the "Ghost" sails toward disaster.

Adventure / Drama

Kidnap Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2017 | 82 min | Rated R | Oct 31, 2017 | Martin Liebman

A mother stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.

Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

The Good Catholic Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Broad Green Pictures | 2017 | 97 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 24, 2017 | Martin Liebman

Daniel loved his job as a small town priest more than anything. Then he met Jane. God help him.

Comedy / Drama

Slaughter High Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 1986 | 90 min | Unrated | Oct 31, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Eight different people are invited to their 10-year high school reunion at their now-closed down high school where a former student, disfigured from a prank gone wrong, is there to seek revenge.

Comedy / Horror

Bushwick Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

RLJ Entertainment | 2017 | 94 min | Not rated | Oct 24, 2017 | Michael Reuben

When a Texas military force invades their Brooklyn neighborhood, 20-year-old Lucy and war veteran Stupe must depend on each other to survive.

Action / Adventure / Thriller

The Wages of Fear Blu-ray Movie    

Le salaire de la peur / Blu-ray + DVD

BFI Video | 1953 | 153 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Oct 23, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Foreign

Serenity 4K Blu-ray Movie  

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

Universal Studios | 2005 | 119 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 17, 2017 | Martin Liebman

Captain Malcolm Reynolds, is a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, who now ekes out a living pulling off small crimes and transport-for-hire aboard his ship, Serenity. He leads a small, eclectic crew who are the closest thing he has left to family -- squabbling, insubordinate and undying loyal. When Mal takes on two new passengers -- a young doctor and his unstable, telepathic sister -- he gets much more than he bargained for. The pair are fugitives from the coalition dominating the universe, who will stop at nothing to reclaim the girl. The crew that was once used to skimming the outskirts of the galaxy unnoticed find themselves caught between the unstoppable military force of the Universal Alliance and the horrific, cannibalistic fury of the Reavers, savages who roam the very edge of space. Hunted by vastly different enemies, they begin to discover that the greatest danger to them may be on board Serenity herself.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Apollo 13 4K Blu-ray Movie  

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

Universal Studios | 1995 | 140 min | Rated PG | Oct 17, 2017 | Martin Liebman

The true story of how NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 and its crew to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage.

Adventure / Drama / History

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

20th Century Fox | 1992 | 86 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 03, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A fully accessorized L.A. high school cheerleader is informed by a mysterious stranger that she is destined to battle vampires. Soon she's wreaking havoc on a local chapter of bloodsuckers. But when the top vampire vows revenge, it totally fouls up her social schedule. The prelude to Buffytasticness.

Comedy / Horror / Supernatural

Saxophone Colossus Blu-ray Movie  

featuring Sonny Rollins

MVD Visual | 1986 | 101 min | Not rated | Jul 07, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Tenor saxophone master Sonny Rollins has long been hailed as one of the most important artists in jazz history, and still, today, he is viewed as the greatest living jazz improviser. In 1986, filmmaker Robert Mugge produced Saxophone Colossus, a feature-length portrait of Rollins, named after one of his most celebrated albums.

Music

Personal Shopper Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 2016 | 106 min | Not rated | Oct 24, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.

Drama / Mystery

War for the Planet of the Apes 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

20th Century Fox | 2017 | 140 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 24, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi

Warrior 4K Blu-ray Movie  

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

Lionsgate Films | 2011 | 140 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 24, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, a recovered alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for a mixed martial arts tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, a former MMA fighter unable to make ends meet as a public school teacher, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family. Even though years have passed, recriminations and past betrayals keep Brendan bitterly estranged from both Tommy and his father. But when Brendan's unlikely rise as an underdog sets him on a collision course with Tommy, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all battle of their lives.

Action / Drama / Sport / Martial arts