New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- December 21, 2017
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
Stronger Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2017 | 116 min | Rated R | Dec 19, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 helps the police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma.
Biography / Drama
- December 18, 2017
Leap! Blu-ray Movie
Ballerina / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2016 | 89 min | Rated PG | Nov 21, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The film tells the story of Félicie, a young orphan girl with a passion for dancing. With the help of her best friend Victor, she manages to escape from an orphanage and travel all the way to Paris, where many challenges and intriguing encounters await her. Ballerina is a funny and touching story about friendship, self-confidence and family.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Foreign
The Spell Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1977 | 86 min | Not rated | Sep 05, 2017 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A teenaged girl, taunted by her schoolmates because she's overweight, uses her supernatural powers to take revenge.
Horror
- December 17, 2017
Etoile Blu-ray Movie
Ballet
Scorpion Releasing | 1989 | 101 min | Not rated | Nov 09, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
An American ballerina arrives in Hungary to enroll in a ballet school and it soon becomes apparent that things are not what they seem.
Fantasy / Romance / Thriller
Dunkirk 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2017 | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 19, 2017 | Michael Reuben
Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain and France are surrounded by the German army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Action / Drama / History / Thriller / War
Dunkirk Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2017 | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 19, 2017 | Michael Reuben
Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain and France are surrounded by the German army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Action / Drama / History / Thriller / War