New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- December 04, 2017
Better Watch Out Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Well Go USA | 2016 | 89 min | Rated R | Dec 05, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
On a quiet suburban street, a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from intruders, only to discover it's far from a normal home invasion.
Horror / Thriller / Holiday
Kiki's Delivery Service Blu-ray Movie
魔女の宅急便 / Majo no Takkyûbin / Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 1989 | 103 min | Rated G | Oct 17, 2017 | Dr. Stephen Larson
When an apprentice witch turns thirteen, she must leave her home in order to hone her craft. Although Kiki's sole talent is broom-flying, she sets out for adventure with her cat Jiji. They settle in a charming seaside town, where Kiki establishes her own delivery service. As Kiki learns to balance independence with responsibility, her kind heart wins her many new friends in this coming-of-age tale.
Adventure / Anime / Family / Fantasy / Supernatural / Foreign / Coming of age
- December 03, 2017
Beethoven: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray Audio / Blu-ray + CD
Deutsche Grammophon | 1977-1979 | 367 min | Not rated | Dec 01, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival Blu-ray Movie
Monterey Pop (Remastered) / Jimi Plays Monterey / Shake! Otis at Monterey
Criterion | 1968-1987 | 3 Movies | 148 min | Not rated | Dec 12, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
See individual titles for their synopses.
Documentary / Music
Jimi Plays Monterey & Shake! Otis at Monterey Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1986-1987 | 2 Movies | 68 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding arrived in California virtually unknown. Returning stateside from London, where he had moved to launch his musical career, Hendrix exploded at Monterey, flooring an unsuspecting audience with his maniacal six-string pyrotechnics. Redding, a venerable star of Memphis's Stax record label, seduced the "love crowd" in one of his best—and last—performances.
Documentary / Music
The Tragically Hip: Long Time Running Blu-ray Movie
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2017 | 95 min | Not rated | Dec 01, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Chronicling iconic Canadian band The Tragically Hip's legendary 2016 tour, from emotional lead up through to the epic last show.
Documentary / Music
Since You Went Away Blu-ray Movie
The Roadshow Edition
Kino Lorber | 1944 | 177 min | Not rated | Nov 21, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
Claudette Colbert is the mother of daughters Jennifer Jones and Shirley Temple; first seen coming home after dropping her war-bound husband at the train, she becomes the model of courage and strength on the homefront. The plot has a Saturday Evening Post feel today, as it follows the family's day-to-day life and struggles, whether with a crotchety boarder (a delightfully starchy Monty Woolley) or oldest daughter Jones's doomed romance with departing serviceman Robert Walker.
Drama / Romance / War
Hangover Square Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1945 | 78 min | Not rated | Nov 21, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
A composer who can't control his creative temperament turns to murder.
Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Period
Doc Hollywood Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1991 | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 28, 2017 | Michael Reuben
A young doctor causes a traffic accident in a small town and is sentenced to work for some days at the town hospital.
Comedy / Romance
Dolores Claiborne Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1995 | 132 min | Rated R | Nov 21, 2017 | Michael Reuben
Dark secrets, family torments, and suspicious deaths swirl around the stoic, hardened figure of Dolores Claiborne, a housekeeper accused of murdering her employer of 22 years.
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
- December 02, 2017
A New Leaf Blu-ray Movie
Signature Edition
Olive Films | 1971 | 102 min | Rated G | Dec 05, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Henry Graham, a confirmed bachelor with a zest for luxuries, receives the shocking news that he is now broke. Henry's spirits are low as he returns to his town-house to discuss the situation with his butler, Harold who suggests marriage as a way out.
Comedy / Romance
American Assassin 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2017 | 111 min | Rated R | Dec 05, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Long before he began hunting terrorists, Mitch Rapp was a gifted college scholar/athlete. Then, tragedy struck and Rapp was recruited into the nation's most elite covert operations program. After completing training designed to teach the kind of lethal skills necessary to target our most dangerous enemies, here and abroad, he is a man reborn with a mission of retribution.
Action / Thriller
American Assassin Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2017 | 112 min | Rated R | Dec 05, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Long before he began hunting terrorists, Mitch Rapp was a gifted college scholar/athlete. Then, tragedy struck and Rapp was recruited into the nation's most elite covert operations program. After completing training designed to teach the kind of lethal skills necessary to target our most dangerous enemies, here and abroad, he is a man reborn with a mission of retribution.
Action / Thriller
- December 01, 2017
Monterey Pop Blu-ray Movie
Remastered
Criterion | 1968 | 80 min | Not rated | Dec 12, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the beginning of the Summer of Love, the Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decade's spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll. Monterey featured career-making performances by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few of the performers in a wildly diverse lineup.
Documentary / Music
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
- November 30, 2017
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
- November 29, 2017
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