New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- August 23, 2017
Ronin Blu-ray Movie
Remastered
Arrow | 1998 | 122 min | Rated R | Aug 29, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A briefcase with undisclosed contents, highly sought after by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob, makes its way into criminals’ hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or "ronin", and gives them the task of recovering the case.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Heist
Prometheus 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2012 | 124 min | Rated R | Aug 15, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The discovery of a clue to mankind's origins on Earth leads a team of explorers on a distant planet. They soon find out that they are not alone.
Action / Adventure / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
What the Peeper Saw Blu-ray Movie
VCI | 1972 | 96 min | Not rated | Feb 16, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In this stylish and atmospheric psychological thriller reminiscent of Henry James's Turn of the Screw, a widowed English writer brings a young, glamorous new bride to his bleak, isolated home in rural Spain. She soon becomes obsessed with her 12-year old stepson, who she learns has just been expelled from school for mysterious offenses; while the boy enjoys, exploits, and feeds her increasing paranoia about him. That he is a brilliant and lonely child is obvious. But is he the victim of a neurotic woman's overwrought imagination-- in Shakespeare's words, the innocent flower, or the serpent under it?
Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Psychological thriller
- August 22, 2017
Hell Up in Harlem Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1973 | 95 min | Rated R | Aug 29, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Tommy Gibbs, a fearless, bulletproof tough guy blasts his way from the gutter to become the ultimate soul brother boss. When he steals a ledger with the name of every crooked cop and official on the mob's payroll, he becomes the most hunted man in the city. Enlisting the aid of his father and an army of Harlem hoods, Gibbs goes from defense to offense, launching a deadly attack on his enemies that sets off a violent chain reaction from Harlem all the way to the Caribbean, climaxing in one of the hottest turf-war shoot-outs in Hollywood history.
Crime / Drama
EDtv Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1999 | 123 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 10, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.
Comedy
Blackbeard's Ghost Blu-ray Movie
Disney / Buena Vista | 1968 | 107 min | Rated G | Jan 05, 2016 | Martin Liebman
Peter Ustinov stars as "Blackbeard" in this hilarious fantasy as the ghost of the legendary pirate Blackbeard. The once blackhearted scoundrel materializes in a small New England town, cursed to wander in limbo until he performs a good deed. He gets his chance when he decides to help a local college track team ... that hasn't a ghost of a chance of winning! Blackbeard finds himself full of team spirit, and dispensing his own brand of invisible coaching.
Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Sailor Moon R: The Movie Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Viz Media | 1993 | 61 min | Rated TV-14 | Apr 18, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Long before Mamoru found his destiny with Usagi, he gave a single rose in thanks to a lonely boy who helped him recover from the crash that claimed his parents. This long-forgotten friend, Fiore, has been searching the galaxy for a flower worthy of that sweet gesture long ago. The mysterious flower he finds is beautiful, but has a dark side- it has the power to take over planets. To make matters worse, the strange plant is tied to an ominous new asteroid near Earth! Faced with an enemy blooming out of control, It’s up to Sailor Moon and the Sailor Guardians to band together, stop the impending destruction and save Mamoru!
Action / Anime / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Comic book / Foreign
The Love of a Woman Blu-ray Movie
L'amour d'une femme / Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1953 | 104 min | Not rated | Aug 22, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Marie Prieur, a young doctor, decides to settle down on Ushant, a remote island belonging to Brittany. Little by little she manages to be accepted by the population. One day she meets André Lorenzi, a handsome engineer, and it is love at first sight. Life is wonderful for a while but André wants to marry her only if she remains at home. Despite her strong feelings for André, Marie refuses to give up her vocation and the two lovers part. Marie finds herself alone, with a broken heart.
Drama / Foreign
- August 21, 2017
The Stranger Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1946 | 95 min | Not rated | Aug 29, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Charles Rankin, a respected academic at a prominent Connecticut college seems to have the perfect life: a beautiful new wife; and a charming home in a small town that holds him in high esteem. Enter Mr. Wilson, a detective on the hunt for Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler. The appearance of Mr. Wilson threatens to reveal that underneath this idyllic veneer is a secret that could tear everything apart.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery
Whale Rider Blu-ray Movie
15th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Shout Factory | 2002 | 101 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 22, 2017 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
Drama / Family / Coming of age
Boyka: Undisputed IV Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2016 | 90 min | Rated R | Aug 01, 2017 | Martin Liebman
In the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands for.
Action / Martial arts
Tenement Blu-ray Movie
Game of Survival
Shriek Show | 1985 | 94 min | Not rated | Aug 08, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
A drug selling and violent street-gang terrorize the renters of a big trashy apartment-house.
Action / Crime / Horror / Thriller
Duel in the Sun Blu-ray Movie
Roadshow Edition
Kino Lorber | 1946 | 144 min | Not rated | Aug 15, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
When her father is hanged for shooting his wife and her lover, half-breed Pearl Chavez goes to live with distant relatives in Texas. Welcomed by Laura Belle and her elder lawyer son Jesse, she meets with hostility from the ranch-owner himself, wheelchair-bound Senator Jackson McCanles, and with lustful interest from womanizing, unruly younger son Lewt.
Drama / Romance / Western
- August 20, 2017
Mickey One Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series | Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Powerhouse Films | 1965 | 93 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Jul 24, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Often described as a French New Wave film made in Hollywood, Arthur Penn's 1965 art movie enters the unsettlingly paranoid world of a nightclub comic on the run from the Mob. Having fooled around with the wrong blonde and gambled himself into an unpayable debt, an entertainer flees to Chicago, where he hides out and changes his name to Mickey One.
Crime / Drama
Kill Switch Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2017 | 91 min | Rated R | Aug 22, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In a future world, a physicist's experiment to harness unlimited energy goes wrong. Chased by drones and soldiers, Will Porter must race through an imploding world and retrieve the Redivider box to save his family…and all of humanity!
Sci-Fi
The Great Fire Blu-ray Movie
PBS | 2014 | 240 min | Not rated | Nov 03, 2015 | Martin Liebman
The Great Fire of London raged for four days in 1666, making over 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants homeless. From King Charles II and Samuel Pepys to Thomas Farriner, The King's Baker in whose premises the fire began, witness the chaos of a city imploding, and the fear and rumors of treachery that took hold.
Drama
- August 19, 2017
2017 NBA Champions Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Team Marketing | 2017 | 54 min | Not rated | Aug 15, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Re-live the Warriors’ championship run from the first day of training through their historic win at the 2017 NBA Finals. This is the amazing, first-hand story of the 2016-17 Golden State Warriors and an unforgettable season to believe.
Sport
Déjà Vu Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1985 | 95 min | Rated R | Jun 27, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
While researching the life of an actress who perished in a mysterious fire in the 1920s, Michael discovers that she bore an uncanny resemblance to his bride-to-be, Maggie. But his suspicions about the similarities can't prepare him for the truth when the spirit of the actress begins to possess Maggie in an attempt to bring the curtain down on those who caused her death!
Drama
Treasure Island Blu-ray Movie
65th Anniversary Edition
Disney / Buena Vista | 1950 | 96 min | Rated PG | Nov 10, 2015 | Martin Liebman
The treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate captain Long John Silver.
Adventure / Family
Experiment in Terror Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series | Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Powerhouse Films | 1962 | 123 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Apr 24, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A woman is terrorized by a man with an asthmatic voice who plans to use her to steal $100,000 from the bank where she works.
Crime / Mystery / Thriller