New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- October 27, 2017
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
- October 26, 2017
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
- October 25, 2017
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
- October 24, 2017
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
War for the Planet of the Apes 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2017 | 139 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
Blood Beat Blu-ray Movie
Standard Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Vinegar Syndrome | 1983 | 87 min | Not rated | Oct 24, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
A woman who lives in deer-hunting country in rural Wisconsin is possessed by the spirit of a Japanese samurai warrior.
Horror / Holiday
Portrait of Jennie Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1948 | 86 min | Not rated | Oct 24, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
Eben Adams is a struggling artist in Depression era New York who has never been able to find inspiration for a painting. One day, after he finally finds someone to buy a painting from him, a young girl named Jennie Appleton appears and strikes up an unusual friendship with Eben.
Drama / Mystery / Romance
- October 23, 2017
Halo: The Complete Video Collection Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2010-2015 | 4 Movies | 410 min | Not rated | Oct 31, 2017 | Martin Liebman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Anime / Sci-Fi
Stranger Things: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Netflix, Inc | 2016 | 395 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 17, 2017 | Martin Liebman
When a young boy disappears, his mother must confront terrifying forces in order to get him back.
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Teen / Supernatural / Period / Coming of age