New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- October 19, 2017
Spirited Away Blu-ray Movie
千と千尋の神隠し / Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi / Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 2001 | 125 min | Rated PG | Oct 17, 2017 | Dr. Stephen Larson
On their way to their new home, a young girl, Chihiro, and her parents stumble into what appears to be an abandoned theme park. But all is not as it seems, as the theme park is a bath-house for the spirits, and not a place where humans are welcome. Chihiro must fend for herself and rescue her parents, as they have been turned to pigs as punishment for eating the food meant for the gods.
Adventure / Anime / Family / Fantasy / Supernatural / Foreign / Surreal
- October 18, 2017
Amsterdamned Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition | Second Pressing / Blu-ray + DVD
Blue Underground | 1988 | 113 min | Rated R | Aug 29, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A mysterious diver hiding in Amsterdam's canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders, terrifying city officials and leaving few clues for the city's best detective, who doesn't suspect that both his new girlfriend and twelve-year-old daughter may be closer than he is to finding the killer.
Action / Crime / Horror / Foreign
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2017 | 98 min | Rated PG | Oct 24, 2017 | Martin Liebman
A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.
Documentary
The Devil's Rain Blu-ray Movie
Severin Films | 1975 | 86 min | Not rated | Oct 31, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A Satanic priest is hell-bent on recovering a valuable book listing the names of those who sold their souls to the devil. The book resides with the Preston family, who, aided by occult expert Dr. Richards, plot to free themselves and destroy The Devil's Rain, a bottle containing the souls of those already damned.
Horror / Supernatural
Shot Caller Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2017 | 121 min | Rated R | Oct 17, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A newly released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
Action / Drama
- October 17, 2017
Blindfold Blu-ray Movie
New York Express / Blu-ray + DVD
101 Films | 1966 | 102 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Sep 28, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Dr. Bartholomew Snow, a psychiatrist, is treating a man with emotional problems who, it turns out, is a brilliant scientist being pursued by different international powers and their operatives. Snow soon finds himself caught in the middle and out of desperation, he falls in with a mysterious and beautiful woman named Vicky Vincenti. But is she helping him, or is she yet another sinister figure out to manipulate him?
Comedy / Romance / Thriller
The Love Witch Blu-ray Movie
Icon Productions | 2016 | 121 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Mar 13, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, in a tribute to 1960s pulp novels and Technicolor melodramas.
Comedy / Horror / Romance / Thriller
Amores Perros Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2000 | 154 min | Rated R | Oct 10, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In Mexico City, the lives of three strangers—a young man mixed up in the gritty underworld of dogfighting, a glamorous woman who seems to have it all, and a mysterious assassin who is desperate to reconnect with his estranged daughter—collide in a tragic twist of fate that forever alters their personal journeys.
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign
Miracle on 34th Street Blu-ray Movie
70th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 1947 | 96 min | Not rated | Oct 10, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Kris Kringle--unbeknownst to cynical, market-minded adults, the real Santa Claus--is hired to play himself at Macy's Department Store, New York City. His gentle, joyous spirit and magical powers soon transform those around him, including a little girl and her world-weary mother.
Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Romance / Holiday
Justice Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2017 | 92 min | Rated R | Oct 17, 2017 | Martin Liebman
A U.S. Marshal seeking justice for his brother's murder defends a small town from a corrupt Mayor and his henchmen with intents to revive the civil war.
Western
The House Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2017 | 88 min | Rated R | Oct 10, 2017 | Michael Reuben
A suburban couple and their neighbor create an illegal casino in order to fund their daughter's college tuition.
Comedy
Pilgrimage Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
RLJ Entertainment | 2017 | 96 min | Not rated | Oct 10, 2017 | Michael Reuben
In 13th century Ireland a group of monks must escort a sacred relic across an Irish landscape fraught with peril.
Adventure / Drama
A Closer Walk with Thee Blu-ray Movie
Altered Innocence | 2017 | 90 min | Not rated | Oct 17, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
A homoerotic Evangelical exorcism film.
Drama / Horror
- October 16, 2017
Sniper: Ultimate Kill Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2017 | 93 min | Rated R | Oct 03, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Colombian drug kingpin Jesús Morales secretly pays for the services of a sniper nicknamed “The Devil,” capable of killing one-by-one the enemies of anyone who hires him. With no adversaries left alive, Morales grows stronger and gains control of more smuggling routes into the United States. The DEA, alarmed by this threat to the country, sends agent Kate Estrada, who has been following Morales for years, and Marine sniper Brandon Beckett to Colombia. Their mission: Kill “The Devil” and bring Morales back to the US to be tried for his crimes. The agents think they have everything under control, but Morales and “The Devil” have prepared plenty of surprises to keep the mission from succeeding.
Action / Adventure
Laserblast Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition
Full Moon Features | 1978 | 82 min | Rated PG | Oct 10, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Alien creatures kill a mutated alien creature in the California desert. Its remains, and the high-tech laser gun and power source accidentally left behind, are found by an ostracized teenager. However, the power source causes the teenager to mutate too, and he goes on a murderous rampage.
Horror / Sci-Fi
David Gilmour: Rattle That Lock Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + CD
Sony Music | 2015 | 111 min | Not rated | Sep 18, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
"Rattle That Lock" is David Gilmour’s fourth solo album and follows his 2006 No 1 On An Island. Primary lyricist is Gilmour’s long-term writing partner, Polly Samson, and it is co-produced by David Gilmour and Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera. This 2-Disc box set includes CD, Blu-ray with bonus 14 audio-visual items (four video tracks, four audio tracks, two promo films and four documentaries), album in Surround Sound and memorabilia including poster, postcard, plectrum and 32-page hardback lyric/photo book including artist photographs by Kevin Westenberg and album session photographs by Polly Samson. The package also includes the 48 page ‘Paradise Lost’ (Book II).
Music
Timebomb Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1991 | 96 min | Rated R | Aug 29, 2017 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Michael Biehn stars in this exhilarating story of a man who consults a psychiatrist (Patsy Kensit) for help after he begins suffering an unrelenting series of terrifying flashbacks.
Action / Thriller
My Love Story!!: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2015 | 600 min | Rated TV-PG | Dec 20, 2016 | Martin Liebman
Takeo Goda's hulking physique and affinity for sports make him popular with other guys, but girls just find him intimidating. Unaware of his gentle nature, the girls that Takeo likes always seem to fall for his handsome best friend, Suna, instead. Takeo is resigned to being Suna's wingman, with no hard feelings between them, until Takeo rescues Rinko Yamato from a molester on the train. Unfortunately, while Rinko might see past Takeo's brutish appearance, Takeo's become so conditioned to girls preferring Suna that he assumes Rinko is the same! Being the good, genuine guy he is, he's going to do everything he can to help the two of them be happy. Will Takeo let himself believe someone likes him? Love isn't blind: it's just a little dense in MY LOVE STORY!!
Anime / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Teen / Comic book / Foreign
God of War Blu-ray Movie
Dŕng Kňu Fēng Yún / 荡寇风云 / Blu-ray + DVD
Well Go USA | 2017 | 128 min | Not rated | Oct 17, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
During the 16th century, Japanese pirates proliferate along the Chinese coastline. In 1557, the pirates take over Cengang in Zhejiang. After months of futile advances, Commander Yu finally defeats them under the leadership of newly promoted General Qi. The Pirates, however, manage to escape.
Action / History / Foreign
Hype! Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition
Shout Factory | 1996 | 84 min | Not rated | Sep 29, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
A documentary covering the growth and subsequent overexposure of the Seattle "grunge" music scene in the early 1990s.
Documentary / History / Music