New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- July 16, 2017
Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1945-1948 | 3 Movies | 302 min | Not rated | Jul 11, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
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Drama / War / Foreign
Paisan Blu-ray Movie
Paisà / Original Release Version
Criterion | 1946 | 126 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Six episodes set across Italy during the country's liberation at the end of World War II examine the struggles of different cultures to communicate and of people to live their everyday lives.
Drama / War / Foreign
The Lost City of Z Blu-ray Movie
Broad Green Pictures | 2016 | 141 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 11, 2017 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Based on David Grann's best-selling book of the same name, The Lost City of Z is the true-life drama which centers on British explorer Col. Percival Fawcett, who disappeared while searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.
Action / Adventure / Biography / Period
Star Crystal Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1986 | 94 min | Rated R | Jul 11, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
Set in 2032, as missions from Earth are being sent to explore Mars. After two groups of astronauts are mysteriously killed following the discovery of strange artefacts on the martian surface, the crew of the SC-37 go in to try and find out what happened. They soon learn what became of their predecessors when a bloodthirsty space monster begins lunching on members of the crew. Will any of them make it back to Earth alive?
Horror / Sci-Fi
Freeway Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1988 | 91 min | Rated R | Jul 18, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
A deeply-disturbed priest goes on a murderous night-time rampage across America's highways.
Thriller
- July 15, 2017
The Magicians: Season Two Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2017 | 564 min | Not rated | Jul 11, 2017 | Martin Liebman
After being recruited to a secretive academy, a group of students discover that the magic they read about as children is very real-and more dangerous than they ever imagined.
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Teen / Supernatural
Fast & Furious: 8-Movie Collection Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2001-2017 | 8 Movies, 12 Cuts | 1366 min | Not rated | Jul 11, 2017 | Martin Liebman
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Action / Adventure / Crime / Thriller / Heist
- July 14, 2017
Rat Fink Blu-ray Movie
Wild and Willing
Retromedia | 1965 | 80 min | Not rated | Jun 13, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A sadistic rock singer will do whatever it takes to become a star. After seducing an older woman in order to steal money from her, the singer travels to Hollywood and hires an agent, eventually engaging in an affair with the man's wife. Meanwhile, he also impregnates a clueless teenager and then forces her to get an abortion from a veterinarian, only to promptly dump her when he suddenly becomes famous.
Drama
Bag Boy Lover Boy Blu-ray Movie
Severin Films | 2014 | 88 min | Not rated | Jul 25, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
"Bag Boy Lover Boy" follows the lowly life of Albert, an oddball hotdog vendor who is shocked to find himself suddenly becoming the bizarre muse of enigmatic NYC photographer Ivan. But shocks come his way even more so when, amidst his role in Ivan's disturbing photographs for which he poses, Albert finds out just how difficult it is to succeed in the art world, leading him to take some disturbing photographs of his own that suit his very unique - and very limited - skill set.
Comedy / Horror
Trail of the Pink Panther Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1982 | 97 min | Rated PG | Jun 27, 2017 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A journalist (Joanne Lumley) is interviewing people who came into contact with the late Inspector Clouseau for an article in tribute to the great detective. Made two years after Peter Sellers' death, and featuring a string of outtakes from the earlier Pink Panther films.
Comedy / Crime
- July 13, 2017
Verdi: Aida Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray Audio / Blu-ray + CD
Decca | 1962 | 180 min | Not rated | Feb 17, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
Black Butterfly Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2017 | 93 min | Rated R | Jul 25, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Remake of French thriller, Papillon Noir by Herve Korian. Banderas plays Paul, a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter (Rhys Meyers) and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.
Thriller
Léon: The Professional 4K Blu-ray Movie
Theatrical & Unrated Extended Cut / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 1994 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 133 min | Unrated | Jul 11, 2017 | Martin Liebman
A corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration boss and his thugs murder Mathilda's family in a drug deal gone awry. Orphaned by the massacre, Mathilda is forced to take shelter in the apartment of a neighbor, Léon, whom she knows only slightly. He's a loner and first generation immigrant, who also happens to be a professional hitman. He's never had reason to care about anybody and she has no one else to turn to. Together they form a makeshift bond that will forever change both their lives.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Melodrama
The Fifth Element 4K Blu-ray Movie
20th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 1997 | 126 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 11, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Set in the 23rd century, New York cab driver Korben Dallas didn't mean to be a hero, but he just picked up the kind of fare that only comes along every five thousand years: A perfect beauty, a perfect being, a perfect weapon. Now, together, they must save the world.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Epic
King Kong 4K Blu-ray Movie
Ultimate Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2005 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 200 min | Not rated | Jul 11, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Flamboyant, foolhardy documentary filmmaker, Carl Denham, sails off to remote Skull Island to film his latest epic with leading lady, Ann Darrow. Native warriors kidnap Ann to use as a sacrifice as they summon "Kong" with the local witch doctor. But instead of devouring Ann, Kong saves her. Kong is eventually taken back to New York where he searches high and low for Ann, eventually winding up at the top of the Empire State Building, facing off against a fleet of World War I fighter planes.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Epic / Period
Enter the Ninja / Revenge of the Ninja Blu-ray Movie
Cannon Classics Double Feature
Umbrella Entertainment | 1981-1983 | 2 Movies | 183 min | Rated R18+ | Jun 07, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
ENTER THE NINJA (1981) Angolan Bush War veteran Cole (Franco Nero, Django) is a westerner living in Japan who has been inducted into the secret fighting rituals of Ninjitsu - the darkest and deadliest of all martial arts. Coming to the aid of war buddy Frank Landers (Alex Courtney) in the Philippines, Cole is dragged into a land dispute with Charles Venarius (Christopher George), a scheming oil baron determined to take over Frank's plantation by any means possible. With his henchmen no match for the imposing Cole, Venarius hires the best assassin money can buy - born of Samurai blood and unable to accept anything but the ancient ways, Ninja Hasegawa (martial arts super star Sho Kosugi) enters the fray with a lethal agenda and will stop at nothing to get his man. Directed by Menahem Golan (The Delta Force) with fights expertly choreographed by Sho Kosugi, Enter The Ninja is an action-packed martial arts spectacle, where swords are sharp, nunchucks hit hard and shuriken fly fast. REVENGE OF THE NINJA (1983): After his family is killed in Japan by ninjas, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. He opens a doll shop but is unwittingly importing heroin in the dolls. When he finds out that his friend has betrayed him, Cho must prepare for the ultimate battle he has ever been involved in.
Action / Drama / Martial arts
Revenge of the Ninja Blu-ray Movie
Umbrella Entertainment | 1983 | 90 min | Rated R18+ | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
After his family is killed in Japan by ninjas, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. He opens a doll shop but is unwittingly importing heroin in the dolls. When he finds out that his friend has betrayed him, Cho must prepare for the ultimate battle he has ever been involved in.
Action / Drama / Martial arts
Enter the Ninja Blu-ray Movie
Umbrella Entertainment | 1981 | 99 min | Rated R18+ | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The absorbing martial arts film that exposes Ninjutsu, the lethal, little-known "Art of Invisibility"... which includes the use of hypnotism, explosives and super-human fighting skills.
Action / Drama / Martial arts
Revenge of the Pink Panther Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1978 | 99 min | Rated PG | Jun 27, 2017 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Peter Sellers returns once again as the infamous Inspector Clouseau, who survives an assassination attempt but then hides from the world who now think he's dead. Using this cover story he takes the opportunity to continue his investigations alone. The last Pink Panther film Sellers made before his death.
Comedy / Crime / Family
- July 12, 2017
Gospel According to Al Green Blu-ray Movie
MVD Visual | 1984 | 94 min | Not rated | Jun 09, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In the early and mid 1970s, the release of songs like "Let's Stay Together," "Love and Happiness," "Tired of Being Alone," and "Take Me to The River" made Al Green one of the most successful soul and pop singers in the world. However, as the decade progressed, Green suffered an existential crisis, prompted by a questioning of his own increasingly decadent lifestyle, as well as by the death of a girlfriend who scalded him with hot grits before shooting and killing herself.
Biography / Documentary / Music