New Blu-ray Reviews

1492: Conquest of Paradise Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1992 | 150 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 06, 2017 | Brian Orndorf

In the late fifteenth century, Christopher Columbus persuades the Queen of Spain to fund his latest expedition to the East by searching out new trade routes on the way. Inadvertently arriving in the Americas, Columbus attempts to civilize the natives and live in harmony with them, but his efforts are sabotaged by a crew intent on plundering all the New World has to offer.

Adventure / Biography / Drama / History

XX Blu-ray Movie  

Magnolia Pictures | 2017 | 81 min | Rated R | May 23, 2017 | Michael Reuben

Four short horror films written and directed by women.

Horror

Catfight Blu-ray Movie    

Arrow | 2016 | 95 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Apr 24, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The rivalry between two former college friends comes to an extreme fracas when they both attend the same glamorous event.

Comedy / Drama / Dark humor

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Blu-ray Movie  

RM Films International | 1965 | 83 min | Not rated | Oct 19, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Three strippers holding a young girl hostage come across a crippled old man living with his two sons in the desert. After learning he's hiding a sum of cash around, the strippers start scheming on him.

Action / Comedy

The LEGO Batman Movie 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2017 | 105 min | Rated PG | Jun 13, 2017 | Michael Reuben

A cooler-than-ever Bruce Wayne must deal with his usual suspects as they plan to rule Gotham City, while discovering that he has accidentally adopted a teenage orphan who wishes to become his sidekick.

Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book

Lifeboat Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1944 | 97 min | Not rated | Mar 21, 2017 | Dr. Stephen Larson

After their ship is sunk in the Atlantic by Germans, eight people are stranded in a lifeboat. Their problems are further compounded when they pick up a ninth passenger — the Nazi captain from the U-boat that torpedoed them. With powerful suspense and emotion, this legendary classic reveals the strengths and frailties of individuals under extraordinary duress.

Drama / War

Table 19 Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

20th Century Fox | 2017 | 87 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 13, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Ex-maid of honor Eloise - having been relieved of her duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text- decides to attend the wedding anyway only to find herself seated with 5 "random" guests at the dreaded Table 19.

Comedy / Drama

Sound of the Sky: Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

ソ・ラ・ノ・ヲ・ト / So-Ra-No-Wo-To / Sora no Woto

Right Stuf | 2010 | 355 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 06, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In a lonely corner of the world, on the edge of No Man's Land, sits Clocktower Fortress. It's home to the 1121st Platoon of the Helvetian Army, and their newest member is a 15-year-old volunteer named Kanata Sorami, who enlisted to learn how to play the bugle. When she was a child, Kanata was saved by a beautiful soldier and found inspiration in the clear, golden sound of her trumpet. From that day forward, Kanata decided music would be her life. As the other platoon members train her how to be a bugler and a soldier, Kanata's enduring optimism will inspire them to look for happiness and beauty, even in a world haunted by war.

Anime / Drama / Sci-Fi / Foreign

The LEGO Batman Movie Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2017 | 105 min | Rated PG | Jun 13, 2017 | Michael Reuben

A cooler-than-ever Bruce Wayne must deal with his usual suspects as they plan to rule Gotham City, while discovering that he has accidentally adopted a teenage orphan who wishes to become his sidekick.

Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book

Stalker Blu-ray Movie  

Сталкер

Criterion | 1979 | 162 min | Not rated | Jul 18, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A hired guide, known as a stalker, leads a writer and a professor into the heart of the Zone, the restricted site of a long-ago disaster, where the three men eventually zero in on the Room, a place rumored to fulfill one’s most deeply held desires.

Drama / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Railroad Tigers Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Well Go USA | 2016 | 123 min | Not rated | Jun 20, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Set in the 1941, “Railroad Tigers” is about the Chinese heroes of World War II. Chan stars as Ma Yuan, a railroad worker and unlikely hero. He uses what he knows of the train network to steal supplies for the hungry Chinese. He leads a team of fighters in ambushing enemy soldiers and stopping the Japanese.

Action / Comedy / History / War / Martial arts / Foreign

Madhouse Blu-ray Movie  

There Was a Little Girl / And When She Was Bad / Flesh and the Beast / Scared to Death / Blu-ray + DVD

Arrow | 1981 | 93 min | Not rated | Jun 13, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Julia, a teacher in a school for the deaf, has a hideosly disformed and deranged twin sister that resides in the local looney bin. She escapes to gate-crash a surprise birthday party for Julia by murdering all the party guests with the help of a giant killer Alsation dog, which gets it's come-uppance when lobotomised by a power drill, in a scene that will offend most animal lovers.

Horror

The Killer is Loose Blu-ray Movie  

ClassicFlix | 1956 | 73 min | Not rated | Jun 13, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An unhinged, deceptively mild-mannered bank robber escapes prison, seeking revenge on the cop who accidentally killed his wife during a gun battle.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir

A Fantastic Fear of Everything Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2012 | 100 min | Rated R | May 09, 2017 | Brian Orndorf

Jack is a highly-strung and over-sensitive artist whose paranoia has reached such heights that he can no longer leave the house without carrying a carving knife just in case someone tries to murder him. When his agent informs him that a Hollywood executive is interested in his latest script, 'Decades of Death', and tells him that he must prepare himself for this important meeting, a string of unlikely events is triggered that leads to Jack being finally forced to face up to all of his worst and wildest fears.

Comedy

3 Generations Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2015 | 92 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 13, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A teenager transitions from female to male, and his family must come to terms with that fact.

Drama

Child of Satan Blu-ray Movie  

Cinedigm | 2017 | 100 min | Not rated | Jun 06, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

New mom battles the evil lurking within as her adulterous husband hides a dark secret that may lead to the human extinction.

Action / Drama / Horror

L' argent Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1983 | 85 min | Not rated | Jul 11, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A young man innocently passes a counterfeit 500 franc bill in a photographer's shop, which leads to his arrest. Branded a criminal, he turns to crime and destruction.

Crime / Drama / Foreign

Willard Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 1971 | 95 min | Rated PG | May 16, 2017 | Brian Orndorf

The young, disturbed Willard Stiles befriends a pair of rats and trains them to brutally attack human beings. When his boss steps over the line, Willard sicks his deadly horde of flesh-eating rats on him. However, Willard's greatest allies become his worst enemies.

Horror

Ben Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 1972 | 94 min | Rated PG | May 16, 2017 | Brian Orndorf

This sequel to the rampaging-rodent chiller Willard stars Lee H. Montgomery as young Danny Garrison, a neglected kid who finds a new little friend in Ben -- an intelligent rat whose furry minions managed to slaughter most of the cast of the previous film. Proving that one can't teach an old rat new tricks -- just variations on the old ones -- Ben displays his affection for Danny by directing his posse to off anyone who torments him.

Horror / Thriller

The Blood of Fu Manchu Blu-ray Movie  

Blue Underground | 1968 | 92 min | Not rated | May 30, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In his remote jungle hideout, the evil Fu Manchu has discovered a deadly poison in a "lost city" in the Amazonian jungle that affects only men. Women can become carriers of the "kiss of death" by being bitten by venomous snakes. The poison causes blindness and ultimetly followed six weeks later by death. Using mind control, he aims the women at Nayland Smith and other key people with political influence. This done, this halts them in preventing them from interfering with his own ambitions to prepare millions of "doses" and spread them around the world's major cities and capitals in a plan to gain world domination.

Adventure / Crime / Foreign