New Blu-ray Reviews

Jack the Ripper Blu-ray Movie    

Network | 1988 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 198 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Mar 27, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

During the latter half of 1888 a notorious serial killer nicknamed Jack The Ripper terrorises the East End of London by murdering prostitutes in a terribly violent way. Public outrage follows. Inspector Frederick Abberline is assigned to the case but finds that it is not just a simple murder enquiry. Based on a real life event, this film claims to have had access to top secret Home Office files and believe that their ending is the correct solution to the age old mystery.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Bloodrunners Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Speakeasy Pictures | 2017 | 109 min | Not rated | Mar 07, 2017 | Dr. Stephen Larson

It's 1933 and prohibition has proven very profitable for corrupt cops like Jack Malone. He collects 'luxury tax' from every bootlegger and scofflaw in town. Shaking down the newly opened speakeasy should've been simple, but instead, Jack and his men uncover a clan of vampires hell bent on taking over the town.

Action / Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Period

The Bye Bye Man Blu-ray Movie  

Unrated / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2017 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 100 min | Unrated | Apr 11, 2017 | Martin Liebman

When three college students move into an old house off campus, they unwittingly unleash a supernatural entity known as The Bye Bye Man, who comes to prey upon them once they discover his name. The friends must try to save each other, all the while keeping The Bye Bye Man's existence a secret to save others from the same deadly fate.

Horror / Thriller

The Jigsaw Murders Blu-ray Movie  

Limited to 1,000 made

Code Red | 1989 | 97 min | Rated R | Dec 03, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

Detective DaVonzo and his young partner Elliott are putting together a murder mystery with the help of a jigsaw puzzle but will all the pieces be together in time to save DaVonzo's daughter?

Thriller

Mansfield Park Blu-ray Movie  

Jane Austen's Mansfield Park

PBS | 2007 | 97 min | Not rated | Oct 11, 2011 | Martin Liebman

At age 10, Fanny Price is sent by her destitute mother to live with her aunt and uncle, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram. As a child she was often made to feel that she was the poor relation but by the time she reaches 18, and in the absence of her uncle who leaves on a business trip for an extended period, she begins to enjoy herself. When Henry Crawford and his sister Mary become neighbors to the Bertrams, opportunities abound. Edmond Bertram falls in love with Mary but she wants to marry a man with money, not someone destined to life as a clergyman. Meanwhile, Fanny's love for her cousin Edmond prevents her from accepting Mr. Crawford's proposal of marriage.

Drama / Romance

Savage Attraction Blu-ray Movie  

Limited to 1,000 Made

Code Red | 1983 | 90 min | Rated R | Dec 03, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

In 1980s Australia, Young runaway Christine is dragged into a whirlpool of psychological terror when she marries a coworker, Walter, who turns out to be a modern-day Nazi. Pregnant and facing life-threatening complications, she's caught up in a wave of crime and deception when she accompanies him to Germany and becomes a hostage in a nightmare from which there may be no escape.

Drama / Thriller

Veep: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

HBO | 2016 | 295 min | Rated TV-MA | Apr 11, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Vice President Selina Meyers and her staff manage various crises.

Comedy

Rumble Fish Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1983 | 94 min | Rated R | Apr 25, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Rusty James is the leader of a small, dying gang in an industrial town. He lives in the shadow of the memory of his absent, older brother — The Motorcycle Boy. His mother has left, his father drinks, school has no meaning for him, and his relationships are shallow. He is drawn into one more gang fight and the events that follow begin to change his life.

Crime / Drama / Romance / Coming of age

Monster Trucks Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2016 | 105 min | Rated PG | Apr 11, 2017 | Martin Liebman

Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp, a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean creature with a taste and a talent for speed, Tripp may have just found the key to getting out of town and a most unlikely friend.

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Sport

Lion Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2016 | 119 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 11, 2017 | Martin Liebman

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Drama

The Handmaiden Blu-ray Movie  

아가씨 / Ah-ga-ssi

Sony Pictures | 2016 | 145 min | Not rated | Mar 28, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.

Drama / Romance / Thriller / Erotic / Foreign / Period

Little Busters! EX: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2014 | 200 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 06, 2016 | Martin Liebman

Does the new girl in Riki Naoe's life need his help, or is she actually trying to kill him? After a chance encounter on a rooftop brings the enigmatic Saya Tokido into the Little Busters' world, the only thing that's certain is that trouble is sure to follow. As if saving the lives of his teammates wasn't enough of a task to handle, now Riki must also untangle a web of new mysteries that seem to be rooted in his own personal past! Who are the Dark Executives, why do they want to keep Saya and Riki apart, and what is the nature of the secret treasure that Saya seeks? Sometimes, answers lead to even more questions as Riki and the Little Busters discover that they weren't the only people drawn into Kyousuke's artificial world in LITTLE BUSTERS! EX!

Anime / Comedy / Drama / Foreign

Don't Go in the House Blu-ray Movie  

The Burning | Limited Edition of 1,500 Made

Scorpion Releasing | 1980 | 92 min | Not rated | Dec 05, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

A disturbed young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother stalks women with a flamethrower.

Horror

The Electric Chair Blu-ray Movie  

Code Red | 1976 | 98 min | Rated R | Dec 03, 2016 | Brian Orndorf

The murder of an innocent, happy couple leads to a courtroom trial that would sentence the killer to death, but who really did it?

Crime / Drama

Aria Blu-ray Movie  

30th Anniversary Edition

Entertainment One | 1987 | 90 min | Rated R | Mar 28, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Ten of the world's most creative and celebrated directors were each asked to choose a piece of opera music and then present a visual interpretation of that music with complete artistic freedom. The music features some of the world's best opera singers, including a priceless recording of the legendary Enrico Caruso.

Comedy / Drama / Music

Aloys Blu-ray Movie    

Blu-ray + DVD

Eureka Entertainment | 2016 | 91 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Oct 24, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A lonely private investigator is contacted by a mysterious woman who pulls him into a mind game known as 'telephone walking'. Fascinated by her voice, Aloys discovers an imaginary universe that allows him to break out of his isolation.

Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Foreign

Little Nikita Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1988 | 98 min | Rated PG | Apr 04, 2017 | Dr. Stephen Larson

An FBI agent works to uncover an All-American family as Soviet sleeper agents and gets caught up in friendship with their unaware son, Jeffrey Grant.

Drama / Thriller

The Phantasm Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Phantasm / Phantasm II / Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead / Phantasm IV: Oblivion / Phantasm: Ravager | Special Edition

Well Go USA | 1979-2016 | 5 Movies | 454 min | Rated R | Apr 11, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Surreal

Phantasm Blu-ray Movie  

Phantasm Collection Version

Well Go USA | 1979 | 89 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Mike, a young teenage boy who has just lost his parents, is afraid to lose his brother. This fear causes him to follow his brother to a funeral, where Mike witnesses the Tall Man lift a coffin on his own. Mike decides to investigate and discovers a horrible world where the Tall Man, along with his flying spheres, shrink the to half their normal size and reanimate them as slaves. It is then up to Mike, his brother, and Reggie, the ice cream man, to stop the Tall man...

Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Surreal

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead Blu-ray Movie  

Phantasm Collection Version

Well Go USA | 1994 | 91 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

The Tall Man, that imposing menace from Morningside Mortuary, is back and once again haunting the thoughts of the now-adult Mike and his friend, ex-Ice Cream vendor Reggie. The two continue their hunt for the mysterious figure and in his path of destruction encounter a variety of dangerous situations, friends and enemies. They also must contend with the resurrected dead plus a growing number of the infamous and deadly silver spheres which aid the Tall Man as he sets his sights on indoctrinating Mike and finishing the fight begun so many years ago...

Horror / Sci-Fi