New Blu-ray Reviews

Daughters of the Dust Blu-ray Movie  

Cohen Media Group | 1991 | 112 min | Rated PG | Apr 11, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The story of three generations of Gullah women in the Peazant family on St. Helena Island in 1902 as they prepare to migrate to the North.

Drama / Romance

My 20th Century Blu-ray Movie    

Az én XX. századom / My Twentieth Century

Second Run | 1989 | 104 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Mar 20, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Separated identical twins ride an Orient Express unaware of each other: a feminist anarchist and a hedonistic courtesan, living under the powder-keg Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Separate families adopted the impoverished orphans. At the dawn of the 20th Century the double-blind experiment hits crescendo for Dora & Lili, born the evening Edison unveiled his incandescent bulb. In 1900, technology was accelerating, could women's rights and national self-determination keep pace?

Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi

Dead or Alive Trilogy Blu-ray Movie  

Dead or Alive / Dead or Alive 2: Birds / Dead or Alive: Final

Arrow | 1999-2002 | 3 Movies | 290 min | Not rated | Apr 11, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Action / Crime / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Foreign

Dead or Alive Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 1999 | 105 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

In Tokyo's crime ridden Shinjuku district, emotionally and financially bankrupt Detective Jojima plays referee in a gangland turf war pitting the Japanese Yakuza Mafia against a bloodthirsty band of Chinese immigrant gangsters. But Jojima's obligation to his terminally ill daughter and ruthless Chinese mobster Ryuichi's sentimental devotion to his ersatz family of misfit assassins threatens to add their own corpses to the landslide of fresh bodies littering Tokyo.

Crime / Thriller / Foreign

Dead or Alive 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 2000 | 97 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

Two hitmen meet when they are hired to kill the same person, and they realize they were childhood friends. They decide to start killing together, this time on the side of good.

Action / Crime / Foreign

Dead or Alive: Final Blu-ray Movie  

Arrow | 2002 | 89 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

The ace cop of a totalitarian police force and a drifting android play their parts in a post-apocalyptic society. They are destined to fight. Their encounter will change them forever.

Crime / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Three Blu-ray Movie  

Saam yan hang / 三人行

Well Go USA | 2016 | 88 min | Not rated | Apr 04, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Realizing that he will be defeated in no time during a police showdown, a thug shoots himself to force the cops to cease fire and take him to the hospital. In the hospital, he claims human rights to refuse immediate treatment in order to bide time for his underlings to rescue him. The detective in charge sees through his scheme but decides to play along so as to capture his whole gang once and for all.

Action / Crime / Thriller / Foreign

Planet Earth II Blu-ray Movie  

BBC | 2016 | 300 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Mar 28, 2017 | Michael Reuben

Planet Earth II is an immersive exploration of the jungles, mountains, deserts, islands, grasslands and cities of the world. Journey to the four corners of the globe to discover the extreme forces that shape life in each of these iconic landscapes and the remarkable ways animals manage to overcome the challenges of surviving in the wildest places on Earth.

Documentary / Nature

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2016 | 134 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 04, 2017 | Martin Liebman

Jyn Erso, a Rebellion soldier and criminal, is about to experience her biggest challenge yet when Mon Mothma sets her out on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star. With help from the Rebels, a master swordsman, and non-allied forces, Jyn will be in for something bigger than she thinks.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi

The Blue Lagoon Blu-ray Movie    

Blu-ray + DVD

Eureka Entertainment | 1980 | 105 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Apr 10, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A boy and girl are shipwrecked on an uninhabited tropical island. With no adults to guide them the two make a simple life together unaware that sexual maturity will eventually intervene.

Adventure / Drama / Romance / Coming of age

Psycho Circus Blu-ray Movie  

The Creeping Flesh/Brotherhood of Satan/Torture Garden

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1967-1973 | 3 Movies | 277 min | Rated PG | Apr 04, 2017 | Martin Liebman

No synopsis for this title.

Horror / Sci-Fi

The Creeping Flesh Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1973 | 92 min | Rated PG | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

Can an evil human being be cured? Emmanuel Hildern (Peter Cushing), a 19th-century scientist, believes it can, and develops serum from the blood of evil men. While his half-brother James (Christopher Lee), who runs a mental institution, envies Emmanuel's accomplishments, his daughter Penelope (Lorna Heilbron) does not. Born of an insane mother, the girl is injected with her father's serum, slashes a sailor and kills an escaped madman. Sadly, she must then be committed to her uncle's asylum. Undaunted, Emmanuel continues his experiments on a primitive skeleton, inadvertently creating an evil monster when the skeleton comes to life. The trauma of the events that follow drives Emmanuel insane and frees the creature to spread its reign of terror...

Horror / Sci-Fi

The Brotherhood of Satan Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1971 | 93 min | Rated PG | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

A family is trapped in a desert town by a cult of senior-citizens who recruit the town's children to worship Satan.

Horror

Torture Garden Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1967 | 100 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

Anthology film from Amicus adapted from four short stories by Robert Bloch strung together about a fairground sideshow run by the sinister Dr. Diabolo and the shears of the female deity Atropos. Stories include "Terror Over Hollywood", "Mr. Steinway", "Enoch" and "The Man Who Collected Poe"...

Horror

Planet Earth II 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

BBC | 2016 | 300 min | Not rated | Mar 28, 2017 | Michael Reuben

Planet Earth II is an immersive exploration of the jungles, mountains, deserts, islands, grasslands and cities of the world. Journey to the four corners of the globe to discover the extreme forces that shape life in each of these iconic landscapes and the remarkable ways animals manage to overcome the challenges of surviving in the wildest places on Earth.

Documentary / Nature

Miss Sloane Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

20th Century Fox | 2016 | 132 min | Rated R | Mar 21, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.

Drama / Thriller

The Fly II Blu-ray Movie    

Via Vision Entertainment | 1989 | 105 min | Rated M | Oct 04, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Raised in the confines of a laboratory at the enigmatic Bartok Industries, young Martin Brundle discovers that he's inherited insect genes from his father, Seth Brundle, the scientist who first morphed into The Fly years before. Worse, Martin realizes that powerful CEO Anton Bartok has nefarious plans for him, and now, Martin must use his fly powers to stop the madman's schemes.

Horror

Office Christmas Party Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2016 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 111 min | Rated R | Apr 04, 2017 | Martin Liebman

When his uptight CEO sister threatens to shuts down his branch, the branch manager throws an epic Christmas party in order to land a big client and save the day, but the party gets way out of hand...

Comedy / Holiday

Dakota Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1945 | 83 min | Not rated | Mar 28, 2017 | Brian Orndorf

In 1871 Dakota, two crooked businessmen oppose the local wheat farmers and the railroad development, in order to control the town of Fargo.

Comedy / Western

Invisible Ghost Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1941 | 64 min | Not rated | Mar 21, 2017 | Brian Orndorf

Mr. Kessler is a doctor driven to murder by the ghost of his faithless wife. When the "phantom" appears, it pushes Dr. Kessler into a maniacal rage that can only be quenched with violence. As the corpses pile up, the doctor begins a hunt for the culprit, unaware that he has committed the murders himself while in a hypnotic trance. A villainous twist exposes the truth about the ghost, the killings and the insanity...

Drama / Horror