New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- March 31, 2017
Michael Schenker Fest Live Blu-ray Movie
in-akustik | 2016 | 157 min | Not rated | Mar 24, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
35 years have passed since the legendary MSG concert Live At The Budokan. Like a miracle Michael Schenker returns to Japan with his past original singers from the '80's to celebrate the Michael Schenker Fest with Gary Barden, Graham Bonnet and Robin McAuley at the amazing Tokyo International Forum. 5000 fans witnessed an anthology moment of quintessential hard rock music of the highest caliber.
Music
Story of Sin Blu-ray Movie
Dzieje grzechu / Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1975 | 130 min | Not rated | Mar 28, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Drama / Erotic / Foreign
Why Him? 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2016 | 111 min | Rated R | Mar 28, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.
Comedy
- March 30, 2017
The Fly Blu-ray Movie
Digitally Remastered Special Edition
Via Vision Entertainment | 1986 | 96 min | Rated R18+ | Oct 04, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Seth Brundle, a brilliant but eccentric scientist attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica Quaife by offering her a scoop on his latest research in the field of matter transportation, which against all the expectations of the scientific establishment have proved successful. Up to a point. Brundle thinks he has ironed out the last problem when he successfully transports a living creature, but when he attempts to teleport himself a fly enters one of the transmission booths, and Brundle finds he is a changed man.
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Kill Game Blu-ray Movie
Cinedigm | 2018 | 102 min | Not rated | Mar 14, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Five years after a high school prank gone horribly wrong, a group of good looking, shallow, and at times cruel pranksters find themselves on the wrong end of the joke as they are stalked by a masked killer who designs their deaths after the pranks they played.
Horror
The Wanderers Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1979 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 117 min | Rated R | Mar 28, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
Set in the Bronx in 1963, the film concerns the titular gang of Italian-American teens and their ongoing power struggle with the rival "Fordham Baldies."
Drama
Chamber of Horrors Blu-ray Movie
The Door With Seven Locks
Kino Lorber | 1940 | 89 min | Not rated | Mar 21, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
When the wealthy Lord Selford dies, he is entombed with a valuable collection of jewels. Seven keys are required to unlock the tomb and release the treasure, but a series of mysterious events cause them to be scattered. The Canadian heiress to the Selford fortune attempts to unravel the circumstances, but she and her fellow investigators find themselves caught in a terrifying web of deceit, torture and murder.
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Foreign
- March 29, 2017
Fast & Furious 6 4K Blu-ray Movie
Extended and Theatrical versions / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2013 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 131 min | Unrated | Mar 28, 2017 | Martin Liebman
After their lucrative Rio heist, and unable to return home, Dom and the rest of his compatriots are forced to kill time lying low in different locations around the world. When DSS agent Hobbs offers Dom and his crew full pardons in return for taking down Owen Shaw's gang of mercenary drivers, the offer seems too good to pass. But as the rivals head for a showdown on the streets of London, Dom learns that Shaw's second-in-command is none other than his presumed dead former lover, Letty.
Action / Adventure / Crime / Thriller / Heist
The Net Blu-ray Movie
Choice Collection
Sony Pictures | 1995 | 114 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 21, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Angela Bennett's a software engineer type who works from home and has few friends outside of cyberspace. Taking her first vacation in years she becomes embroiled in a web of computer espionage.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Why Him? Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2016 | 111 min | Rated R | Mar 28, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.
Comedy
Z.P.G. Blu-ray Movie
Zero Population Growth
Kino Lorber | 1972 | 95 min | Rated PG | Mar 28, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
This provocative sci-fi outing is set in an over-populated, horribly polluted 21st century where child-bearing has become illegal. To help ease the tension and stress caused by not procreating, married couples use robot dolls to substitute for children. One couple decides to break the law and have a real baby in secret. Unfortunately, their neighbors find out and demand that the couple share the baby with them. The other couple does so, but finds that the neighbors get too attached to the infant. They stop sharing their child, and the neighbors becomes so angry that they report them to authorities. The couple and their baby are arrested and sentenced to death. Fortunately, the clever husband anticipated this and made a few plans in advance.
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
The Bitch Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1979 | 93 min | Rated R | Mar 14, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place.
Drama / Romance
- March 28, 2017
The Big Heat Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series | Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Powerhouse Films | 1953 | 90 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Mar 27, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster's moll to bring down a powerful gangster.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller
Phantasy Star Online 2 The Animation: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2016 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 07, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Phantasy Star Online 2 is the most popular game on the web, and almost everyone at Seiga Academy is deeply immersed in it. When the school administration begins to worry that the game is causing more harm than good, student council president Rina Izumi sets out to prove PSO2's virtual positives. To confirm her opinion, she recruits Itsuki Tachibana, one of the few students who isn't already hooked, and instructs him to learn how to play so she can study the effects. What at first seems like a brilliant and simple plan instead lifts the lid off a Pandora's Box filled with unexpected complications. As Itsuki's life undergoes a rapid transformation, it soon becomes clear that PSO2 may be much more than merely a game!
Action / Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Foreign
A Monster Calls Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2016 | 108 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 28, 2017 | Martin Liebman
A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mom's terminal illness.
Drama / Family / Fantasy
Arsenal Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2017 | 92 min | Rated R | Mar 28, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A powerful action thriller, ARSENAL tells the intertwining stories of the Lindel brothers, Mikey and JP, who had only each other to rely on growing up. As adults, JP found success as the owner of a construction company, while Mikey became a small-time mobster, mired in a life of petty crime. When Mikey is kidnapped and held for a ransom by ruthless crime boss Eddie King, JP turns to the brothers' old pal Sal, a plain clothes detective for help. In order to rescue his brother, JP must risk everything and unleash his vengeance against King's relentless army of gangsters.
Crime / Thriller
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2016 | 133 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 28, 2017 | Michael Reuben
The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.
Adventure / Fantasy / Supernatural
The Creeping Garden Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + CD
Arrow | 2014 | 80 min | Not rated | Mar 28, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A real life science fiction movie exploring a world creeping right beneath our feet, where time and space are magnified and intelligence redefined. The Creeping Garden is an award winning documentary exploring the work of fringe scientists, mycologists and artists, and their relationship with the extraordinary plasmodial slime mould. With an original soundtrack composed by celebrated musician and producer Jim O'Rourke (Sonic Youth, Werner Herzog's 'Grizzly Man') this is a unique exploration into a hitherto untapped subject matter, observing and immersing the audience into the worlds of the observers and the observed.
Documentary
20th Century Women Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2016 | 119 min | Rated R | Mar 28, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The film focuses on three women in Santa Barbara in 1979 who set out to teach the teen son of one of them how to be a man.
Comedy / Drama / Coming of age
- March 27, 2017
Multiple Maniacs Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1970 | 97 min | Not rated | Mar 21, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Bent on ridding society of it's most boring element, suburbanites, Divine and company tour under the guise of Lady Divine's Cavalcade of Perversions, a not-so-elaborate ruse to lure in the most complacent element of the population and slaughter them en masse.
Comedy / Crime / Horror / Dark humor