New Blu-ray Reviews

Patriots Day 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2016 | 133 min | Rated R | Mar 28, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.

Crime / Drama / History / Thriller

Miss Annie Rooney Blu-ray Movie  

ClassicFlix | 1942 | 86 min | Not rated | Apr 04, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

It’s spring in the Rooney household, and starry-eyed Annie dreams of blossoming love. Her father dreams of something more tangible -- to be parked on easy street. But in their working-class Irish neighborhood, the odds are against them both.

Drama / Romance

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + 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

Julieta Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2016 | 99 min | Rated R | Mar 21, 2017 | Martin Liebman

After a casual encounter, a broken-hearted woman decides to re-evaluate her life and examine the important events leading to her daughter's estrangement.

Drama / Foreign

The Smurfs 4K Blu-ray Movie  

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2011 | 103 min | Rated PG | Mar 28, 2017 | Martin Liebman

When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours -- in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.

Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Comic book

Wishmaster Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Wishmaster / Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies / Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell / Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled

Lionsgate Films | 1997-2002 | 4 Movies | 370 min | Rated R | Mar 28, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Magically powerful and supernaturally evil, the ancient entity known as the Djinn can grant your wildest dreams - and unleash your darkest nightmares. Follow the Wishmaster's bloodcurdling quest to devour souls and plunge the world into eternal damnation in this fright-filled collection of four horror-fantasy favorites.

Fantasy / Horror / Supernatural

Wishmaster Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 1997 | 90 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

A demonic djinn attempts to grant its owner three wishes, which will allow him to summon his brethren to earth.

Fantasy / Horror / Supernatural

Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 1999 | 96 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

The evil Djinn is awakened once more, and must collect 1001 souls to begin the Apocalypse.

Fantasy / Horror / Supernatural

Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 2001 | 92 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

The evil Djinn is back at again, this time wreaking havoc on the students of Illinois' Baxter University.

Fantasy / Horror

Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled Blu-ray Movie  

Wishmaster 4

Lionsgate Films | 2002 | 92 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

An evil Djinn is released from his prison - an ancient jewel - and must grant three wishes to the person who awakens him.

Fantasy / Horror

Lady Libertine / Love Circles Blu-ray Movie  

Intervision Picture Corp | 1984-1985 | 2 Movies | 182 min | Rated R | Jan 10, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

LADY LIBERTINE: Famed French TV game show hostess Sophie Favier stars in this boldly sexy epic about a cross-dressing teenage orphan named ‘Frank’ who is adopted by a handsome nobleman with his own strange urges. Love Circles: From Paris to Rome, Cannes to Hong Kong, and Los Angeles to New York City, the true universal language is lust! In this decadent update of the scandalous classic LA RONDE, a bevy of international beauties complete a chain of liaisons where every urge is fulfilled and no taboo is left unbroken

Drama / Romance / Erotic

Canoa: A Shameful Memory Blu-ray Movie  

Canoa: memoria de un hecho vergonzoso

Criterion | 1976 | 115 min | Not rated | Mar 14, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A group of urban university employees on a hiking trip are viciously attacked by residents of the village of San Miguel Canoa who had been manipulated by a corrupt priest into believing the travelers were communist revolutionaries. The film is based on a reportedly real incident which took place in 1968.

Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + 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

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Blu-ray Movie  

Twilight Time | 1967 | 121 min | Not rated | Mar 14, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Big business means big laughs as Robert Morse schemes and scams his way to the top in this bold and bawdy musical that celebrates the Great American Corporate Way — and lampoons it at the same time. With musical supervision by the legendary Nelson Riddle, this tune-filled comic gem is a goldmine of great Frank Loesser songs including "I Believe in You," "Rosemary," and "The Company Way." Written, produced and directed by David Swift, and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway hit, this classic musical is "bristling with humor, romance and song" (The Hollywood Reporter)! The story charts the meteoric rise of an ambitious window washer who, with the help of a simple guidebook, gets the job, gets the girl, gets the raise and gets the attention of the Big Boss himself — all by his second day at work! Now it's only a matter of hours before he goes from zero to CEO!

Comedy / Musical

Patriots Day Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2016 | 133 min | Rated R | Mar 28, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.

Crime / Drama / History / Thriller

Sentimental Journey Blu-ray Movie  

Fox Cinema Archives

20th Century Fox | 1946 | 94 min | Not rated | Nov 15, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An actress, Julie Beck, finds out that she is ill and has only a short time to live. She becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon decides to adopt the child so that her husband Bill will not be alone when she dies. After Julie dies, Bill is so grief stricken, he shuts out everyone in his life, even Hitty. Hitty believes she's receiving visits from Julie who offers Hitty advice on how to make Bill happy.

Drama

That '70s Show: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

The Flashback Edition

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1998-2007 | 8 Seasons | 4410 min | Rated TV-PG | Mar 07, 2017 | Martin Liebman

Flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage in this hilarious retro-sitcom. For Eric, Kelso, Jackie, Hyde, Donna and Fez; a group of high school teens who spend most of their time hanging out in Eric's basement; life in the '70s isn't always so groovy. But between trying to figure out the meaning of life, avoiding their parents, and dealing with out-of-control hormones, they've learned one thing for sure: they'll always get by with a little help from their friends.

Comedy / Teen / Period / Coming of age

Monster High: Electrified Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2017 | 72 min | Rated TV-Y7 | Mar 28, 2017 | Martin Liebman

When Clawdeen dreams of opening a salon made for monsters and normies, Frankie has the perfect place – an abandoned power station outside town. But the idea sparks negative voltage when Moanica plots to ruin the whole thing, and replace the celebration with something a little more…shocking! Luckily the ghouls have a secret weapon on their side…Twyla, the daughter of the Boogey Man, and the perfect ghoul to unearth any mystery. Along with her ghoulfriends, they must thwart Moanica’s plan, charge up their outfits, save the normie town from darkness…and open the most voltageous salon ever! So catch every twist, turn, zap, and blast…because the Monster High ghouls are about to get Electric!

Animation / Family

Assault on Precinct 13 Blu-ray Movie    

40th Anniversary | Limited Edition / Blu-ray + CD

Second Sight | 1976 | 91 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Nov 28, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Inside a soon-to-be-closed L.A. police station, a group of police officers and convicts must join forces to defend themselves against a gang of thugs.

Action / Crime / Thriller

Lady Libertine Blu-ray Movie  

Frank and I

Intervision Picture Corp | 1984 | 85 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Charlie, a young aristocrat in turn of the century England, meets a boy named Frank on the road to Portsmouth. What Charlie doesn't realize is that Frank is actually Frances, who's donned a disguise to escape working at a brothel. Charlie takes Frank/Frances into his home, and when he discovers her true identity, the two become lovers. He sends her to London to be trained by his mistress in the art of sex, but she learns much more about her identity as a woman. Before the opening credits, explicitly on-screen it reads: "Based on the famous Victorian erotic novel by an anonymous writer".

Drama / Romance / Erotic