New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- February 22, 2017
Bad Santa 2 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Broad Green Pictures | 2016 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 95 min | Unrated | Feb 21, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve.
Comedy
- February 21, 2017
Vampire Ecstasy / Sin You Sinners Blu-ray Movie
Film Movement | 1963-1973 | 2 Movies | 176 min | Not rated | Oct 25, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
No synopsis for this title.
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Erotic
3 Classic Films by Claude Chabrol Blu-ray Movie
Betty / Torment / The Swindle
Cohen Media Group | 1992-1997 | 3 Movies | 315 min | Not rated | Feb 21, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Crime / Drama / Romance / Foreign
Betty Blu-ray Movie
Cohen Media Group | 1992 | 105 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A beautiful, drunken, and promiscuous girl (Marie Trintignant) ends a disastrous evening at The Hole, a bar catering to the twisted and outcast. There she meets the recently widowed Laure (Stéphane Audran), an elegant retiree who lives alone in a luxury hotel. Laure takes Betty under her wing. Gradually, details of Betty's sad, sordid and, at times, sinister story of betrayal and self-destruction unfold in flashbacks as the women's relationship evolves into a lethal game of cat-and-mouse. Adapted from the novel by Georges Simenon, Betty shares many of the themes that made Chabrol's superb Les Biches (1968, starring Audran and Jean-Lous Trintignant) so erotically suspenseful...and Hitchcockian: The exchange of identity and guilt between two women of different ages, both in love with the same man.
Drama / Foreign
L' enfer Blu-ray Movie
Torment
Cohen Media Group | 1994 | 105 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Forced to work extremely hard to keep things afloat, Paul begins hearing voices in his head questioning the choices he's made. He's convinced that his wife has been unfaithful and starts to see every male guest as a potential threat. What follows is Paul's downward spiral into the madness of deranged jealousy where he finally discovers that hell is not a state of mind - hell is himself.
Drama / Romance / Foreign
The Swindle Blu-ray Movie
Rien Ne Va Plus
Cohen Media Group | 1997 | 105 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company. Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and Betty is convinced he plans to steal that money. On whose side is Betty - Victor's, Maurice's or only her own?
Crime / Drama / Foreign
King Cobra Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 2016 | 91 min | Not rated | Feb 14, 2017 | Dr. Stephen Larson
This ripped-from-the-headlines drama covers the early rise of gay porn headliner Sean Paul Lockhart a.k.a. Brent Corrigan, before his falling out with the producer who made him famous. When Sean decides he'd be better off a free agent, a cash-strapped pair of rival producers aim to cash in by any means possible.
Crime / Drama / Teen / Dark humor / Erotic
- February 20, 2017
Quantum Leap: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1989-1993 | 5 Seasons | 4570 min | Not rated | Feb 07, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Get ready to join Dr. Sam Beckett on the adventure of many lifetimes! Who will he be this time? Mafia hit man. Air Force test pilot. Professional boxer. Scott Bakula plays Sam Beckett, a time traveler who never knows whose body he is going to "leap" into next and at what moment in history he may find himself. Sam is joined by a helpful but easily distracted holographic guide, Al (Dean Stockwell), who assists him on his missions and aids Sam in his ultimate goal of returning to his own life in the present.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi
Prince of Foxes Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1949 | 107 min | Not rated | Feb 07, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
In this captivating epic of intrigue, action and romance, the handsome and masterful Tyrone Power shines in the title role as Andrea Orsini, a bold and courageous warrior. The setting is Renaissance Italy, where the notorious and violent Borgia family, led by Cesare Borgia (Orson Welles), is determined to capture neighboring lands and expand the family's empire, power, and wealth. As a Borgia spy-soldier, Orsini is dispatched to a small territory Cesare hopes to capture. But Orsini becomes captivated by the intelligence and charm of the Duke and his young wife. Torn between allegiance to his master and a growing friendship with his assigned victims, Orsini becomes embroiled in a fierce and spectacular battle that forces him to confront his ideas of justice and nobility. Leon Shamroy's superb cinematography of the Italian countryside provides a lush background for the film's drama and adventure.
Adventure / Drama / History
King Solomon's Mines Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1985 | 101 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 21, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing father lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.
Action / Adventure / Comedy
Psychomania Blu-ray Movie
The Death Wheelers / Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1973 | 90 min | Not rated | Feb 21, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The leader of a notorious motorbike gang, The Living Dead, believes he has found the secret to immortality: all you have to do is commit suicide while firmly believing you will come back. The result: a uniquely bizarre blend of vintage British biker flicks and Dennis Wheatley, from the writers of the equally unusual "Horror Express".
Horror
- February 19, 2017
Desire Will Set You Free Blu-ray Movie
Altered Innocence | 2015 | 92 min | Not rated | Feb 21, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
Desire Will Set You Free is a feature film that explores life in contemporary Berlin with an often critical and sometimes humorous eye.
Drama
The General / Three Ages Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1923-1926 | 2 Movies | 143 min | Not rated | Feb 07, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
Johnnie loves two things: his train and the lovely Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War breaks out he enlists as a soldier, but it is decided that he is too valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it is because he is a coward. When Union spies capture Johnnie with Annabelle on board, Johnnie "The General" must recue both his loves.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Romance / War / Western
The General Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1927 | 79 min | Not rated | Feb 07, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
Johnnie loves two things: his train and the lovely Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War breaks out he enlists as a soldier, but it is decided that he is too valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it is because he is a coward. When Union spies capture Johnnie with Annabelle on board, Johnnie "The General" must recue both his loves.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Romance / War / Western
Three Ages Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1923 | 64 min | Not rated | Feb 07, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
This hilariously inventive satire of D.W. Griffith's INTOLERANCE follows the age-old story of misadventures on the road to finding love, retold in three separate eras, a structure that cleverly allowed Keaton to recut the film into three separate shorts if it failed as a feature.
Comedy
- February 18, 2017
Seasons Blu-ray Movie
Les Saisons
Music Box Films | 2015 | 97 min | Rated PG | Feb 21, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud return to the lush green forests, when the ice retreated, and the cycle of seasons was established. SEASONS is the awe-inspiring tale of the long shared history that binds humankind and nature.
Documentary
A Home of Our Own Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1993 | 104 min | Rated PG | Jun 21, 2016 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Life for a single mother with six kids, no job and no place to live might be enough to break almost anyone's spirit. But for a proud and resilient woman like Frances Lacey, it's both a challenge she embraces and a battle she refuses to lose. Independent, strong-willed Frances is determined to turn hard times into prosperity. Fed up with her supervisor's harassment, her oldest son's increasing delinquency and all of Los Angeles, she packs her kids into a rundown Plymouth and heads east. To some, Frances may look like a woman bound for nowhere but this is one tough lady who's definitely got a destination ...The American Dream!
Biography / Drama
Doctor Strange Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2016 | 115 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 28, 2017 | Martin Liebman
A subtly maimed surgeon finds a new life when a wizard trains him to become the new Sorcerer Supreme of Earth.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Comic book / Surreal
- February 17, 2017
Heat Blu-ray Movie
Director's Definitive Edition
20th Century Fox | 1995 | 170 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Feb 06, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Master criminal Neil McCauley is trying to control the rogue actions of one of his men, while also planning one last big heist before retiring. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Hanna attempts to track down McCauley as he deals with the chaos in his own life, including the infidelity of his wife and the mental health of his stepdaughter. McCauley and Hanna discover a mutual respect, even as they try to thwart each other's plans.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Heist
Manchester by the Sea Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2016 | 138 min | Rated R | Feb 21, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An uncle is forced to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.
Drama