New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- January 25, 2017
WWE: The True Story of the Royal Rumble Blu-ray Movie
WWE Studios | 2016 | 65 min | Rated TV-PG | Dec 06, 2016 | Martin Liebman
A history of one of WWE's premiere events.
Sport
Scavenger Hunt Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1979 | 116 min | Rated PG | Jan 10, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
Milton Parker has made millions inventing and selling games. Upon his death, his relatives and domestic staff gather for the reading of the will. However, Old Mr. Parker is a game player to the last, and his will stipulates that a Scavenger Hunt will be held to determine the beneficiaries of his sizeable estate. The winning team gets all the money, the rest get nothing.
Comedy
The Lair of the White Worm Blu-ray Movie
Lionsgate Films | 1988 | 93 min | Rated R | Jan 31, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Scottish archaeologist Angus Flint discovers an odd skull amid the ruins of a convent and learns of the legend of the D'Ampton Worm, a huge dragon-snake. As people begin disappearing and acting strangely, it appears that an ancient cult is attempting to resurrect the Worm.
Comedy / Horror / Surreal
The Unholy Four Blu-ray Movie
Ciakmull - L'uomo della vendetta
Kino Lorber | 1970 | 95 min | Not rated | Jan 10, 2017 | Brian Orndorf
A gang of robbers sets a diversionary fire in a madhouse as part of their plot to steal a gold shipment. Four inmates escape together. One of them, an amnesiac, hopes to find out who he is and where he comes from. One of the robbers reveals his name, Chuck Mool, and other clues lead him and his fellow escapees to his hometown. There Chuck is reintroduced to his family. But then, maybe it's not his family.
Action / Western / Foreign / Heist
- January 24, 2017
Queen of Katwe Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2016 | 124 min | Rated PG | Jan 31, 2017 | Martin Liebman
A young girl from Uganda trains to become a world chess champion.
Biography / Drama / Sport / Coming of age
Ballers: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
HBO | 2016 | 358 min | Rated TV-MA | Jan 31, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A series centered around a group of football players and their families, friends, and handlers.
Comedy / Drama / Sport
Wait Until Dark Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1967 | 108 min | Not rated | Jan 24, 2017 | Michael Reuben
A recently blinded woman is terrorized by a trio of thugs while they search for a heroin stuffed doll they believe is in her apartment.
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Psychological thriller
- January 23, 2017
Battleship 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2012 | 131 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 17, 2017 | Martin Liebman
A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Barbie: Video Game Hero Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2017 | 72 min | Not rated | Jan 31, 2017 | Martin Liebman
When Barbie magically gets pulled into her favorite video game, she transforms into a roller-skating character and must use her smarts and skills to save her new friends.
Animation / Family
Glengarry Glen Ross Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 1992 | 100 min | Rated R | Oct 11, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Times are tough at Premiere Properties. Shelley "the machine" Levene and Dave Moss are veteran salesmen, but only Ricky Roma is on a hot streak. The new Glengarry sales leads could turn everything around, but the front office is holding them back until these "losers" prove themselves. Then someone decides to take matters into his own hands, stealing the Glengarry leads and leaving everyone wondering who did it. Based on David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
Drama
Resident Evil: Afterlife 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2010 | 97 min | Rated R | Jan 17, 2017 | Martin Liebman
While still out to destroy the evil Umbrella Corporation, Alice joins a group of survivors who want to relocate to the mysterious but supposedly unharmed safe haven known only as Arcadia.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Close to the Enemy Blu-ray Movie
Acorn Media | 2016 | 435 min | Not rated | Dec 27, 2016 | Michael Reuben
In the aftermath of World War II, a British intelligence officer has to ensure that a captured German scientist helps England develop the first jet engine.
Drama / Period
- January 22, 2017
Before Sunrise Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1995 | 101 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Jesse, a young American, meets Céline, a French student, on a train bound for Vienna. The two impulsively decide to spend the day together before he returns to the United States the next morning.
Drama / Romance
Fort Massacre Blu-ray Movie
Die letzten der 2. Schwadron
Explosive Media | 1958 | 80 min | Rated FSK-12 | Nov 14, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A cavalry troop finds itself under constant attack by Indians
Western
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Blu-ray Movie
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Criterion | 1988 | 89 min | Rated R | Feb 21, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Distraught over her recent breakup with her lover, Pepa prepares to overdose on a blend of gazpacho laced with sleeping pills. She is diverted from her suicide, however, by her friend Candela, a fugitive from justice seeking a place to stay. Soon, Pepa finds her life and the lives of those around her spiraling out of control.
Comedy / Drama / Dark humor / Foreign
The Treatment Blu-ray Movie
De Behandeling
Artsploitation Films | 2014 | 131 min | Unrated | Jul 07, 2015 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A policeman with a personal childhood back story of his brothers unsolved disappearance attempts to track down a pedophile who has attacked a family.
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign
Versailles: Season One Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2015 | 532 min | Not rated | Dec 27, 2016 | Martin Liebman
Versailles, 1667. Haunted by the trauma of the Fronde as the nobles of his court begin to rebel against the monarchy, Louis XIV (George Blagden) in his 28th year in a Machiavellian political move decides to make the nobility submit by imposing a definite move of the court from Paris to Versailles, his father's former hunting lodge. Trapped by their king's "invitation", the nobles of Paris gradually come to see the castle as a gilded prison and soon even the most humble courtiers of the king begin to show their viciousness as the alcoves of secrets, politics and war are maneuvered through, revealing Versailles in all its glory and brutality.
Biography / Drama / History / Foreign
- January 21, 2017
xXx Blu-ray Movie
15th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2002 | 124 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 10, 2017 | Martin Liebman
From Revolution Studios and and Sony Pictures, Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) is a notorious underground thrill-seeker who, until now, has been deemed untouchable by the law. But when crack NSA Agent Gibbsons convinces Cage to infiltrate a ruthless Russian crime ring, this new breed of secret agent (codename: XXX) takes down the enemies of justice with a vengeance in this high-octane, turbo-charged thrill-ride from the acclaimed director of The Fast and the Furious.
Action / Adventure / Thriller
The Monster Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2016 | 91 min | Rated R | Jan 24, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A divorced mother and her headstrong daughter have a sudden and startling car accident whilst driving down a deserted road to visit the girl's father, during a stormy night. Stranded, deep in the forest, the pair call for help but soon come to realise they are not alone and find themselves hunted by a mysterious creature.
Horror
- January 20, 2017
The New Centurions Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series | Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Powerhouse Films | 1972 | 103 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jan 30, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.
Action / Crime / Drama