New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- October 16, 2016
Horse Feathers Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1932 | 67 min | Not rated | Nov 07, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.
Comedy / Musical / Romance
Duck Soup Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1933 | 69 min | Not rated | Nov 07, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When he's named dictator of Freedonia, a con artist declares war on the neighboring kingdom.
Comedy / Musical
Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler Blu-ray Movie
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit
Kino Lorber | 1922 | 270 min | Not rated | Sep 13, 2016 | Dr. Stephen Larson
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (German: Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler) is the first film in the Dr. Mabuse series, about the character Doctor Mabuse who featured in the novels of Norbert Jacques. It was directed by Fritz Lang and released in 1922. The film is silent and filmed mostly 16 frames per second. It would be followed by The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) and The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960). It is about four hours long and divided into two parts: Der große Spieler: Ein Bild der Zeit and Inferno: Ein Spiel von Menschen unserer Zeit. The title, Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler, is ambiguous. Der Spieler means the player in German, and can be translated as the gambler, the actor, or the puppeteer. Dr. Mabuse, who disguises, plays with emotions and tricks other people, is probably all of them in some sense. The film is included in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, being the first of five Lang films to be entered
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign
Fuzz Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1972 | 92 min | Rated PG | Oct 18, 2016 | Brian Orndorf
Detectives Steve Carella, Meyer Meyer, Eileen McHenry, and Bert Kling are part of the 87th Precinct's team investigating a murder-extortion racket run by a mysterious deaf man. While attempting to investigate and prevent the murders of several high-ranking city officials, they also must keep track of the perpetrators of a string of robberies. Further complicating matters is a rash of arson attacks on homeless men.
Comedy / Crime / Drama
- October 15, 2016
The Shape of Things to Come Blu-ray Movie
Blue Underground | 1979 | 98 min | Rated PG | Sep 27, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by Omus, a brilliant but mad mechanic who places no value on human life. Omus wants to come to the Moon to rule and intends to attack it by ramming robot-controlled spaceships into the domes. Dr. John Caball, his son Jason, Jason's friend, Kim, and a robot named Sparks embark on Caball's space battlecruiser on an unauthorized mission to Delta Three to stop Omus.
Sci-Fi
Ice Age: Collision Course 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2016 | 94 min | Rated PG | Oct 11, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Scrat's epic pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet. To save themselves from peril, Sid, Manny, Diego, and the rest of the herd must leave their home and embark on a quest full of comedy and adventure, traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family
Les Cowboys Blu-ray Movie
Cohen Media Group | 2015 | 104 min | Rated R | Oct 11, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A father sets out to find his missing daughter with the help of his son.
Drama
Blood Father Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2016 | 88 min | Rated R | Oct 11, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Heist
X-Men: First Class 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2011 | 132 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 04, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to prevent nuclear Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book / Period
Cry of the City Blu-ray Movie
BFI Video | 1948 | 95 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Aug 22, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Two childhood best friends take divergent paths; one becomes a cop, and the other a cop-killer. The killer must grapple with confessing to a murder he did not commit in order to save his girlfriend from being framed for the crime.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir
- October 14, 2016
On Dangerous Ground Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1951 | 82 min | Not rated | Oct 11, 2016 | Michael Reuben
"Why do you make me do it?" New York cop Jim Wilson asks the hoodlum he's about to smash senseless. Jim has seen it all on the city's shadowy streets: killers, thugs, pimps, sadists. And the experience has cost him his soul. Ironically, his redemption may come in his next case, a brutal murder that brings him into the open sky and white light of the countryside... and into the arms of a beautiful woman.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir
The Infiltrator Blu-ray Movie
Broad Green Pictures | 2016 | 127 min | Rated R | Oct 11, 2016 | Brian Orndorf
During the 1980s, DEA agent Robert Mazur uses his undercover alias "Bob Musella" to become a pivotal player for drug lords cleaning their dirty cash. Later, he infiltrates the world's largest cartels and helps discover the money-laundering organization of drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Ice Age: Collision Course Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2016 | 94 min | Rated PG | Oct 11, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Scrat's epic pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet. To save themselves from peril, Sid, Manny, Diego, and the rest of the herd must leave their home and embark on a quest full of comedy and adventure, traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family
- October 13, 2016
Death Note: Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Omega Limited Edition
Viz Media | 2006-2008 | 3 Movies | 1111 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 01, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Light Yagami is a genius high school student who is about to learn about life through a book of death. When a bored shinigami, God of Death, named Ryuk drops a black notepad called a Death Note, Light receives power over life and death with the stroke of a pen. Determined to use this dark gift for the best, Light sets out to rid the world of evil... namely the people he believes to be evil. Should anyone hold such power? The consequences of Light's actions will set the world ablaze.
Action / Anime / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Supernatural / Comic book / Foreign
- October 12, 2016
Lone Wolf and Cub Blu-ray Movie
Includes bonus movie: Shogun Assassin
Criterion | 1972-1974 | 7 Movies | 509 min | Not rated | Nov 08, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Martial arts / Comic book / Foreign
Grimm: Season Five Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2015-2016 | 944 min | Not rated | Sep 27, 2016 | Martin Liebman
In modern day Portland, Oregon, a police detective inherits the ability to see supernatural creatures.
Crime / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Supernatural
The Legend of Tarzan 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2016 | 110 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 11, 2016 | Michael Reuben
Years after the man once known as Tarzan left behind the jungles of Africa for a gentrified life in London as Lord Greystoke with his beloved wife, Jane Porter, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the corrupt Belgian Captain Léon Rom.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance
The Legend of Tarzan Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2016 | 110 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 11, 2016 | Michael Reuben
Years after the man once known as Tarzan left behind the jungles of Africa for a gentrified life in London as Lord Greystoke with his beloved wife, Jane Porter, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the corrupt Belgian Captain Léon Rom.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Francesca Blu-ray Movie
Limited Collector's Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + CD
Unearthed Films | 2015 | 77 min | Not rated | Sep 27, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
It's been 15 years since the disappearance of little Francesca, daughter of the renowned storyteller, poet and dramatist Vittorio Visconti, and the community is stalked by a psychopath bent on cleaning the city of "impure and damned souls". Moretti and Succo, questioned by the ineffectiveness of the police force, are the detectives in charge of elucidating the mystery surrounding these "Dantesque" crimes. Francesca seems to have returned, but she is not be the same girl who everyone knew.
Crime / Horror / Thriller / Foreign
- October 11, 2016
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words Blu-ray Movie
Jag är Ingrid
Criterion | 2015 | 114 min | Not rated | Aug 16, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A captivating look behind the scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most celebrated actresses of American and World cinema.
Biography / Documentary / Foreign