LionsGate sings LOVE AND MERCY (review)

Paul Dano and John Cusack play Beach Boy's singer/songwriter Brian Wilson at different times of his life when mental illness stimulated his creativity and then made him vulnerable to manipulation.  Elizabeth Banks and Paul Giamatti also star.

REVIEW LINK: LionsGate (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

LOVE AND MERCY Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
• Optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director/producer Bill Pohlad and executive producer/co-writer Oren Moverman
• "A California Story: Creating the Look of LOVE AND MERCY" featurette
• "A Side/B Side: Portraying the Life of Brian Wilson" featurette
• Deleted Scenes
• Theatrical Trailer  
• Previews
• Digital download code

Kino Lorber crosses BAD MAN'S RIVER (Review)

In this Philip Yordan-scripted western from the director of HORROR EXPRESS and PANCHO VILLA, a gang of bank robbers become involved with Mexican revolutionaries and beguiling senoritas on the hunt for a million dollar check.  Lee Van Cleef, James Mason, Gina Lollobrigida, Gianni Garko, Simon Andreu, Lone Fleming, Eduardo Fajardo, Aldo Sambrell, Sergio Fantoni, and Diana Lorys star.

REVIEW LINK: Kino Lorber (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

BAD MAN'S RIVER Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Previews

Kino Lorber calls him CAPTAIN APACHE (review)

Lee Van Cleef, Carroll Baker, and Stuart Whitman star in the Philip Yordan-scripted western CAPTAIN APACHE.  On the hunt for the killers of the Indian Commissioner, Captain Apache stumbles upon a conspiracy involving a brothel owner, an illegal arms dealer, the Mexican army, and possibly the American military in this American/Spanish co-production.

REVIEW LINK: Kino Lorber (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

CAPTAIN APACHE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Previews

Synapse Films conjures up MORITURIS: LEGIONS OF THE DEAD (review)

LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT meets gladiator gore when two Romanian schoolteachers take a road trip with three Italian guys to a rave purportedly deep in the forest.  When they stumble across an ancient Roman hunting ground, victims and attackers become prey to the living dead.

REVIEW LINK: Synapse Films (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

MORITURIS: LEGIONS OF THE DEAD Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Trailer

Intervision and Severin sentanced to THE JAIL: THE WOMEN'S HELL (review)

Jennifer, Carol, and Lisa are the newest inmates at "The House of Lost Souls" a jungle prison where the outside world no longer exists.  Forced to submit to the indignities of the warden, the staff, and their fellow inmates, they plan a daring escape and soon find themselves as "the most dangerous game" in a brutal womanhunt.  From director Bruno Mattei.

REVIEW LINK: Intervision Picture Corp. (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

THE JAIL: THE WOMEN'S HELL DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Interview with actress Yvette Yzon and actor Alvin Anson
• Interview with screenwriter Antonio Tentori and producer Giovanni Paolucci
• Trailer

Twentieth Century Fox visits SLEEPY HOLLOW: SEASON TWO (review)

The second season of Fox's outrageous take on "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" from the creators of the HAWAII FIVE-0 reboot, SCORPION, and the upcoming LIMITLESS series finds eighteenth century soldier Ichabod Crane battling the the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in twenty-first century America with cop Abby Mills.

REVIEW LINK: Twentieth Century Fox (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

SLEEPY HOLLOW: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and French DTS 5.1
• Optional English SDH, French, Spanish, and Dutch subtitles
• Eighteen episodes on four BD50 discs
• Audio Commentary by show runner Mark Goffman and actress Nicole Beharie on "Mama"
• Audio Commentary by show runner Mark Goffman and actor Tom Mison on "The Akeda" and "Tempus Fugit"
• "Mystery and Mythology: Secrets of Season Two" featurette
• "Monsters and Mayhem: The Creatures of Season Two" featurette
• "Hollow History" featurette
• "A Salute to Sleepyheads" featurette
• Deleted Scenes
• Gag Reel

Vinegar Syndrome books a NIGHTMARE WEEKEND (review)

Dale Midkiff, Andrea Thompson, and Robert Burke make early appearances in this totally oddball Floridian/British/French/Indian co-production from he eighties about a mad scientist who invites a trio of nubile coeds to a mansion for the weekend to be the unwitting guinea pigs for a behavior-altering computer system that turns them into psychotic zombies.

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region ALL Blu-ray/Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

NIGHTMARE WEEKEND Blu-ray/DVD specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 mono 
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• DVD: 
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Interview with effects artist Dean Gates
• Interview with on-line producer Marc Gottlieb
• Theatrical Trailer