New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- March 24, 2016
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2015 | 92 min | Rated PG | Mar 15, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Through a series of misunderstandings, Alvin, Simon and Theodore come to believe that Dave is going to propose to his new girlfriend in New York City... and dump them. They have three days to get to him and stop the proposal, saving themselves not only from losing Dave but possibly from gaining a terrible stepbrother.
Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Music / Musical
- March 23, 2016
Forsaken Blu-ray Movie
Momentum Pictures | 2015 | 90 min | Rated R | Mar 29, 2016 | Martin Liebman
John Henry returns to his hometown in hopes of repairing his relationship with his estranged father, but a local gang is terrorizing the town. John Henry is the only one who can stop them, however he has abandoned both his gun and reputation as a fearless quick-draw killer.
Drama / Western
Frankenstein Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2004 | 177 min | Not rated | Feb 16, 2016 | Martin Liebman
Another adaption of Mary Shelley's novel about a scientist who brings life to a creature fashioned from corpses and various body parts.
Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi
The Gallant Hours Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1960 | 116 min | Not rated | Apr 05, 2016 | Brian Orndorf
A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.
Biography / Drama / War
Monster Dog Blu-ray Movie
Leviatán
Kino Lorber | 1984 | 84 min | Not rated | Mar 15, 2016 | Brian Orndorf
Alice Cooper plays a pop star who takes his band to his hometown to shoot his latest video. They are greeted by the sheriff (whom he's known since a kid) that warn him that there's been several murders in the area where the bodies were ripped to shreds. The police think it's a pack of wild dogs, but Alice knows differnt.
Horror
The Hateful Eight Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2015 | 168 min | Rated R | Mar 29, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunters try to find shelter during a blizzard but get involved in a plot of betrayal and deception.
Mystery / Thriller / Western / Dark humor / Period
The Purple Plain Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1954 | 102 min | Not rated | Apr 05, 2016 | Brian Orndorf
After losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air raid, bomber pilot Forrester becomes a solitary killing machine, who doesn't care whether he dies. The reckless Canadian pilot is both admired and feared by the rest of his squadron in World War II Burma. The squadron physician is assigned to determine the embittered Bill Forrester's fitness for duty. To break through the nightmare-haunted man's wall of silence, the physician drives Forrester to visit an outpost of English-speaking refugees, which includes an alluring young Burmese woman.
Adventure / Drama / War
- March 22, 2016
The Raging Moon Blu-ray Movie
Long Ago Tomorrow / Vintage Classics
Studio Canal | 1971 | 112 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Nov 23, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home. But this doesn't slow his lust for life. Then he meets Jill and has to think about the effects of disability.
Drama / Romance
*batteries not included Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1987 | 106 min | Rated PG | Mar 08, 2016 | Martin Liebman
Apartment block tenants seek the aid of alien mechanical life-forms to save their building from demolition.
Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi
The Tribe Blu-ray Movie
Plemya / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Drafthouse Films | 2014 | 132 min | Not rated | Mar 08, 2016 | Michael Reuben
Without dialogue, subtitles or voiceover, THE TRIBE recounts the experiences of Sergey, a teenager newly arrived at a boarding school for the deaf, who is immediately inducted into the student body's criminal hierarchy and introduced to its business of robbery, extortion and prostitution.
Crime / Drama / Foreign
Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition
Shout Factory | 1999-2000 | 799 min | Not rated | Mar 22, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Executive Producer Judd Apatow (Superbad, Knocked Up) and Director/Creator Paul Feig (The Office, Nurse Jackie) deliver this critically acclaimed one-hour drama about the funny, painful , and touching experiences of high school from the point of view of the "freaks" and "geeks" - the regular kids you didn't hear about on Dawson's Creek.
Comedy / Drama / Teen / Period / Coming of age
- March 21, 2016
Jane B. par Agnès V. Blu-ray Movie
Jane B. for Agnes V.
Cinelicious Pics | 1988 | 99 min | Not rated | Mar 08, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A portrait of actress, singer, and model Jane Birkin.
Documentary / Drama / Fantasy / Foreign
Daddy's Home Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2015 | 96 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 22, 2016 | Martin Liebman
A mild-mannered radio executive strives to become the best stepdad to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling and freeloading real father arrives, forcing him to compete for the affection of the kids.
Comedy / Family
Monster High: Great Scarrier Reef Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2016 | 72 min | Not rated | Mar 22, 2016 | Martin Liebman
When the ghouls get pulled into the school pool, they're transported to the gore-geous underwater world of the Great Scarrier Reef. Lagoona realizes she's come home and, in a fintastic mission of the heart, decides to come to terms with her own freaky flaws. Of course she'll need some help from the most creeperiffic friends ever as she confronts a frenemy from her past, competes in a scaretastic dance extravaganza, and fights a terrible beast from the deep!
Animation / Family / Supernatural
Swing Vote Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2008 | 120 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 15, 2016 | Martin Liebman
Bud Johnson, an apathetic, beer-slinging, lovable loser, is coasting through a life that has passed him by. The one bright spot is his precocious, over-achieving twelve year-old daughter Molly. She takes care of both of them, until one mischievous moment on Election Day, when she accidentally sets off a chain of events which culminates in the election coming down to one vote... her dad's.
Comedy / Drama / Family
The Hunger Games: Complete 4-Film Collection Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2012-2015 | 4 Movies | 548 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 22, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Teen
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2015 | 137 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 22, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The continuing adventures of Katniss Everdeen, which take place in a futuristic dystopian world.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Teen
Michael Collins Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1996 | 132 min | Rated R | Mar 22, 2016 | Michael Reuben
A chronicle of the rise and fall of Michael Collins, one of the most important and controversial figures in the Irish fight for independence. Collins's Irish Volunteers used a combination of terrorist violence and guerilla warfare to combat the British, but Collins could not contain the violence he had unleashed.
Biography / Drama / History / War
- March 20, 2016
Code 7, Victim 5 / Mozambique Blu-ray Movie
Double Feature
Blue Underground | 1964 | 2 Movies | 186 min | Not rated | Mar 29, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Code 7 Victim 5: When a millionaire's valet is murdered, he hires a detective to discover by who and why his valet was killed, leading to connections of the Nazi sort. Mozambique: An out-of-work and penniless American pilot is offered work in Mozambique and promptly becomes an unwitting pawn in a world of drug smuggling, kidnap and murder.
Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama
- March 19, 2016
Paprika Blu-ray Movie
Cult Epics | 1991 | 116 min | Not rated | Mar 01, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A young country girl comes to town and works in a brothel in order to help her fiance get the money to start his own business. "Paprika" is the name given to her by the madam.
Drama / Erotic / Foreign