New Blu-ray Reviews

Timbuktu Blu-ray Movie  

Cohen Media Group | 2014 | 97 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 23, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A look at the brief occupation of Timbuktu by militant Islamic rebels.

Drama / Foreign

Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro Blu-ray Movie  

ルパン三世 カリオストロの城 / Rupan Sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro

Discotek Media | 1979 | 104 min | Unrated | Jun 23, 2015 | Kenneth Brown

When master thief Lupin III, a.k.a. "The Wolf" inadvertently steals a fortune in counterfeit bills from a casino, he is quick to realize the high-quality printing plates that made them are worth even more. Tracing the source of the money to the small European country of Cagliostro, Lupin and his team of colorful outlaws cross swords with the nation's mysterious monarch over his forthcoming marriage to the last princess of the Cagliostro family. It's fast-paced adventure as Lupin must battle fearsome ninjas, rescue a damsel in distress and uncover the key to the lost Cagliostro fortune. Written and directed by Academy Award-winning anime pioneer and visionary Hayao Miyazaki (SPIRITED AWAY, PRINCESS MONONOKE, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE), everyone will enjoy this lighthearted romp which Steven Spielberg once called one of the greatest adventure movies of all time.

Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Comic book / Foreign

Poldark: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie  

PBS | 2015 | 480 min | Not rated | Jul 07, 2015 | Brian Orndorf

Aidan Turner stars as Captain Poldark, a redcoat who returns to Cornwall after the American Revolution and finds that his fighting days are far from over.

Drama / History / Romance / Period

Friday Foster Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1975 | 90 min | Rated R | Jun 09, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Friday Foster, an ex-model magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder of her childhood friend, a US senator, and a shadowy plan called "Black Widow".

Action / Crime / Drama / Comic book

American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2015 | 92 min | Not rated | Jun 23, 2015 | Martin Liebman

Grace is excited for the summer so she can start a business with her friends, but things take an unexpected turn when her mom announces a trip to Paris. There, Grace must learn to get along with her French cousin, Sylvie, and she finds unexpected inspiration for her business. Then, Grace finds out her grandparents bakery, that inspired her to start a business, is closing. Can she and her friends find a way to save it?

Family

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2014 | 105 min | Not rated | Jun 30, 2015 | Martin Liebman

A lonely Japanese woman becomes convinced that a satchel of money buried and lost in a fictional film, is in fact, real. With a crudely drawn treasure map and limited preparation, she escapes her structured life in Tokyo and embarks on a foolhardy quest across the frozen tundra of Minnesota in search of her mythical fortune.

Adventure / Drama

Vanilla Sky Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 2001 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 136 min | Rated R | Jun 30, 2015 | Michael Reuben

A successful publisher finds his life taking a turn for the surreal after a car accident with a jilted lover.

Mystery / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Surreal

She-Devil Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1989 | 99 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 09, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A frumpy, dumpy, ill-tempered middle-aged woman is betrayed by her husband and seeks revenge on him and his mistress, who is a romance writer. The wife works at a number of jobs until she forms her own agency and uses it as a vehicle to utterly destroy her husband.

Comedy

The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - The Marquee - Live in 1971 Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + CD

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 1971 | 56 min | Not rated | Jun 23, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music

Soul Plane Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 2004 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 86 min | Rated R | Jun 23, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Things get raucously funny aboard the maiden flight of a black-owned airline, thanks to some last-minute passenger additions.

Comedy

Harry in Your Pocket! Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1973 | 103 min | Rated PG | Jun 23, 2015 | Brian Orndorf

A would-be criminal is taken in by a professional pickpocket, who teaches him how pickpockets work in teams.

Comedy / Crime / Drama

The Hound of the Baskervilles Blu-ray Movie    

Arrow | 1959 | 87 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jun 01, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

Horror / Mystery

The Thing With Two Heads Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1972 | 92 min | Rated PG | Jun 23, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

When an incredibly rich racist discovers that he's dying, he decides to have his head transplanted onto another body, but his health slips away too fast for him to make any concrete plans. When he wakes up, he's a little irked that his bigoted head has been sewn onto the body of a black death-row inmate, played by the inimitable Rosey Grier.

Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi

Ping Pong the Animation: Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

FUNimation Entertainment | 2014 | 275 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 23, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Makoto Tsukimoto (nicknamed Smile) is a quiet high-schooler who's been friends with the loud and energetic Yutaka Hoshino (nicknamed Peco) since childhood. They're both in the local table tennis club and both have a natural talent for it, although Smile's personality always prevents him from winning against Peco. The club teacher, however, notices Smile's talent and tries to make him gain some sportive tenacity.

Anime / Sport / Foreign

Bank Shot Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1974 | 84 min | Rated PG | Jun 23, 2015 | Brian Orndorf

A bank temporarily housed in a mobile home while a new building is built, looks like an easy target to break into. On the other hand, why not steal the whole bank, and rob it in a safer location.

Comedy / Crime

Days of Grace Blu-ray Movie  

Días de gracia

Cinema Libre Studios | 2011 | 122 min | Not rated | May 05, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Mexico City. 2002, 2006, 2010. A cop. A hostage. A wife. Corruption, violence, vengeance. Three destinies, during 30 days, during three Soccer World Cups. Three ways to fight in order to survive.

Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign

Ripper Street: Season Three Blu-ray Movie  

BBC | 2014 | 485 min | Not rated | Jun 23, 2015 | Michael Reuben

In 1894, Inspector Reid, Sergeant Drake and Captain Jackson are reunited by circumstances and bound together again, as if by fate, in the streets of Whitechapel.

Crime / Drama / Mystery

Time Lapse Blu-ray Movie  

XLrator | 2014 | 104 min | Not rated | Jun 16, 2015 | Michael Reuben

Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24hrs into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.

Sci-Fi / Thriller

The Gunman Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2015 | 116 min | Rated R | Jun 30, 2015 | Martin Liebman

An international spy must clear his name in order to save himself from the organization that he used to work for.

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

Hiroshima mon amour Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1959 | 90 min | Not rated | Jul 14, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A French actress and a Japanese architect engage in a brief, intense affair in postwar Hiroshima, their consuming mutual fascination impelling them to exorcise their own scarred memories of love and suffering.

Drama / Romance / War / Foreign