New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- May 31, 2015
The Train Robbers Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1973 | 92 min | Rated PG | Jun 02, 2015 | Michael Reuben
A gun hand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh.
Western
- May 30, 2015
Darker than Black: Complete Season 1 Blu-ray Movie
Premium Edition
FUNimation Entertainment | 2007-2008 | 625 min | Rated TV-MA | May 26, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A new and deadly breed of covert agent walks the streets. Known as Contractors, these assassins and spies wield bizarre supernatural powers to carry out the dirty work of others. They thrive in the underworld, between rumor and reality, their loyalties always in question. One among these operatives is more mysterious than the rest - the masked killer BK201, the Black Reaper. His true identity and intentions remain unknown, but as his path weaves through the shadows and alleys of Tokyo, blood is spilled on both sides of the law. It's a new age of confusion, and the rules of engagement have changed.
Adventure / Anime / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Wild Tales Blu-ray Movie
Relatos salvajes
Artificial Eye | 2014 | 122 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jun 15, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A story about love deception, the return of the past, a tragedy, or even the violence contained in an everyday detail, appear to push towards the abyss, into the undeniable pleasure of losing control.
Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Dark humor / Foreign
Cannibal Ferox Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + CD
Grindhouse Releasing | 1981 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 93 min | Not rated | May 26, 2015 | Brian Orndorf
Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.
Adventure / Horror
Killer Cop Blu-ray Movie
La polizia ha le mani legate / Blu-ray + DVD
RaroVideo U.S. | 1975 | 97 min | Not rated | Jun 02, 2015 | Brian Orndorf
In a crowded hotel in downtown Milan a bomb has been planted. The timer on its detonator has only minutes to run. A young cop discovers it by accident and is drawn into a terrifying nightmare of intrigue, brutality and ruthless killing.
Crime / Foreign
- May 29, 2015
Focus Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2015 | 105 min | Rated R | Jun 02, 2015 | Kenneth Brown
A veteran grifter takes a young, attractive woman under his wing, but things get complicated when they become romantically involved.
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Romance
Back to the Jurassic 3D Blu-ray Movie
Dino Time / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD
Alchemy | 2012 | 86 min | Rated PG | Jun 09, 2015 | Martin Liebman
Three curious kids accidentally trip an egg-shaped time machine into operation and find themselves back 65 million years in the middle of a nest of dinosaur eggs. The first thing they see is a giant T-Rex staring down at them in happy wonder. They're not food, they're family! Now the kids have just until the real eggs hatch to find their way back to the present, facing other prehistoric monsters and dangers along the way.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy
Miss Marple: Volume 3 Blu-ray Movie
A Caribbean Mystery / At Bertram's Hotel / Nemesis / Sleeping Murder
BBC | 1987-1989 | 450 min | Not rated | Jun 09, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Gather your wits and join best-selling author Agatha Christie’s popular sleuth Miss Jane Marple in four delightfully baffling mysteries starring Joan Hickson, the actress Christie herself wanted for the title role.
Crime / Drama / Period
Island of Death Blu-ray Movie
Ta paidia tou Diavolou / Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1976 | 106 min | Not rated | May 26, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A British couple on a break on a small Greek Island are spreading terror beyond anything the islanders could have ever imagined. Only stopping every once in a while to shag anything that moves, be it man, woman or animal. But will they go unpunished, or will the inspector from London be able to put an end to their killing spree?
Horror / Thriller / Foreign
Retaliation Blu-ray Movie
縄張はもらった / Shima wa moratta / Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1968 | 95 min | Not rated | May 12, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Jiro, an ex-convict, comes back to the street after eight years. The gang to which he belonged is nearly disbanded; only the aging boss in his sick bed remains. Still loyal to the ex-boss, Jiro approaches the powerful Hasama family to ask for assistance. Hasama kindly offers him a job: to settle the dispute in the rising manufacturing city where two opposing gangs battle over the land. Hasama promises Jiro that he will be given control over the land if he completes the task. Jiro heads first to the city with six other outlaws summoned by Hasama. However, Hasama suddenly breaks the promise and Jiro is driven to desperate measures.
Action / Crime / Drama / Foreign
Five Easy Pieces Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1970 | 98 min | Rated R | Jun 30, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Bobby Dupea, a shiftless thirtysomething oil rigger and former piano prodigy immune to any sense of responsibility, returns to his upper-middle-class childhood home, blue-collar girlfriend in tow, to see his estranged, ailing father.
Drama
Chappie Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2015 | 120 min | Rated R | Jun 16, 2015 | Martin Liebman
A robot imbued with artificial intelligence is stolen by two local gangsters who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2015 | 93 min | Rated PG | Jun 02, 2015 | Martin Liebman
SpongeBob and his friends need to go on a quest to discover a stolen recipe that takes them to the real world, where they tangle with a pirate who possesses the recipe, along with a book that could change things when written in it.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2015 | 93 min | Rated PG | Jun 02, 2015 | Martin Liebman
SpongeBob and his friends need to go on a quest to discover a stolen recipe that takes them to the real world, where they tangle with a pirate who possesses the recipe, along with a book that could change things when written in it.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family
- May 28, 2015
Wolfen Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1981 | 114 min | Rated R | Jun 02, 2015 | Michael Reuben
A New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks.
Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Gun Woman Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2014 | 87 min | Not rated | May 26, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
After witnessing his wife being raped and murdered, a doctor vows revenge by turning a young drug-addicted girl into a ruthless killing machine.
Action
Farewell My Concubine Blu-ray Movie
霸王別姬 / 패왕별희
Art Vision | 1993 | 171 min | Rated KMRB: 15+ | Apr 29, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
"Farewell, My Concubine" is a movie with two parallel, intertwined stories. It is the story of two performers in the Beijing Opera, stage brothers, and the woman who comes between them. At the same time, it attempts to do no less than squeeze the entire political history of China in the twentieth century into a three-hour time-frame.
Drama / Music / Romance / War / Foreign / Period
Monsters: Dark Continent Blu-ray Movie
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2014 | 119 min | Rated R | Jun 02, 2015 | Martin Liebman
Ten years on from the events of Monsters, and the 'Infected Zones' have now spread worldwide. In the Middle East a new insurgency has begun. At the same time there has also been a proliferation of Monsters in that region. The Army decide to draft in more numbers to help deal with this insurgency.
Action / Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
New Worlds Blu-ray Movie
Acorn Media | 2014 | 233 min | Not rated | Jun 02, 2015 | Michael Reuben
Four young people are caught in the 1680s clash between England's autocratic King Charles II and rebels fighting for freedom and reform. In England, rebel Abe sparks a secret affair with the aristocratic Beth and enlists her help to stoke opposition to the king. In Massachusetts, Ned Hawkins, the son of a land baron, falls for frontierswoman Hope, but their love affair is swept up by conflicts between Indians, ruthless settlers, and agents of the crown.
Drama / History / Romance / War
River of Death Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1989 | 101 min | Rated R | May 26, 2015 | Brian Orndorf
An adventurer and a motley crew search for a lost city in the Amazon jungle.
Adventure