New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- March 23, 2015
The Roommates / A Woman for All Men Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
MPI Media Group | 1973-1975 | 2 Movies | 182 min | Rated R | Mar 24, 2015 | Michael Reuben
See individual titles for their synopses.
Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Erotic
A Woman for All Men Blu-ray Movie
Part Time Wife
Gorgon Video | 1975 | 95 min | Rated R | Mar 24, 2015 | Michael Reuben
In this exploitation thriller, Karen Petrie is a beautiful woman with a shadowy past. When she becomes millionaire Walter McCoy's new wife, it ignites a flurry of jealousy and passion in his two young sons. Soon Karen's seductive spell is cast on the whole family, leading to a string of deception and eventually murder.
Drama / Psychological thriller
The Roommates Blu-ray Movie
Gorgon Video | 1973 | 87 min | Rated R | Mar 24, 2015 | Michael Reuben
Looking to spend a swinging summer at Lake Arrowhead, Carla, Beth, Brea, Heather, and Heather's shapely cousin Paula head to the picturesque hills for a little R&R... but a pall soon casts over the girls' sunny vacation when a mysterious murderer begins picking off the lake's bevy of beauties. Can the killer be stopped before the coeds' summer fun ends in blood-spattered chaos?
Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Erotic
- March 22, 2015
Best Seller Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1987 | 96 min | Rated R | Mar 24, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right, they travel around the country to gather statements and evidence, while strong forces use any means they can to keep the story untold.
Action / Crime / Drama
Just My Luck Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 2006 | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 10, 2012 | Brian Orndorf
Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.
Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
The Officers' Ward Blu-ray Movie
La Chambre des Officiers / Édition Collector / Blu-ray + DVD
ARP Sélection | 2001 | 135 min | Not rated | Dec 11, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The first days of WWI. Adrien, a young and handsome lieutenant, is wounded by a piece of shrapnel. He will spend the entire wartime at the Val-de-Grâce Hospital, in Paris.
Drama / Romance / War / Foreign
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 2010 | 95 min | Not rated | Mar 24, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Documentary
Believe Me Blu-ray Movie
Virgil Films & Entertainment | 2014 | 93 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 03, 2015 | Michael Reuben
Desperate, broke, and out of ideas, four college seniors start a fake charity to embezzle money for tuition.
Comedy / Drama
Song of the Sea Blu-ray Movie
Le chant de la mer / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2014 | 94 min | Rated PG | Mar 17, 2015 | Kenneth Brown
Saoirse is a child who is the last of the selkies, women in Irish and Scottish legends who transform from seals into people. She escapes from her grandmother's home to journey to the sea and free fairy creatures trapped in the modern world.
Animation / Family / Fantasy
Sweet Smell of Success Blu-ray Movie
Arrow Academy
Arrow | 1957 | 96 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Mar 30, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.
Drama / Film-Noir
- March 21, 2015
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2014 | 41 min | Rated G | Mar 31, 2015 | Kenneth Brown
A documentary that follows Dr. Patricia C. Wright's mission to help lemurs, the highly evolved creatures who arrived on Madagascar millions of years ago as castaways but are now highly endangered.
Documentary
Network Blu-ray Movie
Arrow Academy
Arrow | 1976 | 121 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Mar 23, 2015 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Newscaster Howard Beale has a message for those who package reports of cute puppies, movie premieres and fender benders as hard news: “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore.” A satire (an Academy Award-winning screenplay) about the things people do for love…and ratings.
Drama / Dark humor
Monster High: Haunted Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2015 | 76 min | Not rated | Mar 24, 2015 | Martin Liebman
Lurk what's waiting for the Monster High ghouls when they bring their killer fashion to the howlways of the spooktacular Haunted High! When the ghouls of Monster High follow Spectra Vondergeist one day, they discover a creeperiffic Ghost World with an all-spirit school. But their scary-cute student bodies are hardly welcome with the very strict Principal Revenant, and she punishes Spectra with frightful detention chains that prevent her from re-joining Monster High. Now, it's up to the imperfectly perfect friends to take on ghostly forms in order to save one of their own from disappearing forever.
Animation / Comedy / Family / Horror / Supernatural
Dr. Dolittle Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 1998 | 85 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 22, 2011 | Martin Liebman
A Doctor finds out that he can understand what animals are saying. And the animals find out that he understands.
Comedy / Family
Space Brothers: Collection 1 Blu-ray Movie
Uchū Kyōdai
Sentai Filmworks | 2012 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Feb 24, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Mutta's life has hit rock bottom. He's been fired, blackballed from his profession and even had to move back in with his parents. Meanwhile, the career of Mutta's brother, Hibito, has taken off like a rocket as he trains for the job Mutta once dreamed of: becoming an astronaut. But is it ever too late to go after your dreams? Through a little coercing and a bit of covert activity, Mutta's family and friends can get his resume on the right desk, but from that point on it'll be up to Mutta himself. Does he have what it takes to turn his life around and put his footprint on the moon? The first step on the highway to the stars is always the hardest, and in a job where crash and burn isn't just a euphemism, it'll be the biggest risk Mutta's ever taken. But with the right support team, maybe he'll find what he needs to rekindle the spark inside him and light the biggest candle of them all! Get ready to blast off into the most magnificent tomorrow ever in SPACE BROTHERS - COLLECTION 1!
Anime / Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi / Comic book / Foreign
The Sure Thing Blu-ray Movie
30th Anniversary Edition
Shout Factory | 1985 | 95 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 24, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A college student plans a cross-country trip to get laid, but ends up traveling with a young woman. They hate each other, so naturally...
Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Romance
A MusiCares Tribute to Paul McCartney Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2012 | 58 min | Not rated | Mar 24, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
On February 10, 2012, Sir Paul McCartney was honored as the 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year. At a gala event in Los Angeles, Paul and a cast of superstar guests performed some of the quintessential songs from his renowned and celebrated career.
Music
- March 20, 2015
The Imitation Game Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2014 | 114 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 31, 2015 | Martin Liebman
English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II.
Biography / Drama / History / Thriller / War
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1966 | 116 min | Not rated | Mar 31, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A by-the-book captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in. Meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the mayor's daughter.
Comedy / War
The Shanghai Story Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1954 | 90 min | Not rated | Mar 31, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Many years of living in the Orient has made American surgeon Dr. Dan Maynard bitter, and emotional instability has weakened Tangier-born Rita King. The meet when a night-raid by Shanghai's police chief gathers and inters all westerners in the Waldorf House Hotel under the guardianship of the cold and cruel Major Ling Wu. Rita benefits from the relationship she has with the police, which in turn creates contempt and suspicion among her fellow detainees. Rita's subsequent actions cause a favorable shift in the popular opinion of her, only to be followed by unfortunate circumstances that shake the core of her supporters' trust in her.
Action / Drama / Thriller