New Blu-ray Reviews

Brazilian Western Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 2013 | 108 min | Rated R | Nov 18, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Focusing on the love story of outlaw Joao do Santo Cristo with Architecture major student Maria Lucia, the movie takes place in Brasilia in the early 80s. In a clash of interest, drug dealers and the police conflict with one another,while the end of the military dictatorship in the Capital of Brazil, Brasilia takes place. The wanderings and tedium of a young rocker, who lived in a city still being built, are the backdrop for this story.

Crime / Drama / Romance / Western / Foreign

Alive Inside Blu-ray Movie  

City Drive Films | 2014 | 78 min | Not rated | Nov 18, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory, fights against a broken healthcare system to demonstrate music's ability to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it.

Documentary

Ragnarok Blu-ray Movie  

Gåten Ragnarok

Magnolia Pictures | 2013 | 96 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 18, 2014 | Michael Reuben

An archeologist is convinced the Oseberg Viking ship contains the answer to the mystery of Ragnarok, the end of days in Norse mythology. Accompanied by his children, he journeys to "No Man's Land" between Norway and Russia, which holds a shocking secret.

Adventure / Fantasy / Foreign

Saving Santa Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2013 | 84 min | Not rated | Oct 14, 2014 | Martin Liebman

Santa's rival, Nevill Baddington, is informed of the North Pole's location after the hologram device designed to hide it malfunctions during a power cut. As he then hatches a plan to steal Santa's time-travelling sleigh for his own gain, it falls to the loyal and ambitious elf Bernard to save Christmas for good.

Animation / Comedy / Family / Holiday

Turks & Caicos Blu-ray Movie  

Masterpiece - The Johnny Worricker Trilogy: Part 2

PBS | 2014 | 100 min | Not rated | Nov 18, 2014 | Brian Orndorf

Johnny Worricker is hiding out from his work at MI5 on the tax-exile islands, Turks & Caicos in the Caribbean. But an encounter with a CIA agent forces him into the company of some ambiguous US businessmen who claim to be on the islands for a conference on the global financial crisis. When one of them falls in the sea, their financial PR seems to know more than she's letting on. But will she help Johnny come to an understanding of what these men do and why they're here? He gets help from two former MI5 colleagues back in London.

Drama / Mystery

The Complete Jacques Tati Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1934-1978 | 7 Movies, 11 Cuts | 759 min | Not rated | Oct 28, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

See individual titles for their synopses.

Comedy / Documentary / Family / Short / Sport / Foreign

Tati Shorts Blu-ray Movie  

On demande une brute / Gai dimanche / Soigne ton gauche / L'ecole des facteurs / Cours du soir / Degustation maison / Forz Bastia

Criterion | 1934-1978 | 146 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Jacques Tati's career, which stretched from the midthirties to the late seventies, encompasses more than just the six features for which he's best known. The charming short films he wrote or directed are essential parts of his filmography as well. Collected here, they include three wacky 1930s comedies he wrote and starred in—On demande une brute (1934), Gai dimanche (1935), and Soigne ton gauche (1936)—and two later films he directed and starred in: L'ecole des facteurs (1946), which introduces the postman character reprised in Jour de fête, and Cours du soir (1967), made during the filming of PlayTime. Also included are Dégustation maison (1977), a César-winning short by Tati's daughter Sophie Tatischeff, shot in the town from Jour de fête, and Forza Bastia (1978), a soccer documentary begun by Tati and completed by Tatischeff after his death.

Comedy / Documentary / Short / Sport / Foreign

Monkey Shines Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1988 | 113 min | Rated R | Nov 18, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A recent quadriplegic loses all hope for living until he meets Ella, a monkey trained to fill all his needs.

Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

When the Wind Blows Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT

Twilight Time | 1986 | 2 Movies | 84 min | Not rated | Nov 11, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.

Animation / Comedy / Drama / War / Dark humor / Comic book

Attila Blu-ray Movie  

Asylum | 2013 | 86 min | Not rated | Dec 31, 2013 | Martin Liebman

A mummified Attila the Hun is awakened when American soldiers find his treasure.

Action / Horror

What If Blu-ray Movie  

The F Word / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2013 | 98 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 25, 2014 | Martin Liebman

Wallace, a medical-school dropout with no direction in life, is unsure how to proceed as his connection to a woman in a long-term relationship deepens.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Bunny Lake Is Missing Blu-ray Movie  

Twilight Time | 1965 | 107 min | Not rated | Nov 11, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller

Jersey Boys Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2014 | 134 min | Rated R | Nov 11, 2014 | Kenneth Brown

Jersey Boys is a musical biography of the Four Seasons-the rise, the tough times and personal clashes, and the ultimate triumph of a group of friends whose music became symbolic of a generation. Far from a mere tribute concert (though it does include numbers from the popular Four Seasons songbook), Jersey Boys gets to the heart of the relationships at the center of the group-with a special focus on frontman Frankie Valli, the small kid with the big falsetto. In addition to following the quartet's coming of age as performers, the core of the show is how an allegiance to a code of honor learned in the streets of their native New Jersey got them through a multitude of challenges: gambling debts, Mafia threats and family disasters.

Biography / Drama / Musical / Period

If I Stay Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 2014 | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 18, 2014 | Michael Reuben

Teenage musician Mia and her family are involved in a catastrophic car accident. She then has an out-of-body experience, watching as she is treated at the hospital. Reflecting on her life, friendships, and loves, she faces a profound choice: fight for life at any price or simply slip away and move on.

Drama / Romance / Teen / Supernatural

Gator Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1976 | 115 min | Rated PG | Nov 11, 2014 | Brian Orndorf

Gator McKlusky had been just released from prison following the events of White Lightning and is living in the Okefenokee Swamp with his father and daughter. Federal agents know that he is still making moonshine with his father and Suzie and use this information to coerce him into assisting them to catch a corrupt politician.

Action / Crime / Drama

Macbeth Blu-ray Movie    

Carlotta Films | 1948 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 107 min | Rated U Tous publics | Nov 05, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In fog-dripping, barren and sometimes macabre settings, 11th-century Scottish nobleman Macbeth is led by an evil prophecy and his ruthless yet desirable wife to the treasonous act that makes him king.

Drama / History / War / Period

Automata Blu-ray Movie  

Autómata

Millennium Media | 2014 | 110 min | Rated R | Nov 18, 2014 | Martin Liebman

An insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.

Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller

The Dark Half Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1993 | 121 min | Rated R | Nov 18, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A writer's fictional alter-ego wants to take over his life...at any price.

Horror / Mystery

The Naked City Blu-ray Movie    

Arrow Academy / Blu-ray + DVD

Arrow | 1948 | 96 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Oct 27, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder. As they start to fill in the details of the victim's past, the mystery becomes even more complex.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir

Holiday in Spain Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + CD

Cinerama | 1960 | 121 min | Not rated | Nov 11, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A vacationing Englishman stumbles upon a plot to kill a young US tourist in Spain. Filmed in 70mm and Smell-O-Vision.

Mystery