New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- September 19, 2014
The Battery Blu-ray Movie
Ben & Mickey vs. The Dead
Shout Factory | 2012 | 101 min | Not rated | Sep 16, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Two former baseball players, Ben (Jeremy Gardner) and Mickey (Adam Cronheim), cut an aimless path across a desolate New England. They stick to the back roads and forests to steer clear of the shambling corpses that patrol the once bustling cities and towns. In order to survive, they must overcome the stark differences in each other's personalities. Ben embraces an increasingly feral, lawless, and nomadic lifestyle while Mickey is unable to accept the harsh realities of the new world and longs for the creature comforts he once took for granted. A bed, a girl, and a safe place to live. When the men intercept a radio transmission from a seemingly thriving, protected community, Mickey will stop at nothing to find it, even though it is made perfectly clear that he is not welcome.
Drama / Horror / Supernatural
- September 18, 2014
Trafic Blu-ray Movie
Restored
Studio Canal | 1971 | 96 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Dec 08, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Monsieur Hulot is employed as an auto company's director of design, and accompanies his new product (a "camping car" outfitted with absurd gadgetry) to an auto show in Amsterdam. Naturally, the road there is paved with modern-age mishaps.
Comedy / Foreign
Halloween: The Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Limited Deluxe Edition | 15 Disc Set
Shout Factory | 1978-2009 | 10 Movies, 14 Cuts | 979 min | Unrated | Sep 23, 2014 | Kenneth Brown
See individual titles for their synopses.
Horror / Thriller / Supernatural / Surreal
Across 110th Street Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1972 | 101 min | Rated R | Sep 09, 2014 | Brian Orndorf
Two New York City police officers race against the mob to catch three black hoods who, disguised as cops, stole $300,000 from a Mafia-controlled numbers bank in Harlem. The mob want their money back... and they want revenge!
Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller
- September 17, 2014
Immoral Tales Blu-ray Movie
Contes immoraux / Arrow Academy / Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1974 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 126 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Sep 08, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Walerian Borowczyk's first explicitly erotic feature, IMMORAL TALES presents a veritable cavalcade of depravity: cosmic fellatio, transcendental masturbation, blood-drenched lesbianism and papal incest. It tells four stories, each delving further back in time, as if to suggest that the same issues recur constantly throughout human civilisation, whether involving notorious historical figures like Lucrezia Borgia and Erzsébet Báthory, or present-day teenagers.
Drama / Romance / Erotic / Foreign
Godzilla 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2014 | 123 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 16, 2014 | Kenneth Brown
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when Godzilla, King of the Monsters, arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller
The Fault in Our Stars Blu-ray Movie
Little Infinities Edition with Infinity Bracelet / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2014 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 133 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 16, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus "Gus" Waters are two teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on a journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous, given that Hazel's other constant companion is an oxygen tank, Gus jokes about his prosthetic leg, and they met and fell in love at a cancer support group.
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Teen
Transformers: Age of Extinction Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2014 | 165 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 30, 2014 | Martin Liebman
Autobots must escape sight from a bounty hunter who has taken control of the human serendipity: Unexpectedly, Optimus Prime and his remaining gang turn to a mechanic, his daughter, and her back street racing boyfriend for help.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Transformers: Age of Extinction 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2014 | 165 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 30, 2014 | Martin Liebman
Autobots must escape sight from a bounty hunter who has taken control of the human serendipity: Unexpectedly, Optimus Prime and his remaining gang turn to a mechanic, his daughter, and her back street racing boyfriend for help.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Prom Night Blu-ray Movie
Special Edition
Synapse Films | 1980 | 93 min | Rated R | Sep 09, 2014 | Brian Orndorf
A masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously.
Horror / Thriller / Teen
- September 16, 2014
Flowers in the Attic Blu-ray Movie
Image Entertainment | 1987 | 92 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 09, 2014 | Michael Reuben
After the death of her husband, a mother takes her children to live with their grandparents in a remote mansion. However, the children are kept locked in a room just below the attic, visited only by their stern grandmother and their mother, who becomes less and less concerned about them and their failing health, and more concerned about herself and the inheritance she plans to win back from her dying father.
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Too Late Blues Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 1961 | 100 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Jul 21, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Ghost is an idealogical musician who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds that compromise himself. However, when he meets and falls in love with beautiful singer, Jess Polanski, she comes between him and his band members, and he leaves his dreams behind in search of fame.
Drama / Music
Hannibal: Season Two Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2014 | 561 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 16, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Explores the early relationship between the renowned psychiatrist and his patient, a young FBI criminal profiler, who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers.
Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller
Belle Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2013 | 104 min | Rated PG | Aug 26, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The story of the life of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate daughter of Admiral Sir John Lindsay of the Royal Navy and an enslaved African woman, Maria Belle. Recognized by her father, she is sent to live in the household of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, her powerful and wealthy great-uncle. As debate rages regarding the legitimacy of the slave trade in Britain, she comes of age as gentlewoman, though her place in society is precarious.
Biography / Drama / History / Romance / Period
Hangmen Also Die Blu-ray Movie
Cohen Media Group | 1943 | 136 min | Not rated | Sep 09, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
After the Nazi administrator of Czechoslovakia is shot, his assassin tries to elude the Gestapo and struggles with his impulse to give himself up as hostages are executed.
Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / War
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Blu-ray Movie
PBS | 2014 | 796 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 16, 2014 | Brian Orndorf
A documentary that weaves together the stories of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of one of the most prominent and influential families in American politics.
Biography / Documentary / History
- September 15, 2014
Tracks Blu-ray Movie
Entertainment One | 2013 | 113 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Aug 18, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A young woman goes on a 1,700 mile trek across the deserts of West Australia with her four camels and faithful dog.
Adventure / Biography / Drama
Dreamcatcher Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 2003 | 134 min | Rated R | Sep 16, 2014 | Michael Reuben
Jonesy, Henry, Pete and Beaver are bonded by friendship...and by the strange powers each acquired on a fateful day in their childhood. But now a horrific entity is testing their friendship and their powers, and only they can save the world from a menace unlike anything ever seen.
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Santana: Corazón - Live From México Blu-ray Movie
Live It to Believe It / Blu-ray + CD
RCA | 2014 | 133 min | Not rated | Sep 09, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Guitar legend Carlos Santana performs with some of the biggest names in Latin music for a very special concert from Guadelaja, Mexico.
Music
The Death Kiss Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1932 | 75 min | Not rated | Oct 07, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
While filming the closing scene of "The Death Kiss", leading man Myles Brent is actually killed. Having played around with, or been married to, most of the women connected with the movie studio, there are lots of suspects. When leading lady Marcia Lane is arrested for the killing, her suiter, a studio writer, starts to investigate the killing in order to prove her innocence...
Crime / Drama / Mystery