New Blu-ray Reviews

Rebirth of Mothra Blu-ray Movie  

Mosura

Sony Pictures | 1996 | 106 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

A logging and mining company working in Northern Japan disrupts a set of magical seals buried underground, causing the release of Desghidorah, an enormous, three-headed monster that had previously wiped out all life on Mars and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs on Earth. When Desghidorah begins sucking the life out of the environment, the only thing that can save the planet from destruction is Mothra, the giant flying insect.

Adventure / Fantasy / Foreign

Rebirth of Mothra II Blu-ray Movie  

Mosura 2: Kaitei no daikessen

Sony Pictures | 1997 | 100 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

Three kids join Mothra's priestesses on a journey to find the Lost Treasure of Nilai Kinai, an ancient lost "under-the-sea" civilization in hopes of preserving the Earth's declining environment. Pollution has yielded the evil monster Dagahra, a monster seemingly too powerful for Mothra to vanquish. As a result, the environment's fate lies in the hands of the Lost Treasure.

Adventure / Fantasy / Foreign

Rebirth of Mothra III Blu-ray Movie  

Mosura 3: Kingu Gidorâ raishu

Sony Pictures | 1998 | 100 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

A meteorite yields the three-headed dragon King Ghidorah on Earth, after Mothra's priestesses predicted that the King of Terror would return. The monster was said to be responsible for the death of the dinosaurs, and now, he is out to get all of Earth's children. While Mothra's powers are no match for the dragon, he is sent to the past, in the time of the dinosaurs, to battle a younger, and apparently less powerful, King Ghidorah.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Foreign

I've Always Loved You Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1946 | 117 min | Not rated | Aug 26, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A beautiful young concert pianist is torn between her attraction to her arrogant but brilliant maestro and her love for a farm boy she left back home.

Drama

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Blu-ray Movie  

ゴジラ・モスラ・キングギドラ 大怪獣総攻撃 / Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidorâ: Daikaijû sôkôgeki

Sony Pictures | 2001 | 105 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

Strange incidents occur when an American submarine has been destroyed by a mysterious force at sea off the shores of Guam. Only Admiral Tachibana was certain that behind the disaster was none other than the destructive King of the Monsters, Godzilla! 50 years after his attack on Tokyo in 1954, Godzilla has mysteriously returned to life to destroy Japan, and General Tachibana, whose parents died in the monster's destructive wake, was prepared for his return to protect Japan from yet another tragic disaster, but is dismissed by the overly confident Japanese government, who underestimate Godzilla's power. But to further prove Tachibana's claim, his daughter Yuri, who works for the TV news program "Digital Q," investigates strange phenomena in three separate areas in Japan (two of which involve the deaths of immoral youths), and meets a mysterious old man named Isayama, who proclaims that aside from his infamous nuclear origins, Godzilla is an accumulation of vengeful souls (of both Japanese and non-Japanese) abandoned to die in the Pacific War, and thus, mere weapons cannot kill him. While Tachibana has now been vindicated by the government, Isayama awakens the Three Sacred Guardian Beasts of Yamato, which protected Japan in its ancient past, and were then put into hibernation in the aforementioned three areas of Japan. The three monsters, King Ghidorah (sky), Mothra (water) and Baragon (earth), fight the ravaging Godzilla, while Tachibana also prepares to go into battle against his old radioactive nemesis . . .

Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Supernatural / Foreign

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla Blu-ray Movie  

ゴジラ×メカゴジラ / Gojira x Mekagojira

Sony Pictures | 2002 | 88 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

To protect Japan from yet another monster attack, this time from a new and malevolent member of the Godzilla species, the Japanese government creates a human-piloted cyborg, codenamed Kiryu, using the skeleton of the original Godzilla that attacked Japan in 1954.

Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack / Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla Blu-ray Movie  

Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidorâ: Daikaijû sôkôgeki / Gojira x Mekagojira / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2001-2002 | 2 Movies | 193 min | Not rated | Sep 09, 2014 | Martin Liebman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Supernatural / Foreign

Godzilla 2000 Blu-ray Movie  

ゴジラ2000 ミレニアム / Gojira ni-sen mireniamu / Godzilla 2000: Millennium / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 1999 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 107 min | Rated PG | Sep 09, 2014 | Martin Liebman

A strange UFO appears over the skies of Japan and seems to attract the attention of Godzilla, who leaves a path of destruction on his way to meet the alien invaders.

Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Foreign

2 by Ken Loach: Riff-Raff / Raining Stones Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition to 3000

Twilight Time | 1991-1993 | 2 Movies | 187 min | Not rated | Aug 12, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

See individual titles for their synopses.

Comedy / Drama

Riff-Raff Blu-ray Movie  

Twilight Time | 1991 | 96 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

The story of Stevie, a construction worker, and his girlfriend, an unemployed pop singer, serves to show the living conditions of the British poor class.

Comedy / Drama

Raining Stones Blu-ray Movie  

Twilight Time | 1993 | 91 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

The story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.

Comedy / Drama

The Originals: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2013-2014 | 929 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 02, 2014 | Kenneth Brown

Vampire/werewolf hybrid Klaus returns to the magical melting pot that is the French Quarter of New Orleans — a town he helped build centuries ago. There, his diabolical former protégé, Marcel, exercises total control over the human and supernatural inhabitants of the city.

Drama / Horror / Thriller / Supernatural

Branded to Kill Blu-ray Movie    

殺しの烙印 / Koroshi no rakuin | Includes Trap of Lust / Blu-ray + DVD

Arrow | 1967-1973 | 91 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Aug 18, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A yakuza assassin with a fetish for sniffing steamed rice botches a job and ends up a target himself.

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Erotic / Foreign / Surreal

The World Wars Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2014 | 405 min | Not rated | Sep 09, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Adolf Hitler. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Benito Mussolini. Winston Churchill. Charles de Gaulle. George Patton. Before they were the giants of WWII, they were infantrymen and privates in WWI, the "war to end all wars." "The World Wars" from History(R) and H2(R) brings you the story of the devastating three decades of 20th-century world war through the eyes of the men whose characters were forged in the trenches before they commanded a world on the brink of disaster. See how, from Ypres and the Somme to the Battle of the Bulge and the invasion of Normandy, the iconic figures of WWII became synonymous with either battlefield glory or murderous fascism.

Documentary / Drama / History / War

Words and Pictures Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2013 | 111 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 09, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A flamboyant English teacher and a new, stoic art teacher collide at an upscale prep school. A high-spirited courtship begins and she finds herself enjoying the battle. Another battle they begin has the students trying to prove which is more powerful, the word or the picture. But the true war is against their own demons, as two troubled souls struggle for connection.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Person of Interest: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2013-2014 | 1012 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 02, 2014 | Kenneth Brown

The Person of Interest team suffers a devastating loss and confronts staggering challenges in the hit series’ most explosive season yet. Adapting to the evolution of The Machine, now completely self-governed and hidden from all, technical wizard Finch (Michael Emerson) and ex-CIA operative Reese (Jim Caviezel) team with rogue agent Samantha Shaw (Sarah Shahi) to save lives and seek justice, but their missions now threaten to tear them apart. NYPD Detectives Carter (Taraji P. Henson) and Fusco (Kevin Chapman) finally unravel the criminal police conspiracy “HR” – but at a tragic cost. And former enemy – and now highly-tuned confederate of The Machine – Root (Amy Acker) becomes an uneasy ally when the team learns a second surveillance apparatus to rival The Machine is on the verge of activation. The electrifying, 23-Episode Season Three is a must watch!

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

All That Jazz Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Criterion | 1979 | 123 min | Rated R | Aug 26, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

When not planning for his upcoming stage musical or working on his Hollywood film, choreographer/director Joe Gideon is popping pills and sleeping with a seemingly endless line of women. The physical and mental stress begins to take a toll on the ragged perfectionist. Soon, he must decide whether his non-stop work schedule and hedonistic lifestyle are worth risking his life.

Drama / Fantasy / Musical / Surreal

Spartacus: The Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2010-2013 | 4 Seasons | 2173 min | Not rated | Sep 16, 2014 | Martin Liebman

See individual titles.

Action / Adventure / Biography / Drama / History / Epic / Period

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1966 | 97 min | Not rated | Sep 09, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

Comedy / Musical

Any Given Sunday Blu-ray Movie  

15th Anniversary Edition | Director's Cut | Includes Theatrical Cut DVD / Blu-ray + DVD

Warner Bros. | 1999 | 157 min | Rated R | Sep 09, 2014 | Kenneth Brown

At the 50-yard line of this gridiron cosmos is Al Pacino as Tony D'Amato, the embattled Sharks coach facing a full-on blitz of team strife plus a new, marketing-savvy sharks owner (Cameron Diaz) who's sure Tony is way too old school. An injured quarterback (Dennis Quaid), a flashy, bull-headed backup QB (Jamie Foxx), a slithery team doctor (James Woods) and a running back with an incentive-laden contract (LL Cool J) also provide some of the stories that zigzag like diagrams in a playbook. and throughout, there's the awesome spectacle of motion, sound and action orchestrated by Stone.

Drama / Sport