New Blu-ray Reviews

Hell on Wheels: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Movie  

Entertainment One | 2013 | 412 min | Rated TV-14 | Jul 15, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Set in the 1860s it centers on former confederate soldier Cullen Bohannan, whose quest for vengeance has led him to the Union Pacific Railroad's westward construction of the first Transcontinental Railroad.

Adventure / Drama / Western / Period

Marty Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1955 | 94 min | Not rated | Jul 29, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love, meet at a dance and fall in love.

Drama / Romance

Bay of Angels Blu-ray Movie  

La baie des anges / Blu-ray + DVD

Criterion | 1963 | 85 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A compulsive gambler falls in love with a bank clerk while on holiday in Nice. At first the two lovers simply use each other as good luck charms, but what happens to love when luck runs out?

Drama / Romance / Foreign

Anohana the Movie: The Flower We Saw That Day Blu-ray Movie  

劇場版 あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。 | Collector's Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + CD

Aniplex | 2013 | 99 min | Rated 13+ | Jul 15, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

She suddenly appeared before us one day... 6 of us...friends...we were always together. I believed that I wasn't afraid of anything. But, then it happened. I didn't mean to hurt her. I'll just tell her sorry tomorrow, that's what I thought. But... That "tomorrow" never came. So, time passed by and then one summer day, a miracle happened. Because of an accident during their childhood, 6 friends' hearts were closed shut, and they grew apart from one another. One summer day, their friend who passed away in the accident appears before them. But, she cannot remember the reason why she came back. The friends meet once more to figure out just what her "reason" was.

Anime / Drama / Romance / Supernatural / Foreign

Separate Tables Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1958 | 100 min | Not rated | Jul 29, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The guests gather for a life-changing night at the Beauregard Hotel in Bournemouth, an English seaside resort town. The landlady, Pat Cooper, is the lover of failed alcoholic writer John Malcolm, whose life is thrown into turmoil when his estranged ex-wife, Ann, unexpectedly and mysteriously comes to the hotel. Other guests include the matronly Mrs. Railton-Bell and her withdrawn daughter, the spinster Sibyl, who is fascinated by Major Pollack and his colorful stories of his North African military exploits. Based on two one-act plays by Terence Rattigan.

Drama / Romance

Witness for the Prosecution Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 1957 | 116 min | Not rated | Jul 22, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Sir Wilfrid Robarts is an ailing barrister who has been told that he should accept fewer legal cases for the sake of his health. However, he cannot resist defending Leonard Stephen Vole, a man accused of murder whose only alibi is provided by his devoted wife, Christine. The police are convinced of Vole's guilt as he stands to benefit financially from the murder, but Robarts believes that he can prove the man's innocence in court.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller

Kismet Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1955 | 113 min | Not rated | Jun 10, 2014 | Michael Reuben

The story follows one fateful day as a beggar-poet and his daughter cross paths with a wicked wazir, a wily temptress, a handsome prince, a magical curse, opulent sets and exotic adventure. Adapted from the Broadway musical.

Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Musical / Romance

The Little Rascals Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 1994 | 82 min | Rated PG | Jul 01, 2014 | Brian Orndorf

Spanky, Alfalfa, Darla, Buckwheat and Petey the Dog are back in this charming 1990s version of the Depression-era classic. The adventures begin when Alfalfa breaks the rules of his Womun Hater's Club" and falls for Darla.

Comedy / Family / Romance

Sabotage Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2014 | 110 min | Rated R | Jul 22, 2014 | Martin Liebman

An elite and tight-knit unit of the Drug Enforcement Agency is targeted by a violent cartel after a major bust at a safe house. They are also investigated by their own when millions of dollars of recovered money vanishes.

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

Battle of Los Angeles Blu-ray Movie  

Asylum | 2011 | 91 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 22, 2011 | Martin Liebman

In February 1942 Us forces engaged an unidentified flying object above Los Angeles. Now almost 70 years later, the alien invaders have returned.

Action / Sci-Fi

Resurrected Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition to 3000

Twilight Time | 1989 | 92 min | Not rated | Jun 10, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Presumed dead and given a military funeral with full honors after the Falklands War in 1982, a British soldier surprises many when he returns home alive claiming to be a victim of amnesia. Not believing his story, he is ostracized as a shameful deserter by the military and his community.

Drama / War

So This Is New York Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1948 | 78 min | Not rated | Jul 01, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A small town man inherits a significant fortune and takes his family to New York City.

Comedy

The Firm Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition to 3000

Twilight Time | 2009 | 90 min | Not rated | May 13, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Dom, a young wannabe football casual, gets drawn into the charismatic but dangerous world of the firm's top boy, Bex. Accepted for his fast mouth and sense of humor, Dom soon becomes one of the boys. But as Bex and his gang clash with rival firms across the country and the violence spirals out of control, Dom realizes he wants out--until he learns it's not that easy to simply walk away.

Drama

Hidden Kingdoms Blu-ray Movie  

BBC | 2013 | 180 min | Not rated | Jul 08, 2014 | Kenneth Brown

BBC documentary series exploring the life of some of the planet's smaller animals. Filmed in locations as diverse as the Arizona Desert, the woodlands of Borneo and urban terrain in Rio and Tokyo, the series aims to provide an insight into the challenges faced by animals that inhabit these areas. The creatures featured include chipmunks, beetles, marmosets and elephant shrews. As smaller animals they must rely on cunning and often surprising tactics to survive in the face of the threat posed by predators and fluctuating environmental conditions.

Documentary / Nature

Caught Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1949 | 88 min | Not rated | Jul 08, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

It was Leonora Eames' childhood dream come true. She had married Smith Ohlrig, a man worth millions. But her innocent dream became a nightmare once she realizes the truth about her husband - he is power mad and insane! Since he will not grant her a divorce, she leaves her life of luxury on Long Island and goes to work as a receptionist in an impoverished doctor's office in NYC's lower east side. After Smith deceives her into a temporary reconciliation, Leonora becomes pregnant. By the time she realizes she is expecting, she and one of the doctors, Larry Quinada, have fallen in love. But she is again lured backed to her wealthy husband to give her child financial security. Her sadistic husband is hell-bent on keeping her and her child prisoner. What will happen to Leonora?

Drama / Film-Noir

Nature: The Gathering Swarms Blu-ray Movie  

PBS | 2014 | 53 min | Not rated | Jul 08, 2014 | Brian Orndorf

From PBS - A look at some of the planet's great gatherings, creatures that come together in inconceivable numbers - sometimes in millions, billions, and even trillions. Included are bats and bees, locust and ants, monarch butterflies in Mexico, 17-year cicada hatches, grunion in the Sea of Cortez and carp in the Mississippi River, sardine runs off the coast of South Africa, super flocks of parakeets in the Australian Outback, mayflies on the 4th of July, and even penguins and wildebeest. Some gather to breed or to migrate, some for protection, some simply to keep warm in the cold. But in the process, a kind of super-organism is created in which individual intelligence is superseded by a collective consciousness that shares information and moves with a single purpose for the benefit of all. Check out swarm intelligence, essentially a living embodiment of social media in the natural world.

Biography / Documentary / Family / Nature / Other

The Night is Young Blu-ray Movie    

Mauvais Sang

Artificial Eye | 1986 | 119 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jun 23, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Marc recruits Alex, son of his former, now dead colleague. Alex is a card shark with a big dream to go out to the world and leave his own mark. His determination leads him to break up with his girl friend, Lise. Alex initially refuses to help Marc and Hans for their "job" of stealing the culture of new drug. But Anna's charm and beauty were irresistible. Alex joins the elders. Alex's dance to David Bowie's Modern Love illustrates unfolding emotions of young Alex moving into an adult (graying if not dying) world. The interplay among the generations, between genders, among social classes, memory and hopes, all played against black and white and occasional red back drop. Anna's cobalt blue robe punctuates the moment when Alex confesses his love for her.

Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Foreign

Code:Breaker: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

FUNimation Entertainment | 2012 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 24, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Action / Anime / Comedy / Crime / Fantasy / Supernatural / Foreign

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1948 | 99 min | Not rated | Jul 08, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the Caribbean, hears mysterious, wordless singing on an uninhabited rock in the bay. Fishing in the vicinity, he catches...a mermaid. He takes her home and, though she has no spoken language, falls in love with her. Of course, his wife won't believe that thing in the bathtub is anything but a large fish. Predictable complications follow in rather tame fashion.

Comedy / Fantasy / Romance

Under the Skin Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2013 | 108 min | Rated R | Jul 15, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Disguised as a human, extraterrestrial Laura comes from her home planet in search of earthly beings to send back to her employer. Arriving in Scotland she seeks out lonely hitchhikers to seduce, but can she keep her true identity hidden forever?

Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Surreal