New Blu-ray Reviews

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

Endeavour: Series 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Masterpiece Mystery! | Full UK-Length Edition

PBS | 2014 | 360 min | Not rated | Jul 08, 2014 | Brian Orndorf

Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) returns to duty at Oxford City Police with four new murder mysteries set amidst the turning tides of 1960s Britain. Episodes include: Trove; Nocturne; Sway; and Neverland.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Period

The Vanquished Blu-ray Movie  

I Vinti

RaroVideo U.S. | 1953 | 112 min | Not rated | Jul 08, 2014 | Brian Orndorf

A trilogy of stories of well-off youths who commit murders. In the French episode, a group of high school students kill one of their colleagues for his money. In the Italian episode, a university student’s involved in smuggling cigarettes. In the English episode, a lazy poet finds the body of a woman on the downs, and tries to sell his story to the press.

Drama / Romance / Foreign

Le Week-End Blu-ray Movie  

Music Box Films | 2013 | 93 min | Rated R | Jul 08, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Nick and Meg, a married couple approaching 60, return to Paris to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary, with hopes of reigniting the spark in their relationship. Desperately clinging on to their marriage, which has evidently gone stale in the past few years, they visit memorable landmarks and places of mutual interest in the French capital. Despite their best endeavours, it is clear that both possess reservations about the relationship. However, a chance encounter with an old friend results in the couple being invited to a party at his fashionable home, and their run-in with the Parisian bourgeoisie threatens to change their perspective on life - and each other - profoundly.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Noah Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2014 | 138 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 29, 2014 | Martin Liebman

A man suffering visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from a coming flood. Inspired by the Biblical story.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Comic book

The Who: Quadrophenia Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray Audio

Universal Music | 1973 | 82 min | Not rated | Jul 08, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

5.1 remix of the original Quadrophenia (1973), released in its entirety as a single-disc Blu-ray Pure Audio. Based around the story of Jimmy, a young mod and his struggle to come of age in the mid-1960s. The project was intended to reflect the four characters of The Who.

Music

Stage Fright Blu-ray Movie  

Magnolia Pictures | 2014 | 88 min | Rated R | Jul 08, 2014 | Michael Reuben

A musical theater camp is terrorized by a blood-thirsty killer who hates musical theater.

Horror / Musical

Bring It On Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2000 | 99 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 01, 2014 | Brian Orndorf

A champion high school cheerleading squad discovers its previous captain stole all their best routines from an inner-city school and must scramble to compete at this year's championships.

Comedy / Sport / Teen

The Rocket Blu-ray Movie    

Eureka Entertainment | 2013 | 96 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Jun 30, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A boy who is believed to bring bad luck to everyone around him leads his family and a couple of ragged misfits through Laos to find a new home. After a calamity-filled journey through a land scarred by the legacy of war, to prove he's not cursed he builds a giant rocket to enter the most dangerous competition of the year: the Rocket Festival.

Drama / Foreign

Kindergarten Cop Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 1990 | 111 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 01, 2014 | Martin Liebman

A tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars.

Comedy / Crime / Thriller

Rigor Mortis Blu-ray Movie  

殭屍

Well Go USA | 2013 | 101 min | Not rated | Jul 08, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A weary ex-vampire hunter moves into a run-down housing estate, and contends with a ghoulish collection of bloodsuckers, ghosts, and zombies. Once upon a time, Chin Siu-ho was a famous actor who slew vampires on the side. These days Chin's bank account is empty, and his family won't talk to him. Deeply despondent, he checks into room 2442 of a dilapidated tower block with the full intention of taking his own life. Chin's suicidal ambitions are quickly thwarted, however, when he crosses paths with his eccentric new neighbors, which include a powerful Taoist exorcist, a deeply-troubled housewife and an old lady with a morbid flair for interior design. It doesn't take Chin long to realize that something terrible is unfolding before his frightened eyes, and as the dead begin to rise, the battle against the forces of darkness begins.

Drama / Horror / Mystery / Supernatural / Foreign

Bloody Moon Blu-ray Movie  

Die Säge des Todes

Severin Films | 1981 | 90 min | Unrated | Jul 08, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A group of German students takes advantage of his summer vacation on the Spanish coasts to study in an academy of languages that belongs to a hotel complex where, years earlier, there happened a brutal murder committed by the nephew of the local owner.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller

The Baby Blu-ray Movie  

Severin Films | 1973 | 84 min | Not rated | Jul 08, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A social worker who recently lost her husband investigates the strange Wadsworth family. The Wadsworths might not seem too unusual to hear about them at first - consisting of the mother, two grown daughters and the diaper-clad, bottle-sucking baby. The problem is, the baby is twenty-one years old.

Horror / Thriller

The Raid 2 Blu-ray Movie  

The Raid 2: Berandal / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2014 | 150 min | Rated R | Jul 08, 2014 | Martin Liebman

After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect his family and uncover corrupt members of his own force.

Action / Crime / Thriller / Martial arts / Foreign

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2014 | 86 min | Unrated | Jul 08, 2014 | Martin Liebman

Additional scenes from "Bad Grandpa" as well as extensive behind-the-scenes material from the film and the character's decade-plus history on the screen.

Comedy

Bloody Birthday Blu-ray Movie  

Severin Films | 1981 | 85 min | Rated R | Jul 08, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Lacking consciences because they were born during a solar eclipse, a trio of 10-year-olds embark on an indiscriminate killing spree.

Horror / Thriller

Nymphomaniac: Volumes I and II Blu-ray Movie  

Magnolia Pictures | 2013 | 2 Movies | 241 min | Not rated | Jul 08, 2014 | Michael Reuben

A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.

Drama / Erotic

Nymphomaniac: Volume I Blu-ray Movie  

Magnolia Pictures | 2013 | 117 min | Not rated | Jul 08, 2014 | Michael Reuben

After he finds her bloodied and bruised in an alleyway, an older gentleman rescues Joe, a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, and returns with her to his apartment. Over the course of the night, she recounts to him the story of her life, including her complicated relationship with her parents, how she lost her virginity, the many men she has seduced and the one man who might have been her true love.

Drama / Erotic

Nymphomaniac: Volume II Blu-ray Movie  

Magnolia Pictures | 2013 | 124 min | Not rated | Jul 08, 2014 | Michael Reuben

The continuation of the erotic adventures and life story of Joe, a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac whose life is entirely directed by her sexual compulsions.

Drama / Erotic