New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- June 01, 2014
Eden and After Blu-ray Movie
L'éden et après
Redemption | 1970 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 95 min | Not rated | May 27, 2014 | Brian Orndorf
A group of French students are drawn into the psychological and sexual games of a mysterious Dutchman. Once they sample his "fear powder" the students experience a series of hallucinations.
Drama / Foreign / Surreal
The Spike Lee Joint Collection Vol.2 Blu-ray Movie
Summer of Sam / Miracle at St. Anna
Disney / Buena Vista | 1999-2008 | 2 Movies | 302 min | Rated R | Jun 10, 2014 | Kenneth Brown
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller / War
- May 31, 2014
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: Series 2 Blu-ray Movie
Acorn Media | 2013 | 727 min | Not rated | May 27, 2014 | Michael Reuben
Phryne Fisher sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920's Melbourne fighting injustice with her pearl handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Period
Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress Blu-ray Movie
Premium Edition | Fusé: Memoirs of The Hunter Girl | Fuse Teppō Musume no Torimonochō
NIS America | 2012 | 110 min | Rated 13+ | May 06, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Hamaji, a young huntress from the mountains, stumbles into the middle of a shogun's vendetta against a group of human and dog hybrids - the Fuse. Rumors of Fuse murdering innocent people in the bustling city of Edo have sparked a bounty for their heads. Hamaji joins the hunt for this dangerous quarry along with her brother, but after accidentally befriending one of them, Hamaji is torn between two worlds: her life as a self-reliant huntress, and the young woman her new friend has helped her to uncover.
Action / Anime / Drama / Foreign
Miracle at St. Anna Blu-ray Movie
Spike Lee Joint Collection Edition w/New Special Features
Disney / Buena Vista | 2008 | 160 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Kenneth Brown
Four soldiers from the army's Negro 92nd Division find themselves separated from their unit and behind enemy lines. Risking their lives for a country in which they are treated with less respect than the enemy they are fighting, they discover humanity in the small Tuscan village of St. Anna di Stazzema.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / War
- May 30, 2014
Lone Survivor Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2013 | 121 min | Rated R | Jun 03, 2014 | Martin Liebman
Based on the failed mission Operation Red Wings, which tasked four members of SEAL Team 10 on June 28, 2005, to kill Taliban leader Ahmad Shah.
Action / Drama / Thriller / War
Nikita: The Complete Fourth and Final Season Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2013 | 253 min | Rated TV-14 | May 20, 2014 | Kenneth Brown
Nikita is a trained assassin gone rogue trying to stop a secret U.S. agency known only as Division from recruiting deeply troubled teenagers and training them to be assassins.
Action / Drama / Thriller / Martial arts
RoboCop Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 2014 | 117 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 03, 2014 | Michael Reuben
A grievously wounded cop becomes the test subject for an experimental program designed to help Omnicorp sell America on the idea of using robots to replace the police force.
Action / Crime / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Workaholics: Season Four Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2013-2014 | 440 min | Rated TV-MA | Jun 03, 2014 | Martin Liebman
No synopsis for this title.
Comedy
- May 29, 2014
Non-Stop Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2014 | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 10, 2014 | Kenneth Brown
Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today’s flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New York to London, he receives a series of mysterious text messages ordering him to have the government transfer $150 million into a secret account, or a passenger will die every 20 minutes. What follows is a nail-biting cat and mouse game played at 40,000 feet, with the lives of 200 passengers hanging in the balance.
Action / Mystery / Thriller
The Man Who Lies Blu-ray Movie
L'homme qui ment / L'uomo che mente
Redemption | 1968 | 98 min | Not rated | May 27, 2014 | Brian Orndorf
On the run from pursuing soldiers, a man hides in a small European town.
Drama / War / Foreign
Attack on Titan Part 1 Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition | 進撃の巨人 / Shingeki no Kyojin | Limited to 7500 copies / Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2013 | 325 min | Rated TV-MA | Jun 03, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Many years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the heroic members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls -- but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive. Those within the city clung to the illusion of a peaceful existence until the day that dream was shattered, and their slim chance at survival was reduced to one horrifying choice: kill -- or be devoured!
Action / Anime / Fantasy / Horror / Comic book / Foreign
The Monkey's Paw Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2013 | 90 min | Not rated | Jun 17, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Jake is given a monkey's paw that grants three wishes. After the first two wishes leave his friend Cobb undead, Cobb pushes Jake to make a final wish.
Horror / Thriller
Possession Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition to 2000 / Blu-ray + CD
Mondo Vision | 1981 | 124 min | Rated R | Jun 15, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
With their marriage in pieces, Anna and Mark’s tense relationship has become a psychotic descent into screaming matches, violence and self-mutilation. Believing his wife’s only lover is the sinister Heinrich, Mark is unaware of the demonic, tentacled creature that Anna has hidden away for liaisons in a deserted apartment and will stop at nothing to protect.
Drama / Horror / Psychological thriller / Supernatural / Foreign / Surreal
- May 28, 2014
Bushido Man: Seven Deadly Battles Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 2013 | 88 min | Not rated | Jun 10, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Toramaru, lord of integrated martial arts Mugen-ga-ryu, ends his training journey and visits his master, Gensai. "You have to duel with every martial arts master and win, in order to obtain their esoteric books of martial secrets." Receiving such an order from Gensai, Toramaru makes a pilgrimage around Japan and spends a year fighting. Through his fights with genuine masters in every martial arts such as kung-fu, stick fighting, sword fighting, and nunchaku, this film passionately tells what "Budo" is and what Bushido is. Full of fierce and diverse action! The original fighting movie is finally born here!
Action / Martial arts
Gregory's Girl Blu-ray Movie
Second Sight | 1981 | 91 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | May 05, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Gregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. He must work to win her affection.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
- May 27, 2014
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons Blu-ray Movie
Xī Yóu Xiáng Mó Piān / 西遊降魔篇
Magnolia Pictures | 2013 | 110 min | Rated PG-13 | May 27, 2014 | Michael Reuben
Demon hunter Chen Xuanzhang believes that he can purify any demon through love. However, his belief is shaken when he fails to defeat a demon fish. Encouraged by his master, Xuanzhang soldiers on to hunting down a demonic hog with the help of Duan, the demon hunter who vanquished the demon fish -- and has also fallen in love with Xuanzhang. Despite help from other demon hunters, the hog gets away. As a last resort, Xuanzhang and Duan turn to the help of Sun Wukong, who was imprisoned by Buddha five centuries ago for his crimes in heaven.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Romance / Supernatural / Martial arts / Foreign
Eureka Seven: Part One Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition
FUNimation Entertainment | 2005 | 626 min | Rated TV-14 | Apr 22, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Renton Thurston is a 14-year-old boy who lived with his mechanic grandfather in a backwater town. Every day he dreamed of being with the mercenary "Light Finding Operation (LFO)" aircraft pilot group "Gekkostate" and riding "Trapar" particle waves—a sport called "reffing"—with their charismatic leader Holland, especially when faced with his father's acclaimed past or his grandfather's desire to protect him. When a young girl named Eureka riding the original LFO, the "Nirvash typeZERO," asks his grandfather for a tune-up, she inadvertently brings the attention of the military to the garage; as a result, the garage is destroyed and Renton is forced to deliver a new type of interface—the "Amita Drive"—to the Nirvash. After a heated fight in which the Nirvash destroys the military LFOs by unleashing an immense amount of power, Renton is invited into Gekkostate. However, he quickly realizes that behind the facade of a traveling group of mercenaries is a very bitter reality.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Teen / Foreign
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
DreamWorks | 2002 | 83 min | Rated G | May 13, 2014 | Martin Liebman
A wild stallion is captured by humans and slowly loses the will to resist training. Throughout his struggles for freedom, the stallion refuses to let go of the hope of one day returning home to his herd.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Drama / Family / Romance / Western
Eastern Bandits Blu-ray Movie
匹夫 / An Inaccurate Memoir
Well Go USA | 2012 | 107 min | Not rated | May 27, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
EASTERN BANDITS is the heroic story of rebels with a fortune to gain, and everything to lose.
Drama / History / Foreign