New Blu-ray Reviews

Dan Curtis' Dracula Blu-ray Movie  

Bram Stoker's Dracula

MPI Media Group | 1974 | 98 min | Unrated | May 27, 2014 | Michael Reuben

Count Dracula's centuries-old existence is threatened after he attacks the lovely Lucy Westenra. When Lucy's fiancee calls in Dr. Van Helsing to investigate, a spine-tingling hunt for the vampire follows. Filmed in England and Yugoslavia.

Horror / Romance / Supernatural / Period

Gambit Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2012 | 89 min | Rated PG-13 | May 27, 2014 | Martin Liebman

A British thief discovers that no plan is infallible when he recruits a beautiful woman to help him steal a priceless statue from an impossibly wealthy widower. Despite the fact that his pretty accomplice bears an uncanny resemblance to his affluent target's late wife, things quickly spin out of control once the job gets under way.

Comedy / Crime / Heist

Visitors Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Cinedigm | 2013 | 87 min | Not rated | Jun 14, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Dialogue-free documentary about humans' relationship with modern life and with technology. Filmed in black and white, with music by composer Philip Glass, this documentary aims to give people an understanding of how technology has taken over our daily lives. As the camera pans through a selection of people and animals, while they are engaged in a technological activity of some sort, the audience carefully watches for their reactions and expressions.

Documentary

Picnic at Hanging Rock Blu-ray Movie  

Director's Cut / Blu-ray + DVD

Criterion | 1975 | 107 min | Not rated | Jun 17, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

On Valentine's Day 1900, three school girls and a school teacher go missing under mysterious circumstances during a trip to Hanging Rock in Victoria, Australia.

Drama / Mystery / Period

Death Spa Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

MPI Media Group | 1988 | 87 min | Unrated | May 27, 2014 | Michael Reuben

Michael's health club is beseiged with a series of terrible murders involving killer saunas and other grisly devices. Michael's wife, Catherine, killed herself a year ago, and her brother, David, blames Michael. Can Michael stop the bloodshed before he loses all of his clients?

Horror

Asteroid vs. Earth Blu-ray Movie  

Asylum | 2014 | 91 min | Rated TV-14 | Apr 29, 2014 | Martin Liebman

When a shower of massive meteors threatens an extinction level event on earth, the world's greatest minds devise a dangerous plan that will take the planet off its axis in order to avoid the impact.

Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Sleepaway Camp Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 1983 | 85 min | Rated R | May 27, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Welcome to Camp Arawak, where teenage boys and girls learn to experience the joys of nature, as well as each other. But when these happy campers begin to die in a series of horrible 'accidents', they discover that someone - or something - has turned their summer of fun into a vacation to dismember. Has a dark secret returned from the camp's past... or will an unspeakable horror end the season forever?

Horror / Thriller

Theatre of Blood Blu-ray Movie    

Arrow | 1973 | 104 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | May 19, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him the Best Actor of the Year award.

Comedy / Horror

WWE: Greatest Wrestling Factions Blu-ray Movie  

WWE Studios | 2014 | 424 min | Rated TV-PG | May 27, 2014 | Martin Liebman

For decades, Superstars have sought allies and banded together for strength in numbers. From the Four Horsemen to the n.W.o., DX, The Nexus, The Shield, and everyone in between, factions are as women into the fabric of sports-entertainment as the rules they tend to ignore. Now, WWE celebratest the biggest, baddest and coolest factions in history. From those who influenced generations of Superstars to those who just ran roughshod over the competition, this 3-disc DVD / 2-disc Blu-Ray presents a brief history of the top factions from all eras and collects several of the greatest matches and moments that made each one a household name. Also featuring The Fabulous Freebirds, The Nation of Domination, Evolution, The Heenan Family, Straight Edge Society and much more!

Sport

Better Living Through Chemistry Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2014 | 92 min | Not rated | Apr 15, 2014 | Kenneth Brown

A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.

Comedy / Drama

Gang War in Milan Blu-ray Movie  

Milano Rovente

RaroVideo U.S. | 1973 | 100 min | Not rated | May 20, 2014 | Brian Orndorf

Salvator Cangemi is a produce purveyor in Milan, Italy whom moonlights as a pimp and runs a profitable twin businesses. But the appearance of a ruthless and greedy French gangster called Le Capitaine threatens Toto s livelihood when Le Capitaine wants to unite the organized crime in Milian for him getting a large share of the profits. But Toto wants no part of Le Capitaine s organization and wants to continue running his own ring in a low-key quiet way. But no one says no to Le Capitaine and he threatens an all-out war to keep his organized crime ring, and reputation, intact.

Action / Crime / Foreign

Way of the Wicked Blu-ray Movie  

Image Entertainment | 2013 | 92 min | Not rated | May 20, 2014 | Michael Reuben

Years ago, young Robbie Mueller left his small home town under a cloud of suspicion. Now, teenage Robbie has returned – and he’s set his sights on Heather, the daughter of local police detective John Elliott. When the town is swept by a series of gruesome killings, a mysterious priest seems to be the only one who can help protect them.

Drama / Thriller / Supernatural

The Book of Bantorra: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Tatakau Shisho

Sentai Filmworks | 2009-2010 | 675 min | Rated TV-MA | May 13, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In another time and place, on a world of pain and sorrow, when someone dies, their soul doesn’t go to Heaven or Hell - it becomes a book. A book that reveals the deceased’s innermost secrets and that can be read by anyone. Protecting these priceless treasures is the elite organization known as the Armed Librarians. It’s their job to keep the books and the knowledge within them safe from those who would misuse or destroy them. It’s a tough, dangerous job, so Chief Librarian Hamyuts Maseta recruits only the best and the brightest psychics to join her team of expert fighters. Even so, will they be able to stop the fanatics of the Shindeki Church from wreaking vengeance on the entire world?

Action / Anime / Fantasy / Thriller / Foreign

Rocky Mountains 3D Blu-ray Movie  

The Impressive Natural Paradise / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray

3D Media | 2013 | 60 min | Not rated | Dec 16, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

The Rocky Mountains are North America's largest, most imposing mountain range. By way of comparison: the Alps would have to be lined up four times in a row to cover the Rockies from north to south. Turquoise lakes, snowcapped peaks, glaciers and endless forests characterize this fantastic wonder of nature, and traces of the legend surrounding this once-mysterious and seemingly unconquerable mountain region, which stretches around 4,500 kilometers from Alaska to New Mexico, can still be sensed today.

Documentary / Nature

The Color of Lies Blu-ray Movie  

Au coeur du mensonge

Cohen Media Group | 1999 | 113 min | Not rated | May 27, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Frederique Lesage, the new chief of police in a beautiful seaside community in Brittany, soon finds her job more eventful than expected when a ten-year-old girl is found raped and murdered. The last person to see her alive was a cynical and once-famous artist who now gives drawing lessons to earn a living.

Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign

Wild Africa 3D Blu-ray Movie  

An Extraordinary Journey / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray

3D Media | 2012 | 60 min | Not rated | Feb 28, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

No synopsis for this title.

Documentary / Nature

That Awkward Moment Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2014 | 95 min | Rated R | May 13, 2014 | Martin Liebman

Three Manhattan bachelors make a pact to have as much fun as possible while remaining single.

Comedy / Romance

Holliston: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie  

Image Entertainment | 2013 | 240 min | Not rated | Apr 08, 2014 | Michael Reuben

Following the events of the first season, Season Two takes HOLLISTON to new places. Highlights include the series’ first animated episode; finding the town attacked by a giant blob; a Ringu-inspired J-Horror episode; a Found Footage episode; and a special season finale that boasts two musical performances by the talented cast and a shocking final scene that will raise the dead. Includes the 2012 Christmas special.

Comedy / Horror / Dark humor

Dom Hemingway Blu-ray Movie    

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2013 | 94 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Mar 31, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Dom Hemingway is a larger-than-life safecracker with a loose fuse who is funny, profane, and dangerous. After twelve years in prison, he sets off with his partner-in-crime, Dickie, looking to collect what he’s owed for keeping his mouth shut and protecting his boss, Mr. Fontaine. After a near-death experience, Dom tries to re-connect with his estranged daughter, but is soon drawn back into the only world he knows, looking to settle the ultimate debt.

Comedy / Crime / Drama / Dark humor

Amnesia: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2013 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 03, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

She runs through the flaming building seeking escape. She struggles in the water, desperate to keep afloat. And then she wakes in the hospital, with no knowledge of how she got there or memory of who she was. People she doesn’t know come to visit her, but only the one that no one else can see, the spirit boy who calls himself Olion, seems to understand what has happened to her. And he tells her not to let anyone know of her amnesia. As the Heroine struggles to recall her past and connect the random recollections in her mind to form memories, one thing seems sure: Time is no longer a constant, and the date of August 1st… the day she keeps waking up in the hospital… is somehow significant. As are each of the people she meets, though the stories that link her to them seem to shift like sands in an emptying hourglass. Will she be able put the pieces of the puzzle together, and what will she see if it becomes complete? Lost to both the world and herself, the Heroine must lift the veils of AMNESIA.

Anime / Drama / Romance / Foreign