New Blu-ray Reviews

Notes on a Scandal Blu-ray Movie  

20th Century Fox | 2006 | 92 min | Rated R | Apr 29, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Barbara Covett is a domineering and solitary teacher who rules with an iron fist over her classroom at a decaying, state-run, secondary school in London. Save for her cat, Portia, Barbara lives alone, without friends or confidantes. Her world changes, however, when she meets the school's new art teacher, Sheba Hart, who appears to be the kindred spirit and loyal friend Barbara has always been seeking. But when she discovers that Sheba is having an incendiary affair, with one of her young students, their budding relationship takes an ominous turn. Now, as Barbara threatens to expose Sheba's terrible secret to both her husband and the world, Barbara's own secrets and dark obsessions come tumbling to the fore, exposing the deceptions at the core of each of the women's lives.

Drama / Thriller / Psychological thriller

WWE: Wrestlemania XXX Blu-ray Movie  

WWE Studios | 2014 | 234 min | Not rated | May 13, 2014 | Martin Liebman

It only happens once a year, and this year the greatest spectacle in all of entertainment heads to one of the world's most vibrant cities, New Orleans, for the milestone 30th WrestleMania. Last year at Met Life Stadium, a record crowd turned out to see John Cena even his score with The Rock by defeating the Great One for the WWE Title. This year, in the famed Super Dome, who will add their name to the history books by walking out of WrestleMania 30 with the WWE Championship held high Which legendary Superstars will return Who will steal the show and create the next iconic WrestleMania moment Featuring exclusive backstage footage, the 2014 Hall of Fame Induction, and much more!

Sport

L' Eclisse Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Criterion | 1962 | 126 min | Not rated | Jun 10, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The story of a young woman who leaves one lover and drifts into a relationship with another.

Drama / Romance / Foreign

The Monuments Men Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2014 | 118 min | Rated PG-13 | May 20, 2014 | Martin Liebman

In a race against time, a crew of art historians and museum curators unite to recover renown works of art stolen by Nazis before Hitler destroys them.

Adventure / Comedy / Drama / History / Thriller / War

Nymphomaniac: Volumes I & II Blu-ray Movie    

Nymph()maniac: Volumes I & II

Artificial Eye | 2013 | 2 Movies | 241 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Apr 28, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

When the well-read and knowledgeable bachelor Seligman finds a beaten and bruised young woman in an alleyway, he takes her home to his flat to tend to her injuries. The woman introduces herself as Joe, a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, whose carefree and hedonistic lifestyle has led to her situation. Seligman presses Joe to tell her story and she proceeds to recount her experiences, from her childhood up to the present, where sex has been the most important thing in her life.

Drama / Erotic

The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over Blu-ray Movie  

PBS | 2014 | 124 min | Not rated | May 13, 2014 | Brian Orndorf

In the 1960s, the British band The Dave Clark Five achieved a record-breaking 15 consecutive Top 20 U.S. hit singles within two-years — more than any other group in the world except the Beatles. Footage of iconic performances on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and interviews with Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick and more round out the two-hour film.

Documentary / Music

Nosferatu the Vampyre Blu-ray Movie  

Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht

Shout Factory | 1979 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 107 min | Rated PG | May 20, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

It is 1850 in the beautiful, perfectly-kept town of Wismar. Jonathan Harker is about to leave on a long journey over the Carpathian Mountains to finalize real estate arrangements with a wealthy nobleman. His wife, Lucy, begs him not to go and is troubled by a strong premonition of danger. Despite her warnings, Jonathan arrives four weeks later at a large, gloomy castle. Out of the mist appears a pale, wraith-like figure with a shaven head and deep-sunken eyes who identifies himself as Count Dracula. The events that transpire slowly convince Harker that he is in the presence of a vampyre. What he doesn't know is the magnitude of danger he, his wife and his town are about to experience.

Horror / Supernatural / Foreign / Period

Pompeii Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2014 | 105 min | Rated PG-13 | May 20, 2014 | Martin Liebman

Set in the days leading up to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, a slave on a ship heading for Naples works to get home to save the woman he loves and his best friend, a gladiator trapped inside the city's coliseum.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance

Pompeii 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2014 | 105 min | Rated PG-13 | May 20, 2014 | Martin Liebman

Set in the days leading up to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, a slave on a ship heading for Naples works to get home to save the woman he loves and his best friend, a gladiator trapped inside the city's coliseum.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance

Nymphomaniac: Volume II Blu-ray Movie    

Nymph()maniac: Volume II

Artificial Eye | 2013 | 124 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Apr 28, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

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

Countess Dracula Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Synapse Films | 1971 | 93 min | Rated PG | May 06, 2014 | Brian Orndorf

To prolong her youth, medieval countess Elisabeth Bathory sends out her lover to find likely young female donors of blood for her to bathe in.

Horror / Period

Weekend at Bernie's Blu-ray Movie  

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1989 | 98 min | Rated PG-13 | May 06, 2014 | Michael Reuben

Two young men are trying to make their way in a corporation, one on charm, the other on hard work. When Bernie, the company president, invites them to his beach house for the weekend and dies unexpectedly, a serious threat requires them to pretend that he's still alive.

Comedy / Crime / Dark humor

Eastbound & Down: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

HBO | 2013 | 240 min | Rated TV-MA | May 13, 2014 | Kenneth Brown

Kenny Powers, an arrogant, burned-out, former major-league pitcher takes up residence in a small Mexican town; there, joined by his lackey Stevie Janowski and a new love interest, Vida, he fashions a comeback scenario that involves a local baseball team, the Charros, and its filthy-rich owner, Sebastian Cisneros.

Comedy / Sport / Dark humor

Love Happy Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1949 | 91 min | Not rated | May 06, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The Marx Brothers' last film as a team finds "ace" detective Groucho searching for stolen diamonds that theater pianist Chico inadvertently passed on to happy wanderer Harpo. Lighthearted musical-comedy also features Ilona Massey, Raymond Burr, and a memorable cameo by a young Marilyn Monroe.

Comedy / Crime / Musical

Flying Tigers Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1942 | 102 min | Not rated | May 13, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Capt. Jim Gordon's command of the famed American mercenary fighter group in China is complicated by the recruitment of an old friend who is a reckless hotshot.

Action / Drama / War

Bastards Blu-ray Movie    

Les salauds

Artificial Eye | 2013 | 100 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Apr 28, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

An insidious web of money, sex and power powerfully acted, where an unsettling roundelay of damaged lives is sure to offend gentler tastes, in as increasingly rare film in which the graphic acts depicted seem more necessary than superfluous.

Drama / Romance / Foreign

3 Days to Kill Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

20th Century Fox / Relativity | 2014 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 122 min | Unrated | May 20, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A dying CIA Agent trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter is offered an experimental drug that could save his life in exchange for one last assignment.

Action / Drama / Thriller

Ocean's Trilogy Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Ocean's Eleven / Ocean's Twelve / Ocean's Thirteen

Warner Bros. | 2001-2007 | 3 Movies | 363 min | Rated PG-13 | May 13, 2014 | Michael Reuben

Jackpot! Danny Ocean and his elite crew of tricksters and thieves are back to back to back in all three of these sleek thrillers. Ocean's Eleven kicks off the fun with a daring Las Vegas heist. The team goes global to European glamour spots in Twelve. And Thirteen has the group reuniting in Vegas for a dazzling scheme of payback against a double-crossing casino kingpin.<br><br>NOTE: The movie discs in this collection are identical to those previously released. Only the bonus disc is new.

Comedy / Crime / Heist

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2014 | 106 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 10, 2014 | Martin Liebman

Jack Ryan, an ex-Marine, New York-based financial analyst and undercover CIA spy, uncovers a Russian plot to finance a terrorist attack designed to collapse the U.S. economy. Ryan must race against time to save America and his wife.

Action / Drama / Thriller

Dio: Live In London Blu-ray Movie  

Hammersmith Apollo 1993

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 1993 | 114 min | Not rated | May 13, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Filmed at London s Hammersmith Apollo on 12th December 1993, this previously unreleased concert film captures the then newly reformed Dio on the last night of their European tour in support of the Strange Highways album. With a line-up of Ronnie James Dio (vocals), Vinny Appice (drums), Jeff Pilson (bass) and Tracy G (guitar) the band delivered a blistering performance of tracks from their new album, previous Dio classics and favourites from Ronnie s career with Black Sabbath and Rainbow. So take a ride on Strange Highways and be blown away by one of the greatest rock bands of all time.

Music