New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- May 11, 2014
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection Blu-ray Movie
State Fair / Oklahoma! / The King and I / Carousel / South Pacific / The Sound of Music
20th Century Fox | 1945-1965 | 6 Movies, 8 Cuts | 851 min | Rated G | Apr 29, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
See individual titles for their synopses.
Comedy / Drama / Family / History / Musical / Romance / War / Western / Melodrama / Epic
State Fair Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 1945 | 100 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A farming family, the Frakes, go to the Iowa State Fair to show the father’s prize hog, Blue Boy, and enjoy the big event of the year.
Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
Oklahoma! Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 1955 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 148 min | Rated G | Oct 07, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Gordon MacRae brings his sterling voice to the role of cowboy Curly, and Shirley Jones plays Laurie, the object of his affection. The Rodgers and Hammerstein score includes "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," and "People Will Say We're in Love." Filmed twice: In 70mm Todd-AO at 30fps and in 35mm CinemaScope at 24fps
Musical / Romance / Western
Carousel Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 1956 | 129 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A spirit in heaven gets a singular opportunity to revisit his past life on earth to help his young daughter reconcile his death and move on with her own life. One of two films shot in CinemaScope55.
Drama / Musical
The King and I Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 1956 | 133 min | Rated G | Oct 07, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Schoolteacher and widow Anna Leonowens travels to Siam to teach its King's children. During the course of her stay, she enlightens the King as to changing times and helps him reassess his relationship to one of his several wives.
Drama / Family / Musical / Romance
- May 10, 2014
Letter from an Unknown Woman Blu-ray Movie
Lettre d'une inconnue
Carlotta Films | 1948 | 86 min | Not rated | Mar 20, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In Vienna, about 1900, a dashing man arrives at his flat, instructing his manservant that he will leave before morning: the man is Stefan Brand, formerly a concert pianist, planning to leave Vienna to avoid a duel. His servant gives him a letter from an unknown woman, which he reads. In flashbacks we see the lifelong passion of Lisa Berndle for him: first as a girl who was his neighbor; next as a young woman who, in secret, has his child; then as a mature woman who meets him again and abandons husband and son to be with him. Each time he does not remember who she is or that they have ever met. By morning, he has finished the letter, and her husband awaits satisfaction.
Drama / Romance / Period
The Honeymooners: "Classic 39" Episodes Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1955-1956 | 1016 min | Rated TV-G | May 06, 2014 | Martin Liebman
Ralph Kramden is a New York bus driver who dreams of a better life. With his eccentric good friend, sewer worker Ed Norton, Ralph constantly tries crackpot schemes to strike it rich. All the while, his exasperated wife, Alice, is always there to bring him down to earth or to pick him up if he beats her to it. For as much as they fight, even dunderhead Ralph knows that she is the greatest and vice versa.
Comedy
The Spectacular Spider-Man: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2008-2009 | 2 Seasons | 589 min | Rated TV-Y7-FV | Apr 22, 2014 | Martin Liebman
The Spectacular Spider-Man was an American animated television series based on the superhero character published by Marvel Comics and developed for television by Greg Weisman and Victor Cook. In terms of tone and style, the series is based primarily on the original stories by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, with a similar balance of action, drama, and comedy as well as a high school setting. However, it also tends to utilize material from all eras of the comic's run and other sources such as the film series and the Ultimate Spider-Man comics. An animated television show that focuses on a 16-year-old Peter Parker and the origins of Spider-Man.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
The Big Red One Blu-ray Movie
Theatrical Cut & Reconstructed Version in SD
Warner Bros. | 1980 | 113 min | Rated PG | May 06, 2014 | Michael Reuben
The story of a sergeant and the inner core members of his unit as they try to serve in and survive World War II.
Action / Drama / War
I Love Lucy: Ultimate Season 1 Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1951-1952 | 907 min | Rated TV-G | May 06, 2014 | Martin Liebman
No synopsis for this title.
Comedy / Family / Romance
The Jekyll and Hyde Portfolio / A Clockwork Blue Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition 1,000 copies
Vinegar Syndrome | 1971-1972 | 2 Movies | 168 min | Not rated | Mar 28, 2014 | Brian Orndorf
Our first in a series of limited-edition Blu-ray combos, this hand-numbered release is limited to just 1,000 units. Exclusively available (for the time being) here on our website (http://vinegarsyndrome.com) and at select conventions throughout the year until they are sold out.
Comedy / Horror / Mystery / Erotic
- May 09, 2014
Red River Blu-ray Movie
Theatrical and Prerelease versions / Blu-ray + DVD
Criterion | 1948 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 133 min | Not rated | May 27, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A young cowhand rebels against his rancher stepfather during a perilous cattle drive.
Action / Adventure / Romance / Western
White Zombie Blu-ray Movie
Cary Roan Special Signature Edition
VCI | 1932 | 67 min | Not rated | May 06, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
While traveling to New York, the young couple Madeleine Short Parker and her fiancé Neil Parker are convinced by their new acquaintance Charles Beaumont to stay in Port Prince and get married in his mansion. However, Beaumont felt in love for Madeleine and his real intention is to convince her to call off the wedding. When he realizes that the time is too short to seduce her, he visits the local warlock Legendre (Bela Lugosi) , who gives him a drug to transform Madeleine into a zombie. She dies immediately after the wedding, and her corpse is disputed by Beaumont and his sick love for her; Legendre, that wants her for his team of zombies; and Neil, who is convinced by the local missionary Dr. Bruner that she might be alive. In the end, true love wins...?
Horror
The Women Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1939 | 133 min | Not rated | May 06, 2014 | Michael Reuben
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
Comedy / Drama
- May 08, 2014
Still Mine Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2012 | 102 min | Rated PG-13 | May 06, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An elderly couple fight against local authorities in rural New Brunswick to build their final home.
Drama / Romance
The Wind and the Lion Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1975 | 119 min | Rated PG | Apr 29, 2014 | Michael Reuben
At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers. The attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Period
- May 07, 2014
Death Occurred Last Night Blu-ray Movie
La morte risale a ieri sera
RaroVideo U.S. | 1970 | 98 min | Not rated | May 06, 2014 | Brian Orndorf
An astute mix of classic Italian crime and giallo, Duccio Tessari s Death Occurred Last Night is a dark slow burning murder mystery. A mentally handicapped woman is kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery, sending her distressed father and a jaded police detective on the hunt for clues in Milan s underworld. Tessari (The Bloodstained Butterfly) keeps a tight rein on the action, focusing on the characters and their collective desire for justice and revenge. An unforgettable, disturbing and fascinating thriller.
Crime / Mystery / Thriller
Revenge of the Nerds Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 1984 | 90 min | Rated R | May 06, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
At a big campus, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self respect.
Comedy
Wake in Fright Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 1971 | 109 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Mar 31, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a teacher who arrives in the outback mining town of Bundanyabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney. But a long detour of gambling, alcohol and brutality change Grant's plans.
Drama / Thriller
Approved for Adoption Blu-ray Movie
Cinedigm | 2012 | 74 min | Not rated | Apr 29, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Comic-book artist Jung returns to Seoul for the first time since he was abandoned at the age of 5.
Animation / Foreign