New Blu-ray Reviews

Monte Walsh Blu-ray Movie    

Explosive Media | 1970 | 99 min | Rated FSK-16 | Mar 07, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options. New work opportunities are available to them, but the freedom of the open prairie is what they long for. Eventually, they all must say goodbye to the lives they knew, and try to make a new start.

Western

Reality Bites Blu-ray Movie  

20th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 1994 | 98 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 15, 2014 | Michael Reuben

In this study of Generation X manners, Lelaina, the valedictorian of her college class, camcords her friends in a mock documentary of posteducation life. Vickie, her best friend, is a manager at the Gap who worries about the results of an AIDS test, while Sammy has problems grappling with his sexuality and Troy is a perpetually unemployed musical slacker. When Lelaina meets Michael, an earnest executive who takes her homemade video to his MTV-like station, she must decide what she values.

Comedy / Drama / Romance / Coming of age

Gimme Shelter Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2013 | 101 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 29, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

16 year old street-wise Apple has never had an easy life. Her mother, June Bailey, is an addict and prostitute, is verbally and physically abusive, and is grooming her daughter to follow in her footsteps. Apple knows the streets, alleys and motels like the back of her hand but wants more from her life. She possesses a tenacious, tough, indomitable spirit, and will not surrender to fate. Apple runs away from her mother and tracks down her father whom she has never known, as he was only 19 when he got Apple's mother pregnant. Apple begs her now Wall Street Broker father, Tom Fitzpatrick, to take her in.

Drama

Mr. Selfridge: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie  

Original UK Edition

PBS | 2013 | 462 min | Not rated | Apr 29, 2014 | Brian Orndorf

Much has changed since Selfridge's first opened its doors. Five years later, Europe is on the brink of war and London is enjoying one last defiant period of hedonism and decadence. Having rocked the retail world with his pioneering new store, Harry Selfridge now has his sights set on joining the establishment and rebuilding his family life. His desperate attempts to win back estranged wife Rose are hindered by her friendship with Delphine Day, the daring and extravagant owner of a fashionable London nightclub. Tensions are also running high on the shop floor as Agnes is back from Paris, chic and successful. Not everyone is thrilled by her newfound confidence and by the sudden reappearance of her old ally Henri Leclair, who has mysteriously returned from America.

Biography / Drama / Period

Mr. Jones Blu-ray Movie  

Karl Mueller

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2013 | 84 min | Rated PG-13 | May 06, 2014 | Martin Liebman

A young couple moves to the woods and soon finds their nightmares and reality colliding.

Drama / Horror / Thriller

The Andy Griffith Show: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 1960-1961 | 915 min | Not rated | May 06, 2014 | Martin Liebman

Widower Sheriff Andy and his son Opie live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry NC. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney.

Comedy / Family

Dead Shadows Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2012 | 76 min | Unrated | Apr 29, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Dead Shadows tells the terrifying story of Chris, whose parents were brutally killed 11 years ago, on a day that Halley's comet could be seen from Earth. Tonight, a new comet is appearing and everyone in Chris's building is getting ready for a party to celebrate the event. As the night falls, Chris discovers that people are starting to act strangely. They are becoming disoriented and violent and it doesn't take long before they begin to mutate into something far beyond recognition! In a fight for survival, Chris tries to escape from his building with the help of a gun-toting tenant...but will they make it out alive?

Horror / Sci-Fi

Chinese Zodiac Blu-ray Movie  

十二生肖 / Armour of God III: Chinese Zodiac / CZ12 / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2012 | 108 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 25, 2014 | Kenneth Brown

Jackie Chan returns as Asian Hawk, this time scouring the globe for the bronze head statues of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals, which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860.

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Martial arts / Foreign

Torque Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 2004 | 84 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 22, 2014 | Michael Reuben

Biker Cary Ford is framed by an old rival and biker gang leader for the murder of another gang member who happens to be the brother of Trey (Ice Cube), leader of the most feared biker gang in the country. Ford is now on the run trying to clear his name from the murder with Trey and his gang looking for his blood.

Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller

Devil's Due Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

20th Century Fox | 2014 | 89 min | Rated R | Apr 29, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

After a mysterious, lost night on their honeymoon, a newlywed couple finds themselves dealing with an earlier-than-planned pregnancy. While recording everything for posterity, the husband begins to notice odd behavior in his wife that they initially write off to nerves, but, as the months pass, it becomes evident that the dark changes to her body and mind have a much more sinister origin.

Horror / Thriller

Overlord Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1975 | 84 min | Not rated | May 13, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A twenty-year-old's journey from basic training to the front lines of D-day.

Drama / History / War

A Touch of Sin Blu-ray Movie  

天注定 / Tian zhu ding

Kino Lorber | 2013 | 133 min | Not rated | Apr 08, 2014 | Brian Orndorf

Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.

Crime / Drama / Foreign

Hit the Deck Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Archive Collection

Warner Bros. | 1955 | 112 min | Not rated | Apr 22, 2014 | Michael Reuben

Three sailors and three cuties flirt, squabble, run afoul of shore patrol and of course, fall in love to a hit parade of Vincent Youmans tunes.

Comedy / Musical / Romance

Labor Day Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2013 | 111 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 29, 2014 | Martin Liebman

Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.

Drama / Romance / Melodrama / Period / Coming of age

Bad Country Blu-ray Movie  

Whiskey Bay

Sony Pictures | 2014 | 104 min | Rated R | Apr 29, 2014 | Martin Liebman

Inspired by real events, 'Bad Country' (a.k.a. 'Whiskey Bay') is a Louisiana set crime drama. In 1983, veteran Baton Rouge detective Bud Carter infiltrates the most powerful criminal enterprise in the South. After taking down its top lieutenant and contract killer Jesse Weiland, the detective convinces him to become an informant. Jesse sets out to help bring down the entire organisation, including its architect, Lutin.

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Period

The Holy Man Blu-ray Movie    

Mahapurush

Artificial Eye | 1965 | 66 min | Not rated | Sep 09, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A retired lawyer meets a holy man Birinchi Baba and his assistant on his way back from a pilgrimage and is totally taken in by his supernatural life. The holy man is on first name terms with Buddha and all the gods of the Hindu pantheon. What the world calls 'Cruci-fiction' he calls 'Cruci-fact' because he has seen it with his own eyes! He even starts giving orations to an audience of the rich and famous at the lawyer's residence. The gullible lawyer decides to get his entire family initiated into the guru's fold including his unmarried younger daughter who is being courted by a young man. His group of intelligent and rationalist friends decide to take matters in their own hands and hatch a plot to expose the smooth-talking charlatan.

Comedy / Drama / Foreign

Cuticle Detective Inaba: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2013 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Apr 29, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Action / Anime / Comedy / Crime / Comic book / Foreign

WWE: The Best of Raw After the Show Blu-ray Movie  

WWE Studios | 2014 | 400 min | Not rated | Apr 22, 2014 | Martin Liebman

Your backstage pass for what happens when the cameras stop rolling! Monday Night Raw has delivered pulse-pounding excitement to TV sets worldwide for over 20 years. But what happens when those cameras keep rolling off the air Now, here's your front row ticket to the greatest action never-before-seen in The Best of Raw - After The Show. See WWE's most colourful personalities in rare hilarious improv and some good old fashioned fun wiht the WWE Universe, get the full WWE experience right in your own living room. Plus exclusive match footage shows Superstars in action long after the show's conclusion! Featuring The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan, John Cena, D-Generation X, Undertaker, Mr. McMahon, Ric Flair, Chris Jericho, Booker T and many more.

Sport

Chances Are Blu-ray Movie  

Image Entertainment | 1989 | 108 min | Rated PG | Apr 22, 2014 | Michael Reuben

Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex and Louie's daughter, Miranda, together.

Comedy / Fantasy / Romance

The Familiar of Zero: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2006 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Apr 08, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Action / Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Foreign