New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- April 21, 2014
Earthflight: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
BBC | 2011-2012 | 370 min | Not rated | Apr 08, 2014 | Kenneth Brown
Soar with countless birds across six continents and forty countries, and see the world from their point of view. David Tennant (Harry Potter, Doctor Who) narrates this exhilarating adventure, filmed over four years with help from camera-carrying birds, drones, paragliders, and remote-control microflight planes. Released under the 'BBC Earth' brand. Also re-aired on 'Nature' (Master ID: 1246511) as "A Nature Special Presentation" for 'Nature' episodes S32.E1-S32.E6.
Documentary / Nature / Foreign
- April 20, 2014
Like Someone in Love Blu-ray Movie
ライク・サムワン・イン・ラブ / Raiku samuwan in rabu / Blu-ray + DVD
Criterion | 2012 | 110 min | Not rated | May 20, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Akiko is a young woman living and studying in Tokyo who is also moonlighting as a prostitute to make ends meet. When she meets her latest client, the shy and timid old man Takashi, the two share a meal and the next morning Takashi takes Akiko to school. A run-in with Akiko's boyfriend, Noriaki, causes Takashi to lie and say he is her grandfather, inaugurating an unexpected relationship.
Drama / Foreign
Jeune & Jolie Blu-ray Movie
Young & Beautiful / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2013 | 93 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Mar 24, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
After losing her virginity, Isabelle takes up a secret life as a call girl, meeting her clients for hotel-room trysts. Throughout, she remains curiously aloof, showing little interest in the encounters themselves or the money she makes.
Drama / Foreign
Big Bad Wolves Blu-ray Movie
מי מפחד מהזאב הרע / Mi mefakhed mehaze'ev hara
Magnolia Pictures | 2013 | 110 min | Not rated | Apr 22, 2014 | Michael Reuben
A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.
Crime / Horror / Thriller / Dark humor / Foreign
- April 19, 2014
The Atom Egoyan Collection Blu-ray Movie
Next of Kin / Family Viewing / Speaking Parts / The Adjuster / Calendar / Exotica / The Sweet Hereafter
Artificial Eye | 1984-1997 | 7 Movies | 638 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Apr 14, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Collection of seven films from Canadian writer/director Atom Egoyan.
Comedy / Drama / Mystery
Sorcerer Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1977 | 122 min | Rated PG | Apr 22, 2014 | Michael Reuben
Four misfits from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting unstable dynamite across dangerous jungle.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Metro Manila Blu-ray Movie
Independent | 2013 | 114 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Mar 10, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Seeking a brighter future in megacity Manila, Oscar Ramirez and his family flee their impoverished life in the rice fields of the northern Philippines. But the sweltering capital's bustling intensity quickly overwhelms them, and they fall prey to the rampant manipulations of its hardened locals. Oscar catches a lucky break when he's offered steady work for an armored truck company and gregarious senior officer Ong takes him under his wing. Soon, though, the reality of his work's mortality rate and the murky motives of his new partner force Oscar to confront the perils he faces in his new job and life.
Action / Crime / Drama / Foreign
Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray Movie
Mastered in 4K / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2007 | 139 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 22, 2014 | Martin Liebman
Peter Parker has finally managed to strike a balance between his devotion to M.J. and his duties as a superhero. But there is a storm brewing on the horizon. When his suit suddenly changes, turning jet-black and enhancing his powers, it transforms Peter as well, bringing out the dark, vengeful side of his personality that he is struggling to control. Under the influence of the suit, Peter becomes overconfident and starts to neglect the people who care about him most. Forced to choose between the seductive power of the new suit and the compassionate hero he used to be, Peter must overcome his personal demons as two of the most-feared villains yet, Sandman and Venom, gather unparalleled power and a thirst for retribution to threaten Peter and everyone he loves.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic book
- April 18, 2014
Rock Star Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 2001 | 106 min | Rated R | Apr 15, 2014 | Michael Reuben
The lead singer of a heavy metal tribute band becomes the frontman of the group he idolizes.
Drama / Music / Period
Violent Saturday Blu-ray Movie
Eureka Classics / Blu-ray + DVD
Eureka Entertainment | 1955 | 90 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Apr 21, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Noir-melodrama hybrid pitting a trio of vicious bank robbers against a small Arizona mining town riddled with secret sins. Adulterers, alcoholics, voyeurs and thieves all find their fates hanging in the balance on one VIOLENT SATURDAY.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Melodrama / Heist
- April 17, 2014
Il Sorpasso Blu-ray Movie
The Easy Life / Blu-ray + DVD
Criterion | 1962 | 105 min | Not rated | Apr 29, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A waggish, freewheeling bachelor and a straitlaced law student take a madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany.
Comedy / Drama / Foreign
Broadway Danny Rose Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT
Twilight Time | 1984 | 84 min | Rated PG | Apr 08, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Saddled with piano-playing parrots, one-legged tap dancers and stuttering ventriloquists, Danny Rose (Allen) is the all-time loser of show-biz agents -- until a sudden nostalgia craze lands his top act, scheming crooner Lou Canova, a coveted gig at the Waldorf. But when Lou refuses to go on unless Danny escorts Lou's Mafia-moll mistress Tina (Farrow) to the concert, the stage is soon set for disaster. Taken with Tina, taken in by Lou, and even taken hostage by gangsters, Danny embarks on a hilarious and bittersweet adventure in his desperate bid to ensure that the show does go on...before it's curtains for more than his career!
Comedy / Romance / Dark humor
Confession of Murder Blu-ray Movie
Well Go USA | 2012 | 121 min | Not rated | Apr 15, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
After the statute of limitations expires, Lee Doo-seok publishes a book confessing to several gruesome murders. Detective Choi, whose fiancée was among the victims, believes Lee is a con-man but is determined to find out the truth.
Action / Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign
The Making of a Lady Blu-ray Movie
PBS | 2012 | 90 min | Not rated | Apr 15, 2014 | Brian Orndorf
1901:- Poor but intelligent Emily Fox Seton accepts a marriage proposal from the older Lord James Walderhurst,a widower pushed into providing an heir by his haughty aunt Maria,Emily's employer. It is an arrangement for them both - in James' case to stop the family home passing to James' cousin Alec Osborn and his Anglo-Indian wife Hester. However affection soon grows between them but James is posted to India with his regiment and the Osborns come to stay with Emily,telling her James sent them to look after her. But they have lied and Alec's alarming mood swings brought on by illness threatens Emily's pregnancy and drives the staff away. Soon Emily realises that the couple is up to no good.
Drama
- April 16, 2014
Switch Blu-ray Movie
Fu Chun Shan Ju Tu / Fuchun Mountains / Blu-ray + DVD
Giant Ape Media | 2013 | 112 min | Rated TV-MA | Apr 15, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Xiao Jinhan a.k.a. X, a secret agent tracking down one half of an ancient Chinese painting, which was stolen in transit from the Taipei National Museum. He's not the only person interested in the painting, however - bleached blonde Japanese crime boss Yamamoto, with a bevy of handmaidens/bodyguards who double as roller-blading nurses and Olympic gymnasts in their spare time, has put his main squeeze Lisa on the job. A crazy wheelchair-bound harpy of an old lady who demands to be known as 'The Empress' also pops by to stir the pot. To further complicate an already nonsensical plot, Xiao's wife Yuyan leads the security team tasked with keeping the painting safe.
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Martial arts / Foreign
Escape from Tomorrow Blu-ray Movie
Cinedigm | 2013 | 104 min | Not rated | Apr 29, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In a world of fake castles and anthropomorphic rodents, an epic battle begins when an unemployed father's sanity is challenged by a chance encounter with two underage girls on holiday.
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Horror
Murder on the Home Front Blu-ray Movie
PBS | 2013 | 93 min | Not rated | Apr 15, 2014 | Brian Orndorf
As the Luftwaffe drop their bombs, people below are literally getting away with murder. Dr. Lennox Collins (Patrick Kennedy) is a pathologist new to murder cases, obsessed with pursuing the truth through all means available. Molly Cooper (Tamzin Merchant) is not only the first secretary to a pathologist,she is the first woman allowed into a very male world. All Lennox knows is that she has a strong stomach, 60 words a minute, and a keen brain. When together they discover a serial killer at large under cover of the Blitz, Lennox has his work cut out convincing the police to have faith in his methods and theories.
Drama / History / Mystery / Thriller / War
Behind Enemy Lines: Seal Team 8 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2014 | 98 min | Rated R | Apr 01, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
On an unsanctioned mission in Africa, a covert team of U.S. Navy SEALs is sent to locate a secret mining operation and prevent the sale of weapons-grade uranium to international terrorists. The stakes are higher than ever-and so is the body count-as Seal Team Eight must fight their way through the treacherous Congo in order to secure the uranium, expose the unknown buyer, and defuse one of the greatest threats the world has ever known!
Action
Stan Lee's Mighty 7: Beginnings Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Cinedigm | 2014 | 66 min | Rated TV-PG | Apr 15, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When Stan stumbles upon seven aliens who have crash-landed in the desert, he soon finds himself swept up in their journey as a top-secret military force led by the ominous Mr. Cross and the evil reptilian Taegons close in on the group. He quickly moves them to his Malibu beach house, but in order to guarantee their survival, Stan must show the Mighty 7 how to develop their powers and become Earth’s newest team of superhero fighters.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Comic book
Angry Birds Toons: Season One - Volume Two Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2013 | 72 min | Rated TV-Y | Apr 15, 2014 | Martin Liebman
Welcome back to Piggy Island, where the Angry Birds' survival is at stake! Join Red, Chuck, Matilda, Bomb, the Blues and Terence as they continue to hatch up schemes to foil the sneaky Bad Piggies who plot to steal their eggs. Based on one of the most popular games in history, ANGRY BIRDS TOONS Season One - Volume Two brings back your favorite characters for 26 more fun-filled adventures. Will our heroes defeat the mischievous Piggies once and for all? Toon in and find out!
Animation