New Blu-ray Reviews

Ripper Street: Season Two Blu-ray Movie  

BBC | 2013 | 480 min | Not rated | Apr 15, 2014 | Michael Reuben

In 1890, the memory of Jack the Ripper fades, but the challenges facing H Division, the Whitechapel police precinct in the East End of London, are just as deadly.

Crime / Drama / Mystery

Ace in the Hole Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Criterion | 1951 | 111 min | Not rated | May 06, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A frustrated former big-city journalist, now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper, exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to re-jump start his career.

Drama / Film-Noir

Nature: Ireland's Wild River Blu-ray Movie  

PBS | 2014 | 53 min | Not rated | Apr 01, 2014 | Brian Orndorf

No synopsis for this title.

Biography / Documentary / Family / Nature / Other

Ranma ½: Set 1 Blu-ray Movie  

Special Edition

Viz Media | 1989 | 530 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 25, 2014 | Kenneth Brown

After taking a surprise dip in a cursed spring while on a training journey in China, martial artist Ranma Saotome and his father, Genma, aren't quite themselves anymore. Now, Ranma turns into a girl whenever he's splashed with cold water, and Genma turns into a panda! Their new forms cause nothing but confusion at the Tendo Dojo, where Soun Tendo is waiting to introduce one of his three daughters to Ranma -- as his fiancée! Turns out Genma and Soun arranged the match long ago, but the girl, Akane, and the boy, Ranma, aren't exactly crazy about the idea, or each other! Or are they?

Action / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Teen / Martial arts / Foreign

Rooster Cogburn Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 1975 | 108 min | Rated PG | Apr 01, 2014 | Brian Orndorf

John Wayne reprises his role as Rooster Cogburn, the eye-patched, whiskey-guzzling deputy marshall from True Grit. While on the trail of a gang of outlaws led by his old partner Hawk (a truly villainous Richard Jordan), Rooster teams up with bible-thumping missionary Eula Goodnight (Katherine Hepburn) to avenge the murder of her father by the gang. The chemistry between Wayne and Hepburn is palpable as barbs fly between the grumpy gunman and feisty missionary, and Strother Martin delivers a sparkling cameo.

Action / Western

Anger Management: Volume Three Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2013 | 528 min | Rated TV-14 | Apr 15, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Comedy

Alice Blu-ray Movie  

First Run Features | 1988 | 86 min | Not rated | Apr 15, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A memorably bizarre screen version of Lewis Carroll's novel 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', mixing one live actor (Alice) with a large variety of stop-motion animated creatures, ranging from the complex (the White Rabbit) to the incredibly simple (the Caterpillar, consisting of a sock, a couple of glass eyes and a pair of false teeth). The original story is followed reasonably faithfully, though those familiar with this director's other films won't be the least bit surprised by the numerous digressions into Svankmajer territory, living slabs of meat and all. As the opening narration says, it's a film made for children... perhaps?

Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Dark humor / Imaginary / Foreign / Surreal

Cocaine Cowboys: Reloaded Blu-ray Movie  

Magnolia Pictures | 2006 | 152 min | Rated R | Apr 08, 2014 | Michael Reuben

In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago - and it put the city on the map. "Cocaine Cowboys" is the true story of how Miami became the drug, murder and cash capital of the United States, told by the people who made it all happen.

Crime / Documentary

The White Storm Blu-ray Movie    

掃毒 | 2-Disc Limited Edition

Universe Laser & Video Co. | 2013 | 135 min | Rated IIB | Jan 29, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Tin, Chow and Wai met and bonded as kids and their friendship continued in police academy with their shared passion for law and justice. While Tin and Wai get into the Narcotics Bureau upon graduation, Chow is pre-selected to go undercover in one of the biggest drug trafficking triads in Hong Kong. Going deeper into the flourishing drug business, they track down drug lord Eight-Faced Buddha in Thailand and are forced to face a painful confrontation which only allows two of them to walk back out alive.

Action / Drama / Foreign

Garden State Blu-ray Movie  

20th Century Fox | 2004 | 102 min | Rated R | Mar 04, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Andrew Largeman is a semi-successful television actor who plays a retarded quarterback. His somewhat controlling and psychiatrist father has led Andrew ("Large") to believe that his mother's wheelchair bound life was his fault. Andrew decides to lay off the drugs that his father and his doctor made him believe that he needed, and began to see life for what it is. He began to feel the pain he had longed for, and began to have a genuine relationship with a girl who had some problems of her own.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

King Kong Escapes Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 1967 | 96 min | Rated G | Apr 01, 2014 | Kenneth Brown

A Colossal Battle Between Two King Kongs! It's King Kong to the rescue when a giant robot threatens to destroy Tokyo in the gripping King Kong Escapes! The action begins when the conniving Dr. Who builds a robot Kong in order to retrieve a highly radioactive element for his mysterious benefactor, Madame X. When the robot proves less than reliable, the devious duo scheme to kidnap the real Kong from his remote island home of Mondo. Interfering with their plans are the heroic trio of U.S. Cmdr. Carl Nelson, Lt. Jiro Nomura, and Kong's current crush, Lt. Susan Miller. It's up to them to outwit the greedy ape-nappers in this sci-fi adventure that takes Kong to unprecedented heights of excitement.

Adventure / Sci-Fi / Foreign

A Field in England Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Drafthouse Films | 2013 | 90 min | Not rated | Apr 08, 2014 | Michael Reuben

During the English Civil War, a group of deserters are captured by a mysterious alchemist named O'Neil, who forces them to search for a treasure that is believed to be hidden in a field. Feeding on the abundant mushrooms in the English countryside, they descend into psychological turmoil and begin to suspect that the treasure they have been seeking may be something else altogether.

Drama / Horror / Psychological thriller / Surreal / Period

Snake & Mongoo$e Blu-ray Movie  

Snake and Mongoose

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2013 | 102 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 08, 2014 | Martin Liebman

The true story of the greatest rivalry and friendship in drag racing history, between Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and his longtime friend and on-the-track nemesis Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen.

Drama / Sport

King Kong vs. Godzilla Blu-ray Movie  

キングコング対ゴジラ / Kingu Kongu tai Gojira

Universal Studios | 1963 | 91 min | Not rated | Apr 01, 2014 | Kenneth Brown

A UN reporter broadcasts a report on the appearance of a prehistoric monster that emerges from hibernation while a pharmaceutical company seeks publicity with a monster of their own.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy

Up the Junction Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1968 | 119 min | Rated R | Apr 29, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Based on Nell Dunn’s iconic tale of life in London’s swinging sixties, Up the Junction is a memorable slice of British cinema starring Suzy Kendall (Tales That Witness Madness) as Polly and Dennis Waterman (TV’s The Sweeney) as her hard-up boyfriend, Pete. The tale is of a bored, young party girl who decides to cast off her affluent Chelsea lifestyle to move to the industrialized ghetto of Battersea. In search of realism, Polly takes a factory job where she befriends sisters Rube (Adrienne Posta) and Sylvie (Maureen Lipman) and moves into a rundown apartment in the area. She soon discovers the seedier side of life in an impoverished world of crime, desperation and questionable morality–a side of life that everyone but Polly is desperately trying to leave behind. This beautiful and haunting film was directed by cult-filmmaker Peter Collinson (Innocent Bystanders, The Italian Job).

Drama

Möbius Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2013 | 103 min | Rated R | Apr 15, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In the high-stakes world of espionage, Russian FSB operative Gregory Lioubov (Jean Dujardin) will do whatever it takes to crack an international money-laundering operation, and American banker Alice (Cecile de France) is the key. The only problem is that Lioubov isn't the only one after Alice. Now Lioubov must find out whom he can trust and use everything he knows in order to get to the truth and bring down a powerful Russian oligarch.

Drama / Thriller

Couscous Blu-ray Movie    

The Secret of the Grain / La graine et le mulet

Artificial Eye | 2007 | 154 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Apr 14, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

When patriarch Slimane acts on his wish to open a portside restaurant specializing in his ex-wife's couscous and fish, the extended clan's passions and problems explode.

Drama / Foreign

WWE: Ultimate Warrior: The Ultimate Collection Blu-ray Movie  

WWE Studios | 2014 | 426 min | Rated TV-PG | Apr 01, 2014 | Martin Liebman

He is one of the most colorful and intense Superstars of all time, the Ultimate Warrior! Now for the first time ever, WWE honors his illustrious career with this ultimate collection of bone-crunching matches. Feel the power of the warrior over 3-discs, featuring battles against all his biggest rivals such as Hulk Hogan, Jake Roberts, Ravishing Rick Rude, Sgt. Slaughter and more! WWE fans have long awaited another Warrior DVD since the controversial release of 2005's The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior. Finally, with over 7 hours of matches from this larger than life Superstar, the action on this home entertainment release is truly OUT OF CONTROL!!

Sport

Nurse 3D Blu-ray Movie  

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

Lionsgate Films | 2013 | 84 min | Rated R | Apr 08, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

By day Abby Russell is a dedicated nurse, someone you wouldn't hesitate to trust your life with. But by night, her real work begins...using her smoldering sexuality she lures cheating men to their brutal deaths and exposes them for who they really are. When a younger nurse starts to suspect Abby's actions and compromises her master plan, Abby must find a way to outsmart her long enough to bring the cheater you'd least expect to justice.

Horror / Thriller

Funny Face Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1957 | 103 min | Not rated | Apr 08, 2014 | Michael Reuben

A fashion photographer (based on real-life cameraman Richard Avedon) turns a girl he finds working in a bookstore into a chic Paris model.<br><br>Filmed in VistaVision.

Comedy / Musical / Romance