New Blu-ray Reviews

The Long Day Closes Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Criterion | 1992 | 86 min | Not rated | Jan 28, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A quiet, lonely boy growing up in Liverpool in the 1950s finds solace in the world of cinema.

Biography / Drama / Period / Coming of age

Treme: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray Movie  

HBO | 2013 | 312 min | Rated TV-MA | Jan 28, 2014 | Kenneth Brown

14 months have passed since Hurricane Katrina, but residents of the Crescent City are finding it harder than ever to rebuild their lives, much less hold on to their unique cultural identity. Some have become expatriates in distant cities. The insurance checks that never arrived for homeowners were followed by the bureaucratic nightmare that was the Road Home program, and a land-grab is underway as developers and disaster capitalists press their advantage. Crime and drug use are up, and corruption and graft are endemic, with civic institutions unable to counter any of it. And yet the culture of New Orleans somehow endures.

Drama / Music / Period

Best Man Down Blu-ray Movie  

Magnolia Pictures | 2013 | 90 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 21, 2014 | Michael Reuben

A newlywed couple cancels their honeymoon and returns to the snowy Midwest to make the funeral arrangements for their best man, who died unexpectedly after their ceremony.

Comedy / Drama

Murder on the Orient Express Blu-ray Movie    

Studio Canal | 1974 | 128 min | Jan 20, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Famous detective Hercule Poirot is on the Orient Express, but the train is caught in the snow. When one of the passengers is discovered murdered, Poirot immediately starts investigating.

Crime / Mystery / Period

Bad Milo! Blu-ray Movie  

Magnolia Pictures | 2013 | 84 min | Rated R | Jan 21, 2014 | Michael Reuben

A man discovers that his chronic stomach problems are due to the fact that he has a demon living in his colon.

Comedy / Horror / Dark humor

Khartoum Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT

Twilight Time | 1966 | 136 min | Not rated | Jan 22, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

After an Egyptian army, commanded by British officers, is destroyed in a battle in the Sudan in the 1880's, the British government is in a quandary. It does not want to commit a British military force to a foreign war but they have a commitment to protect the Egyptians in Khartoum. They decide to ask General Charles "Chinese" Gordon, something of a folk hero in the Sudan as he had cleared the area of the slave trade, to arrange for the evacuation. Gordon agrees but also decides to defend the city against the forces of the Mahdi - the expected one - and tries to force the British to commit troops. Filmed in Anamorphic 70mm.

Adventure / Drama / History / War

Fahrenheit 451 Blu-ray Movie    

Masterpieces of Cinema

Koch Media | 1966 | 112 min | Rated FSK-12 | Sep 13, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Brahms: Complete Symphonies / Discovering Brahms Blu-ray Movie  

Christian Thielemann

C MAJOR | 2013 | 193 min | Not rated | Jan 28, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music

The Universe in 3D: A Whole New Dimension Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray

Lionsgate Films | 2013 | 135 min | Rated PG | Jan 14, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The planets of our solar system have experienced epic catastrophes throughout their long history, from both outside forces and within. Come along as HISTORY investigates the violent events that profoundly shaped the planets, including Earth itself. If a manned flight to Mars was to crash land on "the Red Planet," what would the astronauts face in their fight for survival? And whilst the Earth may seem the most hospitable planet in the solar system, has this planet always appeared so placid? And will we ever truely ever understand our cosmos? Our experts explore the age old dichotomy of science and religion. Dynamically illustrated by spectacular NASA footage and cutting-edge CGI, THE UNIVERSE IN 3D, COLLECTION TWO tells the singular story of how our world came to be.

Documentary / Nature

Une si jolie petite plage Blu-ray Movie    

Such a Pretty Little Beach / Blu-ray + DVD

Pathe Distribution | 1949 | 90 min | Not rated | Dec 04, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

During the cold and rainy off-season a man arrives in a seaside town and, giving his name only as Pierre, checks into the only hotel which remains open. His arrival arouses curiosity and a degree of suspicion, as people note that he appears to know the area, yet gives no explanation for his presence at that bleak time of year in the dead-end town.

Drama / Film-Noir

Copper: Season Two Blu-ray Movie  

BBC | 2013 | 585 min | Not rated | Jan 07, 2014 | Michael Reuben

As Det. Kevin Corcoran seeks to rebuild his shattered life, President Abraham Lincoln's second term begins and the Civil War draws to a close. Meanwhile, Tammany Hall's ward boss, General Donovan, exerts increasing power over the daily affairs and the future of New York City's Five Points district.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Period

For Ever Mozart Blu-ray Movie  

Cohen Media Group | 1996 | 85 min | Not rated | Jan 07, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Jean-Luc Godard's densely packed rumination on the need to create order and beauty in a world ruled by chaos is divided into four distinct but tangentially related stories, including the attempts by a young group of idealists to stage a play in war-torn Sarajevo and an elderly director's efforts to complete his film.

Comedy / Drama / War / Foreign

Rush Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2013 | 123 min | Rated R | Jan 28, 2014 | Kenneth Brown

This dramatic portrayal of the intense 1970s rivalry between race drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt captures the contrasts between the two champions. While Hunt was a charming and handsome ladies' man, Lauda was a loner with a single goal: victory.

Action / Biography / Drama / Sport

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2013 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 92 min | Rated R | Jan 28, 2014 | Martin Liebman

86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companions, his 8 year-old Grandson Billy in "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa".

Comedy

Short Term 12 Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Cinedigm | 2013 | 97 min | Rated R | Jan 14, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A 20-something supervising staff member of a foster care facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.

Drama

Pride and Prejudice Blu-ray Movie  

Keepsake Edition

Lionsgate Films | 1995 | 322 min | Not rated | Jan 14, 2014 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Elizabeth Bennett, a spirited and independent young woman, is the subject of her mother’s obsessive goal to marry off her five daughters to the wealthiest gentlemen available. But Mrs Bennett’s plan is compromised with the arrival of the proud and enigmatic Mr Darcy, as he and Lizzie embark on one of the most famous romances in history. Based on the novel by Jane Austen.

Drama / Romance / Period

Bullet Ballet Blu-ray Movie    

バレット・バレエ / Barutto baree

Third Window Films | 1998 | 87 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Dec 30, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Goda returns home one night to find police cars and ambulances surrounding the entrance to his apartment building. When he gets upstairs he's told that his girlfriend, Kiriko, who he's been with for a decade, has committed suicide. If this wasn't devastating enough Goda also learns that she killed herself with a bullet to the head. With Japan having some of the strictest set of gun control laws in the world, not only is Goda left with the yawning, black "why" behind Kiriko's suicide, but also a whole other set of mysterious "hows", "wheres" and "whos". How did Kiriko get a handgun in the first place? From where? And most importantly from who? Goda goes on a quest into the gritty criminal underworld of Tokyo in order to answer these questions, and maybe inhabit the last days of Kiriko's life...

Crime / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Foreign

Many Wars Ago Blu-ray Movie  

Uomini contro

RaroVideo U.S. | 1970 | 101 min | Not rated | Jan 07, 2014 | Casey Broadwater

On the Italian/Austrian front during World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the decimated Italian troops.

Drama / War / Foreign

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2013 | 95 min | Rated PG | Jan 28, 2014 | Martin Liebman

Flint Lockwood now works at The Live Corp Company for his idol Chester V. But he's forced to leave his post when he learns that his most infamous machine is still operational and is churning out menacing food-animal hybrids.

Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D Blu-ray Movie  

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

Sony Pictures | 2013 | 95 min | Rated PG | Jan 28, 2014 | Martin Liebman

Flint Lockwood now works at The Live Corp Company for his idol Chester V. But he's forced to leave his post when he learns that his most infamous machine is still operational and is churning out menacing food-animal hybrids.

Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi