New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- December 26, 2013
OniAi: Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2012 | 292 min | Rated TV-MA | Dec 31, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
After six years of living apart due to the death of their parents, the Himenok¨ji twins, Akito and Akiko, are finally reunited when Akito desires to live as a family once more. Although things are fine at first, Akiko begins to express her incestuous love for her older brother, who only sees her as his little sister.
Anime / Comedy / Romance / Erotic / Foreign
Dragon Ball Z: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie
FUNimation Entertainment | 1989-1990 | 945 min | Rated TV-PG | Dec 31, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Martial arts / Comic book / Foreign
Beyoncé: Life is But a Dream / Live in Atlantic City Blu-ray Movie
Columbia | 2013 | 2 Movies | 165 min | Not rated | Dec 17, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Life Is But a Dream is an intimate portrait of multifaceted, 17-time Grammy Award-winning global entertainer and businesswoman, Beyoncé. Culled from her personal archives, video diaries, and live performances the film marks a pivotal year in her life and career filled with changes and personal discoveries. Life Is But A Dream includes the full documentary plus Live In Atlantic City, featuring performances filmed over four consecutive nights at Revel Casino Hotel in May 2012, with never-before seen performances including “Flaws And All,” “Love On Top” and “Schoolin’ Life”.
Documentary / Music
Alien Uprising Blu-ray Movie
U.F.O.
Phase 4 Films | 2012 | 101 min | Rated R | Dec 17, 2013 | Martin Liebman
Friends get together for a night out in a bar. Life is wonderful as a couple share their proposal moment. When, suddenly strange things start to happen. Loss of power. Throughout the city. No phones, no lights, just darkness as the friends try to cope. Then an invasion from UFOs, big ones! The sky is darkened by the ships of the alien invaders. The takeover of planet Earth has begun as our the five friends struggle to survive amid the chaos and calamity. Will love survive the terror?
Sci-Fi
Mother Blu-ray Movie
Social Nightmare
Asylum | 2013 | 91 min | Not rated | Nov 12, 2013 | Martin Liebman
An A-student's life is turned upside-down when inappropriate status updates and photos appear on her online profile. Soon, she learns that even her life is in danger.
Drama / Mystery
- December 25, 2013
Death Rides a Horse Blu-ray Movie
Von Mann zu Mann | Special Edition | Da uomo a uomo / Blu-ray + DVD
Explosive Media | 1967 | 115 min | Rated FSK-16 | Nov 29, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
As a child, Bill witnesses the murder of his family by four robbers. Fifteen years later, he embarks on his revenge...
Action / Western / Foreign
Sword Art Online: Box Set IV Blu-ray Movie
Fairy Dance
Aniplex | 2012 | 150 min | Rated TV-14 | Nov 11, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Kirito and Leafa have finally reached Central Arun, the largest city in Alfheim by the foot of the World Tree. Kirito is determined to face the dangers of the Grand Quest to rescue Asuna. With the support of the Sylphs and the Cat Sídhes, Kirito will face the dangerous Grand Quest. Will Kirito save Asuna in time or will he be crushed by Oberon's evil plans?!
Action / Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Romance / Sci-Fi / Foreign
La Storia della Arcana Famiglia: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2012-2013 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Nov 26, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Action / Anime / Romance / Supernatural / Foreign
- December 24, 2013
Muppet Treasure Island & The Great Muppet Caper Blu-ray Movie
Of Pirates & Pigs Collection / Blu-ray + DVD
Disney / Buena Vista | 1981-1996 | 2 Movies | 198 min | Rated G | Dec 10, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Musical / Heist
Girls und Panzer: Complete TV Series Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2012-2013 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 03, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
You may have heard of kung fu, but the girls at Oarai Academy practice gun-fu - really, really BIG gun-fu, in fact. It's called Tankery, and it's the martial art of operating armored tanks! And even though the Tankery program at Oarai has been defunct for years, the student council has taken a sudden interest in the art and no one they set their sights on is safe.
Action / Anime / Comedy / Foreign
Insidious: Chapter 2 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2013 | 106 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 24, 2013 | Martin Liebman
A continuation of the 2010 horror hit about the fate of the Lambert family and their haunted house.
Horror / Thriller / Supernatural
Cinema Paradiso Blu-ray Movie
Nuovo cinema Paradiso | 25th Anniversary Edition | Remastered | Arrow Academy
Arrow | 1988 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 174 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Dec 16, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
Comedy / Drama / Foreign / Melodrama / Period / Coming of age
- December 23, 2013
BTOOOM!: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2012 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Dec 10, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Romance / Sci-Fi / Psychological thriller / Comic book / Foreign
The Great Muppet Caper Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Disney / Buena Vista | 1981 | 98 min | Rated G | No Release Date | Kenneth Brown
Kermit, Gonzo and Fozzie are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy.
Comedy / Family / Musical / Heist
Muppet Treasure Island Blu-ray Movie
Disney / Buena Vista | 1996 | 99 min | Rated G | No Release Date | Kenneth Brown
The Muppets' take on the Treasure Island story, as hosted by the Great Gonzo and Rizzo the Rat.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Musical
Throne of Blood Blu-ray Movie
蜘蛛巣城 / Kumonosu-jô / Blu-ray + DVD
Criterion | 1957 | 110 min | Not rated | Jan 07, 2014 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.
Drama / War / Foreign / Period
Standing Up Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Arc Entertainment | 2013 | 93 min | Rated PG | Aug 20, 2013 | Michael Reuben
Two kids are stripped naked and left together on an island in a lake - victims of a vicious summer camp prank. But rather than return to camp and face the humiliation, they decide to go on the run together.
Comedy / Drama
- December 22, 2013
Last Love Blu-ray Movie
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Image Entertainment | 2013 | 116 min | Not rated | Dec 31, 2013 | Michael Reuben
A look at the life-changing connection between a retired and widowed American philosophy professor and a young Parisian woman.
Comedy / Drama
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Blu-ray Movie
Herbert von Karajan
Universal Music | 1973 | 74 min | Not rated | Nov 19, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
Bates Motel: Season One Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2013 | 434 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 17, 2013 | Michael Reuben
A teenage Norman Bates and his mother Norma move to an old house overlooking the adjoining motel which they are renovating. The house and motel both come with secrets of their own as does the new town which the Bates family now calls home. A modern re-imagining and prequel to the movie Psycho (1960).
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Coming of age