New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- November 01, 2013
Byzantium Blu-ray Movie
IFC Films | 2012 | 118 min | Rated R | Oct 29, 2013 | Casey Broadwater
In director Neil Jordan's vampire thriller a mother and daughter struggle to hide their bloody secret from their adopted community. Having survived for over 200 years, itinerant single mother Clara (Gemma Arterton) and her daughter Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan) are offered shelter at the down-at-heel Byzantium guest house when they arrive at a rundown seaside resort. Whilst her cold-hearted mother plies her trade as a prostitute to keep their heads above water and indulges her bloodletting at any opportunity, Eleanor wrestles with keeping her secret from her latest love, Frank (Caleb Landry Jones). But when the truth finally spreads its way through the local population, the arrival of two strangers belonging to an all-male vampire sect known as 'The Brotherhood' heralds a reckoning neither woman is prepared for.
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Supernatural / Erotic
Passion Blu-ray Movie
Entertainment One | 2012 | 101 min | Rated R | Nov 05, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A young businesswoman plots a murderous revenge after her boss and mentor steals her idea.
Thriller / Psychological thriller / Erotic
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie Blu-ray Movie
1976 and 1978 Versions
Criterion | 1976 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 134 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Gentleman's club owner Cosmo Vitelli is desperately committed to maintaining a facade of suave gentility despite the seediness of his environment and his own unhealthy appetites. When he runs afoul of loan sharks, Cosmo must carry out a terrible crime or lose his way of life.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir
- October 31, 2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Blu-ray Movie
Extended Edition / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2012 | 182 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 05, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
A curious Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, journeys to the Lonely Mountain with a vigorous group of Dwarves to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Epic
The Bishop's Wife Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1947 | 109 min | Not rated | Nov 05, 2013 | Michael Reuben
At Christmas, an angel named Dudley comes to Earth to help Bishop Henry Brougham, whose fundraising efforts to build a cathedral have estranged him from his wife and parishioners.
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Holiday
Beauty of the Devil Blu-ray Movie
La beauté du diable
Cohen Media Group | 1950 | 96 min | Not rated | Oct 29, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Professor Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as an alchemist in a circa-1700 university, despairs at still knowing nothing of the true secrets of nature... whereupon his old acquaintance Mephistopheles, servant of Lucifer, appears and grants him youth and a new life. But with youth, Faust's interest is diverted from science to women. And Mephistopheles, who has taken on the guise of the elderly Faust that was, sets many snares for his young friend's slippery soul...
Drama
Jack Irish: Series 1 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Acorn Media | 2012 | 202 min | Not rated | Oct 01, 2013 | Michael Reuben
A former criminal lawyer is getting his life back together and now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, drinker and finding those who don't want to be found - dead or alive.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery
- October 30, 2013
Cars 3D Blu-ray Movie
Ultimate Collector's Edition / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2006 | 116 min | Rated G | Oct 29, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
A high-octane adventure comedy that shows life is about the journey, not the finish line. Hotshot rookie race car Lightning McQueen is living life in the fast lane until he hits a detour on his way to the most important race of his life. Stranded in Radiator Springs, a forgotten town on the old Route 66, he meets Sally, Mater, Doc Hudson, and a variety of quirky characters who help him discover that there’s more to life than trophies and fame. Cars is full of freewheeling fun for everyone.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family
Calendar Blu-ray Movie
Artificial Eye | 1993 | 73 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Aug 26, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A photographer and his wife travel to Armenia to photograph churches for use in a calendar, employing a native speaking driver to escort them around the country.
Drama
Girl Most Likely Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2013 | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 05, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
After staging an unsuccessful suicide to get her boyfriend's attention, a struggling playwright moves back home to live with her mother, her mother's boyfriend and a handsome lodger who sings with a Backstreet Boys cover band.
Comedy
Magic City: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2013 | 411 min | Rated TV-MA | Nov 05, 2013 | Martin Liebman
Ike Evans risks everything in a life and death battle to rid his Miramar Playa Hotel of the mob and Ben “The Butcher” Diamond. Ike’s dangerous plan to defeat Ben takes Ike from Havana’s glamorous casinos to dealings with a new devil – Ben’s boss in the Chicago Outfit. Ike’s wife Vera gets a second chance at her former dancing glory, while sons Stevie and Danny drift farther from Ike – Stevie toward the power and rewards of Ben’s dark world, Danny into the moral righteousness of State’s Attorney Jack Klein. Changes in Castro’s Cuba ripple to the shores of Miami Beach, and a new world order begins to tear the Evans family apart. Even if Ike’s long-shot gamble to take back his hotel succeeds, will the price of victory be too high?
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Period
Blackfish Blu-ray Movie
Magnolia Pictures | 2013 | 83 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 12, 2013 | Michael Reuben
In 2010, captive killer whale Tilikum killed his trainer Dawn Brancheau in front of horrified onlookers at the SeaWorld park in Orlando, Florida. SeaWorld was subsequently sued by OSHA, resulting in a court ruling that required it to change its practices regarding trainers. This documentary explores the history of SeaWorld's popular killer whale shows through archival footage and interviews with former trainers and park staff, uncovering startling facts behind Dawn Branchaeu's death, including other trainers killed by the same whale.
Documentary / Drama
- October 29, 2013
Move Me Brightly: Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday Blu-ray Movie
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2012 | 129 min | Not rated | Oct 29, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
Springsteen & I Blu-ray Movie
Bruce Springsteen
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2013 | 124 min | Not rated | Oct 29, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A documentary project on Bruce Springsteen made by the people and for the people.
Documentary / Music
R.I.P.D. 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2013 | 96 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 29, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.
Action / Comedy / Crime / Fantasy / Supernatural / Comic book
Notting Hill Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1999 | 124 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 15, 2013 | Brian Orndorf
The life of a simple bookshop owner changes when he meets the most famous film star in the world.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
My Name Is Nobody Blu-ray Movie
Il mio nome è Nessuno | Mi Nombre es Ninguno | 40th Anniversary Edition
Image Entertainment | 1973 | 116 min | Rated PG | Nov 05, 2013 | Michael Reuben
Jack Beauregard, once the greatest gunslinger of the Old West, only wants to move to Europe and retire in peace. But a young gunfighter, known only as "Nobody", idolizes him and wants to see him go out in a blaze of glory. He arranges for Jack to face the 150-man gang known as The Wild Bunch and earn his place in history.
Comedy / Western / Foreign
Thérèse Desqueyroux Blu-ray Movie
Thérèse
Artificial Eye | 2012 | 110 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Sep 09, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Bourgeois family drama starring Audrey Tautou as the eponymous anti-heroine. Two of the richest families in the Bordeaux area are to be united with the marriage of Therese to nearby land owner Bernard. Initially Therese looks forward to the future they will share and is hopeful about raising a family with her new husband, but it isn't long before her happiness turns to restlessness when she learns of his casual anti-semitism and deeply ingrained chauvinism. Fed up with her limited bourgeois life, Therese longs to move to Paris where a more liberated and decadent lifestyle awaits in contrast to the intellectually stifling one she has at present. Taking drastic measures to ensure her escape, she attempts to poison her husband by increasing his medication, only to be caught and then forced to live in isolation on the estate to protect the family's name and reputation...
Drama / Foreign / Period
- October 28, 2013
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year Blu-ray Movie
Gift of Friendship Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2002 | 64 min | Rated G | Nov 05, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
This is a combination of the 1991 Christmas TV special "Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too" and the addition of "Happy Pooh Year."
Animation / Comedy / Family / Holiday
Intolerance Blu-ray Movie
Intolerance / The Mother and the Law / The Fall of Babylon
Cohen Media Group | 1916 | 1 Movie, 3 Cuts | 168 min | Not rated | Nov 05, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Four separate stories are interwoven: the fall of Babylon, the death of Christ, the massacre of the Huguenots, and a contemporary drama, all crosscut and building with enormous energy to a thrilling chase and finale. Through the juxtaposition of these well known sagas, Griffith joyously makes clear his markedly deterministic view of history, namely that the suffering of the innocents makes possible the salvation of the current generation, symbolized by the boy in the modern love story.
Drama / History