New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- September 18, 2013
Scenic Route Blu-ray Movie
Vertical Entertainment | 2013 | 86 min | Rated R | Sep 17, 2013 | Michael Reuben
The relationship between two old friends is tested as they are stranded in the desert.
Drama / Thriller / Psychological thriller
In the Fog Blu-ray Movie
В тумане / V tumane
New Wave Films | 2012 | 127 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Aug 26, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Western frontiers of the USSR, 1942. The region is under German occupation. A man is wrongly accused of collaboration. Desperate to save his dignity, he faces impossible moral choice.
Drama / History / War / Foreign
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
1428 Films | 2013 | 400 min | Not rated | Sep 13, 2013 | Brian Orndorf
The most extensive documentary ever made on the 'Friday the 13th' film franchise with over 7 hours of interviews, clips and behind the scenes anecdotes from the stars and filmmakers.
Documentary / Horror
- September 17, 2013
Iron Man 3 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2013 | 131 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 24, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
Marvel's "Iron Man 3" pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Homeland: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 2012 | 629 min | Rated TV-MA | Sep 10, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Carrie Mathison, a brilliant but volatile CIA agent, suspects that a rescued U.S. POW may not be what he seems. Is Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody a war hero...or an Al Qaeda sleeper agent plotting a spectacular terrorist attack on U.S. soil? Following her instincts, Mathison will risk everything to uncover the truth - her reputation, her career and even her sanity. Packed with multiple layers and hidden clues, Season One offers something new every time you see it...watch carefully.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / War / Psychological thriller
Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Anaglyph 3D + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 1980-2009 | 12 Movies, 13 Cuts | 1118 min | Rated R | Sep 13, 2013 | Michael Reuben
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Supernatural
Halloween Blu-ray Movie
35th Anniversary Edition
Starz / Anchor Bay | 1978 | 91 min | Rated R | Sep 24, 2013 | Martin Liebman
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
Horror / Thriller
Autumn Sonata Blu-ray Movie
Höstsonaten
Criterion | 1978 | 94 min | Rated PG | Sep 17, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
After having neglected her children for many years, celebrated but icy concert pianist Charlotte visits her daughter Eva at her home. Over the course of a day and a long, painful night, the duo confront the bitter discord of their relationship.
Drama / Music / Foreign
Friday the 13th: Part VIII - Jason Takes Manhattan Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1989 | 100 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Michael Reuben
High school senior Rennie Wickham is in for the ride of her life—and possibly her death—when she and her classmates take a graduation cruise bound for New York City. Little do they know that crazed serial killer Jason is a stowaway who quickly transforms the teen-filled "love boat" celebration into the ultimate voyage of the damned.
Horror
- September 16, 2013
The Devil Bat Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1940 | 70 min | Not rated | Sep 17, 2013 | Casey Broadwater
Dr. Carruthers feels bitter at being betrayed by his employers, Heath and Morton, when they became rich as a result of a product he devised. He gains revenge by electrically enlarging bats and sending them out to kill his employers' family members by instilling in the bats a hatred for a particular perfume he has discovered, which he gets his victims to apply before going outdoors. Johnny Layton, a reporter, finally figures out Carruthers is the killer and, after putting the perfume on himself, douses it on Carruthers in the hopes it will get him to give himself away. One of the two is attacked as the giant bat makes one of its screaming, swooping power dives...
Horror / Sci-Fi
Drift Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2013 | 113 min | Rated R | Sep 17, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In the 70s two brothers battle killer waves, conservative society and ruthless bikers to kick-start the modern surf industry.
Drama / Sport
The Last Tycoon Blu-ray Movie
大上海 / Da Shang Hai
Well Go USA | 2012 | 119 min | Not rated | Sep 17, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
It was 1917, China. CHENG is an innocent young man who works in a grocery store and has no ambition, other than to be with his lovely neighbor, the Peking Opera student QIU. One fateful night changes Cheng's life forever, as he walks in on the affair that is happening between his female boss and the chief of police. To hide this secret, the chief decides to throw Cheng into prison, accusing him of raping his boss. Desolate, Cheng bonds with his cellmate MAO, w. Based on the true life crime boss Du Yuesheng who ruled the Shangai underworld with an iron fist through the 1920s and 30s and had close ties to KMT leader Chiang Kai-shek.
Action / Crime / Drama / Foreign / Period
- September 15, 2013
The Last American Virgin Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1982 | 93 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Sep 16, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The friendship of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs, and work is jeopardized by a romantic interest which may turn pals into bitter rivals. Originally intended to be the first in a series of "Last American..." movies (based on the popular Israeli "Lemon Popsicle" series which began with Lemon Popsicle).
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Teen
Day of the Dead Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition
Shout Factory | 1985 | 101 min | Unrated | Sep 17, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A small group of scientists and military personal are dwelling in an underground bunker in Florida, while flesh-eating horror walks the earth above.
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Jason X Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 2001 | 92 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Michael Reuben
Jason Voorhees returns with a new look, a new machete, and his same murderous attitude as he is awakened on a spaceship in the 25th century.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
L' Assassin habite... au 21 Blu-ray Movie
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
Gaumont | 1942 | 84 min | Rated U Tous publics | Sep 18, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Dapper Inspector Vorobechik (‘Wens’ for short) is assigned the case of a serial killer who leaves a calling card on his victims; Monsieur Durand. Wens’ mistress, struggling actress Mila Malou, determines to get publicity for herself by helping him. Learning that Durand is one of the eccentric tenants of a boarding house at No. 21 Avenue Junot, Wens takes a room in the guise of a Protestant minister; only to be followed by Mila who hardly seems like a minister’s wife! Suspects are arrested, but while each is in jail, there’s another murder…
Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Dark humor / Foreign
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Blu-ray Movie
Deluxe Edition | DC Universe Animated Original Movie #15 & 16 | Seamless Cut + Frank Miller Documentary / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2013 | 148 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 08, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing fifty-five-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl, but does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era? Seamless version of the 2 parts.
Action / Animation / Crime / Film-Noir / Comic book
- September 14, 2013
The Bling Ring Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2013 | 91 min | Rated R | Sep 17, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
THE BLING RING tells the story of a group of teenagers obsessed with fashion and celebrity that burglarize celebrities’ homes in Los Angeles. Tracking their targets’ whereabouts online, they break-in and steal their designer clothes and possessions. Reflecting on the naiveté of youth and the mistakes we all make when young, amplified by today’s culture of celebrity and luxury brand obsession, we see through the members of the Bling Ring temptations that almost any teenager would feel. What starts out as teenage fun spins out of control and leaves us with a sobering view of our culture today.
Biography / Crime / Drama / Teen / Dark humor / Heist
Behind the Candelabra Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
HBO | 2013 | 118 min | Rated TV-MA | Sep 17, 2013 | Michael Reuben
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
Biography / Drama / Romance
Neil Sedaka: The Show Goes On - Live at the Royal Albert Hall Blu-ray Movie
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2006 | 145 min | Rated G | Sep 10, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music