New Blu-ray Reviews

Augustine Blu-ray Movie  

Music Box Films | 2012 | 102 min | Not rated | Sep 17, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A look at the relationship between pioneering 19th century French neurologist Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot and his star teenage patient, a kitchen maid who is left partially paralyzed after a seizure.

Drama

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1993 | 88 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Michael Reuben

Jason's evil spirit finds its way into a series of host bodies, thus continuing the carnage at Crystal Lake, where Jason confronts a long-lost sister.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural

Supernatural: The Complete Eighth Season Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2012-2013 | 989 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 10, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

Sam Winchester grew up hunting unearthly horrors. But now law school and a normal life beckon. That is, until Sam’s estranged brother Dean appears with troubling news: their father has disappeared, a man who’s hunted evil for 22 years. So to find their father, the brothers must hunt what he hunts... and Sam must return to the life he’d rather leave behind.

Action / Horror / Thriller / Dark humor / Supernatural

My Left Foot Blu-ray Movie    

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

ITV DVD | 1989 | 103 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | May 27, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The true story of the artist, writer and cerebral palsy sufferer Christy Brown, based on his own book. It recounts the many problems he faced growing up in his native Ireland, and charts the ways in which he developed the use of his left foot - the only limb over which he had any control - to achieve success as an artist. Oscars were won by Daniel Day-Lewis (playing the adult Brown) and Brenda Fricker (playing Brown's mother).

Biography / Drama

The Iceman Blu-ray Movie  

Millennium Media | 2012 | 105 min | Rated R | Sep 03, 2013 | Martin Liebman

Ariel Vromen directs this gritty biopic tracing the career of New York contract killer Richard Kuklinski (Michael Shannon). After convincing his Catholic wife Deborah Pellicotti (Winona Ryder) that he works for Disney when he in fact produces porn videos, Polish-American Kuklinski soon finds himself on the payroll of local mobster Roy Demeo (Ray Liotta) as an 'enforcer'. As he warms to his new role amidst the New Jersey underworld, despatching 'contracts' with clinical precision, a striking contrast begins to build between that of the outwardly devoted family man and the ruthlessly efficient, emotionless killer.

Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Psychological thriller

Riot Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1969 | 96 min | Not rated | Sep 17, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

They exploded the ugliest riot in prion history to cover their dangerous, desperate break for freedom.

Crime / Drama

An American Hippie in Israel Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

Grindhouse Releasing | 1972 | 93 min | Not rated | Sep 10, 2013 | Brian Orndorf

Incited by a disillusioned young man who has decided to flee from civilization, a group of 4 people go searching for freedom and happiness on an isolated island. When their boat goes astray and they are left without food, their animal instincts take over, bringing the film to its catastrophic end.

Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi

Friday the 13th: Part VII - The New Blood Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1988 | 88 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Michael Reuben

One of this season's happy campers at Crystal Lake has brought along a deadly secret. Tina Shepherd can see the future and levitate objects. Her doctor knows just how dangerous telekinesis can be, but now it's too late. Tina has accidentally unchained Jason from his watery grave, and the bloodbath is underway.

Horror / Thriller

South Park: The Complete Sixteenth Season Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 2012 | 308 min | Rated TV-MA | Sep 24, 2013 | Martin Liebman

All fourteen episodes from South Park's legendary 16th season are jam-packed into this exclusive three-disc DVD set and 2-disc Blu-ray set. Join Cartman, Kyle, Stan and Kenny as they hunt down the mythical Jewpacabra, 'sketti wrestle with reality stars, and go jackin' it in San Diego. Pile on never-before-seen deleted scenes and a healthy dose of cat breading, and you've got a box set that could just "raise the bar".

Animation / Comedy / Dark humor

The Atomic City Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1952 | 85 min | Not rated | Sep 17, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Nuclear physicist Frank Addison (Gene Barry, The War of the Worlds) and his wife are living every parent’s worst nightmare: their son Tommy has been kidnapped. The kidnapper’s ransom demands are the secrets behind the H-bomb! The desperate scramble to rescue Tommy unfolds at a rapid pace in The Atomic City… from the streets of Los Angeles to cliff dwelling of Santa Fe; the real-life locations provide the vivid backdrops for this taut and suspenseful thriller.

Drama / Thriller

Disconnect Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2012 | 115 min | Rated R | Sep 17, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. An estranged couple uses the internet as a means to escape from their lifeless marriage. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide in this compelling drama about ordinary people desperate for a human connection.

Drama / Thriller

Friday the 13th: Part VI - Jason Lives Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1986 | 87 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Michael Reuben

As a child, Tommy Jarvis killed mass murderer Jason Voorhees. Years later, he is tormented by the fear that Jason may not be dead. Determined to finish off the infamous killer once and for all, Tommy and a friend dig up Jason's corpse in order to cremate him. Unfortunately, things go seriously awry, and Jason is instead resurrected, sparking a new chain of ruthlessly brutal murders.

Horror

The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Sixth Season Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2012-2013 | 498 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 10, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, and Raj continue their trek for love and happiness.

Comedy / Romance

Europe '51 Blu-ray Movie  

Europa '51 / The Greatest Love / English and Italian Versions

Criterion | 1952 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 118 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Irene is a wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite consumed by guilt over the death of her son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life, she decides to devote her time and money to the city's poor. Her single-minded activism leads to conflicts with her husband and questions regarding her sanity.

Drama / Melodrama

World War Z Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2013 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 123 min | Unrated | Sep 17, 2013 | Martin Liebman

Former United Nations investigator travels the world trying to stop the outbreak of a deadly Zombie pandemic.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

World War Z 3D Blu-ray Movie  

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

Paramount Pictures | 2013 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 123 min | Unrated | Sep 17, 2013 | Martin Liebman

Former United Nations investigator travels the world trying to stop the outbreak of a deadly Zombie pandemic.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

The Fly Blu-ray Movie  

Fox Studio Classics

20th Century Fox | 1958 | 94 min | Not rated | Sep 10, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Scientist Andre Delambre becomes obsessed with his latest creation, a matter transporter. He has varying degrees of success with it. He eventually decides to use a human subject, himself, with tragic consequences. During the transference, his atoms become merged with a fly, which was accidentally let into the machine. He winds up with the fly's head and one of it's arms and the fly winds up with Andre's head and arm. Eventually, Andre's wife, Helene discovers his secret and must make a decision whether to let him continue to live like that or to do the unthinkable and euthanize him to end his suffering...

Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Friday the 13th: Part V - A New Beginning Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1985 | 92 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Michael Reuben

Young Tommy Jarvis may have escaped from Crystal Lake, but he's still haunted by the gruesome events that happened there. When gory murders start happening at the secluded halfway house for troubled teens where he now lives, it seems like his nightmarish nemesis, Jason Voorhees, is back for more sadistic slaughters.

Horror

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter Blu-ray Movie  

Friday the 13th: Part IV - The Final Chapter

Warner Bros. | 1984 | 91 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Michael Reuben

Hockey-masked Jason Voorhees is back, with a vengeance. Picking up directly where 'Part 3' left off, Jason leaves the hospital morgue and sets his sights on yet another group of young people near Crystal Lake.

Horror

The Office: Season Nine Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2012-2013 | 596 min | Rated TV-PG | Sep 03, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

Based on the popular British series of the same name, this faster-paced US version follows the daily interactions of a group of idiosyncratic office employees at paper company Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch via a documentary film crew's cameras.

Comedy / Dark humor