New Blu-ray Reviews

Two Men in Manhattan Blu-ray Movie  

Deux hommes dans Manhattan

Cohen Media Group | 1959 | 84 min | Not rated | Sep 17, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Nighttime New York in 1958 comes to moody, jazz-soaked life in this rarely seen noir from the great Jean-Pierre Melville, who cast himself as a journalist on an ethically fraught mission to track down a missing French diplomat.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller

The Jacket Blu-ray Movie    

ARP Sélection | 2005 | 103 min | Not rated | Aug 20, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

After recuperating from a gunshot wound to the head, Gulf War veteran Jack Starks returns to his native Vermont suffering from Amnesia. When he is accused of murdering a police officer and committed to a mental institution, a physician, Dr. Becker, puts him on a controversial treatment regimen in which Starks is injected with experimental drugs, confined in a straight-jacket, and locked for extended periods in the body drawer of the basement morgue. In his drugged and disoriented state, Starks’ mind propels him into the future, where he meets Jackie, and discovers that he is destined to die in four days. Together, they search for a way to save him from his fate.

Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Psychological thriller

Mulan: Rise of a Warrior Blu-ray Movie  

花木蘭 / Hua Mulan / Blu-ray + DVD

FUNimation Entertainment | 2009 | 114 min | Rated TV-MA | Sep 03, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The epic story of the Chinese girl-warrior, Mulan, who fights to defend her father.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / War / Martial arts / Foreign / Period

The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2012-2013 | 989 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 03, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

Senior year is finally here, and Elena should be having the time of her life. Instead, she faces her worst nightmare, struggling with the painful transformation from human to vampire. As Damon mentors Elena into a supernatural life, their repressed passions explode, causing Stefan to undertake a desperate quest to restore humanity to the girl he adores. But as Elena ruthlessly quenches her newfound thirst for blood, and her friends race to find a vampire cure based on clues inked onto Jeremy's flesh, the world around them falls prey to a host of sinister forces. Mystic Falls takes on vampire hunters, a hybrid rebellion and more in all 23 pulse-pounding Season Four episodes.

Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Romance / Thriller / Teen / Supernatural

The Doll Squad / Mission: Killfast Blu-ray Movie  

Vinegar Syndrome | 1973-1991 | 2 Movies | 187 min | Not rated | Sep 10, 2013 | Brian Orndorf

No synopsis for this title.

Action / Crime

The Talented Mr. Ripley Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1999 | 139 min | Rated R | Sep 10, 2013 | Michael Reuben

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder

Crime / Drama / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Period

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 1996 | 73 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 03, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The mad and evil scientist, Dr. Clayton Forrester, has created an evil little scheme that is bound to give him world global domination but first thing's first. He plans to torment Mike Nelson and the robots by sending them a real stinker of a film to watch called, "This Island Earth." He is convinced that this movie will drive them insane. And since the guys cannot control when the movie begins or ends, they are forced to witness the true horror that is this awful movie that has a lobster creature dressed in slacks. But will this be the ultimate cheese that breaks the boys' spirits? It's up to one test subject's quick wit, sharp sense of humor, and utter intolerance for cinematic garbage to foil the plans of the scientist and to save the Earth.

Comedy / Sci-Fi

Pawn Shop Chronicles Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2013 | 112 min | Rated R | Aug 27, 2013 | Martin Liebman

A missing wedding ring leads to a wild-goose chase involving meth addicts, skinheads and an Elvis impersonator.

Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama

Tsuritama: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2012 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 20, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

When Yuki Sanada ends up living in Enoshima with his grandmother, it’s just one more in a long line of transfers to a new school and new friends. Except Yuki doesn’t make friends easily, so he’s used to making do without any. All that’s about to change, however, when the other new transfer student arrives in class – complete with a rod and reel – and announces that he’s an alien. Now as he learns to fine art of fishing, Yuki finds himself drawn into a friendship with Haru the alien, moody Natsuki the Fishing Prince, and the mysterious Akira with his pet duck, Tapioca.

Anime / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Foreign

In the House Blu-ray Movie    

Dans la maison

Entertainment One | 2012 | 105 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jul 22, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Offbeat French drama from director François Ozon that explores the relationship between a literature student and the talented pupil whose gift for description he attempts to nurture. Germain (Fabrice Luchini) usually despairs about the quality of the creative writing his pupils produce so when he receives a piece from the previously unremarkable student Claude (Ernst Umhauer) that displays promise he is moved to pledge assistance to the boy. Complicating matters somewhat is the fact that Claude writes about the household of a friend whose mother (Emmanuelle Seigner) he has a crush on and whose mundane lives amuse him. As Germain offers Claude advice on how to improve the dramatic tension within his submissions, the line between fiction and reality begins to blur...

Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Dark humor / Psychological thriller / Foreign

Sinbad: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie  

BBC | 2012 | 450 min | Not rated | Sep 03, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

On the run from his home town of Basra after the death of his brother, the reckless but charming Sinbad finds himself cast out to sea, cursed to never spend more than a day and night on land. On board The Providence, stowaway Sinbad teams up with an intriguing band of travellers, including aloof Norwegian sailor Gunnar, lithe and agile jewel-thief Rina, haughty and aristocratic Nala, the eccentric odd-ball Cook and the ship’s cerebral doctor, Anwar. A terrible storm ensues and both Sinbad and his fellow ship-mates find themselves thrown together on a spellbinding voyage of discovery. Encountering magic, menace, mystery and monsters - Sinbad embarks on an epic and emotional quest to rid himself of the curse and to embrace his destiny…

Action / Adventure / Fantasy

Snake Eyes Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1998 | 98 min | Rated R | Sep 10, 2013 | Michael Reuben

A shady police detective finds himself in the middle of a murder conspiracy at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino.

Crime / Mystery / Thriller

The Lords of Salem Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2012 | 101 min | Rated R | Sep 03, 2013 | Martin Liebman

A local DJ plays a cursed record and unwittingly unleashes a coven of 300-year old witches who were secretly imprisoned and tortured during the Salem Witch Trials.

Horror / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Supernatural / Surreal

A Bay of Blood Blu-ray Movie  

Reazione a catena

Kino Lorber | 1971 | 84 min | Rated R | Sep 03, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

An elderly heiress is killed by her husband, that triggers a series of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign

Five Dolls for an August Moon Blu-ray Movie  

Island of Terror / 5 bambole per la luna d'agosto

Kino Lorber | 1970 | 78 min | Not rated | Sep 03, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

Five Dolls for an August Moon is Mario Bava's deliriously mad spin on an Agatha Christie-style whodunit. A space-age island retreat is visited by a group of friends and business associates—one of whom is a scientist who has invented a revolutionary chemical process. Soon the vacationers start dying, and the survivors begin to wonder who has the most to gain from these murders most foul.

Mystery / Thriller / Foreign

And Then There Were None Blu-ray Movie  

VCI | 1945 | 97 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Rene Clair's adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic. Ten people are invited to a distant mansion by a mysterious host. When the host fails to appear, they settle down to dinner and find themselves all accused of murder by a disembodied voice on a gramophone player. Then a guest turns up dead, then another, and another, and as the surviving accused struggle to discover which among their number is responsible for the killings, the corpses continue to surface with disarming regularity.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Sliver Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1993 | 106 min | Rated R | Sep 10, 2013 | Michael Reuben

Young publishing executive Carly takes an apartment in an exclusive "sliver" building in New York, only to learn that the previous tenant, who bore a great resemblance to Carly, died in a mysterious fall from the apartment balcony.

Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Erotic

Grimm: Season Two Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2012-2013 | 1007 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 17, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

In modern day Portland, Oregon, a police detective inherits the ability to see supernatural creatures.

Crime / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Supernatural

Titanic Blu-ray Movie  

Fox Studio Classics

20th Century Fox | 1953 | 98 min | Not rated | Jan 08, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Unhappily married and uncomfortable with life among the British upper crust, Julia Sturges takes her two children and boards the Titanic headed for the United States...

Drama / History / Romance

Only the Valiant Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1951 | 105 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A despised cavalry commander is unfairly blamed by his troop for the death of a popular officer and must redeem himself in front of his men during an Indian attack on the fort.

Adventure / Western