New Blu-ray Reviews

Nightmares Come at Night Blu-ray Movie  

Les cauchemars naissent la nuit

Redemption | 1970 | 85 min | Not rated | Aug 20, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

For years considered a lost Franco film (after having played at a single theater in Belgium), Nightmares Come at Night was rediscovered in 2004 and has been recognized as a key film in the evolution of Franco's cinema, which in 1970 was assuming a dreamlike logic, governed more by the director's libido than the traditional horror movie structure.

Adventure / Horror / Foreign

Barbie: Mariposa & the Fairy Princess Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2013 | 80 min | Rated G | Aug 27, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

Mariposa becomes the royal Ambassador of Flutterfield and is sent to bring peace between her fairy land and their rivals, the Crystal Fairies of Shimmervale. While Mariposa doesn't make a great first impression on their King, she becomes fast friends with his shy daughter, Princess Catania™. However, a misunderstanding causes Mariposa to be banished from the fairy land. As Mariposa and Zee return to Flutterfield, they encounter a dark fairy on her way to destroy Shimmervale. Mariposa rushes back and helps Princess Catania save her fairy land and together, the two girls prove that the best way to make a friend, is to be a friend.

Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy

The Tarnished Angels Blu-ray Movie    

Masters of Cinema

Eureka Entertainment | 1957 | 91 min | Rated BBFC: U | Aug 26, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Disillusioned World War I flying ace Roger Shumann (Robert Stack) spends his days during the Great Depression making appearances as a barnstorming pilot at rural airshows with his parachutist wife LaVerne (Dorothy Malone) and worshipful son Jack (Christopher Olsen) and mechanic Jiggs (Jack Carson) in tow.

Drama / Romance / Melodrama / Period

Dark Angel Blu-ray Movie  

I Come in Peace

Shout Factory | 1990 | 92 min | Rated R | Aug 27, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Houston cop Jack Caine is a not-by-the books police officer investigating the death of several people, including his partner, by a gang called the "White Boys." All the victims seemed to have died of drug overdoses, but Jack thinks that there is something more sinister afoot. His investigation reveals a plot by aliens who use the bodies to extract a chemical that is sold to addicts on their home planet.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi

Penny Serenade Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1941 | 119 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.

Drama / Romance

The Pick-Up Artist Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 1987 | 81 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 06, 2013 | Martin Liebman

Jack Jericho (Robert Downey Jr.) is a master in the art of meeting women, but the master has just met his match - the beautiful Randy Jensen (Molly Ringwald). In this hilarious, romantic comedy, a smug, compulsive womanizer who won't take no for an answer meets the woman of his dreams, only to find her impervious to his charm.

Comedy / Romance

Wing Commander Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 1999 | 100 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 06, 2013 | Martin Liebman

Blair, a fighter pilot, joins an interstellar war to fight the evil Kilrathi who are trying to destroy the universe.

Action / Sci-Fi

Shark Week: Fins of Fury Blu-ray Movie  

Gaiam | 2013 | 301 min | Rated TV-14 | Jul 16, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

Contains all episodes from the 2011 Season of Shark Week: Great White Invasion, Jaws Come Home, Rogue Sharks, Summer of the Shark, Killer Sharks, How Sharks Hunt and Shark City.

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 1977 | 74 min | Rated G | Aug 27, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

A collection of animated shorts based on the stories and characters by A. A. Milne.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Musical

The Coward Blu-ray Movie    

Kapurush

Artificial Eye | 1965 | 69 min | Rated BBFC: U | Aug 26, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Stranded in a small town when his car breaks down on a research trip, a screenwriter named Roy is shocked to discover that a girl he once loved is now married to the tea plantation owner who has offered to put him up. Recalling his inability to commit to her and the relationship's resultant breakdown, Roy attempts to make amends for the past but finds time hasn't healed the wounds.

Drama / Romance / Foreign

Guilty Crown Blu-ray Movie  

Part 1 Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

FUNimation Entertainment | 2011 | 250 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 27, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In the near future, a meteorite carrying a foreign virus crashes in Japan, leading to a devastating nation-wide infection and total anarchy. Several years later, Shu—a teen with a special ability awakened by the Apocalypse Virus—meets a strange girl who incites him to join the struggle against a government organization’s robotic forces and a secret society whose goal remains shrouded in mystery.

Action / Anime / Romance / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Flat Top Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1952 | 85 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

WWII melodrama at sea, with plenty of actual WWII camera footage, follows Sterling Hayden as told in flashback form at the outset of the Korean war. (also released as "Eagles of the Fleet")

Drama / War

Stranded Blu-ray Movie  

Image Entertainment | 2013 | 88 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2013 | Michael Reuben

Four isolated astronauts at an isolated mining station on the moon experience an alien intercession after a meteor storm.

Horror / Sci-Fi

Freaked Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 1993 | 80 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 06, 2013 | Martin Liebman

A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.

Comedy / Sci-Fi

Quest for Fire Blu-ray Movie    

La guerre du feu

Second Sight | 1981 | 100 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Aug 05, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

80,000 years ago, a primitive tribe desperately guards their most valuable possession - fire. After an attack from a neighboring tribe, the fire is put out. Lacking the knowledge to kindle their own flame, the tribe sets out on an epic journey across a prelapsarian wilderness to find another source of fire.

Adventure / Drama

The Painting Blu-ray Movie  

Le tableau | Special Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

Cinedigm | 2011 | 80 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A kingdom within a painting is divided into three castes: the Allduns, who have been completed by the Painter, dwell in sprawling mansions at the top; the Halfies, who have been left somewhat incomplete, are the commoners; and at the bottom are the barely outlined Sketchies, who are treated as outcasts and have been cast off into the cursed forest. Chastised for her forbidden love for the Alldun Ramo and shamed by her unadorned face, heartbroken Halfie Claire runs away into the cursed forest. Ramo and his friends journey after her, crossing over the boundaries of the forest, and arriving at the very edge of the painting, where they tumble through the canvas and into the Painter’s abandoned studio, strewn with paintings. As they explore painting after painting — each containing its own vividly animated world and characters — they come one step closer to understanding what the Painter had envisioned for them when he first put brush to canvas.

Animation / Fantasy / Foreign

Psycho II Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition

Shout Factory | 1983 | 113 min | Rated R | Sep 24, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Norman Bates is released from the mental institution and returns home. Then the grisly murders start up afresh. Has he returned to his old ways?

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller

Psycho III Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition

Shout Factory | 1986 | 93 min | Rated R | Sep 24, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

One month after the events of PSYCHO II, Norman is still running the Bates Motel along with "Mother". Things are going fine until Norman falls in love with a fallen nun, takes in a greedy drifter, a nosy reporter sticks her nose where it doesn't belong and a series of murders begins once again.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller

Prime Suspect: The Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Acorn Media | 1991-2006 | 7 Seasons | 1566 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2013 | Michael Reuben

Detective Jane Tennison rises through the ranks of Britain’s Metropolitan Police, solving horrific crimes while battling office sexism and her own demons.

Crime / Drama / Mystery

Prime Suspect 1 Blu-ray Movie  

Acorn Media | 1991 | 213 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Michael Reuben

DCI Tennison seizes the opportunity to head a murder investigation after years of being passed over by her male supervisors.

Crime / Drama / Mystery