New Blu-ray Reviews

Shadow Dancer Blu-ray Movie  

Magnolia Pictures | 2012 | 102 min | Rated R | Aug 20, 2013 | Michael Reuben

When a widowed mother is arrested in an aborted bomb plot she must make hard choices to protect her son in this heart-wrenching thriller.

Drama / Thriller

Wild Deep Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Millennium Media | 2013 | 167 min | Not rated | Jul 16, 2013 | Martin Liebman

A journey deep into the world's oceans.

Documentary / Nature

Perfect Mothers Blu-ray Movie    

Adore

Gaumont | 2013 | 111 min | Not rated | Aug 21, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Lil and Roz are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotions that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention.

Drama

The Life of Muhammad Blu-ray Movie  

PBS | 2010 | 180 min | Not rated | Aug 20, 2013 | Brian Orndorf

No synopsis for this title.

Documentary / History

Scary Movie 5 Blu-ray Movie  

Unrated / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2013 | 88 min | Unrated | Aug 20, 2013 | Martin Liebman

Happily-married couple Dan and Jody begin to notice some bizarre activity once they bring their newborn baby Aiden home from the hospital. But when the chaos expands into Jody's job as a ballet dancer and Dan's career as an Ape researcher, they realize their family is being stalked by a nefarious demon. Together, with the advice of certified experts and the aid of numerous cameras, they must figure out how to get rid of it before it's too late.

Comedy / Horror

Floating City Blu-ray Movie  

Fu Cheng

Well Go USA | 2012 | 104 min | Not rated | Aug 20, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In the early 1990s, Bo Wah Chuen, merely 40 years old, has already been promoted to the top management position of the British East India Company in Hong Kong, then a crown colony. Looking back over his beginning, he was raised in a poor, boat-dwelling family of Tanka fishermen - although he doesn't look anything like pure Chinese - and had not received proper education until he reached adulthood. Coming from such humble background, Chuen was met with a great deal of ridicule and discrimination due to class and racial biases. But through his own hard work, the lowly office assistant strove to climb up the ranks and eventually became the multinational trading giant's first ever Chinese taipan. Still, despite his extraordinary achievements, Chuen is confused where his root truly lies...

Drama / Foreign

La Cage aux Folles Blu-ray Movie  

Birds of a Feather

Criterion | 1978 | 97 min | Rated R | Sep 10, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Renato and Albin—a middle-aged gay couple who are the manager and star performer at a glitzy drag club in Saint-Tropez—agree to hide their sexual identities, along with their flamboyant personalities and home decor, when the ultraconservative parents of Renato's son's fiancée come for a visit.

Comedy / Foreign

The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2012-2013 | 688 min | Rated TV-MA | Aug 27, 2013 | Martin Liebman

The Walking Dead tells the story of the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse and follows a small group of survivors traveling across the United States in search of a new home away from the hordes of zombies. The group is led by Rick Grimes, who was a police officer in the old world. As their situation grows more and more grim, the group's desperation to survive pushes them to do almost anything to stay alive.

Drama / Horror / Thriller / Supernatural / Comic book / Melodrama

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + CD

Vinegar Syndrome | 1979 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 107 min | Not rated | Aug 13, 2013 | Brian Orndorf

An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and an young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.

Drama

Boardwalk Empire: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

HBO | 2012 | 679 min | Rated TV-MA | Aug 20, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.

Crime / Drama / Period

From Up on Poppy Hill Blu-ray Movie  

コクリコ坂から | Kokuriko-zaka Kara | Special Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

Cinedigm | 2011 | 91 min | Rated PG | Sep 03, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Umi Matsuzaka, the eldest sibling in a close-knit family of five, raises a pair of signal flags everyday at her seaside house in Yokohama Bay without fail in anticipation of the return of her father, who went missing in action during the Korean War. In school, Umi finds herself involved in a student movement seeking to prevent the demolition of an old club house. In the process, she falls in love with the newspaper club member Shun Kazama, only to find out that they might be related by blood.

Anime / Comedy / Drama / Family / Romance / Teen / Comic book / Foreign / Period

Rapture-Palooza Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2013 | 83 min | Rated R | Aug 20, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Two teens battle their way through a religious apocalypse on a mission to defeat the Antichrist.

Comedy

Hatchet III Blu-ray Movie  

MPI Media Group | 2013 | 81 min | Unrated | Aug 13, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

A search and recovery team heads into the haunted swamp to pick up the pieces and Marybeth learns the secret to ending the voodoo curse that has left Victor Crowley haunting and terrorizing Honey Island Swamp for decades.

Horror

Sneakers Blu-ray Movie    

Universal Studios | 1992 | 125 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | May 06, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A security pro finds his past returning to haunt him when he and his unique team are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item.

Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Heist

Evidence Blu-ray Movie  

Image Entertainment | 2013 | 94 min | Not rated | Aug 20, 2013 | Michael Reuben

Police arrive at an abandoned gas station following a brutal massacre. The only evidence at the crime scene is the victims’ personal electronic devices, including a camcorder, flip Cam, and two cell phones. With nothing else to go on, a detective must analyze the bits of "found footage" to piece together the identity of the killer.

Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

Shining Hearts: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Shiawase no Pan

Sentai Filmworks | 2012 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 13, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Over the years, many strange things have washed up on the shores of Windaria, a mysterious island where humans, elves and other beings all live in harmony. Rick, a former swordsman who runs the Le Coeur Bakery with his three beautiful coworkers Neris, Amil and Airy, knows this all too well, having been found on the beach with a profound case of amnesia himself. Perhaps that’s why Rick takes a quick interest in Kaguya, a girl who arrives in Windaria in a similar fashion. Whatever the reason, it soon becomes apparent that his skills with a sword may be required to protect the lovely castaway. For dark forces are on the move, the red moon is on the rise and a deathly wind is blowing into Windaria in the form of pirates, brigands and other strangers, all of whom seem to be seeking Kaguya.

Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Foreign

Schizoid Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 1980 | 89 min | Rated R | Aug 20, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Julie is an advice columnist for the city newspaper who begins to receive anonymous notes threatening murder and worse. At about the same time, female members of the group therapy session she attends are being stabbed, one by one, by an unknown assailant. Is there a connection? If so, why do the notes talk about murder with a gun, while the murder victims are being stabbed? At first, the police, her ex-husband, her therapist and her friends all assure her that the notes are probably unrelated, and hoax; but with time, it becomes apparent that someone close to her is responsible. Is it her therapist, Pieter, who has sex with his patients just before they are murdered? Or Pieter's daughter, who resents Julie for Julie's romantic involvement with Pieter? Is it Julie's ex-husband, who never really wanted their divorce? Or maybe Gilbert, the eccentric building maintenance man?

Horror / Mystery / Thriller

X-Ray / Schizoid Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1980-1982 | 2 Movies | 178 min | Rated R | Aug 20, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller

X-Ray Blu-ray Movie  

Hospital Massacre / Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 1982 | 89 min | Rated R | Aug 20, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Susan Jeremy goes to a local hospital for a routine examination. Once inside she discovers that someone doesn't want her to check out...unless it's in a body bag. A psychotic killer keeps her trapped inside the hospital, having fixed her x-rays to make it look like she has a terminal illness. Meanwhile, he brutally murders everyone she comes in contact with!

Horror / Thriller

Antiviral Blu-ray Movie  

IFC Films | 2012 | 108 min | Not rated | Aug 06, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

Syd March is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.

Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller