New Blu-ray Reviews

West of Memphis Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2012 | 147 min | Rated R | Aug 06, 2013 | Martin Liebman

An examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three.

Crime / Documentary / Drama

Family Viewing Blu-ray Movie    

Artificial Eye | 1987 | 86 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jun 24, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Van's father, Stan, is fond of video, always taping scenes of daily family life. But he does not take care of Van's grandmother, Armen. Although he could afford having her at home, she is spending her days watching TV in an old people's home. Van often visits her. He meets Aline, whose mother is in the next bed. Van wants to get his grandma out of the old people's home. Aline will help. Actually, Van, whose mother left, years ago, is looking for a real family life.

Drama

The King of the Streets Blu-ray Movie  

Well Go USA | 2012 | 98 min | Not rated | Aug 06, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Yue Feng is a young thug with exceptional streetfighting abilities. He will stop at nothing to defeat all challengers, until, in an tragic accident, he kills a fellow competitor and is sent to prison.

Action / Crime / Martial arts / Foreign

Zombie Massacre Blu-ray Movie  

Entertainment One | 2013 | 90 min | Not rated | Aug 06, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A bacteriological weapon developed by the US Government to create a super soldier - spreads an epidemic in a quiet little town in the middle of Eastern Europe. All citizens have been turned into infected zombies. The plan is to bring an atomic bomb into the city's nuclear plant to pretend a terrible accident occurred. No one has to know the truth. A team of mercenaries is hired to complete the mission. The battle is on. Hordes of monsters against the team. Who will survive?

Action / Horror / Sci-Fi

Fernando Di Leo: The Italian Crime Collection Vol. 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Shoot First Die Later/ Kidnap Syndicate/ Naked Violence | Il Polizziotto e’ Marcio / La città sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori / I ragazzi del massacro

RaroVideo U.S. | 1969-1975 | 3 Movies | 291 min | Not rated | Jul 30, 2013 | Brian Orndorf

No synopsis for this title.

Action / Crime / Drama / Foreign

Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2012 | 58 min | Not rated | Oct 02, 2012 | Kenneth Brown

Famous outlaw Robin Hood has been captured by the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. In addition, Robin Hood's true love, the fair Maid Marian, faces grave danger at the hands of the greedy Prince John. Can sworn adversaries Tom and Jerry set aside their differences long enough to save the day?

Animation / Comedy / Family / Musical

Big Top Scooby-Doo! Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2012 | 80 min | Not rated | Oct 09, 2012 | Kenneth Brown

Can Scooby and the gang save the greatest show on earth? Mystery, Inc.’s own Fred Jones has always dreamed of performing death-defying acrobatics under the big top. So when the Brancusi Circus comes to town, he leaps at the chance to check it out. The circus ringleader is desperate for the gang’s help. A werewolf has been terrorizing the performers and stealing jewelry from the audience members. Now it’s up to Scooby and the gang to solve this mystical mystery!

Animation / Family / Mystery / Supernatural

Eve of Destruction Blu-ray Movie  

Sonar Entertainment | 2013 | 177 min | Not rated | Jul 16, 2013 | Martin Liebman

When two scientists attempt to discover unlimited energy, their experiment is hijacked and sabotaged by eco-terrorists. The result is a dark energy black hole that could destroy the planet.

Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller

A Late Quartet Blu-ray Movie    

Curzon Film World | 2012 | 105 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jul 29, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Music-based drama directed by Yaron Zilberman in which a world-renowned string quartet from New York must come to grips with the thought of losing one of their members. After being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, Peter (Christopher Walken), the eldest of the group, expresses his wish to leave. As his departure threatens the future of the quartet, so does the breakdown of Robert (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Juliette (Catherine Keener)'s marriage. Tensions increase further when Robert becomes dissatisfied with his position as second violinist, while first violinist Daniel (Mark Ivanir) becomes involved with Alexandra (Imogen Poots), Robert and Juliette's much younger daughter.

Drama / Music

Eureka Seven AO: Part 1 Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

FUNimation Entertainment | 2009 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 13, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

For almost half a century, mankind has been at war with a mysterious entity known as the Eizo. It is the year 2054 and human-kind is on the brink of destruction. A select few are evacuated to colonization spaceships and the government is about to fire their doomsday device, the Hammer of God. In the middle of this war are two teenagers, Renton and Eureka; two childhood friends who were separated when Eureka was kidnapped by government forces eight years ago. Renton is now a soldier, piloting the Nirvash, aboard the Gekoo led by Holland Novak but the crew of the Gekko is actually rebels with their own mission. Renton and Eureka are now reunited and fate will test the young lovers as they fight the Eizo, government forces and even Holland. Their love will be the key to mankind's future and fulfilling their dreams.

Action / Adventure / Anime / Drama / Sci-Fi / Foreign

The Garden of Words Blu-ray Movie  

言の葉の庭 / Koto no Ha no Niwa

Sentai Filmworks | 2013 | 46 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 06, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

When Takao, a young high school student who dreams of becoming a shoe designer, decides to skip school one day in favor of sketching in a rainy garden, he has no idea how much his life will change when he encounters Yukino. Older, but perhaps not as much wiser, she seems adrift in the world. Despite the difference in their ages, they strike up an unusual relationship that unexpectedly continues and evolves, without planning, with random meetings that always occur in the same garden on each rainy day. But the rainy season is coming to a close, and there are so many things still left unsaid and undone between them.

Anime / Drama / Romance / Foreign

Quicksilver Blu-ray Movie  

Image Entertainment | 1986 | 106 min | Rated PG | Aug 06, 2013 | Michael Reuben

A former options trader takes a job as a bike messenger after incurring major losses in the market.

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Street Trash Blu-ray Movie  

Special Meltdown Edition

Synapse Films | 1987 | 101 min | Not rated | Jul 09, 2013 | Brian Orndorf

When a liquor store owner finds a case of "Viper" (a cheap wine) in his cellar, he decides to sell it to the local hobos at one dollar a bottle, unaware of its true properties. The drinks causes its consumers to melt, very messily. Two homeless lads find themselves up against the effects of the toxic brew, as well as going head to head with "Bronson", a deranged Vietnam veteran with sociopathic tendencies, and the owner of the junkyard they live in...

Horror / Dark humor

The Borgias: The Third Season Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 2013 | 506 min | Rated TV-MA | Aug 06, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

The saga of a crime family in the Vatican in 1492 Italy

Crime / Drama / History / Epic / Period

Oliver & Company Blu-ray Movie  

25th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

Disney / Buena Vista | 1988 | 74 min | Rated G | Aug 06, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

This contemporary re-telling of Charles Dickens' classic story follows the misadventures of an orphaned kitten who is taken in by a pack of pickpocket dogs, headed by Dodger, the coolest quadruped in Manhattan and their human master, Fagin. When a little girl from Fifth Avenue finds Oliver and takes him uptown to live among the swells, Fagin's evil boss, Sykes steps in and kidnaps the pair. His nasty plan to keep Oliver from having his customary nine lives is foiled however, when the ransomed kitty's "Bow-wow-wow"-ery buddies decide to use their street savoir faire in order to rescue their feline friend!

Animation / Comedy / Family / Musical

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Blu-ray Movie  

DC Universe Animated Original Movie #18 / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2013 | 81 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 30, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

Flash traverses time to right a violent, decades-past crime against his mother, but the ripples of his good intentions prove disastrous, as a fractured, alternate reality now exists in place of the familiar one. Stumbling through this twisted reality where even Superman is nowhere to be found, The Flash seeks the trusted wisdom of Batman, only to find a grittier, more violent Dark Knight in his place. Together with the help of Cyborg, they race to restore the continuity of Flash's original timeline while this new world is ravaged by a fierce war between Wonder Woman's Amazons and the Atlanteans, led by a battle hardened Aquaman.

Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book

Swamp Thing Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 1982 | 91 min | Rated PG | Aug 06, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Deep in the Florida Everglades, a brilliant scientist, Dr. Alec Holland, and a sexy government agent, Alice Cable, have developed a secret formula that could end world hunger. Little do they know, however, that their arch nemesis, Arcane, is plotting to steal the serum for his own selfish schemes. Looting the lab and kidnapping Cable, Arcane douses Holland with the chemicals and leaves him for dead. Mutated by his own formula, Holland becomes "Swamp Thing" — a half-human/half-plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue Cable and defeat Arcane...even if it costs him his life!

Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Comic book

Le Pont du Nord Blu-ray Movie    

Masters of Cinema

Eureka Entertainment | 1981 | 129 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Jul 29, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Marie is a claustrophobic ex-con who, shortly after wandering into Paris, encounters the wild and potentially troubled young woman Baptiste. Baptiste accompanies Marie on her quest to solve the mystery behind the contents of her former lover's suitcase.

Comedy / Drama / Foreign

Banshee: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

HBO | 2013 | 513 min | Rated TV-MA | Jul 30, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

From the creator of 'True Blood,' 'Banshee' centers on Lucas Hood, an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pennsylvania, where he continues his criminal activities, even as he’s hunted by the shadowy gangsters he betrayed years earlier.

Crime / Drama / Mystery

Eddie, the Sleepwalking Cannibal Blu-ray Movie  

Music Box Films | 2011 | 83 min | Unrated | Aug 06, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Lars Olafssen, once a young celebrity in the art world is slipping away fast into the land of has-beens. His long-time art dealer, Ronny, is now an ungracefully aging hipster who desperately wants his meal ticket back. But Lars refuses to paint. His creativity comes at too high a cost - his inspiration is carnage - blood, guts and limbs. Not surprisingly, this lead to a dreadful breakdown in the past. Nevertheless, an eager Ronny arranges a teaching job for Lars at an art school in Koda Lake, a small Canadian town in the middle of nowhere. It's a "therapeutic" measure for Lars - a means to conquer his need to paint in the "safety" of a country retreat... That is, until Eddie comes into his life.

Comedy / Horror