New Blu-ray Reviews

Oblivion Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2013 | 125 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 06, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

On a future Earth, civilization lives above the clouds. A soldier, assigned to extract Earth's remaining resources, starts to question himself and his mission.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic book

Men in Black Blu-ray Movie  

Mastered in 4K / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 1997 | 98 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 16, 2013 | Martin Liebman

A police officer joins a secret organization that polices and monitors extraterrestrial interactions on Earth.

Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi

Total Recall Blu-ray Movie  

Mastered in 4K / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2012 | 118 min | Rated PG-13 | May 14, 2013 | Martin Liebman

A factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led - goes wrong and he finds himself on the run.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Robin Hood Blu-ray Movie  

40th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 1973 | 84 min | Rated G | Aug 06, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

A long time ago, in a faraway land, legend tells an extraordinary tale of courage and friendship.... Get ready for swashbuckling adventure, unforgettable characters, memorable music, and lots of laughs in Disney's ROBIN HOOD. Heroic Robin Hood -- along with his trusted companion Little John and his devoted band of merry men -- conjures up one famously funny and daring deed after another to outfox greedy Prince John and bring happiness to the residents of Sherwood Forest.

Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Heist

The Sapphires Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2012 | 99 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 06, 2013 | Martin Liebman

The Sapphires is an inspirational tale set in the heady days of the late '60s about a quartet of young, talented singers from a remote Aboriginal mission, discovered and guided by a kind-hearted, soul-loving manager. Plucked from obscurity, the four spirited women with powerhouse voices - called The Sapphires - are given the opportunity to entertain American troops in Vietnam. Catapulted onto the world stage as Australia's answer to the Supremes, their journey of discovery offers them not only the chance to show off their musical skills, but find love and togetherness, experience loss and grow as women.

Comedy / Drama / Music / Musical / Romance / Period

God's Little Acre Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1958 | 118 min | Not rated | Jul 30, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A poor farmer is obsessed with finding gold on his land supposedly buried by his grandfather. To find it he conveniently moves a marker out of his way that designates the land on which it rests as as God's Little Acre, where anything that comes from the ground will go to God's work. Eventually he abducts an albino to help him find the gold. Meanwhile, his daughter-in-law is suspected of fooling around with a labor activist out of work since the mill closed, and a local political hopeful actively seeks his daughter's hand in marriage.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

That Touch of Mink Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1962 | 99 min | Not rated | Jul 30, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A rich businessman and a young woman are attracted to each other, but he only wants an affair while she wants to save her virginity for marriage.

Comedy / Romance

Bus Stop Blu-ray Movie  

Fox Studio Classics

20th Century Fox | 1956 | 94 min | Not rated | Jul 30, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

A naive but stubborn cowboy falls in love with a saloon singer and tries to take her away against her will to get married and live on his ranch in Montana.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

The Sword in the Stone Blu-ray Movie  

50th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 1963 | 80 min | Rated G | Aug 06, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

A boy named Arthur learns the power of love, kindness, knowledge and bravery with the help of a wizard named Merlin in order to become king.

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical

Home Run Blu-ray Movie  

Millennium Media | 2013 | 113 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 23, 2013 | Martin Liebman

Baseball all-star Cory Brand knows what it takes to win in the big leagues. But off the field, with memories of his past haunting him, his life is spiraling out of control. Hoping to save her client's career and reputation after a DUI and a team suspension, Cory's agent sends him back to the small town where he grew up to start a 12-step recovery program that focuses on Jesus.

Drama / Family / Sport

Action Jackson Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1988 | 96 min | Rated R | Aug 06, 2013 | Michael Reuben

Jericho "Action" Jackson is a Detroit police sergeant who was demoted from lieutenant for crossing Peter Dellaplane, a major car manufacturer but also a violent psychopath with a private hit squad. Jackson suspects Dellaplane of masterminding a murder spree against rivals and local officials from the auto workers' union.

Action / Comedy / Crime

Passenger 57 Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1992 | 84 min | Rated R | Aug 06, 2013 | Michael Reuben

An airline security expert must take action when he finds himself trapped on a passenger jet when terrorists seize control of it.

Action / Crime / Thriller / Martial arts

Cry Vengeance Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1954 | 82 min | Not rated | Jul 30, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Vic Barron (Mark Stevens), a former San Francisco detective is released from prison after three years for crimes he didn't commit. His wife and child were blown up in a car bomb meant for him, leaving him physically and emotionally scarred for life. he was framed as a dirty cop and lost his job. now he's out crying vengeance against all those responsible. After run-ins with his old partner, Lt. Pat Ryan (Don Haggerty) and mafia strong-arm, the psychotic Roxie Davis (Skip Homeier), the killer's trail leads him to the isolated and picturesque city of Ketchikan, Alaska, where he meets tavern owner Peggy Harding (Martha Hyer), who's fascinated by the soft-spoken, but volcanic Vic. Stylishly directed by the film's star Mark Stevens (Time Table).

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell Blu-ray Movie  

One Man Mutiny

Olive Films | 1955 | 100 min | Not rated | Jul 30, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The incomparable Gary Cooper portrays a controversial American hero in this electrifying true story of the most sensational military trial in U.S. history. It is the end of WWI—and the birth of aerial warfare. Though airplanes had only been used for reconnaissance, Brigadier General Billy Mitchell has foreseen their deadly power and importance in future combat as bombers and fighter planes. But his superiors in the Army Air Service are blind to his prophecy and when Mitchell begins to campaign to build an armed air force against their will, they brand him a traitor and summon him for court-martial. Although the Army attempts to cover up the trial, it becomes an explosive media event that explores the self-serving incompetence of the military and how one man’s vision can serve to shape history.

Drama

The Earrings of Madame de... Blu-ray Movie  

Madame de...

Criterion | 1953 | 100 min | Not rated | Aug 06, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

When a general's wife decides to secretly sell the diamond earrings he gave her on their wedding day to pay off a troubling debt, she inadvertently sets off a chain of events that results in a whirlwind affair with an Italian baron.

Drama / Romance / Foreign / Period

Fire Maidens of Outer Space Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1956 | 80 min | Not rated | Jul 30, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Outrageous epic about a group of astronauts who encounter a lost race of scantily clad women from Atlantis on the thirteenth moon of planet Jupiter. Of course, all the nubile young ladies are starved for male company and the Earthmen eagerly offer to help. But first they have to combat an indestructible hideous monster that has terrorized the lovely maidens. The film's camp highlight comes when the maidens perform an interpretive dance to the music of Alexander Borodin. Anthony Dexter, Susan Shaw, Paul Carpenter star in this camp classic. This is the uncut 80-minute version of the film, originally released at 73 minutes. Story, screenplay and direction by Cy Roth (Combat Squad, Air Strike).

Sci-Fi

Under the Bed Blu-ray Movie  

XLrator | 2012 | 87 min | Rated R | Jul 30, 2013 | Michael Reuben

Two brothers team up to battle a creature under the bed, in what is being described as a "suburban nightmare" tale.

Horror

Niagara Blu-ray Movie  

Fox Studio Classics

20th Century Fox | 1953 | 89 min | Not rated | Jul 30, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotten are an ill-suited couple staying in the cottage next to happy newlyweds Casey Adams and Jean Peters near Niagara Falls. While sightseeing, the newlyweds see Monroe kissing her young lover (Richard Allen) and hear them plot to kill her husband, making it look like suicide. When the latter goes missing, Monroe is asked to identify a body and discovers it's her lover. Her husband's vengeance threatens them all.

Film-Noir / Thriller

Shane Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1953 | 118 min | Not rated | Aug 13, 2013 | Michael Reuben

A mysterious drifter helps farmers fight off a vicious gunman.

Drama / Western

To Be or Not to Be Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1942 | 99 min | Not rated | Aug 27, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Comedy / Drama / War