New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- July 30, 2013
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
- July 29, 2013
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1984 | 137 min | Rated PG | Jul 16, 2013 | Michael Reuben
A shipwreck strands the heir to an English title and his wife in the wilds of 19th Century Africa, where the wife gives birth to a son. When both parents are killed, a female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him. Twenty years later, an explorer, Capt. Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man, who thinks he is an ape. Evidence left by the deceased parents reveals that the wild man is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, whom Capt. D'Arnot attempts to return to civilization.
Adventure / Drama / Romance
The Demented Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2013 | 92 min | Rated R | Jul 30, 2013 | Martin Liebman
Six college friends meet up for a carefree weekend that turns deadly. A terrorist attack in a nearby town infects much of the townspeople with a deadly virus that induces rabies-like symptoms, only far more severe. Several of those infected attack the estate where the friends have been vacationing. Can they survive? Where will they hide? Is anyone left? Will we ever get our fill of these flesh eating zombie fiends?
Horror / Sci-Fi
- July 28, 2013
Theorem Blu-ray Movie
Teorema / Blu-ray + DVD
BFI Video | 1968 | 98 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | May 27, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A mysterious stranger seduces the members of a wealthy Milanese family, precipitating an existential crisis in each of their lives.
Drama / Mystery / Foreign / Surreal
Black Rock Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2012 | 83 min | Not rated | Jul 30, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls' weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.
Horror / Thriller
Another: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2012 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Jul 30, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Mei Misaki was cute, athletic and one of the most popular girls in her school. Why should a little thing like death change that? Now, twenty-three years after Mei's mysterious demise, a new transfer student discovers that not only is his school's student body one corpse short of a full roster, but that some secrets never leave high school. And what's more, all of this may somehow be tied to his own family past. What is the secret and how does it all connect? And even if Kouichi does figure it out, will that knowledge help save him? As the school bells toll a deadly dirge and students begin to die, things that were never properly buried come back to haunt the high school of the damned
Anime / Horror / Mystery / Foreign
Massage Parlor Murders Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Vinegar Syndrome | 1973 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 81 min | Rated R | Apr 09, 2013 | Brian Orndorf
A deranged and ferocious killer terrorizes the red-light district of Times Square in New York City.
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Erotic
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1991 | 87 min | Rated TV-PG | Jul 30, 2013 | Martin Liebman
The U.S.S. Enterprise travels to the Klingon Empire, where Captain Picard is to attend the installation of Gowron, the new Leader of the High Council. En route, the starship is intercepted by the Klingon ship bearing Gowron, who informs Picard that the heirs to the Duras family is amassing a rebel faction, and plotting civil war against the Empire. Follow Picard and Lieutenant Worf as they fight to end a Klingon Civil War, and redeem Worf's family name. "Redemption" is another epic 2-part Star Trek: The Next Generation episode re-edited as a feature-length presentation which was the Season Four finale and Season Five premiere.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4 Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1990-1991 | 1180 min | Rated TV-PG | Jul 30, 2013 | Martin Liebman
Space... The final frontier... These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds... To seek out new life and new civilisations... To boldly go where no one has gone before!
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
- July 27, 2013
Save the Date Blu-ray Movie
IFC Films | 2012 | 97 min | Rated R | Jun 11, 2013 | Brian Orndorf
Sarah begins to confront her shortcomings after she rejects her boyfriend's hasty proposal and soon finds herself in a rebound romance. Meanwhile, her sister Beth is immersed in the details of her wedding.
Comedy / Drama
The Bronte Sisters Blu-ray Movie
Les soeurs Brontė
Cohen Media Group | 1979 | 120 min | Not rated | Jul 30, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In rural England in the 1840s, three sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, live a simple life with their brother, Branwell, and their father, the pastor Patrick Brontė. Although urged to find posts as governesses or private tutors, the four loyal siblings continue to nurture their artistic aspirations. Branwell's poems are beginning to interest other writers, and each of the three sisters has published a novel, but then tragedy, including disease and heartache, befalls them.
Biography / Drama / Foreign / Period
Mud Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2012 | 131 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 06, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarioshe killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper, who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone agree to help him. It isnt long until Muds visions come true and their small town is besieged by a beautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow.
Drama / Thriller / Teen / Coming of age
The Car Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 1977 | 96 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Jul 15, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A sleek, possessed black car terrorizes everyone it comes in contact with in a small town in Utah.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
- July 26, 2013
Pieta Blu-ray Movie
피에타 / Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Image Entertainment | 2012 | 104 min | Not rated | Jul 23, 2013 | Michael Reuben
A brutal man in the employ of a loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle when a mysterious woman appears claiming to be his long-lost mother. But, as his attachment to her grows, he begins to discover the gruesome and tragic secret that made her seek him out.
Crime / Drama / Foreign
My Little Pony Equestria Girls Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Shout Factory | 2013 | 73 min | Rated TV-Y | Aug 06, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
My Little Pony Equestria Girls is a brand new full-length feature introducing an exciting new dimension to the incredibly popular My Little Pony brand. When a crown is stolen from the Crystal Empire, Twilight Sparkle pursues the thief into an alternate world where she transforms into a teenage girl who must survive her biggest challenge yet... high school. With help from her new friends who remind her of Ponyville's Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy, she embarks upon a quest to find the crown and change the destiny of these two parallel worlds.
Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical
The Incredible Melting Man Blu-ray Movie
Shout Factory | 1977 | 84 min | Rated R | Jul 30, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An astronaut is transformed into a murderous gelatinous mass after returning from an ill-fated space voyage.
Horror / Sci-Fi
Trance Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2013 | 101 min | Rated R | Jul 23, 2013 | Casey Broadwater
When upmarket art auctioneer Simon double-crosses the gang responsible for the daring daylight robbery of a priceless painting by Goya, he incurs the wrath of the gang's violent leader, Franck. In the aftermath of a beating where he is knocked unconscious, Simon claims to be suffering from amnesia and is therefore unable to remember where the painting is, provoking Franck into hiring female hypnotist Elizabeth to find the answer. But as Elizabeth delves ever deeper into Simon's subconscious, the lines between fantasy and reality converge, threatening to consume all as a series of shocking events spiral violently out of control.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Surreal / Heist
- July 25, 2013
Wild Bill Blu-ray Movie
Cinedigm | 2011 | 93 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jul 16, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Out on parole after 8 years inside, Bill (Charlie Creed-Miles) returns home to find his now 11 and 15-year old sons, Jimmy (Sammy Williams) and Dean (Will Poulter) abandoned by their mother and fending for themselves. Dean reluctantly forces his Dad to stay, but when Jimmy finds himself in trouble with Bill's old drug-dealing mates, Bill has to decide what kind of Dad he really wants to be - a good one or a free one...
Drama
The Fog Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition
Shout Factory | 1980 | 90 min | Rated R | Jul 30, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone (Hal Holbrook) stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie (Adrienne Barbeau) witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth (Jamie Lee Curtis) discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.
Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Supernatural
The Devil's Backbone Blu-ray Movie
El espinazo del diablo
Criterion | 2001 | 108 min | Rated R | Jul 30, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, the film tells the tale of a twelve-year-old boy who, after his freedom-fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets.
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural / Foreign / Coming of age