New Blu-ray Reviews

The Gatekeepers Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2012 | 101 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 09, 2013 | Martin Liebman

Charged with overseeing Israel’s war on terror-both Palestinian and Jewish- the head of the Shin Bet, Israel’s secret service is present at the crossroad of every decision made. For the first time ever six former heads of the agency agreed to share their insights and reflect publicly on their actions and decisions. The Gatekeepers offers an exclusive account of the sum of their success and failures. It validates the reasons that each man individually and the six as a group came to reconsider their hard-line positions and advocate a conciliatory approach toward their enemies based on a two-state solution.

Documentary

Boy Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 2010 | 90 min | Not rated | Jul 09, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

It's 1984, and Michael Jackson is king-even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for a week, Boy's father, Alamein, appears out of the blue. Having imagined a heroic version of his father during his absence, Boy comes face to face with the real version-an incompetent hoodlum who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years before

Comedy / Drama

Broken Blu-ray Movie    

Studio Canal | 2012 | 91 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jul 08, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

An eleven-year-old girl finds herself exposed to the inequities of life in this rite-of-passage drama directed by Rufus Norris. With her mother having left the family home, Skunk (Eloise Lawrence) now lives in suburbia with her kind-hearted father Archie (Tim Roth), her brother Jed (Bill Milner) and Polish au pair Kasia (Zana Marjanovic). In spite of being a diabetic, Skunk refuses to be hamstrung by the disease and always approaches life with a smile on her face. But that all changes when she witnesses a violent attack on her neighbours' simple-minded son Rick (Robert Emms) by fellow neighbour Mr. Oswald (Rory Kinnear), who believes, wrongly, that he has raped one of his daughters.

Drama / Coming of age

Cohen & Tate Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1988 | 86 min | Rated R | Jul 09, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A boy kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen puts them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an older professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a brutish killer, when their prisoner uses unnatural guile and resourcefulness to play them off against each other.

Thriller

Lord of the Flies Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1963 | 91 min | Not rated | Jul 16, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Amidst a nuclear war, a plane carrying a group of schoolboys crash lands on a deserted island. With no adult survivors, the boys are forced to fend for themselves. At first they cooperate, but when they split into two separate camps — one led by the pragmatic Ralph and the other by militaristic Jack — their society falls into disarray.

Adventure / Drama / Thriller / Coming of age

Masquerade Blu-ray Movie  

Gwanghae, Wangyidoen namja

CJ Entertainment | 2012 | 132 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 11, 2013 | Michael Reuben

The 15th ruler of Korea's Joseon Dynasty, King Gwang-hae, orders his councilor, Heo Gyun, to find him a double to shield him from the constant threat of assassination. Heo Gyun finds Ha-sun, a bawdy comedian who looks remarkably like the king. When Gwang-hae is incapacitated, Heo Gyun has Ha-sun pretend to be the king until Gwang-hae recovers. But soon Ha-sun begins to see his "act" as an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of ordinary people.

Drama / History / Foreign / Period

Space Warriors Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Arc Entertainment | 2013 | 90 min | Rated PG | Apr 26, 2013 | Michael Reuben

Six highly skilled teenagers are handpicked to be part of a summer space camp competition at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. As the competition heats up, the kids have no idea that their ultimate challenge will be to solve a dangerous crisis aboard the International Space Station as the world anxiously watches.

Adventure / Family

Return to Nim's Island Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Arc Entertainment | 2013 | 90 min | Rated PG | Mar 19, 2013 | Michael Reuben

When Jack and Nim learn that the Buccaneer Resort Company has plans to purchase Nim's Island, Jack heads to Brisbane to convince the powers that be that the island is worth preserving while Nim insists on staying behind to try another way to save the island - by proving that at least three endangered species live there.

Adventure / Family / Coming of age

That Evening Sun Blu-ray Movie  

Image Entertainment | 2009 | 109 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 07, 2010 | Michael Reuben

An 80-year-old Tennessee farmer, Abner Meecham, leaves the retirement home where he's been living and returns to his farm–only to find it's been leased by his son to Lonzo Choat and his family. When Abner sets out to reclaim his house and land, tensions escalate between him and Lonzo to the point of violence, and Lonzo's wife and teenage daughter are caught in the middle.

Drama

Random Hearts Blu-ray Movie  

Image Entertainment | 1999 | 133 min | Rated R | Mar 22, 2011 | Michael Reuben

Dutch Van Den Broeck, an Internal Affairs sergeant, becomes entangled with Kay Chandler, a high-powered Congresswoman when an airplane crash kills both their spouses. Dutch soon discovers that it was more than coincidence that had their spouses on the same plane— it was an affair. Details of the affair anger Kay, who is determined to protect both her daughter and her political career. As the story unfolds, she finds herself unable to resist being drawn into Dutch's investigation, and the passion they find in each other brings about the most unexpected discovery of all.

Drama / Mystery / Romance

WWE: War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches Blu-ray Movie  

WWE Studios | 2013 | 367 min | Rated TV-14 | Jun 25, 2013 | Martin Liebman

Take one part Royal Rumble, one part Survivor Series, add in two punishing steel cages - and the result is a battle that spanned two rings and cemented a legacy as one of the most unpredictable and unmistakable matches of all time: War Games. WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes - the mind behind the mayhem - introduces some of the most famous War Games matches (featuring Ric Flair, Sting, the nWo, and more) and gives viewers a comprehensive look inside NWA/WCW s most innovative concept that revolutionized sports entertainment.

Sport

Punk Vacation Blu-ray Movie  

Includes Bonus Movie = Nomad Riders / Blu-ray + DVD

Vinegar Syndrome | 1987 | 93 min | Not rated | Jul 09, 2013 | Brian Orndorf

A peaceful California town is shaken after the brutal murder of diner owner by a gang of vicious punks. When the daughter of the slain man attempts to avenge her father’s death, she’s held hostage by the gang resulting in an epic battle between punks and rednecks.

Action / Drama

Inescapable Blu-ray Movie  

MPI Media Group | 2012 | 93 min | Not rated | Jul 02, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

Inescapable is a thriller about a father's desperate search for his daughter and the chaos of the Middle East he left behind.

Drama / Mystery / Romance

Evil Dead Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2013 | 91 min | Rated R | Jul 16, 2013 | Martin Liebman

Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods.

Horror / Thriller

Battledogs Blu-ray Movie  

Asylum | 2013 | 90 min | Not rated | Jun 25, 2013 | Martin Liebman

A werewolf virus is unleashed upon New York and in the meantime Major Hoffman looks for a cure while Lt. General Monning wants to establish a new canine army.

Action / Horror / Sci-Fi

42: The Jackie Robinson Story Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2013 | 128 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 16, 2013 | Martin Liebman

Biographical drama about African-American baseball player Jackie Robinson. In 1945, having been spotted by a scout, Robinson is signed by Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey and becomes the first black man to play in the Major League. Despite his talent, Robinson is met with opposition, even from his fellow players, because of his race. As he tries to keep his own frustrations in check, he excels in his sport and gradually receives the recognition he deserves.

Biography / Drama / Sport / Period

Spring Breakers Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2012 | 94 min | Rated R | Jul 09, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Black comedy about four US college girls who get drawn into a world of drugs and violence while on their spring break. With no money to fund their annual break to Florida, hedonistic teens Faith (Selena Gomez), Candy (Vanessa Hudgens), Brit (Ashley Benson) and Cotty (Rachel Korine) hold up a restaurant using toy guns and head south for some fun in the sun. Soon after arriving, however, the girls are arrested in a police raid and consequently land up in jail. Despite having doubts about his motives when they find themselves bailed by local drug dealer Alien (James Franco), the initially suspicious girls soon dive in over their heads when their new mentor introduces them to the wonders of a bling-driven, and addictively dangerous, way of life.

Crime / Drama / Dark humor / Erotic

The Naked Island Blu-ray Movie    

裸の島 / Hadaka no shima | Masters of Cinema

Eureka Entertainment | 1960 | 96 min | Rated BBFC: U | Jun 24, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The film depicts a small family, a husband and wife and two sons, struggling to get by on a tiny island in the Seto Inland Sea, over the course of a year. They are the island's only occupants, and survive by farming. They must repeatedly carry the water for their plants and themselves in a row boat from a neighboring island...

Drama / Foreign

Endeavour: Series 1 Blu-ray Movie  

Masterpiece Mystery!

PBS | 2012-2013 | 474 min | Not rated | Jul 16, 2013 | Brian Orndorf

The continuing stories of rookie Constable Morse. Shaun Evans (The Take, The Virgin Queen) stars as the young Endeavour Morse, before his signature red Jaguar, but with his deductive powers already running in high gear. Four new episodes and the pilot are included.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Period

Kidnapped Blu-ray Movie  

Rabid Dogs / Cani arrabbiati

Kino Lorber | 1974 | 92 min | Not rated | Jul 16, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

Three violent criminals take hostages and force them to drive them outside Rome to help them make a clean escape.

Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign