New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- June 30, 2013
No Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2012 | 118 min | Rated R | Jun 25, 2013 | Martin Liebman
Military dictator Augusto Pinochet calls for a referendum to decide his permanence in power in 1988, the leaders of the opposition persuade a young daring advertising executive - René Saavedra - to head their campaign. With limited resources and under the constant scrutiny of the despot's watchmen, Saavedra and his team conceive of a bold plan to win the election and free their country from oppression.Pinochet is put to a national plebiscite.
Drama / History / Foreign
6 Souls Blu-ray Movie
Shelter
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2010 | 112 min | Rated R | Jul 02, 2013 | Martin Liebman
A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural
Skull World Blu-ray Movie
Warrior Edition
IndieCan Entertainment | 2013 | 100 min | Not rated | Jun 18, 2013 | Michael Reuben
A documentary that follows several years in the life of Greg Sommer, aka Skull Man, as he builds the Canadian chapter of Box Wars, an international underground movement of cardboard-based combat.
Documentary
The Legend of Korra - Book One: Air Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2012 | 289 min | Rated TV-Y7-FV | Jul 09, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
This hit Nickelodeon series follows the events of "Avatar: The Last Airbender". The next Avatar, a waterbender from the Southern Water Tribe named Korra, journeys to Republic City to master Airbending, as well as make a name for herself and stop a rising threat from a group of revolutionaries known as the Equalists.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy
- June 29, 2013
Admission Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2013 | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 09, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
At Princeton, an admissions officer gets involved with a less-than-model potential student.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
To the Wonder Blu-ray Movie
Studio Canal | 2012 | 113 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Jun 17, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
After a whirlwind romance in France, Neil and single mother Marina move to Oklahoma to start a new life together. But as Marina struggles to adjust to life in the United States and cracks begin to appear in their relationship, Neil seeks solace by getting in touch with Jane, a former flame from his childhood. Meanwhile, Marina befriends Father Quintana, a priest struggling to come to terms with his calling.
Drama / Romance
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 Blu-ray Movie
The Mature Symphonies
Accentus | 2010 | 77 min | Unrated | Jun 25, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
The Colón Ring: Wagner in Buenos Aires Blu-ray Movie
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
C MAJOR | 2012 | 93 min | Unrated | Jun 25, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Documentary / Music
Mental Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2012 | 116 min | Not rated | Jun 04, 2013 | Brian Orndorf
P.J. Hogan writes and directs this raucous Australian comedy. Toni Collette stars as Shaz, a hippy hitchhiker who is randomly recruited as a live-in nanny by philandering politician and father of five wayward girls Barry (Anthony LaPaglia) after his wife is committed to a psychiatric hospital. But it soon transpires that Shaz, far from being a stabilising influence on this most dysfunctional of families, has brought along plenty of issues of her own.
Comedy / Drama
- June 28, 2013
The Ice Storm Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1997 | 113 min | Rated R | Jul 23, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In the 1970s, an outwardly wholesome family begins cracking at the seams over the course of a tumultuous Thanksgiving break.
Drama
The Manson Family Blu-ray Movie
10th Anniversary Edition
Severin Films | 1997 | 95 min | Unrated | Jun 11, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Young hippie runaways form a cult known as the Family. Their leader is Charles Manson, a madman convinced that a race war will break out in America. Endless drugs and Manson's delusions drive the Family to commit one of the most notorious crimes of the twentieth century.
Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Period
Portlandia: Season Three Blu-ray Movie
MVD/VSC | 2013 | 249 min | Not rated | Jul 09, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A television series that is set and filmed in Portland, Oregon, and features Saturday Night Live cast member Fred Armisen as well as Carrie Brownstein, a member of Sleater-Kinney.
Comedy
Heaven's Lost Property Forte: Season 2 Blu-ray Movie
Sora no Otoshimono Forte
FUNimation Entertainment | 2010 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Jun 25, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
Tomoki's life was normal until a wish-granting angelic android named Ikaros fell from the sky and started calling him master! Of course, thanks to his raging teenage hormones, most of Tomoki's wishes have something to do with panties. And that makes things pretty complicated, because one simple wish can lead to a rampaging robot made out of frilly undergarments or turn bloomers into bombs capable of blowing up entire neighborhoods! If Tomoki doesn't learn to control his impulses around Ikaros and be more careful with his wishes, the chaos will only get crazier. Luckily, even with such a dirty mind, Tomoki's heart is in the right place. His hands, however, are a completely different story.
Action / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Comic book / Foreign
- June 27, 2013
Chronicle of a Summer Blu-ray Movie
Chronique d'un été / Blu-ray + DVD
BFI Video | 1961 | 90 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | May 27, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Filmmaker-anthropologist Jean Rouch and sociologist Edgar Morin interview a group of Paris residents in the summer of 1960, revealing the hopes and dreams of a wide array of people.
Documentary / Foreign
In Old California Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1942 | 89 min | Not rated | May 28, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with ...
Romance / Western
Keeping Score: Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring Blu-ray Movie
San Francisco Symphony | 2013 | 127 min | Rated G | Jul 09, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
Lady from Louisiana Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1941 | 82 min | Not rated | May 28, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each ...
Drama
Mysterious Girlfriend X: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2012 | 325 min | Rated TV-MA | Jun 11, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
No synopsis for this title.
Anime / Comedy / Comic book / Foreign
- June 26, 2013
Marathon Man Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1976 | 125 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jun 03, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A graduate history student is unwillingly trapped in a killing game of intrigue involving a Nazi fugitive.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Psychological thriller
Showdown at Boot Hill Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1958 | 72 min | Not rated | Jun 18, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A deputy marshal kills a murderer in a town that loved him, and when no one is willing to identify him, he can't collect any reward.
Western