New Blu-ray Reviews

Alanis Morissette: Live at Montreux 2012 Blu-ray Movie  

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2012 | 98 min | Not rated | Apr 23, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Alanis Morissette is one of the most successful female artists and songwriters of all time and has sold in excess of 60 million albums worldwide. Her voice is instantly recognisable and she is a consummate live performer. On 2 July 2012 Alanis Morissette returned to Montreux as part of her Guardian Angel Tour in support of her new album "Havoc and Bright Lights".

Music

Sparkle Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1976 | 98 min | Rated PG | May 07, 2013 | Michael Reuben

In Harlem in 1958, three sisters experience turmoil after they form a singing group.

Drama / Music / Musical / Romance / Melodrama / Period

Full Frontal Blu-ray Movie  

Echo Bridge Entertainment | 2002 | 112 min | Rated R | Mar 10, 2013 | Michael Reuben

A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.

Comedy / Romance

Lore Blu-ray Movie    

Artificial Eye | 2012 | 109 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | May 27, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

When their father, an officer in the SS, and mother are arrested by Allied troops at the end of the Second World War, Lore and her siblings must travel through war-torn Germany to their grandmother's house in Hamburg. On their travels, the group encounter a number of fearful and suspicious people. When they are aided a friendly young Jewish man, Thomas, Lore begins to reassess the ethnic hatred so deeply ingrained in her mind by her parents.

Adventure / Drama / Thriller / War / Foreign

Jubal Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1956 | 101 min | Not rated | May 14, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Found grievously injured by rancher Shep Horgan, Jubal Troop, a man whose life has been dogged by bad luck, is offered a job as a cowhand. Soon his obvious abilities earn him Shep's trust and a promotion. This riles former top hand, Pinky, who's been supplanted by the new man. Things are further complicated when Shep's wife Mae, unhappy in her marriage, turns her attention away from Pinky and onto Jubal, whose romantic interests lie elsewhere.

Drama / Western

Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3 Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 1989-1990 | 1181 min | Rated TV-PG | Apr 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

Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow: Volume 1 Blu-ray Movie  

花咲くいろは | Premium Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

NIS America | 2011 | 308 min | Rated 13+ | Apr 16, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

When Ohana's mother flees with her boyfriend to avoid paying his debts, Ohana is sent off to live with her grandmother, who owns the hot spring inn Kissuiso. Upon arriving, Ohana is put to work at the inn. Thrust into a life where the customers always come first, she struggles to find her place at the inn and fit in with her fellow coworkers.

Anime / Comedy / Romance / Foreign / Coming of age

Any Day Now Blu-ray Movie  

Music Box Films | 2012 | 94 min | Rated R | Apr 23, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In the 1970s, a gay couple fights a biased legal system to keep custody of the abandoned mentally handicapped teenager that comes to live under their roof.

Drama

Mama Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2013 | 100 min | Rated PG-13 | May 07, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

Annabel and Lucas are faced with the challenge of raising his young nieces that were left alone in the forest for 5 years... but how alone were they?

Horror / Thriller / Supernatural

Bakumatsu Taiyō-Den Blu-ray Movie    

幕末太陽傳 / A Sun-Tribe Myth From the Bakumatsu Era / Masters of Cinema

Eureka Entertainment | 1957 | 110 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Apr 22, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

When man-about-town Saheiji (the beloved comedian Frankie Sakai) finds himself unable to pay for a bill at a brothel, he is forced to remain there to work off his debt. However he finds his wit and resourcefulness enable him to turn this situation to his advantage, as he interacts with a whole range of characters, from rivalling courtesans to political activists.

Drama / Foreign

Strictly Ballroom Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 1992 | 94 min | Rated PG | Apr 30, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Scott Hastings is a champion caliber ballroom dancer, but much to the chagrin of the Australian ballroom dance community, Scott believes in dancing "his own steps". Fran is a beginning dancer and a bit of an ugly duckly who has the audacity to ask to be Scott's partner after his unorthodox style causes his regular partner to dance out of his life. Together, these two misfits try to win the Australian Pan Pacific Championships and show the Ballroom Confederation that they are wrong when they say, "there are no new steps!"

Comedy / Drama / Romance

WWE Elimination Chamber 2013 Blu-ray Movie  

WWE Studios | 2013 | 170 min | Not rated | Jun 18, 2013 | Martin Liebman

WWE Elimination Chamber 2013 Pay-Per-View.

Sport

The Central Park Five Blu-ray Movie  

PBS | 2011 | 119 min | Not rated | Apr 23, 2013 | Brian Orndorf

A documentary that examines the 1989 case of five black and Latino teenagers who were convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park. After having spent between 6 and 13 years each in prison, a serial rapist confessed to the crime.

Documentary

The Fighting Seabees Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1944 | 100 min | Not rated | Apr 23, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Wedge Donovan is the civilian head of a construction company approached by the Navy to train their men as specialists. Instead, the impetuous Donovan wants to prove his crew are up to the job, but they are shot up by the Japanese.

Drama / Romance / War

Magic Journey to Africa 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Magische Reise nach Afrika 3D / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray

Image Entertainment | 2010 | 49 min | Not rated | Apr 23, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

With a young Himba boy named Mel as her guide and a winged horse to carry her across the land, young Jana discovers the beauty of the Namib Desert while learning about the creatures that inhabit it.

Adventure / Family / Nature

The Great Gatsby Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1974 | 144 min | Rated PG | Apr 23, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

Drama / Romance / Melodrama / Period

City That Never Sleeps Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1953 | 91 min | Not rated | Apr 23, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Johnny Kelly, who plans on resigning from the police force and leaving his wife the next day, has a very eventful last night on duty.

Crime / Drama / Film-Noir

3:10 to Yuma Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1957 | 92 min | Not rated | May 14, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A mild-mannered cattle rancher takes on the task of shepherding a captured outlaw to the train that will deliver him to prison.

Drama / Thriller / Western

Sound City Blu-ray Movie  

RCA | 2013 | 108 min | Not rated | Mar 12, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl directs this documentary about Los Angeles' Sound City Studios which specialised in analog recording. Following the closure of the studio in 2011 due to the growing demand for digital recording, Grohl assembled a number of artists, including Josh Homme, Trent Reznor, Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks, to give interviews and performances while contributing to the creation of a new album.

Documentary / Music

Bounty Hunters Blu-ray Movie  

MPI Media Group | 2011 | 79 min | Not rated | Apr 02, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

Wrestling champion and fitness icon Trish Stratus explodes onto the screen in her feature film debut, Bounty Hunters, a thrilling and sexy ride through crime-infested streets where everyone has a price.

Action / Crime / Thriller