New Blu-ray Reviews

The Grapes of Death Blu-ray Movie  

Les Raisins de la Mort

Redemption | 1978 | 90 min | Unrated | Apr 23, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

A young woman discovers that the pesticide being sprayed on vineyards is turning people into killer zombies.

Horror / Supernatural / Foreign

The Night of the Hunted Blu-ray Movie  

La nuit des traquées

Redemption | 1980 | 91 min | Not rated | Apr 23, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

A woman is taken to a mysterious clinic whose patients have a mental disorder in which their memories and identities are disintegrating as a result of a strange environmental accident.

Horror / Sci-Fi

Promised Land Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2012 | 105 min | Rated R | Apr 23, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

Corporate salesman Steve Butler arrives in a rural town with his sales partner, Sue Thomason. With the town having been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years, the two outsiders see the local citizens as likely to accept their company's offer, for drilling rights to their properties, as much-needed relief. What seems like an easy job for the duo becomes complicated by the objection of a respected schoolteacher with support from a grassroots campaign led by another man who counters Steve both personally and professionally.

Drama

Escapee Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2011 | 98 min | Rated R | Apr 16, 2013 | Martin Liebman

A psychology student is targeted by a violent, mentally ill patient during a class field trip, and when the patient escapes the hospital, he tracks her andher friends down during a terrifying electrical storm that has them trapped in an old house.

Horror / Thriller

Attack Force / Into the Sun Blu-ray Movie  

Double Feature

Mill Creek Entertainment | 2005-2006 | 2 Movies | 191 min | Rated R | Mar 26, 2013 | Martin Liebman

No synopsis for this title.

Action / Adventure / Thriller / Martial arts

Into the Sun Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 2005 | 97 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

When the governor of Tokyo is murdered, it falls on ex-CIA agent Travis Hunter (Steven Seagal) to track down the responsible terrorists. However, the plot to kill the Governor is only the beginning of a web of corruption and violence. Hunter discovers a plan by a rising Yakuza leader to build an enormous drug-dealing network with the Chinese Mafia. With time running out and the Yakuza determined to see their plan through, Hunter must thwart the operation and get out alive.

Action / Adventure / Thriller / Martial arts

Attack Force Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 2006 | 94 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Martin Liebman

When MARSHALL LAWSON (Steven Seagal) loses his strike-team in a cold-blooded and seemingly random attack, he takes it upon himself to investigate the suspicious circumstances of the brutal killings. Soon he uncovers CTX Majestic, a covert military operation so secret, that now the military wants Marshall eliminated. Resolute in his pursuit, Marshall engages in a merciless battle with a drug dealer operation that appears to be secretly funded by a rogue arm of the military.

Action / Thriller

Nightfall Blu-ray Movie    

Dà Zhuī Bǔ / 大追捕

Edko Films Ltd. | 2012 | 107 min | Rated IIB | Jun 26, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

When a Hong Kong celebrity is found brutally murdered, his body floating in the middle of the ocean, hardheaded detective Lam is called in to take charge of the investigation. As Lam zeroes in on a killer from the past, the murder appears to be a straight forward case of revenge. But the more that Lam pursues his suspect, the deeper he falls into a web of lies. To find the truth, Lam must dig into a 20 year-old case for answers, the one link tying the suspect to the celebrity. But in doing so, Lam will uncover a dark secret so shocking, it will turn the investigation upside down. Who is the victim and who is the killer? Just as Lam believes he has everything figured out, he will discover that there’s a fine line between love and hate.

Action / Crime / Thriller / Foreign

Hiiro no Kakera: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2012 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Apr 16, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Anime / Fantasy / Romance / Supernatural / Foreign

Thale Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

XLrator | 2012 | 78 min | Not rated | Apr 23, 2013 | Michael Reuben

Two forensic clean-up men discover a mythological siren hidden in the basement of a remote cabin in the Norwegian woods.

Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign

Firefox / Heartbreak Ridge Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1982-1986 | 2 Movies | 266 min | Rated R | Jun 07, 2011 | Michael Reuben

No synopsis for this title.

Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Thriller / War

Firefox Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1982 | 136 min | Rated PG | Jun 07, 2011 | Michael Reuben

Mitchell Gant, a U.S. pilot, is smuggled into the Soviet Union to steal a new Russian supersonic fighting plane. Based on a novel by Craig Thomas.

Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Dragon Blu-ray Movie  

武俠 / Wu xia

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2011 | 98 min | Rated R | Apr 16, 2013 | Martin Liebman

A papermaker is drawn into a murder case concerning two criminals. This leads to a determined detective suspecting him of being someone else, and the former's vicious father searching for him.

Action / Drama / Martial arts / Foreign

Not Fade Away Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2012 | 112 min | Rated R | Apr 30, 2013 | Martin Liebman

Set in suburban New Jersey the 1960s, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big.

Drama / Music / Period / Coming of age

Accident Blu-ray Movie    

Studio Canal | 1967 | 106 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Apr 08, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Two Oxford students, William and Anna, crash their car outside their professor Stephen's house. The lecturer finds William dead and Anna in shock, and the horrifying spectacle in front of him triggers memories of their previous meetings. It transpires that Anna had been having an affair with one of the professor's colleagues, and, in a flashback to a Sunday dinner party, it is revealed what part Stephen had to play in the fall-out from the relationship. Harold Pinter provides the script for Joseph Losey's examination of emotional tumult amongst the dreaming spires.

Drama / Romance

Girl$ Blu-ray Movie  

囡囡 / Nam nam / Nom Nom / Blu-ray + DVD

Giant Ape Media | 2010 | 90 min | Rated TV-MA | Apr 16, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Girl$ is a provocative look at the Hong Kong flesh trade where carnal commodities are paid for in cold hard cash. Gucci, Ronnie, Lin, and Icy are superstars in the world of paid dating, but that doesn't mean they'll escape the game alive.

Drama / Foreign

At the Gate of the Ghost Blu-ray Movie  

Magnolia Pictures | 2011 | 107 min | Rated R | Apr 16, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

In this Thai adaptation of the Japanese film Rashomon, a young monk considers the nature of truth and meaning after hearing four dramatically different accounts of a nobleman's murder.

Crime / Mystery / Foreign

Jacob Blu-ray Movie  

Unrated Director's Cut

Kino Lorber | 2011 | 90 min | Unrated | Apr 16, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

A Southern Gothic slasher in the tradition of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Jacob is a chilling portrait of a hulking, troubled child who seeks vengeance against those who destroyed his family.

Horror

Jurassic Park 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 1993 | 127 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 23, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

On a remote island where an amazing theme park with living cloned dinosaurs is located, five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators when the security system breaks down and the beasts are released from their enclosures.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Captain America Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition

Shout Factory | 1990 | 97 min | Rated PG-13 | May 21, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Long ago, Steve Rogers was a true American hero, a brave super soldier created by scientists to help the Allied Forces fight for freedom in World War II. But during a battle with the sinister Red Skull, he was lost, entombed in ice. Decades later his body has been found and revived and Steve must again adopt the mantle of Captain America to help save the President of the United States - and the world - from his arch-nemesis once and for all.

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic book