New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- March 29, 2013
Tess Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
BFI Video | 1979 | 171 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Mar 18, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A simple country girl is torn between the honest farmer who loves her and a corrupt nobleman.
Drama / Romance / Period
The Sun Shines Bright Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1953 | 101 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
John Ford weaves three "Judge Priest" stories together to form a good- natured exploration of honour and small-town politics in the South around the turn of the century. Judge William Priest is involved variously in revealing the real identity of Lucy Lake, reliving his Civil War memories, preventing the lynching of a youth and contesting the elections with Yankee Horace K. Maydew.
Comedy / Drama
Phi-Brain: Season 1, Collection 1 Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2011 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 26, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Action / Anime / Foreign
Hollow Man / Hollow Man 2 Blu-ray Movie
Double Feature
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2000-2006 | 2 Movies | 211 min | Rated R | Mar 26, 2013 | Michael Reuben
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Hollow Man Blu-ray Movie
Director's Cut
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2000 | 119 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Michael Reuben
Sebastian Caine heads a top-secret research project to unlock the secret of invisibility. When the formula works successfully on animals, an ecstatic Caine recklessly disobeys orders and experiments on himself. The invisible Caine, fueled by latent megalomaniac tendencies, quickly becomes intoxicated with his new-found power.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Hollow Man 2 Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2006 | 91 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Michael Reuben
A Seattle detective and a biologist are on the run from a dangerous invisible assassin gone rogue.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Gorgo Blu-ray Movie
VCI | 1961 | 77 min | Not rated | Mar 19, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Greedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus. Then its mother shows up.
Action / Drama / Horror
Panic in the Streets Blu-ray Movie
Fox Studio Classics
20th Century Fox | 1950 | 96 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2013 | Casey Broadwater
A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller
- March 28, 2013
The Shipping News Blu-ray Movie
Echo Bridge Entertainment | 2001 | 111 min | Rated R | Jan 27, 2013 | Martin Liebman
An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, Petal, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shipping news column in the newspaper "The Gammy Bird" finds an audience, and his experiences in the town change his life.
Drama / Romance
McLintock! Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1963 | 127 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A cattle baron fights to tame the West and his estranged wife.
Comedy / Romance / Western
Repo Man Blu-ray Movie
Theatrical and Television Versions
Criterion | 1984 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 92 min | Rated R | Apr 16, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A down-and-out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most-wanted '64 Chevy.
Crime / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Dark humor
Life on Fire: Wildlife on the Volcano's Edge Blu-ray Movie
PBS | 2013 | 328 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2013 | Brian Orndorf
LIFE ON FIRE offers a close-up look at volcanoes and the effects on the environment around them. From the depths of the abyss to the high-altitude snow-capped peaks, the series paints a detailed picture of the struggles and amazing adaptation required to survive around volcanoes.
Documentary / Nature
- March 27, 2013
Deadly Blessing Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1981 | 102 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Mar 25, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
After her husband dies under mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her.
Horror / Thriller / Supernatural
China Gate Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1957 | 97 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Near the end of the French phase of the Vietnam War, a group of mercenaries are recruited to travel through enemy territory to the Chinese border...
Action / Drama / War
One Night with the King Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 2006 | 123 min | Rated PG | Mar 05, 2013 | Casey Broadwater
Born into poverty, Hadassah grows up to become a beauty who catches the eye of the powerful King Xerxes - and ultimately becomes his bride. But despite her position, Hadassah's life is in danger, as the state has decreed that all Jews will be put to death. Defying warnings to remain silent, however, Hadassah struggles to save her people, evens as she seeks to win the heart of the king, even as she attempts o hide her heritage, in this exciting and inspiring story about destiny.
Drama
Cowgirls 'N Angels Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 2012 | 91 min | Rated PG | Mar 05, 2013 | Casey Broadwater
Ida Clayton has never met her rodeo rider dad, and she's decided it's time she did. In her search to find him, she encounters the Sweethearts of the Rodeo, a group of talented female trick riders managed by former rodeo star Terence Parker.
Family
Fresh Blu-ray Movie
Echo Bridge Entertainment | 1994 | 114 min | Rated R | Mar 10, 2013 | Michael Reuben
Michael, nicknamed Fresh, is a 12-year old kid running drugs for local gangsters. Inspired by the chess lessons of his father, Fresh devises an elaborate plan to extricate himself and his drug-addicted sister from their hopeless lives.
Crime / Drama
Ruthless Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1948 | 105 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Horace Vendig shows himself to the world as a rich philanthropist. In fact, the history of his rise from his unhappy broken home shows this to be far from the case...
Drama / Film-Noir
- March 26, 2013
Veep: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
HBO | 2012 | 221 min | Rated TV-MA | Mar 26, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
Vice President Selina Meyers and her staff manage various crises.
Comedy
2013 Discover BCS National Championship Game Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Team Marketing | 2013 | 150 min | Not rated | Feb 26, 2013 | Martin Liebman
The stage was set in Miami for an epic clash between No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama in the BCS National Championship Game. The Fighting Irish entered the showdown undefeated and appeared poised to challenge the Crimson Tide and prevent Nick Sabans squad from claiming a second consecutive national title. But Alabama had other plans in mind, controlling the game from the opening kick and running its way to a dominant 42-14 win to repeat as national champions.
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