New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- February 10, 2013
Ministry of Fear Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1944 | 87 min | Not rated | Mar 12, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
En route to London after being released from a mental institution, Stephen Neale stops at a seemingly innocent village fair, after which he finds himself caught in the web of a sinister underworld with possible Nazi connections.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / War
Hats Off to Dr. Seuss Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition | The Cat in the Hat / The Lorax / Horton Hears a Who! / Green Eggs and Ham and Other Stories / How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Warner Bros. | 1966-1973 | 5 Movies | 132 min | Rated TV-G | Feb 19, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
Two children left home alone for a short while one afternoon are visited by a very interesting yet troublesome cat wearing a tall striped hat. The cat succeeds in creating a huge mess in their house - can they get it cleaned up before Mom gets home?
Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Short / Holiday
- February 09, 2013
Battle Girls Time Paradox: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2011 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Feb 26, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Modern-day middle school girl Hideyoshi is mysteriously hurled into a world resembling the warring states period of Japanese history, only this time it's inhabited only by women. This world's Oda Nobunaga is gathering the legendary Crimson Armor so she can rule the world, and for some reason needs Hideyoshi's help to do it.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Foreign
Fear Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1996 | 97 min | Rated R | Jan 08, 2013 | Brian Orndorf
A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him.
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Psychological thriller
Joshua Tree Blu-ray Movie
Army of One / Blu-ray + DVD
Shout Factory | 1993 | 102 min | Rated R | Feb 26, 2013 | Martin Liebman
A former race-car driver turned trucker is framed for a murder he didn't commit and escapes from custody to find the real killer.
Action / Adventure / Crime / Thriller
Weeds: The Final Season Blu-ray Movie
Lionsgate Films | 2012 | 379 min | Rated TV-MA | Feb 12, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Everyone's favorite pot-selling soccer mom and hemptress, Nancy Botwin, returns in the complete final season of the hit series 'Weeds'.
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Dark humor
Holy Motors Blu-ray Movie
Artificial Eye | 2012 | 116 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jan 28, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
From dawn to dusk, a few hours in the life of Monsieur Oscar, a shadowy character who journeys from one life to the next. He is, in turn, captain of industry, assassin, beggar, monster, family man...
Drama / Dark humor / Imaginary / Foreign
Monsters, Inc. 3D Blu-ray Movie
PIXAR | Ultimate Collector's Edition / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney / Pixar | 2001 | 92 min | Rated G | Feb 19, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
Monsters, Inc. is a factory which sends monsters around the world to scare kids who are trying to sleep. It's nothing personal, in fact the screams are used to power Monstropolis where the monsters live. This job isn't easy for the monsters, who believe children are toxic. James P. Sullivan, a large woolly blue monster, is one of the company's top scarers. Teamed up with a troublesome green one-eyed monster named Mike Wazowski, the two roommates and best friends are finding that today's kids are not as easily scared as they used to be. One night Sulley accidentally lets a young girl named Boo into the monster world. Now Sulley and Mike must risk their own safety as they race to get Boo back into the human world without letting anyone know of her existence.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Monsters, Inc. Blu-ray Movie
PIXAR | Three-Disc Collector's Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Disney / Pixar | 2001 | 92 min | Rated G | Feb 19, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
Monsters, Inc. is a factory which sends monsters around the world to scare kids who are trying to sleep. It's nothing personal, in fact the screams are used to power Monstropolis where the monsters live. This job isn't easy for the monsters, who believe children are toxic. James P. Sullivan, a large woolly blue monster, is one of the company's top scarers. Teamed up with a troublesome green one-eyed monster named Mike Wazowski, the two roommates and best friends are finding that today's kids are not as easily scared as they used to be. One night Sulley accidentally lets a young girl named Boo into the monster world. Now Sulley and Mike must risk their own safety as they race to get Boo back into the human world without letting anyone know of her existence.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Porky's Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 1981 | 98 min | Rated R | Sep 25, 2012 | Brian Orndorf
1950s. The clean-cut boys of Angel Beach High have very dirty minds. Pee Wee and his friends spend most of the time spying on girls in showers and trying to find ways to lose their virginity. They go to the Porky's strip club thinking they have a good chance of scoring, but the owner of the club embarrasses them, takes their money and kicks them out for being underage. Now the boys have a new obsession… Revenge.
Comedy / Teen / Coming of age
- February 08, 2013
The Grifters Blu-ray Movie
Miramax Classics
Echo Bridge Entertainment | 1990 | 110 min | Rated R | Jan 27, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller
Argo Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2012 | 120 min | Rated R | Feb 19, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA agent concocts a plan to free Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Biography / Drama / History / Thriller / Period
Van Gogh Blu-ray Movie
Gaumont | 1991 | 159 min | Rated U Tous publics | Jan 09, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In late spring, 1890, Vincent moves to Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, under the care of Dr. Gachet, living in a humble inn. Fewer than 70 days later, Vincent dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. We see Vincent at work, painting landscapes and portraits. His brother Theo, wife Johanna, and their baby visit Auvers. Vincent is playful and charming, engaging the attentions of Gachet’s daughter Marguerite (who’s half Vincent’s age), a young maid at the inn, Cathy a Parisian prostitute, and Johanna. Shortly before his death, Vincent visits Paris, quarrels with Theo, disparages his own art and accomplishments, dances at a brothel, and is warm then cold toward Marguerite.
Biography / Drama / Foreign
- February 07, 2013
Laura Blu-ray Movie
Fox Studio Classics
20th Century Fox | 1944 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 88 min | Not rated | Feb 05, 2013 | Casey Broadwater
A detective investigating a murder falls in love with the dead woman's portrait.
Crime / Film-Noir / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
Skyfall Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 2012 | 143 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 12, 2013 | Michael Reuben
James Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
Action / Adventure / Crime / Thriller
Mumford & Sons: The Road to Red Rocks Blu-ray Movie
Glassnote Records | 2012 | 82 min | Not rated | Feb 05, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Beneath a misty moon the band played two sold out nights at the beautiful amphitheatre set amongst the Red Rocks of Colorado.
Documentary / Music
WWE: The Best of Raw and Smackdown 2012 Blu-ray Movie
WWE Studios | 2012 | 780 min | Rated TV-PG | Jan 29, 2013 | Martin Liebman
The best of RAW and SmackDown from 2012.
Sport
- February 06, 2013
Game of Thrones: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
HBO | 2012 | 544 min | Rated TV-MA | Feb 19, 2013 | Kenneth Brown
Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plots, lusts and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; and all the way to the frozen north, where an 800-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom from the dark forces that lie beyond. Kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars, lords, and honest men...all will play the “Game of Thrones.”
Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Epic
The Thief of Bagdad Blu-ray Movie
Cohen Media Group | 1924 | 149 min | Not rated | Feb 19, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A thief falls in love with the Caliph of Bagdad's daughter. The Caliph will give her hand to the suitor that brings back the rarest treasure after seven moons. The thief sets off on a magical journey while, unbeknownst to him, another suitor, the Prince of the Mongols, is not playing by the rules...
Adventure / Fantasy
Little White Lies Blu-ray Movie
Les petits mouchoirs
MPI Media Group | 2010 | 154 min | Not rated | Feb 05, 2013 | Casey Broadwater
Every year, Max, a successful restaurant owner, and Véro, his eco-friendly wife invite a merry group of friends to their beautiful beach house to celebrate Antoine's birthday and kick-start the vacation. But, this year, before they all leave Paris, their buddy Ludo is hurt in a serious accident, which sets off a dramatic chain of reactions and emotional responses...
Drama / Dark humor / Foreign