New Blu-ray Reviews

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt: Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

FUNimation Entertainment | 2010-2011 | 325 min | Rated TV-MA | Jan 15, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Panty and Stocking—the Anarchy Sisters—are two nasty-ass angels who got booted from the pearly gates for being foul-mouthed bitches! Now they spend their nights blowing up ghosts in the seedy abyss between Heaven and Earth. Panty likes sex, Stocking likes sweets, their afro-sporting main man Garter Belt has a fetish we can't mention. Together, they're turning the mean streets of Daten City into a buffet of bodily fluids. Ghosts don't stand a chance against their lingerie of mass destruction, and if this debaucherous duo can collect enough Heaven Coins, they just might get their halos back. It's a slim chance in hell, but anything can happen when you're rolling commando, especially with Panty and Stocking!

Anime / Comedy / Dark humor / Supernatural / Erotic / Foreign

Ivan's Childhood Blu-ray Movie  

Ива́ново де́тство / Ivanovo detstvo

Criterion | 1962 | 95 min | Not rated | Jan 22, 2013 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Determined to avenge his family's death at the hands of the Nazis, 12-year-old Ivan joins a Russian partisan regiment as a scout. He becomes indispensable for his ability to slip inconspicuously through enemy lines, but as his missions become increasingly dangerous, the enemy starts taking notice.

Drama / War / Foreign

Frankenweenie 3D Blu-ray Movie  

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

Disney / Buena Vista | 2012 | 87 min | Rated PG | Jan 08, 2013 | Kenneth Brown

“Frankenweenie” is a heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life—with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor’s fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new “leash on life” can be monstrous.

Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy

Stalingrad Blu-ray Movie  

Hen's Tooth Video | 1993 | 138 min | Not rated | Jan 08, 2013 | Michael Reuben

German soldiers see a summer mission of 1942 turn hellish when the ferocious Russian winter sets in.

Drama / War / Foreign

The Quiet Man Blu-ray Movie  

60th Anniversary Special Edition

Olive Films | 1952 | 129 min | Not rated | Jan 22, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A retired boxer from the US returns to the village where he was born in Ireland, where he finds love.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Samsara Blu-ray Movie  

MPI Media Group | 2011 | 102 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 08, 2013 | Casey Broadwater

Filmed over a period of five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on 70mm film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.

Documentary / Nature

Cosmopolis Blu-ray Movie  

Entertainment One | 2012 | 109 min | Rated R | Jan 01, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's day devolves into a odyssey with a cast of characters that start to tear his world apart.

Drama

10 Years Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2011 | 100 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 18, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The night before their high school reunion, a group of friends realize they still haven't quite grown up in some ways.

Comedy / Drama

Floating Weeds Blu-ray Movie    

浮草 / Ukigusa / Masters of Cinema / Blu-ray + DVD

Eureka Entertainment | 1959 | 119 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Dec 03, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all. A remake of Ozu's 1934 silent classic "A Story of Floating Weeds."

Drama / Foreign

Tai Chi Zero Blu-ray Movie  

Tai Chi 0

Well Go USA | 2012 | 95 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 22, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In legendary Chen Village, everyone is a martial arts master, and uses a powerful form of Tai Chi in all aspects of their life. Yang has arrived to try and learn it, only to find that it's forbidden for the villagers to teach their secret style to an outsider. But when a mysterious man comes to town with a frightening steam-powered machine and plans to build a railroad through a village, the villagers realize they may have no choice but to put their faith in Yang, who has a secret power of his own.

Action / Adventure / Martial arts / Foreign / Period

Sokurov: Early Masterworks Blu-ray Movie  

Cinema Guild | 1979-1994 | 3 Movies | 282 min | Not rated | Dec 18, 2012 | Casey Broadwater

A deluxe collector's set featuring three early masterworks by visionary Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov in newly translated and restored director's cuts.

Drama

War of the Dead Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Entertainment One | 2011 | 86 min | Not rated | Jan 01, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A platoon of American and Finnish soldiers is driven deep into a Russian forest where its Captain discovers a terrifying secret.

Action / Adventure / Horror

Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden Blu-ray Movie  

Seal Team 6: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden / Code Name: Geronimo - The Hunt for Osama Bin Laden / Codename: Geronimo - The Hunt for Osama Bin Laden

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2012 | 90 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 08, 2013 | Martin Liebman

John Stockwell directs this tense action drama documenting the covert mission undertaken by a U.S. Navy SEAL Team to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden. After receiving intelligence that their quarry is hiding out in a compound in Pakistan, the CIA mobilize crack U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6 to train for a daring nighttime raid. After arriving at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, and being put through punishingly intensive training for their mission, the team learn that their target is Osama Bin Laden, codename: Geronimo. As they set out on the deadliest mission of their lives, the unit must come together in one final, all or nothing attempt to take down America's most wanted terrorist.

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / War

Sometimes a Great Notion Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1971 | 115 min | Rated PG | Dec 18, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Paul Newman makes his directorial debut in this sweeping saga. Based on the best-selling novel from author Ken Kesey (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST), the story focuses on a two-fisted Oregon family that busks their close-knit timber community to deliver a shipment of logs in defiance of a strike. In the process, one man is killed, the family patriarch (Henry Fonda) is injured, and the eldest son (Paul Newman) almost loses his wife (Lee Remick) to his half brother (Michael Sarrazin). Filled with complex characters and issues that still resonate today, SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION is an intense and riveting portrait of life set against the rugged backdrop of logging.

Action / Adventure / Drama

WWE: Survivor Series 2012 Blu-ray Movie  

WWE Studios | 2012 | 164 min | Rated TV-PG | Dec 18, 2012 | Martin Liebman

Since 1987, WWE fans have rung in the holiday season with the pay-per-view Survivor Series, where all the major titles are on the line and wrestling superstars form allegiances to compete for a common cause in elimination tag team matches.

Sport

WWE: Raw 100 - The Top 100 Moments in Raw History Blu-ray Movie  

WWE Studios | 2012 | 210 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 11, 2012 | Martin Liebman

The best from 1,000 episodes of Monday Night RAW.

Sport

Ultimate Civil War Blu-ray Movie  

150th Anniversary Edition

Mill Creek Entertainment | 2012 | 353 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 16, 2012 | Martin Liebman

This soon-to-be classic documentary mini-series traces the causes, courses as well as the major events and personalities of the American Civil War. Between 1861 and 1865, this epic American story of struggle and survival was written in blood, and in this series is told mostly from first-hand accounts and in the spoken words of the participants themselves, through their diaries, letters, and memoirs. The series concludes with Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House and the surrender of the western Confederate Army to Sherman in North Carolina in the spring of 1865. It then explores the legacy of slavery and the consequences and meaning of a war that transformed the country forever.

History / War

12/12/12 Blu-ray Movie  

Asylum | 2012 | 86 min | Not rated | Dec 04, 2012 | Martin Liebman

When baby Sebastian is born on 12/12/12 everyone around him starts to die. Pretty soon, his mother realizes that her son is the spawn of Hell.

Horror

Death Ship Blu-ray Movie  

Scorpion Releasing | 1980 | 91 min | Rated R | Dec 18, 2012 | Brian Orndorf

An ocean liner collides with a freighter. Survivors are rescued by a ship which has sailed the seas for years, and turns out to be possessed by the evil that once commanded it.

Horror / Mystery / Supernatural

Overtime Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

VCI | 2011 | 81 min | Not rated | Jan 01, 2013 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Raph and Max only kill bad guys, and only after their boss Sam, a high-powered attorney, has cashed a nice paycheck for getting her sleazy clients off the hook. When Sam sends our heroes on a routine hit, they find themselves caught up in a conspiracy they never imagined. But whatever trouble they've gotten themselves into is nothing compared to the wrath of Raph's wife if he doesn't make it home in time for his son's birthday party. Being a good hit man is tough; being a good dad is killer!

Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi