New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- December 19, 2012
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2012 | 94 min | Rated PG | Dec 18, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
School is out and Greg is ready for the days of summer, when all his plans go wrong.
Comedy / Family / Coming of age
College Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1927 | 65 min | Not rated | Mar 05, 2013 | Casey Broadwater
To reconcile with his girlfriend, a bookish college student named Ronald tries to become an athlete.
Comedy
The Buster Keaton Collection Blu-ray Movie
College / Buster Keaton Short Films Collection / The Saphead / Our Hospitality / Sherlock Jr. / Three Ages / The Navigator / Seven Chances / Go West / Battling Butler / The General / Steamboat Bill, Jr. / Lost Keaton
Kino Lorber | 1920-1937 | 13 Movies | 1600 min | Rated Exempt | Dec 11, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
This Blu-ray collection includes all the films Keaton made during the prime of his career—authorized by the Keaton Estate, mastered in HD, and supplemented with a trove of bonus features.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Family / Romance / Short / War / Western
- December 18, 2012
Barbara Blu-ray Movie
Indigo | 2012 | 101 min | Rated FSK-6 | Oct 12, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In 1980s East Germany, Barbara is a Berlin doctor banished to a country medical clinic for applying for an exit visa. Deeply unhappy with her reassignment and fearful of her co-workers as possible Stasi informants, Barbara stays aloof, especially from the good natured clinic head, Andre. Instead, Barbara snatches moments with her lover as she secretly prepares to defect one day. Despite her plans, Barbara learns more about her life that puts her desires and the people around her in a new light. With her changing perspective, Barbara finds herself facing a painful moral dilemma that forces her to choose what she values.
Drama / Foreign
Resident Evil: Retribution Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2012 | 96 min | Rated R | Dec 21, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Alice (Milla Jovovich), the world's foremost zombie slayer, is back in the fifth film of the Resident Evil franchise. When she's captured by the evil Umbrella Corporation, Alice wakes up in the heart of one of their operation facilities and must find a way to escape. As she navigates deeper through the complex, her past is revealed, taking her on an international mission that spans Tokyo, New York and Moscow. However, when she finally uncovers the truth behind the outbreak, Alice must rethink everything that led her to this moment.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Resident Evil: Retribution 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2012 | 96 min | Rated R | Dec 21, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Alice (Milla Jovovich), the world's foremost zombie slayer, is back in the fifth film of the Resident Evil franchise. When she's captured by the evil Umbrella Corporation, Alice wakes up in the heart of one of their operation facilities and must find a way to escape. As she navigates deeper through the complex, her past is revealed, taking her on an international mission that spans Tokyo, New York and Moscow. However, when she finally uncovers the truth behind the outbreak, Alice must rethink everything that led her to this moment.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Arbitrage Blu-ray Movie
Lionsgate Films | 2012 | 107 min | Rated R | Dec 21, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Hedge-fund manager Robert Miller has power, wealth, a long-term wife, and a devoted daughter and heir, but his closely guarded perfect life could be destroyed if his secret investment fraud is revealed, as well as his complicity in a fatal late-night car crash.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Demons 2 Blu-ray Movie
Dèmoni 2: L'incubo ritorna / Limited Edition
Arrow | 1986 | 91 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | May 21, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans down.
Horror / Foreign
Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special Blu-ray Movie
Image Entertainment | 2008 | 85 min | Not rated | Nov 18, 2008 | Michael Reuben
Comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham and his collection of colorful puppet characters perform their Christmas special from the stages of the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee.
Comedy / Holiday
Mankind: The Story of All of Us Blu-ray Movie
Lionsgate Films | 2012 | 552 min | Unrated | Dec 18, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Mankind The Story of All of Us is an epic 12-hour television event about the greatest adventure of all time - the history of the human race.
Documentary / History
Shameless: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2012 | 600 min | Rated TV-MA | Dec 18, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
Season Two of Showtime’s boldest, bravest series dives headfirst into the sweltering heat of a Chicago summer, grabs Gallagher family life by the throat, and never lets go. Boozed-up Frank’s scams constantly fizzle. Grammy Gallagher visits after a stint in prison. Bipolar Monica returns to fan Frank’s flames. Hard-working Fiona plays the field…until Steve comes back with a hot new wife. Lip drops out to care for his and Karen’s baby. Ian’s gunning for West Point. The Gallaghers may lack rent money and toilet paper, but there’s never a shortage of heart or a moment of shame in this acclaimed drama.
Comedy / Drama / Dark humor
- December 17, 2012
Justified: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2012 | 542 min | Rated TV-MA | Dec 31, 2012 | Martin Liebman
After U.S Marshal Raylan Givens finds himself in hot water over the shooting of a Miami crime boss, he is reassigned to the last place on Earth he'd rather be; Harlan County, Kentucky, where he was born and raised. There he must deal with his ex-wife, criminal father, an old friend turned white supremacist, and the latter's former sister-in-law who quickly rekindles her attraction to Givens. Kentucky won't be the same now that the cowboy marshal is home.
Action / Crime / Drama / Western
Shakugan no Shana: Season 2 Part 1 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2007 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 18, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Shana and Alastor, Lord of the Crimson Realm, continue to do battle with the Denizens, who are trying to steal the Power of Existence from mortals. In the last battle, Yuji is revealed to be a mystes, a "torch" of nearly unlimited Power of Existence. Since the Denizens want to capture Yuji and use him to upset the balance of the Realm, Shana resolves to protect Yuji. Yuji then vows to join Shana in her fight.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Drama / Foreign
Trouble with the Curve Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2012 | 111 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 18, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
An ailing baseball scout in his twilight years takes his daughter along for one last recruiting trip.
Drama / Sport
Forced to Fight Blu-ray Movie
Image Entertainment | 2011 | 100 min | Not rated | Dec 18, 2012 | Michael Reuben
In the illegal world of underground fighting, a former boxer is forced back into the ring to settle his brother's debts.
Action / Drama / Martial arts
The Simpsons: The Fifteenth Season Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 2003-2004 | 484 min | Rated TV-PG | Dec 04, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
This three-disc set contains all 22 episodes from The Simpsons' fifteenth season.
Animation / Comedy / Family
- December 16, 2012
Demons Blu-ray Movie
Dèmoni / Limited Edition
Arrow | 1985 | 89 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | May 21, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A group of people are trapped in a large West Berlin movie theater infected by ravenous demons whom proceed to kill and possess the humans one by one, thereby multiplying their numbers.
Horror / Foreign
- December 15, 2012
The Last Wave Blu-ray Movie
Die Letzte Flut
Koch Media | 1977 | 106 min | Rated FSK-12 | Jul 27, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Richard Chamberlain stars as Australian lawyer David Burton, who takes on the defense of a group of aborigines accused of killing one of their own. He suspects the victim has been killed for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. Burton, plagued by apocalyptic visions of war, slowly realized his own involvement with the aborigines...and their prophecies.
Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Umineko When They Cry: Volume 2 Blu-ray Movie
うみねこのなく頃に | Premium Edition
NIS America | 2009 | 191 min | Rated TV-MA | Dec 04, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Trapped on an isolated island in the middle of a raging typhoon, Battler Ushiromiya has found himself locked in an unending struggle with a woman calling herself the Golden Witch Beatrice to uncover the truth behind the gruesome murders of everyone in his family. Are these killings the supernatural work of an ageless witch, or is that just the cover story for a far more ruthlessly human plot? As he searches for clues and draws closer to the truth, a mysterious young girl suddenly appears on the island. She claims she can help him, but could this fiery ally be nothing more than a trap set by the "witch" herself...?
Action / Anime / Mystery / Psychological thriller / Supernatural / Foreign
Steins;Gate: Part 2 Blu-ray Movie
Episodes 13-25 / Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2011-2012 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 18, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Anime / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Psychological thriller / Foreign