New Blu-ray Reviews

Pete's Dragon Blu-ray Movie  

35th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

Disney / Buena Vista | 1977 | 129 min | Rated G | Oct 16, 2012 | Kenneth Brown

An orphan is befriended by a dragon, invisible to all but him, who helps him find a home with a lighthouse keeper and his daughter, even as they are pursued by the boy's corrupt foster family and a charlatan medicine man out to destroy the dragon for his own greedy purposes.

Family / Fantasy / Musical

Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Project Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2009 | 173 min | Not rated | Oct 09, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music

Legendary Amazons Blu-ray Movie  

Well Go USA | 2011 | 108 min | Not rated | Oct 16, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In early 11th century China, the Song Dynasty is being invaded by armies of the rival state Western Xia. Yang, the last of a long line of Song generals, is killed and his widowed wife Mu leads other widows into battle to save their dynasty

Action / War / Foreign

Three Secrets Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1950 | 98 min | Not rated | Oct 16, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted and that the crash occurred on his birthday, three women begin to ponder if it's the son each gave up for adoption. As the three await news of his rescue at a mountain cabin, they recall incidents from five years earlier and why they were forced to give up their son.

Drama

Ella Enchanted Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Lionsgate Films | 2004 | 96 min | Rated PG | Oct 16, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Ella lives in a fanciful and magical world where all children are given a "gift" from a fairy Godmother at the moment of their birth. Little Ella's birthright is the gift--and curse--of obedience. As a result of this unfortunate circumstance, Ella cannot refuse any command, and is often left at the mercy of unscrupulous personalities. In a bid to regain control of her life, Ella goes on a quest to free herself from this mysterious curse. Ella must outwit a kingdom filled with ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, talking books and evil plots. And, if she's lucky, she may find love.

Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Romance

Bones: The Complete Seventh Season Blu-ray Movie  

20th Century Fox | 2011-2012 | 567 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 09, 2012 | Casey Broadwater

Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) are back for more mystery, murder, and mayhem.

Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance

Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy Blu-ray Movie    

Romanzo Di Una Strage

01 Distribution | 2012 | 129 min | Rated T | Sep 26, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The film deals with the reconstruction of the Piazza Fontana bombing that took place in Milan December 12, 1969, and of the tragic events that ensued, from the death of Giuseppe Pinelli, which occurred in mysterious circumstances during an interrogation, to the death of the Commissioner Luigi Calabresi, who had led the investigation.

Crime / Drama / Foreign

The Great Mouse Detective Blu-ray Movie  

Mystery in the Mist Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

Disney / Buena Vista | 1986 | 74 min | Rated G | Oct 09, 2012 | Kenneth Brown

Basil, the rodent Sherlock Holmes, investigates the kidnapping of a toy-maker and uncovers its link to his archenemy, Professor Ratigan.

Adventure / Animation / Family / Musical / Mystery

A League of Their Own Blu-ray Movie  

20th Anniversary

Sony Pictures | 1992 | 128 min | Rated PG | Oct 16, 2012 | Martin Liebman

In a small town in Oregon, farm girls Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller are sisters who compete with each other, even over the little things. With so many young men overseas fighting the Axis, there is a danger that professional baseball will be shut down for the duration of the war. A well-known candy manufacturer, Walter Harvey, contrives the idea to create a professional baseball league for women; both the keep the sport alive and to make a buck or two. Dottie is recruited by a scout for this new league but refuses to go unless her sister is allowed on the team. These women, along with their team-mates, begin a journey that opens up a whole new world, far beyond that of the baseball diamond, lead by team manager, Jimmy Dugan, a washed-up star ruined by alcohol and angered and embarrassed to be the coach of a girl's team.

Comedy / Drama / Sport / Period

The Slender Thread Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1965 | 99 min | Not rated | Oct 16, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Alan is a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis center. One night when at the clinic alone, a woman calls up the number and tells Alan that she needs to talk to someone. She informs Alan she took a load of pills, and he secretly tries to get help. During this time, he learns more about the woman, her family life, and why she wants to die. Can Alan get the cavalry to save her in time before it's too late?

Drama

Shut Up and Play the Hits Blu-ray Movie  

LCD Soundsystem

Oscilloscope Pictures | 2012 | 105 min | Not rated | Oct 09, 2012 | Casey Broadwater

Documentary following the build up to the US-based dance-punk band LCD Soundsystem's final show at Madison Square Garden, New York, in April 2011. The band's main creative force is songwriter and producer James Murphy, who the film makers followed closely for the 48 hours surrounding the show. With LCD Soundsystem set to go out at the peak of their popularity, there was an intense spotlight on both the gig and Murphy during this period. How would the musician cope with the build up to the gig, the performance itself and waking up the next morning knowing that the band would never perform again?

Documentary / Music

Terror Train Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 1980 | 97 min | Rated R | Oct 16, 2012 | Martin Liebman

A fraternity masquerade party aboard a chartered train turns deadly when a psychotic classmate sets out for murderous revenge.

Horror / Thriller

Greystone Park Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Arc Entertainment | 2012 | 83 min | Rated R | Oct 16, 2012 | Michael Reuben

Three aspiring filmmakers break into an abandoned psychiatric hospital where electric shock and lobotomies were formerly common practice. They discover they're not alone. This is the record of their experience.

Horror / Thriller

Tetsuo: The Iron Man / Tetsuo II: Body Hammer Blu-ray Movie    

鉄男 / 鉄男2

Third Window Films | 1989-1992 | 2 Movies | 148 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Oct 08, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A strange man known only as the "metal fetishist", who seems to have an insane compulsion to stick scrap metal into his body, is hit and possibly killed by a Japanese "salaryman", out for a drive with his girlfriend. The salaryman then notices that he is being slowly overtaken by some kind of disease that is turning his body into scrap metal, and that his nemesis is not in fact dead but is somehow masterminding and guiding his rage and frustration-fueled transformation...

Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Dark humor / Imaginary / Foreign / Surreal

Red Lights Blu-ray Movie  

Millennium Media | 2012 | 114 min | Rated R | Oct 02, 2012 | Michael Reuben

Psychologist Margaret Matheson and her assistant study paranormal activity, which leads them to investigate a world-renowned psychic.

Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Mad Men: Season Five Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 2012 | 611 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 16, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

What you are, what you want, what you love doesn't matter. It's all about how you sell it. Mad Men delves into the lives, loves and ambitions of a group of ruthlessly competitive men and women working in a 1960s advertising agency. Set on and around Madison Avenue - home of New York's ad agencies at the time, and the "Mad" of the title - the series was created by Sopranos writer Matthew Weiner and has gained rave reviews in the US. The series revolves around the complicated world of Don Draper, the biggest ad man (and ladies' man) in the business, and his colleagues at the Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency. As Don makes the plays in the boardroom and the bedroom, he struggles to stay a step ahead of the rapidly changing times and the young executives nipping at his heels.

Drama / History / Romance / Dark humor / Period

Max Fleischer's Superman Blu-ray Movie  

Collector's Edition

Gaiam | 1941-1943 | 146 min | Not rated | Oct 30, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Make them exciting and visually bold, make them in brilliantly saturated Technicolor: This is a job for Superman! From their signature bullet-paced prologues to their muscular style to their stories steeped in heroics and wartime topicality, these 17 animated theatrical shorts produced by Max Fleischer (with the first nine directed by his brother Dave) set the tone for future screen versions of the Man of Steel's exploits, inspired animators for decades to come and, best of all, continue to pack a thrilling punch for fans. Superman's adventures in comic books were scarcely three years old when the Academy Award-nominated debut cartoon, Superman, burst onto the screen with its breakthrough look and vitality. The excitement still soars.

Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Short / Comic book

Secret of the Wings 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Tinker Bell / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2012 | 75 min | Rated G | Oct 23, 2012 | Kenneth Brown

Tinker Bell meets Periwinkle and ventures into the winter woods with her and Tinker Bell's other friends to find the secret of fairy wings.

Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Blu-ray Movie    

Voglio la testa di Garcia

Koch Media | 1974 | 113 min | Rated VM14 | Mar 08, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

Action / Crime / Drama / Western

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge Blu-ray Movie  

Puppet Master 3

Full Moon Features | 1991 | 82 min | Rated R | Sep 18, 2012 | Martin Liebman

Set in Berlin during WWII, the Nazi regime is attempting to develop a drug that will animate the dead, in order to use in the war effort. Toulon arouses suspicion as a Nazi dissident, and his secret is discovered. During a Nazi raid on his home, Toulon's beautiful wife is murdered. Toulon vows revenge, with the help of his animated puppets. This movie gives a new perspective on Toulon and his "friends"...

Horror / Thriller