New Blu-ray Reviews

Love Exposure Blu-ray Movie    

愛のむきだし / Ai no Mukidashi

Third Window Films | 2008 | 237 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Aug 13, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Irreverently zany, black-comedy drama capturing a year in the life of 17-year-old Yu. Yu falls into sinful ways after the death of his saintly mother and his father's subsequent ordainment to the Catholic priesthood. Yu's speciality as a petty criminal is taking sneaky camera shots up girls' skirts while he ostensibly performs elaborate martial arts moves. He falls in love with rough diamond Yoko, but their future together comes under threat when the creepy Koike goes all out to lure Yu into his religious cult.

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Dark humor / Foreign

A New Leaf Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1971 | 102 min | Rated G | Sep 04, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Henry Graham, a confirmed bachelor with a zest for luxuries, receives the shocking news that he is now broke. Henry's spirits are low as he returns to his town-house to discuss the situation with his butler, Harold who suggests marriage as a way out.

Comedy / Romance

The Game Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1997 | 129 min | Rated R | Sep 25, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

There are no rules in "The Game". And that will make life very difficult for Nicholas Van Orton, a successful San Francisco businessman who is always in control. Van Orton lives a well-ordered, wealthy lifestyle until an unexpected birthday gift from his wayward brother Conrad threatens to destroy it all. Against his will, Nicholas has been enrolled in a game—a strange and "profound life experience" that begins quietly, but soon erupts into a domino effect of devastating events. Van Orton has to win this deadly, live-action game before it consumes his entire life.

Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller

School of Rock Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 2003 | 109 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 01, 2013 | Martin Liebman

Down-and-out rock star Dewey Finn gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He takes a job as a fourth grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinx have a powerful effect on his students. There, he meets Zack, a 10-year-old guitar prodigy, who could help Dewey win a "battle of the bands" competition, which would solve his financial problems and put him back in the spotlight.

Comedy / Music / Teen

Jersey Shore Shark Attack Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2012 | 87 min | Rated R | Aug 28, 2012 | Martin Liebman

Many years ago, hundreds of locals and tourists were massacred by giant man-eating sharks in the infamous 1916 Jersey Shore attacks. But that's just a legend... or is it? It's a holiday weekend on the Jersey Shore and, unbeknownst to anyone, underwater drills have attracted dozens of albino bull sharks to the pier. When a man goes missing, TC (The Complication), Nookie and friends fear the worst and plead with the police chief to close down the beach. It isn't until a famous singer is eaten alive during a performance on the pier that the shark hunt begins. Now, the Preppies must work together with the Guidos in order to save the Jersey Shore and its inhabitants from another vicious slaughter.

Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Re-Animator Blu-ray Movie  

Image Entertainment | 1985 | 86 min | Unrated | Sep 04, 2012 | Michael Reuben

Herbert West is obsessed with the idea of bringing the dead back to life. Experimenting with a glowing green fluid, he successfully reanimates dead tissue. Unfortunately, the dead are uncontrollable and difficult to subdue.

Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Dark humor

Intrigue in the Bakumatsu: Irohanihoheto Collection 1 Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2006 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 04, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In the final years of the Bakumatsu, wandering mercenary Yojiro Akizuki travels the length and breadth of Japan. And while he employs his sword in the usual fashion, he also uses it help him locate supernatural items which he pursues with single-minded determination, often with bloody results. In the course of his quest, he crosses paths with a traveling theater group whose members have their own dark agenda. Is it a chance meeting or the result of some, as yet, undiscovered conspiracy? Swords will swing and sorcery make itself felt in Intrigue in the Bakumatsu ~ Irohanihoheto Collection 1!

Action / Adventure / Anime / Mystery / Supernatural / Foreign

The Office: Season Eight Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UV Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2011-2012 | 530 min | Rated TV-PG | Sep 04, 2012 | Kenneth Brown

Based on the popular British series of the same name, this faster-paced American version follows the daily interactions of a group of idiosyncratic office employees at paper company Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch via a documentary film crew's cameras. Regional manager Michael (Steve Carell) thinks he's the coolest, funniest, best boss ever - which, of course, makes him the uncoolest, most obnoxious and annoying boss as far as his staff are concerned. Salesman Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) has always loved receptionist Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) and loves sabotaging his cube-mate, the know-it-all Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson). Ryan Howard (B.J. Novak) started as a young, smart, self-possessed temp, but quickly figured out the real office politics despite Michael's attempts to instill the official point-of-view, and gets himself a job at corporate HQ in New York. The staff is rounded out by quiet Phyllis Lapin Vance (Phyllis Smith), beaten down by the working life Stanley Hudson (Leslie David Baker), office alcoholic Meredith Palmer (Kate Flannery), up-tight Angela Martin (Angela Kinsey), formerly closeted homosexual Oscar Martinez (Oscar Nunez), stocky and uncouth Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner), ambivalent kleptomaniac Creed Bratton (Creed Bratton), Sad Sack HR rep Toby Flenderson (Paul Lieberstein), persistently love-struck Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling), icy corporate manager turned Michael's girlfriend Jan Levinson (Melora Hardin), former Stamford branch denizen and Cornell graduate Andy Bernard (Ed Helms), warehouse foreman Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson), and Pam's ex-fiancé Roy Anderson (David Denman)

Comedy / Dark humor

Secret Beyond the Door Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1947 | 99 min | Not rated | Sep 04, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.

Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Romance / Thriller

Last Exit to Brooklyn Blu-ray Movie  

Summit Entertainment | 1989 | 102 min | Rated R | Oct 10, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Screen adaptation of Selby's 1964 novel about life on the streets of Brooklyn, New York in 1951.

Drama

Man on a Swing Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1974 | 110 min | Rated PG | Sep 04, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A small-town police chief investigating a murder is offered help by a self-described psychic. However, when the chief discovers that the "psychic" is in possession of information known only to the police, he suspects that the man may be more involved in the case than he lets on.

Crime / Mystery / Thriller

The Moth Diaries Blu-ray Movie  

IFC Films | 2011 | 82 min | Rated R | Aug 28, 2012 | Casey Broadwater

Rebecca is suspicious of Ernessa, the new arrival at her boarding school. But is Rebecca just jealous of Ernessa's bond with Lucie, or does the new girl truly possess a dark secret?

Horror / Mystery / Teen

Sons of Anarchy: Season Four Blu-ray Movie  

20th Century Fox | 2011 | 656 min | Rated TV-MA | Aug 28, 2012 | Casey Broadwater

Sons of Anarchy, a dark drama set in Charming, a sheltered community watched over by a renegade motorcycle club intent on protecting the town from the newcomers that threaten it.

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Bizet: Carmen in 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D

Opus Arte | 2011 | 175 min | Not rated | Nov 15, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Spanish soldier falls in love with gypsy woman and follows her to his doom.

Drama / Music

Home Run Showdown Blu-ray Movie  

Image Entertainment | 2012 | 94 min | Not rated | Aug 21, 2012 | Michael Reuben

Two little league teams take on their coaches' sibling rivalry, and end up doing battle in a place the baseball world never expected it: in the outfield of the Home Run Derby.

Family / Sport

Once Upon a Time: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie  

Disney / Buena Vista | 2011-2012 | 946 min | Rated TV-PG | Aug 28, 2012 | Kenneth Brown

Emma Swan gets the surprise of her life when Henry, the son she gave up 10 years ago, arrives on her doorstep. Returning the boy to his adoptive mother becomes complicated when Henry reveals a stunning theory to Emma. Everyone in Storybrooke, Maine is a fairytale character under a curse, and Emma - as the long lost daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming - is the one who can save them all. The story unfolds; interweaving scenes of the drama in the sleepy New England town and the the inhabitants' past lives in the world of fairy tales. The timeless battle of good vs evil is ready to begin again.

Adventure / Fantasy / Romance / Imaginary / Supernatural

HIGH School Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2010 | 100 min | Rated R | Sep 04, 2012 | Martin Liebman

A high school valedictorian who gets baked with the local stoner finds himself the subject of a drug test. The situation causes him to concoct an ambitious plan to get his entire graduating class to face the same fate, and fail.

Comedy / Teen

Piranha 3DD Blu-ray Movie  

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

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2012 | 83 min | Rated R | Sep 04, 2012 | Martin Liebman

There's something in the water... again. And this time, no one is safe from the flesh-eating fish as they sink their razor-sharp teeth into the visitors of the best summer attraction, The Big Wet Water Park.

Comedy / Horror / Thriller

Himizu Blu-ray Movie    

ヒミズ

Third Window Films | 2011 | 130 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Aug 06, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Sumida and his schoolmate Keiko are 14 year old school kids living a dystopian existence where each of their parents' hopes and encourages them to die. Set in tsunami-hit areas of Japan about May 2011, which is used as a backdrop, the story follows roughly that of the manga of the same name wherein Sumida fights frequently with his father, is abandoned by his mother and tends to reject friendly advances of others. Eventually, he kills his father and then, assuming his life is ruined, attempts to improve society by killing "bad" people. Although not immediately obvious, what instead happens is that he attacks psychotic and violent characters, while he instead learns from Keiko and the Yakuza and people who befriended him that he himself has become "sick", eventually breaking free of the cycle of violence, but without a complete resolution of the issues raised during the movie before its end.

Crime / Drama / Foreign / Coming of age

Macbeth Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1948 | 107 min | Not rated | Sep 18, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In fog-dripping, barren and sometimes macabre settings, 11th-century Scottish nobleman Macbeth is led by an evil prophecy and his ruthless yet desirable wife to the treasonous act that makes him king.

Drama / History / War / Period