New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- August 05, 2012
Child's Play Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1972 | 100 min | Rated PG | Sep 04, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
There is an outbreak of violent behavior at the exclusive Catholic boarding school for boys, where Joe Dobbs is a popular English instructor and Jerome Malley is a widely-disliked Latin and Greek teacher. When Malley begins to receive threatening notes and phone calls, he assumes that Dobbs is the caller.
Drama / Mystery
- August 04, 2012
100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck Blu-ray Movie
Asylum | 2012 | 90 min | Not rated | Jul 24, 2012 | Martin Liebman
In 2010, paranormal investigators tried to film Richard Speck's ghost at the site of his heinous killing spree. The victims' families have finally released the footage that documents their last days.
Horror
The World God Only Knows: Season 2 Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2011 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 07, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Anime / Comedy / Romance / Supernatural / Comic book / Foreign
Los Lobos: Kiko Live Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + CD
Shout Factory | 2006 | 107 min | Not rated | Aug 21, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Documentary / Music
- August 03, 2012
The Kid with a Bike Blu-ray Movie
Le gamin au vélo
Artificial Eye | 2011 | 87 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Jul 23, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When Cyril's father abandons him, he obsessively searches for his bicycle—placing his last bit of hope in this symbol of their relationship. Almost by accident, he becomes the ward of a kind hairdresser, who seems surprised to find herself so determined to help him. With his wild, unpredictable behavior and his disastrous search for father figures, Cyril risks losing her—though she refuses to give up without a fight.
Drama / Foreign
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2012 | 86 min | Rated PG | Aug 07, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
A boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
The Raid: Redemption Blu-ray Movie
Serbuan Maut / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2011 | 101 min | Unrated | Aug 14, 2012 | Martin Liebman
A police raid on a decrepit, vast Indonesian apartment building populated by the city's most dangerous and desperate citizens turns into a bloodbath. The elite SWAT team who have breached the building, including courageous and noble policeman Rama, are pursuing the building's owner, a powerful drug lord. Their assignment proves even more dangerous and deadly than expected.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Martial arts / Foreign
LOL Blu-ray Movie
Lionsgate Films | 2012 | 97 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 31, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
As a new year at school begins, Lola's heart is broken by her boyfriend, though soon she's surprised by her best friend, promising musician Kyle, who reveals his feelings for her.
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Teen
- August 02, 2012
Stealing Harvard Blu-ray Movie
Image Entertainment | 2002 | 85 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 10, 2012 | Michael Reuben
A middle-class man whose fiancee has just invested their life savings in a "starter" home turns to a life of crime in order to finance his niece's first year in college.
Comedy
City of Men Blu-ray Movie
Cidade dos Homens
Studio Canal | 2007 | 106 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Mar 19, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
Crime / Drama / Foreign
Clue Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1985 | 1 Movie, 3 Cuts | 97 min | Rated PG | Aug 07, 2012 | Martin Liebman
A group of oddball characters assemble at an old Victorian mansion to play a game of "whodunit."
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Dark humor
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale Blu-ray Movie
賽德克·巴萊：太陽旗&彩虹橋 / Part 1 - The Flag of Sun & Part 2 - The Bridge of Rainbow
Well Go USA | 2011 | 2 Movies | 276 min | Not rated | Aug 07, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The most expensive production in Taiwanese history (budgeted at approximately $25 million), Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale chronicles the true story of Taiwan's aboriginal people and their revolt against the Japanese colonizers in the 1930s.
Action / Drama / History / War / Comic book / Foreign
Forever Marilyn Blu-ray Movie
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes / How to Marry a Millionaire / River of No Return / There's No Business Like Show Business / The Seven Year Itch / Some Like It Hot / The Misfits
20th Century Fox | 1953-1961 | 7 Movies | 743 min | Not rated | Jul 31, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
Marilyn Monroe forever stands alone as Hollywood's quintessential icon of sex appeal and timeless allure. Immortalized in this collection are seven of her best and most popular films. See individual titles for synopses.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Music / Musical / Romance / Western / Period
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 1953 | 91 min | Not rated | Jul 31, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell sizzle, sing and dance as a couple of gold diggers out to land rich husbands. This Technicolor film fable follows the exploits of two gorgeous women aboard a luxury ocean liner. One (Monroe) loves diamonds and the other (Russell) loves men. On the ship with them are an elderly diamond mine owner (Charles Coburn), a team of handsome and muscular Olympic athletes, a fascinating but very young millionaire (George Winslow) and a nosy private eye. Packed with 40 minutes of production numbers, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes includes the legendary title song and "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend."
Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
How to Marry a Millionaire Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 1953 | 96 min | Not rated | Jul 31, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
Three New York models, Shatze, Pola and Loco set-up in an exclusive appartment with a plan: tired of cheap men and a lack of money they intend to use all their talents to trap and marry three millionaires. The trouble is that's it's not so easy to tell the rich men from the huxters and even when they can, is the money really worth it?
Comedy / Drama / Romance
River of No Return Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 1954 | 91 min | Not rated | Jul 31, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
After his wife dies, Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum) and his young son begin a new life in the breathtaking, rugged Northwest wilderness, where Calder is robbed and beaten by ruthless gambler Harry Weston (Rory Calhoun). When Weston's beautiful fiancée (Marilyn Monroe) then decides to nurse Calder back to health. Calder, to save the kid, MM and himself from an attack and catch up with Weston, takes them all on a ride down a treacherous river in this spectacular looking Western.
Action / Adventure / Western
There's No Business Like Show Business Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 1954 | 117 min | Not rated | Jul 31, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
The Seven Year Itch Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 1955 | 104 min | Not rated | Jul 31, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
It's every man's fantasy - a summer romance with the sexiest woman he can imagine. Richard Sherman (Tom Ewell) is a happily married man whose wife and son are off on vacation when his tempting new neighbor (Monroe) sneaks in one hot summer night to cool off in his air-conditioned apartment. How does an ordinary man deal with this irresistible temptation after seven years of marriage? Find out in this 1955 treasure featuring Evelyn Keyes and Marguerite Chapman and directed by Oscar winner Billy Wilder.
Comedy / Romance
- August 01, 2012
Jaws Blu-ray Movie
Universal 100th Anniversary / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1975 | 124 min | Rated PG | Aug 14, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When a seaside community finds itself under attack by a great white shark, three men embark on a quest to kill it before it strikes again.
Adventure / Horror / Thriller
The Royal Tenenbaums Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 2001 | 110 min | Rated R | Aug 14, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife, Etheline, had three children—Chas, Margot, and Richie—and then they separated. Chas started buying real estate in his early teens and seemed to have an almost preternatural understanding of international finance. Margot was a playwright and received a Braverman Grant of $50,000 in the ninth grade. Richie was a junior champion tennis player and won the U.S. Nationals three years in a row. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster.
Comedy / Drama / Dark humor