New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- July 07, 2012
Hiding Blu-ray Movie
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2012 | 96 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 26, 2012 | Martin Liebman
A teenage girl in the witness protection program is forced to give up her identity and city life for the safety of small town.
Drama
Cherry Bomb Blu-ray Movie
Well Go USA | 2010 | 82 min | Not rated | Jul 10, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An exotic dancer seeks revenge on the five men who assaulted her.
Action
Total Recall Blu-ray Movie
Ultimate Rekall Edition | Triple Play / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Studio Canal | 1990 | 114 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jul 16, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he’s off to Mars to find out who he is and who planted the chip.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Renee Fleming In Concert Blu-ray Movie
Salzburg Festival 2011 - Strauss: Lieder and Eine Alpensinfonie
Opus Arte | 2011 | 84 min | Rated E | Jun 12, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
Shark Divers: Documentary Collection Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2012 | 193 min | Rated TV-PG | Jun 26, 2012 | Martin Liebman
his natural history television series is about amazing creatures of the sea. Utilizing superb High-Definition imagery, engaging stories, and leading marine scientists the series takes viewers on extraordinary journeys of discovery! Danny Mauro has developed and filmed over 100 programs about the marine environment. He began production of his first High-Definition series in 2003, The Blue Realm. The eight-part series began airing in 2004 on Discovery HD Theater, Discovery Canada, Discovery International HD and National Geographic International.
Documentary / Nature
Blade II Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 2002 | 117 min | Rated R | Jul 10, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reaper vampires who feed on vampires.
Action / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Supernatural / Martial arts / Comic book
- July 06, 2012
Blade Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1998 | 120 min | Rated R | Jun 19, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the human race while slaying evil vampires.
Action / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Supernatural / Martial arts / Comic book
My Afternoons with Margueritte Blu-ray Movie
La tęte en friche
Cohen Media Group | 2010 | 82 min | Not rated | Jun 19, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman.
Comedy / Foreign
Altered States Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1980 | 103 min | Rated R | Jul 10, 2012 | Michael Reuben
An American researching different states of consciousness with the aid of mind-altering drugs and an isolation chamber begins to experience disturbing physical changes in his body that point toward an evolutionary regression.
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Surreal
- July 05, 2012
Down by Law Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1986 | 107 min | Not rated | Jul 17, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When fate lands three hapless men—an unemployed disc jockey, a small-time pimp, and a strong-willed Italian tourist—in a New Orleans prison, their mutual confinement launches a grand adventure toward escape and freedom.
Comedy / Crime / Drama
Spawn Blu-ray Movie
Director's Cut
Warner Bros. | 1997 | 99 min | Rated R | Jul 10, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
Five years after he was murdered by his own colleagues in a covert government operation, Al Simmons makes a pact with the devil to be resurrected so that he may see his wife Wanda once more. In return for the favor, the devil requires, in typically Faustian fashion, that Simmons lead Hell's Army for the destruction of humankind. Blessed in life with extraordinary killing skills, Simmons is even more deadly with the backing of his new master and the changling powers he has at his disposal. As he begins to discover and exercise his new strengths, he encounters two figures who direct him to use his powers in order to serve two different agendas. Cogliostro encourages Spawn to fight the devil and become a new champion for humankind, while Clown goads Spawn into continuing to serve his new master and lead the Armageddon.
Action / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Supernatural / Comic book
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere Blu-ray Movie
WWE Studios | 1981-2011 | 424 min | Not rated | Jun 26, 2012 | Martin Liebman
No synopsis for this title.
Sport
Project A Blu-ray Movie
'A' gai wak
Echo Bridge Entertainment | 1983 | 98 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 17, 2012 | Martin Liebman
In late 19th Century Hong Kong the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. Reluctantly, the Coast Guard is given money to fight these pirates, but the pirates themselves have many contacts (that is, bribed officials) in the government, and seek to thwart the Coast Guard's efforts to eliminate them. One Coast Guard officer is Dragon Ma, who is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made fools of.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Foreign
Headspace Blu-ray Movie
MVD Visual | 2005 | 84 min | Rated R | Jun 19, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
25-year-old Alex Borden is handsome, charming, and intelligent. In fact, he may be too smart for his own good as his life is swiftly becoming a living hell. Alex's nightmare begins when he meets Harry, a mysterious artist and chess-master. Alex becomes alarmed when his intellect mysteriously begins to grow, and so do the horrors that invade his nightmares, and soon his waking hours. Long-suppressed memories surface and Alex must face the terrors of his violent past, a vanished older brother, a father who abandoned both his sons, and a mother who was viciously murdered. The visions intensify and he begins to experience intense headaches that ultimately cause him to blackout.
Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
- July 04, 2012
Duran Duran: A Diamond In the Mind Blu-ray Movie
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2011 | 95 min | Not rated | Jul 10, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Filmed at the MEN Arena in Manchester on December 16th 2011, this stunning Duran Duran live show is the perfect combination of great music, amazing visuals and iconic style which has been the band's trademark throughout their career. Following the release of their acclaimed "All You Need Is Now" album, this concert combines new songs from that release with their classic hits. Whether in the studio or the live arena, Duran Duran are masters of their craft and this latest concert bursts with energy and oozes class in the way that only they can.
Music
Outland Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1981 | 109 min | Rated R | Jul 10, 2012 | Michael Reuben
Io, Jupiter's innermost moon, hosts mining colony Con-Am 27, a high-tech hellhole. There a veteran marshal probes some mysterious deaths of miners.
Action / Crime / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Western
Fractale: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2011 | 275 min | Rated TV-14 | Jul 17, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In a far distant future, humanity has embraced the Fractale system as the ultimate path towards utopia. Comprised of several trillion networked computers, Fractale was created in the 22nd century to promote a peaceful lifestyle for the entire world in exchange of a periodic recovery of personal data from individuals through terminals located within their bodies. Living in a rocky coast region, Clain is a young boy fascinated by old technology. After helping a girl named Phryne, she gives him a pendant before disappearing by the next morning. Accessing the data from the peculiar gift, Clain ends up summoning a girl-shaped avatar named Nessa. Together they start a journey as they discover the truth behind the Fractale system.
Adventure / Anime / Drama / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Bad Boy Bubby Blu-ray Movie
Umbrella Entertainment | 1993 | 114 min | Rated ACB: R18+ | Oct 13, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Bubby is a demented man-child kept locked his entire life in a squalid apartment by his depraved mother. But when Bubby - who can only communicate by mimicking what others say and do - escapes into the outside, he soon discovers the wonders of sex, crime, rock & roll and pizza. Will this 'mad bastard' be destroyed by the realities of our cruel world, or does a higher calling ultimately await him in the most unlikely place of all?
Crime / Drama / Horror / Dark humor
Born on the Fourth of July Blu-ray Movie
Universal 100th Anniversary / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1989 | 144 min | Rated R | Jul 03, 2012 | Brian Orndorf
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Biography / Drama / History / War / Melodrama
WWII: Atlantic Campaign Blu-ray Movie
Madacy Special Mkts | 2011 | 459 min | Rated PG | Apr 17, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
The earthshaking battles of WWII come to life in this fascinating collection reviewing one of the most epic and disturbing chapters in history. This visually stunning documentary is a powerful testament to the titanic struggles of those who lived, fought and died in a war that shook the world. Astonishing COLOR footage, taken from newsreels and captured enemy film, reveals the grinding intensity of campaigns fought in the Atlantic theatres. WWII BATTLEFRONT covers the war in the air, on the ground, and above and below the sea in never-before-seen COLOR footage and captures WWII the way it was lived and fought by soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen from both the Allied and Axis armies.
Documentary / War