New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- May 23, 2012
Shiki: Part 2 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2010-2011 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | May 29, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Sotobamura is a small village with around 1300 residents; so small the village isn't even connected to a single highway. An isolated village in which old customs, such as the burial of the dead, are still practiced. One day, the bodies of three people are found dead. Although Ozaki Toshio, the village's lone doctor, feels uncertain, he treats the deaths as a normal occurrence. However, in the days following, the villagers start to die one after the other.
Action / Anime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural / Foreign
Sade: Bring Me Home - Live 2011 Blu-ray Movie
Epic Records | 2011 | 122 min | Not rated | May 22, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Acclaimed British director, Sophie Muller, captures Sade's two-hour visually stunning show, filmed in California.
Music
Love Never Dies Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2012 | 121 min | Not rated | May 29, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The filmed Australian stage production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to 'The Phantom of the Opera'. Set in 1907, the story follows the now world-famous soprano Christine Daaé as she accepts an invitation from a mysterious impresario to perform at 'Phantasma', a new attraction at New York's Coney Island. After arriving in Manhattan, Christine, husband Raoul and son Gustave are lured to the resort, unaware that it is the Phantom who has arranged her appearance.
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period
Rookie Blue: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie
Entertainment One | 2010 | 550 min | Not rated | May 29, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Training's over. Life begins.
Crime / Drama
The Mizoguchi Collection Blu-ray Movie
Osaka Elegy / Sisters of the Gion / The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum / Utamaro and His Five Women
Artificial Eye | 1936-1946 | 4 Movies | 406 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Mar 12, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A collection of four films from the celebrated Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi. Included are 'Osaka Elegy' (浪華悲歌), 'The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum' (残菊物語), 'Sisters of the Gion' (祇園の姉妹) and 'Utamaro and His Five Women' (歌麿をめぐる五人の女).
Drama / Romance / Foreign
Lethal Weapon Collection Blu-ray Movie
Lethal Weapon / Lethal Weapon 2 / Lethal Weapon 3 / Lethal Weapon 4 | Bonus Disc
Warner Bros. | 1987-1998 | 4 Movies | 469 min | Rated R | May 22, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
See individual titles for their synopses. Lethal Weapon 1 & 2 are new editions, not the same as bundled entries.
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Holiday
- May 22, 2012
WWE The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions Blu-ray Movie
WWE Studios | 2012 | 392 min | Rated TV-14 | May 22, 2012 | Martin Liebman
No synopsis for this title.
Sport
Hondo Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1953 | 84 min | Not rated | Jun 05, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Army despatch rider discovers a woman and young son living in the midst of warring Apaches and becomes their protector.
Action / Drama / Romance / War / Western
Perfect Sense Blu-ray Movie
MPI Media Group | 2011 | 92 min | Rated R | May 22, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
Susan, an epidemiologist, reemerges from an affair gone sour and encounters a peculiar patient -- a truck driver who experienced a sudden, uncontrollable crying fit. Now he is calm, but he has lost his sense of smell. Susan soon learns there are hundreds of people across the globe beginning to suffer strange symptoms, affecting the emotions, then the senses.
Drama / Romance
America: Live in Chicago Blu-ray Movie
Image Entertainment | 2005 | 77 min | Not rated | Sep 06, 2011 | Michael Reuben
This memorable 20-song set includes greatest hits as well as rare live versions of "Head and Heart", "Till the Sun Comes Up Again" and "The Last Unicorn" – plus a special on-stage appearance by Christopher Cross on the song "Lonely People." Song List: Riverside, Ventura Highway, You Can Do Magic, Don’t Cross the River, Daisy Jane, The Last Unicorn, I Need You, Head And Heart, Till The Sun Comes Up Again, Tin Man, Muskrat Candlelight, The Border, Woman Tonight, Only In Your Heart, California Dreamin’, Lonely People (with Christopher Cross), Sandman, Sister Golden Hair, All My Life, A Horse With No Name
Music
ExTerminators Blu-ray Movie
Image Entertainment | 2009 | 92 min | Not rated | Nov 02, 2010 | Michael Reuben
Alex is a lonely accountant whose one act of rage results in her being sentenced to court-ordered therapy. There she meets Stella, owner of an extermination business who uses her car as a weapon, and Nikki, a dental technician with the face of an angel and the mind of a sociopath. Together these women form their own "silent revolution", wreaking havoc on the abusive men in their lives.
Comedy / Drama / Dark humor
Triad Trilogy Blu-ray Movie
Election / Triad Election / Triad Underworld
Palisades Tartan | 2004-2006 | 3 Movies | 278 min | Rated R | Mar 13, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
See individual titles for their synopses.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign
- May 21, 2012
Castle in the Sky Blu-ray Movie
天空の城ラピュタ / Tenkû no Shiro Rapyuta / Blu-ray + DVD
Disney / Buena Vista | 1986 | 125 min | Rated PG | May 22, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
A girl named Sheeta falls out of the sky and lands in Pazu's arms. Soon after a gang of air pirates led by Dola, as well as a mysterious man named Muska, are on their tails. The chase leads them to a floating castle that once belonged to an ancient race of people.
Adventure / Anime / Family / Fantasy / Romance / Imaginary / Foreign
The Demoniacs Blu-ray Movie
Les démoniaques
Redemption | 1974 | 100 min | Not rated | May 29, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
A gang of pirates rape the two sole survivors of a shipwreck. The violated girls are rescued by the strange inhabitants of a supposedly haunted island, where they are granted supernatural powers to strike revenge against the pirates.
Horror / Supernatural / Erotic / Foreign / Surreal
Shadows Blu-ray Movie
The John Cassavetes Collection / Blu-ray + DVD
BFI Video | 1958 | 82 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Apr 23, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man, is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia's darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.
Drama
White Squall Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1996 | 129 min | Rated PG-13 | May 15, 2012 | Martin Liebman
A true story about a group of American teenage boys who crew a school sailing ship to gain experience, discipline, or whatever their parents feel they lack.
Adventure / Drama / Coming of age
Gone Fishin' Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1997 | 94 min | Rated PG | May 15, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Two working-class buddies, Joe and Gus, win a contest and get a free fishing trip. When they arrive, everything goes wrong - hurricanes, stolen car, blow-ups and other catastrophes follow them.
Comedy / Crime
Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show Blu-ray Movie
RaroVideo U.S. | 2010 | 87 min | Unrated | Apr 24, 2012 | Brian Orndorf
A director is asked to write the script for a well-known horror author. Moving into the author's house to start the collaboration, a strange and psychologically dependent relationship develops.
Horror / Thriller / Foreign
Definitely, Maybe Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2008 | 112 min | Rated PG-13 | May 01, 2012 | Michael Reuben
A political consultant tries to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his 11-year-old daughter.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
- May 20, 2012
Workaholics: Season 1 & 2 Combo Doggy Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2011 | 2 Seasons | 440 min | Rated TV-MA | Jun 05, 2012 | Martin Liebman
This scripted series follows three friends fresh out of college who live and work together as telemarketers. Dress codes, deadlines, and waking up before noon aren't things these guys are used to. The crew spends the days scheming to avoid doing any real work and nights looking for good times.
Comedy