New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- May 16, 2012
Collateral Damage Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 2002 | 109 min | Rated R | Apr 07, 2009 | Martin Liebman
A fireman whose wife and child are killed in a terrorist bombing seeks out the mastermind behind it.
Action / Thriller
Shiki Blu-ray Movie
Part 1 Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2010 | 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
- May 15, 2012
Secret Life of Birds Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2011 | 152 min | Rated G | Apr 17, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Traveling from wild coastlines to urban habitats, this fascinating BBC natural history series follows host and wildlife expert Iolo Williams as he explores the behavior of birds. Join Williams as he investigates how and why birds communicate, the breeding and nesting behavior of birds, the survival challenges that birds encounter, as well as an in-depth study revealing birds' ability to fly, the intricate design of their beaks and how their color and camouflage enables them to live in many different habitats. This ground breaking series reveals every aspect of their lives from surviving harsh winters to avoiding deadly predators.
Documentary / Nature
The Devil Inside Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2012 | 83 min | Rated R | May 15, 2012 | Martin Liebman
In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.
Horror / Thriller
Polisse Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
TF1 Vidéo | 2011 | 129 min | Not rated | Feb 22, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The daily grind for the cops of the Police Department's Juvenile Protection Unit - taking in child molesters, busting underage pickpockets and chewing over relationship issues at lunch; interrogating abusive parents, taking statements from children, confronting the excesses of teen sexuality, enjoying solidarity with colleagues and laughing uncontrollably at the most unthinkable moments. Knowing the worst exists and living with it. How do these cops balance their private lives and the reality they confront every working day? Fred, the group's hypersensitive wild card, is going to have a hard time facing the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer on a Ministry of the Interior assignment to document the unit.
Crime / Drama / Foreign
Occult Academy: Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Premium Edition
NIS America | 2010 | 334 min | Rated PG-13 | May 08, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In the year 2012, the world is a wasteland invaded by aliens. Time travelers like Fumiaki are sent back to the year 1999 in order to destroy the "Nostradamus Key" to prevent the apocalypse. In 1999, Maya, the daughter of the former principal of Waldstein Academy (a.k.a. Occult Academy), returns to the academy to replace her father. Despising her father's obsession with the occult, Maya is hell-bent on running the school into the ground out of spite. Her plan is interrupted when she meets Fumiaki and learns of the forthcoming destruction of the world. They form a pact to look for the key.
Anime / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Supernatural / Foreign
True Blood: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
HBO | 2011 | 730 min | Rated TV-MA | May 29, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
In a world where vampires have "come out of the coffin", Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress, discovers a new world of different creatures when she meets Bill Compton, a vampire.
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Supernatural / Erotic
The Mystery of Edwin Drood Blu-ray Movie
Masterpiece Classic
PBS | 2012 | 120 min | Not rated | May 01, 2012 | Brian Orndorf
No synopsis for this title.
Drama / Mystery
Requiem for a Vampire Blu-ray Movie
Caged Virgins / Vierges et vampires / Requiem pour un vampire
Redemption | 1971-1973 | 87 min | Rated R | May 29, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
Two girls on the run get lost in the French countryside, and wind up in a haunted chateau occupied by an ailing vampire and his servants.
Horror / Mystery / Erotic / Foreign / Surreal
- May 14, 2012
Beautiful Wave Blu-ray Movie
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2011 | 96 min | Rated PG-13 | May 08, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Set in Santa Cruz, California, Nicole lives with her grandmother for a summer and begins to surf. She also uncovers a family secret.
Adventure / Drama / Teen / Coming of age
The Babysitters Blu-ray Movie
Phase 4 Films | 2007 | 89 min | Rated R | Feb 02, 2010 | Martin Liebman
High school senior Shirley works as a babysitter to save money for college. She has a serious crush on Michael, father of two of her regular charges. One night, Michael and Shirley share a forbidden kiss, and he gives her a nice bonus on top of her regular babysitting fee. After Michael's married buddies find out and want in on the babysitter action, Shirley becomes a high-school madam, arranging dates between her girlfriends and the upstanding family men of their neighborhood with her trusty black book. An innocent flirtation soon spirals into an affair that causes everyone involved to lose more than they bargained for.
Drama
America's National Treasures Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2010 | 420 min | Not rated | Sep 14, 2010 | Martin Liebman
In 1906 Teddy Roosevelt created the nation s first national monument destination. The purpose was to preserve all of America s significant pieces of history. Since then, all National Monuments have been designated by Presidents as their personal memorials which they sought to protect above all others. America s National Treasures tells the story of America s past and present glory. This 12 volume set takes a journey through the Ecology, Geology and beauty of the Great Plains, the Geologic West and the Historic South
Documentary / Nature
The House by the Cemetery Blu-ray Movie
Quella villa accanto al cimitero / Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1981 | 86 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | May 07, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The plot revolves around a series of murders taking place in a New England home - a home which happens to be hiding a particularly gruesome secret within its basement walls.
Horror / Supernatural / Foreign
Runaway Jury Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 2003 | 128 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 28, 2012 | Michael Reuben
With lives and millions of dollars at stake, a ruthless jury consultant plays a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a jury member and a mysterious woman who offer to "deliver" the verdict to the highest bidder.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake Blu-ray Movie
競雄女俠秋瑾 / Jing xiong nu xia Qiu jin / Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2011 | 115 min | Rated TV-MA | May 15, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Qin Jin - the first female revolutionist in Chinese history. Qin was born in a worry-free official family. The more she studied, the more she loved her country. Fist, martial arts, horse-riding and archery of this little young lady even outperformed her brothers. However, her husband concerned nothing about home nor country. Qiu could only resort to poems to express her emotions. A big quarrel made Qiu leave her home in dismay. As an admirer of Japanese culture after Meiji Reform, she went to Japan for further studies. In Japan, she and other classmates initiated Plain-language Paper to inculcate patriotic message: Kyoaikai (Tong Ai Association) to promote of man and woman. Through Social Democratic Association. Xu Xi Lin was introduced. They had some vision and joined force for revolution in China. They ran Da Tong Military School and paved way for the revolution.
Action / Drama / History / Martial arts / Foreign / Period
The Rape of the Vampire Blu-ray Movie
Le viol du vampire
Redemption | 1968 | 95 min | Not rated | May 29, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
This low budget first film from director Jean Rollin is in reality two very loosely-connected, surreally erotic shorts about vampirism. In the first, three Parisians including a psychoanalyst try to convince four neurotic sisters living in a decaying country chateau that their belief that they are 200 year old vampires is false. The alluring young women are influenced and controlled by a enigmatic disembodied voice which turns out to be the an aging, aristocratic lord of the manor, whose motives are unclear but clearly perverse. Local rustics unite to hunt down and kill the sanguine siblings. In the second, the Queen of the Vampires and her acolytes arrive on the scene, resurrect the dead, and promulgate the cause of the Undead while a medical researcher works to find an antidote to vampirism.
Horror / Erotic / Surreal
Secrets of the Sun Blu-ray Movie
NOVA: Secrets of the Sun
PBS | 2012 | 54 min | Not rated | May 01, 2012 | Brian Orndorf
No synopsis for this title.
Documentary / Nature
- May 13, 2012
Airline Disaster Blu-ray Movie
Echo Bridge Entertainment | 2010 | 89 min | Rated R | Jan 18, 2011 | Martin Liebman
When Domestic terrorists hijack a state-of-the-art airliner piloted by the President's brother, the Commander in Chief must weight her instinct to rescue her family against her responsibility to ensure the safety of the citizens on the ground.
Action / Thriller
The War Blu-ray Movie
PBS | 2007 | 840 min | Not rated | May 15, 2012 | Martin Liebman
A seven-part series focusing on the many ways in which the Second World War impacted the lives of American families.
Documentary / History / War
- May 12, 2012
The Deep Blue Sea Blu-ray Movie
Artificial Eye | 2011 | 98 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Apr 02, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
Drama / Romance / Period