New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- April 26, 2012
Crows Zero Blu-ray Movie
Kurôzu zero
Tokyo Shock | 2007 | 129 min | Not rated | Mar 27, 2012 | Brian Orndorf
Follows Genji, who's wish is to outdo his father, the leader of a yakuza gang, in everything the old man achieved. His first goal is to become top dog at the scariest school in town, Suzuran High School.
Action / Crime / Comic book / Foreign
- April 25, 2012
Men in Black II Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2002 | 88 min | Rated PG-13 | May 01, 2012 | Martin Liebman
When a renegade Kylothian monster disguised as a lingerie model threatens the survival of the human race, the boys of the MIB get the call to step up and get busy. With their headquarters under siege and time running out, Agents Kay and Jay enlist the help of Frank the Pug and a posse of hard-living worms to help them kick some seriously sexy alien butt!
Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Jeremiah Johnson Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1972 | 116 min | Rated PG | May 01, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
In order to keep from being sent to fight in the Mexican War, an American soldier travels west and begins to live as a hermit. An elderly trapper takes him in and teaches him what he needs to know to survive in the wilderness. He takes a Native American wife and they adopt a child, but their idyllic existence is spoiled when he becomes entangled in a vendetta with the local Crow Indians.
Drama / Western
One For the Money Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2012 | 91 min | Rated PG-13 | May 15, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Unemployed and newly-divorced Stephanie Plum lands a job at her cousin's bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past.
Action / Comedy / Crime / Romance / Thriller
Pillow Talk Blu-ray Movie
Universal 100th Anniversary / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 1959 | 102 min | Not rated | May 01, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Jan Morrow shares a phone party line with her neighbor, to her dismay, Brad Allen. The two soon bump into each other and form an unlikely relationship...but not before Brad pretends to be a dashing southern gentleman from Texas named Rex Stetson. Hilarity ensues.
Comedy / Romance
Dark Tide Blu-ray Movie
Lionsgate Films | 2012 | 114 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 24, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A professional diver tutor Brady returns to deep waters after nine years following an almost fatal encounter with a great white shark, bringing a happy couple Kate and Jeff. However, before they know it they discover that the nightmare from the deep is still lurking in the deep, more carnivorous and hungry than ever.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Les Lyonnais Blu-ray Movie
A Gang Story
Gaumont | 2011 | 102 min | Rated 12 Interdit aux moins de 12 ans | Apr 04, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life - for stealing cherries. The two of them inevitably got involved in organized crime. The team they formed, the Ganf Des Lyonnais, made them the most notorious armed robbers of the early 1970s. Their irresistible rise ended in 1974 with a spectacular arrest. Today, as he nears 60, Momon would like to forget that part of his life. He has found peace by retiring from the "business".
Crime / Drama / Foreign
- April 24, 2012
Underworld: Awakening Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2012 | 89 min | Rated R | May 08, 2012 | Martin Liebman
The vampire warrioress Selene, escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.
Action / Fantasy / Horror / Supernatural
Underworld: Awakening 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D
Sony Pictures | 2012 | 89 min | Rated R | May 08, 2012 | Martin Liebman
The vampire warrioress Selene, escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.
Action / Fantasy / Horror / Supernatural
Johnny English Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2003 | 87 min | Rated PG | Feb 28, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A spoof spy thriller. During the course of the story we follow our hero as he attempts to single-handedly save the country from falling into the hands of a despot.
Action / Comedy
- April 23, 2012
America Revealed Blu-ray Movie
PBS | 2012 | 215 min | Not rated | Apr 17, 2012 | Brian Orndorf
No synopsis for this title.
Documentary
Children of the Corn Blu-ray Movie
Image Entertainment | 1984 | 92 min | Rated R | Sep 06, 2011 | Martin Liebman
A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believe everyone over the age of 18 must be killed.
Horror / Thriller
Badge 373 Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1973 | 116 min | Rated R | Apr 24, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A suspended New York City cop goes after the men responsible for killing his partner.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Let The Bullets Fly Blu-ray Movie
Collectors Edition | Rang Zi Dan Fei
Well Go USA | 2010 | 132 min | Not rated | Apr 24, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Set in China during the warring 1920s, notorious bandit chief Zhang descends upon a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor, an identity that he had hijacked from Old Tang, himself a small-time imposter. Hell-bent on making a fast buck, Zhang soon meets his match in the tyrannical local gentry Huang as a deadly battle of wit and brutality ensues.
Action / Comedy / Western / Foreign
Hit! Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1973 | 134 min | Rated R | Apr 24, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug trade and trains them. Then they all leave for France to track down and destroy the ring.
Action / Drama
Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq D'Or Blu-ray Movie
The Golden Cockerel
Arthaus Musik | 2002 | 108 min | Rated G | Mar 27, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Rimsky-Korsakov epitomises the fantastic side of the Russian soul. Regarding opera as „essentially the most enchanting and intoxicating of lies,“ he drew on his country’s rich folk heritage to create a fairy-tale world in which the fanciful and commonplace were fused through extravagant orchestral virtuosity and fervently Romantic vocal writing.
Music
Music is the Language of the Heart and Soul Blu-ray Movie
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
C MAJOR | 2012 | 142 min | Not rated | Apr 24, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Mariss Jansons is one of the most influential conductors of our age. In 2012 the charismatic Latvian musician conducted his second New Year Concert in Vienna, an honour that very few conductors have enjoyed. By way of a bonus, this release features a complete performance of Mahler’s Second Symphony with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Mariss Jansons.
Documentary / Music
Batman: Gotham Knight Blu-ray Movie
DC Universe Animated Original Movie #3
Warner Bros. | 2008 | 76 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 08, 2008 | Martin Liebman
Batman: Gotham Knight is a fresh and exciting new entry into the Batman mythos, spinning out of a 40-year history in animation including the Emmy-winning Batman: The Animated Series, widely considered a pivotal moment in American animation. A cross section of distinguished creators, award winning producers, and acclaimed writers weave six interlocking stories that reveal Bruce Wayne’s journey to Dark Knight, each with stylish art from some of the world’s most revered animation visionaries.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
The Universe: The Complete Season Six Blu-ray Movie
A+E Networks | 2011 | 658 min | Rated G | May 15, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Travel through the galaxies and explore extraterrestrial phenomenon with this sweeping examination of the universe from The History Channel, which uses state-of-the-art computer technology to take viewers up close to distant planets and stars. Topics include black holes, comets, alien galaxies, star deaths, the moon, the interior of the sun and much more. All 13 episodes from the first season are included, plus the bonus episode "Beyond the Big Bang."
Documentary / History / Nature
Haywire Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2011 | 93 min | Rated R | May 01, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A black ops super soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and set up during a mission.
Action / Thriller / Martial arts