New Blu-ray Reviews

Honey Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2003 | 94 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 21, 2012 | Brian Orndorf

Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba) is a struggling hip-hop dancer who's got all the moves, talent and relentless passion to succeed. She's been waiting all her life to show the world her dance moves and now her dream is just a step away. Inspired by the energy and music of the streets, she risks her shot at the big time to reach out, take a chance and make it on her own terms. Pulse-pounding music and awesome dance moves ignite this exhilarating story of passion, determination and finding the courage to follow your dreams. Also starring Mekhi Phifer and featuring hip-hop sensations Missy Elliott and Lil' Romeo.

Comedy / Drama / Music / Romance / Teen

Girl on a Motorcycle Blu-ray Movie  

Naked Under Leather

Kino Lorber | 1968 | 91 min | Rated R | Apr 24, 2012 | Casey Broadwater

Newly-married Rebecca leaves her husband's Alsatian bed on her prized motorbike - symbol of freedom and escape - to visit her lover in Heidelberg. En route she indulges in psychedelic reveries as she relives her changing relationship with the two men.

Adventure / Drama / Romance / Erotic

Titanic Blu-ray Movie  

ITV Series / Blu-ray + DVD

Entertainment One | 2012 | 187 min | Not rated | Apr 24, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The world's largest ship, the Titanic, meets with disaster when it strikes an iceberg on its maiden voyage.

Drama / History

WWE: You Think You Know Me - The Story of Edge Blu-ray Movie  

WWE Studios | 2012 | 110 min | Rated TV-14 | Apr 10, 2012 | Martin Liebman

The true story of WWE Superstar Edge.

Sport

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Blu-ray Movie  

Acorn Media | 1979 | 324 min | Not rated | Apr 24, 2012 | Michael Reuben

Retired agent George Smiley is secretly brought into ‘the Circus’ (the code name for British Secret Intelligence Service) to root out a top-level mole. Gradually piecing together the story, the weary but determined Smiley trawls through the murky waters of Cold War espionage and his own past.

Drama / Thriller

IMAX: Born to Be Wild 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2011 | 41 min | Rated G | Apr 17, 2012 | Kenneth Brown

'Born to Be Wild' observes various orphaned jungle animals and their day-to-day behavioral interactions with the individuals who rescue them and raise them to adulthood. The film unfurls in two separate geographic spheres, one following baby orangutans and other, baby elephant calves.

Documentary / Family / Nature

Before the Revolution Blu-ray Movie    

Prima della rivoluzione / Blu-ray + DVD

BFI Video | 1964 | 112 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Aug 22, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The study of a youth on the edge of adulthood and his aunt, ten years older. Fabrizio is passionate, idealistic, influenced by Cesare, a teacher and Marxist, engaged to the lovely but bourgeois Clelia, and stung by the drowning of his mercurial friend Agostino, a possible suicide. Gina is herself a bundle of nervous energy, alternately sweet, seductive, poetic, distracted, and unhinged. They begin a love affair after Agostino's funeral, then Gina confuses Fabrizio by sleeping with a stranger. Their visits to Cesare and then to Puck, one of Gina's older friends, a landowner losing his land, dramatize contrasting images of Italy's future. Their own futures are bleak.

Drama / Romance / Foreign

Shame Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

20th Century Fox | 2011 | 101 min | Rated NC-17 | Apr 17, 2012 | Casey Broadwater

Steve McQueen ('Hunger') co-writes and directs this starkly honest portrait of a man struggling with sex addiction. Michael Fassbender stars as Brandon, a lonely 30-something New York bachelor who lives a carefully-concealed second life revolving around excessive levels of casual sex, prostitutes, pornography and masturbation. When his depressive sister, Sissy (Carey Mulligan), arrives unannounced to stay with him, seeking refuge from her own troubles, Brandon's life starts to unravel as his dark and shameful secrets are revealed.

Drama / Erotic

DragonHeart Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 1996 | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 27, 2012 | Michael Reuben

After being wounded in battle, the young King Einon is healed by Draco, a dragon, who gives Einon part of his heart. Some years later, Bowen, a knight, forms a partnership with Draco in which Draco terrorizes a village, then Bowen pretends to slay him and collects a reward from the grateful villagers. But now Bowen and Draco must save the entire kingdom from Einon, who has succeeded to the throne and become an evil tyrant -- and whose life is still protected by the heart that Draco gave him all those years ago.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy

Route 66: Marathon Tour Blu-ray Movie  

Chicago to L.A.

Madacy Special Mkts | 375 min | Rated TV-G | Apr 17, 2012 | Kenneth Brown

Take a trip across the country and back in time and re-discover the America of years gone by on the historic Route 66. Called the Main Street of America, it linked east and west for nearly 60 memorable years and became part of our national folklore in the process. More than 2400 miles of roadside diners, small towns, tepee-shaped motels and frozen custard stands helped thread the fabric of America. Many journeymen and dreamers traveled its storied path west in fulfillment of their hopes for glory and prosperity.

Documentary

Rampart Blu-ray Movie  

Millennium Media | 2011 | 108 min | Rated R | May 15, 2012 | Martin Liebman

Los Angeles, 1999 - Officer Dave Brown (Harrelson) is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop, dedicated to doing “the people’s dirty work” and asserting his own code of justice, often blurring the lines between right and wrong to maintain his action-hero state of mind. When he gets caught on tape beating a suspect, he finds himself in a personal and emotional downward spiral as the consequences of his past sins and his refusal to change his ways in light of a department-wide corruption scandal seal his fate.

Action / Crime / Drama

The Truth About Cats & Dogs Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 1996 | 97 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 10, 2012 | Martin Liebman

Janeane Garofalo plays Dr. Abby Barnes, the "Truth About Cats and Dogs" radio question-and-answer show host who unwittingly entices a listener over the radio with her soothing voice and personality. This listener, Brian, tries to meet the Abby from the radio, but Noelle, played by Uma Thurman, is mistaken for the real thing when Brian comes to the studio. Instead of clearing things up right away, the self-conscious Abby allows her best friend, Noelle, a tall, stunning blonde, to take her place for a while. Abby takes on the made-up persona of Donna, while thinking Brian would never go for her, a short, cute, brunette, who thinks she's unattractive. As the real Abby woos Brian over the phone and radio, Noelle, the pseudo-Abby, takes her place in the flesh.

Comedy / Romance

Clueless Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 1995 | 97 min | Rated PG-13 | May 01, 2012 | Martin Liebman

A US West Coast teen lifestyle parody centered around Cher, a popular high school girl who spends her days playing match-maker, helping her friends with fashion choices, and looking for a boyfriend.

Comedy / Romance / Teen / Coming of age

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1992 | 89 min | Rated PG-13 | May 10, 2011 | Martin Liebman

No one ever paid any attention to shy librarian Betty Lou Perkins, until someone found The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag! And when Betty Lou confesses to a crime she didn't commit, her world turns upside down! The bogus confession launches a series of uproariously funny events as a new, sexy Betty Lou captures headlines, rocks out in nightclubs, outwits the mob and wins cheers from the townspeople! Starring a truly exceptional cast including Penelope Ann Miller and Cathy Moriarty - get ready for a fun-filled adventure that's loaded with laughs from beginning to end!

Comedy / Mystery

Alambrista! Blu-ray Movie  

¡Alambrista! / The Illegal

Criterion | 1977 | 97 min | Not rated | Apr 17, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

After the birth of his first child, Roberto, a young Mexican man slips across the border into the United States. Seeking work to support his family back home, he finds that working hard is not enough.

Drama / Foreign

Apostle Peter and the Last Supper Blu-ray Movie  

Pure Flix Entertainment | 2012 | 88 min | Not rated | Feb 21, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

On his last days in jail, Peter reflects about his time with Jesus.

Drama / History

Kimi ni Todoke - From Me to You: Volume 1 Blu-ray Movie  

Premium Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

NIS America | 2009-2010 | 273 min | Rated E | Jan 10, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Sawako Kuronuma has always had a difficult time fitting in. Some say it's her jet-black hair, others say it's her hushed manner of speaking, and still others claim it's due to her name's similarity to Sadako, a character from a popular Japanese horror series. On her first day of high school, Sawako meets the one boy who treats her like a normal girl: Shota Kazehaya.

Anime / Comedy / Drama / Family / Romance / Teen / Comic book / Foreign

The Innkeepers Blu-ray Movie  

MPI Media Group | 2011 | 101 min | Rated R | Apr 24, 2012 | Casey Broadwater

Two employees at a rundown inn are desperate to prove the building is haunted before it gets closed down. Unfortunately for them, they may just get what they wished for.

Horror / Thriller / Supernatural

Poirot: Series 4 Blu-ray Movie  

Acorn Media | 1992 | 306 min | Not rated | Apr 24, 2012 | Michael Reuben

For the fourth season of mysteries to be solved by Agatha Christie's brilliant Belgian detective, the ITV series focused entirely on feature-length adaptations of Christie's novels. Included are "The ABC Murders", "Death in the Clouds" and "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe".

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Period

The Quest Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 1996 | 95 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 27, 2012 | Michael Reuben

Chris Dubois, an idealistic street criminal on the run from the police, embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery that spans the globe, from the slums of 1920's New York City to the mysterious Lost City of Tibet, high in the Himalayas. Kidnapped and enslaved by gun smugglers, sold by pirates and thrust into the murky underworld of gambling and kickboxing, Chris' journey takes him to forbidding Muay Thai Island where deadly martial arts are taught, the colonial splendor of British East Asia, the dank back alleys of Bangkok, desolate deserts once trod by the warriors of Genghis Khan and finally, the ancient Lost City.

Action / Adventure / Thriller / Martial arts