New Blu-ray Reviews

Who's Minding the Store? Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1963 | 90 min | Unrated | Mar 27, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Barbara is a very rich girl who falls in love with Norman Phiffier, a poor young man. She doesn't tell him who she really is and prepares to marry him. But, Mrs. Tuttle (Barbara's mother) doesn't want her daughter to mary such a poor man. So, she hires Norman at one of her big stores, and gives him the most difficult and disgusting works. She hopes that seeing Norman humiliated, Barbara will finally leave him. But things don't work exactly this way...

Comedy

Sekirei: Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

FUNimation Entertainment | 2008-2009 | 315 min | Rated TV-MA | Apr 10, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Minato had no luck with the ladies until the day a well-rounded warrior-babe named Musubi fell into his life - and crushed his face with her ginormous cleavage. Hunted by a stunning pair of twin sisters, Musubi was searching for the right guy to give her a squeeze and unlock the hidden powers lurking beneath her ample assets. Minato fits the bill, and now he's caught in the middle of a supernatural slugfest in which voluptuous vixens take turns beating each others' clothes off!

Action / Anime / Comedy / Romance / Erotic / Martial arts / Comic book / Foreign

UFC: Best of 2011 Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2012 | 125 min | Not rated | Mar 27, 2012 | Martin Liebman

A two-disc collection featuring dozens of the year's best UFC fights.

Sport

Black Butler: Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

FUNimation Entertainment | 2010 | 450 min | Rated TV-MA | Apr 03, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In late-nineteenth century England, one year and three months after the dramatic conclusion of the first season, season 2 introduces a new butler and young master. The sadistic yet cheerful Alois Trancy has faced some harsh times. He was kidnapped as a baby, and was forced to work in a village as a slave. Gradually, he lost his parents, his best friend, and everyone he knew. Alois eventually returned home and became the head of his mansion, but seemed to exhibit some strange behavior ever since. Even more curiously, he returned with Claude Faustus, an enigmatic, emotionless butler with unfathomable talent...

Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Foreign

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Blu-ray Movie  

Limited Edition 3-Disc / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2011 | 133 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 17, 2012 | Martin Liebman

The IMF is shut down when it is implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.

Action / Adventure / Thriller

Weekend Blu-ray Movie    

Peccadillo Pictures | 2011 | 97 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Mar 19, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

After meeting one lonely Friday night at a bar, Russell and Glen find themselves caught up in a lost weekend full of sex, drugs, and intimate conversation. Although they have conflicting ideas of what it is they want from life and certainly how to get it, they form a startling emotional connection that will resonate throughout their lives.

Drama / Romance

Five Element Ninjas Blu-ray Movie  

五遁忍術 / Ren zhe wu di

Tokyo Shock | 1982 | 108 min | Not rated | Mar 13, 2012 | Brian Orndorf

A Chinese martial arts school is infiltrated and destroyed by ninjas. Tian Hao survives the massacre and seeks to uncover the trickery of ninjutsu in order to beat the Five Element Ninjas and avenge his family.

Action / Adventure / Martial arts / Foreign / Period

A Streetcar Named Desire Blu-ray Movie  

60th Anniversary Edition

Warner Bros. | 1951 | 125 min | Rated PG | Apr 10, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A neurotic belle struggles to hold on to her fading Southern gentility against the brutish badgering of her brother-in-law.

Drama / Romance / Psychological thriller / Melodrama

The Lion of Judah 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray

Warner Bros. | 2011 | 87 min | Rated PG | Mar 27, 2012 | Kenneth Brown

Follow the adventures of a bold lamb (Judah) and his stable friends as they try to avoid the sacrificial alter the week preceding the crucifixion of Christ. It is a heart-warming account of the Easter story as seen through the eyes of a lovable pig (Horace), a faint-hearted horse (Monty), a pedantic rat (Slink), a rambling rooster (Drake), a motherly cow (Esmay) and a downtrodden donkey (Jack). This magnificent period piece with its epic sets is a roller coaster ride of emotions. Enveloped in humor, this quest follows the animals from the stable in Bethlehem to the great temple in Jerusalem and onto the hillside of Calvary as these unlikely heroes try to save their friend.

Animation

The Chemical Brothers: Don't Think Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + CD

Astralwerks Records | 2012 | 105 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Originally captured in 2011, at the iconic Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, this event captures the synesthetic barrage of sound, film and light and the transforming effect it has on its audience though the Chemical Brother's iconic techno backlog of songs

Documentary / Music

Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life Blu-ray Movie  

MPI Media Group | 2011 | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 10, 2012 | Casey Broadwater

Conversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime serve as an examination of why people - and the state - kill.

Crime / Documentary

Iron Maiden: En Vivo! Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Music | 2012 | 116 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

‘En Vivo!’ was filmed on 10 April 2011 in front of 50,000 ecstatic fans at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago in Chile, during the "Round The World In 66 Days" leg of the band’s mammoth "The Final Frontier World Tour".

Music

Chelsea on the Rocks Blu-ray Movie  

Hannover House | 2008 | 89 min | Rated R | May 04, 2010 | Michael Reuben

A personal manifesto about the legendary Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan, home to countless artists, eccentrics and lunatics (some famous, some infamous, many unknown), during a period when new management is trying to "make over" the property into something more commercial and profitable.

Documentary

The Yellow Sea Blu-ray Movie    

황해 | The Murderer | Hwanghae | Director's Cut

Monster Pictures | 2010 | 140 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Mar 26, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The story of a cab driver in Yanji City, a region between North Korea, China and Russia. His wife goes to Korea to earn money, but he doesn't hear from her since in 6 months. He plays mah-jong to make some extra cash, but this only makes his life worse; but then he meets a hitman who proposes to turn his life around by repaying his debt and reuniting with his wife, just for one hit.

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign

Drive Me Crazy Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 1999 | 91 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 17, 2012 | Martin Liebman

Nicole Maris is a popular high school preppy senior in Utah who gets her life turned upside down when her perfect date, Brad, falls for a cute cheerleader from another school a month before the school's centennial senior prom. After recovering from the shock, Nicole comes up with a solution to save her reputation: find a guy to appear like they're going steady and to take her to the dance hoping to make Brad jealous. Nicole then hooks up with her next door neighbor, prankster and trouble maker Chase Hammond, and tries to model him in her own image while he's looking to make his long-term girlfriend Dulcie jealous too. However, both Nicole and Chase don't expect their charade to lead it where they never expected it to.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Alter Bridge: Live at Wembley Blu-ray Movie  

European Tour 2011 / Blu-ray + CD

EMI | 2012 | 100 min | Not rated | Mar 26, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

This show is the most significant moment in the band's 8-year career, as their goal from day one was to play Wembley. The band ripped through a 21 song set featuring songs from all 3 of their albums including the hits: Rise Today , Watch Over You , Blackbird , Ghosts Of Days Gone By and Isolation

Music

Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

20th Century Fox | 2011 | 87 min | Rated G | Mar 27, 2012 | Casey Broadwater

Chipmunks ahoy! It's a tidal wave of toe-tapping music and unfurgettable fun for the whole family as Alvin and the Chipmunks return in their greatest adventure yet! While on vacation aboard a luxury cruise liner, Alvin, Simon, Theodore and the Chipettes can't help rocking the boat with their unique brand of 'munk mischief. But things get really squeaky when the gang winds up stranded on a remote island - and they soon discover their new tropical playground is not as deserted as it seems. Subtitles: English, French, Spanish. "Munk Music & Dance Machine", "Munking Movies in Paradise".

Animation / Comedy / Family / Musical

Space Jam Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1996 | 88 min | Rated PG | Oct 04, 2011 | Brian Orndorf

The Nerdlucks, a gang of space creatures, have been dispatched by their boss to kidnap Bugs Bunny and his Looney Tunes cohorts. Bugs challenges the aliens to a basketball tournament: if the Looney Tunes win, they'll remain on Earth. Bugs knows he needs some serious help, but basketball's best players are all having their skills "absorbed" by the aliens. Of course, there's a baseball player he happens to know...

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi / Sport

Titanoboa: Monster Snake Blu-ray Movie  

Inception Media Group | 2012 | 92 min | Not rated | Apr 03, 2012 | Michael Reuben

In the Cerrejon Mine in Colombia, scientists found a host of giant fossilized leaves and super-sized reptiles that shed light on a prehistoric black hole, just after the death of the dinosaurs. These fossilized remains reveal that the earth endured a period of global warming leading to a whole new ecosystem - the birth of the rain forest - in which huge creatures battled it out to become the planet's top predators. Dominating this battle was Titanoboa, the biggest snake of all time.

Documentary / Nature

World War II: Tank Overhaul Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Questar | 2006-2007 | 100 min | Not rated | Jan 11, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Originally broadcast on The Military Channel, Tank Overhaul invites you into a world where military enthusiasts, collectors, and restorers combine their knowhow with 21st century technology to restore the greatest battle-tanks of all time to their former glory. Each episode follows one tank's story, from the original salvage, to the rebuilding process, to the history behind the innovations that made each machine great. From their might on the battlefield to the shortcomings and flaws that ultimately became their undoing, Tank Overhaul explores every aspect of these remarkable machines as they are restored to life right before your eyes.

Documentary / War