New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- February 29, 2012
The Front Line Blu-ray Movie
고지전 / Go-ji-jeon
Cine-Asia | 2011 | 133 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Feb 27, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A veteran intelligence officer accepts the assignment and discovers mysterious and tragic occurrences surrounding a former comrade he had long thought dead. In the epic battle for survival that follows, the two men become locked in a deadly battle of wills. One will sacrifice his humanity for the sake of his 'brothers'; the other will discover compassion in the agonies of war. Ultimately, both will be forced to fight side-by-side, so their loved ones can enjoy freedom for just one more day.
Drama / War / Foreign
- February 28, 2012
Puncture Blu-ray Movie
Millennium Media | 2011 | 100 min | Rated R | Jan 03, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Mike Weiss is a talented young Houston lawyer and a functioning drug addict. Paul Danziger, his longtime friend and partner, is the straightlaced and responsible yin to Mike's yang. Their mom-and-pop personal-injury law firm is getting by, but things really get interesting when they decide to take on a case involving Vicky, a local ER nurse, who is pricked by a contaminated needle on the job. As Weiss and Danziger dig deeper into the case, a health care and pharmaceutical conspiracy teeters on exposure and heavyweight attorneys move in on the defense.
Drama
Young Adult Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2011 | 94 min | Rated R | Mar 13, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature, returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart. When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate who hasn't quite gotten over high school either.
Comedy / Drama
Swamp Water Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition to 3000 - SOLD OUT
Twilight Time | 1941 | 88 min | Not rated | Feb 14, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with the girl and persuades the fugitive to return to town.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Pal Joey Blu-ray Movie
Twilight Time | 1957 | 109 min | Not rated | Feb 14, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Nightclub singer Joey Evans has big dreams of starting his own nightclub. Despite a meaningful connection with chorus girl Linda English, he begins seducing Vera Simpson, a wealthy widow and ex-burlesque dancer he hopes will provide financial backing for his club.
Drama / Musical / Romance
Never Been Kissed Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 1999 | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 10, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
Chicago Sun Times copy editor Josie Gellar (25), who was desperate to graduate from perfectionist copy editor to reporter, gets her chance when the goody owner orders the editor to cover the high-school scene by undercover. Josie, who was a frustrated, ridiculed nerd, gets a popular make-over from her drop-out, naturally funny brother Rob Geller. Both siblings find love and joys of youth again. But in Josie's case, it's sensitive bachelor teacher Sam Coulson, who enjoys sophisticated conversation. As the publication deadline approaches, the price of blowing their cover seems ever more daunting, yet inevitable unless she sacrifices her career.
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Teen
Happy Feet Two Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2011 | 100 min | Rated PG | Mar 13, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
Mumble the penguin has a problem: his son Erik, who is reluctant to dance, encounters The Mighty Sven, a penguin who can fly! Things get worse for Mumble when the world is shaken by powerful forces, causing him to brings together the penguin nations and their allies to set things right.
Animation / Comedy / Family / Musical
- February 27, 2012
Caterpillar Blu-ray Movie
Kyatapirâ
Panorama | 2010 | 87 min | Rated III | May 27, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Set during the Second Sino-Japanese War and based on a banned 1929 horror-fantasy story by writer Edogawa Rampo, Caterpillar is a powerful indictment of Japanese right-wing militarism and male domination.
Drama / Foreign
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus Blu-ray Movie
Image Entertainment | 2011 | 91 min | Unrated | Mar 20, 2012 | Michael Reuben
An Airplane!-style parody of recent sword-and-sandal films, centered on Troy's greatest general, Awesomest Maximus, who is intensely loyal to his father-in-law, King Looney, but isn't terribly bright. Goaded by his ambitious wife, the Princess Hottessa, Awesomest finds himself on a diplomatic mission to Greece that goes horribly awry, leading to a war in which he must face the seemingly undefeatable Greek warrior, Testiclees.
Comedy
Blade of Kings Blu-ray Movie
The Twins Effect II / Chin gei bin 2: Fa dou daai jin / Blu-ray + DVD
Well Go USA | 2004 | 106 min | Not rated | Mar 06, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In the mythical land of Huadu, Charcoal Head, a humble boy born to rule an empire, must undertake his journey to claim his throne. It is an epic action adventure combining romance, fantasy, comedy, and cutting-edge, Hong Kong-style martial artistry.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Martial arts / Foreign
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel Blu-ray Movie
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2011 | 90 min | Rated R | Mar 27, 2012 | Martin Liebman
A documentary on DIY producer/director Roger Corman and his alternative approach to making movies in Hollywood.
Documentary
The Littlest Angel Blu-ray Movie
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2011 | 83 min | Rated G | Feb 14, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Based on the fifteenth best-selling children's book of all time, The Littlest Angel tells the story of a young boy who arrives in heaven before his time. Home-sick and lonely, he will travel back to earth, with his friendly pup Halo, to retrieve a most selfless and precious gift for The Baby Jesus. Experience the love, laughter and magic of one of the most popular children's stories of all time. From the classic book by Charles Tazewell comes the CGI animated film, The Littlest Angel.
Animation
The Town Blu-ray Movie
Ultimate Collector’s Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2010 | 1 Movie, 3 Cuts | 153 min | Rated R | Mar 06, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
As he plans his next job, career thief Doug MacRay tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, while trying to stay one step ahead of the FBI agent looking to bring down him and his crew.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Heist
- February 26, 2012
2-Headed Shark Attack Blu-ray Movie
Asylum | 2012 | 90 min | Not rated | Jan 31, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Survivors escape to a deserted atoll after a Semester at Sea ship is sunk by a mutated two-headed shark. But when the atoll starts flooding, no one is safe from the double jaws of the monster.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus Blu-ray Movie
Echo Bridge Entertainment | 2009 | 89 min | Rated R | May 18, 2010 | Martin Liebman
The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.
Action / Horror
Zaat Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Film Chest | 1971 | 100 min | Not rated | Feb 21, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A mad scientist (and apparent former Nazi) unleashes his master plan: to transform himself into a mutated walking catfish, gain revenge on those who have spurned him, and kidnap nubile young women to similarly transform so that he can breed. Or something like that.
Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Plan 9 from Outer Space Blu-ray Movie
Legend | 1957 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 79 min | Not rated | Mar 06, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Aliens resurrect dead humans as zombies and vampires to stop human kind from creating the Solaranite (a sort of sun-driven bomb).
Horror / Sci-Fi
Love and Other Disasters Blu-ray Movie
Image Entertainment | 2006 | 90 min | Rated R | Jul 06, 2010 | Michael Reuben
Jacks, an assistant at British Vogue, and her best friend Peter, a gay screenwriter, search for love and happiness among the artsy crowd of contemporary London.
Comedy / Romance
Cleopatra Blu-ray Movie
50th Anniversary Edition
20th Century Fox | 1963 | 251 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Jan 30, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.
Biography / Drama / History / Romance / Epic / Period
- February 25, 2012
Flight of the Phoenix Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 2004 | 113 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 05, 2006 | Michael Reuben
A group of air crash survivors are stranded in the Mongolian desert with no chance of rescue. Facing a brutal environment, dwindling resources, and an attack by desert smugglers, they realize their only hope is doing the impossible... building a new plane from the wreckage of the old one.
Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller