New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- February 25, 2012
To Catch a Thief Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1955 | 107 min | Not rated | Mar 06, 2012 | Martin Liebman
U.S. expatriate John Robie living in high style on the Riviera is a retired cat burglar. He must find out who a copy cat is to keep a new wave of jewel thefts from being pinned on him. High on list of prime victims is Jessie Stevens, in Europe to help daughter Frances find a suitable husband. Lloyds of London insurance agent is using a thief to catch a thief. Take an especially close look at scene where Robie gets Jessie's attention, dropping an expensive casino chip down decolletage of French roulette player. Filmed in VistaVision.
Crime / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Heist
Neverland Blu-ray Movie
Vivendi Visual Entertainment | 2011 | 169 min | Not rated | Mar 13, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Neverland introduces us to a young lad named Peter and his streetwise gang, who are mysteriously transported from turn-of-the-century London into an enchanting parallel world where time stands still and an adventure awaits like nothing you’ve ever seen before. In Neverland, no one ever ages and lost souls have been plucked out of time. The lost boys are soon caught in a war with the man who will become Captain Hook and change the fate of this mystical land forever.
Adventure / Family
- February 24, 2012
London Boulevard Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2010 | 103 min | Rated R | Feb 21, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Fresh out of prison, Mitchell lands a legitimate job as a handyman for a rich actress who's eager to reward him with cash, cars and sex. But Mitchell can never truly escape his violent past or the dangerous world of loan sharks, druggies and other bottomfeeders.
Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Styx: The Grand Illusion / Pieces of Eight Live Blu-ray Movie
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2010 | 131 min | Rated G | Jan 31, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Filmed on November 9, 2010 at the historic Orpheum Theater in Memphis, TN, Styx performs their classic multi-platinum seventies albums “The Grand Illusion” and “Pieces Of Eight” live in their entirety for the first time.
Music
Columbus Circle Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2012 | 86 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 06, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
An heiress who's been shut inside her apartment building for nearly two decades is forced to confront her fears after one of her neighbours is killed and a detective arrives to begin the investigation.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Princess Jellyfish: Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2010 | 275 min | Rated TV-14 | Feb 28, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Amamizukan is an apartment complex where no boys are allowed. Kurashita Tsukimi, a girl who adores jellyfish, lives there happily with her friends who all have nerdy obsessions of their own. Their peaceful lives gradually start to change when a beautiful woman helps Tsukimi out of a pinch. She stays overnight at the apartments -- but it turns out "she" is really a "he."
Anime / Comedy / Romance / Comic book / Foreign
- February 23, 2012
The Interrupters Blu-ray Movie
Frontline: The Interrupters
PBS | 2011 | 127 min | Not rated | Feb 14, 2012 | Brian Orndorf
The Interrupters tells the moving and often surprising stories of three "Violence Interrupters"-Ameena Matthews, Eddie Bocanegra, and Cobe Williams--who with bravado, humility, and even humor, work to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed.
Documentary
Scorpions: Live in 3D Blu-ray Movie
Get Your Sting & Blackout / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Sony Music | 2011 | 114 min | Not rated | Feb 21, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
The latest 3D technology captures the band's April 15, 2011 concert in Saarbrücken, Germany during their farewell tour. Extras include a 34 minute behind the scenes documentary.
Music
Jack Kerouac - King of the Beats Blu-ray Movie
Kultur | 1985 | 71 min | Unrated | Feb 28, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Jack Kerouac was a Beat Generation writer who took the nation by storm upon the publication of his novel On the Road. Kerouac's legacy and influence are explained via interviews with Kerouac's friends and contemporaries such as William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, and Edie Parker. Narrator Peter Coyote reads sections of Kerouac's (mostly autobiographical) books as an actor recreates scenes from Kerouac's life.
Biography / Documentary / Drama
WWE: The Epic Journey of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Blu-ray Movie
WWE Studios | 2012 | 116 min | Rated TV-14 | Feb 21, 2012 | Martin Liebman
He electrified a generation of sports entertainment fans with his brash style, superb athleticism, and uproarious interviews. He held the WWE Championship a record seven times, and was known for legendary battles with ''Stone Cold'' Steve Austin, Triple H, Mick Foley, Undertaker, and more. And at the peak of his popularity, he made a move to conquer a new industry, becoming an enormous movie star. Now, he's back in WWE, ready to main event the biggest WrestleMania in history, ''The People's WrestleMania.'' In the exciting buildup to WrestleMania XVIII, fans can, for the first time ever, relive the exciting life and times of the Rock. Packed with brand new interviews as well as a selection of the Rock's biggest career-spanning bouts, moments, and promos, this DVD/Blu-Ray set will electrify every member of Team Bring It!
Sport
The Geisha Boy Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1958 | 98 min | Not rated | Feb 14, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.
Comedy
Justice League: Doom Blu-ray Movie
DC Universe Animated Original Movie #13 / Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2012 | 77 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 28, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
When Vandal Savage discovers Batman’s secret contingency plan to defeat the Justice League should any of them go rogue, he steals it, forms his own army of supervillains, and begins taking out the Justice League one by one.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Boeing, Boeing Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1965 | 102 min | Not rated | Feb 14, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
American playboy Bernard Lawrence has cleverly designed a system using the airline timetables to keep going three affairs with flight stewardesses. However, his life soon starts to descend into a shambles after the arrival of a friend, Robert Reed, and a dreaded change to the flight order, whereby it becomes increasingly difficult to keep his three fiancées apart.
Comedy
Rock-A-Bye Baby Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1958 | 103 min | Not rated | Feb 14, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Clayton Poole is a small town TV repairman who is still in love with his former hometown sweetheart, Carla Naples, who is now a famous movie queen. When Carla becomes pregnant due to a hasty marriage in Mexico, which she has forgotten about, the studio tells her a baby will ruin her career so she turns to Clayton, the only person she can trust, and he agrees to care for the baby when it is born. Carla gives birth to triplets and Clayton finds he must get married before he can adopt them. He marries Sandy, Carla's younger sister who has always loved him...
Comedy
The Lover Blu-ray Movie
L'Amant / Der Liebhaber
Universum Film | 1992 | 116 min | Rated FSK-12 | Oct 28, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
It is French Colonial Vietnam in 1929. A young French girl from a family that is having some monetary difficulties is returning to boarding school. She is alone on public transportation when she catches the eye of a wealthy Chinese businessman. He offers her a ride into town in the back of his chauffeured sedan, and sparks fly. Can the torrid affair that ensues between them overcome the class restrictions and social mores of that time? Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Maugerite Duras.
Biography / Drama / Romance / Erotic / Foreign
- February 22, 2012
Midsomer Murders, Set 19 Blu-ray Movie
Acorn Media | 2010 | 360 min | Not rated | Feb 28, 2012 | Michael Reuben
Homicide, blackmail, greed, and betrayal: just a taste of what goes on behind the well-trimmed hedges of Midsomer County. Inspired by the novels of Caroline Graham.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Foreign
Mandrill Blu-ray Movie
Magnolia Pictures | 2009 | 90 min | Rated R | Feb 28, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
Antonio's parents were murdered when he was a child. As an adult, he is transformed into a relentless bounty hunter.
Action / Martial arts / Foreign
Stars and Stripes Forever Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
20th Century Fox | 1952 | 89 min | Not rated | Dec 13, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
An entertaining biography of the "March King" John Philip Sousa, the man who gave the world some of its most stirring music.
Biography / Music
Letter Never Sent Blu-ray Movie
Неотправленное письмо / Neotpravlennoe pismo
Criterion | 1959 | 96 min | Not rated | Mar 20, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Four members of a geological expedition are stranded in the bleak and unforgiving Siberian wilderness while on a mission to find diamonds.
Adventure / Drama / Foreign
Honey 2 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2011 | 111 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 21, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
Recently released from juvenile detention, talented dancer Maria Ramirez finds an outlet for her passion with a new dance crew.
Comedy / Drama / Music / Romance / Teen