New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- February 22, 2012
Beneath the Darkness Blu-ray Movie
Image Entertainment | 2011 | 96 min | Rated R | Feb 28, 2012 | Michael Reuben
After watching their best friend get murdered, a group of teens struggle to expose a local hero as the vicious killer and keep from becoming his next victims.
Horror / Thriller
I Melt with You Blu-ray Movie
Magnolia Pictures | 2011 | 116 min | Rated R | Feb 28, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
When four 40-something college friends meet up for their annual reunion, things start to spiral out of control, and a pact they made as young men is revisited.
Drama / Thriller
Treasure Train Blu-ray Movie
Odyssey of the Pacific / The Emperor of Peru
Odyssey Moving Images | 1982 | 81 min | Rated G | Feb 14, 2012 | Brian Orndorf
No synopsis for this title.
Comedy / Family / Fantasy
- February 21, 2012
The Fades: Season One Blu-ray Movie
Series One
BBC | 2010 | 338 min | Not rated | Feb 21, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
A teenage boy is haunted by apocalyptic dreams that nobody can explain. As if that weren't terrifying enough, he begins to see spirits of the dead, known as The Fades, all around him. The Fades can't be seen, smelt, heard or touched by other humans. When an embittered and vengeful Fade, Polus, finds a way to be solid again, it's up to Paul to stop him - and all of the dead - from breaking back into the world and destroying the human race.
Fantasy / Horror / Imaginary / Supernatural
Puss in Boots Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
DreamWorks | 2011 | 90 min | Rated PG | Feb 24, 2012 | Martin Liebman
A story about the events leading up to the sword fighting cat's meeting with Shrek and his friends.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Puss in Boots 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
DreamWorks | 2011 | 90 min | Rated PG | Feb 24, 2012 | Martin Liebman
A story about the events leading up to the sword fighting cat's meeting with Shrek and his friends.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Barfly Blu-ray Movie
Barfly - Szenen eines wüsten Lebens
Koch Media | 1987 | 100 min | Rated FSK-16 | Dec 02, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Henry Chinaski never cared for the American dream, the thought of needing to become 'something' and fit into the system disgusts him. He believes that life is free and yours to live like you see fit, and if that in some cases involves copious amounts of whiskey then so be it. Henry spends his days drinking and listening to the radio, and he spends his nights drinking and fighting against Eddy who he thinks personifies shallowness and shameless self promoting. Sometimes in the middle of this he finds the time to jot down a few lines of poetry or a short story. After fighting Eddy and winning for a change Henry is thrown out of his regular bar where Eddy is a bartender.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
The Hellstrom Chronicle Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1971 | 90 min | Rated G | Jan 10, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Stop-motion photography with microscopic and telescopic lenses and elements of science fiction are used to depict the struggle for survival between humans and insects.
Documentary / Drama
On the Bowery Blu-ray Movie
The Films of Lionel Rogosin, Vol. 1
Milestone | 1956-1966 | 2 Movies | 135 min | Not rated | Feb 21, 2012 | Michael Reuben
In 1956, Ray, a younger man, arrives on New York City's skid row, enters a bar and buys a few drinks. He meets Gorman, who, when Ray passes out, steals his suitcase. Over the next two days, Ray and Gorman keep crossing paths on the Bowery, a street of lost souls.
Documentary / Other
Martha Marcy May Marlene Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 2011 | 102 min | Rated R | Feb 21, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
Martha is a young woman rapidly unraveling amidst her attempt to reclaim a normal life after fleeing from a cult and its charismatic leader. Seeking help from her estranged older sister Lucy and brother-in-law, Martha is unable and unwilling to reveal the truth about her disappearance. When her memories trigger a chilling paranoia that her former cult could still be pursuing her, the line between Martha's reality and delusion begins to blur.
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller
The Conformist Blu-ray Movie
Il Conformista / Arrow Academy / Blu-ray + DVD
Arrow | 1970 | 113 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Feb 27, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
Crime / Drama / Foreign
- February 20, 2012
Hugo Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2011 | 126 min | Rated PG | Feb 28, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Adventure / Drama / Family / Mystery / Period
Hugo 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2011 | 126 min | Rated PG | Feb 28, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Adventure / Drama / Family / Mystery / Period
Owl City: Live from Los Angeles Blu-ray Movie
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2011 | 209 min | Not rated | Feb 07, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Filmed at LA's Club Nokia this past July, Owl City: Live from Los Angeles will give fans a rare chance to see into the world of Owl City, experiencing the live show intimately with the mastermind behind the project: Adam Young.
Music
The Way Blu-ray Movie
Arc Entertainment | 2010 | 121 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 21, 2012 | Michael Reuben
A father travels from the US to France to recover the body of his estranged son who died while traveling "El Camino de Santiago" from France to Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama
J. Edgar Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2011 | 137 min | Rated R | Feb 21, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life.
Biography / Drama / History
Splendor Blu-ray Movie
Gaumont | 1989 | 105 min | Not rated | Oct 19, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Splendor is the name of an old movie theater managed by Jordan, who inherited it from his father. The theater is in decay and only generates debts and trouble, but Jordan gets aid in his almost quixotian quest from projectionist Luigi and ushurette Chantale. However, Jordan is finally forced to sell the Splendor to businessman Lo Fazio, which plans to transform it in some kind of furniture store. When Jordan leaves the theater for the last time, he recalls the glorious days of Splendor and movies in general.
Drama / Foreign
- February 19, 2012
Nature: Kangaroo Mob Blu-ray Movie
PBS | 2011 | 53 min | Not rated | Feb 14, 2012 | Brian Orndorf
No synopsis for this title.
Biography / Documentary / Family / Nature / Other
Anatomy of a Murder Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1959 | 161 min | Not rated | Feb 21, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A small-town lawyer gets the case of a lifetime when a military man avenges an attack on his wife.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
The Richard Thompson Band: Live at Celtic Connections Blu-ray Movie
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2011 | 145 min | Unrated | Jan 31, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music