New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- January 23, 2012
WWII in 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
A+E Networks | 2011 | 46 min | Not rated | Jan 24, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
WWII IN 3D tells the story of the war from the rise of the Nazis, their sweep across Europe, the Allied counterattack and the fall of Nazi Germany.
Documentary
The Piano Blu-ray Movie
Lionsgate Films | 1993 | 120 min | Rated R | Jan 31, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In 1851, Ada, a mute Scotswoman, travels to colonial New Zealand to wed a man she does not know, with her precocious daughter Flora and beloved piano in tow. When her cold and practical husband, the landowner Stewart, refuses to transport the piano to their rural home, Ada hesitantly agrees to a sexual relationship with a neighbor, the intense George, in order to retrieve and gain access to the instrument.
Drama / Romance / Period
The English Patient Blu-ray Movie
Lionsgate Films | 1996 | 162 min | Rated R | Jan 31, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing a tragic love affair.
Drama / Romance / War / Melodrama / Epic / Period
National Parks Exploration Series: The Everglades - A Sub-Tropical Paradise Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2012 | 80 min | Rated G | Jan 10, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Nestled in the heart of America’s Great Plains are the distinct landscapes of a sacred land that beckons the visitor to enter the nation's mysterious and glorious west. A land of soaring pinnacles, deep canyons, hidden caves, national monuments and countless wildlife sanctuaries. It is also the place of the inglorious death of famed gunslinger, Wild Bill Hickok and the most sacred spot for the Lakota Sioux.
Documentary / Nature
Cold Mountain Blu-ray Movie
Lionsgate Films | 2003 | 154 min | Rated R | Jan 31, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Inman, a Civil War Confederate soldier, is seriously wounded in battle before heading home to North Carolina to his pre-war beloved, Ada. In his absence, Ada--with the help of a young drifter named Ruby--is desperately trying to hold onto the farm of her deceased missionary father. Inman's long journey home takes him through the crumbling confederacy, as he meets people of all walks of life who want to both aid and hinder his mission.
Drama / Romance / War / Melodrama / Period
Hell and Back Again Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray
Cinedigm | 2011 | 88 min | Not rated | Jan 24, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Afghanistan has been able to achieve. It is a masterpiece in the cinema of war.
Action / Documentary / History
Heart: Live Blu-ray Movie
Image Entertainment | 2005 | 110 min | Not rated | Aug 02, 2011 | Michael Reuben
The band fronted by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson performs in a two-part concert broadcast in 2005 as part of the Soundstage series jointly produced by WTTW, the PBS station in Chicago, and HD Ready.
Music
- January 22, 2012
Manhattan Blu-ray Movie
The Woody Allen Collection
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1979 | 96 min | Rated R | Jan 24, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
A middle-aged TV writer, living in Manhattan, finds himself torn between relationships with a teenage girl who idolizes him, a thirtysomething woman who shares his intellectual passions, and an ex-wife who left him for another woman.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
The Rolling Stones: Some Girls - Live in Texas '78 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + CD
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 1978 | 85 min | Unrated | Nov 21, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The Rolling Stones 1978 tour in support of that year's Some Girls album is considered by fans to be one of their very best. The tour took a back to basics approach, with the band and their music at the forefront and little or no elaborate staging. This concert is typical of the tour with the Rolling Stones delivering a raw performance of many of the tracks from Some Girls. Originally shot on 16mm film, the footage has been restored and the sound remixed and remastered by Bob Clearmountain from the original multitrack tapes.
Music
Restless Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Sony Pictures | 2011 | 91 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 24, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Annabel Cotton is a beautiful and charming terminal cancer patient with a deep felt love of life and the natural world. Enoch Brae is a young man who has dropped out of the business of living after an accident claimed the life of his parents. When these two outsiders chance to meet at a funeral, they find an unexpected common ground in their unique experiences of the world.
Drama / Romance / Supernatural
A Separation Blu-ray Movie
Jodái-e Náder az Simin / جدایی نادر از سیمین
Artificial Eye | 2011 | 123 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Dec 06, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Nader and Simin argue about living abroad. Simin prefers to live abroad to provide better opportunities for their only daughter, Termeh. However, Nader refuses to go because he thinks he must stay in Iran and take care of his father, who suffers from Alzheimers. However, Simin is determined to get a divorce and leave the country with her daughter.
Drama / Foreign
Dream House Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2011 | 92 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 31, 2012 | Kenneth Brown
Successful publisher Will Atenton quit a job in New York City to relocate his wife, Libby, and two girls to a quaint New England town. But as they settle into their new life, they discover their perfect home was the murder scene of a mother and her children. And the entire city believes it was at the hands of the husband who survived. When Will investigates the tragedy, his only lead comes from Ann...
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
The Iron Rose Blu-ray Movie
La rose de fer
Redemption | 1973 | 86 min | Not rated | Jan 24, 2012 | Casey Broadwater
A young couple out for a walk decide to take a stroll through a large cemetery. As darkness begins to fall they realize they can't find their way out, and soon their fears begin to overtake them.
Fantasy / Horror / Erotic / Foreign / Surreal
Nature: The Animal House Blu-ray Movie
PBS | 2011 | 53 min | Not rated | Jan 10, 2012 | Brian Orndorf
Why do some animals build structures and others don t? And how do animals decide where to build? Animal homes need to be safe and secure, protection from predators and the weather. Going above ground and under, we will investigate just what goes into making a home when you re wild and cost is not a factor.
Biography / Documentary / Family / Nature / Other
See No Evil, Hear No Evil Blu-ray Movie
Image Entertainment | 1989 | 103 min | Rated R | Jan 24, 2012 | Michael Reuben
A blind man and a deaf man are mistakenly accused of murder and must work together to find the real killers.
Comedy / Crime
- January 21, 2012
National Parks Exploration Series: The Black Hills and The Badlands - Gateway to the West Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 2012 | 69 min | Rated G | Jan 10, 2012 | Martin Liebman
Nestled in the heart of America’s Great Plains are the distinct landscapes of a sacred land that beckons the visitor to enter the nation's mysterious and glorious west. A land of soaring pinnacles, deep canyons, hidden caves, national monuments and countless wildlife sanctuaries. It is also the place of the inglorious death of famed gunslinger, Wild Bill Hickok and the most sacred spot for the Lakota Sioux.
Documentary / Nature
Transformers: Dark of the Moon 3D Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2011 | 154 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 31, 2012 | Martin Liebman
The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the Moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and learn its secrets, which could turn the tide in the Transformers' final battle.
Action / Sci-Fi
U2: From The Sky Down Blu-ray Movie
Universal Music | 2011 | 90 min | Not rated | Jan 24, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In the terrain of rock bands, implosion or explosion is seemingly inevitable. U2 has defied the gravitational pull towards destruction; this band has endured and thrived. This documentary asks the question why.
Documentary / Music
Senna Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2010 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 104 min | Rated Exempt | Oct 10, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The story of the monumental life and tragic death of legendary Brazilian motor-racing Champion, Ayrton Senna. Spanning the decade from his arrival in Formula One in the mid 80's, the film follows Senna's struggles both on track against his nemesis, French World Champion Alain Prost, and off it, against the politics which infest the sport.
Biography / Documentary / Sport
Neds Blu-ray Movie
Entertainment One | 2010 | 124 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | May 23, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
John McGill is a promising student at a tough Glasgow school who, despite a family background of alcoholism and abuse, looks set to sail into university and a bright future beyond. That is, until things begin to go wrong at school and John, like his older brother before him, slips into the heady and dangerous world of Glasgow's gangland.
Crime / Drama / Period / Coming of age