New Blu-ray Reviews

WWE The Best of King of the Ring Blu-ray Movie  

WWE Studios | 1993-2011 | 446 min | Not rated | Dec 13, 2011 | Martin Liebman

A look back at the history of the WWE's "King of the Ring" event, hosted by Booker T.

Sport

Christmas Traditions Blu-ray Movie  

Digital Environments | 2009 | 50 min | Not rated | Sep 08, 2009 | Martin Liebman

Enjoy beautiful Christmas scenery, showcasing traditional holiday décor filmed in a stately Queen Anne style mansion. To accompany this stunning imagery, choose from 6 different music programs to create that special holiday mood, all recorded in 5.1 surround sound. Then sit back, relax, and enjoy the sights and sounds of Christmas!

Music / Other / Holiday

Hypocrisy: Hell Over Sofia - 20 Years Of Chaos And Confusion Blu-ray Movie    

Blu-ray + CD

Nuclear Blast | 2011 | 183 min | Rated BBFC: U | Nov 07, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

No synopsis for this title.

Music

NOVA: The Fabric of the Cosmos Blu-ray Movie  

PBS | 2011 | 223 min | Not rated | Nov 22, 2011 | Brian Orndorf

The Fabric of the Cosmos, based on the book by physicist and author Brian Greene, takes us to the frontiers of physics to see how scientists are piecing together the most complete picture yet of space, time and the universe. With each step, audiences will discover that just beneath the surface of our everyday experience lies a world we'd hardly recognize, a startling world far stranger and more wondrous than anyone expected.

Documentary

Heaven's Lost Property: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie  

Sora no Otoshimono | Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

FUNimation Entertainment | 2009-2010 | 350 min | Rated TV-MA | Dec 20, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Tomoki's life was normal until a wish-granting angelic android named Ikaros fell from the sky and started calling him master! Of course, thanks to his raging teenage hormones, most of Tomoki's wishes have something to do with panties. And that makes things pretty complicated, because one simple wish can lead to a rampaging robot made out of frilly undergarments or turn bloomers into bombs capable of blowing up entire neighborhoods! If Tomoki doesn't learn to control his impulses around Ikaros and be more careful with his wishes, the chaos will only get crazier. Luckily, even with such a dirty mind, Tomoki's heart is in the right place. His hands, however, are a completely different story.

Action / Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Comic book / Foreign

Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon Blu-ray Movie  

RCA | 2011 | 86 min | Not rated | Nov 15, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The Story of Kings of Leon is a unique insight into one of the biggest bands on the planet. Now a global phenomenon, the film charts their humble beginnings in the deep South, struggling with the grasp of God and the pleasures of the Devil through alcohol, recreational drugs and most importantly, the rock n' roll that would make them superstars, to signing arecord deal and selling out stadiums worldwide. Featuring interviews with the full band Caleb, Nathan, Jared, and Matthew Followill, plus exclusive footage of other family members and influential figures in the band's lives and career, this is the first time their tremendous journey has been documented. Talihina Sky is the definitive story of the Kings of Leon, told in their own words.

Documentary / Music

The Grateful Dead Movie Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1977 | 131 min | Not rated | Nov 01, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The Grateful Dead performs live at Winterland in San Francisco in October 1974.

Documentary / Music

Warrior Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2011 | 140 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 20, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, a recovered alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for a mixed martial arts tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, a former MMA fighter unable to make ends meet as a public school teacher, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family. Even though years have passed, recriminations and past betrayals keep Brendan bitterly estranged from both Tommy and his father. But when Brendan's unlikely rise as an underdog sets him on a collision course with Tommy, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all battle of their lives.

Action / Drama / Sport / Martial arts

The Guard Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2011 | 96 min | Rated R | Jan 03, 2012 | Martin Liebman

Sergeant Gerry Boyle is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a maverick with his own moral code. He has seen enough of the world to know there isn't much to it and has had plenty of time to think about it.

Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Dark humor

Margin Call Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 2011 | 107 min | Rated R | Dec 20, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Follows the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.

Drama / Thriller / Psychological thriller

Bonekickers Blu-ray Movie  

Acorn Media | 2008 | 451 min | Not rated | Oct 11, 2011 | Michael Reuben

A team of English archaeologists headed by Gregory "Dolly" Parton and Gillian Magwilde investigate unusual finds, often with mysterious links to the present. Dr. Magwilde has a personal agenda. Her mother is a world-famous archaeologist who suffered a complete breakdown in a pursuit that many considered insane for a particular ancient relic: a mythical sword of great power.

Adventure / Drama / History / Mystery

Two-Lane Blacktop Blu-ray Movie    

Masters of Cinema

Eureka Entertainment | 1971 | 102 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jan 23, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A mechanic and a driver live only to race and maintain their 1955 Chevy. Heading east from California with no particular agenda, they give a girl a ride, and en route she incites jealousy between the men by sleeping with them both. Meanwhile, the trio encounters an overbearing GTO driver who agrees to race them to New York, each side putting at stake their most prized possession: their car.

Drama

Kung Fu Panda 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + DVD

DreamWorks | 2008 | 92 min | Rated PG | Dec 06, 2011 | Martin Liebman

Kung Fu Panda features Po the Panda, a lowly waiter in a noodle restaurant, who is a kung fu fanatic but whose shape doesn't exactly lend itself to kung fu fighting. That's a problem because powerful enemies are at the gates, and all hopes have been pinned on a prophesy naming Po as the "Chosen One" to save the day. A group of martial arts masters are going to need a black belt in patience if they are going to turn this slacker panda into a kung fu fighter before it's too late.

Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Martial arts

The Expendables Blu-ray Movie  

Extended Director's Cut / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2010 | 113 min | Unrated | Dec 13, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A group of mercenaries is hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator.

Action / Adventure / Thriller

Colombiana Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2011 | 112 min | Unrated | Dec 20, 2011 | Martin Liebman

Cataleya is a young woman who has grown up to be an assassin after witnessing the murder of her parents as a child. Turning herself into a professional killer and working for her uncle, she remains focused on her ultimate goal: to hunt down and get revenge on the mobster responsible for her parents’ deaths.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller

Belle de jour Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1967 | 100 min | Rated R | Jan 17, 2012 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.

Drama / Erotic / Foreign / Surreal

Apollo 18 Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2011 | 87 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 27, 2011 | Martin Liebman

To the history books Apollo 17 was NASA's last Apollo mission, but an undocumented and covert operation to the moon was made by Apollo 18, which revealed disturbing evidence of new life forms.

Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Colin Quinn: Long Story Short Blu-ray Movie  

MVD/VSC | 2011 | 82 min | Rated TV-MA | Dec 06, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Colin Quinn performs his one-man show about world history, which he originally presented on Broadway.

Comedy

Withnail and I Blu-ray Movie    

Studio Canal | 1987 | 107 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Oct 24, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Camden Town, the arse-end of the sixties. Two struggling, unemployed actors decide some respite is in order and so depart their miserable flat for a week in the Lake District – one that will involve rain, booze, minimal supplies, a randy bull and an even randier Uncle Monty.

Comedy / Drama

Rise of the Planet of the Apes Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

20th Century Fox | 2011 | 105 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 13, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

An origin story set in present day San Francisco. Our greatest discovery will become the world's greatest threat when a scientist on the verge of a medical breakthrough begins testing on a young chimpanzee named Caesar. But when the chimp develops human-like intelligence and emotions, an epic battle ensues to determine the dominant species on the planet.

Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller