New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- November 26, 2011
Yu Yu Hakusho: Season 4 Blu-ray Movie
Anime Classics
FUNimation Entertainment | 1994-1995 | 700 min | Rated TV-PG | Nov 29, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Action / Anime / Comedy / Drama / Supernatural / Martial arts / Comic book / Foreign
- November 25, 2011
Disorganized Crime Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1989 | 101 min | Rated R | Oct 11, 2011 | Martin Liebman
This movie places some top thiefs, looking to steal money from a bank. The All-Star cast has many blunders on the way. Meanwhile a member of their group is missing and two cops chase after him.
Action / Comedy / Crime
Chaos;Head: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition | Kaosu heddo / Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2008 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Nov 29, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Takumi is a boy obsessed with anime and videogames who starts to question what is reality and what isn't after he gets involved with some gruesome murders.
Anime / Horror / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Nature: Jungle Eagle Blu-ray Movie
PBS | 2011 | 52 min | Not rated | Nov 15, 2011 | Brian Orndorf
No synopsis for this title.
Biography / Documentary / Family / Nature / Other
Tokyo Drifter Blu-ray Movie
東京流れ者 / Tôkyô nagaremono
Criterion | 1966 | 83 min | Not rated | Dec 13, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Reformed killer Tetsu's attempt to go straight is thwarted when his former cohorts call him back to Tokyo to help battle a rival gang.
Action / Crime / Drama / Foreign / Surreal
Page Eight Blu-ray Movie
Masterpiece Classic: Page Eight
PBS | 2011 | 105 min | Not rated | Nov 08, 2011 | Brian Orndorf
Johnny Worricker is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss and best friend Benedict Baron dies suddenly, leaving behind him an inexplicable file, threatening the stability of the organization. Meanwhile, a seemingly chance encounter with Johnny's striking next-door neighbor and political activist, Nancy Pierpan, seems too good to be true. Johnny is forced to walk out of his job, and then out of his identity to find out the truth.
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
- November 24, 2011
Griff the Invisible Blu-ray Movie
Vivendi Visual Entertainment | 2010 | 93 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 15, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Griff, a shy and awkward office worker by day, finds escape from his ordinary life by assuming the identity of a fantastic superhero each night. Griff's secret is jeopardized when he meets Melody, a cute but unconventional daydreamer. She quickly becomes fascinated by his idiosyncrasies, which are equal only to her own. In the face of mounting pressure to live in the "real world," it's up to Melody to rescue Griff for the sake of herself, Griff and their new found love for each other.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Despair Blu-ray Movie
Despair - Eine Reise ins Licht
Olive Films | 1978 | 121 min | Not rated | Nov 15, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Germany in the early 1930s. Against the backdrop of the Nazis' rise, Hermann Hermann, a Russian émigré and chocolate magnate, goes slowly mad. It begins with his seating himself in a chair to observe himself making love to his wife, Lydia, a zaftig empty-headed siren who is also sleeping with her cousin. Hermann is soon given to intemperate outbursts at his workers, other businessmen, and strangers. Then, he meets Felix, an itinerant laborer, whom he delusionally believes looks exactly like himself. Armed with a new life insurance policy, he hatches an elaborate plot in the belief it will free him of all his worries.
Drama / Fantasy
WWE: Ladder Match 2 - Crash & Burn Blu-ray Movie
WWE Studios | 2011 | 540 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 11, 2011 | Martin Liebman
It s the veritable definition of high risk, high reward in sports entertainment a rich reward hangs high above the ring and a superstar must climb a ladder to win the match and retrieve the prize. But the falls from the ladders can be devastating and the punishment one can inflict when using the cold steel ladders as weapons can be brutal. The first Ladder Match DVD in 2007 was one of the biggest-selling DVDs in WWE History, and now the Ladder Match is back with an all-new collection of memorable bouts from WWE, WCW, ECW, and more in The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn.
Action / Sport
Life, Above All Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Sony Pictures | 2010 | 106 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 06, 2011 | Martin Liebman
Just after the death of her newly-born sister, Chanda, 12 years old, learns of a rumor that spreads like wildfire through her small, dust-ridden village near Johannesburg. It destroys her family and forces her mother to flee. Sensing that the gossip stems from prejudice and superstition, Chanda leaves home and school in search of her mother and the truth.
Drama
Indian Summer Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1993 | 98 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 11, 2011 | Martin Liebman
A group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the original campers show up, but they still have a good time reminiscing. The people share experiences and grow while at the camp. They are dismayed to discover that the camp's owner, Unca Lou, is going to close the camp down.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
The Smurfs 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2011 | 103 min | Rated PG | Dec 02, 2011 | Martin Liebman
When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours -- in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.
Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Comic book
- November 23, 2011
The Debt Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2010 | 113 min | Rated R | Dec 06, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In 1997, shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel and Stefan about their former colleague David. All three have been venerated for decades by their country because of the mission that they undertook back in 1966, when the trio tracked down Nazi war criminal Vogel in East Berlin. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the team's mission was accomplished - or was it? The suspense builds in and across two different time periods, with startling action and surprising revelations.
Drama / Thriller / Period
Coicent / Five Numbers: Double Feature Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2011 | 2 Movies | 55 min | Rated TV-PG | Nov 22, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Five people and a cat discover themselves in a prison, with the power cut, no guards - and no exit. Where are they? And what are they doing there? And what is the significance of the numbers on their uniforms?
Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi / Short / Foreign
The Legend Is Born: Ip Man Blu-ray Movie
Yip Man chinchyun / 葉問前傳 / Blu-ray + DVD
FUNimation Entertainment | 2010 | 100 min | Rated TV-MA | Dec 13, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Dealing with the early years of the martial arts master, this film depicts Yip Man's resistance against invading foreigners, along with his romantic relations while under the tutelage of three Wing Chun masters.
Action / Biography / Drama / Martial arts / Foreign
Zen: Vendetta / Cabal / Ratking Blu-ray Movie
BBC
Warner Bros. | 2011 | 266 min | Not rated | Aug 02, 2011 | Michael Reuben
Aurelio Zen is a detective with the police force in Rome. In three separate stories, he investigates cases of murder, kidnapping and apparent suicide, all the while navigating the murky waters of corruption and influence that are an inescapable fact of life in Italy. In his private life, he explores a complicated and intense relationship with his chief's secretary, Tania, who has her own personal issues. Based on a series of novels by English author Michael Dibdin.
Crime / Mystery / Thriller
What Time Is It? Blu-ray Movie
Quelle heure est-il ? / Che ora è?
Gaumont | 1989 | 97 min | Not rated | Oct 19, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A father and his son who lived seperated for some time meet each other one day and try to talk their problems over and understand their diametrical differences.
Comedy / Drama / Foreign
- November 22, 2011
Tomcats Blu-ray Movie
Image Entertainment | 2001 | 95 min | Rated R | Oct 18, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
Seven years ago, a bunch of friends make a bet that'll give the last remaining bachelor a ton of money. Now, after losing a ton of money at a Vegas Casino, Michael Delaney has to quickly get his friend Kyle married so that he can collect the prize money to pay back his debt.
Comedy
Poltergeist II: The Other Side Blu-ray Movie
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1986 | 91 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 30, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
The Freeling family settles into a new home following the annihilation of their former residence by terrifying visitors from the netherworld. But the spirits of the dead are still hell-bent on luring the family's clairvoyant daughter Carol Anne to "the other side"!
Horror / Thriller
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 2011 | 104 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 01, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
In 19th-century China, seven year old girls Snow Flower and Lily are matched as laotong - or "old sames" - bound together for eternity. Isolated by their families, they furtively communicate by taking turns writing in a secret language, nu shu, between the folds of a white silk fan. In a parallel story in present day Shanghai, the laotong's descendants, Nina and Sophia, struggle to maintain the intimacy of their own childhood friendship in the face of demanding careers, complicated love lives, and a relentlessly evolving Shanghai.
Drama / History / Melodrama / Period / Coming of age