New Blu-ray Reviews

Original Sin Blu-ray Movie  

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 2001 | 118 min | Unrated | Jun 07, 2011 | Michael Reuben

A woman, along with her lover, plans to con a rich man by marrying him, earning his trust, and then running away with all his money. Everything goes as planned until she falls in love with him.

Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Erotic

Cruel Intentions Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 1999 | 97 min | Rated R | Jun 12, 2007 | Michael Reuben

Kathryn and Sebastian are rich, spoiled step-siblings who enjoy competing with each other at power games. Sebastian bets Kathryn that he can seduce Annette, the daughter of their school’s new headmaster, who is a famous advocate of waiting until marriage. But to Sebastian’s shock (and Kathryn’s horror), Sebastian finds himself falling in love. Now Kathryn is out for revenge. Suggested by the novel Les Liasons dangereuses.

Drama / Romance / Thriller

Final Destination Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 2000 | 98 min | Rated R | Apr 07, 2009 | Michael Reuben

After getting a premonition about a plane crash on his school trip, Alex Browning saves a few of his classmates from the disaster. However, their situation gets complicated when Death starts chasing them one by one.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Teen / Supernatural

The Wild Bunch Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1969 | 145 min | Rated R | Sep 25, 2007 | Michael Reuben

After a bloody holdup attempt at a railroad depot, a notorious gang of outlaws rides south to Mexico pursued by bounty hunters. The outlaws are led by Pike Bishop, a tough man weighed down by age, regret and the knowledge that his way of life is over. The bounty hunters are led by Deke Thornton, Pike’s former partner, who has been bailed out of jail by the railroad on condition that he bring back Pike, dead or alive. Thornton would rather join Pike, but he gave his word. In Mexico, Pike’s gang takes a job stealing weapons to supply a Mexican war lord, but is this really the kind of work they want to do?

Action / Adventure / Drama / Western

Forks Over Knives Blu-ray Movie  

Virgil Films & Entertainment | 2010 | 95 min | Rated PG | Aug 30, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Examines the claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods.

Documentary

Nikita: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 2010-2011 | 1012 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 30, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

Division is an ultra-secret government agency whose operatives are recruited young people with severed ties to family, friends and society. Trained to be invisible assassins, no one ever leaves Division -- except the charming and deadly Nikita, who has managed to escape, making it her mission to undermine the now-corrupt organization. A force to be reckoned with, the rogue Nikita taunts Division, staying on their radar, but always one step ahead. Yet as determined as Nikita is to bring down her former agency, there are those just as determined to stop her, including Division's newest recruit Alex, a beautiful young woman who seems destined to replace Nikita as their next top operative.

Action / Drama / Thriller / Martial arts

40 Days and 40 Nights Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 2002 | 96 min | Rated R | Sep 06, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Matt Sullivan's last big relationship ended in disaster and ever since his heart's been aching and his commitment's been lacking. Then came Lent, that time of year when everybody gives something up. That's when Matt, a guy who's never been able to finish anything, decides to go where no man's gone before and make a vow: No sex. Whatsoever for 40 straight days. No touching. No kissing. No foreplay. No fooling around. No self-gratification. No nothing. At first he has everything under control. That is until the woman of his dreams, Erica, walks into his life. Sexy and spirited, Erica drives Matt wild. Now, with everyone betting he won't finish what he started, he's just trying to hold on, and hoping she's willing to hold out...

Comedy / Romance

Brotherhood of the Wolf Blu-ray Movie    

Le Pacte des Loups

Optimum Home Entertainment | 2001 | 139 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Aug 22, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Set in 1765, during the reign of Louis XV, an epic adventure based in part on a well-known French legend. In a rural province of France, a mysterious creature is leaving a trail of mutilated corpses across the countryside, savagely killing scores of women and children. Unseen, possessed of enormous strength and a seemingly near-human intelligence, the beast has eluded capture for years. Desperate to end the growing unrest of the populace, the King sends in a renowned scientist and his Haudenosaunee blood brother, an unconventional team whose combined methods and capabilities may finally bring the beast down. But what these men find, when finally confronted with the true nature of the beast, is more shocking than anyone could have anticipated.

Action / Adventure / History / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign / Melodrama

Everything Must Go Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 2010 | 97 min | Rated R | Sep 06, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.

Comedy / Drama

Skateland Blu-ray Movie  

20th Century Fox | 2010 | 98 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 30, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

An iconic tribute to a culture, place and state of mind that defined small-town America in the early '80s. It is a universal moment in time, when everything you know to be true starts fading. The story is personal, yet familiar, set against a visually arresting landscape of music and vistas of Americana.

Drama

The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 2010-2011 | 927 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 30, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

They're back – and they're not alone. The seductive characters of The Vampire Diaries return for a stunning 5-Disc 22-Episode Season Two. This time Elena, Stefan, Damon and the other residents of Mystic Falls are joined by sinister new blood. Released from the tomb, Katherine unleashes her personal brand of evil in a diabolical plot. The Originals – the world's oldest and most dangerous vampires – hunt for Elena, who discovers she has a terrifying connection to their world. And now bloodsuckers aren't the only monsters in town. On moonlit nights, werewolves roam in search of victims…including vampires, who succumb to a single werewolf bite. The Vampire Diaries: unending suspense, undying romance

Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Romance / Thriller / Teen / Supernatural

Julia's Eyes Blu-ray Movie    

Los ojos de Julia

Optimum Home Entertainment | 2010 | 117 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Sep 12, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The story of a woman who is slowly losing her sight whilst trying to investigate the mysterious death of her twin sister.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Foreign

Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2011 | 340 min | Not rated | Sep 13, 2011 | Martin Liebman

Before Spartacus struck down his first opponent in the arena, there were many gladiators who passed though the gates onto the sand.'Spartacus: Gods of the Arena' tells the story of the original Champion of the House of Batiatus: Gannicus in a more ruthless time before Spartacus' arrival where honor was just finding it's way into the arena.

Action / Adventure / Drama / History / Epic / Period

Ernest Scared Stupid Blu-ray Movie  

Mill Creek Entertainment | 1991 | 92 min | Rated PG | Aug 23, 2011 | Martin Liebman

Ernest accidentally unleashes an ugly troll that plots to transform children into wooden dolls in the town of Briarville, Missouri.

Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Holiday

Blitz Blu-ray Movie  

Millennium Media | 2011 | 97 min | Rated R | Aug 23, 2011 | Martin Liebman

A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.

Action / Crime / Thriller

Strike Blu-ray Movie  

Стачка | Stachka | Remastered Edition

Kino Lorber | 1925 | 88 min | Not rated | Aug 30, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

In Russia's factory region during Czarist rule, there's restlessness and strike planning among workers; management brings in spies and external agents. When a worker hangs himself after being falsely accused of thievery, the workers strike. At first, there's excitement in workers' households and in public places as they develop their demands communally. Then, as the strike drags on and management rejects demands, hunger mounts, as does domestic and civic distress. Provocateurs recruited from the lumpen and in league with the police and the fire department bring problems to the workers; the spies do their dirty work; and, the military arrives to liquidate strikers.

Drama / History / Foreign / Period

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov Blu-ray Movie  

Opus Arte | 2010 | 164 min | Not rated | Aug 30, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Boris Godunov is the story not only of a troubled leader but of an entire nation, and its history is as eventful as that of Mother Russia herself. In this new production, the legendary director Andrei Konchalovsky presents a personal vision of the opera that takes Mussorgsky’s bare and monumental first version as its basis, while adding the final scene from the composer’s revision, in which not only the Tsar but the people themselves reveal their fatal flaws.

Music

Fringe: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 2010-2011 | 962 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 06, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

Fringe revolves around three unlikely colleagues – a beautiful, young and determined FBI agent (Anna Torv), a brilliant but off-the-wall scientist (John Noble), and his sardonic, roguish son (Joshua Jackson) – who team up to investigate a series of peculiar deaths and disasters known as “The Pattern.” The trio suspects that someone is using the world as a laboratory. And many of the clues lead them to Massive Dynamic, a shadowy global corporation that may be more powerful than any nation.

Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Supernatural

Maillot, Jean-Christophe: Le Songe Blu-ray Movie  

Arthaus Musik | 2009 | 101 min | Not rated | Aug 30, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

This choreographic film by Jean-Christophe Maillot is based on William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Music

Hesher Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 2010 | 106 min | Rated R | Sep 13, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Hesher is a loner. He hates the world and everyone in it. He has long greasy hair and homemade tattoos. He is malnourished and smokes a lot of cigarettes. He likes fire and blowing things up. He lives in his van, until he meets TJ.

Drama