New Blu-ray Reviews

Dexter: The Fifth Season Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 2010 | 618 min | Rated TV-MA | Aug 16, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

Dexter is a crime drama about Dexter Morgan, a man who leads a double life as an incredibly likeable forensics expert for the Miami Police Department and as an emotionless vigilante serial killer. Taught by his foster father to harness his lust for blood and killing, Dexter lives by his own strict moral code - he only kills murderers who can't otherwise be brought to justice. Dexter is a killer who grapples with fitting into society while, at the same time, he struggles with his inability to feel emotion. The irony of Dexter's life is that he works closely as a blood splatter analyst with the very people who hunt his kind - the homicide department.

Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Dark humor / Psychological thriller

The Round Up Blu-ray Movie    

La Rafle

Revolver Entertainment | 2010 | 125 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jul 18, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.

Drama / History / War / Foreign

Little Big Soldier Blu-ray Movie  

大兵小將 / 大兵小将 / Dà Bīng Xiǎo Jiàng / Blu-ray + DVD

Well Go USA | 2010 | 96 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 23, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Set during the final years of the Warring States period of ancient China, a cowardly soldier of Liang, who has captured a heavily wounded young general of rival kingdom Wei through sheer luck. Hoping that he will be rewarded and possibly discharged from the army, the soldier, who longs for peace and freedom, takes the captive along on his way back home. Their initial animosity gradually turns into friendship as the odd couple encounters danger in the shape of refugees, nomads, and the Wei armies on their eventful journey.

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Martial arts / Foreign

Cobra Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1986 | 87 min | Rated R | Aug 16, 2011 | Martin Liebman

A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far-reaching plans.

Action / Crime / Thriller

Cul-de-sac Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1966 | 112 min | Not rated | Aug 16, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

An uptight recluse and his nymphomaniacal young wife's stormy existence in an isolated British castle is turned upside down when two wounded gangsters break into their home and take over their lives.

Drama / Thriller / Dark humor

Copycat Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1995 | 123 min | Rated R | Aug 02, 2011 | Michael Reuben

Helen Hudson is a brilliant forensic psychologist who specializes in the study of serial killers. After one of her subjects attempts to kill her, Hudson suffers a nervous breakdown and becomes agoraphobic. However, when a series of ritualized murders baffle the San Francisco Police Department, M.J. Monahan, a feisty, intelligent detective, turns to the unwilling Hudson for help in finding the killer. The team of doctor and detective becomes a target when their quarry learns who is on his trail.

Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller

Poetry Blu-ray Movie  

시 / Shi

Kino Lorber | 2010 | 140 min | Not rated | Aug 23, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

A sixty-something woman, faced with the discovery of a heinous family crime and in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class.

Drama / Foreign

The Muppets Take Manhattan Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Sony Pictures | 1984 | 94 min | Rated G | Aug 16, 2011 | Martin Liebman

Kermit and his friends go to New York City to get their musical on Broadway, only to find that it's a more difficult task than they anticipated.

Comedy / Family / Musical

Samurai Girls: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2010 | 300 min | Rated TV-MA | Aug 23, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The story takes place in Japan in the early 21st century, in an alternate reality where the Tokugawa Shogunate has remained in power. In this reality, student councils are tasked with oppressing schools. Yagyuu Muneakira is a high school student who rebels against his student council with the help of girls who\'ve had the names of famous samurai heroes passed on to them.

Action / Anime / Comedy / Romance / Erotic / Foreign

Eden of the East: Paradise Lost Blu-ray Movie  

Combo Pack / Blu-ray + DVD

FUNimation Entertainment | 2010 | 92 min | Unrated | Aug 23, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The conclusion to the story begun in the Eden of the East TV series and continued in the theatrical movie The King of Eden.

Anime / Mystery / Foreign

Ironclad Blu-ray Movie  

Arc Entertainment | 2011 | 121 min | Rated R | Jul 26, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

It is the year 1215 and the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal to the Magna Carta, a noble, seminal document that upheld the rights of free-men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King reneged on his word and assembled a mercenary army on the south coast of England with the intention of bringing the barons and the country back under his tyrannical rule. Barring his way stood the mighty Rochester castle, a place that would become the symbol of the rebel's momentous struggle for justice and freedom.

Action / Adventure / History / War / Period

20 sigarette Blu-ray Movie    

20 Cigarettes

CG Entertainment | 2010 | 94 min | Rated T | Apr 18, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A film director working in Iraq finds himself caught up in a suicide attack.

Drama / Foreign

Sleeping with the Enemy Blu-ray Movie  

20th Century Fox | 1991 | 98 min | Rated R | Jun 28, 2011 | Michael Reuben

Laura is a young woman who thinks she's found the man of her dreams in Martin. But after they are married, Laura discovers the "real" Martin: compulsive, controlling and dangerously violent. She escapes by faking her own death and relocating to a small Midwestern town. But even with a new identity, Laura lives in fear, stalked by the memory of Martin's brutality...a memory that comes to life with a vengeance when he discovers that she is still alive!

Drama / Thriller / Psychological thriller

Dead Man Blu-ray Movie  

Echo Bridge Entertainment | 1995 | 121 min | Rated R | Aug 09, 2011 | Martin Liebman

William Blake, a young man in search of a fresh start, embarks on an exciting journey to a new town, not realizing the danger that lies ahead. When a heated love triangle ends in double murder, Blake finds himself a wanted man, running scared — until a mysterious loner teaches him to face the dangers that follow a "dead man."

Drama / Western / Imaginary / Surreal

Spice and Wolf: Season One Blu-ray Movie  

FUNimation Entertainment | 2008 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 30, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Lawrence, a traveling merchant searching for profit, finds a naked girl with the ears and tail of a wolf asleep in his cart. Her name is Holo - a harvest goddess with an untamed beast lurking inside who longs to return to her beloved northern home. Armed with his street smarts and her animal instincts, a simple peddler and a forgotten deity begin a journey through the wild countryside. Along their path, the riches of happiness shall be reaped, even as the bankruptcy which dwells in the human heart is exposed.

Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Foreign

Agent 8 3/4 Blu-ray Movie  

Hot Enough for June

VCI | 1964 | 96 min | Not rated | Aug 16, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In this satirical comedy-thriller at the height of the 007 popularity and set amidst the world of international espionage, unemployed Nicolas Whistler accepts a job and a tidy salary with what he believes to be a glass manufacturing company in London. He soon discovers that his business behind the Iron Curtain is in fact illegal. Everyone apparently believes him to be a spy but it takes much time and adventure for him to realize it. The realization numbs him with horror, and with his contacts gone, he is on his own. He must escape arrest and flee to England but the secret police are close behind him!

Comedy / Thriller

The Conspirator Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 2010 | 122 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 16, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Following the assassination of President Lincoln, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged. Mary Surratt is the lone female charged.

Drama / History / War / Period

Assassins Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1995 | 133 min | Rated R | Aug 16, 2011 | Michael Reuben

Robert Rath is the best hitman around, but the code and sense of duty once part of his deadly career are lost in a post-Cold War world of free-lance guns. He wants out. Not so Miguel Bain, a driven killer who knows how to claim the top spot of his shadowy profession: eliminate Rath.

Action / Crime / Thriller

Outrage Blu-ray Movie    

アウトレイジ / 全員惡人

Panorama | 2010 | 109 min | Rated III | Jan 28, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Sekiuchi, boss of the Sannokai, a huge organized crime syndicate controlling the entire Kanto region, issues a warning to his lieutenant Kato and right-hand man Ikemoto. Kato, in turn, orders Ikemoto to bring a rival gang in line, and immediately passes the task on to his subordinate Otomo, who runs with his own crew. The tricky jobs that no one wants to do always seem to end up in Otomo's lap.

Crime / Drama / Foreign

Hush Blu-ray Movie  

Image Entertainment | 1998 | 96 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 16, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

Helen is the young girlfriend of good-looking Jackson Baring. When Helen gets pregnant and marries Jackson, they decide to move to his hometown, Kilronan, and have a baby there. But his mother Martha, who lives there, starts to do weird things, and obviously she's not too friendly to Helen.

Mystery / Thriller