New Blu-ray Reviews

Shadows and Lies Blu-ray Movie  

Shadows & Lies

Millennium Media | 2010 | 100 min | Rated R | Jun 07, 2011 | Martin Liebman

The story of William Vincent as he recounts the eccentric and curious path that has brought him, at mortal risk, to New York City, after four years in exile, to rescue a woman he scarcely knows, Ann, from the vague crime syndicate that first brought them together.

Drama

Be Cool Blu-ray Movie  

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 2005 | 115 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 05, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music exec on the way.

Comedy / Crime / Music

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Blu-ray Movie  

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Strand Releasing | 2010 | 109 min | Not rated | Aug 02, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days with his loved ones in the countryside. During this time, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. In order to understand the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave which he comes to understand is the birthplace of his first life.

Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Foreign

Mars Needs Moms 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2011 | 88 min | Rated PG | Aug 09, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

Take out the trash, eat your broccoli - who needs moms, anyway? Nine-year-old Milo finds out just how much he needs his mom when she's nabbed by Martians who plan to steal her mom-ness for their own young. Milo embarks on a quest to save his mom - a wild adventure that involves stowing away on a spaceship, navigating an elaborate, multi-level planet and taking on the alien nation and their leader....

Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi

Machine Girl Blu-ray Movie  

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Tokyo Shock | 2008 | 96 min | Not rated | Apr 26, 2011 | Michael Reuben

A teenaged girl seeks justice after her younger brother is killed by bullies.

Action / Comedy / Crime / Horror / Thriller / Foreign

Mars Needs Moms Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Disney / Buena Vista | 2011 | 88 min | Rated PG | Aug 09, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

Take out the trash, eat your broccoli - who needs moms, anyway? Nine-year-old Milo finds out just how much he needs his mom when she's nabbed by Martians who plan to steal her mom-ness for their own young. Milo embarks on a quest to save his mom - a wild adventure that involves stowing away on a spaceship, navigating an elaborate, multi-level planet and taking on the alien nation and their leader....

Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi

Subspecies Blu-ray Movie  

20th Anniversary Edition

Full Moon Features | 1991 | 83 min | Rated R | Aug 16, 2011 | Martin Liebman

The evil vampire villain Radu returns to his hometown Prejnar, after spending years in exile. He steals the precious blood stone which is said to be bleeding from all saints, from his father and kills him. Meanwhile two American schoolgirls team up with a local girl for work on Romanian culture. Radu becomes attracted to them but runs into trouble when his brother Stephan helps the girls.

Fantasy / Horror

Soul Eater: The Weapon Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Parts 3 & 4

FUNimation Entertainment | 2008-2009 | 625 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 09, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

After 800 years, the witch Arachne has returned to spin a web of wickedness, leading an army of ghoulish minions in a war against Death Weapon Meister Academy.

Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Supernatural / Comic book / Foreign

The Music Room Blu-ray Movie  

জলসাঘর / Jalsaghar

Criterion | 1958 | 99 min | Not rated | Jul 19, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Indian landowner Biswambhar Roy lives in luxury, but his fortune is slowly slipping away. Despite his decreasing funds, Roy insists on maintaining his lavish lifestyle, particularly his ornate music room, which he utilizes as a performance space for an array of accomplished singers, dancers, and musicians. Even as Roy continues his financial freefall, he futilely struggles to compete with the concerts put on by his younger neighbor.

Drama / Music / Foreign

David Holzman's Diary Blu-ray Movie  

Special Edition

Kino Lorber | 1967 | 74 min | Not rated | Aug 16, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

This fake documentary which appears quite real on the surface is about a young man making a movie about his everyday life and discovering something important about himself and his reality. This film is not a real documentary or is it?

Comedy / Drama

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 Motion Comic Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

20th Century Fox | 2011 | 224 min | Not rated | Jan 04, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

Proving once and for all that you can't keep a good Slayer down, Joss Whedon's BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: Season Eight Motion Comic picks up where the TV show left off! Based on the Dark Horse comic book series, these eye-popping motion comic adventures breathe new life into the Buffyverse for long-time fans and new "watchers" alike. The Hellmouth may have been destroyed, but the world still needs saving and Buffy Summers is back at her butt-kicking, demon-slaying best to do the job.

Action / Animation / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Supernatural / Comic book

Jane Eyre Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2011 | 120 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 16, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Drama / Romance / Period

Ray Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2004 | 152 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 01, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven shortly after witnessing his younger brother's accidental death. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world, Charles found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered incorporating gospel, country, jazz and orchestral influences into his inimitable style. As he revolutionized the way people appreciated music, he simultaneously fought segregation in the very clubs that launched him and championed artists' rights within the corporate music business.

Biography / Drama / Music / Period

Soul Surfer Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Sony Pictures | 2011 | 106 min | Rated PG | Aug 02, 2011 | Martin Liebman

A teenage surfer girl summons the courage to go back into the ocean after losing an arm in a shark attack.

Biography / Drama / Sport

3D Aquarium Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray

Topics Entertainment | 2011 | 70 min | Not rated | Jun 07, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

Get ready to witness the ultimate aquarium in your living room -- and there's no maintenance required! 3D Living Aquarium gives you a 3D experience you can't get anywhere else: an ultra-clear picture shot in 4,000 lines of resolution and authored specifically for 3D high-def televisions. What you don't get is exactly what you don' -- no cross talk or "ghosting." Choose from six different themed chapters, and two audio tracks give you the choice of soothing ambient music or natural aquarium sounds. Created by a leader in the 3D industry and designed to play on a television, this remarkable film will make you want to reach out and tap the glass!

Nature / Other

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright Blu-ray Movie  

Maya Home Entertainment | 2010 | 95 min | Not rated | Dec 07, 2010 | Michael Reuben

The story centers on Charlie, a Los Angeles billionaire financial whiz who goes into self-imposed exile in Tijuana after his empire is revealed to have been a Ponzi scheme. While looking for the woman he abandoned there 25 years before, Charlie is pursued by a Mexican gangster, a federal agent and thugs sent by a former client looking to retrieve his money.

Crime / Drama

Best of Travel: South Africa Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Questar | 2010 | 75 min | Rated G | Jul 19, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Three episodes from 'Rudy Maxa's World' are included on this compilation, visiting various places in South Africa.

Documentary

Life During Wartime Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 2009 | 98 min | Not rated | Jul 26, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Ten years have passed since shocking revelations shattered the world of the Jordan family, and now sisters Joy, Trish, and Helen, each embroiled in their own unique dilemmas, struggle to find their place in an unpredictable and volatile world. The past now haunts their family both literally and otherwise, and jeopardizes the future.

Comedy / Drama

Conan the Destroyer Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 1984 | 101 min | Rated PG | Aug 02, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

Conan, the swashbuckler, is promised that his dead love will be revived if he procures a magic crystal from a magic fortress. He gathers a fighter, a wizard and a thief to help him as he overcomes the perils on the way.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Comic book

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 2002 | 100 min | Rated PG | Aug 02, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The sequel to "Spy Kids," exploring the further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez, who have now joined the family spy business as Level 2 OSS agents. Their new mission is to save the world from a mad scientist living on a volcanic island populated by an imaginative menagerie of creatures. On this bizarre island, none of the Cortez's gadgets work and they must rely on their wits--and each other--to...

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi