New Blu-ray Reviews

Foo Fighters: Back and Forth Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Music | 2011 | 140 min | Not rated | Jul 12, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Chronicles the 16 year history of the Foo Fighters: from the band's very first songs created as cassette demos Dave Grohl recorded during his tenure as Nirvana's drummer, through its ascent to their Grammy-winning, multi-platinum, arena and stadium headlining status as one of the biggest rock bands on the planet.

Documentary / Music

Poirot: The Movie Collection - Set 6 Blu-ray Movie  

Acorn Media | 2009-2010 | 278 min | Not rated | Jul 12, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

Contains the films: The Clocks, Three Act Tragedy and Hallowe'en Party. Together with Murder on the Orient Express (sold separately), these constitute Series 12 of Poirot.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Period

Baka and Test Summon the Beasts Blu-ray Movie  

Season 1 Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

FUNimation Entertainment | 2010 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 02, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

At the Fumizuki Academy the standard of equipment a class gets is dependent on test results so the top students in Class A have the most comfortable chairs and a fully equipped classroom and the idiots in Class F have furniture which is so shoddy that it falls apart after a couple of episodes and they are left sitting on the floor and using boxes as desks. In order to encourage the lower classes to improve and to keep higher classes on their toes one class can challenge another to a test where the winner gets the losers furniture. These aren't usual tests; the students summon avatars to battle for them although the strengths of these avatars are related to the strength of those summoning them.

Anime / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Foreign

Brother's Justice Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Well Go USA | 2010 | 85 min | Not rated | Jul 12, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Motivated by Box Office statistics, Dax Shepard has made a decision to leave comedy to pursue his dream of becoming an international Martial Arts action star.

Comedy

Robot Chicken: Star Wars III Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 2007-2010 | 45 min | Rated TV-14 | Jul 12, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

Robot Chicken: Star Wars is a 2007 episode of the television comedy series Robot Chicken, airing as a one-off special during Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block on June 17, 2007. It was released on DVD on July 22, 2008. The 22-minute episode's sketches all relate to Star Wars.

Animation / Comedy

Miral Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2010 | 106 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 12, 2011 | Michael Reuben

A drama centered on a Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.

Drama

A Fish Called Wanda Blu-ray Movie  

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1988 | 108 min | Rated R | Jul 05, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In London, four very different people team up to commit armed robbery, then try to doublecross each other for the loot.

Comedy / Crime / Dark humor / Heist

Robin of Sherwood: Set 1 Blu-ray Movie  

Seasons 1 & 2 / Robin Hood

Acorn Media | 1984 | 2 Seasons | 676 min | Not rated | Jun 07, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

Robin of Loxley is chosen by the mystical Herne the Hunter to become his 'son' and champion the oppressed. Gathering a band of comrades around him he fights a guerilla campaign against their Norman dictators, particularly the Sheriff of Nottingham and his deputy, Guy de Gisburne.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy

Bad Company: Live at Wembley Blu-ray Movie  

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2010 | 110 min | Not rated | Jun 28, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Recorded live at the prestigious Wembley Arena in London in 2010, these celebrated musicians are at the top of their game, playing their beloved songs as hard as ever in front of a packed and enthusiastic crowd. Founding members vocalist Paul Rodgers, lead guitarist Mick Ralphs and drummer Simon Kirke (bassist Boz Burrell died in 2006) are supplemented by guitarist Howard Leese and bassist Lynn Sorensen.

Music

Naked Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1993 | 132 min | Not rated | Jul 12, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

An unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.

Drama / Dark humor

Battle Beyond the Stars Blu-ray Movie  

Roger Corman's Cult Classics | 30th Anniversary Special Edition

Shout Factory | 1980 | 104 min | Rated PG | Jul 12, 2011 | Martin Liebman

Shad must scour the cosmos to recruit mercenaries from different planets and cultures, in order to save his peaceful home planet from the threat of the evil tyrant Sador, bent on dominating and enslaving the entire universe. Joining this "magnificant seven" of mercenaries are the deadly Gelt, carefree Cowboy, and the sexy Valkyrie Saint-Exmin.

Adventure / Sci-Fi

All the Right Moves Blu-ray Movie  

20th Century Fox | 1983 | 90 min | Rated R | May 03, 2011 | Michael Reuben

The only way football star Stefan Djordjevic will avoid a life in the blast furnaces of his bleak Pennsylvania hometown is by winning a college scholarship. Even his coach dreams of parlaying a winning team into a college job far away from this graveyard of the American Dream. But it's not long before the two virtually ruin each other's chances for escape and their door to the future starts to close.

Drama / Romance / Sport / Coming of age

Lord of the Dance Blu-ray Movie  

Entertainment One | 2011 | 95 min | Rated G | Jun 28, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Tells a timeless story based on Irish folklore of good versus evil, & through the media of dance & music it is understood and appreciated by every culture.

Musical

Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D

Sony Pictures | 2000 | 39 min | Rated G | Jun 07, 2011 | Martin Liebman

A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, with two fanciful "instincts" guiding him as swooping bird-like acrobats initially menace, then delight. As an adolescent, he enters a desert, where a man spins a large cube of metal tubing. He leaves his instinct-guides behind, and enters a garden where two statues dance in a pond. As he watches their sensual acrobatics of love, he becomes a man. He is offered wealth (represented by a golden hat) by a devil figure. In a richly decorated room, a scruffy troupe of a dozen acrobats and a little girl reawaken the old man's youthful nature and love.

Drama / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Short

Damnation Alley Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 1977 | 91 min | Rated PG | Jul 12, 2011 | Martin Liebman

In an post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles.

Action / Sci-Fi

Barney's Version Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Sony Pictures | 2010 | 134 min | Rated R | Jun 28, 2011 | Martin Liebman

Barney Panofsky is a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. Spanning three decades and two continents, Barney takes us through the different "acts" of his unusual history. There is his first wife, Clara, a flame-haired, flagrantly unfaithful free sprit with whom Barney briefly lives "la vie de Boheme" in Rome. The "Second Mrs. P.," is a wealthy Jewish Princess who shops and talks incessantly, barely noticing that Barney is not listening. And it is at their lavish wedding that Barney meets, and starts pursuing, his third wife, the mother of his two children, and his true love.

Comedy / Drama

The Sacrifice Blu-ray Movie  

Offret

Kino Lorber | 1986 | 149 min | Rated PG | Jul 05, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

Alexander is celebrating his birthday with family and friends when they receive some stunning news from the radio. World War III has erupted, and the end of the world is near. In order to avert the apocalypse, Alexander makes a bargain with God: He'll give up everything he values in life, including his beautiful home and beloved son. So, when Alexander awakens from this episode, as if from a dream, he sets about doing just that.

Drama / Foreign

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Blu-ray Movie  

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1963 | 159 min | Rated G | Feb 07, 2012 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Just before he dies, a thief reveals to five strangers that he buried $350,000 in a park, kicking off a madcap dash to recover the dough.

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Epic

Happythankyoumoreplease Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2010 | 99 min | Rated R | Jun 21, 2011 | Michael Reuben

Captures a generational moment - young people on the cusp of truly growing up, tiring of their reflexive cynicism, each in their own ways struggling to connect and define what it means to love and be loved.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Angel Beats!: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Sentai Filmworks | 2010 | 350 min | Rated TV-14 | Jul 26, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

It sucks being dead. Sucks even more to be trapped in a surreal afterlife where you’re caught between the living and the dead—where a mysterious, violent Angel is trying to pull you over to…somewhere. What do you do? Well, if you’re this group of rough-and-tumble teens, you grab every weapon you can get your hands on and give Heaven hell! High-caliber action and locked-and-loaded comedy meet on a rock and roll battleground in Angel Beats!

Action / Adventure / Anime / Comedy / Drama / Teen / Foreign