New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- March 16, 2011
Full Throttle Blu-ray Movie
Lie huo zhan che
Kam & Ronson Enterprises | 1995 | 109 min | Rated IIA | Jan 04, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A drama centering on a rather masculine hero who lives only for motorcycle racing but, after a serious crash, is faced with the ultimatum handed to him by his loyal, attractive girlfriend: He must choose bikes or her.
Action / Drama / Foreign
The Bible: In the Beginning... Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 1966 | 174 min | Not rated | Mar 22, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
John Huston's epic recounts the first 22 chapters of Genesis, and includes an all star cast including George C. Scott, Peter O'Toole and Ava Gardner.
Drama
Excalibur Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1981 | 141 min | Rated R | Mar 08, 2011 | Kenneth Brown
When a bold young squire slips the enchanted sword, Excalibur, from the stone where it was embedded, the golden age of chivalry and the Knights of the Round Table are born. But the magical kingdom of Camelot harbours evil ambition and Merlin's necromancy in this classic tale of King Arthur's legend.
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
- March 15, 2011
Mad Men: Season Four Blu-ray Movie
Lionsgate Films | 2010 | 611 min | Rated TV-14 | Mar 29, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
What you are, what you want, what you love doesn't matter. It's all about how you sell it. Mad Men delves into the lives, loves and ambitions of a group of ruthlessly competitive men and women working in a 1960s advertising agency. Set on and around Madison Avenue - home of New York's ad agencies at the time, and the "Mad" of the title - the series was created by Sopranos writer Matthew Weiner and has gained rave reviews in the US. The series revolves around the complicated world of Don Draper, the biggest ad man (and ladies' man) in the business, and his colleagues at the Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency. As Don makes the plays in the boardroom and the bedroom, he struggles to stay a step ahead of the rapidly changing times and the young executives nipping at his heels.
Drama / History / Romance / Dark humor / Period
Topsy-Turvy Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1999 | 161 min | Rated R | Mar 29, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When their latest play fails and they threaten to disband, William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan are inspired to create their masterpiece, "The Mikado."
Biography / Comedy / Drama / History / Musical
- March 14, 2011
Treme: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie
HBO | 2010 | 632 min | Rated TV-MA | Mar 29, 2011 | Kenneth Brown
The series begins three months after Hurricane Katrina as the residents of New Orleans, including musicians, chefs, Mardi Gras Indians, and other New Orleanians try to rebuild their lives, their homes and their unique culture in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane.
Drama / Music / Period
Battle of the Warriors Blu-ray Movie
墨攻 / Battle of Wits / Battle of Kingdoms
Vivendi Visual Entertainment | 2006 | 133 min | Not rated | Mar 15, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Set during China's Warring States period when the tiny Kingdom of Liang fought against a 15,000-strong army by applying the defense strategies of the philosopher Mozi, one of China's most important figures in developing philosophy and political theory.
Action / Drama / War / Martial arts / Foreign
Reimann: Medea Blu-ray Movie
Arthaus Musik | 2010 | 113 min | Not rated | Jan 25, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Aribert Reimann's opera receives its World Premiere by the Vienna State Opera.
Music
Embodiment of Evil Blu-ray Movie
Encarnação do Demônio / Blu-ray + DVD
Synapse Films | 2008 | 94 min | Not rated | Mar 29, 2011 | Martin Liebman
After 30 years in a cell for the mentally ill, Coffin Joe is finally freed. Back on the streets, the sadistic gravedigger is set on fulfilling that for which he was imprisoned: find the woman who can give him the perfect child. During his wanderings through the city of Sâo Paulo he leaves behind a trail of horror as he faces unnatural laws and popular beliefs.
Horror / Foreign
- March 13, 2011
Echoes of Creation Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Topics Entertainment | 2010 | 40 min | Unrated | Oct 12, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Documentary
Shanghai Triad Blu-ray Movie
摇啊摇，摇到外婆桥
Panorama | 1995 | 108 min | Rated IIB | Dec 10, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Shanghai, 1930. Mr. Tang, the godfather chief of the Tang family-run underground Green dynasty, controls the city's lucrative opium and prostitution trade. He has also acquired the services of Xiao Jinbao, the most beautiful prostitute-singer in Shanghai. Fourteen-year-old Tang Shuisheng has been recruited by his uncle to watch Xiao Jinbao. Ultimately, Shuisheng becomes the only person to whom she can talk openly and whose relationship with her is not motivated by power or greed. In secret, Xiao Jinbao has become the mistress of Song, the Greens' number two man, and together they conspire against Mr. Tang.
Crime / Drama / Foreign
- March 12, 2011
Fair Game Blu-ray Movie
Summit Entertainment | 2010 | 108 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 29, 2011 | Martin Liebman
Plame's status as a CIA agent was revealed by White House officials allegedly out to discredit her husband after he wrote a 2003 New York Times op-ed piece saying that the Bush administration had manipulated intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the invasion of Iraq.
Action / Biography / Drama
Yogi Bear Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2010 | 80 min | Rated PG | Mar 22, 2011 | Kenneth Brown
A documentary filmmaker travels to Jellystone Park to shoot a project and soon crosses paths with Yogi Bear, his sidekick Boo-Boo, and Ranger Smith.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family
Sordid Lives: The Series Blu-ray Movie
Well Go USA | 2008 | 288 min | Not rated | Jan 11, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
This prequel to the cult hit film follows the adventures of the Ingram family in small town Texas, as well as Ingram grandson Ty, a struggling actor in Los Angeles.
Comedy
- March 11, 2011
White Material Blu-ray Movie
Artificial Eye | 2009 | 102 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Dec 06, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Maria, an entitled white woman living in Africa, is desperately unwilling to give up her family's crumbling coffee plantation despite the civil war closing in on her.
Drama / War / Foreign
The Web of Death Blu-ray Movie
Well Go USA | 1976 | 87 min | Not rated | Feb 15, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Members of a martial arts clan, who possesses a powerful magical weapon, scheme to use the unstoppable weapon to rule the martial arts world. Only the clan leader and his daughter stand in their way.
Action / Drama / Mystery / Romance
The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest Blu-ray Movie
Virgil Films & Entertainment | 2008 | 93 min | Not rated | Mar 15, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In 1999, renowned American mountaineer Conrad Anker found the body of George Mallory high in Mount Everest's "death zone." Anker's life became intertwined with Mallory' story. Haunted by Mallory's story, Anker returned to Everest to lay Mallory's ghost to rest.
Documentary
The Ten Commandments Blu-ray Movie
Gift Set / Blu-ray + DVD
Paramount Pictures | 1956 | 2 Movies | 231 min | Rated G | Mar 29, 2011 | Martin Liebman
The life of Moses and his leading of the Israelites to the Promised Land.
Adventure / Drama / History / Epic
- March 10, 2011
Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium Blu-ray Movie
Sony Music | 2008 | 141 min | Not rated | Apr 05, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
To mark the closing of New York's historic Shea Stadium in 2008, Billy Joel drafted an all-star musical team, including Paul McCartney, Tony Bennett, John Mayer and Garth Brooks, for a last play at Shea. This hits-packed feature is a grand slam!
Music
Leaving Las Vegas Blu-ray Movie
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1995 | 111 min | Unrated | Feb 01, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Avowed alcoholic Ben drank away his family, friends and, finally, his job. With deliberate resolve, he burns the remnants of his life and heads for Las Vegas to end it all in one final binge. On the Strip, Ben picks up a street-smart hooker named Sera in what might have been another excess in his self-destructive jag. Instead, their chance meeting becomes a respite on the road to oblivion as something connects between these two disenfranchised souls.
Drama / Romance / Melodrama