New Blu-ray Reviews

Prison on Fire II Blu-ray Movie    

Jian yu feng yun II: Tao fan / 監獄風雲 II 逃犯

Kam & Ronson Enterprises | 1991 | 113 min | Rated IIB | Jan 28, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A story about the discord between two prisoners, pitted against each other through social circumstances: a mainland leader, Dragon, is blamed for the death of a fellow-inmate; and a Hong Kong local, Ching, is named as the squealer in order to cover up a murder committed by a sadistic prison officer and an unsavory mainlander inmate. The result--both Dragon and Ching are forced to become fugitives in order to escape the wrath of vengeance in-store for them from both sides; during the course of their escape, the two co-dependent "enemies" form a lasting kinship.

Action / Drama / Foreign

Pirates of the Caribbean: Ultimate Trilogy Collection Blu-ray Movie  

Curse of the Black Pearl / Dead Man's Chest / At World's End | 7 disc set

Disney / Buena Vista | 2003-2007 | 3 Movies | 462 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 01, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

Jerry Bruckheimer and Gore Verbinski's swashbuckling adventure films follow Captain Jack Sparrow as he confronts a host of vile high seas villains.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Period

How Do You Know Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2010 | 121 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 22, 2011 | Martin Liebman

After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Gainsbourg Blu-ray Movie    

Gainsbourg: Vie héroïque / Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

Optimum Home Entertainment | 2010 | 122 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jan 10, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Biopic of notorious French singer-songwriter and provocateur Serge Gainsbourg, adapted by Joann Sfar from his graphic novel. Starring Eric Elmosnino in the title role as the chain-smoking Jewish iconoclast who flouts authority at every turn, the film traces his life from his childhood in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris to his rise to success in the 1960s and relationships with French icons Juliette Greco (Anna Mouglalis), Brigitte Bardot (Laetitia Casta), France Gall (Sara Forestier) and Jane Birkin (Lucy Gordon).

Biography / Drama / Music / Foreign

Mesrine: Killer Instinct Blu-ray Movie  

Part 1 / Mesrine: l'instinct de mort

Music Box Films | 2008 | 113 min | Rated R | Feb 22, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Mesrine: Killer Instinct introduces us to Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel), a loyal son and dedicated soldier back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido (Gerald Depardieu) Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder. After pulling off an audacious heist he and his lover Jeanne (Cecile de France) flee to Canada where the opportunity of one big payout lures him out of hiding and propels his towards international notoriety.

Action / Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign

Ticking Clock Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2010 | 101 min | Rated R | Jan 04, 2011 | Martin Liebman

Lewis Hicks is a crime journalist specializing in brutal murders. When he discovers the mutilated body of his new girlfriend and comes into the possession of a gruesome journal revealing the serial killer’s intended victims, he must find a way to prevent the horrific slayings before time runs out.

Action / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller

The Switch Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 2010 | 101 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 15, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An unmarried 40-year-old woman turns to a turkey baster in order to become pregnant. Seven years later, she reunites with her best friend, who has been living with a secret: he replaced her preferred sperm sample with his own.

Comedy / Romance

BMX Bandits Blu-ray Movie  

Severin Films | 1983 | 88 min | Not rated | Mar 15, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

Two BMX expert bikers and a friend of theirs (Kidman) become entangled with a group of bank robbers after discovering a carton of walkie-talkies.

Action / Comedy / Family / Sport

Concert for George Blu-ray Movie  

Rhino Music | 2003 | 146 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 22, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A tribute concert remembering George Harrison by his friends and colleagues.

Documentary / Music

Skyline Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2010 | 94 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 22, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

Strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth

Action / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia 3D Blu-ray Movie  

IMAX / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray

Image Entertainment | 2007 | 41 min | Not rated | Mar 01, 2011 | Martin Liebman

If it weren't for a series of cataclysmic events, a comet impact being first on the list, our planet could well still be the domain of dinosaurs. Following Pr Rodolfo Coria, a world-reknown Argentinian paleontologist, we visit sites of major discoveries he has contributed to in Patagonia and travel back in time to see these amazing beasts come to life in 3D...

Documentary / Nature / Short

Inferno Blu-ray Movie  

Blue Underground | 1980 | 106 min | Not rated | Mar 29, 2011 | Martin Liebman

A young woman stumbles upon a mysterious diary that reveals the secrets of "The Three Mothers" and unleashes a nightmare world of demonic evil. As the unstoppable horror spreads from Rome to New York City, this unholy trinity must be stopped before the world is submerged in the blood of the innocent.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould Blu-ray Movie  

Director's Cut

Kino Lorber | 2009 | 113 min | Not rated | Mar 01, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

A look at the multi-facted life of Glenn Gould, the most documented classical musician of the last century. Explores the incongruities between Gould's private reality and his carefully groomed public persona. In looking at his personal life, takes a closer look at his long-running affair with painter Cornelia Foss, his drug intake and how his public facade began to take over his existence.

Biography / Documentary

Exit Through the Gift Shop Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Oscilloscope Pictures | 2010 | 87 min | Rated R | Mar 08, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results. Billed as "the world's first street art disaster movie" the film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shephard Fairey, Invader and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work.

Documentary

Blood Blu-ray Movie  

Buraddo

Well Go USA | 2009 | 85 min | Not rated | Mar 15, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Police Detective Hoshino investigates the murder of a maid at a mansion belonging to Miyako Rozmberk, a seductive vampire mistress. Ukyo Kuronuma, an Edo-era swordsman who was turned into a vampire by Miyako, is blamed for the crime, but before anything can be done about it Hoshino ends up under Miyako’s spell as well. This leads Hoshino and Ukyo to battle one another for the privilege of staying with Miyako for eternity.

Action / Horror / Foreign

Harry Connick, Jr.: In Concert on Broadway Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Music | 2010 | 107 min | Not rated | Mar 01, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Harry Connick, Jr. performs live on stage with a full jazz orchestra.

Music

Days of Glory Blu-ray Movie    

Indigènes

Alliance | 2006 | 118 min | Rated R | Feb 22, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

1943. They’d never set foot on French soil, but during WWII, four North African men — Saïd, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir — along with 130,000 other "natives" enlisted in the French Army to free “the motherland" from the Nazis. These heroes, forgotten by history, found victory in Provence and in the Vosges before finding themselves on their own to defend an Alsatian village against a German battalion.

Action / Drama / History / War / Foreign

Stand by Me Blu-ray Movie  

25th Anniversary Edition

Sony Pictures | 1986 | 89 min | Rated R | Mar 22, 2011 | Martin Liebman

After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.

Adventure / Drama / Teen / Coming of age

Hit Man Returns: David Foster & Friends Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + CD

Warner Music | 2010 | 142 min | Not rated | Mar 01, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Multiple Grammy winning songwriter, producer and arranger David Foster appears in Las Vegas with some of the biggest acts with whom he's worked over a multi-decade career.

Music

La Signora Senza Camelie Blu-ray Movie    

The Lady Without Camelias / Masters of Cinema / Blu-ray + DVD

Eureka Entertainment | 1953 | 105 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Mar 21, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A story about a beautiful Milanese shop clerk (Lucia Bosé) who briefly becomes a movie star. She soon discovers than she is fenced in and humiliated, with a new and rich husband who can't tolerate her romantic scenes -- he prefers her to play Joan of Arc, with disastrous consequences.

Drama / Romance / Foreign