New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- March 01, 2011
Out of Sight Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1998 | 123 min | Rated R | Jan 30, 2011 | Kenneth Brown
A career bank robber breaks out of jail and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Heist
A Serbian Film Blu-ray Movie
UK Cut
Revolver Entertainment | 2010 | 95 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jan 03, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Milos is a former porn star who is down on his luck financially. When he receives a call from his long-time movie actress partner, Layla, he welcomes her call. Apparently she's heard that a new film director wants to hire Milos to star in his "artistically-designed" porn film for a very generous price. He is easily lured from his semi-retirement by the lucrative offer, agreeing to meet the director in an isolated mansion. As the filming progresses, Milo begins to suspect that the director's intentions may be darker than mere pornography. As the film begins to devolve into a horrifically violent production, Milos finds escape may not be an option.
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Erotic / Foreign / Surreal
The Miracle Maker: The Story of Jesus Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Lionsgate Films | 2000 | 90 min | Not rated | Mar 08, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The greatest story ever told comes to life in spectacular clay animation.
Animation / Biography / Drama
127 Hours Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2010 | 94 min | Rated R | Mar 01, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.
Adventure / Biography / Drama / Psychological thriller
22 Bullets Blu-ray Movie
L'immortel
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2010 | 115 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Dec 27, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Foreign
- February 28, 2011
Mega Piranha Blu-ray Movie
Echo Bridge Entertainment | 2010 | 92 min | Rated R | Oct 12, 2010 | Martin Liebman
A mutant strain of giant ferocious piranha escape from the Amazon and eat their way toward Florida.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi
Dragonquest Blu-ray Movie
Echo Bridge Entertainment | 2009 | 88 min | Rated PG-13 | May 18, 2010 | Martin Liebman
When a powerful warlord conjures up a legendary creature that threatens to annihilate the world, a brave young man must stir the dragon who can conquer it, or all will be lost.
Fantasy
The Killing Machine Blu-ray Movie
Icarus
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2009 | 88 min | Rated R | Feb 01, 2011 | Martin Liebman
A Soviet-trained assassin is determined to escape his double life as a hitman and as a husband-father.
Action / Drama / Thriller
Our Hospitality Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1923 | 75 min | Not rated | Mar 22, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
Buster stars as a man who travels south in 1830's America to claim a family inheritance, only to find himself in the middle of a longtime family feud. Silent film.
Comedy / Family
Harsh Times Blu-ray Movie
Vivendi Visual Entertainment | 2005 | 116 min | Rated R | Dec 14, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger recently discharged from the military, yet still haunted by nightmares of his former occupation. While seeking a position with the LAPD that will allow him to marry his Mexican girlfriend and bring her to the United States, Jim kills time chilling with his best friend, Mike. Mike is feeling the heat from his longtime girlfriend, Sylvia: either get a job or get out. But the love of a beautiful woman can't compare to the bonds of friendship, and Jim and Mike are soon cruising the streets of South Central, slipping back into a deceitful life of drugs, violence and petty crime, just like when they were kids.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Prison on Fire Blu-ray Movie
Gam yuk fung wan / 監獄風雲
Kam & Ronson Enterprises | 1987 | 102 min | Rated IIB | Jan 28, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An experienced jailbird protects a weakling newcomer from bullies behind bars.
Action / Crime / Drama / Foreign
- February 27, 2011
The Mikado Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1939 | 91 min | Not rated | Mar 29, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform an execution before the appearance of the Mikado in a month, Ko-Ko finds a suitable victim in Nanki-Poo, who is distraught over his unrequited love for the maiden Yum-Yum. Nanki-Poo agrees to sacrifice his life if he is allowed to spend his remaining days with Yum-Yum, who is betrothed to executioner Ko-Ko.
Comedy / Musical
Last Tango in Paris Blu-ray Movie
Ultimo tango a Parigi | Uncut Version
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1972 | 130 min | Rated NC-17 | Feb 15, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
A middle-aged American, whose wife has just committed suicide, meets a young French girl when they both view an apartment in Paris at the same time. They begin a strange, anonymous sexual relationship in the empty apartment, agreeing not to divulge any personal information to each other.
Drama / Romance / Erotic
- February 26, 2011
Morning Glory Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2010 | 107 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 08, 2011 | Martin Liebman
An upstart television producer accepts the challenge of reviving a struggling morning show program with warring co-hosts.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
The Rules of Attraction Blu-ray Movie
Lionsgate Films | 2002 | 110 min | Unrated | Feb 01, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
During a semester at New England's exclusive and ultra-expensive Camden College, a sexual triangle emerges between Sean Bateman, the all-American looking guy who deals drugs on the side, Paul Owen, who's bisexual, and Paul's ex-girlfriend, Lauren. Sean grows obsessed with the pure Lauren because he thinks she's passing him passionate, anonymous love notes. At the same time, Paul keeps trying to get Sean into bed, while Lauren pines for Victor, who she believes is her dream man despite the fact he is studying abroad in Europe.
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Teen
Senso Blu-ray Movie
Italian and English Versions
Criterion | 1954 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 123 min | Not rated | Feb 22, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A nineteenth-century Italian countess puts her marriage and political principles on the line by engaging in a torrid affair with a dashing Austrian lieutenant.
Drama / History / Romance / War / Foreign
- February 25, 2011
Chopin: Warsaw Recital: Daniel Barenboim Blu-ray Movie
Accentus | 2010 | 91 min | Not rated | Jan 25, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Chopin Year 2010 coincides with the 60th anniversary of Daniel Barenboim's stage debut, and he has decided to devote the year to performing works of the great Polish keyboard master.
Music
Iron Monkey Blu-ray Movie
Siu nin Wong Fei Hung ji: Tit Ma Lau / 少年黃飛鴻之鐵馬騮
Kam & Ronson Enterprises | 1993 | 90 min | Rated IIA | Jan 28, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In a desperate and unjust land, where government corruption rules the day, only one man has the courage to challenge the system and fight back. They call him Iron Monkey. Under the shadow of night, in the silence before dawn, he fights to give hope to the poor and the oppressed. Although no one knows his name and no one knows where he comes from, his heroism has made him a living legend to the people and a wanted man to the powers that be. Unable to capture this elusive Robin Hood through normal avenues, the ruthless government devises a plan: force a nationally renowned master fighter into service by taking his beloved and only son hostage. The mandate is simple, track down the Iron Monkey if he ever wants to see his boy again. But when the Iron Monkey's identity and true intentions are revealed to him, the tables turn, and these two great men, one known and one masked, join forces to take down the evil empire and reclaim the rights of the common people.
Action / Crime / Martial arts / Foreign
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2010 | 291 min | Rated TV-MA | Mar 08, 2011 | Martin Liebman
The Walking Dead tells the story of the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse and follows a small group of survivors traveling across the United States in search of a new home away from the hordes of zombies. The group is led by Rick Grimes, who was a police officer in the old world. As their situation grows more and more grim, the group's desperation to survive pushes them to do almost anything to stay alive.
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Supernatural / Comic book / Melodrama
- February 24, 2011
The Last House on the Left Blu-ray Movie
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1972 | 84 min | Unrated | Sep 13, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
On their way to a rock concert, two teenagers are kidnapped by a gang of escaped convicts. Although they put up the fight of their lives, the girls are drugged, tossed in a car trunk and driven into the woods by the savage, murderous gang... only to wake up to a horror they could not have imagined.
Horror / Thriller