New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- February 14, 2011
The Last Unicorn Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Lionsgate Films | 1982 | 93 min | Rated G | Feb 22, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A lone unicorn seeks out others like herself through a mystical land of talking cats and spellbinding magicians. In her search for other unicorns, the last unicorn encounters a cast of delightful characters as well as dangers she never imagined. Throughout the fantastic adventure, she learns of friendship, love and most importantly her true self.
Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy
Faster Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2010 | 98 min | Rated R | Mar 01, 2011 | Martin Liebman
An ex-con sets out to avenge his brother's death after they were double-crossed during a heist years ago. During his campaign, however, he's tracked by a veteran cop and an egocentric hit man.
Action / Crime / Thriller
- February 13, 2011
Summer Wars Blu-ray Movie
サマーウォーズ / Samâ wôzu
FUNimation Entertainment | 2009 | 114 min | Rated PG | Feb 15, 2011 | Dustin Somner
Timid eleventh-grader and math genius Kenji Koiso is asked by his secret crush Natsuki to come with her to her family's Nagano home for a summer job. Turns out Kenji discovers his "summer job" is to pretend to be Natsuki's fiance, for the celebration of Natsuki's spunky grandmother's 90th birthday. There, he receives a strange math problem on his cell phone which, being a math genius, he can't resist solving it. As it turns out, his solution creates chaos within the virtual world of OZ, translating into anarchy in real-life.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Foreign
Due Date Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2010 | 95 min | Rated R | Feb 22, 2011 | Kenneth Brown
High-strung father-to-be Peter Highman is forced to hitch a ride with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay on a road trip in order to make it to his child's birth on time.
Comedy
Carnival Magic Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Virgil Films & Entertainment | 1981 | 99 min | Rated G | Jan 25, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A magician in a carnival--who actually can read minds and levitate people and objects--works with a superintelligent chimp named Alex, who can also talk. The magician and the chimp soon become the stars of the carnival, drawing in big crowds. However, the wild-animal trainer, who has been displaced by the team as the carnival's top act, decides to kidnap Alex and sell him to a medical laboratory for experimentation, thereby getting rid of his competition
Comedy / Family
Glorious 39 Blu-ray Movie
Entertainment One | 2009 | 129 min | Rated R | Feb 15, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
On the eve of World War II, a young woman stumbles across evidence of a sinister Nazi appeasement plot. As her close friends begin to die in suspicious circumstances, she finds her own life in danger from an increasingly menacing and powerful enemy.
Drama / History / Romance / Thriller / War
Amer Blu-ray Movie
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2009 | 90 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jan 31, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Three key moments, all of them sensual, define Ana's life. Her carnal search sways between reality and colored fantasies becoming more and more oppressive. A black laced hand prevents her from screaming. The wind lifts her dress and caresses her thighs. A razor blade brushes her skin, where will this chaotic and carnivorous journey leave her?
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Foreign
- February 12, 2011
All-Star Superman Blu-ray Movie
DC Universe Animated Original Movie #10 / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2011 | 77 min | Rated PG | Feb 22, 2011 | Kenneth Brown
Fueled by hatred and jealousy, Lex Luthor masterminds an elaborate plot to kill the Man of Steel – and it works. Poisoned by solar radiation, Superman is dying. With weeks to live, he fulfills his life’s dreams – especially revealing his true identity to Lois Lane – until Luthor proclaims his ultimate plan to control the world with no alien hero to stop him. Powers fading, Superman engages in a spectacular deadly battle with Luthor that could truly trigger the end of Earth’s Greatest Protector.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Memento Blu-ray Movie
10th Anniversary Special Edition
Lionsgate Films | 2000 | 113 min | Rated R | Feb 22, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Point blank in the head a man shoots another. In flashbacks, each one earlier in time than what we've just seen, the two men's past unfolds. Leonard, as a result of a blow to the head during an assault on his wife, has no short-term memory. He's looking for his wife's killer, compensating for his disability by taking Polaroids, annotating them, and tattooing important facts on his body. We meet the loquacious Teddy and the seductive Natalie (a barmaid who promises to help), and we glimpse Leonard's wife through memories from before the assault. Leonard also talks about Sammy Jankis, a man he knew with a similar condition. Has Leonard found the killer? What's going on?
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Dark humor / Psychological thriller
Amarcord Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1973 | 124 min | Not rated | Feb 08, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the actions of a wide range of characters, from his extended family to Fascist loyalists to sensual women, with certain moments shifting into fantastical scenarios.
Comedy / Drama / Foreign
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2010 | 99 min | Rated R | Feb 15, 2011 | Martin Liebman
Follows a pair of married couples, Alfie and Helena, and their daughter Sally and husband Roy, as their passions, ambitions, and anxieties lead them into trouble and out of their minds. After Alfie leaves Helena to pursue his lost youth and a free-spirited call girl named Charmaine , Helena abandons rationality and surrenders her life to the loopy advice of a charlatan fortune teller. Unhappy in her marriage, Sally develops a crush on her handsome art gallery owner boss, while Roy, a novelist nervously awaiting the response to his latest manuscript, becomes moonstruck over a mystery woman who catches his gaze through a nearby window.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Get Low Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2009 | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 22, 2011 | Martin Liebman
A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
Drama / Mystery
- February 11, 2011
Wild Target Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 2010 | 98 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 08, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
Victor Maynard is a middle-aged, solitary assassin, who lives to please his formidable mother, despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficiency. His professional routine is interrupted when he finds himself drawn to one of his intended victims, Rose. He spares her life, unexpectedly acquiring in the process a young apprentice, Tony.
Comedy / Crime / Romance
Megamind Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
DreamWorks | 2010 | 96 min | Rated PG | Feb 25, 2011 | Martin Liebman
The supervillain Megamind finally conquers his nemesis, the hero Metro Man... but finds his life pointless without a hero to fight.
Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
- February 10, 2011
Chaplin Blu-ray Movie
15th Anniversary Edition
Lionsgate Films | 1992 | 144 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 15, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A dramatized biography of the highs and lows in the life of one of the foremost comic geniuses the silver screen has ever known.
Biography / Drama
Paris, Texas Blu-ray Movie
Arte Vidéo | 1984 | 145 min | Rated U Tous publics | Sep 22, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Travis, a mysterious, nearly mute drifter, tries to reconnect with his young son, living with his brother in Los Angeles, and his missing wife.
Drama
Die Fremde Blu-ray Movie
When We Leave
20th Century Fox | 2010 | 120 min | Rated FSK-12 | Aug 26, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Umay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against the resistance of her family. Her struggle initiates a dynamic, which results in a life-threatening situation.
Drama / Foreign
Ong Bak 3: The Final Battle Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Magnolia Pictures | 2010 | 99 min | Rated R | Feb 08, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
Ong Bak 3 picks up where Ong Bak 2 left off. Tien is captured and almost beaten to death before he is saved and brought back to the Kana Khone villagers. There he is taught meditation and how to deal with his Karma, but very soon his arch-rival returns, challenging Tien for a final duel.
Action / Martial arts / Foreign
- February 09, 2011
Weeds: Season Six Blu-ray Movie
Lionsgate Films | 2009 | 351 min | Rated TV-MA | Feb 22, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Everyone's favorite pot-selling soccer mom and hemptress, Nancy Botwin, returns in the complete Sixth season of the hit series 'Weeds'.
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Dark humor
You've Got Mail Blu-ray Movie
Includes "The Shop Around the Corner" on DVD
Warner Bros. | 1998 | 2 Movies | 119 min | Rated PG | Feb 01, 2011 | Kenneth Brown
Joe Fox and Kathleen Kelly are rivals in business: he working for Fox Sons, a chain of discount bookstores; she owning a tiny bookshop of her own. However, unaware of their true identities, Kathleen and Joe have begun communicating anonymously via an e-mail chat room, building a strong and caring relationship without ever revealing their names.
Comedy / Romance