New Blu-ray Reviews

The Color Purple Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1985 | 154 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 25, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

A black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades.

Drama / Period

The Manchurian Candidate Blu-ray Movie  

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1962 | 127 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 01, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A U.S. Army hero returns to New York from Korea but has been mysteriously programmed by Communists to assassinate a presidential nominee. When his Army buddy becomes suspicious of the goings-on, he is on the trail to stop him.

Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller

Life as We Know It Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2010 | 115 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 08, 2011 | Kenneth Brown

Holly Berenson is an up-and-coming caterer and Eric Messer is a promising network sports director. After a disastrous first date, the only thing they have in common is their dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter, Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in the world, Holly and Eric are forced to put their differences aside. Juggling career ambitions and competing social calendars, they'll have to find some common ground while living under one roof.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Moss Blu-ray Movie    

Iggi

Art Service | 2010 | 164 min | Not rated | Dec 08, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A city boy visits a remote village to find out the reason behind his father’s strange death. The locals are watching his every move and are eager to see him leave. As he starts to investigate, the village’s sinister secrets begin to unravel.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign

Night Catches Us Blu-ray Movie  

Magnolia Pictures | 2010 | 90 min | Rated R | Feb 01, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

In 1976, after years of mysterious absence, Marcus returns to the Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age in the midst of the Black Power movement. While his arrival raises suspicion among his family and former neighbors, he finds acceptance from his old friend Patricia and her daughter. However, Marcus quickly finds himself at odds with the organization he once embraced, whose members suspect he orchestrated the slaying of their former comrade-in-arms. In a startling sequence of events, Marcus must protect a secret that could shatter everyone's beliefs as he rediscovers his forbidden passion for Patricia.

Drama / Romance

Madea Goes to Jail Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 2009 | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 23, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

After a high-speed freeway chase puts Madea in front of the judge, her reprieve is short-lived as anger management issues get the best of her and land her in jail. A gleeful Joe couldn't be happier at Madea's misfortune. But Madea's eccentric family members the Browns rally behind her, lending their special "country" brand of support. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Joshua Hardaway is on the fast track to career success. But Hardaway lands a case too personal to handle - defending young prostitute and former drug addict Candace Washington - and asks his fiancée and fellow ADA Linda Holmes to fill in on his behalf. When Candace ends up in jail, Madea befriends the young woman, protecting her in a "motherly" way as only Madea can.

Comedy / Crime / Drama

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2004 | 108 min | Rated R | Jan 25, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

Joel is stunned to discover that his girlfriend Clementine has had the memories of their tumultuous relationship erased. Out of desperation, he contacts the inventor of the process, Dr. Howard Mierzwiak, to have Clementine removed from his own memory. But as Joel's memories progressively begin to disappear, he begins to discover their earlier passion. From deep within the recesses of his brain, Joel attempts to escape the procedure. As Dr. Mierzwiak and his crew chase him through the maze of his memories, it's clear that Joel can't get Clementine out of his head.

Drama / Romance / Imaginary / Surreal

Black Blu-ray Movie    

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2009 | 115 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Feb 14, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A Senegalese bank-robber born and raised in France is getting over a disastrous heist. As he considers going straight, his cousin calls him from Dakar with an easy opportunity

Crime / Drama / Fantasy / Foreign

Beethoven: Symphonies 4-6 Blu-ray Movie  

Christian Thielemann / Wiener Philharmoniker

C MAJOR | 2008-2010 | 300 min | Not rated | Jan 25, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music

All About Love Blu-ray Movie    

Duk haan chau faan / 得閒炒飯

Vicol Entertainment | 2010 | 105 min | Rated IIB | Dec 17, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

After being separated for years, former couple solicitor Macy and Anita are reunited at a pregnancy seminar. After sharing the accidental circumstances that led to their respective pregnancies, the two fall back in love. However, to add to the trouble caused by the fathers of their babies, Anita also finds herself the victim of gender discrimination at work. Will Macy and Anita make it through the obstacles in the way of their reunion, and what roles will the two fathers-to-be end up playing in the women's lives?

Comedy / Drama / Romance / Foreign

Monsters Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Magnolia Pictures | 2010 | 94 min | Rated R | Feb 01, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion, a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.

Adventure / Drama / Horror / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Bad Boys Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 1983 | 124 min | Rated R | Feb 01, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A young delinquent faces threats from his fellow inmates in a harsh juvenile prison.

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Red Hill Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2010 | 98 min | Rated R | Jan 25, 2011 | Martin Liebman

When a young Melbourne police officer, Constable Shane Cooper, relocates to the small high-country town of Red Hill with his pregnant wife, he does so in the hope of starting a new family. But when news of a prison break in Melbourne sends the local law enforcement officers into a panic, Shane's first day on duty quickly goes from bad to worse. Enter Jimmy Conway, a convicted murderer serving life behind bars, he returns to the isolated outpost seeking revenge. Now caught in the middle of what quickly becomes a horrifying blood bath, Shane will be forced to take the law into his own hands if he is to survive..

Crime / Drama / Thriller / Western

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Blu-ray Movie  

Luftslottet som sprängdes

Music Box Films | 2009 | 148 min | Rated R | Jan 25, 2011 | Dustin Somner

Lisbeth is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released. Mikael must prove her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court.

Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign

Private Road Blu-ray Movie    

BFI Flipside / Blu-ray + DVD

BFI Video | 1971 | 89 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jan 17, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

When Peter, a handsome author pausing from finishing his first novel shacks up with sugar-sweet receptionist Ann, sex, drugs, and some rigorous rural living ensue, to the dismay of Ann’s well-to-do parents. Soon, however, they are forced to choose between domestic conformity and individual fulfilment.

Drama / Romance

Paranormal Activity 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Unrated Director's Cut / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Paramount Pictures | 2010 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 98 min | Rated R | Feb 08, 2011 | Martin Liebman

After experiencing what they think are a series of "break-ins", a family sets up security cameras around their home, only to realize that the events unfolding before them are more sinister than they seem.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural

I Spit on Your Grave Blu-ray Movie  

Unrated / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2010 | 108 min | Unrated | Feb 08, 2011 | Martin Liebman

A writer who is brutalized during her cabin retreat seeks revenge on her attackers, who left her for dead.

Horror / Thriller

I Spit on Your Grave Blu-ray Movie  

Day of the Woman

Starz / Anchor Bay | 1978 | 101 min | Not rated | Feb 08, 2011 | Martin Liebman

The story of Jennifer Hill, a writer who retreats to the country to work on her novel. Whilst there she is subjected to a horrific gang rape by four locals and left for dead. She somehow manages to regain her strength and sets out to exact a deadly revenge... Banned by censors, bashed by critics, reviled by feminists... The legacy of Day of the Woman can be summed up in one word: controversy.

Drama / Horror / Thriller

Santa Sangre Blu-ray Movie  

Severin Films | 1989 | 123 min | Not rated | Jan 25, 2011 | Casey Broadwater

A young man is confined in a mental hospital. Through a flashback we see that he was traumatized as a child, when he and his family were circus performers: he saw his father cut off the arms of his mother, a religious fanatic and leader of the heretical church of Santa Sangre ("Holy Blood"), and then commit suicide. Back in the present, he escapes and rejoins his surviving and armless mother. Against his will, he "becomes her arms" and the two undertake a grisly campaign of murder and revenge.

Drama / Horror / Mystery

Hoodwinked Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Vivendi Visual Entertainment | 2005 | 81 min | Rated PG | Feb 15, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

An updated re-telling of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood." The satire begins where the fable last left off, as there's always more to every tale than meets the eye! Furry and feathered cops from the animal world, Chief Grizzly and Detective Bill Stork, investigate a domestic disturbance at Granny's cottage, involving a girl, a wolf and an axe. The charges are many: breaking and entering, disturbing the peace, intent to eat, and wielding an axe without a license. Not to mention, this case might be tied to the elusive "Goody Bandit" who has been stealing the recipes of goody shops everywhere.

Animation / Comedy / Crime / Family / Mystery