New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- January 27, 2011
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
- January 26, 2011
Legendary Blu-ray Movie
Brother's Keeper
Vivendi Visual Entertainment | 2010 | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 28, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A book-smart teenager joins his school's wrestling team as a way to reunite his surviving family members, who split apart after the death of his father, a college wrestling legend, 10 years ago.
Drama / Sport
Four Weddings and a Funeral Blu-ray Movie
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1994 | 117 min | Rated R | Jan 11, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Shy Londoner Charles meets American Carrie at a friend's wedding and enjoys a one-night stand with her. The next time they meet, again at a wedding, Carrie is accompanied by a rich fiancé, leaving Charles heartbroken. Nevermind, with another wedding on the horizon, there is still time for him to pitch his woo and win the love of his transatlantic sweetheart.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Chain Letter Blu-ray Movie
Image Entertainment | 2010 | 96 min | Rated R | Feb 01, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
A group of friends from high school receive a mysterious chain letter that moves from their email accounts and text messaging to a creepy little icon that begins haunting their My Space pages. Who knew that chain letters can kill? As the friends battle the curse or a perpetrator targeting them, friendships are tested. The chain letter must be passed to the people they know best. That person must open the letter. Break the chain and a horrible death awaits you. Beat it and you just might live. Do you pass it on?
Horror / Thriller
Broadcast News Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1987 | 133 min | Rated R | Jan 25, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Three ambitious workaholics—a handsome but weak-minded anchorman, his driven producer, and a neurotic reporter—are set loose in a network TV newsroom, where their professional and personal lives become hopelessly cross-wired.
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Open Season 3 Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Sony Pictures | 2010 | 75 min | Rated PG | Jan 25, 2011 | Martin Liebman
Boog thinks his friend Elliot distanced himself from him since he started a family. In search of real friends, Boog joins a touring Russian circus, where he meets an alluring female grizzly bear and a devious look-a-like grizzly bear whom Boog trade places with. But soon the circus was going back to Russia and Elliot have little time left to rescue him. Boog's woodland pals have to team up with the domestic animals to rescue their pal.
Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family
- January 25, 2011
Wagner: The Ring Without Words Blu-ray Movie
EUROARTS | 2011 | 83 min | Not rated | Jan 25, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
Quiet Days in Clichy Blu-ray Movie
Stille dage i Clichy
Blue Underground | 1970 | 91 min | Not rated | Jan 25, 2011 | Martin Liebman
Joey is a struggling writer with no money. His roommate Carl is a charming stud with a taste for young girls. Together, these two insatiable dreamers will laugh, love and screw their way through a decadent Paris paved with wanton women, wild orgies and outrageous erotic adventures.
Comedy / Drama
Helen Blu-ray Movie
Entertainment One | 2009 | 119 min | Rated R | Aug 10, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Helen has it all—a beautiful daughter, a loving husband, a fullfilling career and a close circle of adoring friends. But when her world is broken down by depression, the very center of her being no longer seems to hold. Helen's profound love for her family which once kept them all so close together now seems to tear them apart. Amid the desperate battle for her life, her love and her sanity, Helen finds herself pulling away from her husband and seeking comfort in the company of a fierce yet fragile, enigmatic and troubled young woman—whose extraordinary spirit and devotion shines a flickering light into Helen's darkness.
Drama
Strauss: Elektra Blu-ray Movie
Opus Arte | 2010 | 126 min | Not rated | Jan 25, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
A Walk in the Clouds Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 1995 | 102 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 04, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
After returning home from the war, a young GI has a chance encounter with the beautiful daughter of a wealthy vineyard owner and agrees to pose as her husband to help her face her domineering father. When their passions for each other are ignited amidst the magical sensuality of the harvest ritual, they unexpectedly find themselves embarking on a romantic adventure as they overcome all odds to be together.
Drama / Romance / Period
- January 24, 2011
Space Station 3D Blu-ray Movie
IMAX / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Warner Bros. | 2002 | 47 min | Not rated | Nov 16, 2010 | Martin Liebman
The first cinematic journey to the International Space Station (ISS), where audiences can experience for themselves life in zero gravity aboard the new station. The audience blasts off into space with the astronauts and cosmonauts from Florida's Kennedy Space Center and Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome to rendezvous with their new home in orbit 220 miles above Earth. Space Station is a story of challenges, setbacks and triumphs and ultimately, the shared international victory of men and women whose dreams exceed the limits of life on this Earth.
Documentary / Nature / Short
Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE: OVA Collection Blu-ray Movie
Tokyo Revelations / Spring Thunder
FUNimation Entertainment | 2007-2009 | 145 min | Rated TV-14 | Jan 04, 2011 | Dustin Somner
After visiting countless realities, Syaoran, Sakura, Fai, and Kurogane finally learn the truth behind their shared fate. The shadowy villain responsible for scattering Sakura's memories is exposed, and the four friends endure twists and turmoil unlike any they've ever encountered. Impossible sacrifices, both emotional and physical, must be made.
Action / Adventure / Anime / Fantasy / Foreign
Ever After: A Cinderella Story Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 1998 | 121 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 04, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
In a re-telling of one of our most beloved tales, a resourceful young woman must overcome the schemes of her evil stepmother to be with the one she loves - the Prince of France - who has fallen for her beauty and intelligence. With the ingenuity of Leonardo Di Vinci and the strength of love, the young woman realizes that the Cinderella story can come true.
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period
Bullet Boy Blu-ray Movie
Verve Pictures | 2004 | 86 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Mar 22, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Ricky is just out of a young offenders institute, heading home to Hackney and determined to go straight. Instead, he heads straight for trouble when he becomes involved in a street confrontation, siding with his best friend Wisdom against a local rude boy. The trouble escalates into a series of tit-for-tat incidents that threaten to spiral out of control. Ricky's 12-year-old brother Curtis, hero-worships Ricky, though he appears smart enough to know he doesn't want to follow his example. Yet, despite the stern warnings from his mother and support from her friends in the community, might Ricky's bad boy allure be too attractive for Curtis to resist?
Crime / Drama
Almost Famous Blu-ray Movie
Director's Edition | The Bootleg Cut
Paramount Pictures | 2000 | 162 min | Unrated | Oct 04, 2011 | Martin Liebman
In the 1970s, a high school boy is given an opportunity to follow and write a story about the hot new rock band Stillwater as they tour the USA.
Drama / Music / Period / Coming of age
Versus Blu-ray Movie
Tokyo Shock | 2000 | 119 min | Not rated | Aug 02, 2010 | Dustin Somner
Deep within the mysterious Forest of Resurrection, a spectacular battle between good and evil has gone on since the dawn of time. When Prisoner KSC2-303 escapes from a maximum-security jail, he enters the forest believing it will lead him to a safe haven. Instead, he finds himself a pawn in an endless struggle played out against an ever-changing background across multiple temporal planes of existence.
Action / Horror / Thriller / Supernatural / Martial arts / Foreign
- January 23, 2011
Down Terrace Blu-ray Movie
Magnolia Pictures | 2009 | 93 min | Rated R | Jan 18, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
A crime family looks to unmask the police informant in their midst who threatens to take down their business.
Crime / Drama
Overboard Blu-ray Movie
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1987 | 112 min | Rated PG | Jan 11, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Joanna Stayton is a super-rich spoiled brat, over-bored you might say. Dean Proffitt is a struggling carpenter who should know how to handle brats since he raised four of them. One night Goldie goes overboard on her yacht, loses her memory, and winds up in Dean's world. Then the sparks begin to fly.
Comedy / Romance
Serpico Blu-ray Movie
Studio Canal | 1973 | 130 min | Rated U Tous publics | May 11, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An honest New York cop blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Biography / Crime / Drama