New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- January 12, 2011
Raging Bull Blu-ray Movie
30th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1980 | 129 min | Rated R | Jan 11, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
The story of Jake LaMotta, a former middleweight boxing champion, whose reputation for tenacity and success in the ring was offset by his troubled domestic life: full of rage, jealousy, and suspicion—particularly towards his wife and manager/brother—which, in the end, left him destitute, alone, and seeking redemption.
Biography / Drama / Sport
Lebanon Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2009 | 94 min | Not rated | Jan 18, 2011 | Martin Liebman
Depicting 24 hours in the life of four Israeli paratroopers at the outset of the 1982 Lebanon invasion, the film follows the soldiers on a mission to clear a Lebanese area of hostile fighters. Filmed almost entirely from inside the tank in which they are travelling, the film follows the men as they cope with the deteriorating state of the tank, the stress, intense heat and cramped conditions inside, the occasional failure of the communication equipment, navigational problems and the inevitable quarrelling.
Drama / War / Foreign
- January 11, 2011
Unleashed Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2005 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 103 min | Unrated | Sep 14, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Danny is raised from childhood by a ruthless crime boss to become a violent killing machine. When a blind piano tuner takes him in, Danny tries to start a new life, but his brutal past follows him, forcing him to fight back.
Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Martial arts / Melodrama
Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Not Fat... I'm Fluffy Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2009 | 69 min | Not rated | Jan 11, 2011 | Martin Liebman
Gabriel Iglesias live from El Paso, Texas.
Comedy
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame Blu-ray Movie
狄仁傑之通天帝國
Vicol Entertainment | 2010 | 124 min | Rated IIB | Dec 02, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An exiled detective is recruited to solve a series of mysterious deaths that threaten to delay the inauguration of Empress Wu.
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Martial arts / Foreign / Period
- January 10, 2011
Futurama: Volume 5 Blu-ray Movie
20th Century Fox | 2010 | 281 min | Rated TV-14 | Dec 21, 2010 | Casey Broadwater
You asked for more...and the Planet Express crew delivered! Welcome back to FUTURAMA, the light-years-ahead-of-its-time animated series from The Simpsons creator Matt Groening. Join Fry, Bender, Leela and the rest of the gang for 13 hilarious new episodes that tackle some of the most controversial subjects in the galaxy...including evolution, mind exchange, feline intelligence and robosexual marriage. Hey, it could happen!
Animation / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Dances with Wolves Blu-ray Movie
20th Anniversary Edition | Extended Cut
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1990 | 234 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 11, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
A Civil War lieutenant wants to see the American frontier before it is gone. He is assigned to an abandoned fort, where a Sioux tribe is his only neighbor.
Adventure / Drama / Western / Epic / Period
And Soon the Darkness Blu-ray Movie
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2010 | 91 min | Rated R | Dec 28, 2010 | Martin Liebman
Stephanie and Ellie’s vacation to an exotic village in Argentina is a perfect ‘girl’s getaway’ to bask in the sun, shop and flirt with the handsome locals. After a long night of bar-hopping, the girls get into an argument, and Stephanie heads out alone in the morning to cool off. But when she returns, Ellie has disappeared. Finding signs of a struggle, Stephanie fears the worst, and turns to the police for help. But the local authorities have their hands full already – with a string of unsolved kidnappings targeting young female tourists. Skeptical of the sheriff’s competency, she enlists help from Michael, an American ex-pat staying at their hotel. Together they go on a frantic search for Ellie, but Stephanie soon realizes that trusting his seemingly good intentions may drag her farther from the truth. With danger mounting, and time running out, Stephanie must find her friend before darkness falls.
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Mercury Rising Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1998 | 111 min | Rated R | Sep 14, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries combats ruthless Federal agents to protect Simon, a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked MERCURY, the government's new billion-dollar "unbreakable" code. Program Chief Nick Kudrow orders the "security threat" eliminated.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Aftershock Blu-ray Movie
唐山大地震 / Táng Shān Dà Dì Zhèn
MegaStar | 2010 | 136 min | Rated IIA | Sep 17, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
On July 28th, 1976, a powerful earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan, north-east of Beijing, China, and killed more than 240,000 people. Director Feng Xiaogang's Aftershock recreates the tragic event and the years of painful recovery that followed it.
Drama / History / Foreign
- January 09, 2011
Piranha 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Sony Pictures | 2010 | 88 min | Rated R | Jan 11, 2011 | Martin Liebman
After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area's new razor-toothed residents.
Comedy / Horror / Thriller
Case 39 Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2009 | 109 min | Rated R | Jan 04, 2011 | Martin Liebman
A family services social worker fights to save a little girl with a haunted past, only to find out that this mysterious new case turns into a nightmare she may never survive.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
- January 08, 2011
Martyrs Blu-ray Movie
Entertainment One | 2008 | 99 min | Rated CA: 18 | Jan 04, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Fifteen years after a horrifying experience of abduction and prolonged torture, Lucie embarks on a bloody quest for revenge against her oppressors. Along with her childhood friend, Anna, who also suffered abuse, she quickly descends, without hope, into madness and her own delusions. Anna, left on her own begins to re-experience what Lucie did when she was only twelve years old.
Horror / Foreign
The Gravedancers / Wicked Little Things Blu-ray Movie
After Dark Horrorfest Blu-ray Double Feature Volume 1
Lionsgate Films | 2006 | 2 Movies | 190 min | Rated R | Jan 04, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
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Drama / Horror / Thriller
Kamui Gaiden Blu-ray Movie
FUNimation Entertainment | 2009 | 120 min | Unrated | Dec 28, 2010 | Dustin Somner
The adventurous story of a fugitive ninja.
Action / Drama / Martial arts / Comic book / Foreign
Mesrine: L'ennemi public n°1 Blu-ray Movie
Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy No. 1
Alliance | 2008 | 130 min | Unrated | Dec 28, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Second installment of the two-part film based on the true story of France's infamous public enemy during the 70s, Jacques Mesrine. He lead a life of bank robberies and high-profile kidnappings, escaped from prison twice, and was said to have killed at least 39 people.
Action / Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Foreign
- January 07, 2011
Robinson Crusoe on Mars Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1964 | 110 min | Not rated | Jan 11, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When his spaceship crash-lands on the barren wastelands of Mars, U.S. astronaut Commander "Kit" Draper must fight for survival, with a pet monkey seemingly his only companion. But is he alone?
Adventure / Sci-Fi
LennoNYC Blu-ray Movie
Lennon NYC
A&E Home Video | 2010 | 115 min | Unrated | Jan 25, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A look at the period of time musician John Lennon and is family spent living in New York City during the 1970s
Documentary / Music
Piranha Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2010 | 88 min | Rated R | Jan 11, 2011 | Martin Liebman
After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area's new razor-toothed residents.
Comedy / Horror / Thriller
Vampire Circus Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Synapse Films | 1972 | 87 min | Rated PG | Dec 14, 2010 | Martin Liebman
A 19th-century village is visited by a traveling carnival whose performers are vampires.
Horror / Supernatural