New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- January 06, 2011
The Social Network Blu-ray Movie
Collector's Edition
Sony Pictures | 2010 | 120 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 11, 2011 | Martin Liebman
A story about the founders of the social-networking website, Facebook.
Biography / Drama / History
Gun Blu-ray Movie
Image Entertainment | 2010 | 82 min | Rated R | Jan 04, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
In the face of rising crime rates and gun violence, the Detroit Police launches a full-scale war against gun runners. With the cooperation of the Feds they target a criminal named Rich and his arms operation. When a gun exchange goes bad and Rich’s old friend Angel steps up big time and saves his life, they form a bond that makes his supplier and lover, Gabriella, paranoid. But there is a snitch in the group and Gabriella’s biggest deal goes bad only to have an even bigger secret revealed, one that rocks Rich to his core.
Action / Crime / Thriller
Buried Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
Lionsgate Films | 2010 | 95 min | Rated R | Jan 18, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Waking groggy in pitch darkness, Paul Conroy, an American truck driver working as a contractor in Iraq in 2006, slowly realizes he is trapped inside a wooden coffin, buried alive. With his cigarette lighter, he finds within the coffin a working cell phone, which allows him contact with the outside world. But the outside world proves unhelpful at finding a man buried in a box in the middle of the Iraqi desert. Paul must rely on his best resource—himself.
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller
- January 05, 2011
Deep Red Blu-ray Movie
Profondo rosso | Limited Edition
Arrow | 1975 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 127 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jan 03, 2011 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When a respected psychic is brutally murdered, her pianist neighbor teams up with a journalist to track down the killer.
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign
Cold Dog Soup Blu-ray Movie
Image Entertainment | 1990 | 87 min | Rated R | Jan 18, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
A man must get rid of his girlfriend's mother's dead dog before he can sleep with her.
Comedy
Once Upon a Time in Mexico Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2003 | 102 min | Rated R | Jan 04, 2011 | Martin Liebman
Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Dark humor
- January 04, 2011
El Mariachi / Desperado Blu-ray Movie
Double Feature
Sony Pictures | 1992-1995 | 2 Movies | 187 min | Rated R | Jan 04, 2011 | Martin Liebman
El Mariachi: All he wants is to be a Mariachi, like his father, his grandfather and his great grandfather before him. But the town he thinks will bring him luck brings him only a curse of deadly mistaken identity. Forced to trade his guitar for a gun, the mariachi is playing for his life. Desperado: This film continues the story of the no-name, solitary, brooding mariachi, whose guitar case is stocked with high-powered weaponry. The musician is in a sleepy Mexican town seeking revenge against the much-feared, ruthless Bucho, a drug dealer who once shot El Mariachi in his strumming hand, and killed his girlfriend. When Bucho hears that the guitarist is looking for him, he sends his men out to forestall the attack.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Western / Dark humor
Fool's Gold Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 2008 | 112 min | Rated PG-13 | Jun 17, 2008 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Ben "Finn" Finnegan is a good-natured, surf bum-turned-treasure hunter who is obsessed with finding the legendary 18th century Queen's Dowry — 40 chests of exotic treasure that were lost at sea in 1715. In his quest, Finn has sunk everything he has, including his marriage to Tess Finnegan and his more-rusty-than-trusty salvage boat, "Booty Calls." Just as Tess has begun to rebuild her life, working aboard a mega-yacht owned by billionaire Nigel Honeycutt, Finn discovers a vital clue to the treasure's whereabouts. Certain that his luck will change with the newfound information, Finn maneuvers himself aboard Nigel's yacht and, using his good-natured charm, convinces the tycoon and his Blackberry-wielding, celebutante daughter, Gemma, to join him in the pursuit of the Spanish treasure. Against Tess' better judgement, the search rekindles her love of...discovery. But they are not the only ones after the treasure. Finn's mentor-turned-nemesis Moe Fitch has also set out to claim the prize. Let the treasure hunt begin...
Adventure / Comedy / Romance / Thriller
La bataille du rail Blu-ray Movie
The Battle of the Rails
INA Editions | 1946 | 82 min | Not rated | Jun 01, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A moving story about French railroad workers who were part of organized resistance during the German WW2 occupation.
Drama / History / War / Foreign
- January 03, 2011
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Rückert-Lieder Blu-ray Movie
Lucerne Festival
EUROARTS | 2009 | 88 min | Not rated | Nov 16, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Claudio Abbado's Mahler cycle continues with performances from his hand-picked Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
Music
Machete Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
20th Century Fox | 2010 | 105 min | Rated R | Jan 04, 2011 | Casey Broadwater
After a violent shakedown from a notorious drug lord nearly kills him, Machete, a renegade Mexican Federale and tough-as-nails vigilante for justice, roams the streets of Texas, working as a day laborer. When Machete is hired by a crooked U.S. senator to execute a covert hit, Machete is double-crossed and forced to run from the cops and an endless stream of assassins. But what they don't know is that Machete is looking for them so he can settle the score.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Dark humor
The Tournament Blu-ray Movie
Vivendi Visual Entertainment | 2009 | 95 min | Rated R | Nov 16, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A battle royale takes place every 10 years in an unsuspecting town as a group of contestants made up of the world's greatest assassins fight it out to the death.
Action / Thriller
Heartbreaker Blu-ray Movie
L'arnacoeur
Revolver Entertainment | 2010 | 105 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Nov 22, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Alex and his sister run a business designed to break up relationships. They are hired by a rich man to break up the wedding of his daughter. The only problem is that they only have one week to do so.
Comedy / Romance / Foreign
Dinner for Schmucks Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2010 | 114 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 04, 2011 | Martin Liebman
Tim, is an up-and-coming executive who has just received his first invitation to the "dinner for idiots," a monthly event hosted by his boss that promises bragging rights to the exec that shows up with the biggest buffoon. Tim's fiancee, Julie, finds it distasteful and Tim agrees to skip the dinner, until he bumps into Barry--an IRS employee who devotes his spare time to building elaborate taxidermy mouse dioramas--and quickly realizes he's struck idiot gold. Tim can't resist, and invites Barry, whose blundering good intentions soon sends Tim's life into a frenzied downward spiral and a series of misadventures, threatening a major business deal, bringing crazy stalker ex-girlfriend, Darla, back into Tim's life and driving Julie into the arms of another man.
Comedy
- January 02, 2011
Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray
Sony Pictures | 2010 | 97 min | Rated R | Dec 28, 2010 | Martin Liebman
While still out to destroy the evil Umbrella Corporation, Alice joins a group of survivors who want to relocate to the mysterious but supposedly unharmed safe haven known only as Arcadia.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
- January 01, 2011
Boarding Gate Blu-ray Movie
Dutch FilmWorks | 2007 | 95 min | Not rated | May 14, 2009 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An Italian woman who lives in London has a passionate affair with a former financial big gun. She also had a second lover...
Drama / Film-Noir
Resident Evil: Afterlife Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2010 | 97 min | Rated R | Dec 28, 2010 | Martin Liebman
While still out to destroy the evil Umbrella Corporation, Alice joins a group of survivors who want to relocate to the mysterious but supposedly unharmed safe haven known only as Arcadia.
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
- December 31, 2010
Catfish Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2010 | 86 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 04, 2011 | Kenneth Brown
In late 2007, filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost sensed a story unfolding as they began to film the life of Ariel’s brother, Nev. They had no idea that their project would lead to the most exhilarating and unsettling months of their lives.
Documentary / Drama / Mystery
My Dog Skip Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 2000 | 95 min | Rated PG | Jan 04, 2011 | Kenneth Brown
Who says best friends have to be human? Not Willie Morris, who receives a talented terrier named Skip for his birthday. With Skip’s remarkable and unconventional help, Willie and Skip turn bullies into friends, tangle with hapless moonshiners and even win the affections of the prettiest girl in school.
Drama / Family / Sport
Metalocalypse: Season III - The Dead Man Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 2009 | 214 min | Not rated | Nov 09, 2010 | Kenneth Brown
Heavy metal and animation collide in this program from the popular Adult Swim brand. The metal band Deathklok, which includes both Scandinavian and American members, has conquered the world, becoming far more influential than any band in music history. But with success comes danger and corruption, and most episodes of the show see the band fending off the attentions of a shadowy organization known as the Tribunal, who attempt to bring the band's popularity to an abrupt halt.
Animation / Comedy / Music / Dark humor