New Blu-ray Reviews

Amélie Blu-ray Movie    

Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

Alliance | 2001 | 122 min | Rated CA: 14 | Jul 20, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Bursting with imagination and having seen her share of tragedy and fantasy, Amélie is not like the other girls. When she grows up she becomes a waitress in a Montmartre bar run by a former dancer. Amelie enjoys simple pleasures until she discovers that her goal in life is to help others. To that end, she invents all sorts of tricks that allow her to intervene incognito into other people's lives, including an imbibing concierge and her hypochondriac neighbor. But Amélie's most difficult case turns out to be Nino Quicampoix, a lonely sex shop employee who collects photos abandoned at coin-operated photobooths.

Comedy / Drama / Romance / Foreign / Surreal

Alice in Wonderland 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Disney / Buena Vista | 2010 | 109 min | Rated PG | Dec 07, 2010 | Martin Liebman

19-year-old Alice returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen's reign of terror.

Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Surreal

Clash of the Titans 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2010 | 106 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 16, 2010 | Martin Liebman

Perseus is the son of the King of the Gods, Zeus, but is raised as a man. When Hades, the God of the underworld, threatens to seize power from Zeus, Perseus embarks on a life-threatening mission to defeat him. Joined by a group of brave warriors, Perseus is forced to battle beasts and demons in order to save his family, and will only succeed if he finally accepts and uses his power as a God.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy

Gangland: The Complete Season 6 Blu-ray Movie  

A&E Home Video | 2009-2010 | 517 min | Unrated | Nov 16, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The History Channel continues its intense exploration of gang life in the sixth season of this acclaimed documentary series. Power-hungry street gangs have long plagued America, and this in-depth program examines their history and operations. Gangs investigated in Season 6 include Latino prison gangs the Tri-City Bombers and the Texas Chicano Brotherhood, and the California-based Vagos Motorcycle Club, a band of outlaws formed in the 1960s.

Action / Crime / Documentary

Devil Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Universal Studios | 2010 | 81 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 21, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

Five strangers are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, starting to realize that one of them is not what they seem.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural

Videodrome Blu-ray Movie  

Unrated Version

Criterion | 1983 | 89 min | Rated R | Dec 07, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A sleazy TV programmer watches his life and the future of media spin out of control when he acquires a new kind of programming for his station.

Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Surreal

Nanny McPhee Returns Blu-ray Movie  

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

Universal Studios | 2010 | 109 min | Rated PG | Dec 14, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In the latest installment, Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green, who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she's arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that Mrs. Green's children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in and refuse to leave. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant who turns up in the oddest places, Nanny McPhee uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.

Comedy / Family / Fantasy

Flipped Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2010 | 90 min | Rated PG | Nov 23, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

When second-graders Bryce and Juli first meet, Juli knows it's love. Bryce isn't so sure. In the days and years ahead, Bryce (Callan McAuliffe) does all he can to keep his wannabe girl-friend at arm's length - and the smart, independent-minded Juli (Madeline Carroll) continues to give him the benefit of the doubt. This tender coming-of-age romantic comedy from director Rob Reiner takes the pair from grade school to junior high, through triumph and disaster, family drama and first love, as they make discoveries that will define who they are - and who they are to each other.

Comedy / Drama / Romance / Coming of age

Ancient Aliens: Season 1 Blu-ray Movie  

New Video Group | 2010 | 470 min | Unrated | Nov 16, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Is it possible that intelligent life forms visited Earth thousands of years ago, bringing with them technology that drastically affected the course of history and man's own development? Presented in the 1968 bestselling book Chariots of the Gods, by Erich von Daniken, the theory of 'ancient aliens' rocked people's beliefs in mankind's progress. Ancient cave drawings of strange creatures, remains of landing strips in Peru, and Indian texts that describe the 'flying machines of the gods' were just a few of the odd archaeological artifacts cited by von Daniken as proof that ancient astronauts were well known to our ancestors. Produced with the exclusive cooperation of von Daniken himself, Ancient Aliens launches all-new expeditions to seek out and evaluate this evidence, with a concentration on discoveries of the last 30 years, including unusual DNA findings on man's evolution and newly decoded artifacts from Egypt to Syria to South America.

Documentary / History / Sci-Fi

Kelin Blu-ray Movie    

Emylia | 2009 | 84 min | Not rated | Aug 17, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A woman is led by her family to her new husband's home, to live with, presumably, his elderly mother and younger brother. Despite being forced into the marriage, she discovers that he is not such a bad catch after all but domestic bliss does not last long.

Drama / Romance / Foreign

Mademoiselle Chambon Blu-ray Movie  

Kino Lorber | 2009 | 101 min | Not rated | Dec 07, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

Veronique Chambon leads a quiet, unassuming life in a provincial town, earning her living by teaching primary school and seemingly spending much of her free time in the quiet of her rented apartment. Having asked the parents of her pupils to visit her classroom and talk about what they do, one day she meets Jean, a home builder who somewhat shyly explains his daily routine. Somehow, a certain spark ignites between the reclusive teacher and the gruff contractor. Both sense that their budding attraction is impossible, yet neither will totally let it fade.

Drama / Romance

The Extra Man Blu-ray Movie  

Magnolia Pictures | 2010 | 105 min | Rated R | Nov 16, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

Louis Ives is a lonely dreamer who fancies himself the hero of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. When an embarrassing incident forces him to leave his job at an exclusive Princeton prep school, Louis heads to New York City to make a fresh start. He finds a job at an environmental magazine, where he encounters Mary, an entrancing, green-obsessed co-worker. But, what really sparks Louis’ imagination is his new home life. He rents a room in the ramshackle apartment of Henry Harrison, a penniless, wildly eccentric and brilliant playwright. When Henry’s not dancing alone to obscure music or singing operettas, he’s performing – with great panache -- the duties of an “extra man,” a social escort for the wealthy widows of Manhattan high society. The two men develop a volatile mentorship, which leads to a series of urban adventures -- encountering everything from a leaping lion to a wildly jealous hirsute neighbor to drunken nonagenarians to a shady Swiss hunchback.

Comedy

Lang Lang: Live in Vienna Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray

Sony Music | 2010 | 125 min | Unrated | Nov 22, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Filmed live in Vienna's legendary Musikverein concert hall, this release represents Lang Lang's second live recorded recital to date after the best-selling Live at Carnegie Hall in 2004, which marked his international breakthrough as a recording artist. The program for his Sony debut features Lang Lang s first-ever recording of Beethoven sonatas: The famous Appassionata , a milestone in the piano literature, is paired with the composer s youthful C major Sonata op. 2, no. 3. Virtuosity of a different order is displayed in Albéniz's impressionistic memories of his native Spain in Book 1 of Iberia. The program closes with one of Prokofiev s explosive War Sonatas, the revolutionary Seventh Sonata. Finally, to celebrate the Chopin Bicentennial we hear three encores of this Polish genius s most popular works: the Aeolian Harp Etude, the Heroic Polonaise in A flat major, and the sparkling Grande Valse Brillante No. 2.

Music

Shrek: The Complete Collection 3D Blu-ray Movie    

Shrek / Shrek 2 / Shrek the Third / Blu-ray 3D

DreamWorks | 2001-2007 | 3 Movies | 277 min | Rated BBFC: U | Nov 05, 2010 | Martin Liebman

The Blu-ray 3D Collection of Shrek

Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy

L' Immortel Blu-ray Movie    

22 Bullets

EuropaCorp | 2010 | 117 min | Rated 12 Interdit aux moins de 12 ans | Sep 15, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.

Action / Crime / Thriller / Foreign

Space: 1999 - Season 1 Blu-ray Movie  

A&E Home Video | 1975-1976 | 1248 min | Unrated | Nov 30, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In the year 1999, a spectacular explosion at a nuclear waste dump sends the moon out of Earth's orbit.

Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2010 | 82 min | Rated PG | Nov 16, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

In the age-old battle between cats and dogs, one crazed feline has taken things a paw too far. Kitty Galore, formerly an agent for cat spy organization MEOWS, has gone rogue and hatched a diabolical plan to not only bring her canine enemies to heel, but take down her former kitty comrades and make the world her scratching post. Faced with this unprecedented threat, cats and dogs will be forced to join forces for the first time in history in an unlikely alliance to save themselves -- and their humans.

Action / Comedy / Family

Amphetamine Blu-ray Movie    

安非他命 / An fei ta ming

Panorama | 2010 | 97 min | Rated III | Sep 24, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Openly gay banker Daniel debates whether to return to Australia or stay in Hong Kong when he meets Kafka, a straight swimming instructor. The young men fall in love, believing that their love can bridge anything, despite their difference in sexuality and Kafka's increasing drug use. Daniel does not regret his love for Kafka, who tries to love him back against his nature. But a flashback memory from Kafka's past makes it difficult for their relationship to work.

Drama / Romance / Foreign

The Disappearance of Alice Creed Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2009 | 101 min | Rated R | Nov 23, 2010 | Martin Liebman

Hardened criminal Vic and his younger accomplice Danny kidnap Alice from a suburban street. Gagging her and tying her to a bed in a purposely soundproofed flat, the two men plan to negotiate a large ransom from Alice's millionaire father before fleeing the country. But while Vic seems confident that their plan will succeed, Danny cannot entirely suppress his misgivings. Meanwhile, Alice refuses to play the role of victim, and it quickly becomes evident that she will not give in without a fight.

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Going the Distance Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2010 | 102 min | Rated R | Nov 30, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

A romantic comedy centered on a guy and a gal who try to keep their love alive as they shuttle back and forth between New York and San Francisco to see one another.

Comedy / Romance