New Blu-ray Reviews

Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper Blu-ray Movie  

Live 1973: The Billion Dollar Babies Tour

Shout Factory | 1973 | 98 min | Not rated | Sep 14, 2010 | Martin Liebman

Billed as "The film that out-grosses them all"... this movie which combines footage from the band's 1973 Billion Dollar Babies concert tour, with what might charitably be described as a storyline, had a brief theatrical run in the mid-'70s.

Music

Grown Ups Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Sony Pictures | 2010 | 102 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 09, 2010 | Martin Liebman

Five friends and former teammates reunite years later to honor the passing of their childhood basketball coach. With their wives and kids in tow, they spend the Fourth of July holiday weekend together at the lake house where they celebrated their championship years earlier. Picking up where they left off, they discover why growing older doesn't mean growing up.

Comedy

Megadeth: Rust in Peace Live Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2010 | 47 min | Not rated | Sep 07, 2010 | Martin Liebman

In March 2010 Megadeth hit the road in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their classic 1990 album Rust In Peace. The show was filmed on the last night of the tour at the legendary Hollywood Palladium. This release features the performance of the landmark metal album plus additional classics, backstage & rehearsal footage.

Music

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Blu-ray Movie  

Ultimate Edition / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2005 | 157 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 19, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools - the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now Harry must confront a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named. In this fourth film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, everything changes as Harry, Ron and Hermione leave childhood forever and take on challenges greater than anything they could have imagined.

Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Mystery / Epic

Moulin Rouge! Blu-ray Movie  

20th Century Fox | 2001 | 128 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 19, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

In 1899 France, a young writer named Christian defies his bourgeois father, leaves his family home and moves to the seedy, bohemian underworld of Montmartre, Paris. He is taken in by Toulouse-Lautrec and his entourage, and is drafted to write a nightclub spectacular. Through his relationship with Toulouse, Christian meets Satine, the most beautiful courtesan in Paris and star of the Moulin Rouge nightclub. He and Satine enter into a passionate but doomed love affair.

Drama / Musical / Romance / Melodrama / Period

Red Dragon Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2002 | 125 min | Rated R | Oct 12, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Ex-FBI agent Will Graham is an expert investigator who quit the Bureau after almost losing his life in the process of capturing the elusive Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Years later, after a series of particularly grisly murders, Graham reluctantly agrees to come out of retirement and assist in the mysterious case. But he soon realizes that the best way to catch this killer, known as the Tooth Fairy, is to find a way to get inside the killer's mind. And the closest thing to that would be to probe the mind of another killer who is equally brilliant and twisted. For Graham, that means confronting his past and facing his former nemesis, the now-incarcerated Dr. Lecter.

Crime / Drama / Thriller / Psychological thriller

The Michael Schenker Group: The 30th Anniversary Concert - Live in Tokyo Blu-ray Movie  

in-akustik | 2010 | 105 min | Unrated | Oct 19, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

This performance was recorded in January 2010 during the band's 30th-anniversary Japanese tour. On this trek, the MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP consisted of Michael Schenker (guitar), Gary Barden (vocals), Simon Phillips (drums), Wayne Findlay (guitar, keyboards), and Neil Murray (bass).

Music

Leonard Cohen: Songs from the Road Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Music | 2010 | 93 min | Rated G | Sep 14, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Following the celebration of his 40th year as a Columbia artist in 2007 and coinciding with his induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in March 2008, Cohen thrilled his fans by announcing his first tour dates in 15 years. He s gone on to play the most prestigious and beautiful venues in virtually every corner of the globe, mesmerizing and charming audiences with performances that were hailed as some of the best of his career. When legend Cohen takes to the stage, raved Ireland s The Independent (June 2008), it s no less than a cultural event of Biblical dimensions. <br> One dozen of Leonard Cohen s most famous songs from those recent world tour performances at auditorium halls, festivals, arenas, and stadiums from Tel Aviv to London, from across Europe to the California desert and his native Canada are now collected on SONGS FROM THE ROAD. The 12-song program filmed in high definition and recorded in 5.1 surround sound will be issued in three separate packages: CD+DVD in a beautiful softpak with a 12-page book, Blu-ray, and 2-LP 180-gram audiophile vinyl in a gatefold jacket.

Music

Highlander Blu-ray Movie  

Director's Cut

Lionsgate Films | 1986 | 116 min | Rated R | Nov 02, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Connor MacLeod is one of a waning few survivors of a clan of immortals. They have been fighting each other for centuries in the quest to be the last one standing.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy

Full Metal Panic!: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Remastered

FUNimation Entertainment | 2002 | 600 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 07, 2010 | Dustin Somner

Sousuke Sagara, a seventeen year old military specialist working for the secret organization MITHRIL, has been assigned to protect the latest "Whispered" candidate Kaname Chidori. To complete this task Sousuke will have to deal with enemies from his past as well as the occasional panty thief. Unfortunately for Sousuke, the toughest part of his mission isn't only protecting Miss Chidori but also getting used to living an average High School students life, no easy task for someone raised on the battlefield.

Action / Anime / Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi / Foreign

Score Blu-ray Movie  

Uncut & uncensored

Cult Epics | 1974 | 92 min | Not rated | Oct 12, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A happily married couple makes a bet that they can seduce a couple of naive newlyweds during a weekend get-together at their Riviera Villa.

Comedy / Drama / Erotic

RoboCop Trilogy Blu-ray Movie  

RoboCop / RoboCop 2 / RoboCop 3

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1987-1993 | 3 Movies | 323 min | Unrated | Oct 05, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

See individual titles for their synopses.

Action / Crime / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Altitude Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2010 | 90 min | Rated R | Oct 26, 2010 | Martin Liebman

A brash, young pilot who takes her friends for a small-plane joyride, only to get lost in a deadly storm. But things get worse when they hit some unexpected turbulence. Turns out some people's fears when it comes to flying aren't entirely unfounded.

Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Blu-ray Movie  

Ultimate Edition / Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2004 | 142 min | Rated PG | Oct 19, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione return for their third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where the teenagers are forced to face their darkest fears as they confront a dangerous escaped prisoner and the equally foreboding Dementors, who are sent there to protect them.

Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Mystery / Epic

UFC: Ultimate Submissions Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 81 min | Not rated | Oct 05, 2010 | Martin Liebman

No synopsis for this title.

Sport

Make Way for Tomorrow Blu-ray Movie    

Masters of Cinema

Eureka Entertainment | 1937 | 92 min | Rated BBFC: U | Oct 25, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

After losing their home to foreclosure, devastated Barkley and his wife, Lucy, must part ways because not one of their grown children has room for them both.

Drama / Romance

Video Games Live: Level 2 Blu-ray Movie  

Shout Factory | 2010 | 100 min | Not rated | Oct 19, 2010 | Martin Liebman

Video Games Live is an immersive concert event featuring music from the most popular video games of all time. Top orchestras & choirs perform along with exclusive video footage and music arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo performers, electronic percussionists, live action and unique interactive segments to create an explosive entertainment experience!

Music

Bones: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray Movie  

20th Century Fox | 2009-2010 | 956 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 05, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) are back for more mystery, murder, and mayhem in the fifth season of Bones. Relying on Brennan’s unparalleled scientific abilities and Booth’s street-wise instincts, the sexy, crime-solving duo and their team face everything from modern-day witches to murdered rock-n-rollers as they scramble for evidence to stop a gruesome serial killer. This spectacular new season brings a wedding, the show’s landmark 100th episode, and decisions Bones and Booth must make that could change their lives forever.

Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance

Comme les 5 doigts de la main Blu-ray Movie    

Five Brothers

Universal Studios | 2010 | 117 min | Rated U Tous publics | Sep 21, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

5 very different brothers are raised by their early widowed mother. One of them reappears after a long disappearance, trying to hide from a gang of drug dealers and shares a secret with his family. Together, the five brothers are going to find a way to avenge the memory of their assassinated father.

Action / Crime / Drama / Foreign

Predators Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

20th Century Fox | 2010 | 107 min | Rated R | Oct 19, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

Royce, a mercenary, reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they've been brought together on an alien planet... as prey. With the notable exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers -- mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members -- human "predators" that are now being systemically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators.

Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller