New Blu-ray Reviews

Old Partner Blu-ray Movie    

Wonangsori

Panorama | 2008 | 78 min | Not rated | Jul 02, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Winner of the Best Documentary of Sundance and Pusang Film Festivals, Old Partner captures a touching and close relationshop between an elderly farmer Choi and his old cow. CHOI suffered from poliomyelitis as a child; with an atrophied leg it has always been difficult for him to even walk without a cane. For 30 years, the ox pulled a cart which CHOI used as transportation to and from the farm, and helped him to plough the farm even when it was too frail to walk. The pair was like father and son ── their vigorous bonding was developed through life-long companionship. Even though the old cow can't help him as before, the cow is still his best helper and best friend. One day, a doctor diagnoses the cow with cancer, and they only have one year left together.

Documentary / Foreign

The Year Without a Santa Claus Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Warner Bros. | 1974 | 52 min | Not rated | Oct 05, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

Weary St. Nick foregoes his gift-giving journey, leaving Mrs. Claus and two elves to revive the Christmas spirit in Santa and the world's children.

Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Holiday

The Mission Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1986 | 125 min | Rated PG | Oct 05, 2010 | Martin Liebman

A man of the sword and a man of the cloth unite to shield a South American tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires.

Adventure / Drama / History

The League: The Complete Season One Blu-ray Movie  

20th Century Fox | 2009 | 203 min | Rated TV-MA | Sep 14, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

When six friends compete on the virtual gridiron, it's a no-holds-barred, win-at-all-costs free-for-all full of deception, trickery and one-upmanship. Pete, a slacker who has won the league the past four seasons, is determined to triumph once again even at the risk of his marriage. Arrogant yet paranoid, Ruxin would rather brush up on key fantasy stats than dote on his newborn, much to his wife's chagrin. League commissioner Kevin secretly has his wife - the ruthless, confident and vaginally talented Jenny - run his team. Kevin's younger brother, Taco, is a part-time musician who writes inappropriate songs and a full-time stoner. Once a loser in high school, Andre is now a successful plastic surgeon and a just as unsuccessful fantasy league player. Though marched grudgingly into adulthood, the motley crew finds refuge from life's tedium with immature behavior and the thrill of chasing victory.

Comedy

HD Trains Blu-ray Movie  

Topics Entertainment | 2010 | 240 min | Not rated | Oct 12, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Shiny steam engines, gorgeous scenery and classic train sounds! HD Moods Trains brings beloved steamers and breathtaking seasonal views of mountains, rivers and more! Enjoy trips through Utah and Wyoming, Nebraska, Indiana and Colorado where a special vintage 1930s steam train was assembled just for this film! Choose from music or train soundtracks. All of this great steam action was shot in beautiful cinema-quality high definition!

Documentary

Paths of Glory Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1957 | 88 min | Not rated | Oct 26, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A World War I French colonel goes head-to-head with the army's ruthless top brass when his men are accused of cowardice after being unable to carry out an impossible mission.

Drama / War

Wolverine and the X-Men: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 2008 | 598 min | Rated PG | Oct 12, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

After a mysterious explosion at the Xavier mansion, and the resulting disappearancesof Professor Xavier and Jean Grey, Wolverine must attempt to reunite the disbanded X-Men to discover what has happened.

Action / Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book

The Oxford Murders Blu-ray Movie  

Magnolia Pictures | 2008 | 108 min | Rated R | Oct 05, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

A woman is murdered in Oxford. Her body is discovered by two men, Arthur Seldom, a prestigious professor of logic, and Martin, a young graduate student who has just arrived at the university hoping to study with Seldom. It quickly becomes clear that this is the first in a series of murders, all of which are announced by the murderer with strange mathematical symbols. Professor and student join forces to try and crack the code, and thus begins an elaborate puzzle, in which nothing is as it seems, and the truth is elusive.

Crime / Thriller

Splice Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2009 | 104 min | Rated R | Oct 05, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

Two renegade young scientists break legal and ethical boundaries by conducting a dangerous experiment in which they combine or 'splice' DNA from human and animal sources. Their experiment results in the creation of a new creature whom they christen Dren.

Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Mozart: Cosi fan tutte Blu-ray Movie  

EUROARTS | 2009 | 191 min | Not rated | Sep 28, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music

Rush: 2112 and Moving Pictures Blu-ray Movie  

Classic Albums

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2010 | 58 min | Not rated | Sep 28, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

This addition to the Classic Albums series tells the story behind the making of two legendary albums from Rush

Documentary / Music

Psycho Blu-ray Movie  

50th Anniversary Edition

Universal Studios | 1960 | 108 min | Rated R | Oct 19, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000. On the run she checks into the remote Bates Motel, run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller

My Bloody Valentine 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray

Lionsgate Films | 2009 | 101 min | Rated R | Jan 04, 2011 | Martin Liebman

Tom returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine's night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, however, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame is the only one will believes he's innocent.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Holiday

The Exorcist Blu-ray Movie  

Extended Director's Cut & Original Theatrical Version

Warner Bros. | 1973 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 132 min | Rated R | Oct 05, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

When an innocent young girl is possessed by a demon, a priest struggling with his faith is asked by her mother to perform the ancient rite of exorcism.

Horror / Thriller / Supernatural

A Nightmare on Elm Street Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2010 | 96 min | Rated R | Oct 05, 2010 | Martin Liebman

A re-imagining of the horror icon Freddy Krueger, a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people in their dreams, resulting in their real death in reality.

Horror / Mystery / Thriller

The Last of the Mohicans Blu-ray Movie  

Director's Definitive Cut

20th Century Fox | 1992 | 115 min | Unrated | Oct 05, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

In war-torn Colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, Cora Munro, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of three Mohican trappers, including Hawkeye, a rugged frontiersman and the adopted son of the Mohicans comes to their rescue. A passionate romance soon blossoms between Cora and Hawkeye, but many forces test their love as they continue to journey through the Frontier.

Adventure / Drama / History / Romance / War / Melodrama / Epic

The Brothers Bloom Blu-ray Movie    

Optimum Home Entertainment | 2008 | 113 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Oct 04, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job - showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.

Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Romance

Baseball: The Tenth Inning Blu-ray Movie  

A film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

PBS | 2010 | 241 min | Not rated | Oct 05, 2010 | Martin Liebman

1992 - 2009: As the tumultuous twentieth century is drawing to a close, and a new millennium begins, baseball continues to reflect the complicated country that created it. In an age of globalization and speculation, the players and the owners wage a cataclysmic battle over money and power; dazzlingly talented Latin and Asian stars transform the game; Cal Ripken becomes the game's new Iron Man; sluggers Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds do things that have never been done before; the Yankees build a dynasty while their arch rivals, the Red Sox, stage the greatest comeback in history. And in September of 2001, at a time when America seems most threatened, baseball offers the hope that things will one day return to normal. The national pastime is more popular, and more profitable, than ever, but suspicions and revelations about performance enhancing drugs keep surfacing, threatening the integrity of the game itself. Still, through it all, baseball endures, a game of infinite possibility and surpassing beauty.

Documentary / History / Sport

Samsung Presents: IMAX 3D Triple Feature Blu-ray Movie  

Galapagos / Into the Deep / Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs | Exclusive with Samsung 3D Starter Kit / Blu-ray 3D

Warner Bros. | 1994-2007 | 3 Movies | 112 min | Not rated | Sep 19, 2010 | Martin Liebman

<i>Galapagos:</i> Shot on the famed archipelago and in its surrounding waters, Galapagos follows marine biologist Dr. Carole Baldwin as she makes her initial venture into that world first chronicled for science 160 years earlier by Charles Darwin. The tools for Baldwin's team are far different than anything Darwin used, yet one thing is unchanged. The Galapagos Islands remain a stunningly abundant laboratory for exploration. <br><br> <i>Into the Deep:</i> Kate Nelligan narrates and renowned marine-life filmmaker Howard Hall directs this colorful foray into the kelp forests located off California's Channel Islands. <br><br> <i>Mummies: Secret of the Pharaohs:</i> unravel the enshrouded human time capsules that have become the most fascinating mystery of our time - Egypt's mummies. Probe ancient tombs to uncover these carefully hidden phenomena, and experience the dramatic adventure of their excavations. Follow top scientists as they embark on a modern-day forensic investigation of the mummies, extracting clues from our past that could have an enormous impact on medical science in our future.

Documentary / History / Nature / Short

Shakespeare: Love's Labour's Lost Blu-ray Movie  

Globe Theatre

Opus Arte | 2010 | 166 min | Not rated | Sep 28, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Comedy