New Blu-ray Reviews

Bloodsport / Timecop Blu-ray Movie  

Action Double Feature

Warner Bros. | 1988-1994 | 2 Movies | 190 min | Rated R | Sep 14, 2010 | Martin Liebman

'Bloodsport' - Inside a hidden Hong Kong arena, elite combatants clash in the Kumite, the little-known but hotly contested world championship of full-contact fighting. No Westerner had ever won this titanic tournament - until iron-willed American Frank Dux entered it. <br><br>'Timecop' - The future could be history, as a dangerous, time-traveling politico sets out to change the past so he can pave his career path to the White House. But Time Enforcement Commission cop Max Walker is on his trail. Where he goes, searing action and soaring thrills follow.

Action / Biography / Sci-Fi / Sport / Thriller / Martial arts / Comic book

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1948 | 126 min | Not rated | Oct 05, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Three prospectors, set out in search of gold but instead find mistrust, betrayal, and death.

Action / Adventure / Drama / Western

Just Wright Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

20th Century Fox | 2010 | 101 min | Rated PG | Sep 14, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

Leslie Wright, a straight-shooting physical therapist, gets the gig of a lifetime working with NBA All-Star Scott McKnight. Everything is going great until Leslie finds herself falling for Scott. Oblivious to her romantic overtures, McKnight is instead drawn to Leslie’s gorgeous childhood friend Morgan, who has her sights set on being an NBA trophy wife. Is Leslie destined to play the role of “best friend” forever or will Scott finally see that what he has always wanted is right in front of him?

Comedy / Romance

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Blu-ray Movie  

Criterion | 1983 | 123 min | Not rated | Sep 28, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

During World War II, British soldier Jack Celliers is captured by Japanese forces and held in a prison camp by the honor-bound Capt. Yanoi. Yanoi and gruff Sgt. Hara become intrigued with Celliers' open defiance in the face of their staunchly old-world ideas about cowardice and shame. Meanwhile, a translator, Lt. Col. John Lawrence, attempts to find common ground between British and Japanese beliefs.

Drama / War

The Maltese Falcon Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1941 | 101 min | Not rated | Oct 05, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A gallery of high-living lowlifes will stop at nothing to get their sweaty hands on a jewel-encrusted falcon. Detective Sam Spade wants to find out why—and who will take the fall for his partner's murder.

Crime / Film-Noir / Mystery

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2009 | 119 min | Rated R | Sep 28, 2010 | Martin Liebman

Coco Chanel attends the Paris premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and is mesmerized, but the revolutionary work is booed by the enraged audience and a near riot ensues. Seven years later, now rich, respected and successful, Coco Chanel meets Stravinsky again - a penniless refugee living in exile in Paris after the Russian Revolution. The attraction between them is immediate and electric. Coco offers Stravinsky the use of her villa in Garches so that he will be able to work, and he moves in straight away, with his children and consumptive wife. And so a passionate, intense love affair between two creative giants begins...

Drama / Romance / Foreign / Period

Being Human: Season Two Blu-ray Movie  

BBC | 2010 | 464 min | Not rated | Sep 21, 2010 | Martin Liebman

Being Human centers around the seemingly ordinary premise of three young people sharing an apartment – only they are a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost.

Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Horror

Modern Family: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie  

20th Century Fox | 2009-2010 | 513 min | Rated TV-PG | Sep 21, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

A satirical look at three different families and the trials they face in each of their own uniquely comedic ways.

Comedy / Family

Homage to Robert Schumann Blu-ray Movie  

Arthaus Musik | 2010 | 77 min | Unrated | Sep 28, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Between 1844 and 1859 Robert Schumann lived in Dresden where he composed a third of his complete work. Todays concert marks the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumanns birth and offers a welcome opportunity for Daniel Harding and the Staatskapelle Dresden to introduce three of the most impressive but now too rarely performed works from his Dresden period (Overture to Genoveva, Requiem für Mignon and Nachtlied). Particular highlights - which will come as a surprise even to connoisseurs of his works - are a fi rst performance and a world premiere of rediscovered and reconstructed symphonic movements dating from the composers legendary symphony year'' of 1841. Moreover, the Rhenish Symphony, composed by Schumann after leaving Dresden and widely infl uenced by his impressions of the Cologne Cathedral, blends in perfectly with the sacral architecture of the Frauenkirche.

Music

WWII in Hi Def Blu-ray Movie  

Topics Entertainment | 1942-1963 | 410 min | Unrated | Oct 12, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A collection of documentaries from the U.S. National Archives is featured on this four disc set.

Documentary / History / War / Period

Babies Blu-ray Movie  

Bébé(s)

Universal Studios | 2010 | 79 min | Rated PG | Sep 28, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

Everybody loves... BABIES. This visually stunning new movie simultaneously follows four babies around the world - from first breath to first steps. From Mongolia to Namibia to San Francisco to Tokyo, BABIES joyfully captures on film the earliest stages of the journey of humanity that are at once unique and universal to us all. The children are, respectively, in order of on-screen introduction: Ponijao, who lives with her family near Opuwo, Namibia; Bayarjargal, who resides with his family in Mongolia, near Bayanchandmani; Mari, who lives with her family in Tokyo, Japan; and Hattie, who resides with her family in the United States, in San Francisco.

Documentary

King Kong Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1933 | 104 min | Not rated | Sep 28, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

Film director Carl Denham and actress Ann Darrow arrive on a prehistoric island in the hope of capturing a giant ape, worshipped as a god by the local inhabitants. The mighty Kong shows his sensitive side by falling for Ann, and, after his transportation to New York, rampages across the city in search of his new love.

Adventure / Drama / Horror / Romance

Jacob's Ladder Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 1990 | 114 min | Rated R | Sep 14, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Vietnam veteran Jacob Singer is tormented by the vivid memories of war and the heartbreaking death of his son. Demonic visions and hallucinations begin to haunt him day and night, leaving Jacob disturbed and searching for answers. Unsure if he is suffering from post-traumatic stress, dementia, or something paranormal, Jacob finds himself quickly spiraling out of control.

Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Surreal

The World Blu-ray Movie    

世界 / Shì jiè / Masters of Cinema

Eureka Entertainment | 2004 | 134 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Aug 30, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

"The World" is a theme park on the outskirts of Beijing, sixteen kilometers from the Chinese capital, designed around scaled representations of the world's famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower or the Leaning Tower of Pisa.The site is seen here not from the visitors' point of view but through the eyes of a few of its staff, lonely people, communicating poorly, a bit disillusioned with life, glittering for the tourists but dull and restricted as far as they are concerned. We meet, among others, pretty young dancer Tao and Taisheng, a security guard who is fond of her but not of personal commitment...

Drama / Romance / Foreign

Handel: Messiah Blu-ray Movie  

C MAJOR | 2009 | 154 min | Unrated | Sep 28, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Documentary

Sex and Lucía Blu-ray Movie  

Lucía y el sexo

Palm Pictures | 2001 | 128 min | Not rated | Oct 12, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Lucía is a waitress who lives and works in Madrid. After what she believes to be the loss of her boyfriend, tortured writer Lorenzo, she flees to a secluded island that he had often told her about. There she meets Carlos and Elena, who have also run away to the island to escape personal tragedy. Unbeknownst to them, all have connections to Lorenzo. Elena met him many years ago on the island and enjoyed beautiful, anonymous love-making with him in the sea by the light of a full-moon. 9 months later, Elena gave birth to Luna, but never managed to find Lorenzo. Carlos was the step-father of Belén, who disappeared after she unwittingly caused the death of Luna. As she hears more about the past of her two new housemates, Lucía is reminded of the book Lorenzo was writing, a tale about a journey into a dark, deep past that brought on his depression. Soon, the lines between fact and fiction begin to fall apart.

Drama / Romance / Erotic / Foreign

The Third Man Blu-ray Movie  

StudioCanal Collection

Lionsgate Films | 1949 | 105 min | Not rated | Sep 21, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend Harry Lime.

Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Blu-ray Movie  

EUROARTS | 2003 | 86 min | Not rated | Sep 28, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Claudio Abbado has realised a dream with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. The orchestra, an exclusive ensemble of handpicked musicial stars, opens up new dimensions in the interpretation of symphonic music with exceptional soloists. The line-up includes such luminaries as Ilya Gringolts and Sabine and Wolfgang Meyer, alongside members of the world's great orchestras. The cellos section alone boasts Natalia Gutman, Clemens Hagen and Valentin Erben.

Music

Delicatessen Blu-ray Movie  

StudioCanal Collection

Lionsgate Films | 1991 | 90 min | Rated R | Sep 14, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

In a burnt-out city on the verge of collapse, a canny butcher employs various young handymen, kills them, and then sells them as meat. When ex-circus performer Louison arrives looking for work, it seems that his head will be the next on the block. But Louison falls in love with Julie, the butcher's daughter, and together they join forces with an underground vegetarian group who plan to bring an end to the butcher's cruel regime.

Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Dark humor / Foreign / Surreal

Szymanowski: King Roger Blu-ray Movie  

C MAJOR | 89 min | Unrated | Sep 28, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music