New Blu-ray Reviews

Red Heat Blu-ray Movie    

Optimum Home Entertainment | 1988 | 104 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jun 07, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.

Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller

Chuck: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 2010 | 817 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 07, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

No more Mr. Nice Spy! Chuck is back and he’s the Chuck you know: the hapless Nerd Herder hopelessly devoted to sexy super spy Sarah. And he’s the Chuck you don’t know: a master martial artist whose brain is locked and loaded with the new Intersect 2.0.

Action / Comedy / Romance

DOA: Dead or Alive Blu-ray Movie  

Vivendi Visual Entertainment | 2006 | 86 min | Rated PG-13 | Aug 17, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Four voluptuous girls, each with unique fighting styles, are invited to partake in the "Dead or Alive" world fighting tournament on an exotic island.

Action / Adventure / Thriller / Martial arts

Secretary Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 2002 | 111 min | Rated R | Oct 05, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Lee Holloway has recently left a mental institute and has been released into the care of her over-bearing mother and alcoholic father. Determined to get her life together, she gets a job as a secretary for an attorney she does her best to please.

Comedy / Drama / Romance / Erotic

9th Company Blu-ray Movie  

9 rota | Collector's Edition

Well Go USA | 2005 | 139 min | Rated R | Aug 31, 2010 | Martin Liebman

A year in the shared lives of a group of young soldiers drafted to serve in Afghanistan during the final year of the Soviet conflict. It is a story of the unit s dedication to each other during their valiant defense of Height 3234...a futile battle.

Action / Drama / History / War / Foreign

Forbidden Planet Blu-ray Movie  

Includes "The Invisible Boy" on SD

Warner Bros. | 1956 | 99 min | Rated G | Sep 07, 2010 | Martin Liebman

A starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.

Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Supernatural: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 2009-2010 | 915 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 07, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

Sam Winchester grew up hunting unearthly horrors. But now law school and a normal life beckon. That is, until Sam’s estranged brother Dean appears with troubling news: their father has disappeared, a man who’s hunted evil for 22 years. So to find their father, the brothers must hunt what he hunts... and Sam must return to the life he’d rather leave behind.

Action / Horror / Thriller / Dark humor / Supernatural

Hatchet Blu-ray Movie  

Unrated Director's Cut

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2006 | 84 min | Unrated | Sep 07, 2010 | Martin Liebman

When a group of New Orleans tourists take a cheesy haunted swamp tour, they slam face-first into the local legend of deformed madman Victor Crowley. What follows is a psycho spree of seat-jumping scares, eye-popping nudity, skull-splitting mayhem and beyond.

Comedy / Horror / Thriller

Gladiator Blu-ray Movie  

Sapphire Series | Extended and Theatrical Cut | Remastered

Paramount Pictures | 2000 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 171 min | Unrated | Aug 01, 2010 | Martin Liebman

A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.

Action / Adventure / Drama / History / Epic

A Dirty Carnival Blu-ray Movie    

Biyeolhan geori | 비열한 거리 | CJ 007 | First Press Limited Edition

CJ Entertainment | 2006 | 140 min | Rated KMRB: 18+ | Aug 23, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Second-in-rank Byung-doo is a gangster stuck between his overbearing boss and younger criminals, each as aggressive and ambitious as the next and ever ready to take his place. Caring for his siblings and a sick mother, he swings between his real family and his criminal one, the load of each weighing him down until an opportunity arises to change everything.

Crime / Drama / Foreign

Tommy Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 1975 | 112 min | Rated PG | Sep 07, 2010 | Martin Liebman

This classic rock opera is brought energetically to life by an outstanding cast including many stars of the rock music industry. Told through the remarkable music of The Who, this is the story of Tommy, who, when just a boy of six, witnessed the murder of his father by his mother and her lover. They command him, "You didn't hear it, you didn't see it, and you won't say anything to anyone..." As a result, the traumatized boy retreats into the shadows of his mind and becomes deaf, dumb and blind.

Drama / Music / Musical / Surreal

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Blu-ray Movie  

The "Rich Mahogany" Edition | Includes "Wake Up, Ron Burgundy"

Paramount Pictures | 2004 | 2 Movies, 3 Cuts | 97 min | Unrated | Aug 31, 2010 | Martin Liebman

Ron Burgundy is San Diego's top-rated news anchorman. While he is outwardly willing to adjust to the idea of females in the workplace -- even outside of secretarial positions -- he certainly doesn't want his own job challenged. Keeping that in mind, it's no wonder that the arrival of Veronica Corningstone, an aspiring newswoman, is, in Ron's eyes, not the studio's most welcome addition. After Veronica pays her dues covering so-called female-oriented fluff pieces (think cat fashion shows and cooking segments), the ambitious Veronica sets her eyes on the news desk; more specifically, on Ron's seat behind it. Not unpredictably, Ron doesn't take the threat lightly, and it isn't long before the rival newscasters are engaged in a very personal battle of the sexes.

Comedy / Romance / Period

The Blair Witch Project Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 1999 | 81 min | Rated R | Aug 31, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Three film students head into the woodlands of Maryland in search of the Blair Witch, a local legend that has haunted the town of Burkittsville for centuries, as part of a documentary project. They were never seen again. This footage is all that remains of that fateful excursion.

Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

Marmaduke Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

20th Century Fox | 2010 | 87 min | Rated PG | Aug 31, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

When the Winslow family moves from Kansas to Orange County, California with their goofy, accident-prone Great Dane, Marmaduke, the big dog experiences all kinds of trouble fitting in with his new canine neighbors.

Comedy / Family / Comic book

Bad Lieutenant Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Lionsgate Films | 1992 | 96 min | Rated NC-17 | Aug 31, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

A nameless New York cop is hopelessly addicted to drugs, gambling and sex. As he makes his way to various crime scenes, he is concerned only with taking bets from his fellow cops on the outcome of the ongoing National League playoffs. As his bad decisions drive him deeper into debt, his life becomes a surreal hell, with a constant intake of crack, coke, heroin and booze eroding what remains of his sanity. An investigation into the rape of a nun leads to his spiritual breakdown at the church crime scene, where he sees Jesus and the road to his salvation.

Crime / Drama

Mars Attacks! Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1996 | 106 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 07, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

Comedy / Sci-Fi / Dark humor

Red Riding Trilogy Blu-ray Movie  

IFC Films | 2009 | 3 Movies | 308 min | Not rated | Aug 31, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

An ambitious, dark, and thrilling trilogy of interlinking films set in Yorkshire in the 1970s and 80s.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Psychological thriller

Thirst Blu-ray Movie    

Bakjwi | 박쥐 | Director’s Cut | CJ 006 | First Press Limited Edition

CJ Entertainment | 2009 | 148 min | Rated KMRB: 18+ | Jun 23, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.

Drama / Horror / Romance / Dark humor / Supernatural / Erotic / Foreign

A Traveler's Guide to the Planets Blu-ray Movie  

National Geographic | 2010 | 300 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Take a trip of a lifetime to visit our neighboring planets with A Traveler s Guide to the Planets. National Geographic takes off beyond Earth s boundaries for the ultimate tour of our solar system. From Mars monstrous mountains to Saturn s glittering rings, the sights are out of this world. Each hour offers breathtaking tours of the planets using modern-day high-tech telescopes and stunning CGI. Programs include: Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus, Pluto and Beyond, Mars, Venus and Mercury.

Documentary / Nature

The Universe: Our Solar System Blu-ray Movie  

A&E Home Video | 2006-2010 | 470 min | Unrated | Aug 24, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Ten episodes of The Universe are spread over two discs, including: "Secrets of the Sun," "Mars: The Red Planet," "The End of the Earth: Deep Space Threats To Our Planet," "Jupiter: The Giant Planet," "The Moon," "Spaceship Earth," and" The Inner Planets: Mercury & Venus."

Documentary