New Blu-ray Reviews

G.I. Joe: The Movie Blu-ray Movie  

Special Edition / Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 1987 | 93 min | Not rated | Jul 27, 2010 | Martin Liebman

A 40,000-year-old race of snake people resurface, and with help of Serpentor, Destro, Baroness and Dr. Mindbender, they plan to eliminate all of mankind and rebuild COBRA-LA. Once rulers of Earth, the Snake people were driven underground by ice-age temperatures. While in exile, they developed a plant whose spores turn ordinary men into mindless, weak animals. The key to their plan is the G.I. JOE team�s secret project � the Broadcast Energy Transmitter. Only this device generates enough heat so that the spores can mature. Humankind's very existence depends on the G.I. JOE team, but are they strong and smart enough to fight a warrior race with 40,000 years of experience?

Action / Adventure / Animation / Family / Sci-Fi

Being Human: Season One Blu-ray Movie  

BBC | 2009 | 345 min | Not rated | Jul 20, 2010 | Martin Liebman

At first sight there doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary about flatsharers George and Mitchell, but both harbour dark secrets. Once a month, geeky hospital porter George is transformed into a rabid, flesh-tearing werewolf, while womanising, man-about-town Mitchell is trying to forego his blood-sucking vampire instincts. As they take the keys to their new home, the boys discover that their flat has another occupant - lonely ghost Annie, who died in a car accident days before she was due to marry her fiance.

Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Horror

Newcastle Australia Blu-ray Movie    

Peccadillo Pictures | 2008 | 107 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | May 24, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

'Newcastle' is a coming-of-age/family drama/surfing movie. 17-year old Jesse lives in the shadow of his older brother Victor's failure to become surfing's Next Big Thing. Even when he's in his natural habitat of magnificent surf breaks, his blue-collar future is brought home by the coal barges that constantly line his horizon. Jesse has the natural skills to surf his way out of this reality and onto the international circuit but can he overcome his equally natural ability to sabotage himself? A momentous weekend away with his mates that includes first love and tragedy leads him to discover what's really important, and also to the performance of a lifetime.

Drama

Jimmy Hollywood Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 1994 | 117 min | Rated R | Jul 06, 2010 | Dustin Somner

Struggling actor Jimmy Alto can't get arrested. But the criminals that terrorize his neighborhood are making a killing. So Jimmy makes a bold career move. With the help of his loyal but spaced-out best friend, Jimmy transforms himself into "Jericho," leader of a mock-vigilante group that videotapes criminals then turns them over to the police. It's the role of a lifetime, but when Jimmy gets caught in a crossfire between the cops and the crooks, it looks like it could be his last.

Comedy / Crime

Beautiful Blu-ray Movie  

Entertainment One | 2009 | 97 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

A 14 year old shutterbug is persuaded by his beautiful 17 year old neighbor to investigate a series of bizarre abductions when the gorgeous girl voices suspicions that a reclusive widow from their wealthy suburb is to blame for the unsolved crimes.

Drama / Thriller

Black Sabbath: Paranoid Blu-ray Movie  

Classic Albums

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2010 | 55 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The original line-up of Black Sabbath – vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Terry “Geezer” Butler, and drummer Bill Ward – breed a brew of blues-rock unlike anything the world had heard before, and in the process, birthed a genre. The back-story of 1970’s <i>Paranoid</i> will be unveiled, with live footage and in-depth interviews from the band and their original engineer.

Documentary / Music

Ladybugs Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 1992 | 89 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 06, 2010 | Dustin Somner

Chester is a salesman looking for a little respect... and a big job promotion. To impress his boss, Chester becomes the coach of the company-sponsored girls' soccer team, the Ladybugs. But when Chester and his assistant coach see their woefully unskilled players, they realize the Ladybugs are going to get squashed! Chester decides the team needs a girl who plays like a boy, so he secretly enlists his fiancée's son, Matthew, to become Martha, the Ladybugs' newest member.

Comedy / Sport

Sanctuary: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie  

Entertainment One | 2010 | 585 min | Jun 15, 2010 | Dustin Somner

The enigmatic Dr. Helen Magnus and the Sanctuary team are back and again on their quest to study and protect the strange and terrifying creatures that secretly populate our world.

Crime / Mystery / Sci-Fi

Mother Blu-ray Movie  

마더 / Madeo

Magnolia Pictures | 2009 | 129 min | Rated R | Jul 20, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

Mother is a devoted single parent to her simple-minded 27-year-old son, Do-joon. One night, while walking home drunk, he encounters a schoolgirl who he follows for a while before she disappears into a dark alley. The next morning she is found dead in an abandoned building, and Do-joon is accused of her murder. His mother refuses to believe her beloved son is guilty and immediately undertakes her own investigation to find the girl's killer.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign

Nowhere Boy Blu-ray Movie    

Icon Film Distribution | 2009 | 105 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | May 10, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A chronicle of John Lennon's teenage years. Liverpool, 1955: a smart and troubled fifteen-year-old is hungry for experience. In a family full of secrets, two incredible women clash over him: Mimi the aunt who raised him, and Julia, the prodigal mother. Yearning for a normal family, John escapes into the new and exciting world of rock 'n' roll and meets the teenage Paul McCartney.

Biography / Drama / Music

Repo Men Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2010 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 120 min | Unrated | Jul 27, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

Remy and Jake are best friends and The Union's most dangerous repossession men, reclaiming top-dollar organs when recipients fall behind on their payments. But after an on-the-job accident forces Remy to be outfitted with a top-of-the-line heart replacement, he finds himself in-debt and on-the-run. Now, the hunter becomes the hunted as Jake will stop at nothing to track him down to finish the job.

Action / Crime / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Cargo Blu-ray Movie    

Optimum Home Entertainment | 2009 | 112 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Jul 05, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The ecosystem of Earth has been destroyed and mankind now lives in orbit. On a run-down space freighter on route to Station 42, a young medic Laura is the only one awake while the rest of the crew lie in sleep hibernation. During her daily patrols through the eerily empty ship, Laura starts to get the feeling that she is not alone.

Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Foreign

Our Family Wedding Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

20th Century Fox | 2010 | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 13, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

Two overbearing dads must put aside their differences to plan a wedding for their children, Marcus and Lucia, in less than two weeks. As the wedding brings out the best and worst in both families, the young couple soon discovers the true meaning of love and finds there is truth to the saying - that when you marry someone, you marry their entire family.

Comedy / Romance

White Collar: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie  

20th Century Fox | 2009-2010 | 683 min | Not rated | Jul 13, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

When Neal escapes from a maximum-security prison to find his long-lost love, Peter nabs him once again. Rather than returning to jail, Neal suggests an alternate plan: He'll provide his criminal expertise to assist the Feds in catching other elusive criminals in exchange for his eventual freedom. Initially wary, Peter quickly finds that Neal provides insight and intuition that can't be found on the right side of the law.

Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Heist

Red Sonja Blu-ray Movie    

Optimum Home Entertainment | 1985 | 89 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jun 28, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The fearless warrior Red Sonja sets out to avenge her family's murder and rid her kingdom from the tyrannical rule of evil Queen Gedren.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Comic book

Ye Maya Chesave Blu-ray Movie  

Bhavani | 2010 | 156 min | Rated PG-13 | Jul 11, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Karthik finishes Engineering and aspires to become a filmmaker. His friend Krishna takes him to director Puri Jagannath and pleads with him to take him as his assistant. Meanwhile, Karthik accidentally meets his landlord's daughter Jessie and falls for her at first sight. Despite being younger than her, Karthik expresses his wish to love for her. Her father Joseph would not accept her daughter to marry a Hindu. Jessie is torn between Karthik and her family. Whether Karthik gets his lady love and whether he will become a filmmaker should be watched on the big screen.

Comedy / Romance / Foreign

Forbidden World Blu-ray Movie  

Mutant / Roger Corman's Cult Classics / Blu-ray + DVD

Shout Factory | 1982 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 77 min | Rated R | Jul 20, 2010 | Martin Liebman

On the remote planet of Xarbia, a scientific experiment has gone horrifically wrong. An experimental life-form known as Subject 20,” created by an elite group of scientists to prevent a major galactic food crisis, has instead mutated into a man-eating organism. It’s getting bigger, it has the ability to change its genetic structure at will and, worst of all, it’s hungry. Very, very hungry!

Horror / Sci-Fi

Galaxy of Terror Blu-ray Movie  

Roger Corman's Cult Classics / Mindwarp: An Infinity of Terror / Planet of Horrors / Quest

Shout Factory | 1981 | 81 min | Rated R | Jul 20, 2010 | Martin Liebman

In the distant future, the crew of the starship Quest is dispatched to the barren planet of Morganthus to search of the missing crew members of the starship Remus, which has crash-landed there. Instead, they encounter something far more mysterious and insidious, as the crew members fall victim to their worst fears -- each one more horrifying than the last. If any of them are survive the Galaxy of Terror, they must unlock the secrets of this deadly world.

Action / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi

Cop Out Blu-ray Movie  

Rock Out with Your Glock Out Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 2010 | 108 min | Rated R | Jul 20, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

Two NYPD detectives - no-nonsense veteran Jimmy Monroe and his wacky sidekick Paul Hodges - are on the trail of merciless, memorabilia-obsessed Mexican gangster Poh Boy. Meanwhile both are beset by problems in their personal lives: Jimmy must unearth the rare, mint-condition baseball card that is his only hope of footing the bill for his daughter's upcoming wedding, while Paul has become so suspicious of his wife's infidelity that he has hidden a CCTV camera inside a teddy bear in their bedroom.

Action / Comedy / Crime

The Shadows: The Final Tour Blu-ray Movie  

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2009 | 137 min | Not rated | Jun 15, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Known as England's answer to The Ventures, underrated British rock group The Shadows started out as Cliff Richards' 1950s backup band, but went on to score solo success as surf-guitar instrumentalists throughout the 1960s and '70s. This 2004 concert reunites original members Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, and Brian Bennett as they perform Shadows classics such as 'Apache', 'Man of Mystery', 'FBI', 'Kon Tiki', 'Wonderful Land', 'Theme for Young Lovers' and many more.

Music