New Blu-ray Reviews

Solomon Kane Blu-ray Movie    

Entertainment in Video | 2009 | 104 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jun 28, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The movie tells the origins of Solomon Kane and is hoped to be the first of a trilogy of movies. When the story opens Kane is a mercenary of Queen Elizabeth I fighting in Africa, but after an encounter with a demon, The Reaper, he realizes he must seek redemption or have his soul damned to Hell. He returns to Engand and lives a life of peace, converting to puritanism, but soon the doings of an evil sorceror upset his plans and he must take up arms again.

Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Horror

The Eclipse Blu-ray Movie  

Magnolia Pictures | 2009 | 88 min | Rated R | Jun 29, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

In a seaside Irish town, a teacher raising his two kids alone begins to believe that his house is haunted.

Drama / Horror / Supernatural

Battle Under Orion Blu-ray Movie    

Manatsu no Orion

Panorama | 2009 | 120 min | Not rated | Apr 10, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The final days of World War II - the ocean southeast of Okinawa. The Japanese last hope is entrusted on i-77, the last of the deployed submarines to strike at the U.S. Navy's fuel-supply lines. Takayuki Kuramoto (Hiroshi Tamaki), Commander of the i-77 is up against Mike Stewart, the captain of the R.S. destroyer Percival who has the finest record in the U.S. Navy. As the i-77 and U.S. destroyer Percival begin a mutual hunt, the two captains bring all their knowledge and power to bear as, with lessening supplies of torpedoes and depth charges, they battle. Kuramoto, the lives of his young crew members in his charge, is forced by the difficulties of battle into a serious decision. With Midsummer Orion, a piece of music sheet, in his breast pocket, he sets out on a final battle that will mean life or death. August, 1945: The fuse is lit on a final battle to the limits of mind and body.

Action / Drama / War / Foreign

Time Warp: Season Two Blu-ray Movie  

Discovery, Inc. | 2009 | 559 min | Not rated | Dec 29, 2009 | Kenneth Brown

Time Warp reveals the world in astonishing new ways by radically changing the lens of time. Join the Time Warp team, Jeff Lieberman and Matt Kearney, as they capture and examine ordinary and extraordinary life on their super slow-motion cameras.

Documentary

Hung: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie  

HBO | 2009 | 315 min | Rated TV-MA | Jun 22, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

Desperate times call for desperate measures and Ray Drecker's situation couldn't be much tougher. The former high school sports legend turned middle-aged high school basketball coach is divorced and struggling to provide for his kids when his already run-down house catches fire. Looking to take on a second job, Ray decides to exploit his best asset in a last-ditch attempt to change his fortunes.

Comedy / Drama / Dark humor / Erotic

Entourage: The Complete Sixth Season Blu-ray Movie  

HBO | 2009 | 326 min | Rated TV-MA | Jun 22, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

No synopsis for this title.

Comedy / Drama

The Crazies Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2010 | 101 min | Rated R | Jun 29, 2010 | Martin Liebman

Something is infecting the citizens of Ogden Marsh with insanity. Now complete anarchy reigns as one by one the townsfolk succumb to an unknown toxin and turn sadistically violent.

Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Tromeo and Juliet Blu-ray Movie  

Unrated Director's Cut

Troma | 1996 | 108 min | Rated R | Jun 22, 2010 | Dustin Somner

Updated to be set in the outskirts of New York City, Shakespeare's classic romantic tragedy is transformed into a no-holes barred, punk-inflected Elizabethan stage send-up of the story of a doomed love.

Comedy / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Dark humor

UFC: Rampage Greatest Hits Blu-ray Movie  

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2010 | 133 min | Not rated | Jun 08, 2010 | Martin Liebman

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, former UFC Light-Heavyweight title holder, rose to prominence in Japan's Pride Fighting Championships. He went on to become a coach in the reality series 'The Ultimate Fighter'.

Sport

Memories of Murder Blu-ray Movie    

살인의추억 | Salinui chueok | Plain Edition

CJ Entertainment | 2003 | 132 min | Rated KMRB: 15+ | Mar 09, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

South Korea in 1986 under the military dictatorship: Two rural cops and a special detective from the capital investigate a series of brutal rape murders. Their rude measures become more desperate with each new corpse found. Based on a true case.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Foreign

Adam: Giselle - Ballet de l'Ópera National de Paris Blu-ray Movie  

Live Recording from the Opera National de Paris

TDK | 2006 | 111 min | Not rated | Nov 17, 2009 | Jeffrey Kauffman

“Giselle”, a classical ballet, which, with all its splendour and grace, is generally regarded as the apotheosis of the Romantic ballet.

Music

Hot Tub Time Machine Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 2010 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 100 min | Unrated | Jun 29, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

Three buddies are looking to recapture a little of their youthful glory by returning to the ski resort where they used to party. After a crazy night of drinking in the hot tub, they realize that they’ve been transported back to the 80s and into the bodies of their younger selves. Now they have to decide whether they should change their futures while wading through a sea of spandex, blue eye shadow and heavy metal hair bands.

Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi

Better the Devil You Know Blu-ray Movie  

Augment Image Studios | 2009 | 88 min | Rated PG-13 | May 11, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

No synopsis for this title.

Comedy / Drama / Fantasy

A Star Is Born Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Bros. | 1954 | 176 min | Rated PG | Jun 22, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.

Drama / Musical / Romance

Greenberg Blu-ray Movie  

Universal Studios | 2010 | 107 min | Rated R | Jul 13, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

Roger Greenberg is single, fortyish and deliberately doing nothing. In search of a place to restart his life, he agrees to house sit for his brother in LA and tries to reconnect with his former bandmate and ex-girlfriend. But old friends aren't necessarily still best friends, and Greenberg soon finds himself forging a connection with his brother's personal assistant, Florence. Despite his best attempts not to be drawn in, Greenberg comes to realize that he may at last have found a reason to be happy.

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Vengeance Trilogy Blu-ray Movie  

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance / Oldboy / Lady Vengeance

Palisades Tartan | 2002-2005 | 3 Movies | 361 min | Rated R | Jun 15, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

See individual titles for their synopses.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Dark humor / Comic book / Foreign

Everlasting Moments Blu-ray Movie  

Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick

Criterion | 2008 | 131 min | Not rated | Jun 29, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

The vivid, heartrending story of Maria Larsson, a woman liberated by art at the beginning of the twentieth century. Though poor and abused by her alcoholic husband, she finds an outlet in photography, which opens up her world for the first time.

Biography / Drama / Foreign

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

20th Century Fox | 2010 | 119 min | Rated PG | Jun 29, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

It's the 21st century, but the gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters have walked out of the pages of high school student Percy Jackson's Greek mythology texts and into his life. And they're not happy: Zeus' lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Even more troubling is the sudden disappearance of Percy's mother. As Percy finds himself caught between angry and battling gods, he and his friends embark on a cross-country adventure to catch the true lightning thief, save Percy's mom, and unravel a mystery more powerful than the gods themselves.

Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Mystery

Uncle Sam Blu-ray Movie  

Blue Underground | 1996 | 89 min | Rated R | Jun 29, 2010 | Martin Liebman

It's Fourth Of July Weekend, and the recently discovered corpse of Sgt. Sam Harper - killed by 'friendly fire' during the first Gulf War - is returned to his all-American hometown. But when Sam rises from the dead to punish the unpatriotic, only his young nephew and a bitter Korean War veteran can stop his red-blooded rampage. Draft dodgers, tax cheats, crooked politicians and flag-burners beware: Uncle Sam wants you... DEAD!

Comedy / Horror / Dark humor

Samson & Delilah Blu-ray Movie    

Samson and Delilah

Trinity Home Entertainment | 2009 | 101 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jun 21, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Samson and Delilah live in an isolated community in the Central Australian desert. When tragedy strikes, they are forced to leave home and embark on a journey of survival.

Drama / Romance / Foreign