New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- June 02, 2010
She's Out of My League Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2010 | 105 min | Rated R | Jun 22, 2010 | Martin Liebman
Kirk, an average Joe, can't believe his luck. Though he's stuck in a dead-end job as an airport security agent, against all odds Molly, a successful and outrageously gorgeous babe falls for him. Kirk is stunned and so are his friends, family and even his ex-girlfriend. Now he has to figure out how to make the relationship work, even though he's the first to admit, She's Out of My League.
Comedy / Romance / Teen
The Kid Blu-ray Movie
Charlie Chaplin: The Collection / Blu-ray + DVD
Park Circus | 1921 | 53 min | Rated BBFC: U | May 10, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The Tramp and an abandoned child triumph over life's hard knocks in the landmark film that changed the notion of what a screen comedy could be.
Comedy / Drama / Family
- June 01, 2010
Wild Things: Foursome Blu-ray Movie
Unrated Edition
Sony Pictures | 2010 | 92 min | Unrated | Jun 01, 2010 | Martin Liebman
Hotel magnate Ted Wheetley is tough on his arrogant hard partying son, Carson, who believes his wealthy, womanizer father drove his mother to her death. When Ted is killed in a speed boat accident, Detective Frank Walker is assigned to investigate the case. As he digs deeper into the death, he becomes more and more suspicious of the scheming, seduction, greed, double-crossing and possibly even cold blooded murder.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Erotic
Power Kids Blu-ray Movie
5 huajai hero / Force of Five
Magnolia Pictures | 2009 | 76 min | Rated R | Jun 08, 2010 | Casey Broadwater
Wut, Kat, Pong, Woon and Jib are five kids who have grown up in a martial art school. Jib urgently needs to a heart transplant but the hospital is being occupied by ruthless terrorists so the children join forces to protect their friend and the country to fight for victory.
Action / Comedy / Martial arts / Foreign
The Book of Eli Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2010 | 118 min | Rated R | Jun 15, 2010 | Martin Liebman
A lone hero must fight his way across the wasteland of a post-apocalyptic America to protect a sacred book that holds the key to saving the future of humanity.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Western
Verdi: Otello Blu-ray Movie
Naxos | 2008 | 143 min | Not rated | Mar 30, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
- May 31, 2010
The Dam Busters Blu-ray Movie
Special Anniversary Edition
Optimum Home Entertainment | 1955 | 125 min | Rated BBFC: U | Jun 14, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The true story of Operation Chastise, when in 1943 the RAF's 617 Squadron attacked the Ruhr Dams.
Action / Drama / History / War
Darkman Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1990 | 96 min | Rated R | Jun 15, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A brilliant scientist left for dead returns to exact revenge on the people who burned him alive.
Action / Crime / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Dark humor
- May 30, 2010
The Road Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2009 | 111 min | Rated R | May 25, 2010 | Martin Liebman
An ailing father and his son travel toward the sea in a post-apocalyptic United States. As they evade cannibalistic gangs and fight to survive the unforgiving elements, the father tries to protect his son, teach him right from wrong, and preserve a sense of hope.
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Bad Boys Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 1995 | 119 min | Rated R | Jun 01, 2010 | Martin Liebman
Two cops must find $100 million in stolen heroin before their department is shut down.
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller
- May 29, 2010
By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volumes One and Two Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1954-2003 | 2 Movies | 697 min | Not rated | May 25, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
See individual titles for their synopses.
Documentary / Other / Short / Surreal
From Paris with Love Blu-ray Movie
Lionsgate Films | 2010 | 92 min | Rated R | Jun 08, 2010 | Dustin Somner
A personal aide to U.S. Ambassador in France, James Reece has an enviable life in Paris and a beautiful French girlfriend, but his real passion is his side job as a low-level operative for the CIA. All James wants is to become a bona fide agent and see some real action. So when he's offered his first senior-level assignment, he can't believe his good luck until he meets his new partner, special agent Charlie Wax - a trigger-happy, wisecracking, loose cannon who's been sent to Paris to stop a terrorist attack. Wax leads James on a white-knuckle shooting spree through the Parisian underworld that has James praying for his desk job. But when James discovers he's a target of the same crime ring they're trying to bust, he realizes there's no turning back...and that Wax himself might be his only hope for making it through the next forty-eight hours alive.
Action / Crime / Thriller / Dark humor
- May 28, 2010
Flash Gordon Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1980 | 111 min | Rated PG | Jun 15, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman
When energy waves pull the moon out of orbit, New York Jets quarterback Flash Gordon unexpectedly finds himself heading for the planet Mongo, where, with assistance from the beautiful Dale Arden and the noble Prince Barin, he will face Emperor Ming the Merciless and rescue humanity.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites Blu-ray Movie
Staatsoper Hamburg
Arthaus Musik | 2008 | 166 min | May 25, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The opera Dialogues of the Carmelites is the only opera the French composer Francis Poulenc has ever written. It is based on the screenplay Die begnadigte Angst by Georges Bernanos. The material for the opera is based on actual historic events.
Music
NOVA: Incredible Journey of the Butterflies Blu-ray Movie
PBS | 2009 | 56 min | Not rated | Jul 21, 2009 | Casey Broadwater
Every year, 100 million monarch butterflies set off on an incredible journey across North America. These beautiful creatures fly 2,000 miles to reach their remote destination: a tiny area high in the mountains of Mexico. Yet scientists are still puzzling over how the butterflies achieve this tremendous feat of endurance--and how, year after year, the monarchs navigate with such hair's-breadth precision. NOVA flies along with the monarchs, visiting the spectacular locations they call home, and meeting the dangers they encounter along the way. Shot in stunning detail, The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies reveals the monarch as a scientific marvel locked in an inspiring struggle for survival.
Documentary / Nature
- May 27, 2010
Bright Star Blu-ray Movie
Pathe Distribution | 2009 | 119 min | Rated U Tous publics | May 19, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
In London in 1818, Fanny Brawne, a woman whose independent spirit manifests itself through an intense interest in fashion design, becomes intrigued by her neighbor, gifted Romantic poet John Keats. They fall in love and wish to wed, but circumstances conspire against them, including financial concerns and illness. They are also discouraged at every turn by Keats' friend and writing partner, Charles Armitage Brown, who considers her a distraction from his writing.
Biography / Drama / Romance / Period
The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights Blu-ray Movie
Warner Music | 2009 | 92 min | Not rated | Mar 16, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Documents the 2007 White Stripes tour across Canada. Hitting every province and territory, Jack and Meg White took their art-blues-rock to Iqaluit and Charlottetown, Edmonton and Toronto. The cameras not only document each unique concert experience but also capture the inner life of this mysterious musical duo.
Documentary / Music
Shutter Island Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2010 | 138 min | Rated R | Jun 08, 2010 | Martin Liebman
A U.S. Marshal is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a murderer, who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane.
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Period
The Heroic Ones Blu-ray Movie
Shi san tai bao
Well Go USA | 1970 | 121 min | Not rated | Apr 06, 2010 | Dustin Somner
The fate of China hangs in the balance in this Shaw Brothers epic, the story of two brothers in the final years of the Tang Dynasty. 'The Heroic Ones' pits the martial artist siblings against one another in a kung fu battle for the ultimate prize: a place in history.
Action / Drama / Martial arts / Foreign
- May 26, 2010
Alice in Wonderland Blu-ray Movie
3-Disc Edition / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2010 | 109 min | Rated PG | Jun 01, 2010 | Casey Broadwater
19-year-old Alice returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen's reign of terror.
Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Surreal