New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- April 27, 2010
The Young Victoria Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2009 | 100 min | Rated PG | Apr 20, 2010 | Martin Liebman
The early years of the monarch Queen Victoria's rule and her legendary romance and marriage to Prince Albert. Caught in a power struggle with her closest advisors, the young and inexperienced queen draws strength from the handsome prince whose love and affection has stolen her heart.
Biography / Drama / History / Romance / Melodrama / Period
M Blu-ray Movie
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder / German and English Versions
Criterion | 1931 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 110 min | Not rated | May 11, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The mob sets out to catch a child killer whose crimes are attracting too much police attention.
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Foreign
- April 26, 2010
Beethoven: Fidelio Blu-ray Movie
Featuring Gallo / Sacca / Strazanac
Opus Arte | 2010 | 149 min | Rated G | Apr 27, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman
The Beethoven's opera remains a fascinating look inside his own creative process.
Music
Edge of Darkness Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2010 | 117 min | Rated R | May 11, 2010 | Kenneth Brown
A cop and widower witnesses what first appears to be the accidental killing of his daughter, Emma. Distraught by the loss and further troubled by his conviction that the bullet was intended for him, he takes on the murder investigation with an obsessive zeal to see justice done. The investigation leads him to uncover an illegal plutonium stockpile.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
- April 25, 2010
True Blood: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Movie
HBO | 2009 | 720 min | Rated TV-MA | May 25, 2010 | Kenneth Brown
Telepathic waitress Sookie (Anna Paquin) attempts to solve a recent murder and sort out several issues with her vampire boyfriend, Bill (Stephen Moyer), including how to deal with his annoying teenage houseguest, Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll). Season two of this critically acclaimed vampire series features new characters, including Iraq war veteran Terry (Todd Lowe) and mysterious social worker Maryann (Michelle Forbes).
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Supernatural / Erotic
Out of Africa Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray/DVD Combo
Universal Studios | 1985 | 161 min | Rated PG | Apr 27, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In the early 1900s, strong-willed Karen Blixen runs a coffee plantation in Kenya with her philandering husband. To Karen's astonishment, she soon discovers herself falling in love with the land, its people, and a mysterious white hunter.
Drama / Romance / Melodrama / Epic / Period
It's Complicated Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 2009 | 120 min | Rated R | Apr 27, 2010 | Kenneth Brown
Jane is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and has - after a decade of divorce - an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, attorney Jake. But when Jane and Jake find themselves out of town for their son's college graduation, things start to get complicated. An innocent meal together turns into the unimaginable - an affair.
Comedy / Romance
The Basketball Diaries Blu-ray Movie
Palm Pictures | 1995 | 102 min | Rated R | Apr 20, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An autobiographical account of poet and rock musician Jim Carroll's delinquent high school years, during which he excelled playing basketball for a boy's club team, meanwhile hustling to support his growing heroin addiction.
Biography / Crime / Drama / Sport / Coming of age
- April 24, 2010
Traffic Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray/DVD Combo
Universal Studios | 2000 | 147 min | Rated R | Apr 27, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business.
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Doctor Zhivago Blu-ray Movie
45th Anniversary Edition / Blu-ray + CD
Warner Bros. | 1965 | 200 min | Rated PG-13 | May 04, 2010 | Kenneth Brown
A tumultuous tale of Russia divided by war and hearts torn by love. Epic images abound: revolution in the streets, an infantry charge into No Man's Land, the train ride to the Urals, an icebound dacha.
Drama / History / Romance / War / Melodrama / Epic / Period
- April 23, 2010
Rio Bravo Blu-ray Movie
Warner Bros. | 1959 | 141 min | Not rated | Jun 05, 2007 | Martin Liebman
A small-town sheriff enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Drama / Romance / Western
Crazy on the Outside Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Boxing Cat Films | 2009 | 96 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 13, 2010 | Casey Broadwater
When Tommy gets released from the big house, he discovers life on the outside is even crazier than it was behind bars. Tommy’s eccentric sister Viki won’t get off his back, his sexy ex-girlfriend won't leave him alone, and his former partner in crime Gray won’t take no for an answer. Through it all, Tommy might just find the girl of his dreams and get convicted of love in the first degree.
Comedy
Steve Vai: Where the Wild Things Are Blu-ray Movie
Favored Nations | 2007 | 220 min | Not rated | Oct 27, 2009 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The show was recorded and filmed at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN before a sold-out audience as part of Vai’s successful Sound Theories world tour. Vai chose the State Theater to film because of its large, lush acoustics and the historical theatre’s gorgeous interior. The 2 hour and 40 minute set contains several new tracks and re-orchestrated pieces culled from his rich catalog. His guitar-wielding extravaganza in “The Murder” is an artistic performance piece that must be seen to be believed.
Music
Nature: American Eagle Blu-ray Movie
Questar | 2008 | 110 min | Not rated | May 12, 2009 | Dustin Somner
No synopsis for this title.
Biography / Documentary / Family / Nature / Other
HD Moods Beaches Blu-ray Movie
Topics Entertainment | 2008-2010 | 40 min | Not rated | Oct 15, 2008 | Dustin Somner
No synopsis for this title.
Other
- April 22, 2010
Nature: Antarctica Blu-ray Movie
Under Antarctic Ice / Encountering Sea Monsters
Questar | 2003-2005 | 110 min | Not rated | May 12, 2009 | Dustin Somner
'Under Antarctic Ice' - On the surface, it's the bleakest of lands, with ferocious winds, flightless birds, and enough ice to flood half the planet's population if it were to melt. But below that frozen mass, a fantastic environment of indescribable beauty teems with life. Academy Award-winner Hillary Swank narrates this mesmerizing program shot in high definition over a period of two years. 'Encountering Sea Monsters' - Take the plunge with deep-sea cameraman Bob Cranston as he encounters "the stuff of nightmares." Tim Matheson narrates this gripping program that explores the gloomy green ocean depths to discover fantastic worlds and the beautiful but deadly creatures that inhabit them.
Biography / Documentary / Family / Nature / Other
The Collector Blu-ray Movie
Vivendi Visual Entertainment | 2009 | 90 min | Rated R | Apr 06, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Handyman and ex-con Arkin aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer's country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a far worse enemy has already laid claim to the property - and the family. As the seconds tick down to midnight, Arkin becomes a reluctant hero trapped by a masked "Collector" in a maze of lethal invention - the Inquisition as imagined by Rube Goldberg - while trying to rescue the very family he came to rob.
Crime / Horror / Thriller
Avatar Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
20th Century Fox | 2009 | 162 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 22, 2010 | Casey Broadwater
An ex-Marine finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the indigenous people.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Epic
Flatliners Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 1990 | 114 min | Rated R | Jul 03, 2007 | Martin Liebman
An ambitious, charismatic medical student persuades his classmates to take part in a reckless experiment. To see if there is life after death, they will kill themselves: temporarily shut down ("flatline") their heart and brain functions to briefly experience clinical death. Their horror begins when they realize that although they've come back alive... they haven't come back alone.
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Supernatural
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane Blu-ray Movie
Optimum Home Entertainment | 2006 | 90 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jul 21, 2008 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Mandy Lane. Beautiful. Untouched. High school royalty waiting to be crowned. Since the dawn of Junior year, men have tried to possess her. Some have even died in reckless pursuit of this 16-year-old Texas angel. Chloe and Red invite Mandy out to Red's family ranch for the weekend. Mandy sees it as an excellent opportunity to cement her new friendships. The boys see it as an opportunity to finally get with Mandy Lane. Driving across the Texas landscape, the kids begin to gently chip away at the wall that surrounds her. Joints are smoked. A keg is stolen off a beer truck. Pills are crushed to fine powder and inhaled. Mandy observes it all with the gentle interest of a foreign tourist. And they love her for it. At the ranch, all the boys start to make their move--each one hoping to be the first to attain the unattainable Mandy Lane. However, as night falls and the booze, drugs, and hormones take over, things are said and advances made which can never be reversed. Suddenly, sweet Mandy finds herself pit in a brutal struggle for survival against someone whose interest she has rejected. Forget reading, writing and arithmetic; in high school, learning to be yourself and not succumbing to peer pressure is the ultimate test. And this is one exam that Mandy is determined not to fail.
Horror / Thriller