New Blu-ray Reviews

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Blu-ray Movie  

Screen Media | 2009 | 98 min | Rated R | Mar 02, 2010 | Dustin Somner

From all outward appearances, Pippa Lee leads a charmed existence. She is the devoted wife of an accomplished publisher thirty years her senior, the proud mother of two grown children, and a trusted friend and confidant to all who cross her path. But as Pippa dutifully follows her husband to a new life in a staid Connecticut retirement community, her idyllic world and the persona she has built over the course of her marriage will be put to the ultimate test. In truth, looks are deceiving, and this picture-perfect woman has seen more than her fair share of turmoil in her youth. Embarking on a bittersweet journey of self-discovery, accompanied by a new, strange and soulful acquaintance, Pippa must now confront both her volatile past and the hidden resentment of her seemingly perfect life in order to find her true sense of self.

Drama

Space Station / Mission to Mir Blu-ray Movie  

IMAX

Warner Bros. | 1997-2002 | 2 Movies | 87 min | Not rated | Oct 14, 2008 | Dustin Somner

Double-feature including: Space Station Mission to Mir

Documentary / Short

Hamburger Hill Blu-ray Movie    

Lionsgate Films | 1987 | 110 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Dec 07, 2009 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Vietnam, 1969. Hill 937. 10 days. 70% casualties. Those are the facts - this is the story. The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all up hill...up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse. HAMBURGER HILL tells it the way it was, the way it really was. It's a raw, gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. Dodge the gunfire. Get caught behind enemy lines. Go into battle beside the brave young men who fought and died. Feel their desperation and futility. This happened. HAMBURGER HILL - war at its worst, men at their best.

Action / Drama / War

Crazy Heart Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + Digital Copy

20th Century Fox | 2009 | 112 min | Rated R | Apr 20, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can't help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man's crazy heart.

Drama / Music / Romance

Armageddon Blu-ray Movie  

Disney / Touchstone | 1998 | 151 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 27, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, N.A.S.A. recruits a misfit team of deep core drillers to save the planet.

Action / Adventure / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Monsters vs. Aliens 3D Blu-ray Movie  

Samsung 3D Starter Kit Exclusive / Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray

DreamWorks | 2009 | 94 min | Rated PG | Mar 16, 2010 | Martin Liebman

When California girl Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall. Alerted to the threat of this new monster, the military jumps into action and Susan is captured and secreted away to a covert government compound. There, she is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of other monsters: the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D.; the macho half-ape, half-fish The Missing Link; the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B.; and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus. Their confinement is cut short, however, when a mysterious alien robot lands on Earth and begins storming the country. In a moment of desperation, The President is persuaded by General W.R. Monger to enlist the motley crew of Monsters to combat the Alien Robot and save the world from imminent destruction.

Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi

Pink: Funhouse Tour, Live in Australia Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Music / LaFace | 2009 | 155 min | Not rated | Dec 08, 2009 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Shot in HD in Sydney, Australia on her wildly-successful, record breaking Funhouse Tour. Includes live performances of 'Sober', 'So What', 'Bad Influence', 'Funhouse', 'Please Don't Leave Me' and 'I Don't Believe You' all from her record-breaking successful 5th Studio Album-Funhouse. Filmed during her Funhouse Tour on the Australian Leg it contains songs from the Sydney shows on 17th and 18th Of June 2009 in The Sydney Entertainment Centre.

Music

The Diary of Anne Frank Blu-ray Movie  

Well Go USA | 2009 | 100 min | Rated PG | Mar 30, 2010 | Dustin Somner

Anne Frank was four when she left her native Germany, thirteen when she went into hiding and not yet sixteen when she died in a concentration camp, one of the six million Jewish victims of Hitler's racial madness. Over the past fifty years Anne Frank has become a universal symbol for the opressed in a world of violence and tyranny.

Biography / Drama / History / War

Tombstone Blu-ray Movie  

Disney / Buena Vista | 1993 | 130 min | Rated R | Apr 27, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

Former U.S. Marshal Wyatt Earp's plan for peace, quiet, and prosperity misfires when he, his brothers, and the outrageous rogue Doc Holliday encounter that ruthless band of outlaws, the Cowboys.

Action / Drama / Western / Period

The Accidental Spy Blu-ray Movie    

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Kam & Ronson Enterprises | 2001 | 108 min | Rated IIA | May 04, 2009 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Buck is an exercise equipment salesman with dreams of action and adventure. His encounters with two jewelry store thieves leads him to Liu, a private investigator who convinces Buck he is actually the long-lost son of a weathy businessman. Soon Buck's on his way to Korea and Turkey, becoming involved in an international conspiracy revolving around the cure to a lung virus.

Action / Comedy / Thriller / Foreign

Dolan's Cadillac Blu-ray Movie  

National Entertainment Media | 2009 | 89 min | Rated R | Apr 06, 2010 | Dustin Somner

A dark revenge tale about Las Vegas middle school science teacher (Robinson) whose beloved wife (Elizabeth) witnesses an execution in the desert and is then targeted for death by the mobster who committed it, notorious Vegas crime lord Jimmy Dolan. Dolan's vast wealth stems from his human trafficking operations. Dolan succeeds in having Elizabeth killed before she can testify against him. Without a witness to the murders, Dolan goes free, and Robinson must avenge Elizabeth's death on his own

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This Blu-ray Movie  

Vivendi Visual Entertainment | 2009 | 83 min | Not rated | Apr 20, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The best buds of comedy are back and funnier than ever! In their triumphant return 25 years in the making, Cheech&Chong embark on an all-new trip that will leave you rolling with laughter. Director Christian Charles mixes lovable characters, outrageous jokes, hilarious songs, and live performance footage into a potent comedy blend. Kick back with a legendary duo that is, without a doubt, still smokin'!

Comedy / Documentary

Jade Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 1995 | 94 min | Rated R | Apr 06, 2010 | Dustin Somner

Assistant D.A. David Corelli is trapped between friendship and the law when the brutal murder of an important San Francisco millionaire points toward his former lover and college friend, Trina Gavin, a beautiful woman with a mysterious alter ego. As details of the murder victim's sexual escapades emerge, Corelli uncovers evidence that the victim was blackmailing a powerful politician with incriminating photographs. But as the crucial witnesses are systematically murdered and attempts on Corelli's life are made, the case assumes a paranoid veneer in which nothing is certain and no one can be trusted.

Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Erotic

44 Inch Chest Blu-ray Movie  

Image Entertainment | 2009 | 95 min | Rated R | Apr 20, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

Colin Diamond discovers that his wife of twenty years is having an affair with a good-looking younger man. When his motley group of friends decide to kidnap the young man, Colin must wrestle with his conscience.

Drama

Annapolis Blu-ray Movie  

Disney / Buena Vista | 2006 | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Nov 21, 2006 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Filled with intense action, Annapolis is an inspirational tale of courage and honor that will keep you riveted. As hard as it is to get into the most elite military academy in the country, surviving behind its walls is beyond belief. Young Jake Huard (James Franco) has always known he has what it takes to make the grade. But once inside, everything Jake thought he knew is challenged in ways he never could have imagined. Standing between him and his lifelong ambition of becoming an officer in the U.S. Navy is his company commander — Midshipman Lt. Cole (Tyrese Gibson), a relentless and merciless battle-seasoned Marine. Thrilling and exhilarating, Annapolis reaffirms the power of believing in your dreams.

Drama / Sport

Pirate Radio Blu-ray Movie  

The Boat That Rocked

Universal Studios | 2009 | 117 min | Rated R | Apr 13, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

In Britain 1966 recently expelled student, Carl has been sent by his mother to find some direction in life by visiting his godfather, Quentin. However, Quentin is the boss of Radio Rock, a pirate radio station in the middle of the North Sea, populated by an eclectic crew of rock-and-roll deejays. Life on the North Sea is eventful. Carl discovers the opposite sex and who his real father is. Meanwhile, pirate stations have come to the attention of government minister Dormand, who is out for the blood of these lawbreakers. In an era when the stuffy corridors of power stifle anything approaching youthful exuberance, Dormand seizes the chance to score a political goal, and The Marine Broadcasting Offences Act is passed in an effort to outlaw the pirates and to remove their ghastly influence from the land once and for all. What results is a literal storm on the high seas. With Radio Rock in peril, its devoted fans rally together and stage an epic Dunkirk-style hundred-boat rescue to save their deejay heroes. Some things may come to an end, but rock and roll never dies.

Comedy / Drama / Music / Romance

La nuit de Varennes Blu-ray Movie    

The Night of Varennes

Gaumont | 1982 | 152 min | Rated U Tous publics | Feb 09, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A picaresque story of the coach and party that followed hard on the one which tried to transport Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to safety in 1791.

Comedy / Drama / History / Foreign

Dreamscape Blu-ray Movie  

Image Entertainment | 1984 | 99 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 06, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

A young, gifted psychic is taught by a doctor to enter other peoples' dreams and participate in them. Meanwhile, another psychic is being groomed to enter the troubled dreams of the President of the United States, with intentions not quite so benevolent.

Adventure / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

The Relic Blu-ray Movie  

Lionsgate Films | 1997 | 110 min | Rated R | Apr 06, 2010 | Dustin Somner

Plucky evolutionary biologist Dr. Margo Green joins forces with tough Chicago cop Lt. Vincent D'Agosta to unravel the mystery behind the horribly mangled corpses that keep popping up around her museum during an opening night gala. When they investigate further they find that there were mysterious deaths on the cargo ship that brought new exhibit pieces across the ocean. Sure enough, there's a monster to blame, sprung from a strange artifact of South American origin.

Horror / Thriller

Coach Carter Blu-ray Movie  

Paramount Pictures | 2005 | 136 min | Rated PG-13 | Dec 16, 2008 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Inspired by the true story of controversial Richmond, California basketball coach Ken Carter, who received both high praise and staunch criticism when he made national news for benching his entire team undefeated team for poor academic performance. Tension mounted as the Richmond High Oilers faced the upcoming basketball championship. The town was wild with excitement over their undefeated team and the bleachers were filled with cheering fans for every game. No one could imagine that on January 4, 1999 the community would erupt in dissention and so many lives would change forever when coach Carter padlocked the gym, refusing the players access for failing to keep up their grades.

Drama / Sport