New Blu-ray Reviews

Candy Blu-ray Movie    

Drakes Avenue Pictures | 2006 | 108 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Mar 22, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Dan, a charming but reckless young poet who has fallen in love with Candy, a beautiful young art student from a comfortable middle-class family who is attracted to the bohemian lifestyle that Dan has long since embraced. In order to get closer to Dan, Candy, whose previous drug use has been casually experimental, starts shooting up. Their passionate relationship then alternates between bursts of ecstatic oblivion and bouts of despair and self-destruction. Hooked as much on heroin as one another, their story becomes a love triangle -- a boy, a girl, and a drug.

Drama / Romance

Everlasting Regret Blu-ray Movie    

Changhen ge / 長恨歌

Panorama | 2005 | 109 min | Rated IIA | Nov 23, 2009 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Follows a legendary Shanghai beauty from her glamorous days to her simpler life as she struggles to preserve the dignity of her past while surviving the constant betrayal of her men. She stands tall and proud as she bears witness to the waves of changes to her city from 1947 to 1981, until one wave finally overwhelms her.

Drama / Romance / Foreign

The Thomas Crown Affair Blu-ray Movie  

Blu-ray + DVD

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1999 | 113 min | Rated R | Apr 06, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

Self-made billionaire Thomas Crown can buy anything he wants and is irresistible to women. But there are some things that money can't buy: Crown has run out of challenges. When an alarm sounds at a a world class museum and someone walks out with a priceless Monet, Crown is the last person the New York police suspect. Who would steal something he could easily afford to buy and why would he? But one person suspects him: Catherine Banning, the brilliant insurance investigator hired to retrieve the painting no matter what it takes. Catherine loves the chase as much as he does and she's on to his game...

Comedy / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Heist

Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 Blu-ray Movie  

Piano Concerto No.2 Live at Jerwood Hall St Luke's London

Opus Arte | 2009 | 53 min | Not rated | Mar 30, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Joaquín Achúcarro, piano. Colin Davis, conductor.

Music

Neil Diamond: Hot August Night NYC Live from Madison Square Garden Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Music | 2008 | 143 min | Not rated | Feb 23, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Recorded live at New York's Madison Square Garden in August, 2008, the Blu-ray includes the entire show from beginning to end and feature 25 career-spanning hits from Neil's phenomenal four-night sold-out run at the fabled concert hall. Also includes the exclusive bonus feature "Welcome Home Neil," a behind-the-scenes look at Diamond's pilgrimage to his childhood home in Brooklyn.

Music

Madonna: Sticky & Sweet Tour Blu-ray Movie  

Warner Music | 2009 | 125 min | Not rated | Apr 06, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The Sticky & Sweet show was filmed in Buenos Aires over four days to a crowd exceeding 256,000 screaming fans. The concert includes a memorable show stopping moment when Madonna performs a historic "Don’t Cry For Me Argentina" to a thunderous response from her Argentine fans. The Blu Ray and CD set features many of Madonna's classic tracks, including "4 Minutes", "Like a Prayer", "Hung Up", "Ray of Light" and several hits from her most recent studio album Hard Candy, which debuted at No.1 in 37 countries. Also includes back stage footage.

Documentary / Music

Fuel Blu-ray Movie  

Vanguard | 2009 | 95 min | Not rated | Jan 26, 2010 | Dustin Somner

No synopsis for this title.

Drama / Sport

The Big Blue Blu-ray Movie    

English Language / Le grand bleu

Optimum Home Entertainment | 1988 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 169 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Nov 02, 2009 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A visionary epic of obsession and beauty about Jacques Mayol, the handsome diver who is so at home in the water that he seems only half-human. Jacques' best friends are a family of playful porpoises and Enzo Molinari, his swaggering Italian diving rival. Jacques and Enzo grew up together in the Mediterranean, and remain lifelong friends despite a fierce battle for the top prize in the world free diving championships, where divers compete to see who can descend to the furthest depths of the sea with no equipment other than their own courage and determination. But when the dreamer Jacques falls in love with the beautiful Johanna, he finds himself torn between the damsel and the deep blue sea.

Adventure / Drama / Romance / Foreign

Cocoon Blu-ray Movie  

20th Century Fox | 1985 | 117 min | Rated PG-13 | Apr 06, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

A group of Florida retirees become mysteriously rejuvented when their retirement home swimming pool turns into a fountain of youth. But, the magical powers stem from some cocoons left by good-natured, human-appearing aliens who have come back to retrieve them.

Adventure / Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi

The Lord of the Rings Blu-ray Movie  

Original Animated Classic / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy

Warner Bros. | 1978 | 132 min | Rated PG | Apr 06, 2010 | Kenneth Brown

Ralph Bakshi's animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's revered Middle-earth saga captures the dark mood of the books extraordinarily well. The film covers the first half of the trilogy--"The Fellowship of the Ring" and the earlier part of "The Two Towers"--as Frodo, the cousin of Bilbo Baggins from "The Hobbit", is given the all-powerful ring sought by the evil Sauron of Mordor. So begins his adventure, as he must elude Mordor's black riders in an effort to prevent the ring from returning to its owner and thereby signaling the end of Middle-earth. Even with the mighty wizard Gandalf as his ally and faithful friends Merry, Sam, and Pippin by his side, Frodo is still up to his hobbit neck in peril.

Adventure / Animation / Fantasy

Ride with the Devil Blu-ray Movie  

Director's Cut

Criterion | 1999 | 149 min | Rated R | Apr 27, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Set during the Kansas-Missouri border war, the film follows Jake and Jack Bull, who join the Confederate-sympathizing Bushwhackers after Jack Bull's father is killed by abolitionist Jayhawkers, and find an unusual ally in Holt, who's fighting for the South despite being a former slave.

Drama / War

Kings of Leon: Live at the O2 London Blu-ray Movie  

RCA | 2009 | 100 min | Not rated | Nov 23, 2009 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A year after the release of their hit fourth album Only by the Night, American rock band Kings of Leon play a triumphant 22-song set at London's O2 Arena.

Documentary / Music

Did You Hear About the Morgans? Blu-ray Movie  

Sony Pictures | 2009 | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Mar 16, 2010 | Martin Liebman

Two successful New Yorkers, Meryl and Paul, are at their wits’ ends on how to solve their strained marriage. But when they become the only witnesses to a brutal murder, the police hide them away in Wyoming – together. Now these diehard city dwellers will have to survive the weather, bears, fresh air, and forced time with one another if they want to make it out alive.

Comedy / Romance

Apollo 13 Blu-ray Movie  

15th Anniversary Edition

Universal Studios | 1995 | 140 min | Rated PG | Apr 13, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

The true story of how NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 and its crew to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage.

Adventure / Drama / History

Hachi: A Dog's Tale Blu-ray Movie  

Hachiko: A Dog's Story

Sony Pictures | 2009 | 93 min | Rated G | Mar 09, 2010 | Martin Liebman

This heartwarming true story is an U.S. adaptation of a Japanese tale about a loyal dog named Hachiko. This very special friend would accompany his master to the train station every day and return each afternoon to greet him after work. Sadly his master departs one day, passes away and never returns to the station. Hachiko faithfully returns to the same spot at the station the very next day, and every day for the next nine years to wait for his beloved master. During his daily visits, Hachiko touches the lives of many who work near and commute through the town square. He teaches the local people love, compassion and above all unyielding loyalty. Today, a bronze statue of Hachiko sits in his waiting spot outside the Shibuya station in Japan as a permanent reminder of his devotion and love.

Drama / Family

The Scarlet Letter Blu-ray Movie    

Juhong geulshi / 紅字

Bit Wel | 2004 | 115 min | Not rated | Feb 22, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

A detective, his 3 girls & a murder case. Complex emotional relationships and human nature's darker sides are explored in this captivating suspense drama about a cop whose lust for love threatens to get in the way of his professional life.

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Erotic / Foreign

Lehar: The Merry Widow Blu-ray Movie  

Opus Arte | 189 min | Not rated | Mar 30, 2010 | Jeffrey Kauffman

No synopsis for this title.

Music

Sharpe's Peril Blu-ray Movie  

BBC

Warner Bros. | 2008 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 138 min | Not rated | Apr 06, 2010 | Casey Broadwater

It's India, 1818 and Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe and Sergeant Major Patrick Harper are traveling across India, escorting the beautiful Marie-Angelique Bonnet to meet her fiancée. While in bandit-plagued badlands, they come across the very dregs of the Crown's troops an ill-disciplined, rag-tag unit led by boy soldier Beauclare. As Sharpe and company sit down to have dinner with their hosts, the camp comes under attack by the notorious bandit Chitu. As the dust settles, it becomes apparent there have been many casualties, and of getting this wagon train to the safety of the next army garrison. Little does Sharpe know that the adventure has only just begun and that he has inadvertently stumbled across a massive opium trafficking ring.

Action / Adventure / Drama / War

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Blu-ray Movie  

First Look Studios | 2009 | 122 min | Rated R | Apr 06, 2010 | Dustin Somner

A rogue detective is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs -- while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina he becomes a high-functioning addict who is a deeply intuitive, fearless detective reigning over the beautiful ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon. Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute he loves. Together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience.

Crime / Drama / Mystery

Prince Valiant Blu-ray Movie    

Eureka Entertainment | 1954 | 100 min | Rated BBFC: U | Apr 26, 2010 | Dr. Svet Atanasov

Young Prince Valiant travels to Camelot to become a squire for Sir Gawain, one of King Arthur's legendary knights, unaware that the traitor that sold his father King Aguar to the pagan rival King Sligon is already seated at the Round Table!

Action / Adventure / Romance / Comic book