New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- February 03, 2017
High-Rise Blu-ray Movie
Studio Canal | 2015 | 119 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jul 18, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
An ultramodern skyscraper offers its residents everything they might need, becoming a sort of strongly class-conscious society isolated from the outside world. A false utopia that fragments and culminates in an orgy of violence. Adapted from the novel by J.G. Ballard.
Action / Drama / Dark humor / Surreal / Period
The Take Blu-ray Movie
Bastille Day / Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2016 | 92 min | Rated R | Feb 07, 2017 | Martin Liebman
A young artist and former CIA agent embark on an anti-terrorist mission in France.
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Cross Wars Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2017 | 98 min | Rated R | Feb 07, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Straight from the comics to the mean street of Los Angeles... armed with a powerful ancient Cross amulet, Callan (Brian Austin Green) and his team of weapons experts battle local thugs and heinous criminals. When a ruthless villain named Muerte (Danny Trejo) threatens to kill Callan's crew, he and his team join forces with an all-girl crime-fighting squad led by Riley - who has an ancient amulet of her own! But Muerte is not working alone. He has resurrected the evil immortal Gunnar (Vinnie Jones) who has a plan more sinister than anyone can imagine. Can Callan prevent the looming apocalypse and save humanity? It enough to make a superhero all stressed out!
Action / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Mumford & Sons: Live from South Africa Dust & Thunder Blu-ray Movie
Gentlemen of the Road Edition
Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2016 | 94 min | Not rated | Feb 03, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Music
Penny Dreadful: The Complete Series Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 2014-2016 | 3 Seasons | 1465 min | Not rated | Feb 07, 2017 | Martin Liebman
No synopsis for this title.
Drama / Horror / Supernatural / Period
- February 02, 2017
October Sky Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1999 | 107 min | Rated PG | Oct 04, 2016 | Martin Liebman
In 1950's mining town called Coalwood, Homer Hickam is a kid with only one future in sight, to work in the local coalmine like his father. However in October 1957, everything changes when the first artificial satellite, Sputnik goes into orbit. With that event, Homer becomes inspired to learn how to build rockets. With his friends and the local nerd, Homer sets to do just that by trial and a lot of error. Unfortunately, most of the town and especially Homer's father thinks that they are wasting their time. Only one teacher in the high school understands their efforts and lets them know that they could become contenders in the national science fair with college scholarships being the prize. Now the gang must learn to perfect their craft and overcome the many problems facing them as they shoot for the stars.
Adventure / Biography / Drama / Family / Teen / Period / Coming of age
Daredevil: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Movie
Disney / Buena Vista | 2015 | 704 min | Rated TV-MA | Nov 08, 2016 | Martin Liebman
A blind lawyer with his other senses superhumanly enhanced fights crime as a costumed superhero.
Action / Adventure / Crime / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man Blu-ray Movie
Lionsgate Films | 2005 | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 07, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A documentary on the legendary singer-songwriter, with performances by those musicians he has influenced.
Biography / Documentary / Music
- February 01, 2017
Vampires Blu-ray Movie
Indicator Series | Limited Edition / Blu-ray + DVD
Powerhouse Films | 1998 | 108 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Jan 30, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Bitter, tough-as-nails vampire hunter Jack Crow leads a specialized team, funded by no less than the Vatican, that is dedicated to destroying the race of vampires that inhabit the earth. The team is successful, and becomes lazy in its success, eventually falling victim to an elaborate ambush set up by a powerful master vampire. Crow and two others of his team are the only survivors, and are determined to get revenge for the massacre. Based on the book by John Steakley.
Action / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Arrival Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2016 | 116 min | Rated PG-13 | Feb 14, 2017 | Martin Liebman
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Boo! A Madea Halloween Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2016 | 103 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 31, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Madea winds up in the middle of mayhem when she spends a haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls and zombies while keeping a watchful eye on a group of misbehaving teens.
Comedy / Drama
Bells Are Ringing Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1960 | 126 min | Not rated | Jan 31, 2017 | Michael Reuben
Ella Peterson is a New York telephone answering service operator who can't resist getting involved in the lives of her clients. She falls in love with one of them, playwright Jeffrey Moss, but is afraid to meet him in person, because he thinks the voice on the phone belongs to an elderly woman he calls "Mom."
Comedy / Musical / Romance
Masterminds Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD
20th Century Fox / Relativity | 2016 | 94 min | Rated PG-13 | Jan 31, 2017 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history.
Action / Comedy / Crime / Heist
- January 31, 2017
WWE: Brock Lesnar: Eat. Sleep. Conquer. Repeat. Blu-ray Movie
WWE Studios | 2016 | 275 min | Not rated | Oct 11, 2016 | Martin Liebman
Since day one, Brock Lesnar has conquered every obstacle in his path of destruction. He has claimed championship, taken opponents to Suplex City, and put an end to Undertaker's undefeated WrestleMania streak. Witness Brock Lesnar's greatest matches and moments.
Sport
Nerdland Blu-ray Movie
Sony Pictures | 2016 | 83 min | Unrated | Feb 07, 2017 | Martin Liebman
NERDLAND is the story of two best friends, aspiring screenwriter ELLIOT and aspiring actor JOHN, whose dreams of super-stardom have fizzled. With their 30th birthdays looming and their desperation growing, John and Elliot decide that in this 24/7, celebrity-obsessed world of over-shared navel-gazing, there are more ways to become famous -- or infamous -- then ever before. So why not become famous TODAY? NERDLAND is that day. Making up for what they lack in brains and talent with abundant, witless enthusiasm, John and Elliot troll Los Angeles on a fame-grab journey, encountering and abusing friends both new and old. Navigating their hyper-stimulating landscape of consumerism gone wild, our two consumers want desperately to be consumed -- and they will have their FAME, no matter what the cost.
Animation
The Before Trilogy Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1995-2013 | 3 Movies | 291 min | Rated R | Feb 28, 2017 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
See individual titles for their synopses.
Drama / Romance
Hellraiser Blu-ray Movie
Remastered
Arrow | 1987 | 93 min | Rated R | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Evil Julia helps her lover, Frank, come back to the mortal world from hell. Because Frank has used the Lament Configuration box to taste pleasures outside the normal realm of human sensation, freeing him from hell unleashes Pinhead and a menagerie of demons (cenobites) back unto earth.
Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Hellraiser: The Scarlet Box Blu-ray Movie
Hellraiser / Hellbound: Hellraiser II / Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth | Limited Edition
Arrow | 1987-1992 | 3 Movies, 4 Cuts | 285 min | Unrated | Dec 20, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Evil Julia helps her lover, Frank, come back to the mortal world from hell. Because Frank has used the Lament Configuration box to taste pleasures outside the normal realm of human sensation, freeing him from hell unleashes Pinhead and a menagerie of demons (cenobites) back unto earth.
Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Hellbound: Hellraiser II Blu-ray Movie
Remastered
Arrow | 1988 | 99 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Traumatized by the horrific events of HELLRAISER, Kirsty is committed to an institution for treatment. But the facility's chief psychiatrist, Dr. Philip Channard, is secretly obsessed with the afterlife, and he manages to resurrect Julia and unleash Pinhead and the Cenobites once again.
Horror / Thriller
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth Blu-ray Movie
Remastered
Arrow | 1992 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 97 min | Unrated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A TV reporter traces a dying boy's footsteps to a downtown nightclub, where Pinhead is about to be unleashed.
Horror