New Blu-ray Reviews
Home- September 22, 2016
The Pride and the Passion Blu-ray Movie
Olive Films | 1957 | 132 min | Not rated | Aug 16, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Napoleon's forces are sweeping across Europe, and Spain is on the brink of falling to the mighty invasion. Standing alone against the onslaught is one brave fighter and his ragtag band of guerillas...
Adventure / Drama / Romance / War
Johnny Guitar Blu-ray Movie
Signature Edition
Olive Films | 1954 | 110 min | Not rated | Sep 20, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Vienna has built a saloon outside of town, and she hopes to build her own town once the railroad is put through, but the townsfolk want her gone.
Western
Warcraft 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2016 | 123 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 27, 2016 | Martin Liebman
A race of orcs invades the planet Azeroth. There, they encounter few humans and dissenting Orcs, who fight back against the invaders.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Thomas & Friends: The Great Race - The Movie Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2016 | 64 min | Not rated | Sep 13, 2016 | Martin Liebman
When the best engines from around the world gather to compete in The Great Railway Show, Thomas is determined to find a way to represent Sodor. But he's left disappointed as Gordon is chosen to be the new "Shooting Star" for The Great Race.
Animation / Family / Musical
De Palma Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2015 | 107 min | Rated R | Sep 13, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A biographical feature celebrating the entirety of film director Brian De Palma's filmography.
Biography / Documentary
Midsomer Murders, Series 18 Blu-ray Movie
Acorn Media | 2016 | 557 min | Not rated | Sep 20, 2016 | Michael Reuben
Homicide, blackmail, greed, and betrayal: just a taste of what goes on behind the well-trimmed hedges of Midsomer County. Inspired by the novels of Caroline Graham.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Foreign
- September 21, 2016
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2016 | 92 min | Rated R | Sep 20, 2016 | Martin Liebman
Now that Mac and Kelly Radner have a second baby on the way, they are ready to make the final move into adulthood: the suburbs. But just as they thought they’d reclaimed the neighborhood and were safe to sell, they learn that the new occupants next door are a sorority even more out of control than Teddy and his brothers ever dreamed of being.
Comedy
Supernatural: The Complete Eleventh Season Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + UV Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2015-2016 | 970 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 06, 2016 | Martin Liebman
Season Eleven plunges Sam and Dean Winchester into extreme peril as they face The Darkness, a sinister new menace unleashed upon the Earth. They continue their monster-hunting missions, battling the usual werewolves, black-eyed demons and even a vengeful ghost in a stuffed bunny costume, but with a sharp new focus: destroy The Darkness. Needing all the help they can get, the brothers turn to fallen angel Castiel; the King of Hell, Crowley and even an unassuming God - only to come face to face with Lucifer and Crowley's power-hungry witch-mother Rowena.
Action / Horror / Thriller / Dark humor / Supernatural
Beauty and the Beast Blu-ray Movie
25th Anniversary Edition | The Signature Collection / Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1991 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 92 min | Rated G | Sep 20, 2016 | Martin Liebman
In a quaint French village during the late 18th century, Belle, a bright and beautiful young woman, finds escape from her ordinary life, and the advances of a boorish suitor, Gaston, by reading books. Meanwhile, off in a castle in the distance, a cruel young prince is cast under the spell of an enchantress who turns him into a tormented beast, while transforming his servants into animated household objects. In order to remove the curse, the Beast must discover a true love who will return his affection before the last petal falls from an enchanted rose. When Belle’s inventor father stumbles upon the Beast’s castle and is taken prisoner, Belle comes to the rescue and agrees to take her father’s place. With the help of the castle’s enchanted staff, she sees beneath the Beast’s exterior and discovers the heart and soul of a human prince.
Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance
Two Films By Douglas Sirk Blu-ray Movie
A Scandal in Paris / Lured
Cohen Media Group | 1946-1947 | 2 Movies | 202 min | Unrated | Sep 27, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Film-Noir / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
A Scandal in Paris Blu-ray Movie
Cohen Media Group | 1946 | 100 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A rediscovered American classic from legendary director Douglas Sirk (Imitation of Life, Written in the Wind), A Scandal in Paris is an irresistibly clever melodrama that observes the romantic and criminal pursuits of the debonair thief Francois Eugene Vidocq (George Sanders). Opening with Vidocq's birth in a French prison, A Scandal in Paris follows the cocksure criminal as he befriends a loyal pickpocket (Akim Tamiroff) and climbs to the height of Parisian society through deception, seduction and his devilishly clever wit. But once he becomes the chief of police and perpares to execute the heist of his career, he finds himself vulnerable to the charms of a quiet young woman. One of Sirk's first film after emigrating to America, A Scandal in Paris (aka Thieves Holiday) bears a distinctively European sensibility akin to the risque comedies of Ernst Lubitsch and Billy Wilder. At the same time, it foreshadows the calculated melodrama and emotional extremes that would make Sirk famous in films such as Magnificent Obsession and All that Heaven Allows.
Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Romance
Lured Blu-ray Movie
Cohen Media Group | 1947 | 103 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A serial killer in London is murdering young women whom he meets through the personal columns of newspapers; he announces each of his murders to the police by sending them a cryptic poem. After a dancer disappears, the police enlist an American friend of hers, Sandra Carpenter, to answer advertisements in the personal columns and so lure the killer...
Crime / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller
- September 20, 2016
Dead-End Drive-In Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 1986 | 92 min | Rated R | Sep 20, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In the near future, drive-in theatres are turned into concentration camps for the undesirable and unemployed. The prisoners don't really care to escape because they are fed and they have a place to live which is, in most cases, probably better than the outside. Crabs and his girlfriend Carmen are put into the camp and all Crabs wants to do is escape.
Action / Drama / Horror
Longmire: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray Movie
Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 2015 | 597 min | Rated TV-14 | Sep 13, 2016 | Michael Reuben
Following the shocking conclusion of Season Three, Sheriff Walt Longmire continues to seek justice for the murder of his wife.
Action / Crime / Drama / Western
The Fits Blu-ray Movie
Oscilloscope Pictures | 2015 | 73 min | Not rated | Sep 13, 2016 | Michael Reuben
While training at the gym 11-year-old tomboy Toni becomes entranced with a dance troupe. As she struggles to fit in she finds herself caught up in danger as the group begins to suffer from fainting spells and other violent fits.
Drama
- September 19, 2016
Valley of the Dolls Blu-ray Movie
Criterion | 1967 | 124 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 27, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Straight from the best-selling pages of Jacqueline Susann's audacious novel comes the unforgettable tale of three glamorous women who will stop at nothing to get to the top. Oscar winners Patty Duke, Lee Grant and Susan Hayward team with Sharon Tate and Barbara Parkins for this spectacular, satisfying and well-before-its-time tale of hedonism and one-upmanship on the road to fame! When a small-town beauty arrives in New York, she becomes instant friends with a struggling singer, Neely, and an actress, Jennifer. Together these headstrong, career-driven gals embark on a roller coaster ride of fast-talking men, endless nights of partying, booze...and pills that they call "dolls." But as they careen down the path to superstardom, one of them may face more self-destructive behavior than she can handle in this riveting and acclaimed hit film!
Drama / Music / Romance / Melodrama
Free State of Jones Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + UV Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2016 | 140 min | Rated R | Sep 20, 2016 | Martin Liebman
The story of defiant Southern farmer, Newt Knight, and his extraordinary armed rebellion against the Confederacy. Opposed to both slavery and secession, Knight launched an uprising of poor white farmers that led Jones County, Mississippi, to secede from the Confederacy, creating a "Free State of Jones."
Action / Drama / History / Thriller
Standing Tall Blu-ray Movie
La tête haute
Cohen Media Group | 2015 | 120 min | Rated R | Sep 13, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
A team of concerned adults including a juvenile court judge (Catherine Deneuve) and a youth counselor (Benoît Magimel) try to help a deeply troubled teen (Rod Paradot) come to grips with his traumatic past and the demands of his future as he navigates the correctional system and the strains of teenage life. Emmanuelle Bercot directed this drama, which opened the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
Drama
Hell on Wheels: Season 5, Volume 1 Blu-ray Movie
Entertainment One | 2015 | 300 min | Rated TV-14 | Aug 16, 2016 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Set in the 1860s, the series centers on a former Confederate soldier, Cullen Bohannan, whose quest for vengeance leads him to the Union Pacific Railroad's westward construction of the first Transcontinental Railroad.
Adventure / Drama / Western / Period
- September 18, 2016
Paths of Glory Blu-ray Movie
Masters of Cinema
Eureka Entertainment | 1957 | 88 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Sep 19, 2016 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
A World War I French colonel goes head-to-head with the army's ruthless top brass when his men are accused of cowardice after being unable to carry out an impossible mission.
Drama / War