New on DVD/Blu-ray in Bulgaria in September 2011

Movie(s) of the month

!!! Time for a celebration now as Sony returns on the Bulgarian DVD & Blu-ray market in October, for the first time since the collapse of Prooptiki. Expect more in the next DVD feature on the blog !!!

Disney/Fox/Universal/Independent - A+

Бързи и яростни 5: Удар в Рио / Fast Five - A crazy plot + awful acting = great fun - a recipe worth seeking out - **** (also on BR)

Купонът на живота ти / Take Me Home Tonight - Just an okay old-fashioned comedy with Topher Grace and Anna Faris - **1/2

Карибски пирати: В непознати води / Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - It has taken all bad from the previous two sequels and has dropped the thrilling action. A disappointment on a big scale! ** (also on BR)

Ще срещнеш висок тъмнокос непознат / You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger - Woody Allen not in his best, but still far from his worst ***

Епоха на животните / Animals United - An animated curioso from Germany and a passable family fun ***

Приключенията на Сами / Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage - An animated curioso from Belgium and, yes, a passable family fun ***

Гномео и Жулиета / Gnomeo and Juliet - A love story between gnomes, the Shakespeare style, bar the ending. You won't resist its cuteness. *** 1/2

Сбогом мамо - If curiosity has made you watched it on the big screen, nothing can made you spend money on this vanity project gone terribly wrong. *

Star Wars - You know, the movies range between *** and *****. And you know that this is a must for every blu-ray collection. (only on BR)

Аленият прилив / Crimson Tide - Denzel and Gene just shine in high (blue not crimson) definition **** (only on BR)

8 герои / 8 Heroes - Cute as only a Disney family movie could be, but nothing more. *** (only on BR)

Обичам неприятности / I Love Trouble - Julia Roberts meets Nick Nolte in this 1994 thriller, which hardly stands the test of time *** (only on BR)

Да отгледаш Аризона / Raising Arisona - The Coens, the Cage and the five stars ***** (only on BR)

Warner / Pro Video SRL

Супермен: Филмът / Superman: The Movie - Forget the sequels, that's the classic one ***** (only on BR)

Полет над кукувиче гнездо / Onе Flеw Ovеr thе Сuсkоо's Nеst - A must see ***** (only on BR)

Ергени за седмица / Нall Рass - The Farrelly brothers have had better times, but you can spend an evening with this Wilson/Sudeikis comedy ***

NOTE: I'm doing this feature only as a fan of the legal video market in Bulgaria. It shouldn't be considered as promotion or advertising of any of the films as no promotion/review materials have been provided by any of the distributors involved. 

NOTE 2 - All of the aforementioned independent films of A+ were not released at the time of publishing.

The ratings:

***** Perfect

**** Unmissable

*** Fine

** So-so

* Stay away