Archive for the 'Blu-ray News' Category

La Jetee/Sans Soleil: Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)

Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The screengrabs used here are from the standard-definition DVD released in 2007, not from the Blu-Ray. Chris Marker is, undisputedly, a unique and gifted filmmaker. His point of view is unlike any of his contemporaries, and over the years, he has continued to work at his own pace and […]

To Blu or not to Blu?

One technology that Australia has not fallen in love with: Blu-ray.
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Annie Hall (Blu-ray)

Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The screen captures used here are taken from the 1998 DVD , not the Blu-ray edition under review. Annie Hall isn't Woody Allen's best film, but it is inarguably the one that definitively marked his transformation from cinema-savvy comedian whose comic persona could sustain a feature-length movie to full-blown, […]

Blu-ray Review: ‘Drive’ directed by Nicolas Winding Refn

Daniel S Levine "I drive." It’s night in Los Angeles. A lone man is standing in a dark apartment, staring at the window while the Clippers game is on television. He’s on the phone with someone, giving his terms of agreement. He drives up to a warehouse and waits before two men come out running. […]

Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo' Blu-ray 3D set for release February 28th — 3D haters beware

Considering that Hugo was a flick capable of earning 4 out of 4 stars from noted 3D hater Roger Ebert , it will be interesting to see how it's received upon its home release February 28th. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards and currently rocking a 94 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes , the fantasy tale […]

Real Steel Blu-Ray Review

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Wide array of vintage films get the Blu-ray treatment

It's quite a week for vintage-film fans as an array of favorites earn Blu-ray upgrades, including Gregory Peck's…
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'Poirot' gets Blu-ray update while 'Poldark' lands on DVD

Repackaging of a pair of British series lead these TV shows new to DVD and Blu-ray.
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