Criterion March Blu-ray titles: David Lean directs Noël Coward, Last Temptation of Christ, Letter Never Sent, The War Room, A Night to Remember
It appears that March will prove to be a landmark month of Criterion Blu-ray releases for me for a couple of reasons - another stacked boxed set of classics making their Blu-ray debuts and one of my favourite films of all time finally receiving its high-def upgrade. ...Continued...
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3 Jan 2012
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The Master Blu-ray Disc Review
THE MASTER (2012, Blu-ray released March 5, 2013 – MSRP CDN$ 34.99) THE FILM: “A striking portrait of drifters and seekers in post World War II America, Paul Thomas Anderson‘s The Master unfolds the journey of a Naval veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) who arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future – until he [...]Read similar
Side by Side Blu-ray Disc Review
SIDE BY SIDE (2012, Blu-ray released March 5, 2013 – MSRP CDN$ 37.99) THE FILM: “Join Keanu Reeves on a tour of the past and future of filmmaking in SIDE BY SIDE. Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form [...]Read similar
Report: Next Xbox will use persistent ’Net connection to block used games
System will reportedly use Blu-ray discs, sport eight-core processor.Read similar
The Criterion Collection: The Blob Blu-ray Disc Review
THE BLOB (1958, Blu-ray released March 12, 2013 – MSRP $39.95) THE FILM: “A cult classic of gooey greatness, The Blob follows the havoc wreaked on a small town by an outer-space monster with neither soul nor vertebrae, with Steve McQueen (The Great Escape) playing the rebel teen who tries to warn the residents about [...]Read similar
HBO Inks Exclusive, 10-Year Deal With Universal To Keep Content Out Of Netflix’s Hands
Criterion May Blu-ray titles: Band of Outsiders, Jubal, 3:10 to Yuma, Medium Cool, Life is Sweet
Holy good christ, if I had to pick just one of these May titles from Criterion I’d be shit out of luck. As much as I love 3:10 to Yuma (and I’m sure I would love director Delmer Daves’ Jubal, offered here in a bare-bones, ten-dollars-cheaper Blu) my choice would hover somewhere between Godard’s Band [...]Read similar
Futureworld Blu-ray Disc Review
FUTUREWORLD (1976, Blu-ray released March 26, 2013 – MSRP $19.97) THE FILM: “Do you remember that disaster at Delos a few years ago when the Westworld robots went out of control and killed a few guests? Well, the entire resort has now been rebuilt and redesigned to be completely fail-safe. To combat the lingering adverse [...]Read similar
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann Blu-ray Disc Review
TIMERIDER: THE ADVENTURE OF LYLE SWANN (1982, Blu-ray released March 19, 2013 – MSRP $19.93) THE FILM: “Lyle Swann (Fred Ward) is a champion off-road racer who accidentally gets zapped into a time-travel experiment and sent 100 years into the past! When a gang of brutal bandits steals his motorcycle, Swann must outsmart the local [...]Read similar
The Big Picture Blu-ray Disc Review
THE BIG PICTURE (2010, Blu-ray released March 19, 2013 – MSRP $29.98) THE FILM: “Paul Exben (Romain Duris, Russian Dolls, Paris) is a handsome and successful Parisian lawyer with a beautiful wife, two children, and a glimmering future in the firm he co-owns with his mentor, Anne (Catherine Deneuve). But behind this deceptively perfect façade [...]Read similar
Criterion April Blu-ray titles: Richard III, Naked Lunch, Gate of Hell, Repo Man, Pierre Etaix
I know I should be more excited to get my hands on these newly announced Blu-ray editions of Cronenberg‘s Naked Lunch, Alex Cox‘s Repo Man and Richard III by Olivier but damn if I’m not super excited to discover what this Pierre Etaix boxed set is all about. I mean, we’ve all seen him acting [...]Read similar
Criterion March Blu-ray titles: The Blob, Ministry of Fear, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Badlands, Monsieur Verdoux, A Man Escaped
I must sound like a broken record by this point, gushing month after month over the latest batch of Criterion Blu-ray announcements but damn, if this isn’t a brilliant looking batch of discs! I have to admit that I’m a little sad that Fritz Lang‘s Ministry of Fear is getting the feature-light treatment (though it [...]Read similar
Game of Thrones Season Two Blu-ray set arrives February 19th
Criterion cancels your weekend plans, makes its Hulu collection available for free
Wreck-It Ralph Blu-ray Disc Review
WRECK-IT RALPH (2012, Blu-ray released March 5, 2013 – MSRP $49.99) THE FILM: “Prepare for adventure when ‘the most original film in years’ (Bryan Erdy, CBS-TV) that thrilled audiences of all ages drops on Blu-ray! From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes a hilarious, arcade-game-hopping journey in Disney‘s Wreck-It Ralph. For decades, Ralph has played the [...]Read similar
