Oh geez. I usually like to pick a top disc release every week. I usually like to be able to recommend a single title for you to pick up, you know, if you’ve got a tight budget, or just want to see the best of the best. But I can’t really do it this week. There are too many brilliant Blu-ray discs out this week! I’ll highlight a few of them but please comb through the whole list. There’s something for everyone here!
Moon is one of the best films of the year. And it’s also a really fine Blu-ray disc. Don’t just pick it up for the quirky sci-fi story or the brilliant performance by Sam Rockwell. Pick it up because its a great all-round debut from a fine filmmaker (I’m looking at you, Duncan Jones!) given a spectacular Blu-ray disc treatment courtesy of Sony. Oh, and the score by Clint Mansell is probably my favourite of 2009!
I love, love, love The Brothers Bloom! We got it on Blu-ray here in Canada a few months ago (read my full review here). Glad to see that you folks south of the 49th parallel will finally have a chance to check it out too! Great film!
What can I possibly say about Federico Fellini‘s classic film 8 1/2 that hasn’t been said a million times before? Except maybe that it holds the honour of being the first title from my list of Top 10 Criterion DVDs that deserve a Blu-ray upgrade to graduate to high-def! I can’t wait to get my hands on this and ditch my old, very nearly worn out DVD set. Any takers out there? Anyone still satisfied with standard-def? (Sorry, just cultivating my High-Def snobbishness!)
High-Def Simpsons on Blu-ray!! This is such a great, little compact set, with the whole season spread over 2-Discs! Great. I just got my hands on it but haven’t had a chance to screen any episodes yet. I’m curious to see how much compression Fox had to use to cram them all onto the discs. Full review coming later in the week!
I’d love to see The Hurt Locker! It’s another in the long line of potentially great films I missed out on in the theatres this past year. I understand it’s one of the best of the best and though I can’t speak from personal experience, I’ve included it here, in the top releases of the week on reputation alone.
ALSO AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY THIS WEEK
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Sure wish I had the budget to buy a new blu-ray every week! Interesting selection here, including some movies I’ve never heard of.