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Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of April 5

By Brenden ⋅ April 5, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

This weeks new Blu-ray releases include ‘TAXI DRIVER’ from Sony, ‘TRON: LEGACY’ and ‘TRON: THE ORIGINAL CLASSIC’ from Disney, ‘A. I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE’ from Paramount, ‘FIDDLER ON THE ROOF’ from MGM/Fox, ‘THE CHRONICLE OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER’ from Fox, ‘FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST BROTHERHOOD: PART 4′ from FUNimation and many, many more!

[UPDATED] Taxi Driver Blu-ray announced, includes Criterion commentary track

By Brenden ⋅ February 14, 2011 ⋅ One comment

It looks like my hope that the special Sony/Criterion relationship that allowed for the BSS Story boxed set to exist has indeed born fruit! Sony has announced today that it’s April 5th release of the Taxi Driver restoration on Blu-ray will actually include Criterion’s classic laserdisc commentary track by director Martin Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader! …Continued…

The Criterion Collection: Broadcast News Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ February 7, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments

Consider me blown away. Not only am I in awe of James L. Brooks‘ witty, wry Broadcast News but I’m utterly taken aback by the near-perfection of The Criterion Collection presentation of the film on Blu-ray. This is one hell of a disc! …Continued…

Taxi Driver 4K Restoration on Blu-ray in April

By Brenden ⋅ January 28, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

There have been a fair number of classic and very important films announced for release on Blu-ray this year already, though we’re only twenty-eight days into 2011. And despite the fact that there has been no official announcement yet in North America it has become clear in the last couple of days that Martin Scorsese‘s Taxi Driver will, at long last, be making its way to Blu this coming April. …Continued…

Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of January 25

By Brenden ⋅ January 25, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

I feel like there are an unusually strong batch of titles being released today. It’s one of those weeks where there are actually enough decent, new Blu-ray titles hitting store shelves that I could have stretched this list to a Top 10. And I might have been tempted to if I’d actually had a chance to see more of the discs with my own eyes. …Continued…

Criterion January Blu-ray titles: Army of Shadows, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, Broadcast News

By Brenden ⋅ October 16, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

Hold on to your hats, Criterion fans! January looks to be another gigantic month for film lovers with 1 brand new title making its way into the collection, 2 titles new to Blu and another couple resurfacing on both DVD and Blu with brand new transfers and special features. This post will cover the amazing new titles (Broadcast News!!!) which I’ll follow up with a dedicated post regarding the Sam Fuller re-issues. …Continued…