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Blu-ray Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Classics

By Brenden ⋅ December 19, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Almost there. We’re less than a week away from Christmas morning and thankfully, I’m almost through my yearly gift guide. This list of classics on Blu represents some of the best and most exciting high-def releases of the past year. Every last one of them would make an ideal gift for the real film fan in your life. …Continued…

The Bridge on the River Kwai Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ November 14, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

When a David Lean film is released on Blu-ray it deserves a lot of attention. In fact, unless you hear otherwise, you should probably just rush out and grab it up as soon as possible, unless you hear otherwise. Well, if you don’t already own the recently released The Bridge on the River Kwai Blu-ray disc set, you owe it to yourself to do so immediately. …Continued…

Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of November 2

By Brenden ⋅ November 2, 2010 ⋅ One comment

ARGH!! It’s another one of those killer, five-million-amazing-new Blu-ray-disc release weeks! Having so many great new titles out all at the same time makes it damn near impossible to choose a best and a second best release of the week. Unlike last week, where I felt the Alien Anthology was clearly the must-own newly released title, I wouldn’t blame you if you grabbed up any one of the discs listed below. They’re all equally amazing! But for the sake of the Top 5, here they are in somewhat arbitrary order… …Continued…

[VIDEO] The Bridge on the River Kwai Blu-ray Trailer

By Brenden ⋅ October 20, 2010 ⋅ One comment

We’re fast approaching November 2nd and Sony’s release of David Lean’s masterpiece, Bridge on the River Kwai on Blu-ray. The new promo trailer from the studio, embedded above for your viewing pleasure, is just serving to get me even more excited to see one of the finest films ever made in gorgeous 1080p. Given Sony’s recent track record, I’m expecting great things from this new, high-def transfer of the classic film. By all accounts, this should be one of the most significant releases of the year! Can’t wait! …Continued…

The Bridge on the River Kwai Blu-ray officially announced and detailed

By Brenden ⋅ August 23, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Sony has just made my morning by officially announcing this incredible looking Blu-ray release for David Lean’s The Bridge on the River Kwai! Details for the title look to be identical to those we previously reported but now we also know how great the packaging looks and when the disc is set to hit the streets. …Continued…

The Bridge on the River Kwai coming to Blu-ray

By Brenden ⋅ August 2, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Oh wow. If you follow The Blu-ray Blog to any extent you’re no doubt aware of my affection for the work of master-director David Lean (read my review of his wonderful Doctor Zhivago on Blu-ray.) Sadly, most of his films have yet to make the journey to the world of HD. That’s why I’m so excited to discover that a new Blu-ray edition of The Bridge on the River Kwai, one of Lean’s finest, has turned up for pre-order on Amazon. The title has yet to be officially announced by Sony so we don’t have a release date or any confirmed details for the disc. We’ll update this page when we learn more. Until then, check out this preliminary list of special features from the Amazon listing: …Continued…

Doctor Zhivago: 45th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ June 13, 2010 ⋅ One comment

I watch a lot of movies. And these days, I seem to watch a lot of movies on Blu-ray. I’m not often left in awe by film anymore but man, does this new Blu-ray disc of David Lean’s Doctor Zhivago ever take my breath away. …Continued…

More Criterion Titles go Out Of Print, including The Man Who Fell To Earth Blu-ray

By Brenden ⋅ June 12, 2010 ⋅ One comment

When I read the notice from Criterion, posted on their blog yesterday morning, that another chunk of their collection of films is about to go Out Of Print (O.O.P. as we home video enthusiasts refer to it) I damn near shed a tear. …Continued…