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The Criterion Collection: People on Sunday Blu-ray Disc Review
Watching People on Sunday is like watching the birth of neo-realism and the French new wave, several decades (and a country) removed. And watching the new Criterion Collection edition of the film on Blu-ray is a sheer delight, despite a puzzling choice of video modes. …Continued…
Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of May 10
This weeks new Blu-ray releases include ‘THE ILLUSIONIST’ from Sony, ‘SOMETHING WILD’ from Criterion, ‘THE MISFITS’, ‘SOME LIKE IT HOT’ and ‘THE HORSE SOLDIERS’ from Fox/MGM, ‘BLUE VALENTINE’ from The Weinstein Company and Anchor Bay, ‘I SAW THE DEVIL’ from Magnolia and many, many more!
Criterion June Blu-ray titles: Black Moon, Zazie dans le métro, People on Sunday, The Makioka Sisters, Kiss Me Deadly, Insignificance
I have to admit, I’ve only ever seen one of the films in Criterion’s June slate of Blu-ray discs. As much as I enjoy Kiss Me Deadly, a classic Mickey Spillane tale directed by Robert Aldrich, I’m super excited to check out the other upcoming discs. In particular, the silent People on Sunday – an early Robert Siodmak and Billy Wilder film – and the bat-shit crazy-looking Black Moon by Louis Malle. Watch that unicorn scene I posted above and tell me you’re not intrigued! …Continued…
Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of November 9
The last couple of weeks have been absolutely overwhelming with scads of killer Blu-ray releases that have been making my head spin (and my eyes exhausted from all the hours of viewing time I’ve been cramming in, outside of the hours of monitor viewing I cram in as part of my daily office grind.) This week is a bit more manageable for we Blu-aholics but, thanks to a couple of A-list films and a few surprises, it’s absolutely just as enjoyable. …Continued…
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