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Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of December 14

By Brenden ⋅ December 14, 2010 ⋅ One comment

What a tough week! On first glance, it didn’t seem to me that there was a whole lot hitting the shops but then, when I began to assemble the TOP 5 list, I quickly discovered otherwise. There’s some great stuff here, including a couple of films that my girlfriend has claimed are the best movies she’s seen all year and a whole lot of amazing catalogue releases including the first ever North American Hammer Films release in HD! …Continued…

Kino bringing Douglas Fairbanks’ The Black Pirate to Blu-ray

By Brenden ⋅ November 11, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Kino is absolutely killing it for me right now. I just got their Complete Metropolis and Sherlock Jr. Blu-ray discs in the mail yesterday and they are amazing! And now this news, that the studio is preparing to deliver a classic Douglas Fairbanks film to Blu. The Black Pirate looks like it’s going to be one hell of a feature packed disc, if the list of extras below is any indication. I’m hoping this release will mark the beginning of Kino’s efforts to bring their entire Fairbanks collection to high-def. I’d give my best hunting bow to get my hands on a Blu-ray copy of his Robin Hood film from 1922! …Continued….

Steamboat Bill, Jr. Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ July 6, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Steamboat Bill, Jr. is the last of Buster Keaton’s great indie films and one of his best ever. The film is a masterpiece of character work and comic timing – an absolute classic of the silent cinema era now available in a stunning new Blu-ray edition from Kino. …Continued…

R.I.P. The Third Man – Criterion Blu-ray goes Out Of Print!

By Brenden ⋅ October 27, 2009 ⋅ One comment

No! Say it ain’t so! Criterion Collection discs have a habit of going out of print (AKA O.O.P. for those of us used to seeing the sign on Criterion sites and catalogue listings) and selling out quickly. Until today, no Criterion Blu-ray had suffered this fate. Carol Reed’s The Third Man is the first to fall. …Continued…

Black and White Films Look Spectacular on Blu-ray!

By Brenden ⋅ October 9, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Look, this isn’t really news. Not to any of us who’ve been grabbing up every Criterion film on Blu-ray for the last year, anyway. But Home Media Magazine has just published a nice, lengthy piece on the glory of Black and White film presentations on Blu-ray disc. When they’re done right, there’s nothing better! …Continued…

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