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Top New Blu-ray releases for the Week of October 25

By Brenden ⋅ October 27, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

This week’s new Blu-ray releases include ‘CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER’, ‘THE CONVERSATION’, ‘JURASSIC PARK: ULTIMATE TRILOGY’, ‘ISLAND OF LOST SOULS’, ‘DAZED AND CONFUSED’, ‘IDENTIFICATION OF A WOMAN’, ‘ATTACK THE BLOCK’, ‘TOM & JERRY GOLDEN COLLECTION: VOLUME ONE’, ‘RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE’, ‘ZOMBIE’, ‘THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY’ and many, many more!

The Criterion Collection: Island of Lost Souls Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ October 25, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

As one of the great early monster movies yet to receive a modern home video release, Island of Lost Souls is among the more important Blu-ray releases of the year. Criterion have assembled the best transfer possible from several print sources and combined that with a host of truly great special features. If you love classic horror you owe it to yourself to get this one! …Continued…

Criterion October Blu-ray titles: Island of Lost Souls, Kuroneko, Identification of a Woman, Four Feathers and more!

By Brenden ⋅ July 17, 2011 ⋅ One comment

I can’t tell you how excited I am about this crop of upcoming titles from The Criterion Collection. I’ve been waiting a long time to see my idol, Bela Lugosi, on Blu-ray. I can honestly say, though, that I never thought he’d make his high-def debut on a Criterion disc! Hitting shelves just in time for Halloween, Island of Lost Souls is an exciting addition to the collection and will, no doubt, become a shining star in my library of Lugosi films and collectables (Yeah, that’s right… toys and junk. ‘You got a problem with that?!) While Souls wouldn’t be the first film I’d choose to showcase the man and his singular acting chops, he certainly delivers in his role of the hirsute Sayer of the Law. This disc, for me, might be the most highly anticipated of the year. That said, I’d give my left arm for a Criterion edition of Dracula or White Zombie. …Continued…

Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of November 16

By Brenden ⋅ November 16, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

What a week! If not for the lack of 3D version of Avatar, I think we could officially claim this as the most massive outing for the new three-dimensional format do date. Even still, with eight films new on 3D Blu, James Cameron’s Pandoran epic, with its multiple cuts, bevy of extras and near perfect presentation, still reigns supreme. …Continued…

Criterion announces November Blu-ray titles: Night of the Hunter, Antichrist, Modern Times

By Brenden ⋅ August 19, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Uhhhh…Criterion totally blew me away this week. I think that’s why I haven’t gotten around to posting their slate of November releases yet (announced a couple of days ago.) There’s just way too much coming out! So, I’m splitting the announcements up into a couple of posts. This one will deal with the single disc titles and I’ll follow up with the rundown of titles in their ginormous, incredible-looking America Lost and Found: The BBS Story boxed set. Here we go: …Continued…

Spartacus announced for release on Blu-ray

By Brenden ⋅ February 24, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Kubrick! Douglas! Gladiatorial action!! Spartacus has got it all. And now, thanks to Universal, we’re about to get it all on Blu-ray. Spartacus will hit shops on May 25th in a new 50th Anniversary edition that should best its HD-DVD counterpart in every way. Sadly, as nice as this edition looks, it’s still not going to beat out the previously available Criterion DVD, which features a commentary track by producer-actor Kirk Douglas, actor Peter Ustinov, novelist Howard Fast, producer Edward Lewis, restoration expert Robert A. Harris, and designer Saul Bass among a lot of other great stuff not to be found on the Blu-ray. I mean, I’m sure it’s going to look and sound better than ever but I’m going to want to hold onto my DVD for all those great extras. And the much cooler cover art! …Continued…