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[VIDEO] The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Blu-ray

By Brenden ⋅ January 21, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Can you believe this? To this day, I have yet to see a single film in the Twilight series. It’s true. So the trailer above means very little to me. Nor does the release of the Blu-ray disc of the penultimate film, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1. It’ll be on store shelves in a few weeks, which I take to mean that the final installment of the series will be hitting cinemas shortly thereafter. At this point, I think I’m just going to wait ’till this whole things is wrapped up before I dive in and experience sparkling vampires for myself. …Continued…

Top New Blu-ray releases for the Week of October 4

By Brenden ⋅ October 11, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

This week’s new Blu-ray releases include ‘THE TREE OF LIFE’ from eOne/Fox, ‘THE FOUR FEATHERS’ from Criterion, ‘BEAUTIFUL BOY’ from Anchor Bay, ‘GREEN LANTERN’, ‘HORRIBLE BOSSES’ and ‘THE BAD SEED’ from Warner and many, many more!

BKO: Bangkok Knockout Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ September 24, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I can’t say that I was really “Knocked Out” by the newest in a long line of ultra-raw thai fight films. BKO: Bangkok Knockout is brought to us by the same folks responsible for the infinitely superior Ong Bak and Chocolate but lacks the story and star power of those flicks. Thankfully, the fights are great and the Blu-ray looks pretty slick. …Continued…

The Tree of Life Blu-ray announced and detailed

By Brenden ⋅ September 6, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life has finally been officially announced for release on Blu-ray. As I reported a few weeks ago, eOne has got the Canadian release while the US version will come from Fox. The Canadian pre-order ship date listed on Amazon.ca has been pushed back a couple of weeks from the previously published September 27th to October 11th, to match the US. The Blu-ray is fairly bare-bones, including only a 30-minute “making of” doc but is reported to utilize “maximum bit rate encoding and 7.1 audio and a 2.0 stereo mix to bring Malick’s visually stunning masterpiece to life providing consumers with a premium cinematic viewing experience for the home.” Sounds good to me! I can’t wait to get my hands on this one. …Continued…

The Tree of Life coming to Blu-ray September 27 in Canada

By Brenden ⋅ August 10, 2011 ⋅ One comment

I haven’t been sent a press release for this yet but I noticed a few days ago that Amazon.ca has a preorder for the September 27th release of The Tree of Life on Blu-ray from eOne Films. This is huge news as there hasn’t been a hint of any sort of home video release for the title as yet. Even still, I’m not sure where the film will end up in the US – will it be a Fox release or will Criterion license the film so that it might live beside the other Terrence Malick releases in their library? Only time will tell. …Continued…

Top New Blu-ray releases for the Week of July 26

By Brenden ⋅ July 27, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

This week’s new Blu-ray releases include ‘SOURCE CODE’ from eOne, ‘HIGH AND LOW’, ‘LEON MORIN, PRIEST and ‘LIFE DURING WARTIME’ from Criterion, ‘THE BLUES BROTHERS’ and ‘ANIMAL HOUSE’ from Universal, ‘JUSTICE LEAGUE: SEASON TWO’ and ‘SUPERNATURAL: THE ANIME SERIES’ from Warner and many, many more!

Kites: The Remix Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ February 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Kites is a fun, lite Bollywood romp with enough action, music and melodrama to satisfy any fan of the genre. But is it a good film? And more importantly, is it a good Blu-ray?

Ong Bak 3 Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ February 13, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Ong Bak 3 is light on action and plot, heavy in spiritualism and dance, and unquestionably the weakest of martial-arts-marvel Tony Jaa’s films. Thank the ancient Thai forest gods (and eOne Films) for at least delivering the goods in a great looking, great sounding Blu-ray disc. …Continued…

Centurion Blu-ray Disc Review

By Howard ⋅ November 5, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Centurion is a film based in historical fact, that attempts to offer a possible explanation for the disappearance of an entire legion of Roman soldiers in the mists of what would eventually become Scotland more than a millennia ago. At the center of the tale is the son of a gladiator and a small band of unlucky Roman soldiers. …Continued…

Chocolate Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ November 4, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Produced and directed by the same team that brought Ong Bak and Tom yum goong (The Protector) to the screen, Chocolate, at its core a simple gangland vengeance film, is merely a shade of those much finer efforts. For all of the faults of its poorly constructed script, it does, however provide a perfect showcase for the talents of the beautiful and impressive Jeeja Yanin, the breakout star of the film. …Continued…

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