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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!

Top 10 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of June 14

By Brenden ⋅ June 14, 2011 ⋅ One comment

This weeks new Blu-ray releases include ‘BATTLE: LOS ANGELES’ and ‘HEAVY METAL’ from Sony, ‘THE MAKIOKA SISTERS’ and ‘INSIGNIFICANCE’ from Criterion, ‘THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE’ from eOne, ‘THE CINCINNATI KID’, ‘HARRY POTTER: UCE’, ‘RED RIDING HOOD’ and ‘POINT BREAK’ from Warner, ’36TH PRECINCT’ from Palisades Tartan and many, many more!

Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of April 12

By Brenden ⋅ April 12, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

This weeks new Blu-ray releases include ‘HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1′ from Warner, ‘LE CERCLE ROUGE’ and ‘WHITE MATERIAL’ from Criterion, ‘THE INCREDIBLES’ from Disney/Pixar, ‘FAREWELL’ from eOne/Seville, ‘MARWENCOL’ from Cinema Guild 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…