This weeks new Blu-ray releases include ‘THE GREAT DICTATOR’ and ‘SOLARIS’ from Criterion, ‘PLATOON’ and ‘TIGERLAND’ from Fox/MGM, ‘PAPILLON’, ‘GRAND PRIX’, ‘GETTYSBURG’, ‘GODS AND GENERALS’, ‘MAVERICK’ and ‘WILD WILD WEST’ from Warner, ‘LE MANS’ from Paramount, ‘I AM NUMBER FOUR’ and ‘GNOMEO & JULIET’ from Disney and many, many more!
We’re entering into an unprecedented era of film restoration. As time marches on, we run the risk of losing our cellulose acetate film treasures to vinegar syndrome, fire and neglect. Luckily for us, Warner has stepped in on this count and delivered a revelatory new edition of Alfred Hitchcock’s North By Northwest. This is, no doubt the finest presentation the film has seen since first being exhibited in theatres fifty years ago! …Continued…