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Blu-ray Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Animation on Blu

By Brenden ⋅ December 18, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

All right, time is running out to get these Blu-ray gift guide recommendations posted so let’s get back to it! I’ll keep the commentary to a minimum here, in order to hasten the process. …Continued…

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

By Brenden ⋅ October 13, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Hey, didn’t I just write one of these Top 5 lists, like, yesterday or something?! When the floodgates of Blu-ray releases open wide there’s just no stopping them, huh? Nevermind. I’m still up to my armpits in office work so I’ll just blast through this as quickly as I can so as to get this [...]

The Peacemaker Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ September 22, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Mimi Leder is probably best known as a director of fine television programs, despite having a few meager cinematic successes under her belt. Her smaller-screen style of shooting might have something to do with the fact that her debut feature film, 1997s The Peacemaker feels like a pretty decent episode of The Unit or 24. …Continued…

Fantastic Mr. Fox Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ March 29, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

I really misjudged Fantastic Mr. Fox. The previews and advertisements gave me the impression that it would turn out to be a poorly designed and hollow animated adaptation of a reasonably famous children’s book. I was drastically wrong on both counts. This film and its Blu-ray presentation are beyond good. They’re…ahem…Fantastic! …Continued…

Up In The Air Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ March 14, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

You know, I think I had some pretty inflated expectations of Jason Reitman’s Up In The Air. After so much talk about what a great film it is and the fact that it garnered a ton of Academy Award nominations I was really expecting it deliver. And it does for a while. But ultimately it just feels hollow and priggish. …Continued…

Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of March 9

By Brenden ⋅ March 9, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Man, I can’t escape those damn Oscars!! Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in…to writing about..them? (Sigh…I shouldn’t try to be witty or cleverly try to incorporate movie quotes into these intros, should I?) There are a couple of stand-out Hollywood titles here this week, both represented at the 82nd Academy Awards. Outside of those discs and an outstanding anime on Blu debut, this is a pretty barren week. It’s days like these that make me glad I didn’t decide to make this list a Top 10 every week. …Continued…

Fantastic Mr. Fox coming to Blu-ray in March

By Brenden ⋅ January 22, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Despite my love for the films of Wes Anderson there’s just something about this Fantastic Mr. Fox film that didn’t appeal to me when it was released. Maybe it was the hype surrounding it or the feeling that it was another trendy adaptation of a kids book aimed at the hipsters of my generation. As a result, I didn’t end up seeing it in the theatres. And now I regret missing it. Thankfully, I’m going to get another chance on March 23rd, when Fox brings it to Blu-ray! Details below: …Continued…