New Dark Knight: Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-ray coming soon?

Do you see that video up above? That’s a clip from a new Dark Knight featurette called “Truck Flip”, detailing one of the practical effect shots from the film, with director Christopher Nolan and special effects supervisor, Chris Corbould narrating. This featurette is not included on the Blu-ray edition of the film that you probably already own. And it’s only a part of a package of 31-minutes of brand new, never before seen bonus content, only just revealed. Could this mean that Warner is preparing one of their Ultimate Collector’s Edition box sets for the film? …Continued…

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Blu-ray Disc Review

Regular readers will know of my deep affection for the work of Terry Gilliam. As a fan, I’ve found it difficult to see the talented auteur struggle with challenging and ultimately unsuccessful films like Tideland or his infamously tragic, failed production of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. I can report now, with great pleasure, that the man has returned to form with his most recent effort, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – a film doomed to fail yet pulled from the fire by a brilliant last-minute re-imagining of the central character. …Continued…

Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of April 27

If I had the power to name this week, I think I would have to dub it “The Mighty Catalogue Release Week”…or something like that. I mean, there are a couple of major new releases this week but my god, there are a ton of amazing older titles hitting shelves today. It’s tough to be interested in a new title when so many of my favourite oldies are hitting Blu today. But to be truthful here, there isn’t really a clunker in this list. Including the discs that didn’t make my top 5. They’re all worth a look!

But if I had to put them in order of preference, to pick a Top 5, this is what I’d end up with: …Continued…

Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus on Blu-ray

I’m an unabashed fan of Terry Gilliam’s work. I count Brazil amongst my all time favourite films. While I didn’t think The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was his best work, I did really enjoy it and am pleased to tell you that you’ll be able to get your hands on a Blu-ray copy of the film very, very soon. From the looks of things, however, it will be available in Canada, the US and the UK at different times, from different studios. I’ve got the info for Lionsgate’s UK release and Sony’s US version but the Canadian Blu-ray, which I’m assuming will come from E1 Films has yet to be announced at all. We will, of course, update this post when we know more. UK and US details below: …Continued…

Blu-ray Picks for the Week of January 5

Happy new year! I hope you managed to score a bevy of excellent films on Blu-ray over the last couple of weeks. I know I sure did. I was finally able to pick up the Black Friday orders I had placed with Amazon (I ship to my Aunt in Florida and pick up when I can. Shipping here to Montreal in Canada is waaaaay too expensive!) I’m pleased to say that my collection of Criterion Blu-ray discs has just multiplied by a factor of three! I’m very excited to crack into them.

But never mind the holidays, we’ve got a new year on our hands here and a ton of new Blu-ray discs, released only this week for our enjoyment. …Continued…

Blu-ray Release Update: Brokeback Mountain, Kite Runner, Silence of the Lambs, Australia

Four major releases hitting the streets this March