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Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of December 14

By Brenden ⋅ December 14, 2010 ⋅ One comment

What a tough week! On first glance, it didn’t seem to me that there was a whole lot hitting the shops but then, when I began to assemble the TOP 5 list, I quickly discovered otherwise. There’s some great stuff here, including a couple of films that my girlfriend has claimed are the best movies she’s seen all year and a whole lot of amazing catalogue releases including the first ever North American Hammer Films release in HD! …Continued…

Synapse Films to bring Hammer’s Vampire Circus to Blu-ray

By Brenden ⋅ October 24, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Now that’s more like it! You might have read my rant about the studios treating classic Hammer and Universal horror films as second class citizens. If not, just know that it’s a serious point of contention between me and the majors. We’re barely on speaking terms these days. Well, thank the good lord for Synapse Films who have taken it upon themselves to rescue and distribute the Hammer spectacular Vampire Circus. It’s certainly one of the lesser known titles but hell, at this point, I’ll take what I can get. …Continued…

Gremlins comes to Blu-ray!

By Brenden ⋅ September 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Hey! Look at that! Gremlins is coming out on Blu-ray disc tomorrow, September 29th! Who knew? Apparently Warner has given Target a timed exclusive on the 1984 Joe Dante film but while we’ll no doubt see it in shops everywhere eventually, Gremlins has yet to be officially announced by the studio. The disc details seem to mirror those of the previously available DVD – a couple of commentaries, a featurette and some deleted scenes. Not too bad but nothing new and exciting there. I am, however expecting this one to look fairly impressive in this latest incarnation. Apparently Dante was unhappy with the Blu-ray transfer of Gremlins initially presented to him by Amblin. He sent it back to be corrected to his spec and Amblin was happy to oblige. I take that as a sign of good things to come on this disc! Details below: …Continued…

Joe Dante, Amblin Working on Gremlins Remasters

By Brenden ⋅ April 29, 2009 ⋅ One comment

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