Top 10 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of May 17

This weeks new Blu-ray releases include ‘PALE FLOWER’ and ‘DIABOLIQUE’ from Criterion, ‘THE HUSTLER’ and ‘THE COMMANCHEROS’ from Fox, ‘SOPHIA LOREN AWARD COLLECTION’ from Kino, ‘BEVERLY HILLS COP’ from Paramount, ‘DEEP RED’ from Blue Underground, ‘THE FIVE DEADLY VENOMS’ from Dragon Dynasty/Weinstein and many, many more!

Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of May 10

This weeks new Blu-ray releases include ‘THE ILLUSIONIST’ from Sony, ‘SOMETHING WILD’ from Criterion, ‘THE MISFITS’, ‘SOME LIKE IT HOT’ and ‘THE HORSE SOLDIERS’ from Fox/MGM, ‘BLUE VALENTINE’ from The Weinstein Company and Anchor Bay, ‘I SAW THE DEVIL’ from Magnolia and many, many more!

Westerns on Blu-ray from Paramount in May: Once Upon a Time in the West, Rio Lobo, A Man Called Horse, Big Jake

I’m a crazy fan of Sergio Leone‘s western films and Once Upon a Time in the West is one of the best. Who’d thought that Henry Fonda could play such a convincing badass! I’m over the moon that the film will be making its Blu-ray debut in May, alongside a host of other fine Paramount westerns. If the studio is able to deliver transfers on these catalogue titles that even approach their work on The Ten Commandments Blu-ray, we’ll be in for a real treat. …Continued…

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

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…

Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of May 25

All right, you know the drill. Despite the fact that there’s a pretty major new TV-on-Blu release, a new Criterion Collection disc easily trumps it as this weeks “must-buy” title. Now, don’t give me any guff over this. I’m a day late with this post and sweating my bits off in this ridiculous Montreal heat. Is it summer already? Sheesh… …Continued…

May titles announced! STAGECOACH, Fritz Lang's M, Roeg's WALKABOUT, Brakhage on Blu-ray

May titles announced! STAGECOACH, Fritz Lang’s M, Roeg’s WALKABOUT, Brakhage on Blu-ray! http://ow.ly/16OqE (via @Criterion) Related posts Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of May 25 (5) Twenty questions with Criterion designer Eric Skillman (0) Trailer for Renoir's LA BETE HUMAINE, complete with great retro typefaces and train noises (0) Top 10 Japanese [...]

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…