Blu-ray Picks for the Week of September 29 – The Wizard of Oz

What a huge release week filled with amazing titles! Sadly, I haven’t gotten my hands on a single Blu-ray disc yet so I can’t out-and-out recommend any of them from personal experience. But if I had to put my money on any one of these titles being a spectacular and worthwhile purchase, I’d have to bet on The Wizard of Oz: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition. …Continued…

Labyrinth Blu-ray Disc Detailed, Dark Crystal Announced

All right. Bring it on. I’m a fan of this film. At least, I think I am. I haven’t seen Labyrinth in years but I have such fond memories of it – of the creatures, the Bowie tunes, the Jennifer Connely – and memories never lie, right? RIGHT? Uhhhh…

Ok, so I’m kind of dreading watching this again. I’m pretty sure a lot of Labyrinth won’t hold up for me, unlike the Henson Company’s Dark Crystal (which will always be genius) But as much as I fear the experience I’m equally as excited to revisit this film. And the details for the upcoming UK release are just stoking the fire! I think we can safely assume that the North American edition of Labyrinth will mimic the UK, including an identical rich feature set. Even if the film itself fails to please me, the commentary, making-of doc and picture-in-picture features will provide me hours of nerdgasm. I can’t help but wonder if any of the extras will address the mystery of the Bowie-package… …Continued…

Sony Releases Revealed: Labyrinth, Starman, Punch Drunk Love, Silverado, St. Elmo's Fire, Snatch, More

David Bowie! The Brat Pack! Sandler by way of P.T. Anderson! Liman! Raimi! EASY RIDER for Hopper’s Sake!!!!