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Blu-ray Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Classics

By Brenden ⋅ December 19, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Almost there. We’re less than a week away from Christmas morning and thankfully, I’m almost through my yearly gift guide. This list of classics on Blu represents some of the best and most exciting high-def releases of the past year. Every last one of them would make an ideal gift for the real film fan in your life. …Continued…

The Criterion Collection: Black Orpheus Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ August 20, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Until Fernando Meirelles‘ 2002 City of God, it can undoubtedly be said that the most famous and most influential film to come out of Brazil wasn’t a Brazilian film at all. French director Marcel Camus‘ Black Orpheus, set in the favelas of Rio during the sensory overload of Carnival, won the Palme d’Or and the Academy Award for Best Foreign-language Film, introduced the Bossa Nova sound to the world and was responsible for creating an international sensation of its country of concern. …Continued…

Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of August 17

By Brenden ⋅ August 17, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

This week’s got something for everyone – a bat-shit crazy asian-western, straight-up Shakespeare, comedy/drama set in the 70s, one of the best seasons of any TV show you’ll see this year, all topped off by another stellar release from The Criterion Collection! Who could blame you for not knowing where to start this week? …Continued…

Criterion bringing Black Orpheus and Crumb to Blu-ray

By Brenden ⋅ May 20, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

This is the part of the month that gets me most excited – the new Criterion Collection announcements are here! August will see the release of Marcel Camus’ Black Orpheus, a groundbreaking Brazilian film with an incredible score by bossa nova legend Antônio Carlos Jobim, and Terry Zwigoff’s documentary portrait of legendary underground comic book creator Robert Crumb in his aptly-named film, Crumb. Both works are stunning and deserve to make it to the top of your must-buy list for August. Details below: …Continued…

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