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Bond 50 – Blu-ray Boxed set of all 22 James Bond films announced

By Brenden ⋅ January 13, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

This is the news that we James Bond fans have been waiting for – MGM and Fox are finally preparing to unleash the ultimate Blu-ray collection of all 22 Bond films at some point in 2012. That’s right, no firm date has been announced at this point, though retail rumours point to a late-September/early-October release …Continued…

Annie Hall, Midnight Cowboy, Rebecca, Notorious, Spellbound and The Apartment coming to Blu-ray in January

By Brenden ⋅ November 20, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Oh man, this is non-Criterion news that just happens to read like a Criterion Collection title announcement (in fact, a number of these films have actually had a Criterion DVD release in years past but have since fallen out of print.) Early pre-orders posted on Amazon.ca indicate that MGM plans to release 6 of their finest films on Blu-ray this coming January 24, 2012, including three early Hitchcock films (Rebecca, Notorious, Spellbound), Billy Wilder‘s The Apartment, John Schlesinger‘s Midnight Cowboy and Woody Allen‘s signature film, Annie Hall. …Continued…

Top New Blu-ray releases for the Week of November 15

By Brenden ⋅ November 16, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

This week’s new Blu-ray releases include ‘THREE COLORS TRILOGY’, ‘THE RULES OF THE GAME’, ‘LOONEY TUNES PLATINUM COLLECTION: VOLUME ONE’, ‘WEST SIDE STORY’, ‘BEGINNERS’, ‘BELLFLOWER’, ‘EVIL DEAD 2′, ‘INFERNAL AFFAIRS’, ‘FARSCAPE: THE COMPLETE SERIES’, ‘ASSASSINS CREED: LINEAGE’, ‘ANIMATION EXPRESS 2′ and many, many more!

Straw Dogs Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ October 17, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

The original Straw Dogs is one of a handful of true masterpieces of the cinema to come out of the seventies and it’s never looked or sounded better than on this new bare-bones Blu-ray from MGM/Fox. …Continued…

Dressed to Kill Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ October 16, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Brian De Palma‘s twisty noir Dressed to Kill is the furthest thing from a perfect film. But what it lacks in solid story it makes up for in style and technical prowess. The new MGM/Fox Blu-ray edition of the film highlights it’s strengths with a strong presentation and decent collection of special features. …Continued…

Blood Simple Blu-ray Disc Review

By Howard ⋅ October 7, 2011 ⋅ One comment

It’s hard to believe the Coen Brothers have been making films for so many years now – Blood Simple dates back to 1984. It was their first feature and they were kicking ass right out of the gate. Their Neo-Noir classic has gotten the Blu treatment finally and is available separately and as part of The Coen Brothers Collection set. …Continued…

A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More Blu-ray Disc Reviews

By Howard ⋅ September 13, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Last year The Man with No Name Trilogy films were released on Blu-ray as a box set and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly a couple of years ago on its own. Now, the first two films, A Fistful of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More, are available separately on Blu. These are the identical discs from the set released a year ago. …Continued…

Blue Velvet coming to Blu-ray in November

By Brenden ⋅ August 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Remember how we were gabbing way back in January about David Lynch‘s Blue Velvet coming to Blu-ray some time this year? Well, it’s finally happening and all signs point to November 8th! By all signs, of course, I mean Amazon.com, who’ve got the disc available for pre-order or $17.49, shipping on that date. There’s yet to be an official announcement from MGM/Fox so we don’t have a solid idea of what special features might appear on the disc. We can only hope that the rumoured inclusion of the long-lost deleted scenes will come to pass. Here’s hoping we find out soon. …Continued…

Dressed to Kill Blu-ray announced and detailed

By Brenden ⋅ August 18, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

2011 is a pretty decent year for Brian De Palma fans. Not only will he be returning to form, directing the upcoming thriller The Key Man which begins filming in a few month’s time, but a couple of his finer, early films are available on Blu-ray as well! Okay, technically, only one is available right now. The Criterion Collection released a killer, bonus feature stacked edition of De Palma’s Blow Out back in April and now MGM and Fox are about to hit is up with the high-def debut of Dressed to Kill, out in stores September 6th (yes, that’s right film fans, the same day as Straw Dogs!) …Continued…

Straw Dogs Blu-ray announced and detailed

By Brenden ⋅ August 13, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments

When asked what Sam Peckinpah film is their favourite, I have a feeling that most folks lean toward The Wild Bunch. An awesome flik, to be sure. But I’ve always been more of a Straw Dogs kind of guy. There’s just something about the intensity of nerdy, pacifist Dustin Hoffman manning up and kicking the living crap out of the dicks who’ve made his life hell (my description of the plot goes pretty lite on the gory details.) Fox/MGM will be releasing the film on Blu-ray this September 6th in its longer “Unrated” cut that has been “carefully restored and is presented with all-new 5.1 audio.” With only a handful of extras included on the disc, I won’t be giving up my special-feature-packed 2-disc Criterion DVD set any time soon but I’ll be damn pleased to see this amazing film in 1080p on Blu for the very first time. …Continued…