Mike Leigh

Top New Blu-ray releases for the Week of July 12

By Brenden ⋅ July 12, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

This weeks new Blu-ray releases include ‘NAKED’ from Criterion, ‘UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES’ from Strand, ‘THE LINCOLN LAWYER’ from eOne, ‘BUSTER KEATON – SHORT FILMS COLLECTION 1920 – 1923′ from Kino, ‘RANGO’ from Paramount, ‘BRAZIL’ from Universal, ‘ENTOURAGE: THE COMPLETE SEVENTH SEASON’ from Warner and HBO, ‘BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS’ from Shout Factory and many, many more!

Top 10 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of June 7

By Brenden ⋅ June 7, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

This weeks new Blu-ray releases include ‘SUPERMAN: THE MOTION PICTURE ANTHOLOGY’, ‘THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES’, ‘THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING’, ‘GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD KNIGHTS’ and a host of double-movie packs from Warner, ‘TRUE GRIT’ (2010) from Paramount, ‘ANOTHER YEAR’ from Sony, ‘THE STUNT MAN’ from Severin, ‘ROBIN OF SHERWOOD: SET 1′ from Acorn and many, many more!

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ May 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Kino recently released on Blu-ray a trio of classic collaborations between actors Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren and director Vittorio De Sica (Bicycle Thieves, Umberto D.), the eldest of which is the Oscar award winning Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow from 1963. …Continued…

Criterion July Blu-ray titles: Beauty and the Beast, Naked, High and Low, The Music Room, Life During Wartime and Leon Morin, Priest

By Brenden ⋅ April 15, 2011 ⋅ One comment

What a way to end the work week! Criterion have announced their July slate of new Blu-ray discs and once again, it’s a knockout. I’m particularly excited about seeing Cocteau’s dreamy Beauty and the Beast in HD, though I fear it might look softer, hazier than I would hope. The thought of getting my grubby little mitts on Satyajit Ray’s The Music Room is also getting my blood pumping, as it looks to be one of the most feature-rich discs in the bunch (check out all of those extras!) I’m feeling a little guilty about the lack of enthusiasm I’m feeling for Todd Solondz’ Life During Wartime. I really, really want to be all fired about this, his newest flik but I feel like his style has just worn away at me over the years. I loved Happiness once upon a time but can’t bare to sit through it now. Ah well, I’m willing to give Wartime a shot if the good folks at Criterion deem it worthy. …Continued…

Top 10 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of March 29

By Brenden ⋅ March 29, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

This weeks new Blu-ray releases include ‘THE TEN COMMANDMENTS’ from Paramount, ‘THE MIKADO’ and ‘TOPSY TURVY’ from The Criterion Collection, ‘BLACK SWAN’ from Fox, ‘TANGLED’ from Disney, ‘KING OF KINGS’ and ‘SOYLENT GREEN’ from Warner, ‘TREME’ from Warner and HBO, ‘INFERNO’ from Blue Underground, ‘FAIR GAME’ from eOne and Summit, ‘DOGTOOTH’ from Kino, ‘EVANGELION 2.22′ from FUNimation and many, many more!

The Criterion Collection: Topsy Turvy Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ March 28, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

Mike Leigh‘s Topsy Turvy represents something of a departure from his usual, modern style of storytelling. With nineteenth century manners and speech patterns in hand, Leigh delivers a touching cinematic love-letter to the creative partnership of Gilbert and Sullivan, presented here in a gorgeous new Blu-ray edition from The Criterion Collection. …Continued…

Criterion announces March Blu-ray titles: Au revoir les enfants, Yi Yi, The Times of Harvey Milk, Topsy-Turvy, The Mikado

By Brenden ⋅ December 17, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

My love affair with The Criterion Collection will continue, unabated into March, as the label issues another incredible slate of films on Blu-ray! This batch includes a further round of older spine-numbers (previously issued titles on DVD) like Louis Malle’s Au revoir les enfants and Edward Yang’s Yi Yi as well as films new to the Collection such as Mike Leigh’s Topsy-Turvy and the film adaptation of the Gilbert & Sullivan stage play it dramatizes, The Mikado. Full details below: …Continued…