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Top New Blu-ray releases for the Week of August 9

By Brenden ⋅ August 10, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

This week’s new Blu-ray releases include ‘THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS’ from Criterion, ‘CAMERAMAN: THE LIFE & WORK OF JACK CARDIFF’ from Strand, ‘FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH’ from Universal, ‘DEAD MAN’ from Echo Bridge, ‘THE FOX AND THE HOUND’ from Disney and many, many more!

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!

Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of September 28

By Brenden ⋅ September 29, 2010 ⋅ One comment

It’s the last week of September and probably the finest looking for Blu-ray releases. We might not be seeing the glut of titles from weeks past but the discs hitting the shops today are some of the best you’ll see all year, including some essential catalogue titles and one of the biggest blockbuster hits of [...]

Criterion announces September Blu-ray titles: The Thin Red Line, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Breathless, Charade

By Brenden ⋅ June 16, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

God help me but I’m going to be completely broke by the end of this year if this keeps up. I’m sorry to sing the same song over and over again but Criterion proves month after month that they can read my mind, choosing some of my favourite films to bring to Blu-ray. And this batch of announcements, all due out this coming September is no exception. From Godard to Malick, Donen to Oshima – these are all incredible movies and I need to own them all on Blu-ray! Details below: …Continued…

Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of May 18

By Brenden ⋅ May 19, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

This week is a no-brainer for me, as the number one pick is one of my all time favourite films! The rest of the Blu-ray discs out this week are a bit of a mixed bag, though, with some decent, new Hollywood fliks (and some truly awful ones), some catalogue titles and a couple of pretty decent anime releases. …Continued…

Criterion preparing Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line for Blu-ray?

By Brenden ⋅ March 22, 2010 ⋅ 6 comments

I never thought I would say this but I freaking love Twitter! About an hour ago, Ben Lim, one of the fine fellows who work for The Criterion Collection tweeted a photo with the note “Screening the HD master of an upcoming release…“. That image appears to be from Terrence Malick’s brilliant The Thin Red Line providing evidence that my favourite home video label is preparing to release the 1998 film! …Continued…