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Toy Story and Toy Story 2 Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ March 28, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

It’s hard to believe it’s been fifteen years since the first Toy Story film was released! The quality of computer animation has come a long way since then but the writing, the craftsmanship on display in both the original film and its sequel are without equal. These are brilliant films, presented here in brilliant, near-perfect Blu-ray editions. …Continued…

UPDATED: Paramount brings Saving Private Ryan, Escape from L.A. and K-19: The Widowmaker to Blu-ray

By Brenden ⋅ February 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers have become a single entity in my mind. I have a hard time recalling what events, what story-points are covered in which film/show. Both the film and the series have the same creative teams at their core and feel very similar, from the way they were shot to the music behind them. That being said, I’m a big fan of both. And very excited to tell you about Paramount’s upcoming Sapphire Series release of Saving Private Ryan, timed to be released just days before V-E day. …Continued…

[VIDEO] Toy Story and Toy Story 2 Blu-ray Trailer

By Brenden ⋅ January 7, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Here’s a nice new trailer trumpeting the March release of both Toy Story and Toy Story 2 on Blu-ray. As awesome as this news is, March is all about the Blu-ray release of Ponyo for me. Until I get my Miyazaki fix, it’s going to be kind of difficult to get excited about anything else! …Continued…

Toy Story 1 and 2 Coming to Blu-ray in March

By Brenden ⋅ December 18, 2009 ⋅ One comment

This is great news! Disney Pixar will be releasing Blu-ray editions of Toy Story 1 and 2 in concert with the theatrical release of Toy Story 3! These films should look spectacular in high-def, as they’ll be transfered to disc directly from the digital files. This is the one case where the age of the film won’t directly effect the quality of the disc. …Continued…

Angels and Demons Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ December 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I shouldn’t like Angels and Demons. I’m not a fan of novelist Dan Brown, I didn’t particularly enjoy the original film, The DaVinci Code and I absolutely loathe the work of screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (remember Batman and Robin?) And yet, this new film proves to be such a breathtaking and engrossing thrill-ride, it made me forget almost all of my reservations! …Continued…

Blu-ray Picks for the Week of December 1

By Brenden ⋅ December 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A day late and still a copy of Terminator Salvation short. The Blu-ray Blog was up and down yesterday, thanks to a flood of traffic from Blu-ray fan and celebrity gossip hound, www.egotastic.com, so it wasn’t possible to get our weekly release list online. Here we are a day later with a collection of titles not quite as numerous as previous weeks but quite vital all the same. …Continued…

Forrest Gump Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ November 30, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Paramount’s Sapphire Series line of Blu-ray discs lives up to its promise with the release of Best Picture Oscar winner Forrest Gump – a beautiful, well realized, perfectly film-like disc sporting a plethora of special features. …Continued…

Blu-ray Picks for the Week of November 24

By Brenden ⋅ November 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s another wallet-killer this week, folks! Between these pre-holiday releases and the incredible Black Friday deals on offer at the moment our poor bank accounts don’t stand a fighting chance. …Continued…

Gladiator Blu-ray Disc Review

By Brenden ⋅ September 8, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Holy crap, this Gladiator Blu-ray nonsense has been burning up the internets for the last couple of weeks! Have you heard it? If you believe the hype, you’ll be suffering under the delusion that this disc is the foulest thing to ever ship to your local Best Buy. That it’s damn-near unwatchable. That you might as well just stick with your old DVD copy of the film. Well, I’m here to tell you to ignore the noise and the naysayers. The Gladiator Blu-ray is a truly great, complete and thoroughly enjoyable package…that probably could have had a better transfer. But hell, nobody’s perfect, right? …Continued…

Forrest Gump Blu-ray Details

By Brenden ⋅ August 10, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Life is like a box of chocolates, apparently. Um…I never quite got that. Along with Gladiator and Braveheart, Forrest Gump rounds out the initial offering of Paramount’s new Sapphire series of Blu-ray discs. What does that label mean? I have no idea. But as long as they keep churning them out, I’ll keep buying. …Continued…