{"id":14886,"date":"2012-04-23T23:03:07","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T22:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=14886"},"modified":"2012-04-23T23:03:07","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T22:03:07","slug":"uk-dvd-blu-ray-releases-monday-23rd-april-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2012\/04\/23\/uk-dvd-blu-ray-releases-monday-23rd-april-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"UK DVD & Blu-ray Releases: Monday 23rd April 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DVD & BLU-RAY PICKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo<\/a><\/strong> (Sony Pictures Home Ent.): David Fincher brings his full digital armoury to\u00a0Stieg Larsson<\/a>\u2018s\u00a0bestseller<\/a>\u00a0and the result is a masterful adaptation hampered only by the limitations of the source material.\u00a0[Buy the Blu-ray or DVD]<\/p>\n

Dracula<\/a><\/strong> (Universal): The classic 1931 adaptation\u00a0of Bram Stoker<\/a>‘s\u00a0novel<\/a>\u00a0directed by\u00a0Tod Browning<\/a>,\u00a0starring\u00a0Bela Lugosi<\/a>\u00a0as arguably the most iconic version of\u00a0the famous vampire<\/a>. Digitally restored as part of Universal’s 100th anniversary celebrations<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0[Buy the Blu-ray<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Lifeboat<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Eureka):\u00a0Another vintage dual DVD &\u00a0Blu-ray release from the Masters of Cinema collection, this 1941 drama from Alfred Hitchcock sees American and British civilians stuck in a\u00a0lifeboat\u00a0in the North Atlantic. Like Rope (1948), Dial M for Murder (1954), and Rear Window (1954) it sees the director explore a limited setting. Stars Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Heather Angel and Hume Cronyn. [Buy the dual edition DVD\/Blu-ray<\/a>]<\/p>\n

La Grande Illusion<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(StudioCanal): Studio Canal have digitally restored Jean Renoir’s classic 1937 anti-war film exploring the relationships between French officers and their German captors during World War One. Starring Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay and Erich von Stroheim, it is currently screening at selected UK cinemas and is available as a dual DVD and\u00a0Blu-ray. [Buy the DVD<\/a>\u00a0or Blu-ray<\/a>]<\/div>\n
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Faces<\/a><\/strong> (BFI): A\u00a01968\u00a0drama directed by\u00a0John Cassavetes<\/a>\u00a0starring\u00a0John Marley<\/a>, Cassavetes’ wife\u00a0Gena Rowlands<\/a>,\u00a0Seymour Cassel<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Lynn Carlin<\/a>, who both received\u00a0Academy Award<\/a>\u00a0nominations for this film. Shot in high contrast 16\u00a0mm black and white film stock it was an inspiration for indie filmmakers in the pre-Sundance era. [Buy the DVD\/Blu-ray Dual Edition<\/a>]<\/div>\n

Il Boom<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Studiocanal): 1963 comedy\u00a0by\u00a0Vittorio de Sica<\/a>\u00a0set amidst the backdrop of the post-war\u00a0Italian economic miracle<\/a>\u00a0which transformed the country in the span of a decade, from the late 1950s to the onset of the 1970s. It stars Alberto Sordi<\/a>\u00a0and Gianna Maria Canale<\/a>.\u00a0[Buy the DVD<\/a>]<\/p>\n

ALSO OUT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apollo 13<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nBack to the Future<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nBad Cop<\/strong> (Anchor Bay Entertainment UK) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nBeing Human: Series 4<\/strong> (2 Entertain) [Blu-ray \/ Box Set]
\nDespair<\/strong> (Park Circus) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nDespicable Me<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nFury<\/strong> (Revolver Entertainment) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nGladiator<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nHirokin – The Last Samurai<\/strong> (Signature) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nJurassic Park<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nKing Kong<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nMamma Mia!<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nNanny McPhee<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nPaul<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nSansho Dayu\/Gion Bayashi<\/strong> (Eureka) [Blu-ray with DVD]
\nShaun of the Dead<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nThe Blues Brothers<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nThe Bourne Ultimatum<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nThe Lady<\/strong> (EV) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nThe Mummy<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nThe Son of No One<\/strong> (Lionsgate UK) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nUgetsu Monogatari\/Oyu-sama<\/strong> (Eureka) [Blu-ray with DVD]<\/p>\n

>\u00a0Recent DVD & Blu-ray picks<\/a>
\n>\u00a0The Best DVD and Blu-ray releases of 2011<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Including The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Dracula, Lifeboat, La Grande Illusion, Faces and Il Boom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2530,2533,2534,2532,2531,2529],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14886"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}