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DVD & Blu-ray Picks: January 2017

Post author By Ambrose Heron
Post date 02/01/2017

DVD & BLU-RAY PICKS

Indochine (Elevation Sales) Blu-ray / 4K Restoration / http://amzn.to/2lkIYNq
The Man Between (Elevation Sales) Blu-ray / Digitally Restored / http://amzn.to/2lAzsbD
Assault On Precinct 13 (Trinity Creative Partnership) Blu-ray / http://amzn.to/2lADXCX
Broadway Danny Rose (Arrow Films) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/2kCvAqE
Greenberg (Fremantle) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/2lkRonV
Hell Or High Water (Elevation Sales) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/2kCHGA7
Julieta (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/2lkBUAn
The Purple Rose of Cairo (Arrow Films) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/2lAmxWU
Das Cabinet Des Dr Caligari (The Masters of Cinema Series / Eureka) Blu-ray / Limited Edition Steelbook / http://amzn.to/2lAD1i1
His Girl Friday (The Criterion Collection / Sony Pictures Home Ent.) Blu-ray / Restored / http://amzn.to/2lkZLA1
Kubo and the Two Strings (Universal Pictures) Blu-ray with DVD and Digital Copy – Triple Play / http://amzn.to/2mcTa9K
Rillington Place (2 Entertain) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/2lkWZun
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Arrow Films) Blu-ray / Limited Edition / http://amzn.to/2lAJ0U5
Captain Fantastic (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/2kCFhFF
Charlie Chaplin: The Essanay Comedies (Trinity Creative Partnership) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/2lkUXum
Creepy (The Masters of Cinema Series / Eureka) Blu-ray with DVD / http://amzn.to/2lkTg06
Eisenstein in Guanajuato (Wildstar Sales) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/2mdaEmB
El Sur (Trinity Creative Partnership) Blu-ray / with DVD – Double Play / http://amzn.to/2m27CSH
Francofonia (Fusion Media Sales) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/2m1WEg6
Mr. Robot: Season 2 (Universal Pictures) Blu-ray with Digital HD UltraViolet Copy / http://amzn.to/2m29POa
The Infiltrator (Warner Home Video) Blu-ray with Digital HD UltraViolet Copy / http://amzn.to/2kCzoYY
Varieté (The Masters of Cinema Series / Eureka) / Blu-ray with DVD (Restored) / http://amzn.to/2mdfgJc
Jerry Maguire (Sony Pictures Home Ent.) Blu-ray / 20th Anniversary Edition (With UV Copy) / http://amzn.to/2md2GtP
Runaway Train (Arrow Films) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/2ll2b1z

> John Carpenter talks about Assault on Precinct 13
> Roger Ebert on why The Cabinet of Dr Caligari is one of the great movies

Tags blu-ray, captain fantastic, dvd, hell or high water, his girl friday, julieta, kubo and the two strings

DVD & Blu-ray Lists

The Best DVD & Blu-rays of 2015

Post author By Ambrose Heron
Post date 13/01/2016

The Rover (Entertainment One) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1y12m5p
Boyhood (Universal Pictures) Blu-ray / with UltraViolet Copy – Double Play / http://amzn.to/1FEsjLD
I’m All Right Jack (StudioCanal) Blu-ray / Digitally Restored / http://amzn.to/1AYUUHn
A Most Wanted Man (Momentum Pictures) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1BMPOhF
Bad Timing (Network) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1y12OAF
The Last Seduction (Network) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1y12YIj
Shoah and Four Films After Shoah (Eureka) Blu-ray / Box Set / http://amzn.to/1w7Nlru
Gone Girl (20th Century Fox Home Ent.) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1Ei1w2C
One Hour Photo (20th Century Fox Home Ent.) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/19diQN5
The Killing/Killer’s Kiss (Arrow Video) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1uLeRAM
The Babadook (Icon Home Entertainment) Blu-ray / Normal / Buy:http://amzn.to/19dj5aR
The Manchurian Candidate (Arrow Academy) Blu-ray / Normal / Buy:http://amzn.to/17ppP4Y
American Psycho (EV) Blu-ray / Normal / Buy: http://amzn.to/1Ei2PyD
Mr. Turner (Momentum Pictures) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/200nram
Nightcrawler (Entertainment One) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1OqSvJ0
They Live (StudioCanal) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/200n7IM
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (Universal Music) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1OqSg0z
Leviathan (Artificial Eye) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1OqSchx
’71 (StudioCanal) / Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/200mS0h
The Tales of Hoffman (StudioCanal) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1OqRXmw
Down By Law (Soda Pictures) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/200mFdB
Mystery Train (Soda Pictures) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/200my1w
Stranger Than Paradise (Soda Pictures) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1OqRFvR
Rossellini Collection: The War Trilogy (BFI) Blu-ray / Limited Edition / http://amzn.to/1Pc16RQ
The Grandmaster (Metrodome Distribution) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1P0VXQi
Sweet Smell of Success (Arrow Academy) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1OqR90R
Wooden Crosses (Eureka) DVD / with Blu-ray – Double Play / http://amzn.to/1OqQWLf
Interstellar (Warner Home Video) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1P0Vi18
Rossellini Collection: The War Trilogy (BFI) [Buy from Amazon UK]
The Breakfast Club (Universal Pictures) [Buy from Amazon UK]
Schindler’s List (Universal Pictures) [Buy from Amazon UK]
High Hopes (4DVD) [Buy from Amazon UK]
Midnight Run (Second Sight) [Buy from Amazon UK]
The Offence (Eureka) [Buy from Amazon UK]
Carl Theodor Dreyer Collection (BFI) [Buy from Amazon UK]
Satyricon (Eureka) [Buy from Amazon UK]
The Stranger (Odeon Entertainment) / DVD with Blu-ray – Double Play / http://amzn.to/1FYGhZo
The Serpent and the Rainbow (Fabulous Films) / Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1J1lgOi
Duel (Universal Pictures) Blu-ray / Normal http://amzn.to/1AtNtue
The Sugarland Express (Universal Pictures) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1J5oqPA
The Long Good Friday (Arrow Video) Blu-ray / Limited Edition Steelbook + DVD / http://amzn.to/1J5osH6
Birdman (20th Century Fox Home Ent.) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1AAStNo
Blue Note – A Story of Modern Jazz (EuroArts) Blu-ray / Remastered / http://amzn.to/1AASAJ5
To Die For (Network) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1AASWiI
The Theory of Everything (Universal Pictures) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1JXOMDU
Nymphomaniac: The Director’s Cut (Artificial Eye) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1FG4wIl
The Train (Arrow Academy) Blu-ray / Normal http://amzn.to/1AAT69H
Mean Streets (Icon Home Entertainment) Blu-ray / Special Edition / http://amzn.to/1FG5iFp
Foxcatcher (Entertainment One) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1J9OadB
A Most Violent Year (Icon Home Entertainment) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1JXPTmO
Paper Moon (Eureka) Blu-ray / with DVD – Double Play / http://amzn.to/1AATKEl
Big Hero 6 (Walt Disney) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1JXQ2qx
Miracle in Milan (Arrow Films) Blu-ray / + DVD (Ltd Edition) – Double Play / http://amzn.to/1AATOns
Goodfellas (Warner Home Video) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1FG5PqX
American Sniper (Warner Home Video) Blu-ray / Normalhttp://amzn.to/1INMoh6
Ex Machina (Universal Pictures) Blu-ray / with UltraViolet Copy / http://amzn.to/1INMuW7
Far from the Madding Crowd (StudioCanal) Blu-ray / Digitally Restoredhttp://amzn.to/1Bh9rBk
Whiplash (Sony Pictures Home Ent.) Blu-ray / with UltraViolet Copyhttp://amzn.to/1INMGoh
The Wire: The Complete Seasons 1-5 (Warner Home Video/HBO) Blu-ray / Box Set http://amzn.to/1Bh9Jbi
Boardwalk Empire: The Complete Series (Warner Home Video/HBO) Blu-ray / Box Set http://amzn.to/1BhcPMs
Thief (Arrow Video) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1INOxcA
The Terminator (20th Century Fox Home Ent.) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1ffKnAB
Laurel and Hardy: The Flying Deuces (Network) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1Bhh8qV
Selma (20th Century Fox Home Ent.) Blu-ray / with UltraViolet Copy http://amzn.to/1ffKBYe
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (BFI) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1BhhrCl
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (BFI) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1BhhP3B
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault – 1971 (Eagle Vision) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1ffL5xF
Falstaff – Chimes at Midnight (Mr Bongo Records) Blu-ray / 50th Anniversary Edition / http://amzn.to/1BhiyBX
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (StudioCanal) Blu-ray / with DVD – Double Play / http://amzn.to/1IdUqkx Man With a Movie Camera (Michael Nyman) (BFI) Blu-ray / Normal http://amzn.to/1Iezj3y
The Roberto Rossellini Ingrid Bergman Collection (BFI) Blu-ray / Limited Edition Box Set http://amzn.to/1HKWxZr
The Third Man (StudioCanal) Blu-ray / Normal http://amzn.to/1Dq8FNC
While We’re Young (Icon Home Entertainment) Blu-ray / Normal http://amzn.to/1HKWPzD
Stalag 17 (Eureka) Blu-ray / Normal http://amzn.to/1IezKLi
Good Kill (Arrow Films) Blu-ray / Normal http://amzn.to/1DnoLxi
La Grande Bouffe (Arrow Video) Blu-ray / with DVD – Double Play / http://amzn.to/1N7Fbtz Eyes Without a Face (BFI) DVD / with Blu-ray (Collector’s Edition)http://amzn.to/1jl0bDd
Vivre Sa Vie (BFI) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1Pd4YBZ
Around the World With Orson Welles (BFI) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1Pd52lc
Medium Cool (Eureka) Blu-ray / with DVD – Double Play / http://amzn.to/1Hxiaek
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (Eureka) DVD / with Blu-ray – Double Play / http://amzn.to/1Hxigmf
The Ladykillers (StudioCanal) / Blu-ray / 60th Anniversary Edition / http://amzn.to/1N8cwpS
Dog Day Afternoon (Warner Home Video) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1N8cIWh
The Salt of the Earth (Artificial Eye) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1VDNt0Y
Zardoz (Arrow Video) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1hIqVgz
Mississippi Burning (Second Sight) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1hIr5ol
The James Bond Collection (20th Century Fox Home Ent.) Blu-ray / Box Set / http/://amzn.to/1N8d9jp
Rashomon (BFI) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1VDOdU0
L’eclisse (Studio/ Canal) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1hIs4ET
Hidden Agenda (Signal One Entertainment) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1N8dId3
Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Home Video) Blu-ray / 3D Edition with 2D Edition + UltraViolet Copy / http://amzn.to/1L07ubo
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (Signal One Entertainment) Blu-ray / http://amzn.to/1VDPgmE
Mad Max Anthology (Warner Home Video) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1PdPVJS
House of Cards: Season 3 (Sony Pictures Home Ent.) Blu-ray / with UltraViolet Copy – Double Play (Red Tag) / http://amzn.to/1L07KqL
Requiem for a Dream (Lionsgate UK) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1iXbAcA
On the Beach (Signal One Entertainment) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1HxippM
The Look of Silence/The Act of Killing (Dogwoof Digital) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1iXc7LM
Star Wars Complete Saga (20th Century Fox Home Ent.) Blu-ray / Box Set / http://amzn.to/1PdQJPd
The Shohei Imamura Masterpiece Collection (Eureka) DVD / with Blu-ray – Double Play / and Audio CD / http://amzn.to/1PdRbwC
King of New York (Arrow Video) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1PdRmIo
River’s Edge (Signal One Entertainment) Blu-ray / Normal/ http://amzn.to/1gGOmX5
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church (Sony Music Entertainment) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1iXdASe
Seconds (Eureka) Blu-ray / with DVD – Double Play / http://amzn.to/1PdS6gE
Amy (On the Corner Films) / Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1MH4zbL
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Church (Sony Music Entertainment) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1iXdASe
Mad Men: The Complete Collection (Lionsgate UK) Blu-ray / Box Set / http://amzn.to/1PGjXpQ
East of Eden (Warner Home Video) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1HQ6vsN
Giant (Warner Home Video) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1N3RKKM
Steve Jobs – The Man in the Machine (Universal Pictures) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1WYOEXz
Better Call Saul (Sony Pictures Home Ent.) Blu-ray / with UltraViolet Copy / http://amzn.to/1HQ7g57
Love & Mercy (Sony Pictures Home Ent.) Blu-ray / with UltraViolet Copy / http://amzn.to/1N5fLkB
The Fallen Idol (StudioCanal) Blu-ray / Digitally Restored / http://amzn.to/1N5gbrc
Shane (Eureka) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1SS82Fp
Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense (Second Sight) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1PuEgIi
The Birth of a Nation (BFI) Blu-ray / Collector’s Edition / http://amzn.to/12Jn6Nt
Nosferatu (BFI) Blu-ray / Remastered / http://amzn.to/1QpeR2B
Inside Out (Walt Disney) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1N5kByh
The Last Temptation of Christ (Medium Rare) Blu-ray / with DVD – Double Play / http://amzn.to/1PuHueJ
Listen to Me Marlon (Universal Pictures) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1Qpgpdd
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (Paramount Home Entertainment) / Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1TdH0YM
The Charlie Chaplin Collection (Artificial Eye) Blu-ray / Normal /http://amzn.to/1m5jYZP
Grizzly Man (Lionsgate UK) Blu-ray / Normal / http://amzn.to/1TdHiPl
Quentin Tarantino Collection (Lionsgate UK) Blu-ray / Box Set / http://amzn.to/1TdHIVV

> The Best DVD and Blu-rays of 2014
> 2015 in Film

Tags 2015, blu-ray, dvd

DVD & Blu-ray

DVD & Blu-ray Picks: October 2014

Post author By Ambrose Heron
Post date 07/10/2014

DVD & BLU-RAY PICKS

Fruitvale Station (Altitude) Blu-ray / Normal
The Jim Jarmusch Collection (Soda Pictures) Blu-ray / Box Set
Gone With the Wind (Warner Home Video) Blu-ray / with UltraViolet Copy (75th Anniversary Edition)
The Green Mile (Warner Home Video) Blu-ray / with UltraViolet Copy (15th Anniversary Edition)
Joe (Curzon Film World) Blu-ray / Normal
Natural Born Killers (Warner Home Video) Blu-ray / Normal
Shivers (Arrow Video) Blu-ray / with DVD – Double Play
Edge of Tomorrow (Warner Home Video) Blu-ray / with UltraViolet Copy – Double Play
Steven Spielberg: Director’s Collection (Universal Pictures) Blu-ray / with Book
Welcome to New York (Altitude) Blu-ray / Normal
Cold in July (Icon Home Entertainment) Blu-ray / Normal
Once Upon a Time in America: Extended Director’s Cut (Warner Home Video) Blu-ray / with UltraViolet Copy – Double Play
Daybreak (StudioCanal) Blu-ray / 75th Anniversary Edition
Westworld (Warner Home Video) Blu-ray / with UltraViolet Copy – Double Play
Mystery Road (Axiom Films) Blu-ray / Normal
Castles in the Sky (Dazzler) Blu-ray / Normal

> DVD & Blu-ray Picks for September 2014
> The Best DVD and Blu-rays of 2013

Tags blu-ray, dvd

DVD & Blu-ray

DVD & Blu-ray Picks: July 2013

Post author By Ambrose Heron
Post date 04/07/2013

DVD & BLU-RAY PICKS

The Untold History of the United States (Freemantle Media) / Buy at Amazon UK
Shell (Verve Pictures) / Buy at Amazon UK
Arbitrage (Koch Media) / Buy at Amazon UK
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (BFI)/ Buy at Amazon UK
Enter the Dragon (Warner Home Video) / Buy at Amazon UK
Runaway Train (Arrow Video) / Buy at Amazon UK
The Apartment (20th Century Fox Home Ent.) / Buy at Amazon UK
The Birth of a Nation (Eureka) / Buy at Amazon UK
Dressed to Kill (Arrow Video) / Buy at Amazon UK
Niagara (20th Century Fox Home Ent.) / Buy at Amazon UK
Possession (Second Sight) / Buy at Amazon UK

> DVD & Blu-ray Picks for June 2013
> The Best DVD & Blu-rays of 2012

Tags arbitrage, blu-ray, dvd, possession, shell, the apartment, the untold history of the united states

DVD & Blu-ray

Blu-ray: Blow Out

Post author By Ambrose Heron
Post date 24/05/2013

Brian De Palma’s best film gets a UK Blu-ray release from Arrow Films.

A cinematic fusion of Antonioni’s Blow-up (1966) and Coppola’s The Conversation (1974), it draws heavily on real events (notably the JFK assassination, Chappaquiddick and Watergate) and sees a sound technician (John Travolta) drawn into a sinister plot after accidentally recording what appears to be a gunshot.

Although not a financial success on its theatrical release, it stands up very well to repeated viewing, not only as a showcase of the director’s dazzling technique, but also as a gripping thriller.

Brilliantly shot by famed cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, it has many of the stylistic tricks favoured by De Palma: overhead shots, split-screen and split focus are just some of the visual flourishes on display.

But this isn’t just an exercise in style, as it manages to capture the bleak post-Watergate mood that lingered long after Nixon resigned, whilst also playing around with our perception of what we see and hear on screen.

Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown had just come off Kubrick’s The Shining and this was his first time working with De Palma and the smooth movements the camera allowed suited the director’s style perfectly (he also used it to memorable effect in Carlito’s Way and Snake Eyes).

The performances are also excellent: John Travolta demonstrates his more subdued side after the late 70s superstardom madness of Saturday Night Fever and Grease; Nancy Allen paints a sympathetic portrait of innocence in what could have been a clichéd role and John Lithgow is suitably creepy as the serial killer.

Blow Out is also about the filmmaking process itself: the central character has to recreate an event using sounds and images. But can we trust what we see and hear? Even if we can, what about the forces that initially shaped them?

This disc comes in a regular and steelbook limited edition with the following special features:

New, restored digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Brian De Palma
Original Dolby 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Black and White in Colour: An Interview with cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond
Rag Doll Memories: Nancy Allen on Blow Out
Return to Philadelphia: An interview with Producer George Litto
A gallery of on-set photos by photographer Louis Goldman
Original Theatrical Trailer
Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Michael Atkinson, a conversation between Quentin Tarantino and Brian De Palma and more to be confirmed

> Buy Blow Out on Blu-ray from Amazon UK
> Find out more about Blow Out at the IMDb

Tags blow out, blu-ray, brian de palma

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