Posts Tagged ‘Criterion Collection’

Blu-ray Highlights for May 22nd, 2012 – Watch Your Six

Blu-ray Highlights for May 22nd, 2012 – Watch Your Six

As a consequence of my hectic travel schedule these past few weeks, I find myself writing yet another of these Blu-ray posts on a plane. Oddly, this one happens to coincide with a week where the biggest new release is all about airplanes – specifically, about a bunch of planes that crash or blow up or get shot out of the sky. This is a little unsettling, honestly. The film in question was also a big box office failure earlier this year, which leaves phrases like “bomb” or “crash and burn” rattling through my head. I’m glad that I don’t have any more trips planned for the immediate future. I’m a nervous enough flier as it is.
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Blu-ray Highlights for May 15th, 2012 – Malkovich Malkovich MALKOVICH!!!

Blu-ray Highlights for May 15th, 2012 – Malkovich Malkovich MALKOVICH!!!

In case you hadn’t noticed (though I’ve certainly complained about it enough), it’s been a pretty dry Blu-ray season over the past several weeks. Fortunately, things at least marginally pick up today with the release of a few rental-worthy new titles, one cult classic, and even some noteworthy budget discs.
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Blu-ray Highlights for May 8th, 2012 – Somebody Needs a Nap

Blu-ray Highlights for May 8th, 2012 – Somebody Needs a Nap

Cult films take center stage on Blu-ray this week. Mainly, that’s because the new releases are such a snoozefest.
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Blu-ray Highlights for 4/17/12 – This Message Will Self Destruct in Five Seconds

Blu-ray Highlights for 4/17/12 – This Message Will Self Destruct in Five Seconds

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to buy one of the best action movies of 2011 on Blu-ray. Some other stuff might be worth looking at as well.
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Blu-ray Highlights for 3/27/12 – The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship

Blu-ray Highlights for 3/27/12 – The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship

Just how many “Ultimate Collector’s Editions” of one movie do we need? We’ll find out this week, as Warner Bros. re-releases one of its most important classics in another fancy Blu-ray box set. Also on tap are some great titles from the Criterion Collection and a handful of recent Oscar hopefuls.
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Blu-ray Highlights for 3/20/12 – It’s Time to Play the Music, It’s Time to Light the Lights

Blu-ray Highlights for 3/20/12 – It’s Time to Play the Music, It’s Time to Light the Lights

Did you burn through your Blu-ray budget for March last week? I hope you set at least a little money aside for today, because we still have a few notable new releases to look at.
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Blu-ray Highlights for 3/13/12 – Adventures in the Uncanny Valley

Blu-ray Highlights for 3/13/12 – Adventures in the Uncanny Valley

March is ablaze with Blu-ray releases. Last week’s release slate was so packed with new discs that we actually missed some important Best Buy exclusives that we’ll cover today. On top of that, this week brings us another huge assortment of notable titles. Can your wallets handle all this excitement?
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R.I.P. Davy Jones

R.I.P. Davy Jones

Davy Jones, lead singer of ’60s pop group/parody band The Monkees, passed away yesterday at age 66. Did you realize that Jones and the whole Monkees troupe already have a movie available on Blu-ray, from the vaunted Criterion Collection no less?
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Blu-ray Highlights for 2/28/12 – Slow Going This Week

Blu-ray Highlights for 2/28/12 – Slow Going This Week

Wow, this is a very slow week for new Blu-ray releases. Like, ridiculously slow, even for this time of year. Only one major title will hit store shelves today. While some of the catalog titles look interesting to me, I doubt that any of them will be big sellers. I suppose our wallets needed a break.
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Blu-ray Highlights for 2/21/12 – Here, Kitty Kitty…

Blu-ray Highlights for 2/21/12 – Here, Kitty Kitty…

Welcome back from another long weekend, folks. We hope you had a good one. This week’s selection of new Blu-ray discs gives us a diverse assortment of titles, from the latest installment in an animated franchise that just won’t die, to a failed Oscar-bait bio-pic, to (ugh) Channing Tatum. Let’s take a look.
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